SUMMER PREVIEW
Last Year
Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result
Boys
- Brighton (2nd)
- Dexter (13th)
- Ann Arbor Skyline (26th)
Girls
- Brighton (4th)
- Davison (14th)
- Ann Arbor Skyline (17th)
Rough one here! Davison’s girls and the perennially underrated Skyline Eagles came through.
Top 27 Teams
Boys
Top Ten – Brighton
#22 – Dexter
Girls
Top Ten – Hartland
Top Ten – Brighton
#15 – Dexter
#22 – Ann Arbor Skyline
Projected Scores
Boys
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Brighton | 30 |
| 2 | Dexter | 84 |
| 3 | Howell | 126 |
| 4 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 139 |
| 5 | Holly | 161 |
| 6 | Davison | 192 |
| 7 | Hartland | 200 |
| 8 | Flushing | 201 |
| 9 | Grand Blanc | 213 |
| 10 | Fenton | 244 |
| 11 | Lapeer | 270 |
| 12 | Swartz Creek | 314 |
| 13 | Jackson | 323 |
Girls
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Hartland | 54 |
| 2 | Brighton | 60 |
| 3 | Dexter | 79 |
| 4 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 98 |
| 5 | Grand Blanc | 127 |
| 6 | Davison | 175 |
| 7 | Lapeer | 210 |
| 8 | Fenton | 221 |
| 9 | Holly | 233 |
| 10 | Howell | 280 |
| 11 | Flushing | 312 |
| 12 | Swartz Creek | 358 |
Top Runners
Boys
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 10 | Jack MacGregor | Howell |
| 2 | 12 | Tyler Brock | Brighton |
| 3 | 12 | Elijah Forbord | Brighton |
| 4 | 12 | Caleb Snyder | Dexter |
| 5 | 12 | Jacob Essenmacher | Lapeer |
| 6 | 12 | Brady Millington | Brighton |
| 7 | 12 | James Latstetter | Flushing |
| 8 | 12 | Tyler Outlaw | Brighton |
| 9 | 12 | Lucas Wood | Howell |
| 10 | 12 | Julian Linebaugh | Dexter |
| 11 | 11 | Zach Wyderko | Brighton |
| 12 | 10 | Blake Kulesza | Brighton |
| 13 | 9 | Gavin Katic | Fenton |
| 14 | 12 | Drake Wallace | Howell |
| 15 | 11 | Griffin Good | Flushing |
| 16 | 12 | Maxwell Merrill | Grand Blanc |
| 17 | 12 | Elijah Smith | Dexter |
| 18 | 12 | Jacob Huntoon | Fenton |
| 19 | 10 | Trevor Murphy | Holly |
| 20 | 11 | Bruno Cifaldi | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 21 | 12 | Scott Smith | Dexter |
| 22 | 10 | Broden Ladd | Holly |
| 23 | 11 | Jonny Striler | Swartz Creek |
| 24 | 11 | Noah Linstrom | Davison |
| 25 | 12 | Jack Costa | Hartland |
Just missed the MIS podium with a 31st place finish. Would be disappointing for many, but consider that the 15:45 was his first second sub-16 ever and Elijah was projected at 67th.
Took awhile for the running genes to kick into full gear, but when they have, they’ve been fun to watch. First sub-16 in the fall and a move from 9:54 to 9:33 this past spring.
Here as always for the career arc. First race ever over 26:00, by the middle of his junior year, Jacob had dropped 10 FULL minutes.
Brighton always gets kids running under 10-flat in the 3200m in the spring and 2024 was year two of Brady hitting that mark.
Always love seeing folks from non-traditional schools stick their nose in there. After placing in the 40’s the previous two years, James moved into 10th here as a junior.
Feel like I could write the same few sentences for every Brighton kid. Sub-16 late, sub-10 in track. There’s a reason the Bulldogs are always in D1 contention.
Girls
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 12 | Elle Bissett | Brighton |
| 2 | 11 | Lydia LaMarra | Brighton |
| 3 | 10 | Becca Van Lent | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 4 | 12 | Grace Tykocki | Grand Blanc |
| 5 | 9 | Hannah DePestel | Hartland |
| 6 | 12 | Alena Blumberg | Dexter |
| 7 | 10 | Ava Goodman | Hartland |
| 8 | 9 | Morgan Mahoney | Hartland |
| 9 | 11 | Nevaeh Polovina | Davison |
| 10 | 10 | Kodie Snyder | Dexter |
| 11 | 12 | Annabel O’Haver | Dexter |
| 12 | 10 | Maddie Lindley | Holly |
| 13 | 10 | Irie Scrase | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 14 | 12 | Ayla Balazer | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 15 | 11 | Elliana Neuer | Hartland |
| 16 | 11 | Juliet Lewis | Brighton |
| 17 | 10 | Brooklyn Wiltse | Davison |
| 18 | 9 | Leah Humphrey | Grand Blanc |
| 19 | 9 | Addison Trammel | Hartland |
| 20 | 11 | Maizie Cavanaugh | Brighton |
| 21 | 11 | Cayla Marzban | Brighton |
| 22 | 10 | Becca vanLent | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 23 | 12 | Addison Bruckman | Dexter |
| 24 | 11 | Selena White | Brighton |
| 25 | 11 | Courtney Lince | Brighton |
Great discrepancy between her D1 State projections and her place. Grace placed 10th there, 15 spots higher than her projected spot. I guess when you run a good 45 seconds faster than most of your races, you’ll shock the numbers and you’ll shock anyone in the state. Incredible growth throughout time too, as the 2021 Grace spent much of her fall in the 22’s.
Moving from Dexter to play ball at Spring Arbor, but this sophomore All-Stater’s got one more year of cross left.
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 