SUMMER PREVIEW
Last Year
Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result
Boys
- Plainwell (11th)
- Otsego (10th)
- Three Rivers (26th)
Girls
- Otsego (2nd)
- St. Joseph (9th)
- Sturgis (25th)
3rd place teams, my forever summer downfall.
Top 27 Teams
Boys
Top Ten – Otsego
Top Ten – Marshall
#22 – Battle Creek Harper Creek
Girls
Top Ten – Otsego
#20 – St. Joseph
#24 – Stevensville Lakeshore
Projected Scores
Boys
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Otsego | 47 |
| 2 | Marshall | 80 |
| 3 | Battle Creek Harper Creek | 115 |
| 4 | Edwardsburg | 156 |
| 5 | Three Rivers | 161 |
| 6 | St. Joseph | 173 |
| 7 | Vicksburg | 174 |
| 8 | Paw Paw | 188 |
| 9 | Berrien Springs | 202 |
| 10 | Sturgis | 263 |
| 11 | Allegan | 280 |
| 12 | Coldwater | 308 |
| 13 | Niles | 317 |
| 14 | Stevensville Lakeshore | 377 |
| 15 | Dowagiac Union | 396 |
Girls
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Otsego | 33 |
| 2 | St. Joseph | 80 |
| 3 | Stevensville Lakeshore | 93 |
| 4 | Paw Paw | 115 |
| 5 | Sturgis | 126 |
| 6 | Niles | 201 |
| 7 | Battle Creek Harper Creek | 209 |
| 8 | Marshall | 223 |
| 9 | Edwardsburg | 238 |
| 10 | Vicksburg | 286 |
| 11 | Berrien Springs | 292 |
| 12 | Three Rivers | 300 |
| 13 | Coldwater | 330 |
| 14 | Allegan | 377 |
Top Runners
Boys
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 12 | Jack Bidwell | Marshall |
| 2 | 12 | Caleb Wesseldyk | Otsego |
| 3 | 12 | Dominic Lowrie | Battle Creek Harper Creek |
| 4 | 12 | Owen Saylor | Dowagiac Union |
| 5 | 12 | Sullivan Zietlow | Three Rivers |
| 6 | 10 | Abraham McHugh | Marshall |
| 7 | 12 | Reece Davis | Marshall |
| 8 | 11 | Kenny Sheffer | Otsego |
| 9 | 10 | Caiden Caswell | Vicksburg |
| 10 | 12 | Kaymen Graybeal | Battle Creek Harper Creek |
| 11 | 12 | Aidan Goodwin | Otsego |
| 12 | 12 | Logan VanHouten | Otsego |
| 13 | 12 | Eli Johansen | St. Joseph |
| 14 | 12 | Matthew Long | Otsego |
| 15 | 12 | Noah Jarvis | Berrien Springs |
| 16 | 11 | Cooper Gardner | Battle Creek Harper Creek |
| 17 | 12 | Maguire Johnson | Edwardsburg |
| 18 | 12 | Holten Mulherin | Otsego |
| 19 | 11 | George Scupham | Edwardsburg |
| 20 | 12 | Skye Smith | Vicksburg |
| 21 | 10 | Connor Beebe | Berrien Springs |
| 22 | 10 | Christopher Vogt | Paw Paw |
| 23 | 12 | Nolan Park | Sturgis |
| 24 | 10 | Hunter Smith | Vicksburg |
| 25 | 10 | Luke Aerts | Coldwater |
The above kids are 50 Tickets members. One will have to wait a bit, the others are coming soon.
Incredible progression from a freshman that finished 76th in 2021’s regionals to a junior that won his conference title and placed 6th here in Region 13.
Big goals in store for his senior year, and with the track season he just had, why wouldn’t he have them? 4:48 to 4:32 and 2:07 to 1:57 means more improvement is likely on the horizon.
Showed the ability to run his best when it mattered most. 16:35 at State may not have been his best time, but it was one of the better performances. Of the 23 freshmen that competed that day, he was 4th.
Leap from his freshman to sophomore year a major reason for Marshall’s outstanding year. Low-17’s to low-16’s, moved up 20 spots at the regional level, and into the top-50 at State.
Girls
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 12 | Elena Figueroa | St. Joseph |
| 2 | 11 | Emma Hoffman | Otsego |
| 3 | 11 | Berkley Holtz | Sturgis |
| 4 | 12 | Madison Johnson | Paw Paw |
| 5 | 12 | Preslee Perkins | Stevensville Lakeshore |
| 6 | 10 | Skylar Mejeur | Otsego |
| 7 | 12 | Taylor Mitchell | Otsego |
| 8 | 11 | Rebekah Stachura | Otsego |
| 9 | 12 | Kaylee Sprague | Stevensville Lakeshore |
| 10 | 10 | Sydney Timmons | Otsego |
| 11 | 9 | Audrey Kline | St. Joseph |
| 12 | 11 | Tessa Hatt | Sturgis |
| 13 | 12 | Charlie Drew | Niles |
| 14 | 10 | Hayden Lemieux | Paw Paw |
| 15 | 9 | Zayla Clark | Otsego |
| 16 | 11 | Kate Ort | Stevensville Lakeshore |
| 17 | 11 | Julia Faber | Battle Creek Harper Creek |
| 18 | 11 | Beatrice Perucchetti | St. Joseph |
| 19 | 10 | Sophia Lemieux | Paw Paw |
| 20 | 9 | Emily Ott | Berrien Springs |
| 21 | 12 | Taylor Klimp | Otsego |
| 22 | 10 | Lydia Johnson | St. Joseph |
| 23 | 12 | Annika DeJong | Stevensville Lakeshore |
| 24 | 11 | Leah McPartlin | Marshall |
| 25 | 11 | Sydney Bir | Sturgis |
More top-50 girls!
Not only sprinters and high jumpers coming out of Sturgis. You’ve also got a 2x County XC Champ and 2x state qualifier.
End of her junior season was the best stretch of her career. Sub-20 in her final five races. One of them a personal best, another her best regional placing, another her best spot at State.
Three years in the waiting, Preslee finally broke into the 19’s as a junior. Four times, to be exact.
Freshman year included multiple 19:xx performances and the 16th best freshman finish in D2.
A 2nd/3rd girl who’s already earned an All-State and a team state title will have great value for this Bulldog team. Three straight years running below 20 and finishing in the top-10 at the regional level.
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 