IT’S WORD EATIN’ SEASON

Where: St. Francis Retreat Center, DeWitt

The Course: From what I understand, this is a roller. From the course map, I see many turns. Early in the year, this rated out as pretty hard. For comparison (at least to us Metro Detroiters), it appeared a few seconds faster than Kensington or Cass Benton, which should land it among the tougher regionals. That being said, I feel that Lani can get after the course record if she so desires.

What to Watch For: Look for the 5th girls of both Lansing Catholic and Ithaca. Both teams are exceptional at the front, LC through 4, Ithaca through 3. Both of their 5th girls have shown signs of breakthrough and could hold the key to MIS glory.

Pewamo-Westphalia’s Pirate Girl Pack. They’re strong through all seven runners. That doesn’t have as much impact in a regional field, but if they can get on the right side of the bubble in Brooklyn, watch out.

Espen Lehnst. Won his first race last week and has been turning it on as of late. Harbors hopes of getting into the Top 10 by State and a huge performance here would help his cause.

I’m curious who steps it up as an individual for the girls – I’ll be honest that I don’t know much about the teams beyond the Top 3.

Carson Brunk has something to prove. When he’s on, he’s been a Top 10 caliber runner. That’s occurred a few times this season. He might be holding back in his other races, which doesn’t help in a rating sense, but 100% helps in a resting your body for championship season sense. We’ll see what he can unleash.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Lansing Catholic	38	2	3	4	9	20	31	33
2	Ithaca	52	1	6	7	16	22	30	39
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	54	5	10	12	13	14	15	17
4	Ovid-Elsie	114
5	Laingsburg	144
6	New Lothrop	166
7	St. Charles	219
8	Perry	219
9	Potterville	263
10	Chesaning	268
11	Byron	309
12	Montrose	358

Ranked Teams: Lansing Catholic (5), Pewamo-Westphalia (9), Ithaca (10)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Lani Bloom	Ithaca	166.1
2	11	Hannah Pricco	Lansing Catholic	143.8
3	11	CC Jones	Lansing Catholic	132.9
4	10	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	130.0
5	9	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	127.9
6	12	Rachael Sierakowski	Ithaca	116.9
7	10	Liliana Lehnst	Ithaca	107.4
8	11	Alexis Spitzley	Ovid-Elsie	106.0
9	11	Emmie West	Lansing Catholic	104.1
10	11	Ella Kowatch	Pewamo-Westphalia	104.1
11	9	Ally Andres	New Lothrop	92.6
12	11	Abby Arens	Pewamo-Westphalia	91.5
13	10	Hayden Hengesbach	Pewamo-Westphalia	88.4
14	12	Katelyn Kramer	Pewamo-Westphalia	87.0
15	10	Isabell Helman	Pewamo-Westphalia	85.2
16	9	Karisa Deacons	Ithaca	85.1
17	10	Melanie Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	81.5
18	9	Piper White	Ovid-Elsie	77.0
19	9	Emily Rathka	Laingsburg	76.3
20	12	Hailey Prokop	Lansing Catholic	74.3
21	12	Ella Kloeckner	Perry	68.1
22	12	Kylea Braman	Ithaca	66.4
23	9	Teagen Hallock	Perry	66.1
24	9	Evelyn Logghe	Laingsburg	65.7
25	12	Emily Muller	Ovid-Elsie	63.7
26	9	Izabell Konesny	Durand	57.5
27	9	Madison Thornton	Ovid-Elsie	56.5
28	10	Josie Bauman	New Lothrop	55.3
29	12	Lexis Wheeler	Potterville	55.0
30	10	Taylor Bailey	Chesaning	54.7
31	9	Emmalee Shankel	Ithaca	54.1
32	11	Zee Simpson	Lansing Catholic	54.1
33	12	Emma Kribs	Laingsburg	54.1
34	9	Isabel Doerr	Lansing Catholic	52.8
35	9	Addison Rusz	Laingsburg	50.3
36	12	Dakota Ballard	Laingsburg	50.0
37	9	Landry Gomez	St. Charles	47.5
38	12	Samantha Grubaugh	Ovid-Elsie	47.1
39	12	Logan Zerka	Durand	46.6
40	10	Kaia Spiess	Ovid-Elsie	46.4
41	9	Hayden Whitmore	Ithaca	45.5
42	10	Klara Mulcahy	New Lothrop	45.2
43	12	Melanie Symons	St. Charles	39.8
44	9	Emily Mueller	St. Charles	39.4
45	9	Olivia Gillett	New Lothrop	35.1
46	10	Juul Haartmans	Byron	34.7
47	10	Cailyn Adduddell	New Lothrop	33.0
48	9	Alexis Graham	St. Charles	31.3
49	12	Lindsey Wendling	New Lothrop	31.2
50	9	Keirsin Robinson	Laingsburg	30.7

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Ah, a little more useful in this region. Top heavy for the individuals, so I have the cutoff at 24th.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Lansing Catholic	40	1	3	10	11	15	25	29
2	Ithaca	63	4	5	13	19	22	28	50
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	74	2	14	17	18	23	30	41
4	Bath	118
5	Chesaning	166
6	New Lothrop	168
7	Laingsburg	185
8	Potterville	189
9	Ovid-Elsie	219
10	Montrose	245
11	Burton-Bendle	320
12	Durand	365
13	Byron	384

Ranked Teams: Lansing Catholic (4), Ithaca (7), Pewamo-Westphalia (14)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Josh Otten	Lansing Catholic	190.0
2	10	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	188.8
3	12	David Pruder	Lansing Catholic	186.6
4	11	Parks Allen	Ithaca	186.6
5	12	Espen Lehnst	Ithaca	185.6
6	12	Carson Brunk	Potterville	183.3
7	12	Chase Hobson	Montrose	179.0
8	12	Liam Harlan	Bath	172.3
9	11	Levi Maier	Chesaning	171.2
10	12	Cameron Haraburda	Lansing Catholic	170.8
11	12	Josh Frary	Lansing Catholic	167.8
12	11	Cole Yaros	New Lothrop	165.2
13	12	Nolan Woodman	Ithaca	163.5
14	11	Caleb Pohl	Pewamo-Westphalia	160.5
15	10	Stephen Fair	Lansing Catholic	156.0
16	10	Carter Holmes	Bath	154.2
17	12	Hudson Simon	Pewamo-Westphalia	150.8
18	11	Landon Thelen	Pewamo-Westphalia	149.1
19	12	Conor Mikulka	Ithaca	149.1
20	10	Andrew Koenigsknecht	Bath	146.6
21	12	Nolan Gregg	Laingsburg	144.4
22	12	Keegan Ouillette	Ithaca	143.7
23	11	Alex S. Thelen	Pewamo-Westphalia	143.1
24	9	Clay Powell	Ovid-Elsie	142.2
25	12	Matthew Jenness	Lansing Catholic	142.1
26	11	Logan Cooper	Potterville	141.0
27	12	Jonah Siemssen	Bath	139.8
28	12	Hector Sanchez	Ithaca	139.4
29	10	Elijah Nevins	Lansing Catholic	138.7
30	9	Allan George	Pewamo-Westphalia	138.5
31	12	Aaron Vincke	New Lothrop	136.8
32	12	Miguel Ramirez	Laingsburg	136.2
33	11	Corbin Walker	Chesaning	132.7
34	11	Ryan Gavenda	Ovid-Elsie	131.7
35	10	Kyle Baldwin	Mt Morris	131.6
36	10	Mason Struck	Chesaning	129.8
37	10	Ty Carlton	Potterville	129.7
38	12	Caleb Clark	Laingsburg	128.2
39	11	Parker Noonan	New Lothrop	128.1
40	12	Brett Gardner	St. Charles	127.7
41	10	Ryan DeGuise	Montrose	126.7
42	12	Dakota Sutter	Chesaning	124.7
43	9	Sam Muirhead	Pewamo-Westphalia	124.4
44	9	Lieu Vincke	New Lothrop	122.3
45	11	Austin Smith	Ovid-Elsie	120.2
46	9	Felix Ramirez	Laingsburg	120.0
47	12	Jason Weber	New Lothrop	119.5
48	11	Douglas Gauthier	Burton-Bendle	118.5
49	11	Hayden Vlasic	Bath	118.3
50	12	Luke Henige	New Lothrop	118.3

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Once again, a little deeper in there. 20th.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Great minds think alike.

Can Petoskey double up?

Where: Chippewa Hills HS, Remus

The Course: The Course: Groomed and blowdozed to perfection. From what I hear, it’s a true cross country course. Hills, woods, trails, fields. It ran a little fast last weekend, but my intuition tells me that was a bit off. I’d expect this to be one of the tougher regional courses. Be on the lookout for Coach O’Neil’s new book, “Zen and the Art of Cross Country Course Maintenance”.

What to Watch For: Is Fremont here to spoil Petoskey’s party? They’ve been ascending (or descending, you can use either verb) as the season has wore on. In the last two weeks, Conor Somers has had his two best races of the year. They’re finding new newcomers and the Schulers have been consistent all along. But Petoskey took a hit at Spartan and have gradually been finding their way back here.

The difference between Benzie and Chippewa Hills. I’m curious to see how teams used to a burner will adjust to a tougher course. On the contrary, I’m not worried about Fremont in that regard.

The girls individual battle. Storey, Vanderwall, Schopieray all have the ability to win this. Does the home course advantage help?

I’ve been very impressed by Sparta’s boys this year. They absorbed the loss of what could have been a key piece and I think it may have made them even more resilient.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Petoskey	25	1	4	5	7	8	29	54
2	Cadillac	95	3	15	24	26	27	34	47
3	Sparta	129	6	13	16	28	66	69	72
4	Ludington	137	11	21	25	35	45	49	93
5	Clare	155
6	Remus Chippewa Hills	158
7	Whitehall	166
8	Kingsley	226
9	Gaylord	227
10	Big Rapids	272
11	Fremont	313
12	Newaygo	329
13	Gladwin	330
14	Ogemaw Heights	397
15	Howard City-Tri County	431
16	Cheboygan	461
17	Grant	517

Ranked Teams: Petoskey (2), Cadillac (19)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Noel Vanderwall	Petoskey	143.1
2	12	Sarah Storey	Remus Chippewa Hills	141.9
3	12	Kendall Schopieray	Cadillac	132.3
4	12	Caroline Farley	Petoskey	126.9
5	10	CamBrie Corey	Petoskey	126.4
6	11	Emma Janesak	Sparta	119.1
7	10	Nora O’Leary	Petoskey	117.1
8	9	Madeline Loe	Petoskey	116.8
9	12	Taylor Mater	Fremont	115.8
10	10	Remington Arney	Newaygo	113.6
11	9	Summer Brower	Ludington	109.3
12	10	Ava Hollandsworth	Remus Chippewa Hills	108.1
13	11	Madyson Oudbier	Sparta	108.1
14	9	Allison Nobis	Clare	107.7
15	11	Regan Hill	Cadillac	107.6
16	10	Kennedi Wood	Sparta	103.8
17	12	Lauren Wooer	Kingsley	103.1
18	12	Hattie Veenkant	Clare	101.4
19	12	Chloe Jones	Ogemaw Heights	99.8
20	12	Hayli Fagan	Whitehall	97.2
21	9	Nadia Grierson	Ludington	96.4
22	12	Taava Johnson	Fremont	96.4
23	9	Skylee Ames	Gaylord	94.9
24	11	Eleanor Cool	Cadillac	94.2
25	9	Autumn Brower	Ludington	92.3
26	10	Avery Mickelson	Cadillac	89.8
27	10	Marisa Mazza	Cadillac	87.7
28	10	Jade Ryerson	Sparta	87.7
29	10	Sydney Hoffman	Petoskey	87.5
30	11	Ariana Treat	Whitehall	86.8
31	10	Gwendalynn Rickard	Big Rapids	86
32	12	Sofiah Coker	Clare	85.5
33	12	Abby Leigh	Clare	83.1
34	9	Kaleigh Swiger	Cadillac	82.5
35	10	Mackenzie Keillor	Ludington	82.5
36	12	Ryann Jibson	Whitehall	81.4
37	9	Abby Robinson	Gladwin	81
38	12	Kate Langworthy	Big Rapids	79.4
39	9	Adalyn Britton	Whitehall	78.6
40	10	Reece Clark	Remus Chippewa Hills	77.6
41	11	Allison Tate	Whitehall	77.2
42	9	Natalie Gibson	Remus Chippewa Hills	76.6
43	12	Meghan McGiverin	Howard City-Tri County	76
44	10	Kelsey Saxton	Kingsley	72.3
45	10	Olivia Andersen	Ludington	72.1
46	9	Corina Mitteer	Whitehall	71.4
47	10	Hadley Hilt	Cadillac	71.3
48	10	Lucy Johnson	Gaylord	70.8
49	10	Anna Burton	Ludington	68.6
50	9	Ella Spanding	Gaylord	66.9

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Depends if Sparta or Ludington qualifies. If Sparta, it’ll be further back, if Ludington, probably further forward. Sounding like a broken record at this point, but top 15 is a guarantee.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Petoskey	50	2	3	9	17	19	30	35
2	Fremont	64	1	7	8	21	27	29	34
3	Sparta	89	4	13	18	22	32	38	41
4	Cadillac	147
5	Whitehall	157
6	Clare	164
7	Gladwin	177
8	Ludington	256
9	Big Rapids	265
10	Remus Chippewa Hills	299
11	Gaylord	306
12	Howard City-Tri County	312
13	Kingsley	320
14	Grant	378
15	Ogemaw Heights	409
16	Newaygo	463

Ranked Teams: Petoskey (9), Fremont (12), Sparta (19)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Conor Somers	Fremont	202.8
2	12	Samuel Smith	Petoskey	189.8
3	10	Shane Izzard	Petoskey	188.6
4	12	Jackson Jones	Sparta	186.7
5	12	Ryan Ososki	Big Rapids	185.8
6	11	Jake O’Neil	Remus Chippewa Hills	184.0
7	12	Brennan Schuler	Fremont	182.1
8	12	Gavin Schuler	Fremont	181.4
9	12	Cooper Rokop	Petoskey	178.9
10	10	Nolan Nixon	Cadillac	178.0
11	10	Brad White	Clare	177.6
12	11	Andre Richmond	Whitehall	176.9
13	10	Gregory Janesak	Sparta	173.4
14	10	Caleb Palmreuter	Gladwin	173.2
15	11	Carter McIlroy	Whitehall	172.2
16	12	Riley Buys	Whitehall	171.9
17	10	Brady Odenbach	Petoskey	171.7
18	11	Jax Wilson	Sparta	171.4
19	10	Dylan Odenbach	Petoskey	169.4
20	9	Seth Mead	Gladwin	166.9
21	9	Cole Lowery	Fremont	164.6
22	11	Noah Momber	Sparta	163.9
23	10	Gabe Outman	Cadillac	163.6
24	10	Brodie Delamater	Grant	163.5
25	12	Ty Pichan	Gaylord	162.7
26	10	Nic Porter	Clare	161.9
27	10	John Christensen	Fremont	161.8
28	10	Trey Keson	Ludington	159.7
29	11	Henrik Quist	Fremont	159.4
30	12	Reese Marvin	Petoskey	158.7
31	11	Ben Knuth	Big Rapids	158.6
32	12	Christopher Landry	Sparta	158.4
33	11	Jackson Hilt	Cadillac	158.0
34	9	Gabriel Jones	Fremont	157.8
35	11	Gavin Towner	Petoskey	157.3
36	10	Matthew Stilson	Cadillac	156.2
37	11	Ramon Hernandez	Howard City-Tri County	155.6
38	12	Cameron Hartwick	Sparta	154.6
39	11	Dakota Leddy	Gladwin	150.6
40	9	Ayden Barcia	Clare	150.1
41	12	Chris Landry	Sparta	147.8
42	10	Gavin Rykse	Howard City-Tri County	147.5
43	12	Ted Bell	Clare	147.5
44	10	Andrew Klaus	Clare	147.3
45	9	Andrew Elmore	Cadillac	147.1
46	10	Matthew Brownell	Remus Chippewa Hills	145.7
47	11	Kaden Kolarik	Kingsley	144.8
48	9	Elijah Christensen	Gladwin	144.6
49	10	Bjorn Tracy	Cadillac	143.9
50	12	Anthony Martin	Ogemaw Heights	143.8

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 15th… maybe I’ll just stop including this section.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Boring. More of the same.

Win it for Trent.

Where: Chippewa Hills HS, Remus

The Course: Groomed and blowdozed to perfection. From what I hear, it’s a true cross country course. Hills, woods, trails, fields. It ran a little fast last weekend, but my intuition tells me that was a bit off. I’d expect this to be one of the tougher regional courses.

What to Watch For: The traditional powers. Sacred Heart, Breckenridge, Beal City will all be at the forefront in some capacity.

Can mid-distance star Nicole Olivieri capture her first XC regional title in her first regional attempt? Or will Amelia Thompson spoil that?

Can Coach Bohannon capture some of Dave King’s magic? I’ve heard for years of the miraculous Beal City regional days.

The others: Coleman boys, Alex Wanty, Owen Patton, Dakota Dykhuis – can they break up the traditional hegemony?

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	31	1	2	6	10	12	13	17
2	Beal City	48	3	5	8	11	21	23	24
3	Breckenridge	61	4	7	9	19	22	26
4	Vestaburg	94	14	15	16	18	20	25

Ranked Teams: Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (6), Beal City (12), Breckenridge (18)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Amelia Thompson	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	119.8
2	12	Nicole Olivieri	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	112.7
3	12	Riley Hacker	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	95.4
4	11	Kaylee Locke	Beal City	95.1
5	9	Avery Westall	Breckenridge	89.6
6	12	Rachal Weber	Beal City	87.0
7	11	Kaylee Aultman	Coleman	74.3
8	11	Olivia Ervin	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	69.7
9	9	Nataly Vine	Breckenridge	64.7
10	11	Hadyn Armstrong	Beal City	63.2
11	10	Megan Goward	Breckenridge	61.4
12	12	Abby Spencer	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	61.2
13	9	Lauryn Licari	Beal City	58.3
14	10	Jacqueline Morton	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	53.7
15	11	Anna Plum	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	53.1
16	9	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg	50.0
17	12	Allison Wichert	Vestaburg	48.5
18	9	Mickiah Allbee	Vestaburg	47.4
19	12	Katie McDonald	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	45.6
20	9	Jessica Penrod	Vestaburg	45.3
21	11	Sadie Quackenbush	Montabella	44.2
22	10	Tori Most	Breckenridge	43.2
23	10	Jackie Cole	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	29.6
24	9	Layla Addis	Vestaburg	26.9
25	10	Kaitlin Buys	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	21.7
26	11	Lilly Backus	Beal City	21.6
27	9	Kayla Goward	Breckenridge	18.2
28	10	Genevieve Pappas	Beal City	14.8
29	10	Kiera Harsh	Beal City	13.2
30	10	Mary Starke	Merrill	3.5

Predicted Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Kind of far back in 21st. With very little full teams and a few highly ranked teams, this should get pushed back.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Breckenridge	44	1	7	9	12	15	29	35
2	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	81	2	11	18	22	28	41	47
3	Coleman	96	5	20	21	24	26	32	45
4	Montabella	98	4	10	14	27	43
5	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	110
6	Hale	114
7	Beal City	140
8	Marion	182

Ranked Teams: Breckenridge (4)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Mason Sumner	Breckenridge	197.0
2	12	Brock Lynch	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	184.8
3	10	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	171.6
4	10	Alex Wanty	Hale	169.5
5	11	Dakota Dykhuis	Montabella	167.8
6	12	Noah Haskell	Coleman	167.3
7	12	Jonas Lanser	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	161.3
8	10	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge	159.9
9	11	Owen Gross	Beal City	159.0
10	10	Isaac Humm	Breckenridge	157.1
11	11	James Wilson	Montabella	147.8
12	10	Nik Moore	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	146.7
13	10	Jaden Ostrander	Breckenridge	143.9
14	9	Luke Pettengill	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	136.6
15	12	Riley Daily	Montabella	133.9
16	10	Ryan Tinson	Breckenridge	133.3
17	12	Logan Mishler	Beal City	128.7
18	10	Eddie Lavere	Hale	126.5
19	11	Jesse Jones	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	121.9
20	8	Sean Bernard	Hale	116.8
21	11	Bryce Aultman	Coleman	115.3
22	11	Cole Aultman	Coleman	112.3
23	11	Carter Follett	Merrill	111.3
24	9	Joseph Likavec	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	110.9
25	11	Landon Ochampaugh	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	110.5
26	9	Logan Dudley	Coleman	100.5
27	12	Eric Williams	Marion	97.8
28	12	Shane Templeman	Coleman	96.2
29	11	Andrew Kelsey	Montabella	88.4
30	11	Jacob Pickens	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	81.0
31	9	Aimon Humm	Breckenridge	81.0
32	12	Jordan Wood	Marion	77.2
33	11	Colin DeKam	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	76.8
34	11	Chris Tallman	Coleman	76.0
35	11	Aidan Timko	Marion	75.7
36	9	Austin Gross	Beal City	71.1
37	10	Thomas Cochran	Breckenridge	71.0
38	10	Brady Mccadie	Hale	69.4
39	10	Elijah Kimbel	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	66.9
40	12	Lorenzo Milazzo	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	66.2
41	8	Paxton Downing	Hale	64.9
42	9	Eli Zeien	Beal City	60.5
43	11	Roman Addison	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	53.3
44	10	Oliver Zeien	Beal City	45.6
45	12	Landon Hendrickson	Montabella	42.4
46	12	Logan Romatz	Marion	38.3
47	11	Branson Walker	Merrill	37.1
48	12	AJ Simon	Coleman	33.1
49	11	Jacob Booher	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	30.7
50	11	Sergey Collings	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30.3

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Sort of depends on who makes it between Montabella and Coleman. If Montabella, it’ll be a bit further back, if Coleman a bit further forward. Either way, top 15 and you’re in!

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Okay, we’ll just pretend Chippewa Hills is NOT there.