Author: mixcspeedratings

We’re a few days out from the release of regional sites and selections. A few weeks out from the time that I’ll finish analyzing and beginning to write previews.

Given that the regional previews won’t begin in earnest until July, I decided to give these little projections, segmented by area. In many cases, teams from the same area will have city, county, or all-area meets. In a few cases, they don’t. I have great reverence for the teams of many areas. Ann Arbor, 127, Petoskey, Grand Rapids, Kensington, you name it. This will be a fun way of seeing how similar teams in vicinity of one another stack up.

I’ll start with Ann Arbor:

Here are the teams I have from the Ann Arbor area:

Gabriel Richard
Greenhills
Huron
Pioneer
Rudolf Steiner
Skyline
Belleville
Chelsea
Clinton
Dexter
Manchester
Milan
Saline
Ypsilanti
Ypsi Arbor Prep
Ypsilanti Lincoln

Top Boys Teams

Rank	Team
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer
2	Saline
3	Dexter
4	Ann Arbor Huron
5	Chelsea
6	Ann Arbor Skyline
7	Clinton
8	Manchester
9	Ypsilanti Lincoln
10	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard

Top Boys

Rank	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Hobbs Kessler	Ann Arbor Skyline
2	11	Owen Johnson	Ann Arbor Pioneer
3	11	Henry Monte Sano	Ann Arbor Pioneer
4	12	Joseph Fedoronko	Saline
5	12	Ben Jakabcsin	Ann Arbor Pioneer
6	12	Peter Stenger	Ann Arbor Huron
7	12	Conor Kolka	Dexter
8	11	Jordan Ratliff	Ypsilanti Lincoln
9	12	Sam Melvin	Dexter
10	11	Matt Ruud	Ann Arbor Pioneer
11	12	Max Klarman	Ann Arbor Pioneer
12	9	Connell Alford	Chelsea
13	12	Donovan Smith	Ann Arbor Huron
14	12	Collin Melnykowycz	Ann Arbor Pioneer
15	12	Kenny Lashaway	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
16	11	Fred Wallace	Ann Arbor Pioneer
17	12	Emmett Berryhill	Saline
18	12	Nathan Gariepy	Dexter
19	12	Erik Reiber	Chelsea
20	11	Sanjay Rao	Ann Arbor Skyline
21	11	Jonas Norwood	Chelsea
22	12	Evan Ridenour	Ann Arbor Huron
23	10	Jason Whitton	Saline
24	12	Andrew Victoria	Saline
25	11	Levi Straszewski	Ann Arbor Pioneer

Top Girls Teams

Rank	Team
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer
2	Saline
3	Chelsea
4	Ann Arbor Huron
5	Ann Arbor Skyline
6	Ypsilanti Lincoln
7	Clinton
8	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
9	Dexter
10	Milan

Top Girls

Rank	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Sarah Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer
2	12	Madi Wood	Saline
3	11	Cookie Baugh	Ann Arbor Pioneer
4	11	Charlotte Batra	Ann Arbor Pioneer
5	12	Sam Hastie	Ann Arbor Huron
6	12	Laura O’Brien	Ann Arbor Skyline
7	12	Anna Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer
8	11	Madison Stern	Saline
9	11	Claire Endres	Saline
10	9	Trilian Krug	Chelsea
11	12	Caroline Stone	Ypsilanti Lincoln
12	11	Lydia Alig	Saline
13	10	Allie Koch	Manchester
14	12	Izzie Lashaway	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
15	9	Samantha Coots	Clinton
16	10	Aubrey Stager	Saline
17	9	Lucy Woehlke	Saline
18	12	Natalie Davies	Chelsea
19	12	Catrin Koselka	Ann Arbor Skyline
20	10	Emily Cooper	Ann Arbor Pioneer
21	10	Audra Guthre	Chelsea
22	12	Riley Thorburn	Chelsea
23	10	Royce Smith	Ann Arbor Huron
24	10	Mia Solomon	Ann Arbor Huron
25	12	Alissa King	Clinton

The List

24. Joseph Fedoronko, Saline

• Joe is another example of the emphasis on year to year progress
• He was above 18:00 as a freshman, ran into the 17’s as a sophomore, and then had his breakout in 2019
• Saline has always been transparent with the work their athletes are putting in, and if you dig back into last summer, Joe had plenty of time on his feet
• Which resulted in opening with his first foray into the 16’s
• That continued into October, with multiple sub-16:10’s
• And if you take a glance at the summer work ethic, he is once again hitting the roads with major volume

24. Londyn Swenson, Plymouth

• Funny how we see so many duos in this list, but Londyn and another Plymouth girl are another two that will be at the front of many races this season
• Jumping off an already impressive freshman year, she’s racked up a few accomplishments the past two years
  • Twice top-3 in Wayne County
  • Twice All-Region
  • Twice top-5 in the KLAA
  • All-State this past year
• That All-State was an especially great performance, other Plymouth runners may have struggled, but she matched her regional time in much, much tougher conditions
• Plymouth will be a great team this fall and having Londyn as one of the better #2 runners in the state is a major help

The List

25. Adit Dau, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills

• Ottawa Hills is always a tough team to rate, they run such few races, but they always have some fast girls
• Due to the low number of races, one subpar performance can underrate a runner, and we see that with Adit
• Her top performances are up there with anyone, sub-19 on a hot Spartan course is always impressive (and she’s done that in back to back years)
• She’s been All-Region and All-State in back to back years as well
• Her track times suggest that mid-season swoon was just an aberration, having recorded a 10:42 at GVSU’s Elite 3200m

25. Jack Pennewell, St. Clair

• The year to year ratings suggest someone inconsistent, but Jack suffered a stress fracture at the end of the 2018 track season, derailing his summer training going into his 10^th grade year
• He really turned on the jets at the end of his sophomore track season and continued that into XC
• He turned that into some blazing performances, going sub-16 at both Eastwood Beach and Wagener Park (and funnily, in conversation with his coach last summer, I predicted he’d be 15:45 at an Algonac… close)
• State didn’t go so hot, but the potential is there, exhibited by many races last year