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Last Year

SUMMER PREVIEW

MID-SEASON

REGIONAL PROJECTIONS

THE RESULT

Girls

1. Brighton (5^th)
2. Ann Arbor Skyline (7^th)
3. Dexter (21^st)

Boys

1. Ann Arbor Skyline (21^st)
2. Brighton (3^rd)
3. Dexter (22^nd)

Top 27 Teams

Previous years had top-25 teams, but there’s 27 (and sometimes more) team qualifiers and what does it hurt to add another two?

Girls

Brighton (4^th), Dexter (13^th), Hartland (23^rd), Fenton (26^th)

Boys

Brighton (Top 2), Dexter (22^nd), Davison (24^th)

(If your team isn’t listed in the images above or the scores below, you probably don’t have five returners, at least on ol’ athletic.net. I’m sure many of these teams will fill out their rosters by late October)

Projected Scores

Place	Girls Team	Score
1	Brighton	24
2	Dexter	76
3	Hartland	102
4	Fenton	109
5	Davison	138
6	Grand Blanc	144
7	Holly	200
8	Ann Arbor Skyline	210
9	Lapeer	239
10	Flushing	279
11	Howell	301
12	Swartz Creek	392
13	Jackson	403

Place	Boys Team	Score
1	Brighton	37
2	Dexter	94
3	Davison	102
4	Howell	109
5	Flushing	111
6	Hartland	139
7	Ann Arbor Skyline	147
8	Holly	259
9	Grand Blanc	260
10	Fenton	299
11	Swartz Creek	316
12	Lapeer	325
13	Jackson	399
14	Flint Carman-Ainsworth	470

Top Runners

I’m making a slight change for the Division 1 folks. Previous regional writeups had the top finishers, even if they were mentioned in the Top 10’s or 50 Tickets. Because so many Division 1 kids make up the top 50 returners (which makes sense, since D1 covers about 60% of the state), I’ll write about a few returners beyond those 50. This will hopefully extend a bit more coverage towards more deserving athletes. Some of the 50 have been covered, others will get their own post. Check the Summer Preview page or keep checking back until Thursday for those.

Lydia LaMarra, Brighton

After a great close to her cross season, showed her strength in the longer distances during track. Her 11:21.82 baaarely qualified for State, but qualified nonetheless. Lydia was one of three freshman girls to compete in the 3200m at Division 1 State.

Alena Blumberg, Dexter

From her freshman to sophomore year, moved up 10 ten spots at both the SEC Championship and here in Region 4, both good enough to win the bronze at each. Though neither ascent was as great as hers at the State Finals, where going from 69^th to 18^th emitted an All-State certificate.

Grace Tykocki, Grand Blanc

Another one of these rare cases where she runs one of her fastest races at State. Most these days succumb to a slightly slower course, Grace rises to the occasion. As a freshman, that was to the tune of a 50 sec. PB, during her sophomore year, that was nearly matching her regional effort.

Annabel O’Haver, Dexter

After Holly, her week-to-week improvement was staggering. A 20:12 on the rolling hills and sharp turns at Springfield Oaks gave way to a 19:14 at Jackson, which eventually led to a few sub-19’s late.

Elle Bissett, Brighton

Before her great improvement during track, had established a cross resume containing two years of sub-20’s.

Allison Mayer, Ann Arbor Skyline

Allison was everywhere in the spring, from the Lab in late March to the large screens at Hayward Field. And in between was a season where she set personal bests in the 1600m and 3200m, subtracting 30 sec. from her sophomore best in the latter.

Luke Campbell, Brighton

Following in the footsteps of his brother Jack, who was a mid-16 runner for much of his career as well. Gained valuable experience last fall, running his first State Finals race and placing in the top-15 in the KLAA.

James Latstetter, Flushing

Etched his name into my mind back in March with a 9:45 opener at SVSU. Ended his spring season with 3^rd places in the FML and Region 1, qualifying for State from the latter.

Tyler Brock, Brighton

His first ten freshman performances were above 20:00, two of his final three sophomore performances were sub-17.

Brady Millington, Brighton

I’m gonna be honest, thinking back to last cross season, I wouldn’t have known who Brady was. But he’s on my radar now, largely thanks to two sub-9:50 efforts during the spring.

Noah DeLand, Howell

I’ve been watching Howell slowly move their way up these past few years, with Noah being at the forefront as of late. His finishing stretch last year contained three sub-17’s and a top-20 placing here, a far stretch from the kid who was 48^th as a sophomore.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW





2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
Pete Moss	Medium	2nd of 15
Red Devil	Small	1st of 7
Northwood		3rd of 14
Ottawa Hills	Session 1	4th of 19
Cadillac	Gold	5th of 10
Bluejay	Elite	17th of 25
Portage	D3	3rd of 35
LMC Championship		1st of 7
Northern Michigan	Small	1st of 8
Region 19		1st of 12
Division 3 State		2nd of 28



Top Returners

Josh Slocum

Waiting until October to get his season started, Josh quickly reacquainted himself to the cross courses,

Tucker Krumm

This marks three consecutive years that he’s been in the mid-10’s during TCSF’s 2 mile time trial. Each of the past two years have resulted in top-5 regional finishes and sub-17 efforts.

Riley Pattinson

Compare between the years. His freshman year concluded with the East Jordan PROM, running a respectable 19:10. A year later? Sub-17, top-10 finish, his season lasting one week longer.

Lewis Walter

Gotta love the Glads throwing results on athleticnet early in the year for me (and Tanner) to dissect. Lewis ran nearly 40 sec. faster than last year, a year where he placed 5^th in the LMC.

Owen Read

Fostered the ability to compete with strength this spring. A 10:18 3200m placed third in the LMC and was close to a minute faster than his freshman form.

Robby Myler

Nearly halved his place at the LMC, cutting it down from 25^th to 13^th, slicing nearly 50 sec. off his freshman best time.

Potential Newcomers

William Ready

Established himself as one of the better incoming freshmen in Northern Michigan by winning the Northern Michigan Meet of Champs 3200m.

Dex Nance

A bit inconsistent, but performed his best come later in the season. Sub-12 at Shepherd and another low-12 result at Zone 7.

Joseph Carlson

We have a transfer, folks! Joseph may not be an immediate impact, but he has championship experience, placing All-State in the UP Division 3 1600m, 3200m, and in XC.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW





2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
Pete Moss	Medium	3rd of 18
Red Devil	Large	1st of 5
Ottawa Hills	Session 1	4th of 17
Kalkaska		1st of 5
Cadillac	Blue	1st of 15
Bluejay	Jays	1st of 17
Mancelona	Large	1st of 9
LMC Championship		2nd of 7
Northern Michigan	Small	2nd of 7
Region 19		2nd of 10
Division 3 State		8th of 26



Top Returners

Brynn Schulte

Freshman year contained wins at Kalkaska, Mancelona, and the Mud Run. Also top-finishes in championship races, all 3^rd’s at Northern Michigan, Region 19, and the LMC.

Anna Pray

Established herself in the 800m this spring, clearly a fan of excruciating pain over 2.5 minutes. Actually, she was a bit below that 2.5 min. mark, having closed her season with six consecutive sub-2:30’s, including a 12^th place finish in Division 3.

Kendall Standfest

Multi-sport star trended downwards as the season rolled along. After opening with a 21:53 at Pete Moss, Kendall subtracted two full minutes from that by the time she left East Jordan in late October.

Hunter Schellenbarger

Hunter’s progress from her freshman to sophomore year unlocked the Elks quest towards a top team. She leap frogged much of the 21’s and all of the 20’s on her path to a 19:55 and 10^th place finish at East Jordan.

Jaida Schulte

’22 season featured her first top-100 finish at MIS and a 30 sec. improvement at Region 19, heading well into the 20’s.

Eva Pray

Moved down in a few different manners. One, in terms of place: from 27^th to 17^th in the LMC and 27^th to 22^nd in Region 19. Then in terms of seconds, running 22:06 at that region in 2021 to 21:09 this past fall.

Joelle Swanson

Incredibly consistent in her first year running the 5k. Nearly all of her efforts were in the 21’s and even those that weren’t, were juuuust barely above 22:00.