SUMMER PREVIEW
Last Year
Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result
Boys
- Troy (18th)
- Clarkston (8th)
- Oxford (20th)
Girls
- Oxford (9th)
- Clarkston (25th)
- Rochester (15th)
- Utica (20th)
Rough one for me, but that just means Oxford’s boys and Rochester’s girls stepped up.
Top 27 Teams
Boys
Top Ten – Clarkston
#16 – Oxford
#20 – Troy
#26 – Rochester
Girls
#11 – Oxford
#14 – Rochester
Projected Scores
Boys
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Clarkston | 63 |
| 2 | Oxford | 80 |
| 3 | Troy | 96 |
| 4 | Rochester | 116 |
| 5 | Lake Orion | 127 |
| 6 | Rochester Adams | 178 |
| 7 | Troy Athens | 194 |
| 8 | Bloomfield Hills | 207 |
| 9 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 223 |
| 10 | Utica Ford | 258 |
| 11 | Warren Cousino | 276 |
| 12 | Sterling Heights Stevenson | 300 |
| 13 | Waterford Kettering | 392 |
| 14 | Auburn Hills Avondale | 447 |
| 15 | Warren Mott | 473 |
Girls
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Oxford | 54 |
| 2 | Rochester | 65 |
| 3 | Rochester Adams | 110 |
| 4 | Clarkston | 111 |
| 5 | Bloomfield Hills | 139 |
| 6 | Lake Orion | 142 |
| 7 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 150 |
| 8 | Troy | 154 |
| 9 | Troy Athens | 306 |
| 10 | Utica Ford | 313 |
| 11 | Waterford Kettering | 350 |
| 12 | Warren Cousino | 388 |
| 13 | Warren Mott | 391 |
| 14 | Auburn Hills Avondale | 400 |
Top Runners
Boys
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 12 | Taye Levenson | Bloomfield Hills |
| 2 | 12 | Kian Schneeweis | Troy |
| 3 | 12 | Alexander McArthur | Oxford |
| 4 | 12 | James Cusick | Oxford |
| 5 | 12 | Blake Peardon | Lake Orion |
| 6 | 11 | Ryan Barnes | Clarkston |
| 7 | 11 | Nate Linden | Troy Athens |
| 8 | 12 | Cayden DeGrendel | Clarkston |
| 9 | 12 | Raymond Lucero II | Lake Orion |
| 10 | 12 | Jaxson Nowik | Clarkston |
| 11 | 12 | Collin McLaughlin | Rochester |
| 12 | 12 | Max Myrand | Oxford |
| 13 | 12 | Napolean Lino | Rochester |
| 14 | 11 | Dylan Pascoe | Rochester |
| 15 | 11 | Brock Washburn | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 16 | 11 | Max Houvener | Lake Orion |
| 17 | 12 | Reynold Wei | Rochester Adams |
| 18 | 12 | Akshat Arora | Troy |
| 19 | 12 | Kent Wilson | Clarkston |
| 20 | 12 | Joshua Ellingsworth | Clarkston |
| 21 | 12 | Braden Cinato | Warren Cousino |
| 22 | 12 | Quinn Kelly | Troy |
| 23 | 9 | Colin Hunt | Bloomfield Hills |
| 24 | 12 | Richard Qu | Troy |
| 25 | 12 | Myles Linden | Troy Athens |
More writing to come!
If the 50 Tickets were just based on track, there’s a good chance he’d be in there. Ryan’s 9:30 in the 3200m signified great improvement. Just think of it this way, his freshman 1600m best was 4:51, now he doubled the distance and subtracted 5 sec. off the pace.
Past a middling September, just kept getting faster and faster. In a month’s time, Nate’s personal best jumped from 17:12 to 16:11.
As these projections are partially based on last fall, Cayden could be a bit underrated. Take his State Finals for example – projected 76th, placed 48th.
Was moving toward an individual qualifier, but unfortunately his junior season was a bit disjointed. If he stays healthy, a candidate to mix it up in the top-10.
Girls
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 12 | Lucy Cook | Rochester |
| 2 | 12 | Mallory Bigelow | Oxford |
| 3 | 11 | Leah Corby | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 4 | 10 | El McMahan | Rochester Adams |
| 5 | 11 | Addison Herr | Bloomfield Hills |
| 6 | 10 | Olivia Jenney | Bloomfield Hills |
| 7 | 9 | Charlotte Jones | Rochester |
| 8 | 12 | Taylor Brodeur | Oxford |
| 9 | 9 | Sienna Chapin | Oxford |
| 10 | 10 | Avery DeGrendel | Clarkston |
| 11 | 10 | Addison Brigham | Clarkston |
| 12 | 11 | Audrey Hamilton | Troy |
| 13 | 9 | Priya Bodell | Oxford |
| 14 | 11 | Cecilia Kreiter | Rochester Adams |
| 15 | 10 | Linda Lopez | Lake Orion |
| 16 | 12 | Stephanie Bulat | Rochester |
| 17 | 9 | Riah Guoin | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 18 | 11 | Taylor Parsons | Rochester |
| 19 | 12 | Kaitlyn Kauppila | Rochester Adams |
| 20 | 12 | Madie Miller | Troy |
| 21 | 10 | Olivia Jenny | Bloomfield Hills |
| 22 | 12 | Jamie Patterson | Oxford |
| 23 | 12 | Mia Snellgrove | Rochester |
| 24 | 12 | Allison Murray | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 25 | 11 | Sydney Fischer | Clarkston |
Can you believe the above two are seniors? I can’t.
I believe this is Day 61 of training to be All-State in XC. El is probably running right now, in the midst of checking off another 60 mile week. Which has worked for her, as she boasted the 11th fastest freshman 1600m in the State.
Spent the mid-season running tough terrain such as Holly, Hess Hathaway, and Possum Hollow. And all those races were in the 19’s, so you knew the payoff would come late. Addison finished the year just barely above 19 with a 19:09 at State.
Faced with the same schedule as Addison, Olivia underwent an even more dramatic time drop. Of course it was her first year of cross, but going from the 21’s to 19:38 is remarkable.
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 