Author: mixcspeedratings

It’s that time! We’re back again with rankings, both for teams and individuals. Three weeks into the season, plenty of rust busted, times dropped, and a bit of clarity towards our top teams and athletes.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I’ll start the story with three teams/individuals this week, then expand in future weeks.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. It’ll be Division 4 first this week, then next week I think I’ll have enough stats to start on the Upper Peninsula, so they’ll go first.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Grand Rapids Christian

Conquered a strong field at Benzie then turned around and routed a very competitive OK White. Showing much strength early with frontrunners and depth, could very well put all five girls on the podium.

Otsego

Sadly, we won’t see the Bulldogs at a major Michigan invitational until Jackson, but when you have the opportunity to run at the legendary Detweiller Park, you take it. Their season is setting up very similarly to last year, a strong top four plus a solid fifth. Though it appears their 5^th spot might be improved from 2022.

Zeeland East

An easy victory in the OK Green was sandwiched between a 2^nd place in their division at Under the Lights and a 5^th at Bredeweg. Emma Drnek has come into her own this year, giving the Chix a formidable 1-2 combo.

Rank	Girls Team	Score	Region
1	Grand Rapids Christian	66	11
2	Otsego	236	13
3	Zeeland East	316	11
4	Goodrich	325	15
5	Frankenmuth	363	15
6	St. Joseph	409	13
7	St. Johns	412	14
8	East Grand Rapids	469	12
9	Spring Lake	487	11
10	DeWitt	509	14
11	Freeland	517	15
12	Ludington	535	10
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	613	12
14	Hudsonville Unity Christian	637	11
15	Petoskey	651	10
16	Alma	655	15
17	Croswell-Lexington	656	17
18	Owosso	668	14
19	Warren Regina	680	17
20	Dearborn Divine Child	697	16
21	Armada	733	17
22	Forest Hills Eastern	734	12
23	Chelsea	806	18
24	Linden	833	16
25	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	848	16
26	Haslett	872	14
27	Stevensville Lakeshore	893	13

Forest Hills Eastern

That’s two years in a row that the Hawks have put the state on notice with an Under the Lights masterpiece. All five scorers were sub-17 on that humid, late August night. With three of those capable of low-16’s or better, much pressure will be placed on other teams to close that gap.

Grand Rapids Christian

Saw FHE throw down the gauntlet on a Friday night, then woke up Saturday and decided to match it. Winners of Pete Moss by 88 points, then put seven guys in the top-16 at a star-filled OK White Jamboree.

East Grand Rapids

Still missing a piece, but those who have competed have had success. That could come in the form of an Alex Thole, who pulled a massive upset at Under the Lights or a Jack Edison, who navigated his way into the 16’s for the first time ever at the OK White Jamboree.

Rank	Boys Team	Score	Region
1	Forest Hills Eastern	155	12
2	Grand Rapids Christian	338	11
3	East Grand Rapids	373	12
4	Allendale	384	11
5	Alma	405	15
6	Marshall	409	12
7	Adrian	412	18
8	Otsego	485	13
9	Gladwin	515	10
10	Sparta	522	10
11	Yale	536	17
12	Plainwell	561	13
13	Frankenmuth	615	15
14	St. Clair	618	17
15	Petoskey	623	10
16	Battle Creek Harper Creek	643	12
17	Clio	691	15
18	Spring Lake	708	11
19	Hamilton	723	11
20	Flint Powers Catholic	734	15
21	Holland Christian	802	11
22	New Boston Huron	810	18
23	Chelsea	847	18
24	DeWitt	857	14
25	Parma Western	862	14
26	Shepherd	863	15
27	Freeland	864	15

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Gail Vaikutis

Her 18-flat at Lakeview was a massive personal best and over 80 seconds faster than her 2022 performance. In track, she was able to display great speed and now we’re witness to her strength.

Elena Figueroa

Right alongside Vaikutis at both their home invite and the PC Early Bird. Missed out on a great time at Lakeview, I hope for non-injury reasons. Regardless, her early season best is already an improvement from her sophomore year.

Ava Schafer

Adjusting very well to the high school scene. After taking her lumps with a second-place finish at Under the Lights, she’s ripped off two consecutive victories. All mid-18 efforts from this young freshman. The Redwings have some light racing in their future, so we’ll see how much she’s improved come late September at Shepherd.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	155.5	13
2	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	155.4	13
3	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	153.4	14
4	12	Meghan Ford	Mason	148.2	14
5	12	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	148.1	11
6	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	146.2	10
7	12	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	145.8	15
8	12	Naomi Nelson	Grand Rapids Christian	145.7	11
9	10	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	145.1	13
10	10	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	144.2	11
11	12	Allison Kuzma	Zeeland East	143.2	11
12	11	Summer Brower	Ludington	142.7	10
13	10	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	142.5	11
14	12	Jenna Pilachowski	Monroe Jefferson	141.2	18
15	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	140.4	11
16	9	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	139.8	16
17	11	Sophy Skeels	Adrian	139.7	18
18	9	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	139.5	15
19	12	Logan Brazee	Otsego	138.8	13
20	11	Natalia DeMea	Chelsea	138.6	18
21	10	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	136.3	15
22	11	Ava Crews	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	136.3	12
23	11	Eva Thompson	Croswell-Lexington	135.9	17
24	9	Johanna Mulder	Holland	135.9	11
25	11	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	135.3	16
26	11	Ezgi Kurt	Alma	134.4	15
27	12	Emma DeVries	GR West Michigan Aviation	134.3	12
28	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	134.0	12
29	12	Camille DeCola	Marshall	133.9	12
30	12	Payton Holtz	Grand Rapids Christian	132.9	11

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Connell Alford

Cross country is definitely his thing. Facing some fierce competition at Lamplighter, Connell laid down the hammer early en route to a large margin of victory.

TJ Hansen

Just continuing and building from his track accomplishments. 15:39 at Under the Lights was a personal best, 15:13 at John Bruder was a massive personal best. It’s a shame Freeland is on the smaller side of D2 schools, we sadly avoid a matchup with Evan Loughridge at Holly.

Evan Loughridge

Opener at Possum Hollow was a 20+ second win over a ton of talented D1 runners. He’ll be facing some potential D2 All-Staters this weekend at Holly.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Connell Alford	Chelsea	216.7	18
2	11	TJ Hansen	Freeland	215.2	15
3	12	Evan Loughridge	Pinckney	213.4	16
4	12	Alex Thole	East Grand Rapids	209.9	12
5	12	Nate Carmody	Haslett	205.5	14
6	12	Brendan Hoving	Forest Hills Eastern	205.2	12
7	12	Noah Lambers	Holland	205.1	11
8	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	204.8	12
9	12	Braylon Petty	Adrian	204.6	18
10	12	Gregory Janesak	Sparta	203.5	10
11	12	Logan Ruffner	Riverview	202.5	18
12	12	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	201.1	15
13	11	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child	201.1	16
14	11	Simon Triezenberg	Grand Rapids Christian	201.0	11
15	12	Caleb Palmreuter	Gladwin	200.9	10
16	12	Liam Hinman	Forest Hills Eastern	199.9	12
17	11	Kilian Whalen	Allendale	199.9	11
18	11	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	199.3	12
19	10	Owen Metzger	Sparta	199.0	10
20	11	Alex Doneth	Mason	198.9	14
21	11	Dylan Lydic	Haslett	198.8	14
22	10	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	198.7	12
23	11	Dominic Lowrie	Battle Creek Harper Creek	197.9	12
24	12	Nolan Pinion	Lake Fenton	195.8	16
25	12	Luke Glasgow	Spring Lake	194.9	11
26	11	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	194.8	15
27	11	Abatu Dykstra	Hamilton	194.4	11
28	11	Sullivan Zietlow	Three Rivers	194.2	13
29	9	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	194.2	15
30	12	Connor Griffith	Marshall	193.7	12

It’s that time! We’re back again with rankings, both for teams and individuals. Three weeks into the season, plenty of rust busted, times dropped, and a bit of clarity towards our top teams and athletes.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I’ll start the story with three teams/individuals this week, then expand in future weeks.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. It’ll be Division 4 first this week, then next week I think I’ll have enough stats to start on the Upper Peninsula, so they’ll go first.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Jackson Lumen Christi

Two invites into the season and the Titans have won them both. After a bit of a struggle at Michigan Catholic, Lumen Christi acquitted themselves well to the quick Lakeview course. Many in their top seven ran personal bests or close. Their girls will get a prime opportunity to prove their fitness again, running in the Elite race at Spartan.

Traverse City St. Francis

It’s all about their pack. Both at Bear Country and Red Devil (both wins), the Glads were able to put five runners ahead of any other team’s 4^th runner (and more often, a rival team’s 2^nd or 3^rd girl).

Elk Rapids

The Elks are taking a bit of a break until returning back for action next Tuesday at Kalkaska. One girl that’s stood out early has been Ella Peck, who has dropped nearly a minute from her junior best.

Rank	Team	Score	Region
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	158	23
2	Traverse City St. Francis	213	19
3	Elk Rapids	253	19
4	Hart	274	20
5	Caro	280	25
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	328	21
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	343	24
8	Stanton Central Montcalm	360	24
9	Lansing Catholic	379	26
10	Hanover-Horton	464	23
11	Leslie	473	26
12	Ithaca	499	25
13	Clinton	537	27
14	Kent City	578	21
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	580	20
16	Monroe St. Mary CC	591	27
17	Buchanan	656	22
18	Grass Lake	674	27
19	Benzie Central	719	20
20	Fennville	732	21
21	Clare	776	19
22	Ann Arbor Greenhills	793	27
23	McBain	875	20
24	St. Louis	887	25
25	Onsted	896	23
26	Laingsburg	933	24
27	Blissfield	938	27

Traverse City St. Francis

Came into the season as one of the top teams in Division 3, only bolstered by the addition of the Swagers. Leo’s debut went down in the TCSF record books, his 15:54 at Buckley was a school record.

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian

The greatness of the Chargers might not be evident early, but watch as they get towards large fields. Grant Koole and Tyler Kooienga have appeared to lock down the 4^th and 5^th spots. And in D3, when your 4^th/5^th guys are hovering near or under 18:00, you’ll be ahead of many teams.

Reed City

Addition of Isaac Clementshaw has taken the Yotes from a team happy to make State to one that can step on the podium. He’s been in the low-18’s in each of his four races.

Rank	Boys Team	Score	Region
1	Traverse City St. Francis	201	19
2	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	348	21
3	Reed City	357	20
4	Hanover-Horton	371	23
5	The Potter’s House	377	21
6	Stanton Central Montcalm	440	24
7	Jackson Lumen Christi	447	23
8	Hart	451	20
9	Pewamo-Westphalia	452	24
10	Clare	458	19
11	Buchanan	552	22
12	Midland Bullock Creek	562	25
13	Ithaca	574	25
14	Jonesville	631	23
15	St. Louis	647	25
16	Bath	648	24
17	Flat Rock	660	27
18	Kalkaska	672	19
19	Olivet	783	22
20	Charlevoix	796	19
21	Elk Rapids	810	19
22	Union City	812	22
23	Kent City	865	21
24	Leslie	875	26
25	Monroe St. Mary CC	915	27
26	Benzie Central	958	20
27	Lansing Catholic	963	26

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Jessica Jazwinski

Her 2023 debut may have ended in defeat, but I saw a girl that didn’t lay down when the race wasn’t going her way. A 17:35 at Benzie was 10 seconds faster than her sophomore performance, likely on a tougher course as well.

Emmry Ross

Was undefeated until 2022’s State Finals and she’s on the same streak yet again. Four wins in four races, including a sub-18 at Addison. Some big tests are coming soon on the schedule – at Spartan and then Jackson.

Madison Osterberg

Usual pattern has been to exert patience then speed up late. Well, her 17:42 at Lakeview was a jolt to that process. The second sub-18 of her career and nearly a minute faster than her 2022 effort.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	11	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart	173.0	20
2	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	161.0	23
3	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	160.0	23
4	11	Kyah Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	153.5	24
5	12	Mylie Kelly	Benzie Central	150.7	20
6	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	146.1	26
7	11	Eliza Bush	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	145.2	27
8	12	Miranda McNeil	Morley-Stanwood	144.4	20
9	12	Alyson Enns	Hart	143.4	20
10	11	Lila Volkers	Kent City	140.3	21
11	11	Betsy Skendzel	Traverse City St. Francis	137.0	19
12	10	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	136.2	27
13	10	Hope Miller	Blissfield	131.5	27
14	11	Kaya Vrable	Caro	131.2	25
15	9	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	130.3	23
16	12	Amber Koole	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	129.9	21
17	10	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids	129.4	19
18	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	127.1	20
19	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	126.1	24
20	12	Paige Herron	Caro	125.8	25
21	11	Ashley Choponis	Stanton Central Montcalm	124.2	24
22	12	Jenna Sweeney	Reese	123.8	25
23	12	Liliana Lehnst	Ithaca	121.2	25
24	12	Kendra Koster	Lawton	120.1	22
25	12	Cecilia Postma	Manistee	119.9	20
26	12	Avelina Hollandsworth	Remus Chippewa Hills	119.9	20
27	12	Isabella Max	Kent City	119.8	21
28	12	Olivia Perrine	Hanover-Horton	119.2	23
29	10	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	118.4	24
30	10	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	118.4	20

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Bobby Jazwinski

Following his astounding debut at Benzie, picked up wins in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree and at Leanna Wolf Geers.

Boden Genovese

Three consecutive low-16 efforts, all lower than his junior best. He’ll get another opportunity to roll towards the 15’s on Friday at Spartan.

Keegan Masters

Two 16:1x efforts at the beginning of his senior season, each lower than his best time from his junior year. An example of his progress – Keegan ran 16:46 in last September’s Huron Invitational, this past weekend on the same course, he was nearly 30 sec. faster.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	9	Robert Jazwinski III	Hart	205.0	20
2	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	198.9	22
3	12	Keegan Masters	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	197.2	27
4	12	Brad White	Clare	196.8	19
5	12	Ben March	St. Louis	196.5	25
6	11	Isaiah Dinverno	Jackson Lumen Christi	196.5	23
7	12	Samuel Martini	Kent City	195.9	21
8	12	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	195.8	24
3	11	Leo Swager	Traverse City St. Francis	195.3	19
9	11	Theodore Davis	Dansville	195.1	26
10	10	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	193.5	24
11	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	192.8	21
12	11	August Rohde	Reed City	192.2	20
13	10	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	191.2	27
14	11	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	190.8	23
15	11	Landen Boulis	Hanover-Horton	189.3	23
16	12	Graham Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	187.1	24
17	12	Gavin Guggemos	Kalkaska	186.8	19
18	12	Lucas Hopkins	Olivet	185.1	22
19	12	Evan Shepherd	Hanover-Horton	184.6	23
20	12	Anthony Kiaunis	Reed City	184.6	20
21	11	Daniel Mandujano	Watervliet	184.1	22
22	10	Landen Styka	Ithaca	183.9	25
23	11	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	183.4	25
24	10	Robert Dykhouse	Manton	183.3	20
25	12	Jaden Barnes	Bloomingdale	183.1	22
26	11	Brayden Sweeney	Midland Bullock Creek	182.9	25
27	12	Ryan Allen	Reed City	182.6	20
28	12	Tucker Krumm	Traverse City St. Francis	182.4	19
29	12	Matthew Pattullo	Caro	182.1	25
30	9	Luke Herron	Caro	181.5	25

It’s that time! We’re back again with rankings, both for teams and individuals. Three weeks into the season, plenty of rust busted, times dropped, and a bit of clarity towards our top teams and athletes.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I’ll start the story with three teams/individuals this week, then expand in future weeks.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. It’ll be Division 4 first this week, then next week I think I’ll have enough stats to start on the Upper Peninsula, so they’ll go first.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Whitmore Lake

Winners of the Small School division at John Bruder, winners of the entire Birch Run Early Invite. Went up against stacked D4 competition in USA, Kingston and came away victorious, held their own against D1 competition at Lamplighter. Emergence of Sofia Robertson has been a major help.

Johannesburg-Lewiston

Full squad hasn’t competed together yet. Half were at Under the Lights, half at Red Devil. Getting Harlie Fox, a middle school sprinter, to run a 21:00 opener keeps them in contention with Whitmore Lake.

Hillsdale Academy

Iris Millies has been a key early season contributor, continuing her 23:00 streak, but only faster. Then you have those usual suspects, the Brownlees and the last of the Roberts. Saturday, the Colts are going against Whitmore Lake, which I think will be a good depiction of their fitness.

Rank	Girls Team	Score	Region
1	Whitmore Lake	76	33
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	125	28
3	Hillsdale Academy	255	34
4	Kingston	256	35
5	Gobles	256	31
6	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	293	31
7	Breckenridge	308	30
8	Harbor Springs	313	28
9	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	354	36
10	Buckley	373	29
11	Saugatuck	406	31
12	Mason County Eastern	418	29
13	Unionville-Sebewaing	493	35
14	Grand Traverse Academy	513	29
15	Pittsford	530	34
16	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	531	30
17	Kalamazoo Hackett	567	32
18	Royal Oak Shrine	591	36
19	Concord	604	32
20	Allen Park Cabrini	629	36
21	Livingston Christian	656	33
22	Lansing Christian	671	33
23	Beal City	686	30
24	Fowler	695	33
25	Vestaburg	742	30
26	Leland	742	29
27	Ubly	760	35

Hillsdale Academy

Two invites, two wins. Perhaps most telling was their opener across town, where the Colts comfortably beat top D3 teams in Hanover-Horton and Jonesville. As with their girls, the boys should face another stiff test at Holly – going against the likes of Breckenridge, Lutheran Westland, Whitmore Lake, amongst others. Guess I’ll have to get to Holly early.

Johannesburg-Lewiston

Given their top 3 boys, it was always gonna be about what came from their 4^th and 5^th runners. I know it was a fast track at East Jordan, but having Layman under 18:00 and Fulton in the mid-18’s combined with Coach Marcum’s careful training gives the Cardinals much potential.

Holland Calvary Christian

Of their top nine runners at South Christian, eight were freshmen. When looking at the results as a whole, their 9^th place in the Starlight division might not seem impressive, but please pay attention to the field – it was primarily D1/D2 teams.

Rank	Boys Team	Score	Region
1	Hillsdale Academy	165	34
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	254	28
3	Holland Calvary Christian	271	31
4	Mason County Eastern	304	29
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	325	32
6	Three Oaks River Valley	337	32
7	Royal Oak Shrine	393	36
8	Saugatuck	400	31
9	Maple City Glen Lake	456	29
10	Lutheran Westland	466	36
11	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	548	36
12	Frankfort	569	29
13	East Jackson	582	34
14	Breckenridge	597	30
15	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	602	31
16	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	617	36
17	Harbor Beach	626	35
18	Muskegon Catholic Central	629	31
19	Whitmore Lake	647	33
20	Pentwater	656	29
21	Tri-Unity Christian	671	31
22	Battle Creek St. Philip	730	32
23	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	752	30
24	Morenci	777	34
25	Harbor Springs	783	28
26	Jackson Preparatory	785	34
27	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	786	31

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Kaylie Livingston

Introduction to HS cross country has been a resounding success. Three races, three wins, three efforts in the low-18’s.

Aiden Harrand

Personal best at Benzie was two years in the making. Her 17:52 knocked 16 seconds off her previous record. Effort at Bear Country was likely a bit more controlled (and probably underrates her here), yet still another victory. I think we’ll get a matchup vs. Kaylie at Portage, only a month away.

Allie Nowak

Set the J-L school record with an 18:26 at Red Devil. For comparison’s sake, her opener as a sophomore was 20:32. By the end of her sophomore year, Allie had finished 3^rd in Division 4.

Rank	Grade	Name	Real Team	Rating	Region
1	9	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	160.7	33
2	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	158.4	29
3	11	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston	145.1	28
4	12	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	142.7	36
5	11	Grace VanderKooi	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	138.8	31
6	11	Izzy Brooks	Adrian Lenawee Christian	136.4	34
7	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	130.7	36
8	12	Miriam Murrell	Gaylord St. Mary	129.3	28
9	10	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	127.4	33
10	11	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael	127.2	28
11	9	Libby Smith	Gobles	126.5	31
12	11	Ella Knudsen	Leland	122.6	29
13	12	Brooke Smith	Pittsford	119.6	34
14	10	Sofia Robertson	Whitmore Lake	118.8	33
15	9	Stefi Reskevics	Harbor Springs	117.6	28
16	12	Natalie Meadows	Whitmore Lake	116.3	33
17	11	Juniper Rodham	Harbor Springs	116.3	28
18	12	Madalyn Agren	Johannesburg-Lewiston	115.5	28
19	10	Yolanda Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston	112.2	28
20	10	Taylor Wiegand	Livingston Christian	110.2	33
21	11	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg	110.2	30
22	12	Isabella Yeoman	Genesee	110.0	33
23	11	Ava Mallar	Pittsford	108.5	34
24	12	Allison Glendening	St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic	108.4	31
25	9	Ava DeYoung	Gobles	106.2	31
26	11	Presley Allen	Mendon	105.7	32
27	11	Ella Walton	Hillsdale Academy	105.4	34
28	10	Ruth Brownlee	Hillsdale Academy	105.4	34
29	9	Harlie Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston	104.5	28
30	9	Anna Sheppard	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	102.3	30

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Owen Patton

The summer training and its added endurance have been paying off. Two wins, one in the small school division at John Bruder and the other in an opener at Chippewa Hills. But I’ve marveled at the consistency, through the tough or easy efforts, he’s run the equivalent of sub-16 each time out.

Abe VanDuinen

Pound for pound, the competition for the boys WMD title is as good a conference battle you’ll find. The Redmans, Mason Sinke, and Abe are all likely to finish in the top-15 at Division 4 State. Abe was victorious on Wednesday, then ripped a sub-16 on Saturday.

Tyler Lenn

Win in the D2-D4 division at the Muskrat Classic was his first of the year. His 16:27 at Eastwood was 6 seconds faster than his junior effort, on a much slower course mind you.   

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	205.1	30
2	12	Abe VanDuinen	Pentwater	193.4	29
3	12	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	192.4	36
4	12	Thomas Holm	Hillsdale Academy	192.1	34
5	11	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake	191.3	29
6	11	Mason Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama	189.2	29
7	10	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	188.4	36
8	9	Ty Redman	Mesick	188.0	29
9	9	Kyle Redman	Mesick	187.8	29
10	12	Michael Allen	East Jackson	186.9	34
11	10	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	186.2	32
12	12	Malaki Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston	185.4	28
13	10	Grayson Rorick	Hillsdale Academy	181.9	34
14	12	Gavin Sehy	Kalamazoo Hackett	181.3	32
15	12	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge	180.9	30
16	12	Blake Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston	180.5	28
17	11	Tyler Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian	177.4	31
18	9	Riley Weed	Holland Calvary Christian	175.9	31
19	10	Charlie Gibson	Three Oaks River Valley	175.9	32
20	12	Javin Mericle	East Jackson	175.4	34
21	10	Lynus Cadarette	Petoskey St. Michael	174.3	28
22	12	Kaden Forward	Bear Lake-Onekama	172.5	29
23	10	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake	172.1	33
24	10	Carson Burgess	Brown City	171.9	35
25	11	Reece Poole	Hillsdale Academy	171.0	34
26	9	Noah Schipper	Holland Calvary Christian	171.0	31
27	12	Luke Niedzielski	Mason County Eastern	171.0	29
28	11	Matthias Morse	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	171.0	31
29	10	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach	170.7	35
30	9	Anthony Rowe	Breckenridge	170.4	30