SUMMER PREVIEW
Last Year
Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result
Boys
- Pinckney (2nd)
- Divine Child (24th)
- Cranbrook-Kingswood (23rd)
Girls
- Linden (15th)
- Divine Child (16th)
- Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (24th)
Whew, Divine Child’s boys were much better than their projected 6th. 5/6 tho.
Top 27 Teams
Boys
#16 – Pinckney
Girls
Top Ten – Linden
#22 – Divine Child
#23 – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
Projected Scores
(Oak Park has apparently asked to move up to Division 1, but that hasn’t been reflected on the MHSAA website)
Boys
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Pinckney | 42 |
| 2 | Dearborn Divine Child | 73 |
| 3 | Detroit Country Day | 89 |
| 4 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 108 |
| 5 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 109 |
| 6 | Lake Fenton | 158 |
| 7 | Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood | 161 |
| 8 | Redford Union | 200 |
| 9 | Linden | 213 |
| 10 | Detroit Henry Ford | 328 |
| 11 | Detroit Cody | 359 |
Girls
| Place | Team | Projected Score |
| 1 | Linden | 47 |
| 2 | Dearborn Divine Child | 87 |
| 3 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 94 |
| 4 | Detroit Country Day | 109 |
| 5 | Pinckney | 115 |
| 6 | Lake Fenton | 146 |
| 7 | Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood | 177 |
| 8 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 191 |
| 9 | Bloomfield Hills Marian | 196 |
| 10 | Garden City | 333 |
| 11 | Canton Preparatory | 377 |
| 12 | Detroit Cody | 385 |
Top Runners
Boys
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 12 | Colin Murray | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 2 | 10 | Cole McCraw | Pinckney |
| 3 | 12 | Jacob Hopkins | Detroit Country Day |
| 4 | 12 | Isaak Brook | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 5 | 12 | Zach Newman | Pinckney |
| 6 | 10 | Omar Elbashir | Detroit Country Day |
| 7 | 12 | Kyle Osborne | Pinckney |
| 8 | 11 | Cole Wisniewski | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s |
| 9 | 10 | Cooper Steckroth | Lake Fenton |
| 10 | 12 | Gabe Maciag | Pinckney |
| 11 | 12 | Tamer Zahr | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 12 | 12 | Nicholas Nakic | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 13 | 12 | Ethan VandenHaute | Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood |
| 14 | 11 | Jake Yono | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s |
| 15 | 11 | Bela Matyus | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s |
| 16 | 12 | Ryan Wojichowski | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 17 | 11 | Brodie Licata | Lake Fenton |
| 18 | 11 | Nate Sandula | Pinckney |
| 19 | 11 | Wyatt Larson | Pinckney |
| 20 | 11 | Andrew Hagerty | Pinckney |
| 21 | 9 | Andrew Nunning | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 22 | 12 | Blaise Gooding | Linden |
| 23 | 9 | Alexander Dirlea | Detroit Country Day |
| 24 | 10 | Grant Goodwin | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 25 | 12 | Maximiliano Juarez | Dearborn Divine Child |
Individually, how tough was this region last year? Tough enough that Colin placed 5th… and then 9th in the entire State. More words to come later!
Tough courses early led to fast times late. The young freshman broke 17:00 in four of his final five races, including a 16:27 at MITCA and a 7th place finish here.
As a freshman, never strayed under 20:00. As a junior, with the exception of a hilly Mustang Invite, stayed under 18:00.
If the 4:27 1600m and Region 19 win are any indication, Brook has a real good chance of sneaking onto the MIS podium.
Girls
| Place | Grade | Name | Team |
| 1 | 10 | Jaelyn Ray | Pinckney |
| 2 | 12 | Mea D’Agostino | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s |
| 3 | 12 | Chloe Josephson | Linden |
| 4 | 12 | Maria Nunning | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 5 | 10 | Melody Meckstroth | Linden |
| 6 | 12 | Nell Stover | Detroit Country Day |
| 7 | 10 | Addison Josephson | Linden |
| 8 | 10 | Elliana Hufton | Lake Fenton |
| 9 | 12 | Kathryn Kurtinaitis | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 10 | 10 | Diya Goyal | Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood |
| 11 | 12 | Claire Heller | Detroit Country Day |
| 12 | 9 | Ana Lovell | Lake Fenton |
| 13 | 12 | Kayla Slade | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 14 | 9 | Eastynn Charder | Pinckney |
| 15 | 10 | Sidney Shepard | Linden |
| 16 | 11 | Anna Kujansuu | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 17 | 9 | Courtney Floeter | Linden |
| 18 | 12 | Skylar Vanhecke | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 19 | 10 | Claire Dunn | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 20 | 9 | Molly Roberts | Linden |
| 21 | 10 | Paige Willman | Lake Fenton |
| 22 | 10 | Lucille Clark | Bloomfield Hills Marian |
| 23 | 12 | Mary Larocca | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep |
| 24 | 12 | Kate Paluszewski | Dearborn Divine Child |
| 25 | 12 | Tess Scicluna | Dearborn Divine Child |
Altitude plus an outstanding track season will lead to cross country success. Mea posted huge improvements, 5:29 to 5:08 and 11:45 to 11:12, the latter of which earned her an 11th place finish at State.
All three years, Maria has been in the top-10 here. And with another track season consisting of a 1600m state qualifier, I don’t see her streak changing.
Seem to recall a recent Linden star with a similar surname. Melody is on the path to becoming one of her own, ending her freshman year with four straight 19:xx performances.
Candidate to really surprise at the state level, her 5:23 regional 1600m win a show of great promise.
Sub-20 at Shepherd may have given a boost of confidence heading into track. Addison’s 11:55 in the 32 ended up as the #8 time amongst D2 freshmen.
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 