Author: mixcspeedratings

SUMMER PREVIEW

Race to Watch

Half the reason I do these previews is to give a midseason update. The other half is to figure out how much content I can bring for Regional Week. Writing about teams that have improved, individuals who have stood out is enlightening and I’m sure feels good for those listed, but it sure as heck takes time. Perhaps concentrating on one race is better for me? We’ll find out.

Both the Boys and Girls races for the victory, for 3^rd place seem set in stone, Carina Burchi has been dominantly improving, let’s think about the top Boys. Three contenders: Landen Livingston, Caleb Howard, and Logan Cooper.

The only head to head race between the three was this past weekend here at Happy Acres, where Logan Cooper finished 2^nd in the Josh Lott Memorial Invite.

Caleb was 8^th, but was by far his best time of the year. Caleb had shown he’s in this type of shape, running 18:18 at Saranac on a brutally hot day, he’s also shown he can perform under pressure, placing top-50 at State the previous two seasons.

We saw it first on the track, where Logan dropped his 800m best from 2:41 to 2:08. We’re seeing it now on the grass, Logan was north of 19:00 for much of the 2021 season. His magical year isn’t just evident in times, the medals are racking up as well, top-10 finishes at his last 5 invites.

Livingston is the wild card. Just a freshman, he’s had his ups and downs. Three sub-18’s, most recently in a competitive field at New Balance. Holly didn’t go his way, but I’m sure it was a great learning experience. Let’s watch to see if he can establish a bit of consistency in this next month.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Logan Cooper	Potterville	170.1
2	9	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake	165.2
3	12	Caleb Howard	Webberville	162.2
4	12	Braylan Majesky	Whitmore Lake	159.4
5	12	Deegan Bodell	Carson City-Crystal	158.7
6	11	Cameron Griffin	Whitmore Lake	155.7
7	12	Jacob Skidmore	Novi Christian Academy	153.0
8	11	Reily Henderson	Whitmore Lake	146.1
9	11	Jobe Skaff	Novi Christian Academy	144.8
10	9	Emmanuel Mehari	Plymouth Christian Academy	144.6
11	9	Quentin Smith	Fowler	141.7
12	12	Drew Peckens	Webberville	140.2
13	12	Dennis Wilson	Novi Christian Academy	136.6
14	12	Vincenzo Lewan	Plymouth Christian Academy	136.1
15	11	Trevor Feldpausch	Fowler	135.9
16	12	Adam Moore	Plymouth Christian Academy	132.8
17	9	Timothy Chamberlain	Portland St. Patrick	131.2
18	12	Brayden Clark	Carson City-Crystal	131.0
19	9	Kristian Coon	Carson City-Crystal	130.6
20	12	Oisin O’Grady	Carson City-Crystal	128.9

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	9	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	127.7
2	12	Ashlyn Kephart	Lansing Christian	100.5
3	11	Ellayna Meredith	Portland St. Patrick	100.3
4	11	Natalie Meadows	Whitmore Lake	95.2
5	9	Elodie Weaver	Whitmore Lake	94.2
6	10	Kelcie Pung	Fowler	85.2
7	11	Josie Dubuc	Novi Christian Academy	84.5
8	12	Brooke Craven	Whitmore Lake	83.4
9	9	Madi Hare	Plymouth Christian Academy	82.4
10	10	Erica Walker	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	79.5
11	9	Sofia Robertson	Whitmore Lake	70.6
12	9	Taylor Wiegand	Livingston Christian	70.1
13	12	Cozette Brown	Portland St. Patrick	68.5
14	11	Mya Guillermo	Novi Christian Academy	66.0
15	10	Landry Gomez	St. Charles	57.8
16	0	Grace Bell	Novi Christian Academy	52.8
17	11	Eve Herrgott	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	51.9
18	12	Grace Piggott	Fowler	51.6
19	11	Ciara Parsons	Whitmore Lake	44.7
20	9	Alaina Driver	Potterville	43.5

SUMMER PREVIEW

• I received a bit of pushback over the summer for ranking the Royal Oak Shrine boys so high, well look who’s still here in first
  • Okay, they didn’t add the great number of 8^th graders as projected, but unless anyone finds a better method than assuming 8^th graders running cross will run 9^th grade cross, let me know
  • The 9^th graders that have competed for the Knights, Michael Bowker and Abenezer Cerone, have made a noticeable impact on their fortunes
    • Bowker has run in the 18’s on a variety of courses – Holly, Goodells, Algonac
    • Cerone has followed the same pattern, albeit a tad faster, high-17’s at those venues
• Although the top three remain the same for the boys, Lutheran Westland has moved down significantly in terms of points
  • Year to year, the Warriors have raced at the same places, and in those races (OCS Small School, Holly, Ramblin Rock, Whitmore Lake), Nathan Betke has finished almost 100 seconds faster on average in 2022 compared to 2021
  • Nathan clocks in as Westland’s 5^th runner on the chart below, and as you can see, he’s the best 5^th runner in the field
• The Girls section remains a similar order and range of scores compared to earlier
  • Rochester Hills Lutheran NW has absorbed the absence of one of their key contributors, who I believe will be back soon, and heck, they’re still in first
    • Kendall Zaliwski has stepped up for the Crusaders, at Holly she ran 64 seconds faster than in 2021, and a 2022 season best
  • Auburn Hills Oakland Christian doesn’t have a few of the girls that I had anticipated joining the team, but that’s been offset by Leah Zarilli, who just placed 8^th in the first MIAC Jamboree, 4 spots better than any placing last year

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Royal Oak Shrine	78	4	8	10	26	30	35	43
2	Lutheran Westland	80	11	12	13	21	23	31	38
3	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	80	2	9	18	22	29	32	37

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	46	4	6	8	9	19	24	26
2	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	54	2	5	12	17	18	25	28
3	Royal Oak Shrine	58	7	10	11	14	16	20	23

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Christopher Russelburg	Allen Park Cabrini	191.2
2	11	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	177.3
3	12	Alex Meszaros	Riverview Gabriel Richard	171.9
4	9	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	162.9
5	12	Merrick Michaelson	West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy	161.1
6	12	Johnny Benko	Riverview Gabriel Richard	156.9
7	11	TJ Donnan	Southfield Christian	153.1
8	9	Michael Bowker	Royal Oak Shrine	150.5
9	11	Isaac Zammit	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	150.2
10	12	Arline Lile	Royal Oak Shrine	148.1
11	9	Max Brannan	Lutheran Westland	146.2
12	11	Jeffrey McGuire	Lutheran Westland	146.2
13	10	Tom Shafer	Lutheran Westland	139.2
14	11	AJ Owen	Birmingham Roeper	138.7
15	11	Luke Douglas	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	137.9
16	11	Tommy Abazi	Southfield Christian	133.6
17	12	Brayden McKay	Allen Park Cabrini	128.7
18	12	Matthew Zammit Jr.	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	127.1
19	12	Dean Moshier	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	124.3
20	12	Samuel Wenzel	Austin Catholic	123.5

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	130.0
2	12	Erika Van Loton	Huron Valley Lutheran	120.5
3	10	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	119.8
4	12	Helana Napiorkowski	Austin Catholic	101.2
5	12	Madeleine Barge	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	98.1
6	11	Leah Zarrilli	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	91.9
7	11	Abby Rice	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	85.6
8	10	Natalie Gibbs	Birmingham Roeper	83.5
9	9	Eleanor Cole	Lutheran Westland	75.1
10	12	Michaela Kurth	Lutheran Westland	75.0
11	12	Natalie Malczyk	Huron Valley Lutheran	71.9
12	10	Tess Tillman	Royal Oak Shrine	71.6
13	9	Ellee Cole	Lutheran Westland	70.4
14	12	Julia Troxel	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	66.4
15	11	Morgan McNally	Academy of the Sacred Heart	66.3
16	11	Kendall Zaliwski	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	63.5
17	12	Maura Gum	Royal Oak Shrine	63.1
18	10	Rose Losey	Royal Oak Shrine	62.8
19	11	Karis Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	59.0
20	11	Nicole Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	57.4

REGION 26

SUMMER PREVIEW

• Algonac.. Algonac?
  • Junior David Clemons is back after missing his sophomore year, the new version of him better than ever
  • He’s broken 19:00 twice, most recently a gigantic personal best at Goodells
  • Two of the Muskrat freshmen – Julian Walker and Owen Benidit are performing as to expectations, Jack Reyes is right outside of the projected top-20, but the key additions are David and Griffin Melrose
• The Dansville score may look similar from July until now, looking deeper, I missed a key addition
  • Sammy Schmidt returns, also after a year hiatus
  • He picks up where he left off in 2020, where he closed the season with a 17:56 at Sharp Park
    • In 2022, he’s been sub-18 in four of his six competitions
• Since the teams match almost exactly what I had written a few months ago, let’s note two individuals that are having landmark seasons thus far
  • Carmellina Biafora of Bishop Foley slipped under 22:00 for the first time ever at the first CHSL Jamboree, her 4^th placing there by far her best finish in a league event
  • Rebekah Hallock has been dropping minutes in almost every instance, starting with a 25:00 at Corunna, trending downwards to a 22:07 at that old Carson City course

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Dansville	42
2	Algonac	75	4	13	17	20	21	25	37
3	Stockbridge	77	2	9	11	24	31	48
4	Charyl Stockwell Academy	88	8	10	14	22	34	35	36

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	University Liggett	42	1	2	6	12	21
2	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	52	3	7	13	14	15	19	29
3	Stockbridge	56	4	8	10	16	18	20	31

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Theodore Davis	Dansville	191.7
2	12	Collin Cook	Stockbridge	174.4
3	12	Sammy Schmidt	Dansville	172.3
4	9	Julian Walker	Algonac	168.5
5	12	Max Mader	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	168.3
6	10	Michael Darlington	University Liggett	166.7
7	12	Joseph Kadluboski	Dansville	158.6
8	12	Raymond Rogers	Charyl Stockwell Academy	158.3
9	11	Ethan Wright	Stockbridge	154.2
10	11	Anthony Urbaniak	Charyl Stockwell Academy	153.3
11	12	Micah Bolton	Stockbridge	145.1
12	11	Calvin Vanhartesvelt	Dansville	140.9
13	11	David Clemons	Algonac	140.8
14	12	Ray Shumaker	Charyl Stockwell Academy	129.4
15	10	Ray Lanfear	Clawson	122.7
16	9	Brendan Beland	University Liggett	120.2
17	9	Owen Beindit	Algonac	115.1
18	12	Taylor Angus	New Haven	109.4
19	11	Gavin Vidito	Dansville	109.3
20	11	Griffin Melrose	Algonac	106.9

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Kerith Short	University Liggett	115.6
2	12	Penelope Griffioen	University Liggett	92.9
3	11	Carmellina Biafora	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	76.4
4	9	JayLee Chapman	Stockbridge	72.4
5	9	Jasmine Walker	Algonac	57.0
6	10	Fiona Sierens	University Liggett	52.6
7	10	Josephine Malysz	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	51.1
8	10	Rebekah Hallock	Dansville	50.4
9	10	Anna Ransom	Stockbridge	46.9
10	11	Savannah Ricketts	Charyl Stockwell Academy	38.8
11	10	Haylee Byerly	Algonac	35.9
12	10	Ava Vaccaro	Stockbridge	34.6
13	11	Lovelyn Ketepa	Clawson	30.4
14	9	Elizabeth Gough	University Liggett	28.3
15	9	Eleanor Barnes	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	14.5
16	10	Elizabeth Ballor	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	8.1
17	11	Sophia Schudt	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	2.4
18	9	Ella Heffner	Charyl Stockwell Academy	0.6

REGION 4

SUMMER PREVIEW

• Ran into a few Ann Arbor Skyline folks at Jackson and my message to them there is the same that I’m writing here – this is the best top four in the State
  • I don’t even care what my numbers say, four under 16:07 at Sharp Park is unreal
  • The question that’ll be ringing in the Eagles ears will be – can they find a fifth?
    • Paul MInock and Aidan Hale both have progressed throughout the year, both are capable of sub-17 on the right day
• As of this writing now, Brighton’s 4^th-7^th loom large and will work as displacers
  • Watch out for Tyler Brock as one of them, he’s been near the 18:00 mark for the past few weeks, though a deeper dive reveals some gnarly courses – Mt. Brighton, Possum Hollow, Forest Akers on a hot day
• Far and away, Dexter is the team of the region, at least in terms of how much they’ve surprised relative to the August writeup
  • A few Dreadnaughts that have stood out for these first five weeks have been Annabel O’Haver and Caleb Snyder
  • Caleb had a pretty darn good freshman year, one you can build upon, and that’s exactly what he’s done
    • Caleb’s last three races have gone 18:08, 17:37, 16:55, indicating he’s found a wave of confidence, I’m curious how far he keeps going
  • In Annabel’s case, you can just compare places between years
    • Her best SEC finish in 2021? 27^th at the 2^nd Jamboree. 2022? 20^th at the first Jamboree
    • Jackson? 47^th in 2021, 17^th in 2022
    • That Jackson race was easily the best of her career, smashing through the 20:00 mark with a 19:14

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Brighton	47	3	6	9	14	15	16	19
2	Ann Arbor Skyline	55	1	5	7	11	31	37	64

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Nicolas Fry	Ann Arbor Skyline	201.8
2	11	Iain Forrest	Davison	201.5
3	11	Tyler Langley	Brighton	200.7
4	11	Brandon Anderson	Dexter	199.3
5	11	Luke Suliman	Ann Arbor Skyline	197.7
6	12	Brady Matuszewski	Brighton	194.4
7	12	Christopher Van Lent	Ann Arbor Skyline	193.7
8	12	Benjamin Smith	Hartland	192.2
9	11	Luke Campbell	Brighton	190.5
10	12	Connor Martin	Lapeer	189.6
11	11	Mason Jett	Ann Arbor Skyline	187.2
12	12	Owen Ackerman	Dexter	185.8
13	12	Nathan Katic	Fenton	184.4
14	12	Dylan White	Brighton	183.1
15	12	Brayden Morris	Brighton	182.4
16	11	Bode Cooper	Brighton	178.9
17	11	Carson Cook	Hartland	177.3
18	11	Noah DeLand	Howell	175.5
19	10	Tyler Brock	Brighton	174.6
20	12	Jordan Lucio	Grand Blanc	173.9

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Carrigan Eberly	Brighton	144.1
2	12	Mackenzie Wright	Howell	141.2
3	10	Alena Blumberg	Dexter	140.2
4	11	Nikki Carothers	Brighton	137.2
5	12	Natalie Kessler	Ann Arbor Skyline	134.1
6	12	Caroline Vance	Ann Arbor Skyline	132.7
7	12	Sophia Thomas	Grand Blanc	132.1
8	9	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	126.6
9	10	Annabel O’Haver	Dexter	123.5
10	11	Allison Mayer	Ann Arbor Skyline	123.1
11	12	Stella Farmer	Brighton	118.9
12	10	Grace Tykocki	Grand Blanc	118.1
13	12	Lexie Brown	Hartland	116.9
14	11	Kate Varitek	Dexter	116.8
15	10	Ashley Sobczynski	Holly	116.4
16	12	Bella Grant	South Lyon East	115.7
17	12	Amyla Eberhart	South Lyon East	115.4
18	11	Paige McArdle	Davison	115.4
19	10	Elle Bissett	Brighton	115.4
20	11	Megan Kowalski	Brighton	114.3