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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #11

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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

3200m – 9:20
5k (XC) – 15:31

  • 16th Place – D1 State
  • 2x All-State
  • 2nd Place – Region 8
    • 2x Top-5
  • 2nd Place – OAA White
    • 2x Top-2
  • 4th Place – Oakland County
    • 2x Top-10
  • 15th Place – D1 State 3200m
  • Oakland County 3200m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Taye Levenson15:31.1Bloomfield Hills202.6MITCA11-Nov2023
11Taye Levenson15:31.1Bloomfield Hills204.0Division 1 State4-Nov2023
11Taye Levenson15:45.3Bloomfield Hills202.9Region 827-Oct2023
11Taye Levenson16:02.8Bloomfield Hills196.4OAA White Championship19-Oct2023
11Taye Levenson16:13.1Bloomfield Hills203.6Oakland County7-Oct2023
11Taye Levenson15:44.3Bloomfield Hills206.6Hansons30-Sep2023
11Taye Levenson16:01.7Bloomfield Hills207.1Mott Fall Classic22-Sep2023
11Taye Levenson15:35.8Bloomfield Hills213.7Holly16-Sep2023
11Taye Levenson15:43.4Bloomfield Hills208.9Muskrat Classic9-Sep2023
11Taye Levenson16:29.1Bloomfield Hills195.3Corunna Early Bird29-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Taye Levenson16:16.4Bloomfield Hills187.2MITCA12-Nov2022
10Taye Levenson16:10.4Bloomfield Hills196.2D1 State5-Nov2022
10Taye Levenson16:30.7Bloomfield Hills190.8Region 829-Oct2022
10Taye Levenson16:48.1Bloomfield Hills183.0OAA White Championship20-Oct2022
10Taye Levenson16:40.0Bloomfield Hills193.0Oakland County8-Oct2022
10Taye Levenson15:53.7Bloomfield Hills197.1Hansons1-Oct2022
10Taye Levenson16:57.7Bloomfield Hills180.1OAA White 227-Sep2022
10Taye Levenson16:06.3Bloomfield Hills200.9Mott Fall Classic23-Sep2022
10Taye Levenson16:05.1Bloomfield Hills202.6Holly17-Sep2022
10Taye Levenson16:34.0Bloomfield Hills189.7OAA White 113-Sep2022
10Taye Levenson15:38.8Bloomfield Hills201.4Muskrat Classic10-Sep2022
10Taye Levenson16:12.7Bloomfield Hills200.1Corunna Early Bird30-Aug2022

The Rundown

With the merging of Andover and Lahser, Bloomfield Hills High School was established in 2013. New program, new records, and ample opportunity for a runner to be the first to truly etch his name in Blackhawk history.

In two years, Taye has more than done that.

16:12 at 2022’s Corunna Early Bird. One

15:38 at 2022’s Muskrat Classic. Two.

15:35, aggressively racing away from the field at 2023’s Holly Invite. Three

15:31, sticking his nose in with the state’s best. Four.

Four times breaking the Bloomfield Hills school record. In the nine years before Taye arrived to run on grass, the Blackhawks had zero All-State boys. He’s already pumped that number up to two, hitting 27th as a sophomore and 16th as a junior.

Many can succeed when carrying on a tradition. Not many can jumpstart one like Taye.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #12

mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 800m – 2:18
  • 1600m – 4:59
  • 3200m – 10:49
  • 5k (XC) – 17:57

  • 7th Place – D2 State
  • OK Green Champion
    • 2x Top-10
  • 3rd Place – Region 11
    • 2x Top-15
  • 17th Place – D1 State 1600m
  • 2nd Place – Region 2 1600 & 3200m
  • OK Green 800/1600/3200m Champion
  • 2x All-State 4×8

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Emma Drnek17:57.3Zeeland East152.9MITCA11-Nov2023
11Emma Drnek18:07.7Zeeland East151.8Division 2 State4-Nov2023
11Emma Drnek18:08.2Zeeland East149.9Region 1128-Oct2023
11Emma Drnek18:38.9Zeeland East151.7OK Green Conference18-Oct2023
11Emma Drnek18:29.1Zeeland East148.3Portage7-Oct2023
11Emma Drnek18:12.2Zeeland East151.3Otsego Bulldog30-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek18:15.0Zeeland East141.3Chargers Autumn Sunrise23-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek18:44.1Zeeland East149.3Spartan15-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek19:03.2Zeeland East142.3Bredeweg9-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek19:20.0Zeeland East138.0Under the Lights v225-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Emma Drnek20:07.1Zeeland East116.0Division 2 State5-Nov2022
10Emma Drnek19:40.5Zeeland East124.5Region 1129-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek20:08.9Zeeland East115.0OK Green Conference19-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek20:02.1Zeeland East115.6Portage8-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek20:01.1Zeeland East115.6Otsego Bulldog1-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek19:55.9Zeeland East114.0OK Green 228-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:12.6Zeeland East113.1Autumn Sunrise24-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:54.0Zeeland East108.3Spartan16-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:51.8Zeeland East108.4Bredeweg10-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:40.4Zeeland East108.5Under the Lights v226-Aug2022

The Rundown

Freshman year of track, she found the sport.

Sophomore year of cross country, she built the foundation.

Sophomore year of track, the foundation + the speed were coming together.

Junior year of cross country, everything came to a head.

She’d shown speed on the track, playing a prominent role in Zeeland East’s 4×8, placing high in the OK Green’s 800m & 1600m. The previous fall, she’d displayed a rabid consistency all year and even broke into the 19’s on a few occasions.

Emma’s junior year began on a much higher note than the previous year, running 80 seconds faster than she had at UTL. And then she descended those times rapidly. 19:20 became 19:03, that turned into 18:44, and before you know it… 18:12. That same ability to hit similar times lasted into championship season, as Emma ran in the low-18’s at Region 11 (3rd place) and State (7th place), before giving us one last step forward, 17:57.

Senior year of cross country, a conclusion I can’t wait to view.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #12

mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 800m – 1:58
  • 1600m – 4:17
  • 5k (XC) – 15:35

  • 14th Place – D2 State
  • 2nd Place – Region 11
    • 2x Top-10
  • 5th Place – D2 State 4×8
  • 7th Place – D2 State 1600m
  • OK Blue 1600m Champion
  • 3rd Place – Region 12 1600m & 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Ronnie Silveira15:35.5Allendale202.2Division 2 State4-Nov2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:36.9Allendale201.4Region 1128-Oct2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:54.8Allendale200.4OK Blue Conference18-Oct2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:49.1Allendale200.6Portage7-Oct2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:45.1Allendale201.6Allendale Falcon30-Sep2023
10Ronnie Silveira16:20.8Allendale195.7Spartan15-Sep2023
10Ronnie Silveira16:35.6Allendale191.5Under the Lights v225-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Ronnie Silveira16:50.5Allendale184.2Division 2 State5-Nov2022
9Ronnie Silveira16:31.0Allendale186.3Region 1129-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:01.1Allendale176.0OK Blue Conference19-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:05.0Allendale174.3Portage8-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira16:47.8Allendale181.1OK Blue 25-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira16:39.5Allendale182.8Allendale Falcon1-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:11.7Allendale171.4Cougar Falcon24-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:44.5Allendale167.5OK Blue 221-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:35.4Allendale173.2Spartan16-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:44.7Allendale169.4Bredeweg10-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira18:01.9Allendale170.7Saranac31-Aug2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:16.7Allendale176.4Pete Moss27-Aug2022
0Ronnie Silveira17:35.8Allendale174.1Muskegon CC20-Aug2022

The Rundown

Streaks broken, championships accumulated, all under Ronnie’s watch.

Flash back to 2022, Silveira’s freshman year, a season that was near the beginning of Allendale’s renaissance. 18 years had passed since the Falcons had won a conference title. They were laced with quality athletes: Whalen, Gross, Tiethof, among others. And a freshman Ronnie, who placed in the top-10 in all OK Blue Jamborees, helping his team win their first conference title in nearly two decades.

A year later and Silveira showed much growth. He’d transformed from a kid breaking into the 16’s late to one that kicked off his season in that range. Top-10’s at Spartan and Portage followed, two wins in the OK Blue too. The 16:00 times had turned to a few 15’s, Allendale was now a top-5 team in the state, and with Ronnie hitting the line in 2nd, clinched their first regional trophy in 24 years.

It’s been a quarter century since the Falcons won a state title. Ronnie’s still out there.