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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
Milford		2nd of 18
Spartan	Elite	10th of 20
Mott Fall Classic		2nd of 21
Hansons		1st of 34
Oakland County		2nd of 35
OAA Red		1st of 6
Region 8		1st of 17
Division 1 State		4th of 27

Top Returners

Bryce Nowik

Read the writeup here!

Andrew Floros

In his nearly twenty races leading into his junior year, Andrew hit the 16-min. mark a grand total of zero times. During that junior year, he was there in almost 90% of his races.

Jaxson Nowik

Took an exceptionally good freshman track season and turned it into a sophomore cross season full of mid-16 efforts, grabbing All-County and top-100 at State.

Cayden DeGrendel

The State Finals may not have gone his way, but pretty much everything else in the ’22-’23 season had, including reducing his personal best from 18:20 to 16:32.

Joshua Ellingsworth

Busted out a sub-18 for the very first time, kicking off his October at the Hansons Invite. And the ball’s been rolling downhill since, ending up with a Oakland County 800m victory.

Braden Waechter

Sub-18 in his final three races and at the end of it all, knocked 75+ seconds off his freshman best.

Ryan Barnes

His fall was solid for a freshman, hovering around the 18’s all the way. Flashed a lil’ potential during track, not just barely creeping under 5:00, blasting through it with a 4:51.

Potential Newcomers

Blake Robison

May be a year away from contributing, but extra depth is never a bad thing. Consistently in the 12’s all year, then slipped under 12:00 in Zone 3.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
Bredeweg		5th of 19
Spartan	Elite	9th of 19
Allendale Falcon	Big	1st of 8
Portage	D1	10th of 31
OK Red Conference		2nd of 8
Region 1		3rd of 13
Division 1 State		10th of 28

Top Returners

Valerie Beeck

Continually impressed by her range and ability to mow people down. At Track State, it seemed like she caught at least 5 teams in her anchor leg that led to a school record.

Addy Smith

Gained considerable strength in the offseason, shifting her 1600m best from 5:34 to 5:22. Extrapolate that to cross and you have a girl capable of getting down under 19:00.

Cianah Budnik-Ramos

9^th grade year began in the 20-21 range, then ended with sub-20’s in two of her final three races. And let’s be honest, if MIS ran as fast as it used to, she’d have been well under it there too.

Abi Albright

Has come so far in such a small amount of time. 25:00 opener in the fall of ’21, already sub-20 as a sophomore. And if you take a peek at her track season, I think more improvement is in store.

Payton Hosley

Throughout her career, has put together 10+ sub-20 races and contributed at MIS to the Bucs last two top-15 finishes.

Gracey Barry

Gracey may not have run as quickly in 2022 as she did in 2021, but her contributions at the regional stage were much more meaningful, moving up from 60^th to 36^th.

Laurel Tolliver

Three consecutive years in the 20’s and just had her best 3200m season yet, hitting a new best of 12:18.

Lily Frendt

During both of her seasons, varsity for Grand Haven during their State Finals runs. Although her MIS performance last fall wasn’t as speedy as the previous one, she still raced into the 20’s as she did as a freshman.

Eleanore Mitchell

Another one of those junior girls who commenced their career in the 22-24 min. range but has ended the past two seasons in the mid-20 range.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 5^th Place – Division 2 State 1600m
• Region 12 1600m Champion
• 29^th Place – Division 2 State (XC)
• 5^th Place – Region 10 (XC)
• WMC Lakes 800m/1600m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
11	Sean Pettis	18:52.1	Fremont	179.6	WMC Lakes 1	13-Sep
11	Sean Pettis	17:34.5	Fremont	173.5	Spartan	16-Sep
11	Sean Pettis	18:11.2	Fremont	167.9	WMC Lakes 2	20-Sep
11	Sean Pettis	17:00.4	Fremont	175.2	Cougar Falcon	24-Sep
11	Sean Pettis	16:41.0	Fremont	182.3	Portage	8-Oct
11	Sean Pettis	17:56.9	Fremont	180.4	WMC Mega Jamboree	18-Oct
11	Sean Pettis	17:17.3	Fremont	176.6	Late Season Warrior	22-Oct
11	Sean Pettis	16:30.3	Fremont	188.2	Region 10	28-Oct
11	Sean Pettis	16:19.6	Fremont	194.5	Division 2 State	5-Nov
11	Sean Pettis	16:40.4	Fremont	179.2	MITCA	12-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
10	Sean Pettis	22:14.4	Fremont	114.9	Hesperia	25-Aug
10	Sean Pettis	19:13.4	Fremont	149.2	Hill and Bale	11-Sep
10	Sean Pettis	18:49.2	Fremont	148.3	Ludington	18-Sep
10	Sean Pettis	19:30.9	Fremont	132.7	CSAA Gold 1	21-Sep
10	Sean Pettis	18:14.8	Fremont	157.1	Cougar Falcon	25-Sep
10	Sean Pettis	19:35.7	Fremont	142.8	CSAA Gold 2	5-Oct
10	Sean Pettis	17:59.6	Fremont	162.8	Portage	9-Oct
10	Sean Pettis	19:41.8	Fremont	151.7	CSAA Gold Championship	19-Oct
10	Sean Pettis	17:58.5	Fremont	162.8	Region 10	29-Oct
10	Sean Pettis	17:25.2	Fremont	168.9	Division 2 State	6-Nov
Grade	Name		Team	Rating	Meet	Date
9	Sean Pettis		Fremont	126.3	Hill Bale	12-Sep
9	Sean Pettis		Fremont	95.8	CSAA Gold 1	22-Sep
9	Sean Pettis		Fremont	141.3	Bulldog Elite	3-Oct
9	Sean Pettis		Fremont	100.7	CSAA Gold 2	6-Oct
9	Sean Pettis		Fremont	139.3	Bengals	9-Oct

The Rundown

Sean took a year off from running the 1600m and came back a changed man. As a freshman back in 2021, he stayed on the north side of 5:00, nearly breaking through, a satisfactory season from any freshman. After a two-year hiatus, replete with many 400s and 800s, he came back to the four lap race and scorched the West Michigan earth. First 4:45 opener, then 4:39, then 4:36, 4:30, 4:24, 4:23, and finishing the year with a 4:17 best at State. Perhaps it’s made more impressive by the two-year gap, but I don’t care, going from 5:01 to 4:17 shows that the Fremont work ethic is alive, well, and always present. He can hold his own on the course too, nabbing one of the final All-State spots this past autumn. Though I believe this spring has shown that he’s capable of improving greatly upon that 29^th place D2 finish.