Michigan XC Speed Ratings

Accomplishments & Accolades

1600m – 5:15
3200m – 10:53
5k (XC) – 18:52

41^st Place – D1 State
7^th Place – Region 9
8^th Place – Macomb County
13^th Place – D1 State 3200m
8^th Place – Macomb County 1600m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Olivia Purdy	18:52.8	Romeo	137.1	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:43.5	Romeo	134.5	Region 9	27-Oct	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	20:47.4	Romeo	98.9	MAC Championship	21-Oct	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:15.7	Romeo	134.1	Macomb County	14-Oct	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:03.8	Romeo	134.1	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:17.0	Romeo	130.3	Jackson	23-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:44.6	Romeo	130.8	Holly	16-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	20:22.2	Romeo	126.3	Averill	9-Sep	2023
11	Olivia Purdy	19:59.5	Romeo	130.8	Lamplighter	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Olivia Purdy	19:51.6	Romeo	114.1	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:25.3	Romeo	110.6	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	19:59.0	Romeo	111.0	Region 9	29-Oct	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:00.3	Romeo	114.2	MAC Division	22-Oct	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:33.5	Romeo	108.2	Macomb County	15-Oct	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	20:48.0	Romeo	98.0	Jackson	24-Sep	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	21:11.4	Romeo	100.2	Holly	17-Sep	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	22:24.5	Romeo	90.8	Averill	10-Sep	2022
10	Olivia Purdy	21:25.2	Romeo	102.9	Lamplighter	19-Aug	2022

The Rundown

Much needed.

With the Anchor Bay course doing a number to Violet Hrabovsky’s ankle, the usual top-5 Romeo scoring outfit was in a bit of a dire situation. The Bulldogs had four girls capable of All-State, but you need five in cross country.

Coming into the year, Olivia probably wasn’t the necessary figure to be that fifth girl. She had been under 20:00 twice as a sophomore, had shown signs of improvement during track (5:27/11:46), however it’s a highly competitive D1 landscape.

The Olivia we saw late in the season was a whole different animal. Her patience in racing was evident early, picking off girls late in the race at Averill and Bluejay, holding on in the twists n’ turns at Holly. Entering into championship season in the low-19’s, Olivia had become one of the better girls in Macomb County, further proven by her 8^th place finish at Eastwood.

Then when State rolled around, Romeo, although a bit banged up, was set. Deskins, Annie H, Emmerson, and Natalia could do their thing up front, reliable Olivia would pick through the field at the back. 79^th at the mile, 49^th at two, she finished in 41^st and sealed Romeo’s state title.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #25

July 29, 2024July 28, 2024 mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

1600m – 4:24
3200m – 9:26
5k (XC) – 15:35

18^th Place – D2 State (2022)
2^nd Place – I-8
- 2022 Champion
5^th Place – Region 12
- 3x Top-15
12^th Place – D2 State 3200m
2^nd Place – I-8 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Dominic Lowrie	15:35.7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	201.1	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:19.4	Battle Creek Harper Creek	187.5	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:14.1	Battle Creek Harper Creek	198.6	Region 12	28-Oct	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	15:59.1	Battle Creek Harper Creek	189.3	I-8 Championship	21-Oct	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:29.3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	188.6	Sturgis	14-Oct	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	15:54.8	Battle Creek Harper Creek	195.4	Otsego Bulldog	30-Sep	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	15:57.9	Battle Creek Harper Creek	196.4	Lakeview	9-Sep	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:25.2	Battle Creek Harper Creek	201.3	BS Shamrock	5-Sep	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:39.3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	196.2	Kalamazoo	30-Aug	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:47.4	Battle Creek Harper Creek	194.2	Harper Creek Optimist	26-Aug	2023
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:25.6	Battle Creek Harper Creek	197.5	Under the Lights	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:12.1	Battle Creek Harper Creek	197.0	Division 2 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:10.0	Battle Creek Harper Creek	192.3	Region 12	29-Oct	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	15:59.4	Battle Creek Harper Creek	189.5	I-8 Championship	22-Oct	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:19.7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	190.4	Sturgis Kiwanis	15-Oct	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:20.6	Battle Creek Harper Creek	183.1	Calhoun County	8-Oct	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:25.0	Battle Creek Harper Creek	187.7	I-8 2	4-Oct	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:26.3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	187.2	Otsego Bulldog	1-Oct	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:29.5	Battle Creek Harper Creek	186.2	Lakeview	10-Sep	2022
10	Dominic Lowrie	17:19.5	Battle Creek Harper Creek	179.5	Harper Creek Optimist	27-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Dominic Lowrie	16:46.2	Battle Creek Harper Creek	181.9	Division 2 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	16:51.7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	177.1	Region 13	30-Oct	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	16:28.6	Battle Creek Harper Creek	172.8	I-8	23-Oct	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	16:53.4	Battle Creek Harper Creek	178.9	Sturgis Kiwanis	16-Oct	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	17:35.6	Battle Creek Harper Creek	171.1	I-8 2	6-Oct	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	17:15.4	Battle Creek Harper Creek	173.5	Otsego Bulldog	2-Oct	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	17:55.7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	165.8	Lakeview	11-Sep	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	18:21.6	Battle Creek Harper Creek	152.8	Shamrock	31-Aug	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	18:43.5	Battle Creek Harper Creek	151.8	Harper Creek Optimist	28-Aug	2021
9	Dominic Lowrie	19:26.6	Battle Creek Harper Creek	146.5	Viking Stampede	20-Aug	2021

The Rundown

In last year’s Region 13 Preview, I wrote, “Following his sub-16 and subsequent All-State, appears poised for another breakout based on his 9:37 during track.” His predicted place was 4^th in that post, and while he was one spot back, the prediction for the breakout was certainly correct.

The break may have not occurred in a traditional way, but there was clear improvement from his sophomore to junior self. Four sub-16’s in 2023 compared to one in 2022. His championship season didn’t go as great in terms of place, missing the MIS podium when he had made it before. Instead of sulking, Dominic attacked the MITCA race and came out with a 15:35, nearly half a minute faster than his 10^th grade best.

Track provided more ammo that this junior version was ticking along the right way. After running a series of 10+ minute efforts, sprinkled in with a few 9:4x’s, Lowrie was able to take advantage of his state qualifier, running a 9:26 in those adverse conditions. Racing to your highest level at season’s end, that’s a surefire way to lead into a great summer and senior season.

I’m gonna double down: another breakout is on the way.

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Regional Previews: Division 2, Region 12

July 29, 2024July 28, 2024 mixcspeedratings

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

Forest Hills Eastern (Defending Champs!)
East Grand Rapids (3^rd)
Marshall (9^th)

Girls

East Grand Rapids (6^th)
Grand Rapids South Christian (20^th)
Grand Rapids West Mich. Aviation (22^nd)

Marshall’s boys may have been the surprise team of the year in D2. 5/6 tho.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Grand Rapids Christian
Top Ten – East Grand Rapids
Top Ten – Forest Hills Eastern
Top Ten – Plainwell
#25 – Grand Rapids South Christian

Girls

Top Ten – Grand Rapids Christian
Top Ten – East Grand Rapids
#12 – Forest Hills Eastern
#18 – Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Grand Rapids Christian	34
2	East Grand Rapids	65
3	Forest Hills Eastern	87
4	Plainwell	114
5	Grand Rapids South Christian	158
6	GR West Michigan Aviation	177
7	Richland Gull Lake	183
8	Wayland Union	230
9	Portland	274
10	Belding	280
11	Hastings	289
12	Lake Odessa Lakewood	325
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	346
14	Ionia	377
15	Battle Creek Pennfield	483

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Grand Rapids Christian	36
2	East Grand Rapids	60
3	Forest Hills Eastern	85
4	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	110
5	GR West Michigan Aviation	165
6	Plainwell	185
7	Grand Rapids South Christian	193
8	Richland Gull Lake	219
9	Belding	296
10	Hastings	303
11	Portland	307
12	Wayland Union	316
13	Battle Creek Pennfield	378
14	Lake Odessa Lakewood	391
15	Ionia	397

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern
2	11	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids
3	12	Henry Cox	Plainwell
4	12	Simon Triezenberg	Grand Rapids Christian
5	12	Keegan Hoekstra	Grand Rapids Christian
6	11	Sean Ryan	Grand Rapids Christian
7	11	Micah Small	Grand Rapids Christian
8	10	Steven Zawacki	Forest Hills Eastern
9	9	Micah Becker	East Grand Rapids
10	11	Jack Edison	East Grand Rapids
11	12	Dylan Pallett	Wayland Union
12	9	Ashton Fink	Grand Rapids Christian
13	11	Noah Johnston	GR West Michigan Aviation
14	11	Donovan Ryan	Plainwell
15	11	Gavin Markucki	Richland Gull Lake
16	11	Jeryn Frisbie	Belding
17	12	Tyler Endres	Forest Hills Eastern
18	12	Brandon Simmons	Hastings
19	9	James Scholten-Holcomb	Grand Rapids Christian
20	10	Lucas Aardema	East Grand Rapids
21	11	Thad VanderLaan	Grand Rapids South Christian
22	11	Trent Hansen	Plainwell
23	11	Finn Tauren	Richland Gull Lake
24	11	Tyler VanKuiken	East Grand Rapids
25	11	Asher Jager	GR West Michigan Aviation

Henry Dixon

Jonah Workman

Henry Cox

Simon Triezenberg

Four 50 Ticket members that haven’t even been featured yet. That’s how you know this is a strong region.

Keegan Hoekstra

Increased strength on display for track, hitting 9:36 in early May at Bluejay, then 9:29 as a closer. Should only build on his mid-season cross success.

Sean Ryan

Was sure good when he brought his best material. Personal best of 16:21 attained at Cougar Falcon, top-10 finishes in two OK White Jamborees.

Micah Small

A seamless transition from SC to here, almost always in the low-17’s or high-16’s. Then flashed a little mile speed in track, dropping 17 seconds down to 4:29.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids
2	11	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian
3	11	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian
4	12	Ava Crews	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg
5	10	Caroline Randall	Hastings
6	10	Adeline Armstrong	East Grand Rapids
7	11	Jillian Clason	Forest Hills Eastern
8	10	Lane Isom	Richland Gull Lake
9	10	Lucy Waalkes	Grand Rapids Christian
10	10	Zoe Hoekstra	Grand Rapids Christian
11	9	Lily Phillips	Forest Hills Eastern
12	11	Annika TerBeek	Grand Rapids Christian
13	10	Ahna Woltjer	GR West Michigan Aviation
14	10	Ainsley Sullivan	Forest Hills Eastern
15	11	Josie Longcore	Plainwell
16	11	Madelyn Baar	East Grand Rapids
17	12	Desiree Duque-Rico	GR West Michigan Aviation
18	11	Rory Workman	East Grand Rapids
19	12	Lauren Thole	East Grand Rapids
20	12	Rachel Berkenpas	Grand Rapids South Christian
21	10	Ellie Harmon	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg
22	12	Marlina Howell	Forest Hills Eastern
23	10	Meghan-Jane Skidmore	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg
24	12	Avery Wezensky	Portland
25	10	Clare Assaf	East Grand Rapids

Sadey Seyferth

Writeup to come!

Ellie Scholma

Lilah Poel

To win a state title, you need that girl that you know will deliver. 18:29 at Otsego, 18:37 for the OK White Championship, 18:34 for Regionals, and 18:36 during the one that means the most. That’s reliable.

Ava Crews

Coming off her best track season yet, PRs across the board. Perhaps the most carryover to cross country was her 11:24, earning 17^th place in D2.

Caroline Randall

Freshman season full of wins, times, and accomplishments. Victor in Barry County and the I-8, two sub-19’s to end the year, one of those being a 29^th place at State.

Adeline Armstrong

Learned from the best during her freshman year, one that extended into the 18’s and into November with a top-50 performance at State.

Jillian Clason

Completely new runner from her freshman self, only furthering the Hawks penchant for development. Above 21 for the entirety of that freshman year, the sophomore Jillian even had a few 19:xx’s.