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The above infographs are from last season. I’ll make some new ones with updated stats for 2023.

With the early season ratings, a couple of notes:

1. Elite, more experienced runners will always be a bit overrated early. They tend to come into the season in better shape relative to the rest of the field, and thus are closer to their championship season fitness compared to someone newer to the sport.
2. With smaller meets, they’re not as accurate as they may be later in the year. Smaller samples and less ability to compare makes it hard to come up with an adjustment. Which explains why I’ll concentrate on the larger ones early, then work my way back toward the smaller ones.
3. Adversity tends to have a greater impact early. Whether that’s heat, hills, humidity, or even all three, those less fit will tend to struggle a bit more early, possibly overcooking the course adjustment.
4. The girls adjustment will typically be a bit more, as they’re spending more time on the course.
5. These will get weighed less and less as the season rolls on, meaning virtually nothing come October. As a coach, I’d stress not losing sleep over early season times. On here, I’m stressing the same thing.

Meet	Girls Adj.	Boys Adj.	Average
Leslie Blackhawk	+29	+32	+31
TK Coach B	-3	-3	-3
Eaton Rapids	-1	-2	-2

GIRLS TEAM RATINGS

Girls Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Caledonia	87.8	1
Girls Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	107.1	2
GR West Mich. Aviation	98.7	2
Mason	77.5	2
Charlotte	66.8	2
Fowlerville	48.0	2
Eaton Rapids	40.8	2
Girls Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Leslie	88.5	3
Union City	57.9	3
Napoleon	43.7	3
Delton-Kellogg	39.7	3
Jonesville	21.7	3
Stockbridge	19.5	3
Olivet	13.0	3
Girls Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Concord	36.4	4
Portland St. Patrick	9.1	4
Girls Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
GRTC Peregrines	119.3	HS

BOYS TEAM RATINGS

Boys Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Caledonia	170.8	1
GR Union	123.4	1
Wyoming	101.6	1
Boys Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Mason	159.9	2
GR West Mich. Aviation	152.5	2
Eaton Rapids	152.1	2
Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	142.6	2
Fowlerville	142.3	2
Wayland Union	137.0	2
Charlotte	128.4	2
Grand River Prep	112.5	2
Boys Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Olivet	153.4	3
Jonesville	151.7	3
Leslie	149.3	3
Union City	143.9	3
Dansville	139.0	3
Manchester	127.2	3
Napoleon	125.7	3
Charyl Stockwell Academy	110.5	3
Michigan Center	107.5	3
Delton-Kellogg	76.2	3
Springport	58.1	3
Boys Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
East Jackson	141.8	4
Concord	97.6	4
Reading	85.9	4
Boys Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
GRTC Peregrines	168.4	HS

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet
9	Gianna Chaignot	19:08.6	GRTC Peregrines	138.1	TK Coach B
12	Emma DeVries	19:12.7	GR West Mich. Aviation	136.8	TK Coach B
11	Ava Crews	19:18.6	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	134.8	TK Coach B
11	Maya Willard	19:30.7	GRTC Peregrines	130.8	TK Coach B
12	Daisy Speet	19:44.5	GRTC Peregrines	126.2	TK Coach B
12	Meghan Ford	20:02.2	Mason	119.6	Eaton Rapids
11	Desiree Duque-Rico	20:19.5	GR West Mich. Aviation	114.5	TK Coach B
9	Ellie Harmon	20:24.2	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	112.9	TK Coach B
11	Suzannah DiPiazza	20:28.0	GRTC Peregrines	111.7	TK Coach B
9	Meghan-Jane Skidmore	20:50.8	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	104.1	TK Coach B
12	Jalynn Schmelter	20:33.8	Leslie	99.1	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Erin Lubahn	20:43.3	Leslie	95.9	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Kloe Kimbrell	21:16.9	Caledonia	95.4	TK Coach B
9	Haley Stimer	21:18.2	Concord	94.3	Eaton Rapids
9	Alli Gautsche	21:20.7	Union City	93.4	Eaton Rapids
10	Madison Kietzman	21:24.0	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	93.0	TK Coach B
11	Hannah Dupuis	21:25.4	Caledonia	92.5	TK Coach B
10	Sofie Dzik	21:29.4	GR West Mich. Aviation	91.2	TK Coach B
9	Peyton Hardy	21:30.3	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	90.9	TK Coach B
10	Blythe Webb	21:33.1	GRTC Peregrines	90.0	TK Coach B
9	Akaela Daman	21:34.2	Caledonia	89.6	TK Coach B
11	Skyler Fraley	21:42.5	Union City	86.2	Eaton Rapids
9	Olivia Hawkins	21:45.2	Caledonia	86.0	TK Coach B
12	Anasophia Schmitz	21:45.8	GRTC Peregrines	85.7	TK Coach B
9	Ahna Woltjer	21:48.7	GR West Mich. Aviation	84.8	TK Coach B
12	Gloria Gaston	21:49.6	GRTC Peregrines	84.5	TK Coach B
11	Jaidyn Smith	21:18.1	Leslie	84.3	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Elliot Antel	21:53.9	Wayland Union	83.0	TK Coach B
10	Hailey Creisher	21:26.0	Leslie	81.7	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Mia Papendick	21:26.7	Leslie	81.4	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Avari Montgomery	22:00.3	Charlotte	80.2	Eaton Rapids
10	Aubrey Metzger	22:10.0	Mason	77.0	Eaton Rapids
12	Ellayna Meredith	22:11.0	Portland St. Patrick	76.7	Eaton Rapids
9	Isla Sheely	22:16.4	Caledonia	75.5	TK Coach B
9	Cora Draft	22:20.5	Caledonia	74.2	TK Coach B
10	Hannah Bennett	22:22.3	Caledonia	73.6	TK Coach B
11	Melia Cullen	22:29.6	GRTC Peregrines	71.1	TK Coach B
11	Karly Page	22:00.3	Jonesville	70.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Delaney Richardson	22:31.7	Fowlerville	69.8	Eaton Rapids
12	Holly Velting	22:34.6	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	69.5	TK Coach B
12	Lydia Bennett	22:03.9	Manchester	69.0	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Morgan Clark	22:38.7	Mason	67.4	Eaton Rapids
11	Isabelle Goodrich	22:38.7	Charlotte	67.4	Eaton Rapids
9	Carmen Reynolds	22:40.9	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	67.4	TK Coach B
11	Priya Mericle	22:09.4	East Jackson	67.2	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Olivea Gessner	22:10.8	Olivet	66.7	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Baylee Moore	22:41.3	Charlotte	66.6	Eaton Rapids
10	Charleigh Kimble	22:43.9	GR West Mich. Aviation	66.4	TK Coach B
9	Emily Satkowiak	22:12.3	Stockbridge	66.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Kaitlyn Gronowski	22:43.2	Mason	65.9	Eaton Rapids
12	Katherine Powers	22:50.9	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	64.0	TK Coach B
9	Makya Isham	22:19.3	Leslie	63.9	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Alaina McCrumb	22:51.8	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	63.7	TK Coach B
12	Sienna Eaton	22:50.2	Eaton Rapids	63.6	Eaton Rapids
9	Sofia Lewis	22:56.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	62.3	TK Coach B
11	Leah Williams	22:57.0	Caledonia	62.0	TK Coach B
9	Madison Trompen	22:58.1	Caledonia	61.6	TK Coach B
12	Abby Kunkle	22:59.0	Libertas Christian	61.3	TK Coach B
11	Alissa Skirka	22:58.4	Union City	60.9	Eaton Rapids
10	Jaylee Chapman	22:29.0	Stockbridge	60.7	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Maria Beach	22:59.3	Fowlerville	60.6	Eaton Rapids
11	Lauren McLain	22:29.8	Napoleon	60.4	Leslie Blackhawk
11	MacKenzie MacDonald	23:00.0	Charlotte	60.3	Eaton Rapids
11	Avalynn Klapmust	23:03.0	Caledonia	60.0	TK Coach B
9	Helena Goodrich	23:02.4	Charlotte	59.5	Eaton Rapids
9	Anna VanderWal	23:04.6	Caledonia	59.5	TK Coach B
11	Kiley Bommarito	23:05.1	Caledonia	59.3	TK Coach B
10	Makenzy Lindemann	22:34.2	Napoleon	58.9	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Andie Wildern	23:04.6	Charlotte	58.8	Eaton Rapids
11	Adysen Daman	23:06.9	Caledonia	58.7	TK Coach B
9	Morgan Allen	23:08.2	Mason	57.6	Eaton Rapids
12	Summer Ritchie	23:11.7	Delton-Kellogg	57.1	TK Coach B
10	Avery Hagemann	23:14.9	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	56.0	TK Coach B
11	Ava Vaccaro	22:48.3	Stockbridge	54.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Megan Schuurmans	23:21.2	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	53.9	TK Coach B
12	Madelyn Norman	22:54.2	Napoleon	52.3	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Riley Adams	23:26.4	Concord	51.5	Eaton Rapids
12	Gwen Bulko	23:28.6	Concord	50.8	Eaton Rapids
10	Ella Heffner	23:00.0	Charyl Stockwell Academy	50.3	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Zoe Hankey	23:31.4	Eaton Rapids	49.9	Eaton Rapids
10	Elizabeth Marschall	23:33.0	Fowlerville	49.3	Eaton Rapids
10	Kennedie Crow	23:33.3	Eaton Rapids	49.2	Eaton Rapids
9	Jacinta Ceru	23:39.5	GRTC Peregrines	47.8	TK Coach B
11	Vivian Idziak	23:46.7	GR Union	45.4	TK Coach B
11	Natalie Sanders	23:48.3	GRTC Peregrines	44.9	TK Coach B
9	Brooklyn Hekman	23:48.2	Eaton Rapids	44.3	Eaton Rapids
9	Carly Smith	23:48.4	Union City	44.2	Eaton Rapids
9	Marian Davlin	23:56.1	Portland St. Patrick	41.6	Eaton Rapids
12	Kayla Creisher	23:28.3	Leslie	40.9	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Samantha O’Meara	24:03.2	Delton-Kellogg	39.9	TK Coach B
12	Alexandra Ream	23:39.4	Leslie	37.2	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Ady Luurtsema	24:12.2	GRTC Peregrines	36.9	TK Coach B
11	Jillian Leclercq	24:14.0	Delton-Kellogg	36.3	TK Coach B
11	Amber Fairchild	24:21.4	Caledonia	33.9	TK Coach B
12	Lilly Faurot	24:22.1	Vermontville Maple Valley	33.6	TK Coach B
11	Kylie Main	24:23.9	Delton-Kellogg	33.1	TK Coach B
10	Maria Kilpela	24:23.6	Fowlerville	32.5	Eaton Rapids
12	Audrey Howell	24:25.6	Caledonia	32.5	TK Coach B
11	Johannah Houtkooper	24:26.6	Delton-Kellogg	32.1	TK Coach B
10	Nora Buys	24:35.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	29.3	TK Coach B
9	Meghan Venhuizen	24:37.0	Caledonia	28.7	TK Coach B
10	Reagan Wilkins	24:37.8	Fowlerville	27.7	Eaton Rapids
11	Sadie Moeckel	24:11.5	Napoleon	26.5	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Ava Skinner	24:44.8	GRTC Peregrines	26.1	TK Coach B
10	Emma Tidd	24:50.0	Lake Odessa Lakewood	24.3	TK Coach B
9	Anneliesse Patterson	24:18.4	Olivet	24.2	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Julia Reynolds	24:18.8	Michigan Center	24.1	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Taylor Venhuizen	24:53.4	Caledonia	23.2	TK Coach B
11	Sophia Falater	24:21.6	Reading	23.1	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Olivia Pung	24:53.3	Portland St. Patrick	22.6	Eaton Rapids
12	Kylee Kirkbride	24:56.0	Caledonia	22.3	TK Coach B
11	Christina Waldmiller	24:57.8	Caledonia	21.8	TK Coach B
10	Maria Siciliano	24:30.2	Napoleon	20.3	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Hailey Lee	25:02.8	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	20.1	TK Coach B
11	Kaya Bender	25:03.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	20.0	TK Coach B
12	Zoey Udzik	24:33.1	Jonesville	19.3	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Ellory Fox	25:08.3	Caledonia	18.2	TK Coach B
9	Mena Mayr	25:09.8	Dansville	17.1	Eaton Rapids
12	Kate Paterson	24:40.3	Michigan Center	16.9	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Eliza Milarch	25:10.7	Charlotte	16.8	Eaton Rapids
12	Nela Jurankova	25:14.1	Charlotte	15.6	Eaton Rapids
10	Elli Timmerman	25:19.7	Delton-Kellogg	14.4	TK Coach B
9	Kiera Knight	24:49.4	Jonesville	13.9	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Haylie Vanderwal	24:53.8	Olivet	12.4	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Ava Buckley	25:27.1	Mason	11.3	Eaton Rapids
12	Rebecca Evenhouse	25:34.2	Grand River Prep	9.6	TK Coach B
9	Aubrey Weber	25:03.4	Napoleon	9.2	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Lydia Meyer	25:07.2	Michigan Center	7.9	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Rachel Sackett	25:46.7	GR Union	5.4	TK Coach B
9	Keira Taylor	25:46.5	Union City	4.8	Eaton Rapids
9	Julia Mandrelle	25:17.1	Jonesville	4.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Alaina Smith	25:50.9	Grand River Prep	4.0	TK Coach B
11	Hannah Stimer	25:51.5	Concord	3.2	Eaton Rapids
10	Megan Stack	25:54.6	Wayland Union	2.8	TK Coach B
9	Mackenzie Krentz	25:55.7	Caledonia	2.4	TK Coach B
12	Kate Wehrman	25:58.2	Libertas Christian	1.6	TK Coach B
12	Hailey Alward	25:56.7	Charlotte	1.4	Eaton Rapids
12	Allison Slater	26:00.2	Lake Odessa Lakewood	0.9	TK Coach B
9	Joleane Gulledge	25:29.3	Jonesville	0.6	Leslie Blackhawk

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet
11	Alex Doneth	16:22.5	Mason	193.2	Eaton Rapids
11	Theodore Davis	16:31.5	Dansville	190.2	Eaton Rapids
12	Michael Allen	16:16.0	East Jackson	184.0	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Kort Thompson	16:58.8	Caledonia	181.4	TK Coach B
12	Lucas Hopkins	16:25.4	Olivet	180.9	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Lucas Van Meter	17:00.5	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	180.8	TK Coach B
10	Brendan O’Donohue	17:10.2	GRTC Peregrines	177.6	TK Coach B
10	Ben Gautsche	17:16.2	Union City	175.3	Eaton Rapids
11	Conner McCormick	17:19.7	Mason	174.1	Eaton Rapids
12	Micah Nagel	17:26.1	Caledonia	172.3	TK Coach B
9	Caleb Blonde	16:52.7	Jonesville	171.8	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Dylan Pallett	17:31.8	Wayland Union	170.4	TK Coach B
12	Conner Fountain	16:57.0	Olivet	170.3	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Anthony Urbaniak	16:57.9	Charyl Stockwell Academy	170.0	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Josiah Miller	17:33.2	GRTC Peregrines	169.9	TK Coach B
10	Eli Velting	17:35.1	Caledonia	169.3	TK Coach B
10	Noah Johnston	17:36.7	GR West Mich. Aviation	168.8	TK Coach B
12	Isaac Dyer	17:38.0	Wayland Union	168.3	TK Coach B
12	Ayden Duffin	17:38.7	Caledonia	168.1	TK Coach B
11	Kaelan Miller	17:40.8	GRTC Peregrines	167.4	TK Coach B
11	Jack Huntington	17:41.2	Eaton Rapids	166.9	Eaton Rapids
12	Javin Mericle	17:07.3	East Jackson	166.9	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Lucas Moore	17:43.5	Fowlerville	166.2	Eaton Rapids
10	Grant Johnson	17:13.5	Manchester	164.8	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Caleb Willard	17:49.0	GRTC Peregrines	164.7	TK Coach B
12	Gavin VanKampen	17:14.1	Jonesville	164.6	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Ethan Buer	17:53.7	Caledonia	163.1	TK Coach B
11	Joshua Maier	17:55.3	Caledonia	162.6	TK Coach B
9	Anthony Schmitz	17:55.7	GRTC Peregrines	162.4	TK Coach B
12	Levi Moss	17:56.9	Caledonia	162.0	TK Coach B
9	Jacob Ziolkowski	18:02.7	GRTC Peregrines	160.1	TK Coach B
12	Kyler Pequet	17:33.4	Napoleon	158.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Timothy Chamberlain	18:08.2	Portland St. Patrick	157.9	Eaton Rapids
12	Haegan Land	18:11.0	GRTC Peregrines	157.3	TK Coach B
10	Grant Conley	18:10.5	Charlotte	157.2	Eaton Rapids
11	Braylen Eaton	18:12.0	Charlotte	156.7	Eaton Rapids
11	Riley Johnson	18:13.4	Lake Odessa Lakewood	156.5	TK Coach B
11	Drew Holevac	18:12.9	Eaton Rapids	156.4	Eaton Rapids
10	Nicholas Fowler	17:41.1	Jonesville	155.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Cooper Schmelter	17:41.6	Leslie	155.5	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Connor O’Donohue	18:16.7	GR West Mich. Aviation	155.4	TK Coach B
9	Kenneth Mangles	17:47.3	Leslie	153.6	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Andrew Tava	18:22.6	Caledonia	153.5	TK Coach B
11	Ethan Rimmer	18:24.1	Delton-Kellogg	153.0	TK Coach B
11	Nathan Szilagyi	18:23.5	Fowlerville	152.8	Eaton Rapids
12	William Kennedy	17:50.2	East Jackson	152.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	William Gancer	17:55.0	Stockbridge	151.0	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Hunter Anderson	17:55.3	Manchester	150.9	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Asher Jager	18:31.7	GR West Mich. Aviation	150.4	TK Coach B
9	Matthew Killeen	17:58.8	Leslie	149.7	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Blake Mathews	18:34.7	Mason	149.1	Eaton Rapids
11	William Sheely	18:36.0	Caledonia	149.0	TK Coach B
11	David Potgeter	18:39.6	Caledonia	147.8	TK Coach B
11	Danny O’Brien	18:39.5	Eaton Rapids	147.5	Eaton Rapids
12	Kaden Hamming	18:41.2	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	147.3	TK Coach B
11	Jackson Cargill	18:40.6	Mason	147.1	Eaton Rapids
10	Kaden Van Ryn	18:42.2	Caledonia	146.9	TK Coach B
12	William Ribby	18:42.7	Eaton Rapids	146.4	Eaton Rapids
10	Graydon Ott	18:46.6	GR West Mich. Aviation	145.5	TK Coach B
10	Luke Smith	18:49.4	Caledonia	144.5	TK Coach B
10	Grason Weber	18:14.7	Leslie	144.4	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Carter Buckingham	18:51.6	Eaton Rapids	143.5	Eaton Rapids
11	Kyan Isham	18:18.8	Leslie	143.1	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Cohen Burdick	18:53.1	Union City	143.0	Eaton Rapids
12	Daniel Dryer	18:19.2	Olivet	142.9	Leslie Blackhawk
10	John Paul Sanders	18:54.5	GRTC Peregrines	142.8	TK Coach B
11	Brandon Huntington	18:53.7	Eaton Rapids	142.8	Eaton Rapids
11	Noah Worden	18:54.0	Eaton Rapids	142.7	Eaton Rapids
12	Bryson Van Ryn	18:56.2	GR West Mich. Aviation	142.3	TK Coach B
9	Collin Fucile	18:21.3	Jonesville	142.3	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Cullen Decker	18:57.1	Union City	141.6	Eaton Rapids
11	Luke Hemker	18:58.6	GR West Mich. Aviation	141.5	TK Coach B
11	Mason Morrell	19:01.7	Caledonia	140.4	TK Coach B
9	Ayden Mayr	19:01.5	Dansville	140.2	Eaton Rapids
12	Nathan Paddock	18:30.0	Michigan Center	139.3	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Grady Galaviz	19:09.2	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	137.9	TK Coach B
10	Evan Schaefer	18:34.3	Olivet	137.9	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Carter Banfield	19:10.2	Fowlerville	137.3	Eaton Rapids
9	Grant Feldpausch	19:13.8	Caledonia	136.4	TK Coach B
9	Duncan Holevac	19:13.2	Eaton Rapids	136.3	Eaton Rapids
9	Kevin Sebrell	19:13.2	Eaton Rapids	136.3	Eaton Rapids
9	Ethan Harvey	19:13.3	Mason	136.2	Eaton Rapids
10	Isaac FoxElster	19:13.8	Portland St. Patrick	136.1	Eaton Rapids
10	Ian Kimbrell	19:15.9	Caledonia	135.7	TK Coach B
11	Samuel Jones	19:16.8	Caledonia	135.4	TK Coach B
11	Nathan Oki	19:18.0	GR West Mich. Aviation	135.0	TK Coach B
12	Dalton Dunn	19:17.5	Mason	134.8	Eaton Rapids
9	Landen Gessner	18:43.8	Olivet	134.7	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Luca Caraway	19:20.9	GRTC Peregrines	134.0	TK Coach B
10	Brody Urbaniak	18:47.8	Charyl Stockwell Academy	133.4	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Parker Lamar	19:23.7	Fowlerville	132.8	Eaton Rapids
11	Daniel Rodriguez	19:24.2	Charlotte	132.6	Eaton Rapids
12	Kutter Vanaken	18:51.2	Reading	132.3	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Eric Tenario	19:27.8	GR Union	131.7	TK Coach B
9	Noah June	19:28.0	Union City	131.3	Eaton Rapids
10	Gavin DeVries	19:29.2	GRTC Peregrines	131.3	TK Coach B
10	Jamison Swope	18:54.6	Napoleon	131.1	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Aidan Edgar	19:30.0	Caledonia	131.0	TK Coach B
10	Max McDowell	18:55.8	Olivet	130.7	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Brody Collins	19:30.7	Eaton Rapids	130.4	Eaton Rapids
9	Mason Fein	19:33.0	Wayland Union	130.0	TK Coach B
12	Jack Coluccy	18:58.1	Manchester	130.0	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Dominic Rolf	19:35.2	GRTC Peregrines	129.3	TK Coach B
9	Max Viveros	19:36.4	GR Union	128.9	TK Coach B
9	Elijah Frazer	19:37.2	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	128.6	TK Coach B
11	Montana Connell	19:36.7	Union City	128.4	Eaton Rapids
12	Leon Wilondja	19:39.1	GR Union	128.0	TK Coach B
10	Elijah Lipscomb	19:39.5	Grand River Prep	127.8	TK Coach B
12	Gavin Vidito	19:39.0	Dansville	127.7	Eaton Rapids
11	Cody Bencovsky	19:39.9	Eaton Rapids	127.4	Eaton Rapids
11	Lleyton Bauman	19:41.9	Concord	126.7	Eaton Rapids
12	Maddox Miller	19:42.9	Union City	126.4	Eaton Rapids
12	Logan Hile	19:10.0	Leslie	126.0	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Parker Daggett	19:45.0	Eaton Rapids	125.7	Eaton Rapids
12	Elijah Dyer	19:45.1	Springport	125.6	Eaton Rapids
11	Caleb Anderson	19:47.6	Wyoming	125.1	TK Coach B
9	Ian DeHaan	19:49.8	Caledonia	124.4	TK Coach B
10	Lucas Kyser	19:15.0	Jonesville	124.3	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Carson Dubose	19:17.4	Leslie	123.5	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Zachary Rinehart	19:55.3	Fowlerville	122.2	Eaton Rapids
11	Dalton Ed	19:56.5	Caledonia	122.2	TK Coach B
10	Lucas St Martin	19:56.1	Fowlerville	122.0	Eaton Rapids
11	Cameron Wright	19:59.0	Caledonia	121.3	TK Coach B
12	Calvin vanHartesvelt	19:59.5	Dansville	120.8	Eaton Rapids
10	Dylan Hile	19:26.0	Leslie	120.7	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Keaton Smith	20:00.0	Concord	120.7	Eaton Rapids
11	Benji Armijo	20:01.8	Grand River Prep	120.4	TK Coach B
11	Marshall Pederson Iii	20:02.9	Caledonia	120.0	TK Coach B
11	Oscar Andrade-Nava	20:05.1	Wyoming	119.3	TK Coach B
11	Hunter Tietz	20:08.1	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	118.3	TK Coach B
11	Paul DeVito	19:34.0	Olivet	118.0	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Parker Tichy	20:09.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	118.0	TK Coach B
9	Benjamin Rewa	20:11.4	Caledonia	117.2	TK Coach B
9	Grant Morrell	20:11.8	Caledonia	117.1	TK Coach B
10	Brayden Wright	19:37.4	Reading	116.9	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Cody Tomlin	20:11.4	Eaton Rapids	116.9	Eaton Rapids
12	Blake Huitema	20:12.8	GR West Mich. Aviation	116.8	TK Coach B
11	Ethan Root	20:13.3	Dansville	116.2	Eaton Rapids
10	Ethan Manning	20:14.5	Wayland Union	116.2	TK Coach B
10	Henry Elzinga	20:14.9	GR West Mich. Aviation	116.0	TK Coach B
9	Isaiah Meyer	20:15.3	GR Union	115.9	TK Coach B
9	Nathan Ulman	20:17.3	GRTC Peregrines	115.2	TK Coach B
9	Dylan McCallister	19:44.2	Reading	114.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Noah Kunkle	20:19.6	Libertas Christian	114.5	TK Coach B
10	Andrew Norman	19:47.4	Napoleon	113.5	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Haden McLain	19:48.1	Napoleon	113.3	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Kaden Rohrbacher	20:23.4	Lake Odessa Lakewood	113.2	TK Coach B
10	Levi Beltman	20:24.5	Grand River Prep	112.8	TK Coach B
10	Lukas Curylo	19:50.9	Napoleon	112.4	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Landon Sandee	20:26.1	GR Union	112.3	TK Coach B
12	Josh Ulman	20:27.9	GRTC Peregrines	111.7	TK Coach B
10	Maddox Hutchinson	20:28.0	Concord	111.3	Eaton Rapids
9	John Joyner	20:29.0	Caledonia	111.3	TK Coach B
11	Zachery Childress	19:56.8	Jonesville	110.4	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Jayson Anderson	20:32.0	Mason	110.0	Eaton Rapids
10	Levi Dutton	20:33.2	Fowlerville	109.6	Eaton Rapids
9	James Riel	20:33.3	Union City	109.6	Eaton Rapids
12	Stratton Land	20:35.2	GRTC Peregrines	109.3	TK Coach B
10	Caleb Cyman	20:37.1	Fowlerville	108.3	Eaton Rapids
9	Jameson Holton	20:38.2	Mason	107.9	Eaton Rapids
10	samson kik	20:39.3	GR Union	107.9	TK Coach B
9	Ezekiel Beach	20:38.7	Fowlerville	107.8	Eaton Rapids
10	Phoenix Lawton	20:39.8	Charlotte	107.4	Eaton Rapids
9	Alex Loomis	20:40.9	Fowlerville	107.0	Eaton Rapids
12	Barrett Bradley	20:07.7	Michigan Center	106.8	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Charles Garrett	20:08.8	Olivet	106.4	Leslie Blackhawk
10	John Marchinda	20:45.1	GRTC Peregrines	106.0	TK Coach B
9	Thomas Prina	20:45.3	GRTC Peregrines	105.9	TK Coach B
11	Everett Dysinger	20:45.7	Dansville	105.4	Eaton Rapids
9	Francis Austen	20:46.1	Portland St. Patrick	105.3	Eaton Rapids
12	Colton Raffensberger	20:12.8	East Jackson	105.1	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Ben Flickinger	20:47.9	GRTC Peregrines	105.0	TK Coach B
11	Abraham Jager	20:50.0	GR West Mich. Aviation	104.3	TK Coach B
12	Timmy Reimers	20:15.0	Michigan Center	104.3	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Aidan Taylor	20:50.9	Union City	103.7	Eaton Rapids
12	Wyatt VanRiper	20:18.2	Michigan Center	103.3	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Eli Doty	20:54.3	Mason	102.6	Eaton Rapids
10	Levi Frain	20:55.6	Libertas Christian	102.5	TK Coach B
12	Carter Rounds	20:21.4	Jonesville	102.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Dominic Schmitz	20:56.5	GRTC Peregrines	102.2	TK Coach B
9	Elijah Louissaint	20:56.8	Grand River Prep	102.1	TK Coach B
9	Elijah Norman	20:22.2	Jonesville	102.0	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Justin Gale	20:23.4	Manchester	101.5	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Theo Stack	20:58.8	GR Union	101.4	TK Coach B
11	Blair Scott	20:24.2	Olivet	101.3	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Hudson Goethals	21:00.2	Lake Odessa Lakewood	100.9	TK Coach B
10	Anders Foerch	21:00.9	Caledonia	100.7	TK Coach B
12	Randy Reddick	20:26.3	East Jackson	100.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Arie Prins	21:02.7	GR Union	100.1	TK Coach B
10	Jude VanderWeide	21:03.4	Wayland Union	99.9	TK Coach B
12	Junior Tovar	21:04.3	Grand River Prep	99.6	TK Coach B
11	Jonathan Wagenmaker	21:04.8	GRTC Peregrines	99.4	TK Coach B
12	Rhys Bedford	21:05.9	Delton-Kellogg	99.1	TK Coach B
9	Peter Sluys	21:09.8	Wyoming	97.7	TK Coach B
10	Nick Muday	21:11.1	Delton-Kellogg	97.3	TK Coach B
11	Finn Coffman	20:36.9	Stockbridge	97.0	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Benjamin Postma	21:12.5	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	96.8	TK Coach B
12	Kyle Tomasik	20:39.8	Charyl Stockwell Academy	96.1	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Alcides Lopez	21:15.0	Wyoming	96.0	TK Coach B
9	Adryan Estrada	21:15.1	Mason	95.6	Eaton Rapids
11	Case Dykhouse	21:23.0	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	93.3	TK Coach B
10	Noah Donker	21:23.3	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	93.2	TK Coach B
12	Carter Tufts	21:25.9	Caledonia	92.4	TK Coach B
11	Brock Hickerson	21:26.4	Delton-Kellogg	92.2	TK Coach B
12	Travis St Martin	21:30.1	Fowlerville	90.6	Eaton Rapids
11	Jason Zarate	20:56.3	Charyl Stockwell Academy	90.6	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Max Stefanski	21:34.7	GR Union	89.4	TK Coach B
9	Zane Sayer	21:02.4	Manchester	88.5	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Cameron Weibel	21:37.8	Caledonia	88.4	TK Coach B
8	Levi Knoop	21:37.7	Portland St. Patrick	88.1	Eaton Rapids
10	Ricky Popp	21:37.7	Charlotte	88.1	Eaton Rapids
11	Adlai Kersey	21:39.3	GR West Mich. Aviation	87.9	TK Coach B
9	Michael Navitskis	21:04.7	Manchester	87.8	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Tim Finkbeiner	21:42.0	Grand River Prep	87.0	TK Coach B
10	Hudsen DeLeeuw	21:07.5	Olivet	86.8	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Timothy Stack	21:43.6	GR Union	86.5	TK Coach B
11	Aristotle Vyn	21:44.2	GR West Mich. Aviation	86.3	TK Coach B
11	Nathan Waldron	21:45.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	86.0	TK Coach B
11	Owen Petersen	21:47.7	Caledonia	85.1	TK Coach B
9	Austin Finkbeiner	21:49.0	Grand River Prep	84.7	TK Coach B
12	Carter VanWyk	21:49.3	Wayland Union	84.6	TK Coach B
9	Draven Reid	21:50.0	Caledonia	84.3	TK Coach B
9	Brayden Pepper	21:17.1	Michigan Center	83.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Aidan Bradley	21:52.9	Springport	83.0	Eaton Rapids
12	Brady Cole	21:27.1	Stockbridge	80.3	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Isaac Kortz	22:02.2	GRTC Peregrines	80.3	TK Coach B
10	Ryder Cornett	21:27.9	Jonesville	80.0	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Tyreke Brown	22:04.9	Concord	79.0	Eaton Rapids
10	Mateo Hanse	22:06.9	GR West Mich. Aviation	78.7	TK Coach B
9	Jack Dibert	22:06.4	Union City	78.5	Eaton Rapids
10	Maysun Strachan	21:32.8	Jonesville	78.4	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Brenden Slanker	22:07.3	Charlotte	78.2	Eaton Rapids
11	Mason Hawthorne	22:11.7	Union City	76.8	Eaton Rapids
9	Koleson Reeder	22:13.5	Caledonia	76.5	TK Coach B
11	David Wilson	22:13.5	Union City	76.2	Eaton Rapids
10	Luke Archer	22:16.4	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	75.5	TK Coach B
11	Quinn Stephenson	22:17.0	GR West Mich. Aviation	75.3	TK Coach B
11	Will Gavin	22:17.1	Wayland Union	75.3	TK Coach B
12	Hudson Nichols	22:19.1	Caledonia	74.6	TK Coach B
11	Kamaladdin Ghaznawi	22:19.2	GR Union	74.6	TK Coach B
9	Logan Paulen	22:21.6	Caledonia	73.8	TK Coach B
12	Noah Lewandowski	22:25.4	GRTC Peregrines	72.5	TK Coach B
9	Jackson Byers	22:28.8	Wayland Union	71.4	TK Coach B
9	Evan Kryger	22:29.7	GRTC Peregrines	71.1	TK Coach B
12	Kaden Boatright	21:55.7	East Jackson	70.8	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Lucas Korsmo	22:32.9	GR West Mich. Aviation	70.0	TK Coach B
10	Tyler Davis	22:34.2	Wyoming	69.6	TK Coach B
11	Brody Benjamin	22:34.4	Caledonia	69.5	TK Coach B
12	Will Dykstra	22:00.5	Manchester	69.2	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Chase Short	22:07.7	Michigan Center	66.8	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Alexander Frizzell	22:46.7	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	65.4	TK Coach B
10	Pablo Ovalle jr	22:47.5	GR Union	65.2	TK Coach B
9	Jude Klooster	22:48.7	GR Union	64.8	TK Coach B
11	Julius Farrell	22:14.1	East Jackson	64.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Michael Purvis	22:49.5	GR Union	64.5	TK Coach B
10	Tyler Triebel	22:51.1	Caledonia	64.0	TK Coach B
9	Elijah Killinger	22:20.1	Charyl Stockwell Academy	62.6	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Grant Howlett	22:22.3	Stockbridge	61.9	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Leon Nicholson	22:59.9	Grand River Prep	61.0	TK Coach B
9	Alex Cargill	23:03.1	Mason	59.6	Eaton Rapids
9	Liam Dykhouse	23:05.6	Caledonia	59.1	TK Coach B
12	Jordan Weers	23:16.4	Wayland Union	55.5	TK Coach B
12	Gavin Zegarlowicz	22:45.7	East Jackson	54.1	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Lucas Chamberlin	23:21.5	Charlotte	53.5	Eaton Rapids
9	Lyric Verlin	23:26.2	Caledonia	52.3	TK Coach B
9	Quincy Page	23:26.8	Vermontville Maple Valley	52.1	TK Coach B
10	David Petroff	23:27.3	Mason	51.6	Eaton Rapids
12	Ashton Easterwood	23:30.9	Concord	50.4	Eaton Rapids
9	Matthew Boks	22:59.4	Olivet	49.5	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Brenden Scott	23:38.2	Mason	47.9	Eaton Rapids
9	Ty VanSkiver	23:40.0	GR West Mich. Aviation	47.7	TK Coach B
9	Lyle Lawrence	23:05.1	Olivet	47.6	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Jeremiah Baribeau	23:40.2	Libertas Christian	47.6	TK Coach B
11	Ben Berry	23:08.2	Napoleon	46.6	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Alec Dodak	23:11.3	Manchester	45.6	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Koen Huisman	23:49.7	Grand River Prep	44.4	TK Coach B
12	Tyree Hill	23:52.6	Springport	43.1	Eaton Rapids
12	Aiden Aemisegger	23:20.7	Reading	42.4	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Willem Odykirk	23:56.7	GR Union	42.1	TK Coach B
10	Riley Graf	23:57.7	Dansville	41.4	Eaton Rapids
10	Jonathan Kellogg	24:00.1	Caledonia	41.0	TK Coach B
12	Grant D’Lamater	23:25.7	Olivet	40.8	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Noah Bagos	23:33.8	Charyl Stockwell Academy	38.1	Leslie Blackhawk
11	Nick Pratt	23:34.9	East Jackson	37.7	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Liam Bauman	24:11.0	Concord	37.0	Eaton Rapids
9	Peyton Carter	23:37.4	Leslie	36.9	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Nick Dansby	23:37.8	Charyl Stockwell Academy	36.7	Leslie Blackhawk
9	Josh Chamberlin	24:16.4	Charlotte	35.2	Eaton Rapids
9	William Taylor	24:16.6	Springport	35.1	Eaton Rapids
9	Josh Chapman	24:21.4	GR Union	33.9	TK Coach B
10	Paul Korsmo	24:22.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	33.6	TK Coach B
12	Christopher Streit	24:23.6	Caledonia	33.1	TK Coach B
9	Joseph Anongdeth	24:24.4	Mason	32.5	Eaton Rapids
12	DJ Troyer	23:51.3	Michigan Center	32.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Evan King	24:36.9	GRTC Peregrines	28.7	TK Coach B
11	James Harper	24:39.9	Caledonia	27.7	TK Coach B
6	Alec Cooper	24:18.5	Reading	23.2	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Robert Hill	24:24.2	Michigan Center	21.3	Leslie Blackhawk
10	Deng Ayuel	25:01.1	Eaton Rapids	20.3	Eaton Rapids
12	Andrew Lyon	25:10.9	Wayland Union	17.4	TK Coach B
10	Braden Koos	25:35.1	Charlotte	9.0	Eaton Rapids
9	Joseph Patton	25:42.5	Mason	6.5	Eaton Rapids
9	Carter Raffensberger	25:12.7	East Jackson	5.1	Leslie Blackhawk
12	Mykel Dykstra	25:50.9	Springport	3.7	Eaton Rapids
11	Kevin Dong	25:53.2	Eaton Rapids	2.9	Eaton Rapids
12	Robert Laws	25:55.3	Vermontville Maple Valley	2.6	TK Coach B
9	Anderson Jansen	25:55.5	GR West Mich. Aviation	2.5	TK Coach B
9	Atticus Houston	26:01.3	Mason	0.2	Eaton Rapids

It’s that time! We’re back again with rankings, both for teams and individuals. Three weeks into the season, plenty of rust busted, times dropped, and a bit of clarity towards our top teams and athletes.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I’ll start the story with three teams/individuals this week, then expand in future weeks.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. It’ll be Division 4 first this week, then next week I think I’ll have enough stats to start on the Upper Peninsula, so they’ll go first.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Ann Arbor Pioneer

I should know better. Each year, it’s a question along the lines of “who will replace Emily/Cookie/Sarah/Dudek/Anne” and each year, it’s an answer with someone new. Lydia Bowman is a girl that’s stepped into a prominent role, running in the mid-18’s and grabbing top-5 finishes at Benzie and John Bruder. Lydia, along with her Pioneer teammates will be racing Friday in Spartan Elite, going against a strong field with the likes of Brighton, Northville, and Holland West Ottawa.

Romeo

Missing a few pieces of what they hope to bring forth in the late season but that hasn’t stopped the Bulldogs from racking up wins at Lamplighter, Averill and in the MAC Red.

Brighton

The KLAA can be a brutal conference. Coming off a highly competitive Averill Invite then rolling right into a tri containing a top-5 Northville team. The Bulldogs survived with a victory and now head to Spartan on Friday.

Rank	Girls Team	Region	Score
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	94
2	Romeo	9	192
3	Brighton	4	314
4	Northville	6	349
5	Grand Haven	1	406
6	Holland West Ottawa	1	435
7	Saline	5	441
8	Forest Hills Central	3	442
9	Oxford	8	461
10	Traverse City West	2	490
11	Okemos	2	600
12	Jenison	1	612
13	Walled Lake Northern	7	633
14	Rockford	1	671
15	Portage Central	3	677
16	Traverse City Central	2	697
17	Davison	4	705
18	Utica	8	715
19	Lake Orion	8	755
20	Fraser	9	755
21	Grosse Pointe South	9	779
22	Dexter	4	791
23	Macomb Dakota	9	791
24	Livonia Franklin	6	824
25	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	9	827
26	Rochester	8	838
27	H.H. Dow	2	899

Northville

Have met the challenges of all competitors thus far, taking home titles at Lamplighter and Bath. But the toughest test might’ve been yesterday’s tri against Brighton and Canton, where the Mustangs eked out wins against two top-10 squads.

Brighton

That tri against Northville was intriguing in the sense that the path toward a state title becomes perfectly clear. Can the Bulldogs establish enough of a gap between their 3^rd-5^th runners and Northville’s to counteract the margin between each of their top two’s. Speaking of those top two’s, Luke Campbell is in the middle of a breakout senior year. Has hovered around 16-flat at Cass Benton when he was typically in the 17’s there last year.

Grand Haven

At a Bredeweg Invite chock full of the West Coast’s best D1/D2 teams, the Bucs attained a fairly clear victory. Of course, Seth Norder did what he had to do in order to win, but it’s the improvement and addition of a few parts that gives the GH team their strength. Plenty of experience and a new addition, Luka Hammond, navigating the mid-16 waters as a true freshman.

Rank	Team	Score	Region
1	Northville	162	6
2	Brighton	258	4
3	Grand Haven	342	1
4	Oxford	355	8
5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	406	5
6	Canton	420	6
7	Walled Lake Northern	420	7
8	Romeo	429	9
9	Macomb Dakota	430	9
10	Kalamazoo Central	439	3
11	White Lake Lakeland	452	7
12	Clarkston	508	8
13	Livonia Churchill	542	6
14	Traverse City Central	625	2
15	Jenison	625	1
16	Utica	628	8
17	Forest Hills Central	683	3
18	Saline	689	5
19	Zeeland West	724	1
20	Lake Orion	753	8
21	East Kentwood	783	3
22	Troy	784	8
23	Dexter	830	4
24	Bay City Western	859	2
25	Howell	868	4
26	Portage Central	879	3
27	Rockford	907	1

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Rachel Forsyth

For the ratings, I really don’t pay attention to jamborees. Purely as a fan of the sport, check out her 16:44 at Bedford. Judging by the times, the course ran fair and even in one of the tougher leagues in the state, she gapped the field by two minutes.

Selma Anderson

At MITCA last year, popped into the 17’s for the first time ever and this fall, she’s back for more. 17:52 in her debut at Under the Lights was more than 1.5 minutes faster than her 2022 debut.

Victoria Garces

Continuing the momentum from the late seasons of cross and track. It’s been a win each time out and always by a considerable margin. She’s coming down to Holly on Saturday for her biggest test of the year.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	181.6	5
2	12	Selma Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	167.1	3
3	11	Victoria Garces	H.H. Dow	158.8	2
4	12	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	155.1	9
5	12	Lydia Bowman	Ann Arbor Pioneer	151.3	5
6	10	Emmerson Clor	Romeo	151.1	9
7	11	Cassie Garcia	Northville	150.8	6
8	12	Morgan Brown	Livonia Churchill	149.1	6
9	12	Ella Christensen	Northville	148.4	6
10	11	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford	148.2	8
11	10	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	148.1	9
12	11	Lucy Cook	Rochester	147.9	8
13	12	Natalie Mello	Ann Arbor Pioneer	147.0	5
14	11	Violet Hrabovsky	Romeo	146.9	9
15	11	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	145.8	1
16	12	Layla Krayem	Livonia Stevenson	145.5	6
17	12	Katie Watkins	H.H. Dow	145.2	2
18	12	Addison Johnson	Utica	143.4	8
19	12	Clara James-Heer	Forest Hills Central	143.2	3
20	12	Carrigan Eberly	Brighton	143.1	4
21	11	Grace Tykocki	Grand Blanc	142.6	4
22	12	Hannah DeRoeck	Lake Orion	142.4	8
23	12	Payton Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	142.1	5
24	12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	Ann Arbor Pioneer	141.4	5
25	11	Ava Peters	Livonia Franklin	140.8	6
26	12	Elaina (Laney) Alig	Saline	140.7	5
27	12	Alexis Ball	Traverse City Central	139.7	2
28	10	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	139.1	9
29	12	Ella Kirkwood	Traverse City Central	138.7	2
30	10	Addie Birkholz	Holland West Ottawa	137.1	1

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Brendan Herger

Just chillin’ in this early season. He’s been in the 15’s in each of his three races thus far, one of those at the perennially tough Cass Benton and the other a win at Bath.

Luke Suliman

Consistently hitting around 40 sec. faster than his 2022 versions. Neither of his Bath or Lamplighter performances ended in victory, but he’s right there and has a great opportunity for a major one at Holly this weekend.

Vincent Guaresimo

Two 2^nd’s and a 3^rd, but think of his early season in terms of comparison. 16:26 to 15:52 at Lamplighter and 16:44 to 16:13 at Averill.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Brendan Herger	Northville	210.7	6
2	12	Luke Suliman	Ann Arbor Skyline	209.3	4
3	12	Vincent Guaresimo	Romeo	209.1	9
4	10	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	208.8	7
5	12	Aiden Moore	Battle Creek Lakeview	208.1	3
6	11	Ethan Powell	Northville	207.8	6
7	12	Tyler Donovan	Fraser	207.7	9
8	12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	Troy	206.3	8
9	12	Ty Parker	Walled Lake Northern	206.0	7
10	9	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	205.6	5
11	12	Seth Norder	Grand Haven	205.2	1
12	11	Seth Conner	Jenison	205.0	1
13	12	Vincent Peterson Sand	Ann Arbor Pioneer	204.8	5
14	12	Sebastian Ramirez	Royal Oak	204.3	7
15	12	Iain Forrest	Davison	203.9	4
16	12	Brandon Anderson	Dexter	203.5	4
17	12	Noah Selvaraj	Bay City Western	202.7	2
18	12	Pierce Grzymkowski	White Lake Lakeland	202.6	7
19	11	Alexander McArthur	Oxford	202.6	8
20	11	Taye Levenson	Bloomfield Hills	202.6	8
21	12	Eric Overdier	Ann Arbor Pioneer	202.5	5
22	12	Anirudh Krishnan	Plymouth	202.1	6
23	12	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	201.0	3
24	12	Luke Campbell	Brighton	199.9	4
25	11	Malcolm Speigle	Livonia Churchill	199.7	6
26	12	Evan Rice	Walled Lake Northern	199.7	7
27	12	Connor Clor	Romeo	199.3	9
28	10	Benjamin Hartigan	Northville	199.2	6
29	9	Jack MacGregor	Howell	199.1	4
30	12	Tyler Langley	Brighton	198.6	4

It’s that time! We’re back again with rankings, both for teams and individuals. Three weeks into the season, plenty of rust busted, times dropped, and a bit of clarity towards our top teams and athletes.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I’ll start the story with three teams/individuals this week, then expand in future weeks.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. It’ll be Division 4 first this week, then next week I think I’ll have enough stats to start on the Upper Peninsula, so they’ll go first.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Grand Rapids Christian

Conquered a strong field at Benzie then turned around and routed a very competitive OK White. Showing much strength early with frontrunners and depth, could very well put all five girls on the podium.

Otsego

Sadly, we won’t see the Bulldogs at a major Michigan invitational until Jackson, but when you have the opportunity to run at the legendary Detweiller Park, you take it. Their season is setting up very similarly to last year, a strong top four plus a solid fifth. Though it appears their 5^th spot might be improved from 2022.

Zeeland East

An easy victory in the OK Green was sandwiched between a 2^nd place in their division at Under the Lights and a 5^th at Bredeweg. Emma Drnek has come into her own this year, giving the Chix a formidable 1-2 combo.

Rank	Girls Team	Score	Region
1	Grand Rapids Christian	66	11
2	Otsego	236	13
3	Zeeland East	316	11
4	Goodrich	325	15
5	Frankenmuth	363	15
6	St. Joseph	409	13
7	St. Johns	412	14
8	East Grand Rapids	469	12
9	Spring Lake	487	11
10	DeWitt	509	14
11	Freeland	517	15
12	Ludington	535	10
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	613	12
14	Hudsonville Unity Christian	637	11
15	Petoskey	651	10
16	Alma	655	15
17	Croswell-Lexington	656	17
18	Owosso	668	14
19	Warren Regina	680	17
20	Dearborn Divine Child	697	16
21	Armada	733	17
22	Forest Hills Eastern	734	12
23	Chelsea	806	18
24	Linden	833	16
25	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	848	16
26	Haslett	872	14
27	Stevensville Lakeshore	893	13

Forest Hills Eastern

That’s two years in a row that the Hawks have put the state on notice with an Under the Lights masterpiece. All five scorers were sub-17 on that humid, late August night. With three of those capable of low-16’s or better, much pressure will be placed on other teams to close that gap.

Grand Rapids Christian

Saw FHE throw down the gauntlet on a Friday night, then woke up Saturday and decided to match it. Winners of Pete Moss by 88 points, then put seven guys in the top-16 at a star-filled OK White Jamboree.

East Grand Rapids

Still missing a piece, but those who have competed have had success. That could come in the form of an Alex Thole, who pulled a massive upset at Under the Lights or a Jack Edison, who navigated his way into the 16’s for the first time ever at the OK White Jamboree.

Rank	Boys Team	Score	Region
1	Forest Hills Eastern	155	12
2	Grand Rapids Christian	338	11
3	East Grand Rapids	373	12
4	Allendale	384	11
5	Alma	405	15
6	Marshall	409	12
7	Adrian	412	18
8	Otsego	485	13
9	Gladwin	515	10
10	Sparta	522	10
11	Yale	536	17
12	Plainwell	561	13
13	Frankenmuth	615	15
14	St. Clair	618	17
15	Petoskey	623	10
16	Battle Creek Harper Creek	643	12
17	Clio	691	15
18	Spring Lake	708	11
19	Hamilton	723	11
20	Flint Powers Catholic	734	15
21	Holland Christian	802	11
22	New Boston Huron	810	18
23	Chelsea	847	18
24	DeWitt	857	14
25	Parma Western	862	14
26	Shepherd	863	15
27	Freeland	864	15

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Gail Vaikutis

Her 18-flat at Lakeview was a massive personal best and over 80 seconds faster than her 2022 performance. In track, she was able to display great speed and now we’re witness to her strength.

Elena Figueroa

Right alongside Vaikutis at both their home invite and the PC Early Bird. Missed out on a great time at Lakeview, I hope for non-injury reasons. Regardless, her early season best is already an improvement from her sophomore year.

Ava Schafer

Adjusting very well to the high school scene. After taking her lumps with a second-place finish at Under the Lights, she’s ripped off two consecutive victories. All mid-18 efforts from this young freshman. The Redwings have some light racing in their future, so we’ll see how much she’s improved come late September at Shepherd.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	155.5	13
2	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	155.4	13
3	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	153.4	14
4	12	Meghan Ford	Mason	148.2	14
5	12	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	148.1	11
6	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	146.2	10
7	12	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	145.8	15
8	12	Naomi Nelson	Grand Rapids Christian	145.7	11
9	10	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	145.1	13
10	10	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	144.2	11
11	12	Allison Kuzma	Zeeland East	143.2	11
12	11	Summer Brower	Ludington	142.7	10
13	10	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	142.5	11
14	12	Jenna Pilachowski	Monroe Jefferson	141.2	18
15	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	140.4	11
16	9	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	139.8	16
17	11	Sophy Skeels	Adrian	139.7	18
18	9	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	139.5	15
19	12	Logan Brazee	Otsego	138.8	13
20	11	Natalia DeMea	Chelsea	138.6	18
21	10	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	136.3	15
22	11	Ava Crews	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	136.3	12
23	11	Eva Thompson	Croswell-Lexington	135.9	17
24	9	Johanna Mulder	Holland	135.9	11
25	11	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	135.3	16
26	11	Ezgi Kurt	Alma	134.4	15
27	12	Emma DeVries	GR West Michigan Aviation	134.3	12
28	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	134.0	12
29	12	Camille DeCola	Marshall	133.9	12
30	12	Payton Holtz	Grand Rapids Christian	132.9	11

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Connell Alford

Cross country is definitely his thing. Facing some fierce competition at Lamplighter, Connell laid down the hammer early en route to a large margin of victory.

TJ Hansen

Just continuing and building from his track accomplishments. 15:39 at Under the Lights was a personal best, 15:13 at John Bruder was a massive personal best. It’s a shame Freeland is on the smaller side of D2 schools, we sadly avoid a matchup with Evan Loughridge at Holly.

Evan Loughridge

Opener at Possum Hollow was a 20+ second win over a ton of talented D1 runners. He’ll be facing some potential D2 All-Staters this weekend at Holly.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Connell Alford	Chelsea	216.7	18
2	11	TJ Hansen	Freeland	215.2	15
3	12	Evan Loughridge	Pinckney	213.4	16
4	12	Alex Thole	East Grand Rapids	209.9	12
5	12	Nate Carmody	Haslett	205.5	14
6	12	Brendan Hoving	Forest Hills Eastern	205.2	12
7	12	Noah Lambers	Holland	205.1	11
8	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	204.8	12
9	12	Braylon Petty	Adrian	204.6	18
10	12	Gregory Janesak	Sparta	203.5	10
11	12	Logan Ruffner	Riverview	202.5	18
12	12	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	201.1	15
13	11	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child	201.1	16
14	11	Simon Triezenberg	Grand Rapids Christian	201.0	11
15	12	Caleb Palmreuter	Gladwin	200.9	10
16	12	Liam Hinman	Forest Hills Eastern	199.9	12
17	11	Kilian Whalen	Allendale	199.9	11
18	11	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	199.3	12
19	10	Owen Metzger	Sparta	199.0	10
20	11	Alex Doneth	Mason	198.9	14
21	11	Dylan Lydic	Haslett	198.8	14
22	10	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	198.7	12
23	11	Dominic Lowrie	Battle Creek Harper Creek	197.9	12
24	12	Nolan Pinion	Lake Fenton	195.8	16
25	12	Luke Glasgow	Spring Lake	194.9	11
26	11	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	194.8	15
27	11	Abatu Dykstra	Hamilton	194.4	11
28	11	Sullivan Zietlow	Three Rivers	194.2	13
29	9	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	194.2	15
30	12	Connor Griffith	Marshall	193.7	12