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Regional Previews: Division 1, Region 9

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SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

  1. Romeo (17th)
  2. Macomb Dakota (21st)
  3. Anchor Bay (22nd)

Girls

  1. Romeo (Defending Champs!)
  2. Fraser (22nd)
  3. Macomb Dakota (12th)

Fraser’s girls broke the streak and proved ‘ol MIXCSR wrong. 5/6 again

Top 27 Teams

Boys

#21 – Utica
#23 – Macomb Dakota

Girls

Top Ten – Romeo
#12 – Utica
#16 – Fraser

Projected Scores

Boys

PlaceTeamProjected Score
1Macomb Dakota60
2Utica63
3Romeo76
4Grosse Pointe South171
5Grosse Pointe North180
6Fraser193
7Utica Eisenhower226
8L’Anse Creuse235
9Warren DeLaSalle243
10Anchor Bay243
11St. Clair Shores Lakeview273
12L’Anse Creuse North276
13Port Huron Northern279
14Chippewa Valley309
15Port Huron505
16Roseville508
17Warren Woods Tower519
18Detroit East English562

Girls

PlaceTeamProjected Score
1Romeo15
2Utica65
3Fraser81
4Macomb Dakota126
5Grosse Pointe South130
6Utica Eisenhower181
7Port Huron Northern204
8Chippewa Valley236
9L’Anse Creuse North238
10Grosse Pointe North277
11St. Clair Shores Lakeview339
12Anchor Bay361
13L’Anse Creuse363

Top Runners

Boys

PlaceGradeNameTeam
111Harper WesleyUtica
212Lucas LaMilzaMacomb Dakota
312Luke MorehouseUtica
412Colton HowellMacomb Dakota
511Luke AllenRomeo
611James BrickelRomeo
712Aidan DalyL’Anse Creuse
812Jack MartinGrosse Pointe South
912Greg VogtAnchor Bay
1012Alex HabarthL’Anse Creuse
1111Charlie CurtisUtica
1212Caleb KoselGrosse Pointe North
1311Lance EdghillFraser
1411Eric DeWaeleChippewa Valley
1511Andrew ScheloskeMacomb Dakota
1612Gavin FrandleUtica
1712Owen GouldRomeo
1812Noah RedmanMacomb Dakota
1912Colden GrayUtica Eisenhower
2012Jensen McCutcheonSt. Clair Shores Lakeview
2111Oliver DavisMacomb Dakota
2211Joseph KaletoMacomb Dakota
2310Brody EmpsonRomeo
2411Nathan KafouryWarren DeLaSalle
2512Marek UngerRomeo

Harper Wesley

Lucas LaMilza

Changed man and runner as a junior. Luke was largely above 18 in his debut sophomore season, then was in the 16’s for much of his junior season.

Luke Morehouse

Another Morehouse that’s found their way in the sport, Luke could possibly grow from his mid-16 times from last fall. Moved from 4:40 to 4:30 in the 16, placing 3rd in the MAC White and 8th in the county in that same event.

Colton Howell

You know I love a good improvement arc, what about 50th in Region 9 to 15th? All in one year.

Luke Allen

If his 4:32 in track is any evidence, may be the next man up for a proud Romeo tradition.

Girls

PlaceGradeNameTeam
110Annie HrabovskyRomeo
211Natalia GuaresimoRomeo
311Emmerson ClorRomeo
412Lillian DeskinsRomeo
512Olivia PurdyRomeo
612Grace GrupidoFraser
712Violet HrabovskyRomeo
810Emma BrownUtica
911Katelyn FrazierFraser
1011Siene MuraszewskiUtica
1111Brooke McFarlandUtica
1211Lidia ClancyMacomb Dakota
1311Olivia CereskaFraser
1412Savannah SpanglerGrosse Pointe South
1512Lindsay KodankoGrosse Pointe South
1610Aubrey RizzoMacomb Dakota
1712Norah LesnerUtica
1812Charlotte LongUtica Eisenhower
1912Sophia AquinoUtica
2010Maggie BaginskiUtica Eisenhower
2112Luciana RodriguezFraser
2210Lilianna PeaceChippewa Valley
2311Jacalyn YakelUtica Eisenhower
249Ava KnightL’Anse Creuse North
2510Haley SharpPort Huron Northern

Annie Hrabovsky

Natalia Guaresimo

Emmerson Clor

Lillian Deskins

Yep, four Romeo girls to go in the 50 Tickets.

Olivia Purdy

Grace Grupido

Inching her way down toward state prominence on the track, which should carry over to XC. 9th in the 800m with a huge PB (2:16). A 3x State qualifier, she can hang on the grass as well.

Violet Hrabovsky

Despite suffering a rough ankle injury, gutted out races here and at State, placing 6th and 99th respectively. Regardless of injuries, she’s been in the 18’s each of the past two years and All-State in 2022.

Emma Brown

Came into her own in late May, winning the MAC White, then running 11:13 to qualify for State, where she placed 25th.

Katelyn Frazier

Part of the reason that the Ramblers have found their way toward the top of the Macomb County competition is their ability to bring girls along. In many races last year, Katelyn was over 1.5 minutes faster than she was in 9th grade.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #23

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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 1600m – 5:11
  • 3200m – 11:01
  • 5k (XC) – 17:56
  • 3rd Place – D4 State
  • 3x All-State
  • Region 31 Champion
  • 2x All-Region
  • 2x GMAA Champion
  • 6th Place – D4 State 1600m
  • 7x All-State (Track)

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Grace VanderKooi17:56.6Muskegon Western Mich. Christian153.1MITCA11-Nov2023
11Grace VanderKooi18:27.7Muskegon Western Mich. Christian142.8Division 4 State4-Nov2023
11Grace VanderKooi18:24.7Muskegon Western Mich. Christian144.4Region 3128-Oct2023
11Grace VanderKooi18:43.9Muskegon Western Mich. Christian141.7GMAA14-Oct2023
11Grace VanderKooi18:24.7Muskegon Western Mich. Christian149.8Portage7-Oct2023
11Grace VanderKooi18:25.4Muskegon Western Mich. Christian149.9Allendale Falcon30-Sep2023
11Grace VanderKooi18:28.3Muskegon Western Mich. Christian146.2Sparta16-Sep2023
11Grace VanderKooi19:03.7Muskegon Western Mich. Christian143.4Under the Lights v225-Aug2023
11Grace VanderKooi19:56.0Muskegon Western Mich. Christian134.0Fruitport Eagle22-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Grace VanderKooi19:22.8Muskegon Western Mich. Christian133.4Division 3 State5-Nov2022
10Grace VanderKooi18:53.3Muskegon Western Mich. Christian140.2Region 2129-Oct2022
10Grace VanderKooi18:40.0Muskegon Western Mich. Christian135.0GMAA15-Oct2022
10Grace VanderKooi19:25.7Muskegon Western Mich. Christian127.8Portage8-Oct2022
10Grace VanderKooi19:00.5Muskegon Western Mich. Christian135.5Bluejay1-Oct2022
10Grace VanderKooi19:25.1Muskegon Western Mich. Christian132.6Sparta17-Sep2022
SOGrace VanderKooi19:08.2Muskegon Western Mich. Christian139.3Under the Lights v226-Aug2022
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Grace VanderKooi19:28.3Muskegon Western Mich. Christian122.2Division 4 State6-Nov2021
9Grace Vanderkooi19:04.5Muskegon Western Mich. Christian142.5Portage9-Oct2021
9Grace VanderKooi18:55.6Muskegon Western Mich. Christian140.5Bluejay2-Oct2021
9Grace VanderKooi18:55.6Muskegon Western Mich. Christian128.8Lakes 8 121-Sep2021
9Grace VanderKooi20:43.0Muskegon Western Mich. Christian124.0Hill and Bale11-Sep2021

The Rundown

It’s always a trip counting an athlete’s number of All-States. Then counting again. Perhaps even checking again. I came up with ten, seven on the track, three on the grass. For this here, let’s think of the ones from the 2023-24 season.

  • 18:27 from the XC State Finals. Was among her fastest times ever. The two faster ones were both at Allendale, which seemed to run similar to MIS last year. But it was her best time at MIS, and five places higher than what she’d finished in D4 in 2021.
  • 5:16 and 6th place in track’s 1600m, her 2nd straight podium finish in the event
  • Runner-up in the 4×8, their 9:36 being the fastest time the Warriors have run since she arrived on campus (and the fastest in WMC athletic.net history)

Continually achieving and bringing her team along with her, that Grace is really something else.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #23

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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

1600m – 4:28
3200m – 9:16
5k (XC) – 16:06

  • 2nd Place – Region 14
  • 3rd Place – I-8
    • 2x Top-10
  • 5th Place – D2 State 3200m
  • 2nd Place – Region 15 3200m
  • 4th Place – I-8 1600m

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Edison Lopeman16:06.8Parma Western190.7MITCA11-Nov2023
10Edison Lopeman16:18.3Parma Western187.9Division 2 State4-Nov2023
10Edison Lopeman16:21.5Parma Western198.5Region 1427-Oct2023
10Edison Lopeman16:15.8Parma Western183.7I-8 Championship21-Oct2023
10Edison Lopeman16:30.3Parma Western186.9Portage7-Oct2023
10Edison Lopeman16:39.8Parma Western185.7DeWitt30-Sep2023
10Edison Lopeman16:49.5Parma Western180.5Jackson23-Sep2023
10Edison Lopeman16:49.7Parma Western189.1Holly16-Sep2023
10Edison Lopeman16:29.4Parma Western185.9Lakeview9-Sep2023
10Edison Lopeman16:40.1Parma Western176.6Barney Roy29-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Edison Lopeman17:08.9Parma Western169.7MITCA12-Nov2022
9Edison Lopeman17:00.6Parma Western172.8Region 1429-Oct2022
9Edison Lopeman17:07.5Parma Western166.8I-8 Championship22-Oct2022
9Edison Lopeman17:24.4Parma Western165.5J. Chris Jensen15-Oct2022
9Edison Lopeman17:16.5Parma Western170.5Portage8-Oct2022
9Edison Lopeman17:19.1Parma Western169.6I-8 24-Oct2022
9Edison Lopeman17:31.7Parma Western164.8DeWitt1-Oct2022
9Edison Lopeman17:35.5Parma Western163.8Jackson24-Sep2022
9Edison Lopeman18:01.6Parma Western163.8Holly17-Sep2022
9Edison Lopeman18:10.8Parma Western155.1I-8 113-Sep2022
9Edison Lopeman18:02.9Parma Western166.7Springport7-Sep2022
9Edison Lopeman18:19.7Parma Western157.4Barney Roy30-Aug2022
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
8Edison Lopeman18:42.3Parma Western144.9MITCA13-Nov2021

The Rundown

When penning these writeups, I like to use three things:

  1. My memory, sometimes sketchy
  2. Newspaper articles, we have great young writers
  3. Athletic.net, telling the tale of times and accomplishments

Though for Edison, I just needed this site.

Following last fall’s Regionals, where the Western boys were contenders for the team trophy, I had this to say about Edison:

“With the race up for grabs toward the back end of the pack, Western’s frontrunners needed to do their job to gain as much of a margin up front. Edison did more than his job, placing 2nd (projected 6th), dropping nearly 20 seconds from his time at DeWitt earlier in the year. Expect to see this name at the front of D2 in the coming years.”

And about the following week’s State Finals race:

“A dramatic jump was executed by Parma Western’s young Edison Lopeman. The sophomore moved from 137th at the mile to 51st at the line, advancing 86 whole places.”

The proof is right there, Lopeman can execute in late-season races. You can see it in the chart above, his ratings around ~185 in the races preceding Regionals (198), State (188), and even the fun environment of MITCA (191). You could see it on the track, beating the D1 stars at Golden Triangle or setting a 9:16 PR in the rain at Hamilton.

And you’ll see it at the front of D2 races this year and next.