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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 3200m – 11:03
• 5k (XC) – 18:11

• 26^th Place – D1 State
• Region 7 Champion
• 3^rd Place – Oakland County
• 2^nd Place – LVC
• 2x Top-10
• 17^th Place – D1 State 3200m
• LVC 3200m Champion
• 2^nd Place – Oakland County 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Ava Alicandro	18:11.8	White Lake Lakeland	148.1	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	18:36.3	White Lake Lakeland	142.6	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	19:48.0	White Lake Lakeland	136.0	Region 7	27-Oct	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	19:19.5	White Lake Lakeland	136.8	LVC Championship	19-Oct	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	19:31.1	White Lake Lakeland	138.0	Oakland County	7-Oct	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	18:31.6	White Lake Lakeland	144.8	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	18:28.1	White Lake Lakeland	146.6	Jackson	23-Sep	2023
11	Ava Alicandro	20:16.5	White Lake Lakeland	125.2	Lamplighter	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Ava Alicandro	20:06.3	White Lake Lakeland	116.9	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Ava Alicandro	20:06.4	White Lake Lakeland	122.9	Region 7	28-Oct	2022
10	Ava Alicandro	19:24.2	White Lake Lakeland	127.6	LVC Championship	20-Oct	2022
10	Ava Alicandro	20:31.0	White Lake Lakeland	115.7	Oakland County	8-Oct	2022
10	Ava Alicandro	19:51.0	White Lake Lakeland	117.0	Jackson	24-Sep	2022
10	Ava Alicandro	21:26.0	White Lake Lakeland	112.0	Mustang	30-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Ava Alicandro	20:09.7	White Lake Lakeland	113.8	Division 1 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Ava Alicandro	20:33.2	White Lake Lakeland	118.3	Region 7	30-Oct	2021
9	Ava Alicandro	21:09.3	White Lake Lakeland	108.6	LVC Championship	21-Oct	2021
9	Ava Alicandro	20:36.9	White Lake Lakeland	111.7	Portage	9-Oct	2021

The Rundown

Jackson is a great meet, one of my personal favorites. Easy course to spectate, as you don’t have to move too much to see the action. I’d imagine a fast course for a runner, with its gradual downhills and good footing. And for Ava, it represented a new stratosphere of competing.

In previous meets, Alicandro wasn’t all that bad! Two straight State Finals appearances, sub-20 twice as a sophomore, placing in championship 3200ms during her sophomore spring. But at Sharp Park, she transformed from that 19-20 min. girl to one that was much, much faster. Her 18:28 on those rolling hills was a personal best of nearly a minute.

Later performances showed that was no fluke, both in terms of time and place. On the tough tracks such as Hess Hathaway and Possum Hollow, she turned a 3^rd place Oakland County finish, a silver at the LVC Championship, and a win at Region 7. When it was time to burn at State and MITCA, Ava was back in the 18’s.

Hills, flat, rugged, fast, she’s shown she’ll be ready for anything that comes in the next few months.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 1:58
• 1600m – 4:22
• 3200m – 9:34
• 5k (XC) – 15:53

• 35^th Place – D1 State
• 5^th Place – OK Red
  • 2x Top-15
• 7^th Place – Region 1
  • 2x Top 15
• 22^nd Place – D1 State 3200m
• 2^nd Place – Region 2 & OK Red 3200m
• 4^th Place – D1 State 4×8

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Ben Eisnor	15:56.2	Grand Haven	194.3	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	15:53.3	Grand Haven	196.6	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:07.3	Grand Haven	191.2	Region 1	28-Oct	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:00.5	Grand Haven	193.5	OK Red Conference	19-Oct	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:00.1	Grand Haven	197.0	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:02.0	Grand Haven	196.0	Allendale Falcon	30-Sep	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:28.6	Grand Haven	193.1	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:33.9	Grand Haven	191.0	Bredeweg	9-Sep	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:32.8	Grand Haven	192.4	Under the Lights v2	25-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Ben Eisnor	16:42.7	Grand Haven	185.5	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:30.2	Grand Haven	186.6	Region 1	29-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:33.4	Grand Haven	180.5	OK Red Championship	20-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	17:16.6	Grand Haven	174.5	OK Red 2	4-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:33.1	Grand Haven	185.0	Allendale Falcon	1-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:28.0	Grand Haven	186.7	OK Red 1	20-Sep	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:50.5	Grand Haven	188.2	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	17:13.5	Grand Haven	179.8	Bredeweg	10-Sep	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	17:09.0	Grand Haven	192.3	Eagle	23-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Ben Eisnor	16:59.5	Grand Haven	178.2	Division 1 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:49.3	Grand Haven	178.9	Region 1	30-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:44.3	Grand Haven	178.2	OK Red Conference	21-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	17:06.8	Grand Haven	180.4	Portage	9-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:52.8	Grand Haven	184.1	OK Red 2	5-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:50.8	Grand Haven	180.4	Allendale Falcon	2-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	17:12.3	Grand Haven	169.6	OK Red 1	21-Sep	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	17:11.0	Grand Haven	180.7	Ottawa Hills	17-Sep	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	18:23.1	Grand Haven	157.3	Bredeweg	11-Sep	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	18:52.1	Grand Haven	155.0	Fruitport Eagle	24-Aug	2021

The Rundown

Pattern finding is a common endeavor when analyzing sports. How does a pitcher fare off 5 days rest? 4 days rest? A basketball player on the second game of a back to back? You could apply that to cross country, as well. How does a runner perform on hilly courses? Three meets in ten days? At the end of the year?

Ben’s pattern seems to read two things:

1 – He’ll run consistently at a level for a number of races, then jump levels, then run consistently, then jump levels.

Above 18:00 for his first two races ever, then a jump into the high-16’s/low-17’s, where he closed his freshman year and began his sophomore season. Then a move into the mid-16’s, where he ended his 10^th grade year and began his junior year. The final leap was one between Spartan and Allendale Falcon, where he catapulted into the low-16’s and even the occasional 15:xx.

2 – He runs his best when the meets are large and they matter most.

One of those 15:xx’s was at State, his first career reach into that time zone. That State Final, along with Portage, were his two highest ratings of the year. 2022’s State Finals were on par with his steadily great efforts from that whole season, the same held true in 2021.

May more steps be taken and more patterns hold true.

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Reed City (4^th in D3)
2. Hart (10^th)
3. LeRoy Pine River (24^th)

Girls

1. Hart (10^th)
2. Remus Chippewa Hills (11^th)
3. Benzie Central (17^th)

Always a 3^rd place team! LeRoy Pine River’s boys this time.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Hart
#15 – Benzie Central
#19 – Reed City

Girls

Top Ten – Hart
#12 – McBain
#13 – Benzie Central
#18 – Remus Chippewa Hills
#20 – Shelby

Projected Scores

This post is made with the assumption that the Jazwinski children will be able to compete for Shelby. As always, I keep things positive and optimistic on here, and that holds true towards an athletes’ ability to compete. The MHSAA may feel differently (Executive Committee seems strict on these), but I’m hopeful.

Boys

Place	Team	Score
1	Hart	39
2	Benzie Central	89
3	Reed City	90
4	Lake City	144
5	Leroy Pine River	168
6	Manton	182
7	Shelby	192
8	Hesperia	209
9	Lakeview	235
10	Kingsley	238
11	Remus Chippewa Hills	277
12	McBain	279
13	Mason County Central	313

Girls

Place	Team	Score
1	Hart	69
2	McBain	90
3	Benzie Central	91
4	Remus Chippewa Hills	111
5	Shelby	124
6	Lake City	187
7	Reed City	191
8	Manistee	208
9	Mason County Central	215
10	Manton	252
11	Lakeview	260
12	Kingsley	283
13	Leroy Pine River	332
14	Hesperia	444

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	10	Bobby Jazwinski	Shelby
2	12	Gus Rohde	Reed City
3	11	Robert Dykhouse	Manton
4	11	Jack Slotman	Hart
5	10	Cooper Tiffany	Lakeview
6	9	Grant Ackley	Hart
7	11	Paul Saladin	Reed City
8	9	Silas Ackley	Hart
9	11	Caiden Helsel	Lake City
10	9	Trevor Vander Kodde	Hart
11	12	Max Stitt	Hart
12	10	Aiden Schaner	Hart
13	10	Cage Edingfield	Benzie Central
14	11	Iziquiel Picon	Shelby
15	12	McKai Henry	Benzie Central
16	9	Eli VanPoortfliet	Benzie Central
17	11	Connor Helsel	Lake City
18	9	Eric Stark	Kingsley
19	11	Jackson Schaub	Benzie Central
20	9	Abraham Kiaunis	Reed City
21	12	Jacob Simon	Remus Chippewa Hills
22	10	Aubin Allee	Leroy Pine River
23	12	Avery Guikema	Hart
24	10	Nathan Lenington	Leroy Pine River
25	12	Andrew Sherburn	Hesperia

Bobby Jazwinski

More words to come down the road, but a 9:23 3200m usually leads the freshman list in Michigan. Wild how it was “only” #3 this spring.

Gus Rohde

Also more to be written later, but until that time, let’s just remember his ferocious kick to finish 2^nd at State.

Robert Dykhouse

Put together a solid freshman track spring, then turned that into an XC season that featured a 4^th place finish here.

Jack Slotman

Jack’s sophomore version of cross wasn’t quite as quick as his freshman one, but he rebounded very nicely during track. 2:06 became 2:01 and 4:58 turned into 4:39.

Cooper Tiffany

On here off the heels of an outstanding kick off to his track career. A 4:41 in the 1600m placed in the CSAA and Region 23, it was also the #8 freshman time in D3.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Jessica Jazwinski	Shelby
2	9	Caelyn Torry	McBain
3	10	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview
4	12	Nora Grossnickle	Benzie Central
5	9	Avery Kelly	Benzie Central
6	11	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills
7	12	Lexie Beth Nienhuis	Hart
8	10	Lydia Soelberg	Shelby
9	9	Avalynne Allee	Leroy Pine River
10	11	Kerttu Juvonen	Remus Chippewa Hills
11	12	Megan Gottschall	Lake City
12	10	Kayden Hinton	McBain
13	10	Natalie Rosema	Hart
14	9	Alaina Schaner	Hart
15	12	Chelsi Eisenga	McBain
16	10	Maylan Sanders	Mason County Central
17	9	Joselyn Flores	Hart
18	9	Bryn Riley	Hart
19	10	Betsy Gooden	Manton
20	12	Clara Smoes	Reed City
21	9	Luisa Vander Zwaag	Hart
22	11	Georgia Haag	Manistee
23	9	Dory Simon	Remus Chippewa Hills
24	11	Lauren Pretty	Hart
25	9	Lilliana Whaley	Benzie Central

Jessica Jazwinski

2x FootLocker Qualifier, 2x XC State Champion, and just an all around great persona that we appreciate in our sport. More words to come down the line!

Kamryn Salladay

Freshman saved her best for the very last races of the season. Was already projected to place well in D3 (14^th), but blew out that idea, finishing 8^th and shattering the 19 min. mark.

Nora Grossnickle

Monumental improvement on the track leads one to believe that something similar may occur during cross. Came into the spring with a 3200m best of 12:11, then spent every race in May lowering that. Finishing product was an 11:17, good for 6^th in D3. I believe that’s 6 straight years that a BC girl has been on the podium in the 32.

Quinn Hatfield

Unfortunate that this region isn’t at Shepherd, cause that’s where Quinn has run her two fastest races, both sub-20. Regardless of speed though, she’s been able to perform in late October, placing within the top-15 each of the past two seasons.