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The poor distance folks got slighted all year. Two rankings (when other crews received three), last minute predictions post (adding the Upper Peninsula predictions took more time than anticipated). I want to stay in your good graces for these next five months, hopefully starting with distance will soothe your anger.

Real quick though:

An Explanation
Week Four
Week Six
BOYS TABLES
GIRLS TABLES

When you’re done scrolling through the best crews, there are individual rankings at the end! I actually wrote paragraphs, so you should read them.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:44.5	Northville	1617	4×8
12	Brendan Herger	1:49.4	Northville	548	800m
12	Brendan Herger	4:07.8	Northville	523	1600m
11	Ethan Powell	9:10.0	Northville	474	3200m
11	Ethan Powell	4:18.1	Northville	444	1600m
10	Ben Hartigan	4:21.8	Northville	417	1600m
11	Ishaan Kundapur	4:22.9	Northville	408	1600m
10	Ben Hartigan	9:34.7	Northville	402	3200m
11	Ethan Powell	1:58.7	Northville	400	800m
10	Ryan Stojov	4:24.1	Northville	399	1600m
12	Nicholas Yaquinto	1:59.4	Northville	389	800m
10	Ben Hartigan	2:00.2	Northville	376	800m
9	Brandon Cloud	9:43.9	Northville	375	3200m
10	Ryan Stojov	2:01.7	Northville	352	800m
11	Ishaan Kundapur	9:52.2	Northville	351	3200m
11	Nick Barretto	9:52.5	Northville	350	3200m
11	Rece Grezak	2:01.8	Northville	350	800m
12	Nicholas Yaquinto	4:30.8	Northville	348	1600m
11	Ishaan Kundapur	2:02.4	Northville	341	800m
12	Vincent Filipek	2:02.6	Northville	338	800m
10	Ethan Hertza	9:57.0	Northville	337	3200m
10	Ethan Hertza	4:32.7	Northville	334	1600m
11	Nick Barretto	4:33.2	Northville	330	1600m
11	Ritvik Ellendula	4:33.2	Northville	329	1600m
9	Brandon Cloud	4:34.3	Northville	321	1600m
10	Colton Blackburn	4:36.1	Northville	307	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Northville	1712	1791	1602	1617	6722
2	Brighton	1588	1642	1644	1493	6367
3	Grand Haven	1695	1751	1211	1546	6202
4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1598	1683	1255	1471	6006
5	Clarkston	1620	1545	1190	1526	5881
6	Troy	863	1538	1682	1550	5633
7	Traverse City Central	1460	1323	1482	1238	5504
8	Walled Lake Northern	1696	1446	847	1494	5483
9	Canton	1215	1622	1194	1400	5430
10	Plymouth	1253	1585	1127	1438	5402
11	Forest Hills Central	1752	1150	847	1571	5320
12	Jenison	1181	1452	1188	1336	5157
13	Romeo	1614	1559	392	1483	5048
14	Portage Central	1099	1181	1454	1294	5028
15	Dexter	829	1536	1240	1332	4937
16	Kalamazoo Central	867	1210	1258	1429	4765
17	Midland	1503	1374	350	1305	4532
18	Novi	377	1474	1431	1164	4446
19	Troy Athens	384	1197	1224	1542	4348
20	Livonia Churchill	355	1558	1231	1194	4338
21	Byron Center	1052	1071	803	1166	4091
22	Rockford	1452	1006	338	1272	4068
23	Utica	393	1400	1093	1149	4035
24	Highland-Milford	701	1103	883	1291	3979
25	Howell	1407	745	430	1356	3938
26	Oxford	758	1102	707	1284	3851
27	Ann Arbor Skyline	879	1114	435	1339	3766
28	Traverse City West	1072	1079	375	1211	3737
29	Rochester	1230	747	352	1393	3722
30	Bay City Western	1248	1112	–	1355	3715
31	Macomb Dakota	376	1134	1180	964	3655
32	Rochester Adams	425	1083	1118	1011	3637
33	East Kentwood	803	1123	394	1312	3632
34	Ann Arbor Huron	1047	951	338	1281	3618
35	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	512	869	1248	913	3542
36	Saline	409	1385	419	1285	3499
37	Zeeland West	699	1280	344	1133	3455
38	White Lake Lakeland	496	1098	749	913	3256
39	Davison	754	957	368	1101	3180
40	Royal Oak	337	905	866	993	3101
41	Forest Hills Northern	687	971	360	1072	3090
42	Temperance Bedford	817	326	693	1249	3086
43	Salem	406	913	356	1279	2955
44	Utica Eisenhower	782	710	378	1043	2913
45	East Lansing	695	325	346	1272	2638
46	Grand Ledge	673	313	368	1250	2604
47	Cedar Springs	800	364	380	944	2489
48	St. Joseph	468	653	335	901	2358
49	Battle Creek Lakeview	365	468	456	1054	2343
50	Grandville	684	784	824	–	2292

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:01.3	Pinckney	1288	4×8
12	Paul Moore	8:59.6	Pinckney	504	3200m
12	Paul Moore	4:12.8	Pinckney	485	1600m
12	Evan Loughridge	9:15.7	Pinckney	457	3200m
12	Evan Loughridge	4:22.2	Pinckney	413	1600m
12	Paul Moore	1:58.7	Pinckney	399	800m
11	James Rochowiak	1:58.9	Pinckney	397	800m
12	Ethan Sandula	9:39.3	Pinckney	389	3200m
10	James Uphouse	1:59.8	Pinckney	382	800m
11	Zachary Newman	4:26.3	Pinckney	382	1600m
12	Parker Hays	2:00.9	Pinckney	364	800m
11	Zachary Newman	2:01.6	Pinckney	353	800m
12	Ethan Sandula	4:32.1	Pinckney	337	1600m
12	Parker Hays	9:57.4	Pinckney	336	3200m
9	Cole McCraw	10:08.7	Pinckney	303	3200m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Pinckney	1543	1618	1686	1288	6135
2	Forest Hills Eastern	1696	1647	1239	1483	6065
3	Frankenmuth	1140	1423	1462	1424	5449
4	Marshall	1204	1219	1185	1536	5145
5	Grand Rapids Christian	816	1491	1603	1058	4969
6	Alma	1035	850	1586	1329	4800
7	DeWitt	1556	418	1318	1491	4783
8	Allendale	824	1119	1409	1410	4762
9	East Grand Rapids	700	1550	1307	1107	4664
10	Parma Western	1458	1080	805	1274	4617
11	Holland Christian	992	1021	1347	1216	4576
12	Adrian	1193	793	1068	1316	4370
13	Flint Powers Catholic	1334	353	1381	1169	4236
14	Sparta	1035	760	1150	1245	4191
15	Gladwin	781	816	1186	1248	4030
16	Yale	1116	1020	610	1259	4005
17	Plainwell	1031	733	766	1112	3642
18	Fremont	645	793	1060	873	3371
19	Clio	836	1039	649	814	3338
20	Hamilton	1118	299	823	1098	3337
21	Flint Kearsley	661	698	807	961	3128
22	Battle Creek Harper Creek	675	396	1039	978	3088
23	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	771	391	1047	851	3060
24	Shepherd	419	740	776	1074	3010
25	Ludington	667	329	711	1227	2933
26	St. Johns	701	792	679	706	2877
27	Corunna	718	389	643	1075	2825
28	Mason	380	328	805	1132	2644
29	Flat Rock	330	359	941	954	2585
30	Chelsea	657	429	481	992	2558
31	Otsego	293	414	1020	773	2499
32	Spring Lake	708	364	628	735	2436
33	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	843	354	245	975	2417
34	Edwardsburg	336	356	643	985	2320
35	Dearborn Divine Child	451	445	466	947	2309
36	Wayland Union	636	306	306	964	2212
37	Riverview	416	398	263	1036	2113
38	Detroit Country Day	–	608	581	919	2108
39	St. Clair	380	318	374	1032	2104
40	Three Rivers	423	333	353	935	2044
41	Haslett	359	783	878	–	2020
42	Ogemaw Heights	783	–	–	1139	1922
43	Macomb Lutheran North	608	–	380	914	1902
44	New Boston Huron	383	424	362	726	1894
45	Whitehall	287	374	335	808	1804
46	Ortonville Brandon	720	–	–	1009	1729
47	GR West Mich. Aviation	668	372	657	–	1697
48	Ionia	427	–	343	894	1664
49	Holland	596	406	629	–	1631
50	Petoskey	307	–	292	1001	1600

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:02.8	Reed City	1261	4×8
11	August Rohde	1:53.4	Reed City	485	800m
11	August Rohde	4:15.6	Reed City	464	1600m
11	August Rohde	9:16.6	Reed City	454	3200m
12	Anthony Kiaunis	1:58.0	Reed City	411	800m
12	Anthony Kiaunis	9:35.5	Reed City	400	3200m
12	Anthony Kiaunis	4:26.6	Reed City	380	1600m
12	Isaac Clementshaw	9:55.9	Reed City	340	3200m
12	Ryan Allen	10:06.3	Reed City	310	3200m
12	Isaac Clementshaw	4:37.2	Reed City	299	1600m
12	Isaac Clementshaw	2:06.1	Reed City	282	800m
10	Paul Saladin	4:42.2	Reed City	261	1600m
10	Paul Saladin	2:07.9	Reed City	254	800m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Reed City	1432	1404	1504	1261	5601
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	1391	1298	1185	1140	5014
3	Traverse City St. Francis	1356	1068	1179	1326	4928
4	Jonesville	1347	972	1101	1264	4684
5	Clare	1306	1058	1179	974	4517
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	1353	1000	833	1194	4380
7	Ithaca	1246	913	1092	1053	4304
8	Olivet	1042	929	619	1191	3781
9	Hanover-Horton	856	799	1099	912	3666
10	The Potter’s House	1332	1039	561	715	3648
11	Kalkaska	604	1009	736	1062	3411
12	Hart	846	941	794	641	3221
13	Onsted	815	775	591	931	3112
14	Erie Mason	1080	721	286	938	3024
15	Lansing Catholic	440	947	821	811	3018
16	Brooklyn Columbia Central	1015	616	362	1019	3013
17	Caro	701	884	577	800	2961
18	Grayling	969	551	424	966	2909
19	Midland Bullock Creek	492	688	824	884	2890
20	Benzie Central	670	565	654	898	2787
21	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	815	660	471	798	2743
22	St. Louis	458	592	759	904	2714
23	Ann Arbor Greenhills	683	527	699	755	2665
24	Union City	765	649	242	929	2584
25	Charlevoix	584	895	1043	–	2521
26	Hillsdale	650	665	338	722	2374
27	Chesaning	999	481	–	730	2210
28	Stanton Central Montcalm	500	622	384	655	2161
29	Blissfield	588	309	275	981	2153
30	Constantine	585	535	289	741	2149
31	Bad Axe	443	556	428	689	2115
32	Algonac	787	202	233	686	1907
33	Stockbridge	336	463	408	680	1888
34	Manton	485	424	425	519	1852
35	Ida	670	181	174	751	1776
36	LeRoy Pine River	578	349	189	642	1759
37	Elk Rapids	594	358	260	535	1747
38	Buchanan	302	193	312	930	1737
39	Homer	220	611	215	671	1716
40	North Muskegon	306	407	246	747	1706
41	Remus Chippewa Hills	565	295	298	527	1684
42	Montague	537	424	–	642	1603
43	Jackson Lumen Christi	266	357	485	480	1588
44	Kent City	252	332	394	527	1505
45	Bath	200	516	230	519	1466
46	Bridgman	215	355	–	890	1461
47	Bangor	274	300	–	842	1416
48	Hartford	–	182	386	839	1407
49	Pigeon-Laker	291	434	177	485	1387
50	Sanford-Meridian	318	541	517	–	1376

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:55.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	1398	4×8
10	Marek Butkiewicz	4:19.4	Kalamazoo Hackett	435	1600m
10	Marek Butkiewicz	9:25.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	429	3200m
10	Sean Siems	1:57.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	419	800m
12	Gavin Sehy	1:58.7	Kalamazoo Hackett	399	800m
11	Alexander Dumont	2:00.0	Kalamazoo Hackett	379	800m
10	Sean Siems	4:33.2	Kalamazoo Hackett	329	1600m
10	Sean Siems	10:10.1	Kalamazoo Hackett	299	3200m
12	Gavin Sehy	4:42.0	Kalamazoo Hackett	262	1600m
12	Nick Doerr	4:42.8	Kalamazoo Hackett	257	1600m
12	Nick Doerr	10:37.4	Kalamazoo Hackett	220	3200m
12	Nick Doerr	2:12.7	Kalamazoo Hackett	176	800m
9	Kellen Siems	10:59.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	155	3200m
11	Alexander Dumont	4:58.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	136	1600m
9	Kellen Siems	5:04.8	Kalamazoo Hackett	89	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Kalamazoo Hackett	1374	1283	1102	1398	5157
2	Hillsdale Academy	1520	1176	1115	1008	4819
3	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	1184	1016	671	1056	3928
4	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	961	948	981	944	3834
5	Petoskey St. Michael	953	1003	471	941	3368
6	East Jackson	1041	740	583	970	3333
7	Three Oaks River Valley	943	720	606	807	3076
8	Harbor Springs	1000	635	571	789	2995
9	Saugatuck	480	723	1062	560	2825
10	Holland Calvary Christian	854	739	283	618	2494
11	White Cloud	506	710	599	649	2464
12	Maple City Glen Lake	332	641	422	1048	2443
13	Vestaburg	805	599	445	528	2376
14	Harbor Beach	308	694	716	590	2308
15	Riverview Gabriel Richard	662	457	507	666	2293
16	Southfield Christian	564	403	512	680	2159
17	Birmingham Roeper	768	284	143	774	1969
18	Mayville	648	361	163	768	1940
19	Pentwater	577	620	628	–	1826
20	Breckenridge	218	505	628	373	1723
21	Battle Creek St. Philip	513	140	67	992	1713
22	Lutheran Westland	421	413	127	666	1627
23	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	427	278	209	703	1618
24	Johannesburg-Lewiston	600	222	690	–	1512
25	Mason County Eastern	289	437	415	348	1489
26	Marlette	426	135	137	771	1468
27	Whitmore Lake	256	277	321	558	1412
28	Dryden	256	280	486	384	1406
29	Fowler	547	234	268	344	1392
30	Dansville	294	426	339	327	1386
31	Tri-unity Christian	239	522	595	–	1355
32	Carson City-Crystal	211	374	497	270	1351
33	Royal Oak Shrine	403	514	120	227	1264
34	Mesick	252	381	343	251	1227
35	Reading	445	53	114	589	1200
36	Plymouth Christian Academy	251	416	138	319	1124
37	Muskegon Catholic Central	463	159	–	503	1124
38	Byron	277	285	121	418	1101
39	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	361	191	292	212	1055
40	Beal City	349	321	102	276	1047
41	Concord	411	168	83	362	1025
42	Onekama	280	343	355	–	979
43	Fairview	142	176	162	482	963
44	Morenci	–	139	199	605	943
45	East Jordan	–	335	305	294	934
46	Ubly	158	230	260	243	892
47	West Michigan Homeschool	–	387	439	–	826
48	Novi Christian Academy	169	177	150	314	811
49	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	482	177	123	–	783
50	Central Lake / Ellsworth	259	–	158	340	756

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:09.8	Marquette	1136	4×8
11	Evan Balko	4:24.0	Marquette	399	1600m
11	James Barch	9:36.5	Marquette	397	3200m
9	Lucas Ballard	1:59.2	Marquette	392	800m
11	Seppi Camilli	9:42.9	Marquette	378	3200m
11	Seppi Camilli	4:29.2	Marquette	360	1600m
11	Evan Balko	2:01.7	Marquette	352	800m
12	Cullen Papin	2:02.0	Marquette	347	800m
11	Evan Balko	9:56.4	Marquette	339	3200m
10	Rorik Holmquist	10:01.8	Marquette	323	3200m
10	Beepsee Teeple	2:03.6	Marquette	322	800m
11	Chase Thomsen	10:03.0	Marquette	320	3200m
12	James Kraeg	2:03.8	Marquette	319	800m
11	James Barch	2:03.8	Marquette	318	800m
11	James Barch	4:35.1	Marquette	315	1600m
11	Chase Thomsen	2:05.2	Marquette	296	800m
10	Peter Argeropolous	10:11.1	Marquette	296	3200m
11	Chase Thomsen	4:37.9	Marquette	294	1600m
12	James Kraeg	4:41.0	Marquette	270	1600m
12	James Kraeg	10:20.8	Marquette	268	3200m
10	Rorik Holmquist	4:41.5	Marquette	267	1600m
10	Ben Kuhl	2:07.4	Marquette	261	800m
10	Ben Kuhl	10:28.7	Marquette	245	3200m
9	Brody Clements	4:47.1	Marquette	224	1600m
12	Cullen Papin	4:51.7	Marquette	188	1600m
9	Brody Clements	2:12.5	Marquette	180	800m
10	Ben Kuhl	4:54.9	Marquette	165	1600m
10	Peter Argeropolous	4:55.5	Marquette	160	1600m
10	Beepsee Teeple	4:55.9	Marquette	157	1600m
9	Jack Grant	11:07.6	Marquette	132	3200m
10	Olin Slette	5:05.1	Marquette	87	1600m
10	Carson Wernholm	5:05.2	Marquette	86	1600m
9	Jack Grant	5:06.7	Marquette	75	1600m
10	Olin Slette	11:28.2	Marquette	72	3200m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Marquette	2345	1904	2566	1136	7951
2	Houghton	634	725	475	870	2704
3	Sault Ste. Marie	187	620	851	805	2464
4	Pickford	669	474	430	512	2085
5	Munising	486	575	259	542	1862
6	Kingsford	323	342	364	544	1573
7	Ishpeming	335	357	208	439	1339
8	Manistique	596	158	–	497	1251
9	Bark River-Harris	135	303	127	372	937
10	Cedarville	319	347	–	257	922
11	Gladstone	–	265	245	405	914
12	Chassell	321	281	303	–	905
13	Forest Park	150	73	209	459	892
14	Menominee	246	161	–	429	836
15	Newberry	461	–	–	346	807
16	Escanaba	281	–	–	465	746
17	Dollar Bay	428	–	–	307	735
18	Rudyard	281	174	279	–	734
19	Ironwood	186	156	–	219	561
20	Lake Linden-Hubbell	264	–	–	265	529
21	Negaunee	–	–	155	270	426
22	Republic-Michigamme	205	92	90	–	386
23	Brimley	143	80	134	–	358
24	St. Ignace	–	–	–	312	312
25	Stephenson	–	115	136	–	251
26	Mackinac Island Public	–	–	–	197	197
27	Bessemer	–	80	98	–	177
28	Holy Name	129	–	–	–	129
29	Engadine	–	–	97	–	97
30	Painesdale-Jeffers	–	74	–	–	74

DISTANCE RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

For the individual rankings, I decided to use an athletes’ top-two events. There are some boys with range across the board, excelling in all three, but commonly someone will pick two distance events in which to concentrate. I wasn’t going to penalize someone for skipping the 3200m all year or knowing they didn’t have the requisite speed and bowing out of 800m training. The individual events contain marks listed on athletic.net at the end of the day Sunday.

Check out the chart here to see how times match up to scores, those scores formulated by looking at the national lists for the 2022 season.

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for the official lists for each event. Give him a few days to process everything from this incredible season, as many of our great athletes have hit marks that will stand the test of time.

Brendan Herger, Northville

Brendan’s 1:50.08 to win Division 1’s State Finals 800m wasn’t a personal best, but it sure must’ve been satisfying. The previous two state finals contained a 7^th place and 2^nd place finish, the latter of which he held the lead for much of the race. The same scenario presented itself again, with Brendan taking the lead early, but bringing the field through in a rather pedestrian 56. Through 600m, the race appeared to be in question, then Herger closed in 26 (my estimation from the video) to clinch his first individual title. In addition to winning the D1 800m, Herger also lowered his 1600m personal best from 4:10 to 4:07.

Seth Norder, Grand Haven

He had gotten it done in the 3200m, he had done the same on the cross course. Now it was time to return to the 1600m, where two years ago, Seth truly began to make his mark. At the ’22 Finals, Norder gave Riley Hough everything he could handle before finishing as the runner up. At these Finals, Seth patiently waited until the bell lap, unleashing what looked to be a sub-60 last lap, leaving no doubt on the finishing stretch.

Thomas Westphal, Anchor Bay

Another one of the firsts. Thomas waited until the final distance race of the season to gain his first individual title. Coming back from a 2^nd place finish in the 1600m, Westphal bid his time until two laps to go, then opened up a significant gap on the field, appearing to close in under 2:10, nabbing the 3200m crown. His story will always be incredible, a kid running in the 19’s as a freshman, 17’s as a sophomore, before a final five seasons that included 2 All-States on the cross course, 4 All-States on the track, a MITS title this past winter, and his heroics on Saturday.

Jasper Cane, Kalamazoo Central

A magical last month for Jasper, making up for lost time. Coming off a junior year of cross country with plenty of sub-16 efforts, Cane had a late start to his track season, unable to truly put down the times comparable to many other top runners in the state. This May, he affirmatively has done that. A 9:00.zero zero at Shepherd kicked off this stretch of fast racing. Region 3 and SMAC titles in the 1600/3200 earned some points and hardware. He wow’ed the crowd at Houseman Field with a 4:05. And then he quadrupled, nailed two All-States, and closed the 4×4 with a 51. After all that, Jasper dropped his 1600m best from 4:32 to 4:05 and his 3200m best from 10:02 to 9:00.

Solomon Kwartowitz, Cranbrook-Kingswood

What appeared to be an excellent season that was unfortunately ended too soon. Solomon took part in our mid-season stretch of elite races, racking up bangers such as a 4:11 1600m at Romeo and an 8:59 in Shepherd. Those two marks were both personal bests and even now at this moment, rank #7 and #2 in Michigan, respectively. He’ll be taking his talents to Harvard next year, hopefully following in the footsteps of Graham Blanks.

TJ Hansen, Freeland

If the 1500m was a high school distance, TJ would likely be higher. At Grand Valley in late April, TJ raced to a 3:49 in that distance, essentially the equivalent of a 4:05-4:06 in the 1600m. If he hadn’t been under the weather for a majority of the year, perhaps he’d be even higher, as an 8:51 for the indoor 2 mile showed his incredible strength. But neither of the two above instances showed his toughness, his 4:11 to win a second consecutive track title was perfect evidence for that.

Paul Moore, Pinckney

Juuuust behind Kwartowitz at Shepherd was Paul Moore. His 8:59.63 there made him one of three Michiganders to break 9-flat for the 3200m. That eight lap jaunt was an 11 second improvement from his junior year, and on the other end of the spectrum, he knocked 12 seconds off his 800m best. It also foretold his early June heroics, pressing the pace for the final five laps of D2’s 3200m, opening up a substantial gap on the final lap, then having just enough to hold off a late charging Connell Alford.

Jack Bidwell, Marshall

The Marshall junior is one of the state’s least talked of, most underrated runners (but don’t sweat it, I’ll fix that). The young Redhawk dropped significant time in the 800m (2:02 to 1:56) and the 1600m (4:34 to 4:14). His introduction to the 3200m was at a faster pace than his sophomore 1600m best, a 9:01 at Shepherd, another runner experience that Bluejay Boost. Come championship time, he was able to anchor the winning 4×8 for Marshall (1:50.8) and gain an All-State of his own, a 4^th place 1600m finish.

Sebastian Ramirez, Royal Oak

There were five Division 1 boys that pulled off distance doubles and hit All-States in each: Norder, Westphal, Cane, Anirudh Krishnan, and Ramirez. I’ve always regarded Ramirez as an ideal 5k/10k guy (and going to GVSU, you know Baltes will get the most out of that), he’s spent the entire season flashing speed and proving me wrong. First, it was a gutty effort at Romeo, sticking his nose in with the big boys to the tune of a 4:13 1600m. Then again on Saturday, lowering that personal best to a 4:11. And finally, when looking down and out at the tail end of the 3200m, closing in 61 to grab his fifth All-State of his career.

Ben Romero, Forest Hills Central

The future is oh so bright and the present is pretty dang good too. Ben has had about as good of a year that a freshman can ask for. This past fall, spending a majority of time in the 16’s, whittling his time down to a 16:07 close at MIS. In the springtime, making his mark at a whole range of events, a 1:53 800m, a 4:15 1600m, then shattering Ben Hill’s freshman 3200m record with a 9:08. I know the athletic.net lists aren’t the gospel, but they do represent a good chunk of the nation, and he’s listed with top-7 freshman marks (or better) in each of the three distance events. Ben, along with the rest of the exceptional freshman class, will be a pleasure to watch grow over these next three years.

Rank	Grade	Name	Division	Team	Total	800m	1600m	3200m
1	12	Brendan Herger	1	Northville	1071	548	523	–
2	12	Seth Norder	1	Grand Haven	1059	499	559	472
3	12	Thomas Westphal	1	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	1046	512	529	517
4	12	Jasper Cane	1	Kalamazoo Central	1041	480	538	503
5	12	Solomon Kwartowitz	2	Cranbrook Kingswood	998	–	494	504
6	11	TJ Hansen	2	Freeland	994	471	496	498
7	12	Paul Moore	2	Pinckney	989	399	485	504
8	11	Jack Bidwell	2	Marshall	972	437	474	498
9	12	Sebastian Ramirez	1	Royal Oak	965	337	491	474
10	9	Ben Romero	1	Forest Hills Central	961	482	461	479
11	12	Kenny Lewis	1	Saginaw Heritage	956	460	496	–
12	12	Anirudh Krishnan	1	Plymouth	953	475	478	–
13	12	Owen Patton	4	Vestaburg	951	487	465	445
14	11	Henry Dixon	2	Forest Hills Eastern	949	462	487	452
15	11	August Rohde	3	Reed City	949	485	464	454
16	12	Brad White	3	Clare	939	488	450	412
17	12	Pierce Grzymkowski	1	White Lake Lakeland	930	496	434	–
18	12	Aiden Moore	1	Battle Creek Lakeview	924	365	468	456
19	12	Brandon Anderson	1	Dexter	924	489	435	427
20	12	Nate Carmody	2	Haslett	922	359	434	488
21	12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	1	Troy	921	–	446	475
22	12	Ty Parker	1	Walled Lake Northern	920	474	432	445
23	11	Ethan Powell	1	Northville	918	400	444	474
24	12	Caleb Palmreuter	2	Gladwin	918	461	455	457
25	11	Colin Murray	2	Dearborn Divine Child	917	451	445	466
26	12	Alex Thole	2	East Grand Rapids	915	339	455	460
27	9	Kamari Ronfeldt	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	913	–	438	475
28	12	Noah Selvaraj	1	Bay City Western	911	473	438	–
29	12	Vincent Guaresimo	1	Romeo	910	444	466	–
30	12	Connell Alford	2	Chelsea	910	294	429	481
31	12	Tyler Donovan	1	Fraser	907	472	435	–
32	10	Kyle O’Rourke	1	Highland-Milford	907	350	434	473
33	12	Liam Hinman	2	Forest Hills Eastern	906	458	447	–
34	12	Ian Fowler	2	DeWitt	906	443	418	462
35	12	Sean Pettis	2	Fremont	899	362	470	429
36	12	Bryce Nowik	1	Clarkston	895	452	443	–
37	11	Collin McLaughlin	1	Rochester	894	453	441	–
38	12	Louis D’Souza	1	Troy	893	466	427	396
39	12	Eric Overdier	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	893	445	448	–
40	12	Tyler Lenn	4	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	891	433	457	434
41	11	Seth Conner	1	Jenison	891	415	465	425
42	11	Adam Dicken	1	Canton	890	466	424	–
43	12	Boden Genovese	3	Coloma	887	411	476	375
44	10	Thomas Larson	2	Alma	882	379	430	452
45	12	Luke Campbell	1	Brighton	878	386	451	427
46	12	Mason Jett	1	Ann Arbor Skyline	876	467	410	–
47	12	Jackson Rodriguez	3	The Potter’s House	875	459	415	416
48	12	Collin Farmer	3	Pewamo-Westphalia	873	364	448	425
49	12	Grayson Albers	1	Ypsilanti Lincoln	871	461	410	–
50	12	Evan Loughridge	2	Pinckney	871	–	413	457
51	11	Caleb Wesseldyk	2	Otsego	867	293	414	454
52	12	Mitchell Clark	1	Canton	866	–	421	445
53	12	Tyler Langley	1	Brighton	865	363	433	432
54	11	Carter Livermore	1	Grandville	865	340	422	443
55	10	Marek Butkiewicz	4	Kalamazoo Hackett	863	–	435	429
56	12	Ferdinand Viereck	1	Rochester Adams	862	425	437	405
57	12	Nolan Pinion	2	Lake Fenton	861	–	398	463
58	11	Simon Triezenberg	2	Grand Rapids Christian	861	411	425	437
59	11	Joseph Rohmfeld	1	Livonia Churchill	856	–	406	451
60	12	Elliott Sirianni	2	Clio	856	458	398	–
61	11	Landen Wise	2	Frankenmuth	855	424	427	427
62	12	Logan Begeman	1	Portage Central	852	365	419	433
63	9	Ezekiel Baltierra	2	Alma	852	362	420	432
64	10	Ronnie Silveira	2	Allendale	848	399	449	379
65	12	Oliver Moss	1	Berkley	847	–	403	445
66	11	Evan Nickoles	1	East Kentwood	846	441	405	–
67	12	Andy Foshag	1	Monroe	838	344	413	425
68	11	Henry Cox	2	Plainwell	835	–	382	454
69	12	Abe VanDuinen	4	Pentwater	834	394	440	339
70	12	Carter Fox	1	Macomb Dakota	833	376	418	415
71	9	Luka Hammond	1	Grand Haven	832	406	426	–
72	11	James Cusick	1	Oxford	831	409	421	352
73	11	Jack Chadwick	1	Plymouth	830	416	414	–
74	11	Jeb Hillary	2	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	829	345	391	439
75	12	Truman Johnson	1	Saline	829	409	405	419
76	10	Jonah Workman	2	East Grand Rapids	827	–	381	446
77	10	Jackson Lam	1	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	827	392	434	356
78	11	Luke Long	4	West Michigan Homeschool	826	–	387	439
79	10	Beckett Crooks	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	824	–	397	427
80	11	Dominic Lowrie	2	Battle Creek Harper Creek	822	328	396	427
81	12	Jacob Esser	1	Troy Athens	822	–	392	430
82	12	Liam Walters	1	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	821	420	401	394
83	10	Edison Lopeman	2	Parma Western	821	–	366	455
84	11	Nolan Longuski	2	Shepherd	819	419	390	400
85	12	Colin MacGregor	1	Midland Dow	818	440	378	–
86	10	Ben Hartigan	1	Northville	818	376	417	402
87	11	Ben Eisnor	1	Grand Haven	818	404	414	401
88	12	Vaughn Meyer	1	Dexter	818	340	411	407
89	12	Vincent Peterson Sand	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	817	417	400	–
90	12	Braylon Petty	2	Adrian	815	381	396	419
91	12	Logan Ruffner	2	Riverview	814	416	398	–
92	12	Isaac Staib	2	St. Johns	813	398	415	–
93	11	Owen Saylor	2	Dowagiac Union	813	400	413	–
94	12	Gavin Guggemos	3	Kalkaska	812	414	398	317
95	9	Robert Jazwinski III	3	Hart	811	309	377	434
96	12	Anthony Kiaunis	3	Reed City	810	411	380	400
97	12	Dylan Esser	1	Troy Athens	810	–	401	410
98	11	Blake Peardon	1	Lake Orion	808	379	430	375
99	11	Tyler Brock	1	Brighton	808	–	391	418
100	12	Andrew Floros	1	Clarkston	808	355	386	422

It’s that time of the year where the Best Crews get thrown aside, the numbers are tossed in the trash, and ol’ MIXCSR gets to voice his own predictions. 2022’s preview included simulations (similar to what I do in cross country), 2023’s version had stats and charts for an athlete’s average/most recent performances. Compiling all that info is easy during the fall, with 17 separate events in the spring, it’s too dang tedious.

Instead, I’ll be just rolling with my own predictions. I feel that I can do that. Cross Country is all number-based, as are the Best Crews, this is my one moment to put my thoughts out there. But before I let you know my process, know this: I appreciate everyone for competing, to those who’ve made it to June and those who haven’t, you’re awesome. To those who see this and want to prove them wrong: Go do that and tell me about it afterward. To those who see this and want to prove them right: I know you’re 100% capable of showing the world your greatness.

For distance predictions, these were all based off your performances this season and my own thoughts. Given that distance runners tend to scratch Finals races more often than other events, I tried my best to anticipate where those will be. So if you’re wondering why you’re not predicted for an event you know you’re running – I guessed wrong.

Because I’m strapped for time (you try writing 25,000 words or 100 pages in ten days while working full-time), no writeups, but a few predictions. Conditions will be ideal, times and especially competition will be blazing. I’m putting some wildly optimistic times out there that I’m fully confident our great runners can attain.

BOYS PROJECTED SCORES (THROUGH ALL EVENTS)
GIRLS PROJECTED SCORES (THROUGH ALL EVENTS)

BOYS 4x800m

Division 1: It’ll take at least 7:48 to medal
Division 2: Every team in the fast section will be sub-8
Division 3: At least 5 teams are sub-8.
Division 4: 7 teams under 8:20
UP: 12 teams under 9.

Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Forest Hills Central	1	LP
2	Northville	1	LP
3	Clarkston	1	LP
4	Walled Lake Northern	1	LP
5	Troy	1	LP
6	Kalamazoo Central	1	LP
7	Troy Athens	1	LP
8	Canton	1	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Marshall	2	LP
2	Allendale	2	LP
3	DeWitt	2	LP
4	Frankenmuth	2	LP
5	Adrian	2	LP
6	Gladwin	2	LP
7	Pinckney	2	LP
8	Yale	2	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Reed City	3	LP
2	Jonesville	3	LP
3	Traverse City St. Francis	3	LP
4	Olivet	3	LP
5	Ithaca	3	LP
6	Clare	3	LP
7	Blissfield	3	LP
8	St. Louis	3	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	LP
2	Maple City Glen Lake	4	LP
3	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	LP
4	Battle Creek St. Philip	4	LP
5	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	4	LP
6	East Jackson	4	LP
7	Three Oaks River Valley	4	LP
8	Harbor Springs	4	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Marquette	1	UP
2	Houghton	1	UP
3	Sault Ste. Marie	1	UP
4	Escanaba	1	UP
5	Manistique	1	UP
6	Kingsford	1	UP
7	Negaunee	1	UP
8	Ishpeming Westwood	1	UP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Pickford	2	UP
2	Ishpeming	2	UP
3	Munising	2	UP
4	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
5	Ironwood	2	UP
6	Gwinn	2	UP
7	Hancock	2	UP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Foresst Park	3	UP
2	Newberry	3	UP
3	Dollar Bay	3	UP
4	Lake Linden-Hubbell	3	UP
5	St. Ignace	3	UP
6	Eben Jct. Superior Central	3	UP
7	Wilson Hannahville-Nah Tah	3	UP

GIRLS 4x800m

Division 1: It’ll take under 9:20 to get on the podium.
Division 2: It’ll take under 9:40 to get on the podium.
Division 3: 10 teams under 10.
Division 4: 6 teams under 10.
UP: 14 teams under 11.

Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	LP
2	Holland West Ottawa	1	LP
3	Grand Haven	1	LP
4	Walled Lake Northern	1	LP
5	Brighton	1	LP
6	Zeeland East	1	LP
7	Northville	1	LP
8	Saline	1	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Frankenmuth	2	LP
2	DeWitt	2	LP
3	Freeland	2	LP
4	East Grand Rapids	2	LP
5	Holland Christian	2	LP
6	Stevensville Lakeshore	2	LP
7	Otsego	2	LP
8	Forest Hills Eastern	2	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	3	LP
2	Lansing Catholic	3	LP
3	Caro	3	LP
4	Kent City	3	LP
5	St. Mary Catholic Central	3	LP
6	Traverse City St. Francis	3	LP
7	Ithaca	3	LP
8	Elk Rapids	3	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Whitmore Lake	4	LP
2	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	LP
3	Hillsdale Academy	4	LP
4	Pittsford	4	LP
5	Johannesburg-Lewiston	4	LP
6	Gobles	4	LP
7	Fowler	4	LP
8	Martin	4	LP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Houghton	1	UP
2	Marquette	1	UP
3	Sault Ste. Marie	1	UP
4	Manistique	1	UP
5	Gladstone	1	UP
6	Negaunee	1	UP
7	Calumet	1	UP
8	Kingsford	1	UP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Ishpeming	2	UP
2	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
3	West Iron County	2	UP
4	Pickford	2	UP
5	Ironwood	2	UP
6	Munising	2	UP
7	Rudyard	2	UP
Place	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	Newberry	3	UP
2	Dollar Bay	3	UP
3	Stephenson	3	UP
4	North Dickinson County	3	UP
5	Ewen-Trout Creek	3	UP
6	Brimley	3	UP
7	Rapid River	3	UP

BOYS 1600m

SIX boys will be under 4:10

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Seth Norder	Grand Haven	1	LP
2	12	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	1	LP
3	12	Aiden Moore	Battle Creek Lakeview	1	LP
4	12	Anirudh Krishnan	Plymouth	1	LP
5	11	Seth Conner	Jenison	1	LP
6	12	Kenny Lewis	Saginaw Heritage	1	LP
7	12	Vincent Guaresimo	Romeo	1	LP
8	12	Luke Campbell	Brighton	1	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	TJ Hansen	Freeland	2	LP
2	12	Paul Moore	Pinckney	2	LP
3	12	Sean Pettis	Fremont	2	LP
4	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	2	LP
5	11	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	2	LP
6	12	Caleb Palmreuter	Gladwin	2	LP
7	10	Ronnie Silviera	Allendale	2	LP
8	12	Alex Thole	East Grand Rapids	2	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Brad White	Clare	3	LP
2	11	August Rohde	Reed City	3	LP
3	12	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	LP
4	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	3	LP
5	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	3	LP
6	12	Anthony Kiaunis	Reed City	3	LP
7	11	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	3	LP
8	12	Keegan Masters	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	3	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	4	LP
2	12	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	4	LP
3	12	Abe VanDuinen	Pentwater	4	LP
4	12	Isaac Zammit	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	4	LP
5	10	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	LP
6	10	Landon Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley	4	LP
7	10	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	4	LP
8	11	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake	4	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Evan Balko	Marquette	1	UP
2	10	Gabe Litzner	Sault Ste. Marie	1	UP
3	11	James Barch	Marquette	1	UP
4	11	Luke Hill	Houghton	1	UP
5	11	Chase Thomsen	Marquette	1	UP
6	11	Birk Seagren	Houghton	1	UP
7	11	Reed DeGroot	Kingsford	1	UP
8	9	Blake Tomasoski	Kingsford	1	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Dan Goss	Munising	2	UP
2	12	Hayden Hagen	Pickford	2	UP
3	12	Trevor Nolan	Munising	2	UP
4	9	Benjamin Knauf	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
5	11	Levi Nicholls	Ishpeming	2	UP
6	9	Kemper Gearhart	Ishpeming	2	UP
7	11	Zach Smith	Ironwood	2	UP
8	10	Cameron Anderson	Painesdale-Jeffers	2	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Kalvin Kytta	Chassell	3	UP
2	9	Ethan Snyder	Cedarville	3	UP
3	10	Canon Kuntze	Stephenson	3	UP
4	10	John Wheeler	Republic-Michigamme	3	UP
5	9	Noah Verbos	Bessemer	3	UP
6	9	Darren Johnson	Brimley	3	UP
7	11	Ross Pearson	Cedarville	3	UP
8	10	Joey Mainville	Forest Park	3	UP

GIRLS 1600m

30+ girls will be sub-5.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	LP
2	12	Selma Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	1	LP
3	11	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	1	LP
4	12	Morgan Brown	Livonia Churchill	1	LP
5	12	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	1	LP
6	12	Ella Christensen	Northville	1	LP
7	11	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	1	LP
8	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	1	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	2	LP
2	12	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	2	LP
3	12	Emma DeVries	GR West Michigan Aviation	2	LP
4	11	Courtney Bovair	Carleton Airport	2	LP
5	10	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	2	LP
6	11	Kamryn Lauinger	Goodrich	2	LP
7	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	2	LP
8	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	2	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	3	LP
2	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	3	LP
3	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	LP
4	12	Alyson Enns	Hart	3	LP
5	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	3	LP
6	10	Hope Miller	Blissfield	3	LP
7	9	Grace Wonch	Lansing Catholic	3	LP
8	12	Katie Rohrer	Charlevoix	3	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	4	LP
2	10	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	4	LP
3	10	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	4	LP
4	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	4	LP
5	12	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	4	LP
6	11	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael	4	LP
7	12	Brooke Smith	Pittsford	4	LP
8	12	Grace Folkema	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Ella Fure	Marquette	1	UP
2	11	Monet Argeropoulos	Marquette	1	UP
3	9	Winley Brandt	Menominee	1	UP
4	10	Tessa Rautiola	Houghton	1	UP
5	11	Marlee Plaxco	Negaunee	1	UP
6	11	Lily Ross	Houghton	1	UP
7	12	Abigail Walther	Sault Ste. Marie	1	UP
8	11	Roman Treviño Peterlin	Houghton	1	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Talya Schreiber	Pickford	2	UP
2	12	Lola Korpi	Ishpeming	2	UP
3	11	Aubrey Smith	Ironwood	2	UP
4	11	Ella Keranen	Hancock	2	UP
5	10	Jayna Keranen	Hancock	2	UP
6	11	Hope Varoni	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
7	10	Olivia Cotey	Munising	2	UP
8	11	Emma Mitchell	Rudyard	2	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Samantha Taylor	Newberry	3	UP
2	9	Abby Taylor	Newberry	3	UP
3	12	Kaylen Clark	Newberry	3	UP
4	9	Vienna Price	Forest Park	3	UP
5	12	Taryn Maki	Dollar Bay	3	UP
6	12	Mya Grunlund	North Dickinson County	3	UP
7	12	Grace VanWormer	Big Bay de Noc	3	UP
8	9	Sylvia Aho	Chassell	3	UP

BOYS 800m

SIX boys will be under 1:52.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Brendan Herger	Northville	1	LP
2	12	Seth Norder	Grand Haven	1	LP
3	12	Tyler Donovan	Fraser	1	LP
4	12	Brandon Anderson	Dexter	1	LP
5	11	Adam Dicken	Canton	1	LP
6	12	Drew Graves	Utica Ford	1	LP
7	12	Pierce Grzymkowski	White Lake Lakeland	1	LP
8	12	Caden Ehgotz	Belleville	1	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Matthew Canales	Adrian	2	LP
2	12	Ian Fowler	DeWitt	2	LP
3	12	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	2	LP
4	12	Liam Hinman	Forest Hills Eastern	2	LP
5	11	Abatu Dykstra	Hamilton	2	LP
6	12	Jacob Montgomery	Ionia	2	LP
7	11	Landen Wise	Frankenmuth	2	LP
8	11	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	2	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	August Rohde	Reed City	3	LP
2	12	Brad White	Clare	3	LP
3	12	Nolan Grant	Hillsdale	3	LP
4	12	Gavin Guggemos	Kalkaska	3	LP
5	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	3	LP
6	12	Kyler Pequet	Napoleon	3	LP
7	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	3	LP
8	11	Sam Muirhead	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	4	LP
2	11	Matthias Morse	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	LP
3	12	Michael Allen	East Jackson	4	LP
4	12	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	4	LP
5	10	Sean Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	LP
6	10	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	4	LP
7	9	Aaron Locke	Beal City	4	LP
8	12	Gavin Sehy	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	9	Lucas Ballard	Marquette	1	UP
2	11	Luke Hill	Houghton	1	UP
3	12	Cullen Papin	Marquette	1	UP
4	10	Beepsee Teeple	Marquette	1	UP
5	12	James Kraeg	Marquette	1	UP
6	9	Cavan Mulligan	Kingsford	1	UP
7	11	Kaleb Fornetti	Kingsford	1	UP
8	10	Colin Van Karsen	Houghton	1	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Elijah Sprague	Rudyard	2	UP
2	12	Trevor Nolan	Munising	2	UP
3	12	Hayden Hagen	Pickford	2	UP
4	11	Dan Goss	Munising	2	UP
5	11	Joey Lauzon	Ironwood	2	UP
6	11	Levi Nicholls	Ishpeming	2	UP
7	9	Kemper Gearhart	Ishpeming	2	UP
8	12	David Bylkas	Hancock	2	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Joshua Gaunt	Dollar Bay	3	UP
2	10	Garrett Lewicki	Newberry	3	UP
3	11	Sam Rahilly	Newberry	3	UP
4	11	Kalvin Kytta	Chassell	3	UP
5	9	Brady Axford	Lake Linden-Hubbell	3	UP
6	10	Josh Luukkonen	Dollar Bay	3	UP
7	12	Ethan Lawrence	Republic-Michigamme	3	UP
8	11	Ross Pearson	Cedarville	3	UP

GIRLS 800m

SIX girls will be under 2:10.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	LP
2	12	Kylee King	Oak Park	1	LP
3	12	Payton Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	1	LP
4	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	1	LP
5	11	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	1	LP
6	11	Lauren Walker	Holt	1	LP
7	9	Anyla Robinson	Detroit Cass Tech	1	LP
8	9	Ella Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	1	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	2	LP
2	12	Addison Washler	Forest Hills Eastern	2	LP
3	9	Elliana Hufton	Lake Fenton	2	LP
4	12	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	2	LP
5	12	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	2	LP
6	12	Kyla Meyers	Spring Lake	2	LP
7	11	Joy Evans	Alma	2	LP
8	11	Grace Huff	Coldwater	2	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	3	LP
2	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	3	LP
3	12	Sophia Reynolds	Hanover-Horton	3	LP
4	10	Kailee Jones	Constantine	3	LP
5	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	3	LP
6	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	LP
7	12	Samantha Coots	Clinton	3	LP
8	12	Ava Viegelahn	Grass Lake	3	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	4	LP
2	11	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston	4	LP
3	12	Abby Rice	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	4	LP
4	11	Caroline Roberts	Hillsdale Academy	4	LP
5	11	Izzy Brooks	Adrian Lenawee Christian	4	LP
6	12	Eleanor Kingshott	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	LP
7	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	4	LP
8	11	Ella Knudsen	Leland	4	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Payton Takkunen	Gladstone	1	UP
2	9	Keira Waterman	Negaunee	1	UP
3	9	Riley Conklin	Negaunee	1	UP
4	12	Taryn Pratt	Sault Ste. Marie	1	UP
5	11	Lily Ross	Houghton	1	UP
6	10	Ella Fure	Marquette	1	UP
7	11	Leah Goodreau	Manistique	1	UP
8	11	Roman Treviño Peterlin	Houghton	1	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Lola Korpi	Ishpeming	2	UP
2	10	Talya Schreiber	Pickford	2	UP
3	12	Julia Olson	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
4	12	Brielle Kero	Hancock	2	UP
5	11	Hope Varoni	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
6	11	Aubrey Smith	Ironwood	2	UP
7	11	Ella Keranen	Hancock	2	UP
8	10	Olivia Cotey	Munising	2	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	9	Abby Taylor	Newberry	3	UP
2	12	Kaylen Clark	Newberry	3	UP
3	8	Bree Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	3	UP
4	10	Emma Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	3	UP
5	9	Sylvia Aho	Chassell	3	UP
6	9	Sophie DesRochers	Baraga	3	UP
7	10	Faith Cappaert	Stephenson	3	UP
8	9	Vienna Price	Forest Park	3	UP

BOYS 3200m

40 boys will be under 9:20.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Thomas Westphal	Anchor Bay	1	LP
2	9	Ben Romero	Forest Hills Central	1	LP
3	12	Sebastian Ramirez	Royal Oak	1	LP
4	12	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	1	LP
5	12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	Troy	1	LP
6	10	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	1	LP
7	9	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	LP
8	12	Mitchell Clark	Canton	1	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	TJ Hansen	Freeland	2	LP
2	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	2	LP
3	12	Paul Moore	Pinckney	2	LP
4	12	Nate Carmody	Haslett	2	LP
5	10	Edison Lopeman	Parma Western	2	LP
6	11	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child	2	LP
7	12	Nolan Pinion	Lake Fenton	2	LP
8	12	Connell Alford	Chelsea	2	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	LP
2	12	Drew Moore	Grayling	3	LP
3	9	Bobby Jazwinski	Hart	3	LP
4	12	Samuel Martini	Kent City	3	LP
5	11	Miingen Bertrand	Ithaca	3	LP
6	12	Ben March	St. Louis	3	LP
7	11	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	3	LP
8	10	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	3	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	LP
2	11	Alex Tyndall	Mason County Eastern	4	LP
3	11	Theodore Davis	Dansville	4	LP
4	12	Thomas Holm	Hillsdale Academy	4	LP
5	11	Mason Sinke	Onekama	4	LP
6	12	Carson Foondle	White Cloud	4	LP
7	10	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach	4	LP
8	12	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge	4	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Gabe Litzner	Sault Ste. Marie	1	UP
2	11	Seppi Camilli	Marquette	1	UP
3	11	James Barch	Marquette	1	UP
4	11	Evan Balko	Marquette	1	UP
5	11	Luke Hill	Houghton	1	UP
6	9	Blake Tomasoski	Kingsford	1	UP
7	11	Birk Seagren	Houghton	1	UP
8	10	Simon Jaklin	Negaunee	1	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Hayden Hagen	Pickford	2	UP
2	11	Dan Goss	Munising	2	UP
3	10	Steven Kirschner	Rudyard	2	UP
4	9	Jacob Mitchell	Pickford	2	UP
5	9	Kemper Gearhart	Ishpeming	2	UP
6	11	Levi Nicholls	Ishpeming	2	UP
7	11	Daniel Tibaldo	Ironwood	2	UP
8	10	Curtis Archambeau	Hancock	2	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Kalvin Kytta	Chassell	3	UP
2	9	Izaiah Tarter	Forest Park	3	UP
3	9	Darren Johnson	Brimley	3	UP
4	9	Noah Verbos	Bessemer	3	UP
5	10	Canon Kuntze	Stephenson	3	UP
6	12	Ethan Lawrence	Republic-Michigamme	3	UP
7	10	Kellen Bruno	Newberry	3	UP
8	11	Dakota Taylor	Engadine	3	UP

GIRLS 3200m

50 girls will be sub-11.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	11	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	1	LP
2	11	Lucy Cook	Rochester	1	LP
3	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	LP
4	9	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	1	LP
5	11	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	1	LP
6	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	1	LP
7	12	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	1	LP
8	10	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	1	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	2	LP
2	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	2	LP
3	12	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	2	LP
4	10	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	2	LP
5	12	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	2	LP
6	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	2	LP
7	11	Kamryn Lauinger	Goodrich	2	LP
8	11	Courtney Bovair	Carleton Airport	2	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	3	LP
2	11	Lila Volkers	Kent City	3	LP
3	11	Kyah Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	3	LP
4	12	Mylie Kelly	Benzie Central	3	LP
5	11	Kaya Vrable	Caro	3	LP
6	12	Miranda McNeil	Morley-Stanwood	3	LP
7	9	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	3	LP
8	12	Jenna Sweeney	Reese	3	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	9	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	4	LP
2	12	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	4	LP
3	11	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael	4	LP
4	11	Grace VanderKooi	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	LP
5	10	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	4	LP
6	12	Madalyn Agren	Johannesburg-Lewiston	4	LP
7	9	Libby Smith	Gobles	4	LP
8	12	Isabella Yeoman	Genesee	4	LP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	10	Tessa Rautiola	Houghton	1	UP
2	10	Maya Carlson	Manistique	1	UP
3	11	Monet Argeropoulos	Marquette	1	UP
4	9	Eryn Veverka	Marquette	1	UP
5	10	Ella Fure	Marquette	1	UP
6	11	Marlee Plaxco	Negaunee	1	UP
7	11	Katie Sarau	Houghton	1	UP
8	12	Seere Helms-Gleason	Negaunee	1	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Lola Korpi	Ishpeming	2	UP
2	10	Talya Schreiber	Pickford	2	UP
3	11	Ella Keranen	Hancock	2	UP
4	11	Rayna Towles	Hancock	2	UP
5	10	Jill Berg	Hancock	2	UP
6	11	Emma Mitchell	Rudyard	2	UP
7	11	Isabelle Johnson	Bark River-Harris	2	UP
8	10	Teryn Firack	Pickford	2	UP
Place	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Peninsula
1	12	Mya Grunlund	North Dickinson County	3	UP
2	12	Kaylen Clark	Newberry	3	UP
3	12	Taryn Maki	Dollar Bay	3	UP
4	12	Kayela Putnam	Stephenson	3	UP
5	9	Vienna Price	Forest Park	3	UP
6	8	Bree Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	3	UP
7	11	Ewen Croteau	St. Ignace	3	UP
8	11	Lily Etelamaki	Chassell	3	UP

It’s that time of the year where the Best Crews get thrown aside, the numbers are tossed in the trash, and ol’ MIXCSR gets to voice his own predictions. 2022’s preview included simulations (similar to what I do in cross country), 2023’s version had stats and charts for an athlete’s average/most recent performances. Compiling all that info is easy during the fall, with 17 separate events in the spring, it’s too dang tedious.

Instead, I’ll be just rolling with my own predictions. I feel that I can do that. Cross Country is all number-based, as are the Best Crews, this is my one moment to put my thoughts out there. But before I let you know my process, know this: I appreciate everyone for competing, to those who’ve made it to June and those who haven’t, you’re awesome. To those who see this and want to prove them wrong: Go do that and tell me about it afterward. To those who see this and want to prove them right: I know you’re 100% capable of showing the world your greatness.

My general thought process for sprints is this:

• Consistency is huge, of course with the context of the competition – emphasized a little here
• Improvement throughout the year – emphasized a bit more here
• Common competition
  • Especially in championship season – emphasized the most

So here are the predictions, with a little writing beforehand and a bit of info on who I think might the All-State finishers.

BOYS PROJECTED SCORES (THROUGH 13 EVENTS)
GIRLS PROJECTED SCORES (THROUGH 13 EVENTS)

DIVISION ONE BOYS

100m – Jaiden Reed, 10.74
200m – Braxton Brann, 21.12
400m – Shamar Heard, 47.78

The 400m has to be the sprint race of the day, right? 6 of the top-7 400m runners in the State, the best 3 sophomores, the best freshman (who is in reach of the freshman record), and Shamar Heard, the defending champion who is already the state record holder. We saw a preview of this at Farmington, a minor version of it in Region 10, and now we’re treated to a climactic, culminating match.

For the shorter, sprints, I’m excited to see some new names and an answer to a question. Bryce Hurley and Jackson Webber have ran some outstanding 100m times, but without a wind gauge present, we can’t verify their legitimacy? The State Finals are a great opportunity to prove those times right.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Holland West Ottawa	Holland West Ottawa	Chippewa Valley
2	Saline	Chippewa Valley	Troy Athens
3	Kalamazoo Central	Belleville	Clarkston
4	Warren DeLaSalle	Rockford	Oak Park
5	Ann Arbor Huron	Oak Park	Rockford
6	Rockford	Walled Lake Western	Grand Haven
7	Canton	Rochester Adams	Zeeland West
8	Walled Lake Western	Saline	Lincoln Park

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Jackson Webber	Grand Blanc	14th Place – 2023, Region 1 Champ, #1 in Michigan
2	12	Cameron Cheetam	Hartland	10th Place – 2023, Region 4 Champ
3	11	Bryce Hurley	Utica Eisenhower	Unbeaten in 2024, Macomb County & Region 10 Champ
4	12	Evan Watson	Troy Athens	12th Place – 2023, OAA Red/White Champ
5	12	Jakevis Neal	Saginaw Heritage	SVL Champ
6	11	Jeremy Dixon	Kalamazoo Central	11th Place – 2022 & 2023, Region 3 & SMAC Champ
7	10	Schmar Gamble	Belleville	Region 5 Champ
8	12	Latay’vion Braxton	Kalamazoo Central	#8 in Michigan

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Shamar Heard	Chippewa Valley	2022 Champion, #1 in Michigan
2	11	Will Jaiden Smith	Belleville	6th Place – 2023, Region 5 Champ
3	12	Jeremy Dixon	Kalamazoo Central	Region 3 & SMAC Champ
4	12	Desmond Chapa	Holland West Ottawa	Region 2 & OK Red Champ
5	11	Ruben Esparza	Holland West Ottawa	#14 in Michigan
6	11	Ahmad Ameen	Jackson	Region 4 & SEC White Champ
7	12	Cameron Cheetam	Hartland	10th Place – 2023, KLAA Champ
8	10	Rondre Austion	Oak Park	Oakland County & Region 8 Champ

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Shamar Heard	Chippewa Valley	State Record Holder, Defending Champion, Unbeaten in 2024
2	12	Evan Watson	Troy Athens	MITS Champ, #2 in Michigan
3	11	Ahmad Ameen	Jackson	Region 4 & SEC White Champ, #3 in Michigan
4	12	Cameron Cheetam	Hartland	#4 in Michigan
5	10	Rondre Austion	Oak Park	Oakland County & Region 8 Champ, #2 sophomore in Michigan
6	11	Ja’Saivion Taylor	Holt	CAAC Blue Champ
7	12	Henry Shaieb	Ann Arbor Skyline	11th Place – 2023, Region 5 & SEC Red Champ
8	10	Kinley Poole	Ann Arbor Huron	#1 sophomore in Michigan

DIVISION ONE GIRLS

Defending champions going against new competition, either in the form of freshmen, upstarts, or big names from D2. Kamryn Tatum will face it in multiple ways. The West Bloomfield sophomore won the 200m and 400m last year and is a contender once again in those long sprints. Freshman sensation Nevaeh Burns and her rapidly improving teammate Dayshana Kellogg will provide challenges, and hopefully we’ll see a thrilling race as we did at Farmington. In the 200m, she’ll get it from Keyanna O’Tey, D2’s defending 200m champion. Jayla Dace will also get it from O’Tey.

I just want to say this too: Renaissance had a tough day at Regionals, then lost to Cass Tech in the Detroit City Championships. I’ve never known those folks to be down for long and the Phoenix always respond to challenges. So expect a big day from the Outer Drive Crew.

Last Year

100m – Jayla Dace, 11.90
200m – Kamryn Tatum, 24.10
400m – Kamryn Tatum, 55.74

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Detroit Renaissance	Oak Park	Oak Park
2	Saginaw Heritage	Detroit Renaissance	Detroit Cass Tech
3	Detroit Cass Tech	East Kentwood	Detroit Renaissance
4	Oak Park	Forest Hills Central	Holland West Ottawa
5	Sturgis	East Lansing	Grand Haven
6	Forest Hills Central	Brownstown Woodhaven	Walled Lake Northern
7	Davison	Belleville	Northville
8	West Bloomfield	Midland Dow	Lake Orion

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Jayla Dace	Detroit Renaissance	Defending Champion
2	11	Keyanna O’Tey	Sturgis	D2’s Defending Champion
3	9	Willow Mason	Saginaw Heritage	SVL & Region 1 Champ, #1 in Michigan
4	11	Adalyn Liang	Portage Central	4th Place – 2023, SMAC & Region 3 Champ
5	12	Emma Thomas	Midland Dow	#6 in Michigan
6	9	Logan Richardson	East Kentwood	OK Red Champ, #2 freshman in Michigan
7	11	Jordynn Young	Saginaw Heritage	#13 in Michigan
8	11	Erykah Alexander	Battle Creek Central	#18 in Michigan

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	10	Kamryn Tatum	West Bloomfield	Defending Champion
2	11	Keyanna O’Tey	Sturgis	D2’s Defending Champion
3	9	Nevaeh Burns	Oak Park	Region 8 & Oakland County Champ, #2 freshman in Michigan
4	12	Maya Rollins	Ann Arbor Pioneer	6th Place – 2023, Region 5 Champ
5	11	Jayla Dace	Detroit Renaissance	3rd Place – 2023
6	9	Willow Mason	Saginaw Heritage	SVL Champ, #3 freshman in Michigan
7	11	Jordynn Young	Saginaw Heritage	Region 1 Champ
8	11	Adalyn Liang	Portage Central	SMAC & Region 3 Champ

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	9	Nevaeh Burns	Oak Park	Oakland County & Region 8 Champ, #2 in Michigan
2	10	Kamryn Tatum	West Bloomfield	Defending Champion
3	11	Dayshana Kellogg	Oak Park	5+ sec. improvement from sophomore year, #4 in Michigan
4	12	Shelby Sanders	Detroit Renaissance	Detroit PSL Champion, 4+ sec. improvement from junior year
5	10	Maddy Piotrowski	Troy Athens	12th Place – 2023, Region 10 Champ
6	10	Sloane Schiller	Bloomfield Hills	#4 sophomore in Michigan
7	12	Bianca Evuleocha	Farmington	5th Place – 2023
8	12	Kelis Hunter-Young	Oak Park	3rd Place – 2023

DIVISION TWO BOYS

100m – Jake Machiniak, 10.54
200m – Michael Wright, 21.72
400m – Trannon Aylor, 48.83

Two defending champions return – Jake Machiniak and Trannon Aylor. Both are the top dogs for their respective events, the 100m and 400m, and there’s an empty space in the middle. Machiniak currently holds the top time in the state and he hasn’t been touched in 2024. Aylor placed in the event in 2023, so there’s no doubt he can handle prelims leading into his 400m. Of course, there’s also Wyatt Bower, who will be looking to pick up as many points as possible for his Cavaliers and Malcolm Earvin, hoping to do the same for Whitehall.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	River Rouge	Whitehall	Whitehall
2	Corunna	Charlotte	Hamilton
3	Berrien Springs	Berrien Springs	Gladwin
4	Lansing Sexton	Corunna	Mason
5	Mason	Milan	DeWitt
6	Petoskey	Summit Academy	Summit Academy
7	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	Lansing Sexton	Hastings
8	Coopersville	Petoskey	Saginaw Swan Valley

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Jake Machiniak	Berrien Springs	Defending Champion, #1 in Michigan, Unbeaten in 2024
2	12	Jamal Rudolph	Henry Ford Academy	Wayne County & Region 17 Champ
3	12	Tarick Bower	Corunna	Unbeaten in 2024
4	11	Jaiden Melton	River Rouge	#10 in Michigan
5	12	Drew Novak	DeWitt	19th Place – 2023, CAAC Blue Champ
6	11	Tayvian Smith	Lansing Sexton	10th Place – 2023, CAAC White & Region 15 Champ
7	11	Chris Coates	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	17th Place – 2023, Oakland County & Region 19 Champ
8	12	Benjamin Boehm	Hamilton	6th Place – 2023, Region 12 Champ

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Jake Machiniak	Berrien Springs	Unbeaten in 2024, #1 in Michigan
2	12	Wyatt Bower	Corunna	#12 in Michigan, FML & Region 20 Champ
3	12	Malcolm Earvin	Whitehall	17th Place – 2023, Region 12 & WMC Lakes Champ
4	11	Michael Iwu	Summit Academy	Region 16 Champ
5	12	Drew Novak	DeWitt	Region 15 & CAAC Blue Champ
6	11	Donovan Cruse	Summit Academy	23rd Place – 2023, #33 in Michigan
7	12	Jhace Massey	Gladwin	Jack Pine & Region 11 Champ
8	11	Chris Coates	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	16th Place – 2023, Region 19 & CHSL Bishop Champ

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Trannon Aylor	Whitehall	Defending Champion, #9 in Michigan
2	12	Zachary Mylenek	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	Region 19 Champ, #14 in Michigan
3	11	Aydan Mccarey	Niles	Wolverine Conference & Region 14 Champ
4	10	Bryce McConnell	Charlotte	Region 15 & CAAC White Champ
5	12	Aiden Aldrich	DeWitt	Over 2 sec. improvement from junior year, #35 in Michigan
6	11	Donovan Cruse	Summit Academy	Region 16 Champ
7	11	Noah Jarvis	Berrien Springs	5th Place – 2023
8	12	Andrew Dudka	GR West Michigan Aviation	13th Place – 2023, Region 13 Champ

DIVISION TWO GIRLS

With O’Tey moving to D1 and Elizabeth Anderson heading to MSU, titles are up for grabs. Two main contenders are out there: Aubrey Wilson and Sydney Kuhn. Wilson’s specialty is the short sprints, Kuhn the long sprints. And it appears that we’ll get a matchup between the two in the 200m.

Last Year

100m – Keyanna O’Tey, 11.84
200m – Keyanna O’Tey, 24.61
400m – Elizabeth Anderson, 55.38

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Summit Academy	Summit Academy	Dearborn Divine Child
2	Dearborn Divine Child	Petoskey	Saginaw Swan Valley
3	Berrien Springs	Dearborn Divine Child	Yale
4	Ferndale	Cadillac	Freeland
5	Petoskey	Forest Hills Eastern	East Grand Rapids
6	Hopkins	Ferndale	Stevensville Lakeshore
7	Big Rapids	Pinckney	Cadillac
8	Chelsea	Shepherd	Goodrich

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	9	Aubrey Wilson	Dearborn Divine Child	#3 freshman in Michigan
2	11	Elena Jacobsen	Forest Hills Eastern	Over a second improvement from sophomore year, Region 13 Champ
3	12	Meghan Koss	Dearborn Divine Child	9th Place – 2023, #19 in Michigan
4	12	Grace Constable	Berrien Springs	14th Place – 2023, Region 14 & Lakeland Conference Champ
5	12	Heaven Copeland	Summit Academy	Region 16 Champ, #17 in Michigan
6	12	Grace Clemens	North Branch	19th Place – 2023, Region 19 & Blue Water Champ
7	9	Cayla Bouyer	Lansing Sexton	Region 15 & CAAC White Champ, #5 freshman in Michigan
8	12	Lauren Goodman	Linden	17th Place – 2023, Region 20 & FML Champ

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Sydney Kuhn	Saginaw Swan Valley	6th Place – 2023, Region 11 & Saginaw County Champ
2	9	Aubrey Wilson	Dearborn Divine Child	Region 17 & CHSL Bishop Champ, #1 freshman in Michigan
3	12	Anaiia Simmons	Summit Academy	17th Place – 2023, Region 16 Champ
4	11	Kennadi Galy	Allendale	3rd Place – 2023, Region 12 & OK Blue Champ
5	12	Grace Clemens	North Branch	22nd Place – 2023, unbeaten since mid-April
6	12	Meghan Koss	Dearborn Divine Child	11th Place – 2023, #14 in Michigan
7	12	Grace Constable	Berrien Springs	17th Place – 2023, Lakeland Conference & Region 14 Champ
8	12	Heaven Copeland	Summit Academy	Over a second improvement from junior year

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Sydney Kuhn	Saginaw Swan Valley	3rd Place – 2023, Unbeaten in 2024
2	10	Christina Dixon	Haslett	6th Place – 2023, Unbeaten in 2024
3	11	Kathryn Kurtinaitis	Dearborn Divine Child	7th Place – 2023, Region 17 & CHSL Bishop Champ
4	11	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	Unbeaten in 2024
5	11	Joy Evans	Alma	5th Place – 2023
6	10	Kate Ort	Stevensville Lakeshore	13th Place – 2023, Region 14 Champ, Team State Winner
7	11	Najah Williams	Ferndale	8th Place – 2023, Region 18 Champ
8	12	Madisyn Lundquist	Cadillac	16th Place – 2023

DIVISION THREE BOYS

Last Year

100m – Jailin Spikes, 10.71
200m – Jerry Wiegers, 22.11
400m – Jerry Wiegers, 49.49

Jerry Wiegers looks to double up once again. The North Muskegon senior has dropped time in his primary events – the 200m and 400m, and appears to be peaking at the right time, bringing home regional victories in each. In the 100m, the title is up for grabs. Trevor Smith was right in the mix last year, Cobey Cureton has been waiting two years for this moment, and Cam Sellers, who owns the fastest time in D3 this year, has made some major strides in the past year.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Hillsdale	Detroit Edison PSA	Jonesville
2	Ithaca	Michigan Center	North Muskegon
3	Standish Sterling	Dearborn Advanced Technology	Hillsdale
4	Schoolcraft	Clare	Napoleon
5	Grandville Calvin Christian	Hart	Lansing Catholic
6	Hart	Onsted	Olivet
7	Warren Michigan Collegiate	Springport	Chesaning
8	Olivet	Sanford-Meridian	Union City

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Cam Sellers	Traverse City St. Francis	22nd Place – 2023, Unbeaten in 2024
2	11	Cobey Cureton	Dearborn Advanced Technology	Region 26 Champ
3	11	Trevor Smith	Pewamo-Westphalia	2nd Place – 2023, CMAC & Region 30 Champ
4	11	Nathan Mikesell	Ithaca	9th Place – 2023, Team State Winner
5	12	Hunter Wilson	Hillsdale	12th Place – 2023, Region 25 Champ
6	11	Santino Cicarella	University Liggett	Region 27 Champ
7	12	Andrew Stewart	Standish Sterling	3rd Place – 2023, Region 21 Champ
8	11	Zach Harlan	Chesaning	#61 in Michigan

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Jerry Wiegers	North Muskegon	Defending Champion, Region 23 Champ
2	11	Trevor Smith	Pewamo-Westphalia	4th Place – 2023, Region 30 Champ
3	11	Cobey Cureton	Dearborn Advanced Technology	Region 26 Champ
4	11	Santino Cicarella	University Liggett	Region 27 Champ
5	12	Geoffrey McBurrows	Detroit Edison PSA	#28 in Michigan
6	11	Zach Harlan	Chesaning	19th Place – 2023, Team State Winner
7	11	Darnell Hall	Detroit Edison PSA	1.5 second improvement from sophomore year, #60 in Michigan
8	10	Travis Collins	Michigan Center	Unbeaten in 2024

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Jerry Wiegers	North Muskegon	Defending Champion, Region 23 Champ
2	12	Geoffrey McBurrows	Detroit Edison PSA	15th Place – 2023, Region 27 Champ
3	11	Darnell Hall	Detroit Edison PSA	Over 6 sec. improvement from sophomore year
4	10	Travis Collins	Michigan Center	Unbeaten in 2024
5	12	Christian Brown	Kent City	10th Place – 2023
6	12	Stephen Clark	Detroit Northwestern	#79 in Michigan
7	9	Jess Saylor	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	#3 freshman in Michigan
8	12	Owhin Thompson	Clare	Region 21 Champ

DIVISION THREE GIRLS

Last Year

100m – Devin Johnston, 12.14
200m – Devin Johnston, 24.98
400m – Emmry Ross, 56.48

Devin Johnston has graduated and moved onto Eastern Illinois, another two titles are up for grabs.Both Addison Hovey and Claire Neumann have been at the top of D3 this year, each holding top-2 marks in the 100m and 200m, racing to nearly clean slates. One an east sider, one a west sider, we haven’t seen the two face off. Technically, three titles are up for grabs, but Emmry Ross has such a stronghold on this event. 31 straight 400m wins, 2 state titles, and another opportunity to add to the winning streak.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Hillsdale	Traverse City St. Francis	Pewamo-Westphalia
2	Grass Lake	Adrian Madison	Jackson Lumen Christi
3	Hart	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	Constantine
4	St. Mary Catholic Central	Clare	Grass Lake
5	Coloma	Grass Lake	Olivet
6	Adrian Madison	Dearborn Advanced Technology	Hanover-Horton
7	Olivet	Olivet	Ithaca
8	Traverse City St. Francis	Hart	Hart

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Claire Neumann	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	Region 29 & TVC Blue Champ
2	11	Addison Hovey	Hart	3rd Place – 2023, Region 22 Champ
3	9	Katelyn Wendling	New Lothrop	#9 freshman in Michigan, MMAC Champ
4	12	Ti’Anna Murphy-Ryan	Comstock	2nd Place – 2023, Region 24 Champ
5	10	Adela Illes	St. Mary Catholic Central	#12 sophomore in Michigan, Region 26 & Huron League Champ
6	9	Jamiyah Burman	Detroit Community	#11 freshman in Michigan, Region 28 Champ
7	12	Arianna Musso	Lakeview	Region 23 Champ
8	10	Naika Rath	Hudson	LCAA Champ

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Claire Neumann	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	4th Place – 2023, Region 29 & TVC Blue Champ
2	11	Addison Hovey	Hart	Region 22 Champ, #26 in Michigan
3	10	Adela Illes	St. Mary Catholic Central	#16 sophomore in Michigan, Huron League & Region 26 Champ
4	10	Naika Rath	Hudson	3rd Place – 2023
5	11	Audrey Huizinga	Manistee	WMC Lakes Champ
6	10	Giuliana Nastale	Erie Mason	TCC Champ
7	11	Chloe Basney	Millington	16th Place – 2023
8	11	Grace Bullock	Grass Lake	Region 25 & Cascades Conference Champ

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	2x Defending Champ, 31 straight 400m victories
2	12	Claire Neumann	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	3rd Place – 2023, Region 29 & TVC Blue Champ
3	12	Abbie Wiegers	North Muskegon	10th Place – 2023, Region 23 Champ
4	11	Audrey Huizinga	Manistee	8th Place – 2023, Region 22 Champ
5	12	Sophia Reynolds	Hanover-Horton	Region 25 & Cascades Conference Champ
6	9	Katelyn Wendling	New Lothrop	#2 freshman in Michigan
7	12	Arianna Musso	Lakeview	CSAA Champ
8	11	Maycie Boyer	Leslie	Team State Winner

DIVISION FOUR BOYS

Last Year

100m – Jaylin Townsend, 10.67
200m – Jaylin Townsend, 22.00
400m – Nathan Feltner, 50.76

The most intriguing race may be the 400m, and it’s got quite a lineup. The top three placers from 2023, including a Nathan Feltner who’s known for his dramatic late-season time drops, jumpin’ and sprintin’ extraordinaire Anthony Buford, a Brock Morris following in Dubem Amene’s footsteps, and an extremely reliable low-50 guy in Nate Spicer.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Climax-Scotts	Fowler	Fowler
2	Gobles	Southfield Christian	Concord
3	Reading	Reading	Reading
4	Concord	White Pigeon	Detroit Frederick Douglass
5	Riverview Gabriel Richard	Gobles	Battle Creek St. Philip
6	Mt. Clemens	Riverview Gabriel Richard	Southfield Christian
7	Beal City	Mt. Clemens	White Pigeon
8	Centreville	Lincoln-Alcona	Kalamazoo Hackett

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Jeremiah Bullis	Lincoln-Alcona	17th Place – 2023, Region 31 Champ
2	11	Logan Smith	Morrice	First year running individual sprints, unbeaten in the 100m
3	12	Evan Brandenburg	Vermontville Maple Valley	Big 8 Champ
4	11	Adrlan Smith	Detroit Frederick Douglass	4th Place – 2023, Region 40 Champ
5	10	Brayden Wright	Reading	Hillsdale County Champ
6	11	Justin Bryant	Southfield Christian	MIAC Champ
7	12	Owen Slavens	Three Oaks River Valley	Region 34 Champ
8	11	Garrett Somers	Lincoln-Alcona	#146 in Michigan

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Adrlan Smith	Detroit Frederick Douglass	7th Place – 2023, Region 40 Champ
2	12	Anthony Buford	Detroit Frederick Douglass	4th Place – 2023
3	12	Preston Otter	Saginaw Nouvel	Region 37 Champ
4	11	Nate Spicer	Fowler	16th Place – 2023
5	12	Tyreke Brown	Concord	Big 8 Champ
6	10	Derek Lesko	Riverview Gabriel Richard	Team State Winner, #14 sophomore in Michigan
7	12	Jeremiah Bullis	Lincoln-Alcona	12th Place – 2023, Region 31 Champ
8	11	Wisdom Nwadioha	Riverview Gabriel Richard	#190 in Michigan

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Brock Morris	Southfield Christian	11th Place – 2023, MIAC & Region 40 Champ
2	12	Anthony Buford	Detroit Frederick Douglass	Detroit PSL Champ
3	11	Nate Spicer	Fowler	Region 37 & CMAC Champ
4	12	Jacob Messing	Ubly	3rd Place – 2023, Region 38 Champ
5	12	Jeremiah Bullis	Lincoln-Alcona	2.5 second improvement from junior year
6	11	Josh Davidson	White Pigeon	Unbeaten in 2024
7	11	Ford Phillips	Fowler	2nd Place – 2023
8	12	Nathan Feltner	Caseville	Defending Champion, Region 38 Champ

DIVISION FOUR GIRLS

Last Year

100m – Brooklynn Frazee, 12.47
200m – Rylee Scheurer, 25.82
400m – Kaylee Locke, 58.55

2024 has been the year of new faces. Brook Simpson moved to Saugatuck from Belding, where before her knee surgery, she was an outstanding high jumper. Post-operation, she’s still contributing in a huge way, running to the best mark in the 400m. Fowler’s Katie Spicer has improved in bounds from her sophomore year, winning and winning, getting into the 12’s and 25’s. I’m excited to see how these two do against the established winners such as Brooklynn Frazee and Rylee Scheurer. And I’m even more excited to see if Aiden Harrand can add another event to her portfolio full of titles.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Saugatuck	Portland St. Patrick	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW
2	Portland St. Patrick	Frankfort	Fowler
3	Hillsdale Academy	Fowler	Portland St. Patrick
4	Frankfort	Dryden	Hillsdale Academy
5	Fowler	Hillsdale Academy	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
6	Gobles	Morenci	Dryden
7	Southfield Christian	Royal Oak Shrine	Pittsford
8	East Jordan	Harbor Springs	Adrian Lenawee Christian

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Katie Spicer	Fowler	Unbeaten in May, #22 in Michigan
2	10	Layla Bolzman	Unionville-Sebewaing	5th Place – 2023, Team State Winner
3	12	Rylee Scheurer	Portland St. Patrick	3rd Place – 2023, Region 36 Champ
4	11	Molly Brown	Addison	2nd Place – 2023, Region 35 & Lenawee County Champ
5	10	Brooklynn Frazee	Buckley	Defending Champion
6	12	Kariesue Taghon	Maple City Glen Lake	11th Place – 2023
7	12	Grace Ligon	Southfield Christian	6th Place – 2023, MIAC & Region 40 Champ
8	10	Sofia Alaimo Schindler	Frankfort	9th Place – 2023

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	11	Layla Bolzman	Unionville-Sebewaing	6th Place – 2023, Unbeaten since late April
2	11	Katie Spicer	Fowler	3rd Place – 2023, Unbeaten in May
3	12	Rylee Scheurer	Portland St. Patrick	Defending Champion, Region 36 Champ
4	10	Sofia Alaimo Schindler	Frankfort	5th Place – 2023, NWC Champ
5	9	Clara Slattery	Kalamazoo Hackett	#12 freshman in Michigan, SAC Champ
6	12	Brook Simpson	Saugatuck	Region 34 Champ
7	11	Molly Brown	Addison	Region 35 & Lenawee County Champ
8	11	Tamerah Peterson	Parkway Christian	4th Place – 2023, Macomb County & MIAC Champ

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Notes
1	12	Brook Simpson	Saugatuck	Region 34 & SAC Champ, Team State Winner
2	12	Olivia Reynolds	Dryden	3rd Place – 2023, Region 39 Champ
3	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	6x State Champ with first ever venture into 400m at the State level
4	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	Nearly 1.5 second drop since sophomore year
5	11	Ella Hufnagel	Fowler	9th Place – 2023, Region 37 & CMAC Champ
6	11	Kenzie Fedewa	Portland St. Patrick	5th Place – 2023, Region 36 Champ
7	11	Katie Spicer	Fowler	#86 in Michigan
8	10	Kiana Kuntzman	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	16th Place – 2023

UP DIVISION ONE BOYS

Last Year

100m – Michael Floriano, 11.08
200m – Carter Oshelski, 22.89
400m – Carter Oshelski, 51.43

Ryver Ryckeghem not only holds a great name, he’s a great sprinter. Unbeaten in May, winner of the 100m and 200m at Region 41, this Blue Devil looks to pick up his first state title(s).

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Marquette	Gladstone	Marquette
2	Kingsford	Marquette	Manistique
3	Gladstone	Kingsford	Menominee
4	Houghton	Menominee	Negaunee
5	Sault Ste. Marie	Sault Ste. Marie	Escanaba
6	Negaunee	Negaunee	Houghton
7	Menominee	Houghton	Kingsford
8	Calumet	Ishpeming Westwood	Calumet

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Ryver Ryckeghem	Sault Ste. Marie
2	12	Nate Young	Gladstone
3	12	Wyatt Demers	Manistique
4	12	Michael Floriano	Kingsford
5	10	Jack Olson	Kingsford
6	9	Samuel Roth	Houghton
7	12	Tucker Welch	Marquette
8	12	Kainoa Lacar	Negaunee

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Ryver Ryckeghem	Marquette
2	12	Michael Floriano	Kingsford
3	11	Jacob MacPhee	Marquette
4	10	Jack Olson	Kingsford
5	12	Wyatt Demers	Manistique
6	12	Kainoa Lacar	Negaunee
7	12	Bryant Lee	Houghton
8	10	Ford Richardson	Marquette

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Jacob MacPhee	Marquette
2	10	Nathan Komp	Menominee
3	9	Lucas Ballard	Marquette
4	10	Derek McEachern	Negaunee
5	10	Ben Sands	Escanaba
6	10	Benjamin Hemmer	Houghton
7	12	Carter Kilpela	Houghton
8	11	Kaleb Fornetti	Kingsford

UP DIVISION ONE GIRLS

Last Year

100m – Julia Ott, 12.67
200m – Julia Ott, 25.97
400m – Baux Truckey, 62.81

The versatile Jacie Tuljus and the amazing freshman Keira Waterman will be going toe-to-toe for most of this. Waterman ranks as the top freshman in our greater peninsula in all of the sprint events, especially excelling in the 400m. Tuljus holds the best times in the 200m and 100m, and even her weaker event, the 400m, she’s ranked #4.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Gladstone	Sault Ste. Marie	Marquette
2	Negaunee	Manistique	Sault Ste. Marie
3	Sault Ste. Marie	Gladstone	Menominee
4	Marquette	Kingsford	Negaunee
5	Escanaba	Menominee	Manistique
6	Calumet	Ironwood	Houghton
7	Houghton	Negaunee	Calumet
8	Kingsford	Calumet	Kingsford

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Jacie Tuljus	Gladstone
2	12	Caitlyn Strom	Calumet
3	11	Lauren Sundquist	Gladstone
4	9	Keira Waterman	Negaunee
5	9	Aaliyah Sears	Manistique
6	11	Bella Smith	Sault Ste. Marie
7	11	Macyn Dellangelo	Negaunee
8	11	Faith Spiroff	Ishpeming Westwood

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Jacie Tuljus	Gladstone
2	11	Bella Smith	Sault Ste. Marie
3	9	Keira Waterman	Negaunee
4	11	Lauren Sundquist	Gladstone
5	11	Lucy DeGroot	Gladstone
6	10	Addelyn Hallum	Ishpeming Westwood
7	12	Addie Rutter	Kingsford
8	10	Ivy Van Ooyen	Kingsford

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	9	Keira Waterman	Negaunee
2	11	Jacie Tuljus	Gladstone
3	9	Grace Meyer	Sault Ste. Marie
4	12	Erin Schuettpelz	Menominee
5	12	Dayna Szabo	Sault Ste. Marie
6	12	Ayla Miller	Houghton
7	9	Norah Woodruff	Houghton
8	10	Kayleigh Manninen	Negaunee

UP DIVISION TWO BOYS

Last Year

100m – Wyatt Demers, 11.39
200m – Kavin Fredrick, 23.51
400m – Grant Mason, 53.81

Iron Mountain should have their hands all over these sprints. Short sprinter Matthew Colavecchi has lost only once this year and Bryce Davis has run 53-54 pretty consistently in this last month.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Iron Mountain	Iron Mountain	Munising
2	Bark River-Harris	Munising	Pickford
3	Munising	Pickford	Bark River-Harris
4	Ishpeming	Bark River-Harris	Ironwood
5	Pickford	Ishpeming	Ishpeming
6	Ironwood	Ironwood	Rudyard
7	Hancock		Hancock

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Matthew Colavecchi	Iron Mountain
2	10	Gunner Bennin	Pickford
3	10	Talon Hughes	Ironwood
4	12	Reece Cotey	Munising
5	11	Justin Bergquist	Bark River-Harris
6	12	Tramon Gauthier	Ishpeming
7	12	Hunter Smith	Ishpeming
8	12	David Bylkas	Hancock

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Matthew Colavecchi	Iron Mountain
2	10	Gunner Bennin	Pickford
3	12	Ethan Ives	Bark River-Harris
4	10	Talon Hughes	Ironwood
5	11	Alex Jayne	Iron Mountain
6	12	Hunter Smith	Ishpeming
7	10	Landon Larson	Painesdale-Jeffers
8	12	Kurt Bissell	Ironwood

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Bryce Davis	Iron Mountain
2	10	Gunner Bennin	Pickford
3	12	Kurt Bissell	Ironwood
4	12	Hayden Hagen	Pickford
5	12	David Bylkas	Hancock
6	10	Landon Larson	Painesdale-Jeffers
7	11	Cole Warner	Pickford
8	11	Caden Luoma	Ishpeming

UP DIVISION TWO GIRLS

Last Year

100m – Danica Shamion, 12.79
200m – Danica Shamion, 26.34
400m – Danica Shamion, 57.18

Danice Shamion has hit the sprint triple the past three years. Read that sentence again. She’s a serious contender to complete that yet again, holding top-2 UP times in all three sprint events. But if there’s ever a contender to knock her off, it’s Mckenzie Hoffmyer, who picked up two Regional titles and has entered the 12’s and 26’s.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Bark River-Harris	Bark River-Harris	Bark River-Harris
2	Iron Mountain	Munising	Munising
3	West Iron County	Pickford	Ishpeming
4	Gwinn	Gwinn	West Iron County
5	Hancock	Ishpeming	Ironwood
6	Pickford	West Iron County	Pickford
7	Painesdale-Jeffers	Ironwood	Hancock
8	Ironwood	Hancock	Iron Mountain

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Danica Shamion	West Iron County
2	12	Mckenzie Hoffmeyer	Bark River-Harris
3	11	Marissa Ives	Bark River-Harris
4	11	Bella Pickett	Iron Mountain
5	12	Sabryna Smith	Munising
6	11	Rowyn Fiszer	West Iron County
7	12	Riley Graser	Ironwood
8	11	Peyton Kakkuri	Ishpeming

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Mckenzie Hoffmeyer	Bark River-Harris
2	12	Danica Shamion	West Iron County
3	12	Julia Olson	Bark River-Harris
4	11	Marissa Ives	Bark River-Harris
5	12	Sabryna Smith	Munising
6	12	Laycee Parson	West Iron County
7	9	Brielle Anderson	Painesdale-Jeffers
8	12	Riley Graser	Ironwood

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Danica Shamion	West Iron County
2	12	Brielle Kero	Hancock
3	12	Julia Olson	Bark River-Harris
4	12	Sabryna Smith	Munising
5	10	Julia Nault	Bark River-Harris
6	11	Bree Delich	Ironwood
7	10	Lilyanna DeSousa	West Iron County

UP DIVISION THREE BOYS

Last Year

100m – Micaiah Peramaki, 11.29
200m – Micaiah Peramaki, 23.19
400m – Micaiah Peramaki, 52.96

With a sprint triple boy graduating, three titles are about to find new hands. Three main candidates arise: Kennedy DePew, a consistent figure in the mid-11’s that just ran a 200m personal best. Matthew Jokela, who twice placed 4^th in the 2023 Finals and also is unbeaten at the 200m/400m this year. Tommy Trudgeon, the Speedboy who lives up to the (best team name in the State, sorry Nimrods) moniker as well as one can, the boy with the fastest 100m time in the UP.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Bessemer	Newberry	St. Ignace
2	Newberry	St. Ignace	Forest Park
3	St. Ignace	Lake Linden-Hubbell	Rapid River
4	Rapid River	Rapid River	Newberry
5	Lake Linden-Hubbell	Bessemer	Lake Linden-Hubbell
6	Powers North Central	Norway	North Dickinson County
7	Norway	Powers North Central	Bessemer
8	Eben Jct. Superior Central	Eben Jct. Superior Central	Holy Name

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Kennedy DePew	Newberry
2	12	Matthew Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell
3	12	Tommy Trudgeon	Bessemer
4	12	Liam Rao	Newberry
5	11	Thomas Caron	Watersmeet Township
6	12	Trevor Visnaw	St. Ignace
7	11	Lane Gorzinski	Powers North Central
8	12	Derby Kromer	Mackinaw Island Public

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Matthew Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell
2	12	Kennedy DePew	Newberry
3	12	Tommy Trudgeon	Bessemer
4	12	Jax Lipnitz	St. Ignace
5	12	Trevor Visnaw	St. Ignace
6	11	Abi Pestka	Ontonagon Area
7	11	Lane Gorzinski	Powers North Central
8	9	August Vonseggem	Brimley

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Matthew Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell
2	11	Thomas Caron	Watersmeet Township
3	12	Elijah Parker	Engadine
4	12	Tommy Trudgeon	Bessemer
5	9	Jeb Green	Rapid River
6	11	Abi Pestka	Ontonagon Area
7	10	Spencer Kramer	North Dickinson County
8	9	Will Spranger	Eben Jct. Superior Central

UP DIVISION THREE GIRLS

Last Year

100m – Emily Jokela, 13.08
200m – Emily Jokela, 26.83
400m – Emily Jokela, 59.60

In 2022, Emily Jokela picked up three individual titles. In 2023, she picked up four. Sadly, she’s not allowed to pick up five, but I bet she could if she entered in the 100h. Anyhow, Jokela was another earner of the sprint triple crown and she’s another candidate of getting there again. Watch out for those 8^th graders though, as Destiny Bleau is hoping to begin to create her own legacy. The young Black Bear has been whittling her 200m time down to the mid-26’s, winning invites and regionals along the way. Experience vs. youth, a constant story in this ever changing, yet remarkably consistent track and field world.

Relays

Place	4×1	4×2	4×4
1	Lake Linden-Hubbell	Forest Park	Dollar Bay
2	St. Ignace	Lake Linden-Hubbell	Ontonagon Area
3	Dollar Bay	Newberry	St. Ignace
4	Stephenson	St. Ignace	Stephenson
5	Carney-Nadeau	Stephenson	Rapid River
6	Engadine	Rapid River	Brimley
7	Rapid River	Ontonagon Area	Holy Name
8	Brimley	Eben Jct. Superior Central	North Dickinson County

100m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Emily Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell
2	8	Destiny Bleau	Big Bay de Noc
3	12	Autumn Tremblay	Brimley
4	10	Bianca Briggs	Engadine
5	10	Violet Amos	Ontonagon Area
6	12	Samantha Kedsch	Carney-Nadeau
7	12	Lucie Rabochova	Newberry
8	10	Lauren Adams	Norway

200m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	8	Destiny Bleau	Big Bay de Noc
2	10	Violet Amos	Ontonagon Area
3	11	Emily Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell
4	10	Lauren Adams	Norway
5	12	Lucie Rabochova	Newberry
6	10	Bianca Briggs	Engadine
7	11	Abby Richter	Norway
8	11	Gwen Kellan	St. Ignace

400m

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Emily Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell
2	10	Violet Amos	Ontonagon Area
3	10	Faith Cappaert	Stephenson
4	10	Lauren Adams	Norway
5	10	Elsie Williams	Forest Park
6	11	Emma Sundling	Rapid River
7	11	Alyssa Shirkey	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer
8	12	Ava McCarty	Rapid River