Author: mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
Lenawee County Preview		1st of 9
Ramblin’ Rock		1st of 19
Otsego Bulldog	D2	6th of 30
Portage	D2	5th of 43
Lenawee County		1st of 11
SEC White		3rd of 5
Region 18		3rd of 16
Division 2 State		4th of 27

Top Returners

Braylon Petty

Hit PB’s in all three distance events this spring, probably the most significant being the 1600m. His 4:23 at Golden Triangle subtracted 6 seconds from his sophomore best and set the stage for his first State Qualifier in the event.

Moises Salazar

After posting the best freshman time at MIS, went onto have a marvelous track season, containing PB’s of 2:05, 4:30, and 9:41. The latter two ranked in the top-10 amongst all 9^th graders.

Matthew Canales

Such a great story of ascending into one of the better runners on one of the better teams. Began his career with a season comprised of 20:00+ races, save one for finally breaking through with a 19:58 to close his freshman year. This past season contained similar barrier breaking – only this time it was getting into the 16’s.

Landyn Soule

Gradually whittled his sophomore times down to the low-17’s. Two of his better races came toward the end of the season, 17:12 and 17:10 efforts at Hudson Mills and Milan.

Riley Smith

Has gotten into the 17’s during each of his two high school seasons, placing in the top-25 in Lenawee County in both years.

Jackson Nyack

After countless races in the low-18’s, took advantage of a quick course at Hudson Mills to get into the 17’s. And didn’t just sneak by, as he ran 17:42.

Potential Newcomers

Carter Fenner

Won all the SEC Jamborees and Lenawee County. Owns the #16 mark in the 3200m from this track season, where he ran 10:35.

Silas Skeels

Sub-12 on all but one of his 2 mile races, 3^rd place in Lenawee County and 7^th in Zone 2. By the way, the Adrian MS team was the Zone 2 champion, letting you know how bright the Maple future may be.

Edward Hedrick

Top-10’s at Lenawee County, in the SEC, with numerous sub-12’s to his name.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
UTL v2	Midnight	2nd of 14
Bredeweg		2nd of 19
Spartan	Bronze	2nd of 27
Autumn Sunrise	D1/D2	3rd of 8
Otsego Bulldog	D2	7th of 26
Portage	D2	7th of 42
OK Green Conference		1st of 6
Region 11		3rd of 12
Division 2 State		8th of 27

Top Returners

Allison Kuzma

Has turned into one of the better runners in the state over these past two years. Twice All-State, top-15 in Division Two and a regional champion last year.

Emma Drnek

Started to come into her own during the spring, her first track season running longer distances. Finished 2^nd in the OK Green in the 800m & 1600m, posting personal bests of 2:19/5:08 during the year.

Meredith Cook

A huge contributor to Zeeland East’s 2^nd place finish in the D1 4x800m. Rocked the mid-distance this past spring, boasting personal bests of 61.0 and 2:17, winning the OK Green 400m along the way.

Taryn DiLaura

Another ZE girl with a breakout and promising spring. Her 11:50 in the 3200m ranked #19 amongst all Michigan freshmen girls.

CC Kuras

Season may have started a bit slow, as she didn’t get under 21:00 until late September. But proved her toughness late, one of the rare ones to match her PR at State, running a 20:20 and placing in the top-100.

Addie Grill

Ran three of her better races to close the year, all mid-20 efforts at the OK Green, Allendale Regional, and MIS.

Megan Kuzma

Solid freshman year contained some breakout races, such as her 20:23 at Portage and a chance to race on the Chix’ state squad.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 34^th Place – Division 1 State (XC)
• 5^th Place – Region 1 (XC)
• 7^th Place – OK Red (XC)
• 6^th Place – Division 1 State 1600m
• 2^nd Place – Region 1 1600m
• 4^th Place – OK Red 1600m



Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
10	Seth Conner	17:05.9	Jenison	184.0	Muskegon CC	20-Aug
10	Seth Conner	16:58.5	Jenison	181.2	Under the Lights v2	26-Aug
10	Seth Conner	16:40.1	Jenison	187.6	SW Rustbuster	31-Aug
10	Seth Conner	16:31.7	Jenison	185.4	Lakeview	10-Sep
10	Seth Conner	17:12.0	Jenison	181.0	Spartan	16-Sep
10	Seth Conner	16:44.0	Jenison	181.3	OK Red 1	20-Sep
10	Seth Conner	16:29.2	Jenison	186.3	Allendale Falcon	1-Oct
10	Seth Conner	17:12.3	Jenison	175.9	OK Red 2	4-Oct
10	Seth Conner	16:44.5	Jenison	184.8	Kent Ottawa	15-Oct
10	Seth Conner	16:16.9	Jenison	186.0	OK Red Championship	20-Oct
10	Seth Conner	16:10.9	Jenison	193.1	Region 1	29-Oct
10	Seth Conner	16:18.9	Jenison	193.4	Division 1 State	5-Nov
10	Seth Conner	15:45.9	Jenison	197.4	MITCA	12-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
9	Seth Conner	17:23.0	Jenison	179.0	Muskegon CC	21-Aug
9	Seth Conner	17:14.7	Jenison	177.4	Pete Moss	28-Aug
9	Seth Conner	17:36.6	Jenison	172.8	Bredeweg	11-Sep
9	Seth Conner	17:28.9	Jenison	174.7	Ottawa Hills	17-Sep
9	Seth Conner	16:53.1	Jenison	176.0	OK Red 1	21-Sep
9	Seth Conner	17:31.3	Jenison	171.6	Cougar Falcon	25-Sep
9	Seth Conner	17:07.0	Jenison	176.3	Otsego Bulldog	2-Oct
9	Seth Conner	17:10.7	Jenison	178.1	OK Red 2	5-Oct
9	Seth Conner	17:04.0	Jenison	181.3	Portage	9-Oct
9	Seth Conner	16:35.8	Jenison	181.1	OK Red Conference	21-Oct
9	Seth Conner	16:45.0	Jenison	178.7	Mel Hall	23-Oct
9	Seth Conner	17:24.3	Jenison	168.9	Region 3	29-Oct

The Rundown

One of the benefits of these ratings is that you can project improvement before it happens. For instance, as a freshman, Seth moved from a guy running mid-17 efforts to breaking 17:00. So it was only natural that when he was running mid-16 efforts in 2022 that he’d have a slight improvement throughout the year. What was unnatural was his close. After busting out a massive PB in the OK Red Championship, he went on a streak of one great performance after another. 5^th Place in Region 1, a 16:18 at State (on a course that’s getting increasingly tougher), then closing with a 15:45 on a legit Shepherd course. That momentum carried into track, where he dropped 10 sec. from his 800m, 20 sec. from his 1600m, and 60+ sec. from his 3200m. If this hot streak continues, Seth might be crashing the party in a huge way at MIS.