As I said earlier in the year, “It’s Caledonia and West Ottawa’s world, we’re just living in it”.

Where: Portage West MS, Portage

The Course: Once again, a fairly fair course. Got a little grief a few weeks ago for rating it a bit slow even though it ran faster than previous years. Minor hill, wide sweeping turns, and about as efficient a meet management you’ll find.

What to Watch For: West Ottawa and Caledonia vs. The Field. Seriously, if you score it like a dual, I think West Ottawa or Caledonia would win.

Minor subplot I like: Portage Central’s boys are hilarious in their trash talk. Can they put a dent into Caledonia’s dominance?

St. Joseph’s girls have been a bit of a surprise this year, aided by freshman Elena Figueroa. But the other teams are coming in hot, especially a Portage Central squad motivated by last year’s narrow miss.

Jonas Fraley-Burgett’s return. Is it enough to push Kalamazoo Central over the top? It was during the SMAC Championship, where they knocked off Lakeview and Portage Central.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Holland West Ottawa	28	1	2	3	9	13	14	21
2	St. Joseph	115	5	11	25	29	45	50	80
3	Jenison	133	6	12	19	37	59	64	69
4	Zeeland West	144	4	10	27	46	57	73	76
5	Portage Central	153	8	22	31	38	54	56	71
6	Hudsonville	160	17	33	35	36	39	62	63
7	Caledonia	163	16	26	30	40	51	52	53
8	Kalamazoo Central	216
9	Byron Center	220
10	Battle Creek Lakeview	267
11	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	268
12	Holland	298
13	Portage Northern	326
14	Mattawan	370
15	Sturgis	467

Ranked Teams: Holland West Ottawa (2), St. Joseph (21), Jenison (23)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Arianne Olson	Holland West Ottawa	179.8
2	9	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	169.2
3	12	Abby Bonnema	Holland West Ottawa	148.8
4	9	Jordyn Klaasen	Zeeland West	142.6
5	9	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	135.5
6	11	Maya Guikema	Jenison	134.1
7	10	Emilee Rudlaff	Kalamazoo Central	133.1
8	12	Eliza Phares	Portage Central	131.6
9	12	Sophie Bonnema	Holland West Ottawa	131.2
10	11	Bella Hoffer	Zeeland West	126.9
11	12	Riley Mullen	St. Joseph	125.4
12	12	Lily Strelecki	Jenison	125.0
13	12	Kaia Denhof	Holland West Ottawa	124.4
14	11	Megan Postma	Holland West Ottawa	124.4
15	11	Mary England	Kalamazoo Central	121.1
16	12	Tatum Verburg	Caledonia	119.7
17	9	Klea Verstrate	Hudsonville	118.5
18	12	Emily Reeves	Mattawan	118.0
19	11	Maggie Otto	Jenison	117.9
20	11	Ana Dunfee	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	117.2
21	9	Emma Gunnett	Holland West Ottawa	117.2
22	10	Amanda Williams	Portage Central	116.9
23	12	Samantha Killmer	Portage Northern	116.4
24	9	Emma Margaron	Holland	116.3
25	10	Grace Kelley	St. Joseph	116.0
26	12	Savanna Coulter	Caledonia	114.5
27	12	Hannah Roark	Zeeland West	114.4
28	9	Annalise Alkema	Kalamazoo Central	114.1
29	12	Jillian Tunnicliff	St. Joseph	113.6
30	12	Barbara DeGood	Caledonia	113.5
31	9	Alanna Clague	Portage Central	112.8
32	10	Alyssa Hinton	Battle Creek Lakeview	112.7
33	11	Abby Martin	Hudsonville	111.2
34	12	Avery Zeinstra	Byron Center	110.6
35	9	Abbey Scholma	Hudsonville	109.9
36	11	Elise Conkel	Hudsonville	107.1
37	12	Rachael Barone	Jenison	106.3
38	9	Lauren Tooley	Portage Central	106.2
39	10	Kate Wayne	Hudsonville	105.9
40	11	Natalia Quigley	Caledonia	105.9
41	9	Natalie Formsma	Byron Center	105.7
42	12	Kaitlyn Thomas	Battle Creek Lakeview	105.1
43	9	Sydney Law	Byron Center	104.3
44	9	Sofia Bogard	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	104.1
45	10	Cecilia Ruchti	St. Joseph	102.5
46	12	Samantha Wells	Zeeland West	101.3
47	11	Dinara Domeier	Byron Center	99.7
48	9	Ambria DePoy	Holland	99.4
49	11	Paige Ratliff	Battle Creek Lakeview	98.9
50	11	Olivia Ippel	St. Joseph	98.7

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 18th with either Zeeland West or Jenison nabbing that third spot.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Caledonia	25	2	3	4	5	11	13	21
2	Portage Central	96	9	17	22	23	25	38	43
3	Battle Creek Lakeview	113	1	14	20	30	48	65	89
4	Kalamazoo Central	126	6	8	36	37	39	40	41
5	Jenison	138	16	28	29	31	34	42	49
6	Zeeland West	177
7	Portage Northern	190
8	Byron Center	217
9	Holland	252
10	Holland West Ottawa	257
11	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	314
12	St. Joseph	338
13	Hudsonville	355
14	Mattawan	370
15	Sturgis	421

Ranked Teams: Caledonia (2), Portage Central (14), Battle Creek Lakeview (20)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Parker LaGro	Battle Creek Lakeview	201.2
2	12	Josh Oom	Caledonia	197.9
3	11	Jordan Domany	Caledonia	194.6
4	12	Caden Dixon	Caledonia	192.6
5	12	Donavan Mattson	Caledonia	192.0
6	12	Jonas Fraley-Burgett	Kalamazoo Central	191.5
7	12	Jason Fredricks	Byron Center	190.6
8	10	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	190.5
9	11	Joshua Gormley	Portage Central	189.8
10	11	Logan Post	Portage Northern	189.2
11	12	Cooper Sorsen	Caledonia	188.6
12	12	Drew Gonzalez	Portage Northern	187.9
13	11	Brett Guzman	Caledonia	186.7
14	11	Caleb Bost	Battle Creek Lakeview	186.2
15	11	Adrian Castillo	Holland	186.1
16	10	Cole Visser	Jenison	186.1
17	12	Caleb Heid	Portage Central	185.8
18	12	Nathan Holwerda	Byron Center	185.4
19	11	Chase Holwerda	Zeeland West	185.2
20	10	Aiden Moore	Battle Creek Lakeview	185.0
21	12	Benjamin DeGood	Caledonia	184.3
22	11	Ben Hunter	Portage Central	182.2
23	10	Logan Begeman	Portage Central	181.5
24	11	Connor Wooley	Holland West Ottawa	181.4
25	11	Gavin Voetberg	Portage Central	181.0
26	12	Nolan Tribu	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	180.3
27	11	Caleb Smith	Zeeland West	180.1
28	12	Connor Lubberts	Jenison	179.3
29	9	Seth Conner	Jenison	179.1
30	12	Kevin Grady	Battle Creek Lakeview	177.7
31	11	Ethan Smith	Jenison	177.0
32	12	Carston Cole	Holland West Ottawa	176.9
33	11	Nathan Golding	Zeeland West	175.7
34	11	Brendan Wangler	Jenison	175.5
35	11	Will Fiesbeck	St. Joseph	173.9
36	11	Bryce Soisson	Kalamazoo Central	173.6
37	9	Joseph Spada	Kalamazoo Central	173.5
38	10	Nick Cabrera	Portage Central	171.8
39	11	Andre Soisson	Kalamazoo Central	171.2
40	12	Charles Blair	Kalamazoo Central	169.8
41	10	Michael Kloosterman	Kalamazoo Central	169.3
42	12	Joey Shotts	Jenison	168.7
43	11	Mathieu Northuis	Portage Central	168.3
44	10	Shay White	St. Joseph	167.9
45	11	Jacob Rottier	Hudsonville	167.8
46	11	Colton Ruster	Zeeland West	167.5
47	12	Hunter Tripp	Holland	166.6
48	12	Devon Njonjo	Battle Creek Lakeview	166.6
49	10	Justin Clement	Jenison	166.0
50	11	Dylan Chmura	Holland	165.7

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: I think you’re safe if you’re in the top 16.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Have I mentioned that I hate it when we match?

Region 32, presented by Kalamazoo Christian (with a hint of Presley Allen).

Where: Portage West MS, Portage

The Course: Once again, a fairly fair course. Got a little grief a few weeks ago for rating it a bit slow even though it ran faster than previous years. Minor hill, wide sweeping turns, and about as efficient a meet management you’ll find.

What to Watch For: Can Kalamazoo Christian score less than 50 points combined?

How much of a gap between Presley Allen and the next girl? She’s had no trouble moving up to the 5k and moving up to stiffer competition.

Who nabs the third spot for the girls? It’s the age old battle of the pack vs. the lead runners.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Kalamazoo Christian	21	2	3	4	5	7	12	13
2	Battle Creek St. Philip	62	6	9	10	15	22	31	36
3	Mendon	87	1	8	16	29	33	37
4	Marcellus	93	11	14	19	24	25	27	28
5	White Pigeon	126
6	Decatur	133

Ranked Teams: Kalamazoo Christian (2), Battle Creek St. Philip (23)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	9	Presley Allen	Mendon	143.6
2	9	Alaina Klooster	Kalamazoo Christian	98.6
3	11	Dani VanLente	Tekonsha	94.8
4	11	Aubrey Herder	Kalamazoo Christian	94.5
5	11	Annika Sytsma	Kalamazoo Christian	90.9
6	11	Sydney Van Es	Kalamazoo Hackett	88.8
7	12	Lauren Anderson	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	83.1
8	11	Hope Zichterman	Kalamazoo Christian	78.9
9	12	Therese Campos	Battle Creek St. Philip	77.9
10	11	Rachel Allabaugh	Kalamazoo Christian	77.6
11	12	Amber Hostetler	Mendon	77.5
12	10	Macey Burgess	Colon	72.8
13	12	Emma Shugars	Battle Creek St. Philip	69.8
14	10	Mimi Hibbard	Battle Creek St. Philip	64.7
15	10	Addie Curtis	Marcellus	62.1
16	9	Lucy Bray	Kalamazoo Christian	55.0
17	12	Claire Pschigoda	Kalamazoo Christian	49.7
18	12	Mckenzie Miller	Athens	44.6
19	12	Azealia Lafler	Colon	43.9
20	12	Merle Muntefering	Marcellus	40.7
21	12	Alex Kersten	Battle Creek St. Philip	36.0
22	11	Lauren Schabes	Mendon	32.1
23	11	Breanna Franks	Decatur	28.3
24	10	Alexae Hall	Decatur	21.2
25	10	Clare Flory	Marcellus	14.7
26	9	Rachel Schelstraete	White Pigeon	8.5
27	12	Hayley Strawser	White Pigeon	7.5
28	9	Lena Miner	Heritage Christian Academy	5.0

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 16th or 17th depending on who makes it between Marcellus or Mendon.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Kalamazoo Christian	24	1	2	4	5	12	15	18
2	Battle Creek St. Philip	62	3	7	14	16	22	25	30
3	Eau Claire	88	6	9	11	29	33	35	40
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	103	8	13	23	27	32	38	39
5	Mendon	133
6	Decatur	148
7	White Pigeon	149

Ranked Teams: Kalamazoo Christian (5)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Isaac Bos	Kalamazoo Christian	178.3
2	11	Isaac Bogard	Kalamazoo Christian	168.6
3	10	Luke Sprague	Battle Creek St. Philip	161.5
4	11	Nick Mitchell	Kalamazoo Christian	155.3
5	12	Marco Barron	Tekonsha	148.6
6	9	James VanderDussen	Kalamazoo Christian	144.1
7	11	Edward Lopez	Eau Claire	137.6
8	10	Max Shugars	Battle Creek St. Philip	134.4
9	10	Gavin Sehy	Kalamazoo Hackett	134.1
10	11	Tucker Lafler	Colon	131.9
11	12	Adam Blankenship	Eau Claire	131.6
12	9	Dart Avery	Decatur	130.7
13	9	Ryan Blankenship	Eau Claire	128.8
14	11	Dawson Lute	Kalamazoo Christian	128.7
15	12	Mitchell Eastman	Kalamazoo Hackett	127.6
16	10	Ryan Casterline	Battle Creek St. Philip	126.8
17	9	Zack Mitchell	Kalamazoo Christian	125.0
18	12	Jacob Thome	Battle Creek St. Philip	123.5
19	10	Ryan Dehaan	Climax-Scotts	119.8
20	12	Andrew Confer	Decatur	110.4
21	11	Cole VanderDussen	Kalamazoo Christian	109.7
22	11	Jaren Waldschmidt	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	109.2
23	12	Stephen Smith	Tekonsha	107.3
24	12	Elijah Fenstermaker	Heritage Christian Academy	103.8
25	9	Ben Iobe	Mendon	95.6
26	9	Landon Vanwormer	Mendon	93.0
27	12	Aiden Crooks	Mendon	92.7
28	9	Jerome Bastian	Battle Creek St. Philip	90.9
29	10	Sean Pierucci	Kalamazoo Hackett	84.9
30	9	Chandler Lafler	Colon	80.0
31	9	Quinton Tone	Marcellus	76.8
32	9	Jack Williams	White Pigeon	69.5
33	11	Jacob Bower	Colon	67.4
34	11	Josh Jackson	Marcellus	62.4
35	9	Brodie Daam	Heritage Christian Academy	62.0
36	12	Colton Andrews	Bellevue	61.1
37	10	Emile Bastian	Battle Creek St. Philip	58.5
38	12	Alex Morgensai	Tekonsha	57.3
39	12	Preston Delarye	White Pigeon	51.1
40	10	Ezekiel Fenstermaker	Heritage Christian Academy	49.3
41	9	Julian Barry	Kalamazoo Hackett	48.5
42	9	Zeb Lenex	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	47.8
43	9	Addison Stanton	Athens	47.6
44	11	Cole Jackson	White Pigeon	47.1
45	10	Ezekiel Fenstermake	Heritage Christian Academy	45.7
46	12	Ben Swegles	Tekonsha	42.2
47	9	Brody Severin	Eau Claire	39.1
48	12	Galen Stahl	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	37.0
49	9	Owen Nofs	Battle Creek St. Philip	33.1
50	10	Blake Stuart	Mendon	31.4

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 20th.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Woof.

Where: Ella Sharp Park, Jackson

The Course: Absolutely love this course. Great for spectators, adore the cute wooden course map, and it’s a fast one for runners. Tight turns, rolling, but gradual downhills. About as fair as you’ll get, though my guess is it’s a bit fast compared to other courses this weekend.

What to Watch For: Lumen Christi’s run toward a state championship. As always, it will depend on their 3rd-7th runners. They think they have a shot and that’s half the battle.

Four teams vying for three spots on the boys side. Bronson and Hudson are more loaded in the back end, Lumen Christi and Hanover-Horton the opposite.

Jacob Walker vs. Rogan Melling. Walker got him at the line at Chris Jensen, Melling won decisively at Jackson. Which is a better indicator, a close victory last week or 10 seconds a month ago?

Leslie and Grass Lake’s girls. They should be equal through 3 girls. Comes down to who wants it more.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	32	1	2	8	10	11	19	24
2	Onsted	103	3	6	26	28	40	41	54
3	Leslie	131	5	9	21	44	52	53	56
4	Grass Lake	132	4	14	17	37	60	62	73
5	Hanover-Horton	156
6	Napoleon	166
7	Sand Creek	173
8	Jonesville	177
9	Quincy	215
10	Hudson	236
11	Brooklyn Columbia Central	285
12	Homer	320
13	Michigan Center	369

Ranked Teams: Jackson Lumen Christi (2), Onsted (21)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	146.7
2	12	Faith Smith	Jackson Lumen Christi	139.0
3	11	Kara Terakedis	Onsted	121.5
4	10	Ava Viegelahn	Grass Lake	120.8
5	9	Erin Lubahn	Leslie	118.2
6	9	Emmry Ross	Onsted	113.8
7	10	Sophia Reynolds	Hanover-Horton	113.1
8	9	Layla Lopez	Jackson Lumen Christi	112.3
9	9	Jaidyn Smith	Leslie	111.4
10	9	Chloe Stalhood	Hillsdale	102.3
11	11	Gabrielle Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	98.2
12	10	Sydney Fazekas	Jackson Lumen Christi	95.9
13	11	Hope Wilkes	Brooklyn Columbia Central	91.3
14	12	Madison Magda	Jonesville	86.8
15	10	Madison Basham	Grass Lake	86.0
16	12	Kylee Groves	Jonesville	81.1
17	12	Sidney Swick	Bronson	79.8
18	12	Meredith Vontroba	Sand Creek	73.4
19	9	Grace Bullock	Grass Lake	72.0
20	12	Kate O’Neil	Brooklyn Columbia Central	71.8
21	12	Jessica Furman	Jackson Lumen Christi	71.2
22	11	Megan Sterly	Homer	71.0
23	10	Kayla Creisher	Leslie	70.6
24	10	Madelyn Norman	Napoleon	67.6
25	10	Alexis Flint	Hanover-Horton	67.6
26	11	Sarah Anastasiadis	Jackson Lumen Christi	67.0
27	9	Jayla Bright	Hudson	66.6
28	12	Cassie Bayes	Onsted	65.6
29	9	Charlotte Crabbs	Quincy	65.4
30	9	Skyler Fraley	Union City	62.7
31	11	Allyson Robarge	Onsted	60.7
32	10	Alexa Burgess	Napoleon	60.1
33	12	Emily Czeiszperger	Hudson	59.3
34	11	Lydia Meckley	Sand Creek	58.6
35	10	Sadie Miller	Quincy	58.0
36	9	Faith Beardmore	Sand Creek	56.5
37	9	Lauren McLain	Napoleon	53.8
38	10	Morgan Baker	Jonesville	53.7
39	12	Korah Daniels	Sand Creek	53.5
40	12	Isabel Spencer	Grass Lake	53.0
41	10	Julianna Debozy	Hanover-Horton	52.4
42	11	Marissa Benn	Napoleon	51.9
43	9	Jordyn Taylor	Onsted	51.1
44	9	Allie England	Onsted	49.7
45	11	Kyla Burdick	Union City	48.8
46	12	Emily Smilowski	Napoleon	48.7
47	12	Kamren Steward	Springport	45.8
48	9	Ava Schnell	Hanover-Horton	45.5
49	10	Jalynn Schmelter	Leslie	44.4
50	10	Lily Mason	Hanover-Horton	43.0

Projected Individual Qualifer Cutoff: 15th.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Bronson	90	5	14	15	26	30	47	59
2	Hanover-Horton	105	1	7	16	31	50	56	64
3	Hudson	115	4	22	23	27	39	41	43
4	Jackson Lumen Christi	119	6	11	17	34	51	52	55
5	Jonesville	172
6	Hillsdale	198
7	Grass Lake	203
8	Napoleon	205
9	Leslie	231
10	Homer	266
11	Quincy	279
12	Onsted	283
13	Union City	314
14	Springport	338
15	Brooklyn Columbia Central	344
16	Michigan Center	359
17	Sand Creek	494

Ranked Teams: Bronson (16), Hanover-Horton (24)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Rogan Melling	Hanover-Horton	191.8
2	12	Jacob Walker	Brooklyn Columbia Central	186.9
3	11	Rhett Reif	Quincy	182.0
4	10	Alex Czeiszperger	Hudson	172.2
5	11	Ashton Wells	Bronson	171.8
6	12	Matt Hoop	Jackson Lumen Christi	171.3
7	10	Evan Shepherd	Hanover-Horton	164.8
8	12	Matthew Rankin	Grass Lake	163.8
9	10	Nolan Grant	Hillsdale	163.6
10	12	Tyler Hile	Leslie	163.3
11	10	Gannon Shore	Jackson Lumen Christi	162.8
12	10	Gavin VanKampen	Jonesville	161.2
13	11	Brody Amthor	Onsted	160.5
14	11	Aden Hathaway	Bronson	159.5
15	12	Reagan Mayer	Bronson	159.5
16	11	Austin Brown	Hanover-Horton	157.4
17	12	Noah Dinverno	Jackson Lumen Christi	156.2
18	12	Alan Knowles	Jonesville	155.4
19	12	Jonah Richards	Hillsdale	153.6
20	11	Ethan Lubahn	Leslie	153.6
21	10	Kyler Pequet	Napoleon	153.2
22	12	Tristan Bolenbaugh	Hudson	149.7
23	9	Isaac St. John	Hudson	148.6
24	9	Zander Stormont	Grass Lake	147.6
25	10	Mytchal Morrison	Jonesville	147.6
26	12	Brayden Ransbottom	Bronson	146.1
27	12	Jackson Miller	Hudson	144.3
28	12	Ian Albert	Napoleon	143.6
29	12	Caden Hoyt	Homer	143.3
30	11	Tanner Norton	Bronson	142.4
31	12	Ben Childs	Hanover-Horton	141.5
32	9	Miles Brown	Hillsdale	139.9
33	12	Joshua Darling	Napoleon	139.2
34	11	Nathan Padbury	Jackson Lumen Christi	137.3
35	9	Jose Domecq	Leslie	135.4
36	10	Aiden Monroe	Hillsdale	134.5
37	10	Caleb Dickinson	Homer	131.5
38	9	Zachery Childress	Jonesville	130.0
39	12	Rhys Mitchell	Hudson	128.9
40	10	Maddox Miller	Union City	128.8
41	11	Joshua Deline	Hudson	127.4
42	11	Brady Harper	Quincy	127.2
43	11	Austin Bloomer	Hudson	127.0
44	9	Jason Shoop	Union City	126.8
45	9	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	125.6
46	10	Elijah Dyer	Springport	125.1
47	11	Perry Lake	Bronson	122.4
48	12	Bryant Taylor	Springport	121.6
49	10	Josh Postuma	Grass Lake	121.3
50	11	Nick Schuette	Hanover-Horton	121.1

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 15th.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

This region might be king of the “On Athletic.net” crowd. I’m excited to see how this turns out!