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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #50

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 2x XC State Qualifier
  • 2021 Huron League & Region 18 Champion
  • 4th Place – D2 State 1600m
  • 14th Place – D2 State 800m
  • Huron League 800m/1600m/3200m Champion
  • Region 16 800m/1600m Champion
  • 800m – 2:21
  • 1600m – 4:59
  • 3200m – 10:59
  • 5k (XC) – 19:21

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Courtney Bovair19:27.5Carleton Airport122.8MITCA11-Nov2023
11Courtney Bovair19:35.2Carleton Airport122.6Division 2 State4-Nov2023
11Courtney Bovair19:21.4Carleton Airport124.2Region 1828-Oct2023
11Courtney Bovair19:17.8Carleton Airport115.4Haunted Harvest21-Oct2023
11Courtney Bovair20:22.1Carleton Airport108.0Huron League Championship19-Oct2023
11Courtney Bovair21:33.3Carleton Airport93.2Dave Bork Classic14-Oct2023
11Courtney Bovair20:27.1Carleton Airport106.3Bluejay30-Sep2023
11Courtney Bovair20:51.2Carleton Airport100.3Huron16-Sep2023
11Courtney Bovair20:55.0Carleton Airport115.3Averill9-Sep2023
11Courtney Bovair19:42.9Carleton Airport132.4Downriver Watermelon31-Aug2023
11Courtney Bovair20:16.2Carleton Airport125.3Lamplighter18-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Courtney Bovair20:10.8Carleton Airport103.7Region 529-Oct2022
10Courtney Bovair23:11.0Carleton Airport52.7Dave Bork Classic15-Oct2022
10Courtney Bovair23:36.6Carleton Airport43.8Huron League 24-Oct2022
10Courtney Bovair21:36.8Carleton Airport80.7Marauder1-Oct2022
10Courtney Bovair21:16.4Carleton Airport89.5Jefferson24-Sep2022
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Courtney Bovair19:41.8Carleton Airport122.7Division 2 State6-Nov2021
9Courtney Bovair21:06.7Carleton Airport119.4Region 1830-Oct2021
9Courtney Bovair20:17.0Carleton Airport117.7Huron League Championship21-Oct2021
9Courtney Bovair21:38.8Carleton Airport119.4Dave Bork Classic16-Oct2021
9Courtney Bovair21:03.0Carleton Airport104.0Huron League 25-Oct2021
9Courtney Bovair21:25.5Carleton Airport90.2Marauder2-Oct2021
9Courtney Bovair21:11.9Carleton Airport90.7Huron League 128-Sep2021
9Courtney Bovair22:15.4Carleton Airport79.9Jefferson25-Sep2021
9Courtney Bovair21:43.5Carleton Airport93.8Holly18-Sep2021
9Courtney Bovair23:43.0Carleton Airport60.7Averill11-Sep2021

The Rundown

You may be asking, why include a girl who’s never been under 19:00? That dang track season, that’s why. During the process of a winter spent with the Dearborn Track Club, Courtney saw her confidence soar and her times drop. She came into 2024 sporting PR’s of 2:37/5:30/12:11. Come season’s end, those were all mightily dropped, multitudes of seconds in each, finally ending up at 2:21/4:59/10:59.

Overall, her junior year was one of great health and a rekindling of her love for the sport. After Courtney won a regional and league championship as a freshman, she found herself mired in a sophomore year plagued with injuries and setbacks. Faced with succumbing to the weight of the injuries or creating her comeback story, she chose the latter. The results gradually came in and especially so late in the year, with three consecutive mid-19 efforts, which then paved the way for her monumental winter.

The comeback story isn’t even close to being finished.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #50

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 2023 XC State Qualifier
  • 20th Place – Oakland County
  • Top 10 – OAA Red
  • 31st Place – D1 State 1600m
  • 2nd Place – Region 2 1600m
  • 4th Place – OAA Red/White 1600m

  • 800m – 2:00
  • 1600m – 4:20
  • 3200m – 9:44
  • 5k (XC) – 16:19

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Blake Peardon17:18.8Lake Orion168.1Division 1 State4-Nov2023
11Blake Peardon16:25.4Lake Orion189.5Region 827-Oct2023
11Blake Peardon16:19.4Lake Orion186.2OAA Red Championship19-Oct2023
11Blake Peardon17:05.8Lake Orion186.1Oakland County7-Oct2023
11Blake Peardon17:43.5Lake Orion166.8Hansons30-Sep2023
11Blake Peardon17:24.5Lake Orion174.5Spartan15-Sep2023
11Blake Peardon16:37.6Lake Orion190.8Muskrat Classic9-Sep2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Blake Peardon17:46.0Lake Orion165.7Region 829-Oct2022
10Blake Peardon16:30.6Lake Orion183.1OAA Red Championship20-Oct2022
10Blake Peardon16:54.4Lake Orion178.5Stan Ford14-Oct2022
10Blake Peardon17:24.2Lake Orion178.3Oakland County8-Oct2022
10Blake Peardon16:59.1Lake Orion175.3Hansons1-Oct2022
10Blake Peardon17:13.1Lake Orion178.6Mott Fall Classic23-Sep2022
10Blake Peardon18:21.5Lake Orion157.8Spartan16-Sep2022
10Blake Peardon17:10.9Lake Orion178.7OAA Red 113-Sep2022
10Blake Peardon17:44.5Lake Orion179.8Averill10-Sep2022
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Blake Peardon17:28.3Lake Orion159.6OAA Red 321-Oct2021
9Blake Peardon18:57.1Lake Orion153.3Oxford15-Oct2021
9Blake Peardon19:47.8Lake Orion136.7Oakland County9-Oct2021
9Blake Peardon18:01.4Lake Orion157.5OAA Red 228-Sep2021
9Blake Peardon19:15.3Lake Orion143.6Mott Fall Classic24-Sep2021
9Blake Peardon18:18.7Lake Orion160.4Holly18-Sep2021
9Blake Peardon19:02.3Lake Orion156.6OAA Red 114-Sep2021
9Blake Peardon19:16.4Lake Orion150.9Averill11-Sep2021
9Blake Peardon18:44.5Lake Orion149.2Anchor Bay EB2-Sep2021

The Rundown

One of my favorite themes: the story of a runner gradually finding his way in the sport. Blake’s story culminated in a track season where he was able to drop considerable time, from 2:04 to 2:00 in the 800m, 9:55 to 9:44 in the 3200m, and most significantly, 4:29 to 4:20 in the 1600m. That 1600m is the major reason for his inclusion on this list. After hitting a 4:22 at the Barnyard, Blake hit consecutive 4:20’s, which grabbed him a 4th place finish at the OAA Red/White Championship, then a 2nd place state qualifier in Region 9. But it’s not as if he’s just a track stud, his abilities extend to the grass as well, as he had two sub-16:30 efforts during championship season to go along with a 20th place at the traditionally tough Oakland County Championships.

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2024’s Final Awards

Three final awards and rankings to close this out: Best of the Best, Rookies of the Year, and All-Around Athletes. I’ll be updating this post as I work through these.

BEST OF THE BEST

2023’s edition had an athlete’s best two events added together, that combination aiming to find the absolute best athletes. This time around, I’ve filtered that down to one event. The reason for that is the field events, especially as we saw in Division 2, where it took until 7:30pm to finish the vault. A little tougher to get in other events while yours lasts for hours. Plus, if an athlete is nationally ranked in one event, they should be recognized for that.

As always, quantifying the best marks rely on these charts:

BOYS TABLES
GIRLS TABLES

RankGradeNameTeamEventPointsMarkMI RankUS Rank
112Seth NorderGrand Haven1600m5784:00.5015
212Brendan HergerNorthville800m5691:48.0813
311T.j. HansenFreeland1600m5614:02.81216
412Jasper CaneKalamazoo Central1600m5384:05.76330
512Brycen AndersonWalled Lake CentralDiscus534194′ 1″123
612Shamar HeardChippewa Valley400m53446.76129
711Zacchaeus BrocksDetroit Catholic Central110h53113.73125
812Thomas WestphalAnchor Bay1600m5294:06.98446
912Andrew HardingAnn Arbor HuronHigh Jump5256′ 10.5″127
1010Schmar GambleBelleville110h52213.85248
1112Paul MoorePinckney3200m5208:53.96157
1211Quincy IsaacCantonLong Jump51924′ 3.25″132
1311Elijah DotsonBelleville110h51813.89361
1412Andrew KraftZeeland WestHigh Jump5186′ 10″232
1411Brock FergisonSturgisHigh Jump5186′ 10″232
1412Xavier SantiagoOnawayHigh Jump5186′ 10232
1412Nathan LevineCantonHigh Jump5186′ 10″232
1812Evan WatsonTroy Athens400m51347.34283
1912Gabe VansickleCoopersvilleShot Put51161′ 2″160
2011Jaiden SmithBelleville110h50914.01497
2111Mason MayneLawtonShot Put50760′ 9″274
2212Gavin NurenbergPewamo-WestphaliaShot Put50560′ 5″385
2312Sawyer MoloySanford-MeridianHigh Jump5046′ 9″665
2312Braden PrielippMarionHigh Jump5046′ 9″665
2312Charlie GarnerAnn Arbor HuronHigh Jump5046′ 9″665
2612Solomon KwartowitzBloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood3200m504
2711Ahmad AmeenJackson400m502
2812Cameron CheetamHartland400m502
2912Leonardo Peralta-CastroLincoln Park300h501
3011Brennan FaberParma WesternShot Put500
3111Adam HuffWayland UnionDiscus499
3212Leonardo IgnacioSaline300h499
3311Jack BidwellMarshall3200m498
3411Malachi MosleyEast Kentwood400m497
3511Derrick SimmonsFrankenmuthShot Put496
3612Pierce GrzymkowskiWhite Lake Lakeland800m496
3712Kenny LewisSaginaw Heritage1600m496
3811Michael WilkersonRochester Adams300h494
3911Tryce TokarOvid-ElsiePole Vault494
4010Reece EmeottEast KentwoodPole Vault494
4112Garrett WeedenZeeland EastShot Put494
4212Henry ShaiebAnn Arbor Skyline400m492
4312Clintin AllenGrosse Pointe NorthDiscus491
4412Sebastian RamirezRoyal Oak1600m491
4512Matthew (Matt) FoorCarleton AirportDiscus491
4612Noah RobinsonWhite CloudHigh Jump490
4710Tayden ReddingWarren Michigan CollegiateHigh Jump490
4812Jayden BrockByron CenterHigh Jump490
4912Brayden KennedyHighland-Milford300h489
5012Brandon AndersonDexter800m489
5112Brad WhiteClare800m488
5212Wallace Tupper IITraverse City West110h488
5311Liam VaughanWalled Lake WesternShot Put488
5412Nate CarmodyHaslett3200m488
5512Tyler MarrogyWalled Lake CentralShot Put487
5612Owen PattonVestaburg800m487
5711Henry DixonForest Hills Eastern1600m487
589Kaden GriffithsStevensville LakeshoreLong Jump487
5912Matthew GordonTraverse City Central110h486
6011August RohdeReed City800m485
6112Ray WeatheringtonWalled Lake CentralPole Vault485
6211Sam VespermanGrosse IlePole Vault485
6312Austin GrahamWayland Union300h485
6411Michael Piggee Jr.Muskegon110h485
6512Cutler BrandtCharlotte300h483
6610Kinley PooleAnn Arbor Huron400m483
679Declin DorohStevensville LakeshoreHigh Jump483
6811Benjamin RodenbaughMcBainHigh Jump483
6910Andre NeumannWhite Lake LakelandShot Put483
7011Max WardElk Rapids300h482
7111Garrod AlexanderWalled Lake CentralShot Put482
729Ben RomeroForest Hills Central800m482
7312Elijah DyerSpringport300h481
7412Jerry WiegersNorth Muskegon400m481
7512Jackson RodriguezThe Potter’s House800m481
7612Elyan GregoryBeverly Hills Groves300h481
7712Connell AlfordChelsea3200m481
7812Davis BarrBattle Creek LakeviewLong Jump479
7912Jake MachiniakBerrien Springs100m479
8012Anirudh KrishnanPlymouth1600m478
8112Bryce GoodsellRomeo800m478
8212Landon BennettAthens300h478
8312Mill ColemanGrand Rapids Catholic Central110h478
8411Brady FeldpauschFowler300h477
8511Chase BattaniAlmontPole Vault477
8610Rondre AustionOak Park400m477
8712Bennett VandenBergConstantineDiscus476
8812Boden GenoveseColoma1600m476
8911Dominic WeatherlyL’Anse CreuseShot Put476
9012Nathan CodyWalled Lake CentralDiscus476
9112DeVonta HabernNapoleonHigh Jump476
9211Bradley RichardsFruitport Calvary ChristianHigh Jump476
9312Carter BissellRockfordLong Jump476
9412Prentice GardnerNorth FarmingtonLong Jump476
9511Teegan SimmonsMonroeDiscus476
9612Vishvaa RavishankarTroy3200m475
979Kamari RonfeldtAnn Arbor Pioneer3200m475
9812Ty ParkerWalled Lake Northern800m474
9912Matthew CanalesAdrian800m474
10012Owen HagerCaledonia110h474

RankGradeNameTeamEventPointsMarkMI RankUS Rank
112Abigail RussellAllen ParkDiscus563166′ 11″17
212Rachel ForsythAnn Arbor Pioneer800m5622:03.8712
312Madison MorsonSalemHigh Jump5555′ 10″111
312Milena ChevallierFarmington Hills MercyHigh Jump5555′ 10″111
59Addyson StiversonMontroseShot Put55549′ 2″17
612Morgan RoundtreeOak Park300h55041.3119
712Selma AndersonGrand Rapids Ottawa Hills1600m5474:40.54218
811Emmry RossOnsted800m5432:05.87212
911Addison HoveyHartHigh Jump5365′ 9″327
1012Brooke BowersForest Hills CentralPole Vault53013′ 3″121
1112Lindsay JohnsonDetroit Cass Tech300h52642.31237
1211Layla JordanGoodrich800m5252:07.85340
1312Maya RollinsAnn Arbor Pioneer100h52313.8141
1411Sydney KuhnSaginaw Swan Valley800m5212:08.34447
1512Kylee KingOak Park800m5212:08.41548
1611Helen SachsHolland West Ottawa3200m51810:20.08252
1711Victoria GarcesH.H. Dow3200m51510:21.85355
1811Kalia MonroeEastpointeShot Put51545′ 6″340
1912Janae HudsonMarysvilleShot Put51345′ 4″445
2011Lucy CookRochester1600m5134:48.44367
2112Rylan FinstromGraylingDiscus512148′ 8″264
2211Isabel GermanLowellPole Vault51012′ 9″243
2312Jayden HarbertsMacomb Dakota3200m50810:26.20573
249Lorelai ZielinskiTraverse City CentralShot Put50744′ 9″566
259Nevaeh BurnsOak Park400m50555.023108
2611Carrie VanNoyOak Park100h503
279Elli VanDusenKalamazoo ChristianHigh Jump502
2812Alysia TownsendAnn Arbor SkylineHigh Jump502
2912Aiden HarrandBuckley1600m501
309Aubree BowersForest Hills CentralPole Vault500
3112Drew MullerEast Grand Rapids1600m500
329Bella FriddleHastingsHigh Jump497
3311Ariyana JamesEast LansingHigh Jump497
3412Gail VaikutisSt. Joseph800m497
3510Kamryn TatumWest Bloomfield200m497
3611Jada WilsonBelleville300h497
3712Ella ChristensenNorthville1600m497
3811Elena FigueroaSt. Joseph1600m495
3912Kayla HarrisEast KentwoodDiscus495
4012Morgan BrownLivonia Churchill1600m494
4111Lauren BickerdtDetroit Renaissance300h494
4212Jordyn HarrisWalled Lake CentralDiscus492
4311Dayshana KelloggOak Park400m492
4412Emily TomesGrand Rapids Catholic Central1600m492
4512Katie StewartSalemPole Vault490
4612Madison OsterbergJackson Lumen Christi800m489
479Anyla RobinsonDetroit Cass Tech800m486
4812Payton SchefflerBrownstown Woodhaven1600m486
4912Anna TildenZeeland EastDiscus486
5012Allyson BroaddusGrand Rapids Catholic CentralDiscus485
5112Makayla PorterEast KentwoodDiscus485
529Ava SchaferSt. Johns3200m484
5312Shelby SandersDetroit Renaissance400m484
5412Giuliana SerapigliaPlymouthPole Vault484
5511Lauren WalkerHolt800m483
5611Jada EwellRoyal OakDiscus483
5712Aliyah SpringerHamiltonDiscus483
5812Makenzie JohnsCadillacShot Put482
5910Laila HawkinsDetroit Cass Tech100h482
6011Maya JusticeBrownstown WoodhavenLong Jump481
6110Katie BerkshireGaylord3200m481
6212Allison SheltonOrtonville BrandonPole Vault480
6310Katherine BlueGrand LedgePole Vault480
6412Taylor DiemondCedar SpringsPole Vault480
6512Aubree MeyerHartlandShot Put480
6612Daisy SpeetGRTC Perigrines800m480
679Annie HrabovskyRomeo3200m480
689Daisy CoxRockford3200m480
6911Keirra TaubeYaleHigh Jump478
7011Sophia PellOlivetHigh Jump478
7112Olivia FindlayMarletteHigh Jump478
7210Sarah PippinEdwardsburgHigh Jump478
7312Susie SchulzBay City CentralHigh Jump478
7412Sylvia Sanok DufalloAnn Arbor Pioneer1600m477
7510Reese SmithTraverse City West800m476
7611Leigha StoepkerJenisonShot Put476
7711Elizabeth (Izzie) MillerBattle Creek Harper CreekDiscus476
7810Natalia GuaresimoRomeo3200m475
7911Allie NowakJohannesburg-Lewiston800m474
809Kaylie LivingstonWhitmore Lake3200m473
8112Tessa RoeLansing Catholic3200m473
8212Addison WashlerForest Hills Eastern800m473
8312Ava KurczewskiWalled Lake Northern1600m472
8411Molly BaraccoFarmington800m472
859Collette WierksHolland West Ottawa800m472
8610Leah CorbyRochester Hills Stoney Creek3200m471
8712Lena ClevelandRochesterLong Jump471
8810Maiya CorriganRockfordPole Vault470
8912Claire AdamsRockfordPole Vault470
9010Raiden KipfmillerDexterPole Vault470
9112Molly SochaBloomfield HillsDiscus470
9211Joy EvansAlma800m469
9310Emily PetersOlivet300h469
9412Ania ToboyWyandotte RooseveltDiscus468
9512Ella SchaferSt. JohnsDiscus468
9611Emma DrnekZeeland East3200m468
9711Emily JokelaLake Linden-Hubbell300h468
9812Ashley KraheNorthville300h467
9911Jayda WatsonOak Park100h467
10011Cora WilliamsAnn Arbor Gabriel RichardShot Put467

ROOKIES OF THE YEAR

Computed in the same manner as the Best of the Best, just filtered out for freshmen.

RankNameTeamEventPointsMarkFr. MI RankFr. US Rank
1Kaden GriffithsStevensville LakeshoreLong Jump48723′ 6″12
2Declin DorohStevensville LakeshoreHigh Jump4836′ 7.5″13
3Ben RomeroForest Hills Central800m4829:08.1714
4Kamari RonfeldtAnn Arbor Pioneer3200m4759:09.6025
5Wendell ChildsClarkston400m45748.92113
6Ryan GoodParma Western800m4551:55.2329
7Chris TetloffMidland Bullock CreekShot Put44452′ 9″111
8Nathan BrussWalled Lake Northern800m4441:55.97318
9Robert Jazwinski IIIHart3200m4349:23.64321
10Noah RufenachtQuincyHigh Jump4346′ 4″225
10Joel CranmoreLeslieHigh Jump4346′ 4″225
12Ezekiel BaltierraAlma3200m432   
13Jack MacGregorHowell3200m430   
14Luka HammondGrand Haven1600m426   
15Tucker WigintonSpringportPole Vault426   
16Brandon CommetIda300h425   
17Caleb NelsonNorth Farmington400m424   
18Harvey GroveGladwinShot Put413   
19Lorenzo ReynoldsEast KentwoodLong Jump412   
20Braylon HolmesCharlotteLong Jump410   
21Tyler MollanLake OrionPole Vault409   
21Grady MyersForest Hills NorthernPole Vault409   
23Avery SimmonsFrankenmuthDiscus407   
24Caleb ErkkinenSterling Heights StevensonHigh Jump405   
24Hayden StoutSaginaw Valley LutheranHigh Jump405   

RankNameTeamEventPointsMarkFr. MI RankFr. US Rank
1Addyson StiversonMontroseShot Put55549′ 2″11
2Lorelai ZielinskiTraverse City CentralShot Put50744′ 9″26
3Nevaeh BurnsOak Park400m50555.0219
4Elli VanDusenKalamazoo ChristianHigh Jump5025′ 7.25″16
5Aubree BowersForest Hills CentralPole Vault50012′ 6″11
6Bella FriddleHastingsHigh Jump4975′ 7″27
7Anyla RobinsonDetroit Cass Tech800m4862:12.19110
8Ava SchaferSt. Johns3200m48410:39.77117
9Annie HrabovskyRomeo3200m48010:42.42221
10Daisy CoxRockford3200m48010:42.44322
11Kaylie LivingstonWhitmore Lake3200m473   
12Collette WierksHolland West Ottawa800m472   
13Stephanie DiPiazzaGRTC Perigrines1600m465   
14Willow MasonSaginaw Heritage200m463   
15Ella WierksHolland West Ottawa800m463   
16Katelyn WendlingNew Lothrop400m457   
17Logan RichardsonEast Kentwood200m456   
18Annabelle LowmanLudington3200m456   
19Clara KaczorFreeland1600m455   
20Aubrey WilsonDearborn Divine Child200m454   
21Leigha WhitmanStevensville LakeshoreLong Jump453   
22Elliana HuftonLake Fenton800m452   
23Davea CrowePinckney300h452   
24Katelynn EgliNovi800m448   
25Becca Van LentAnn Arbor Skyline1600m445   

ALL-AROUND ATHLETES

These were tabulated by adding an athlete’s scores from every single event, so long as they hit the D1 regional qualifying standard (linked here). If you’re a college coach looking for underclassmen that can compete in the multis, this might be your list.

Since the chart is too big to post on here, we’re going 200 deep (or about the 99th percentile) on Google Sheets.

BOYS CHART

GIRLS CHART