Michigan XC Speed Ratings

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

White Lake Lakeland (9^th)
Highland-Milford (10^th)
Walled Lake Northern (19^th)

Girls

White Lake Lakeland (19^th)
Walled Lake Northern (18^th)
Highland-Milford (21^st)

Lakeland’s girls were the story of the year. 5/6 again over here.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

#15 – Highland-Milford
#24 – White Lake Lakeland

Girls

#20 – White Lake Lakeland
#21 – Walled Lake Northern

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Highland-Milford	49
2	White Lake Lakeland	80
3	Novi	84
4	Walled Lake Northern	103
5	Detroit Catholic Central	113
6	Royal Oak	161
7	South Lyon	210
8	Berkley	243
9	South Lyon East	284
10	Birmingham Seaholm	308
11	Beverly Hills Groves	308
12	West Bloomfield	323
13	North Farmington	394
14	Walled Lake Central	399
15	Brother Rice	455
16	Walled Lake Western	456

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	White Lake Lakeland	71
2	Walled Lake Northern	77
3	Novi	109
4	Highland-Milford	110
5	Birmingham Seaholm	166
6	Royal Oak	171
7	Walled Lake Central	187
8	South Lyon	190
9	South Lyon East	211
10	Berkley	218
11	North Farmington	275
12	Beverly Hills Groves	366
13	Walled Lake Western	374
14	West Bloomfield	385

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford
2	11	Soma Sato	Novi
3	12	Matthew Verellen	White Lake Lakeland
4	10	Briggs Warren	Novi
5	10	Nathan Bruss	Walled Lake Northern
6	12	Drew Abbott	Detroit Catholic Central
7	12	Ryan Carrannanto	Highland-Milford
8	11	Gavin Johns	White Lake Lakeland
9	11	Finn Gammerath	Walled Lake Northern
10	10	Josh Sanchez	Highland-Milford
11	10	Musa Kay	West Bloomfield
12	11	Bastien Beaubien	Highland-Milford
13	12	Nolan Till	Royal Oak
14	10	Trevor Baptist	Novi
15	12	Ayden McDonald	White Lake Lakeland
16	12	Chase Griffith	Walled Lake Northern
17	11	Gavin Tisch	Detroit Catholic Central
18	11	Aiden LaVictor	Beverly Hills Groves
19	12	Reid Tatro	Highland-Milford
20	12	Jacob Mack	South Lyon East
21	12	Thomas Watson	Detroit Catholic Central
22	10	Keats Rosenbrock	Royal Oak
23	12	Jacob Kosidlo	White Lake Lakeland
24	9	Todd Tobin	Highland-Milford
25	11	Alex Hamilton	North Farmington

Kyle O’Rourke

Yet to come…

Soma Sato

Had to fire up spreadsheets from last November to see where I had Soma projected before State. 147^th! A far cry from his 61^st place finish. To be fair, that was a nearly 30 sec. PR.

Matthew Verellen

An indicator of his progress is how he’s moved through the region. JV as a freshman, 46^th as a sophomore, 18^th as a junior. Now, ample opportunity to move into the top-5.

Briggs Warren

Came on strong late in his freshman season, running in the low-17’s on a muddy KLAA day, 16:24 at Shepherd too. But it was the 9:57 at the KLAA track meet that explains his high ranking here.

Nathan Bruss

I know this is a XC preview, but his 1:55.97 800m ranked 18^th amongst the NATION’S freshmen.

Drew Abbott

Bits and pieces of his potential shine through, such as his 16:16 at Bluejay or 16:29 at State.

Ryan Carrannanto

Has underwent the traditional Maverick leap these past two years. 2023 was much more dramatic, however, as Ryan leapt from a kid running mid-17’s on Oakland County’s hilly courses to 16:12 at MIS.

Gavin Johns

I think he’s ready to move up another degree, evidenced by back-to-back 10:07’s in the LVC and at Oakland County.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Ava Alicandro	White Lake Lakeland
2	9	Paige Rohda	Berkley
3	11	Kayla Ward	South Lyon
4	10	Allie Gallagher	Walled Lake Northern
5	10	Jillian Broyles	Highland-Milford
6	10	Katelynn Egli	Novi
7	10	Emily Alt	Walled Lake Northern
8	10	Claire Porinsky	South Lyon East
9	9	Eliana Fredrick	Walled Lake Northern
10	9	Alexa Siegel	Walled Lake Central
11	12	Alena Tiernan	White Lake Lakeland
12	10	Maya Pletzer	White Lake Lakeland
13	11	Macy Czelada	South Lyon
14	10	Jane Meinecke	Royal Oak
15	12	Emily Bieniasz	Walled Lake Central
16	11	Lauren Bradley	Highland-Milford
17	10	Kareena Babu	Novi
18	12	Cora Liu	North Farmington
19	9	Claire Galas	Novi
20	12	Natalie Joiner	White Lake Lakeland
21	9	Olivia Peterson	Royal Oak
22	12	Isabelle Krause	Walled Lake Northern
23	11	Mya Tass	Novi
24	10	Paige Haller	Walled Lake Central
25	9	Claire Yandora	Birmingham Seaholm

Ava Alicandro

Kayla Ward

Quietly, this Lion junior has racked up two years in the low-19’s and two top-10 finishes here.

Allie Gallagher

Sometimes you see the freshman progression come to a pinnacle at MIS, sometimes you have to wait until May. Four of Allie’s final five 3200s were sub-11:30.

Jillian Broyles

Another prominent example of Sal’s kids letting it rip at seasons end. Top-5 at both the LVC and Region 7, then unleashed a massive 19:08 PB at MIS.

Katelynn Egli

Had a similar trajectory to Allie Gallagher above, albeit in the shorter distances. Her 5:08 may be more applicable to cross, but her 2:16 half mile was more impactful, ranking 5^th among Michigan’s freshmen.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #21

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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

1600m – 5:14
3200m – 10:57
5k (XC) – 18:03

10^th Place – D3 State
3x All-State
2x Region 21 Champion
3x Top-3 CSAA Conference
3^rd Place – D3 State 3200m
3x All-State (Track)

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Lila Volkers	18:19.2	Kent City	145.6	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Lila Volkers	18:45.7	Kent City	137.4	Division 3 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Lila Volkers	18:19.7	Kent City	146.1	Region 21	28-Oct	2023
11	Lila Volkers	18:49.8	Kent City	140.4	CSAA Conference	17-Oct	2023
11	Lila Volkers	18:28.2	Kent City	148.6	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Lila Volkers	18:32.9	Kent City	144.7	Sparta	16-Sep	2023
11	Lila Volkers	19:30.9	Kent City	133.7	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Lila Volkers	19:34.0	Kent City	132.0	Central Montcalm Hornet	9-Sep	2023
11	Lila Volkers	19:19.5	Kent City	142.5	Early Eagle	29-Aug	2023
11	Lila Volkers	18:48.8	Kent City	148.4	Under the Lights v2	25-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Lila Volkers	18:16.6	Kent City	145.8	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:30.8	Kent City	150.7	Division 3 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:03.1	Kent City	157.0	Region 21	29-Oct	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:53.7	Kent City	146.1	CSAA Conference	18-Oct	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:12.5	Kent City	152.2	Portage	8-Oct	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:58.9	Kent City	148.4	CSAA Lakeview	4-Oct	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:30.0	Kent City	145.7	Bluejay	1-Oct	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:38.0	Kent City	146.3	CSAA (Morley Stanwood)	22-Sep	2022
10	Lila Volkers	18:28.7	Kent City	151.4	Sparta	17-Sep	2022
10	Lila Volkers	19:11.2	Kent City	142.3	Central Moncalm Hornet	10-Sep	2022
10	Lila Volkers	19:10.9	Kent City	138.4	Under the Lights v2	26-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Lila Volkers	19:07.1	Kent City	135.3	MITCA	13-Nov	2021
9	Lila Volkers	18:54.6	Kent City	133.8	Division 3 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Lila Volkers	18:47.7	Kent City	135.4	Region 21	30-Oct	2021
9	Lila Volkers	19:10.9	Kent City	147.0	Kent Ottawa	16-Oct	2021
9	Lila Volkers	18:59.6	Kent City	144.1	Portage	9-Oct	2021
9	Lila Volkers	18:57.0	Kent City	140.0	Bluejay	2-Oct	2021
9	Lila Volkers	19:29.9	Kent City	124.0	Sparta	18-Sep	2021
9	Lila Volkers	19:35.1	Kent City	136.0	CM Hornet	11-Sep	2021

The Rundown

Each of the past two years, Lila has been featured on these 50 Tickets.

2022
2023

Do you know how one consistently makes this list? They constantly get it done when it matters.

Way back in her freshman year, Lila got it done as a part of a rising Kent City team. That team needed every girl on their best behavior. Lila filled that role well, running her fourth sub-19 of that year, placing 14^th, and helping her Eagles grab the runner-up trophy.

Roaring off a personal best and school record, the sophomore Lila could have faced a letdown. Nope, didn’t happen, she moved up 9 spots from the year before to place 5^th.

The junior version hadn’t been running as quick as the previous year. Lesser women may have folded and just wanted to end their season. Lila is no lesser woman, she runs to another All-State, 10^th place finish.

Getting it done, year after year.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #21

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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

800m – 1:57
1600m – 4:15
3200m – 9:25
5k (XC) – 15:25

39^th Place – D2 State
- 12^th in 2023
5^th Place – Saginaw County
- 2x Top-5
4^th Place – D2 State 4×8
11^th Place – D2 State 1600m
15^th Place – D2 State 800m
TVC Red 3200m Champion
Region 20 1600m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Landen Wise	15:25.9	Frankenmuth	204.4	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:07.4	Frankenmuth	191.5	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:34.6	Frankenmuth	181.5	Region 15	27-Oct	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:21.2	Frankenmuth	183.9	Saginaw County	21-Oct	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:27.4	Frankenmuth	181.2	TVC Overall	17-Oct	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:35.7	Frankenmuth	181.1	TVC Red Championship	10-Oct	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:22.0	Frankenmuth	185.0	Greater Flint	7-Oct	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:05.9	Frankenmuth	192.0	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:35.7	Frankenmuth	186.1	Northwood	9-Sep	2023
11	Landen Wise	16:38.4	Frankenmuth	191.2	Pete Moss	26-Aug	2023
11	Landen Wise	17:05.9	Frankenmuth	184.0	Under the Lights	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Landen Wise	15:50.1	Frankenmuth	196.0	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:06.3	Frankenmuth	198.9	Division 2 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:19.5	Frankenmuth	186.8	Region 15	28-Oct	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:46.6	Frankenmuth	185.5	Saginaw County	22-Oct	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:33.3	Frankenmuth	182.9	TVC Overall	18-Oct	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:09.7	Frankenmuth	188.1	Greater Flint	8-Oct	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:47.4	Frankenmuth	176.9	Birch Run Fall	4-Oct	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:37.1	Frankenmuth	182.6	Bluejay	1-Oct	2022
10	Landen Wise	17:05.8	Frankenmuth	179.1	TVC 8 2	27-Sep	2022
10	Landen Wise	17:54.0	Frankenmuth	175.7	Frankenmuth Eagles	22-Sep	2022
10	Landen Wise	17:32.9	Frankenmuth	173.4	Holly	17-Sep	2022
10	Landen Wise	17:25.7	Frankenmuth	174.1	Marauder	7-Sep	2022
10	Landen Wise	17:33.9	Frankenmuth	182.7	Races at SVSU	2-Sep	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:21.9	Frankenmuth	194.7	Pete Moss	27-Aug	2022
10	Landen Wise	16:21.3	Frankenmuth	198.9	Under the Lights	19-Aug	2022

The Rundown

In only two full seasons, Landen has accomplished what many would desire to accomplish in four. Sub-16? Ran twice, each a closer at MITCA. The school record? All his with a whopping 15:25, again at MITCA. All-State? Accomplished in 2022 without having run at MIS before.

Following an outstanding freshman track season where he barely was on the high side of 10-flat and sped to 4:32, it was only natural that Landen would find his way onto Frankenmuth’s XC roster. When donned the Eagle jersey for the first time on the grass, it was as if he’d been there all along – 16:21. Frankenmuth runs a ton of races, and Landen was game for many of them, especially so come championship season. Top-10’s all throughout with one exception, 12^th at State. We’ll take that one exception.

2023 was a bit stagnant for much of the year, staying at the same times and not stepping onto the MIS podium as he had in ’22. Which can be explained away by his lack of a track season the prior spring. One race did give hope and I’m sure has carried the motivation since, that 15:25 at Shepherd. Subtracting 25 seconds in a year proved that progress was there, it just had to be carried out in the right environment.

Landen’s past spring was much more full of activity (1:57/4:20/9:25). Expect a repeat of that sophomore season, but much faster.