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The Top Tens: Division 4, #9

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The Past Three Years

2021

5th Place – GTC League
4th Place – Region 35

2020

2nd Place – GTC League
2nd Place – Pre-Region 69
4th Place – Region 35

2019

3rd Place – GTC East
16th Place – Thumb Area

Anything in Track?

Utah Gusa

2:24/5:00/10:38

1st Place – GTC East 1600/3200m
2nd Place – Region 40 3200m
4th Place – Region 40 1600m
1st Place – Daily Tribune 3200m
4th Place – Daily Tribune 1600m
7th Place – Thumb Meet of Champs 3200m
8th Place – Thumb Meet of Champs 1600m
19th Place – D4 State 3200m

Landon Dekoski

2:34/5:25/12:20

5th Place – GTC East 3200m
6th Place – GTC East 1600m
4th Place – Region 40 3200m

Jacob Messing

53.2/2:22

2nd Place – GTC East 400m
5th Place – Region 40 400m
2nd Place – Daily Tribune 400m

This track record might not look like much, but Hackett’s ranking relies on the addition of many freshmen. So let’s put it this way, in a sea of Division 1 & 2 feeder schools, the Hackett MS girls finished 2nd in the SAC Conference, 8th in MHSAA Zone 1, and 13th at Portage.

The Past Three Years

2021

5th Place – Region 32

2020

4th Place – Pre-Region 63
6th Place – Region 32

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Sydney Van Es

2:39/5:52/13:08

3rd Place – Region 34 1600m
4th Place – Region 34 800m

Theresa Keyte

14:01

8th Place – Region 34 3200m
5th Place – SAC 3200m

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  • Never Fold, it’s the Oak Park way, and for most of track season, I understood what that meant, but I didn’t KNOW what that meant until I saw Kylee’s performance at State
  • Owners of the last three state titles, but they needed every bit of Kylee’s points in order to defend their crowns, a 3rd place, a 5th place in the 800 wouldn’t have cut it
    • What does Kylee do? Puts about as serious a run as I’d seen someone make toward Julia Flynn this year, hitting a 2:10 (personal best) on the way to a second-place finish
    • Others may have folded, but on the big stage, Kylee didn’t. The meet didn’t go the Knights way, but even in those defeats you’re witness to big performances
  • It’s not as if that’s the only time Kylee has shown up in a major race, she’s been a part of multiple National and State title squads both in indoor and outdoor, while running for Motor City
  • Summer track tends to eat into cross country base training, but by the end of the season, she’s seemed to be right in the mix
    • Each of the past two years, she’s medaled at Oakland County, qualified for State, then placed in the top-50 of Division 1
  • Based on the gains from this spring and summer, she has a pretty high chance of repeating, heck, bettering those feats this fall
    • But I’m not gonna lie – I’m pumped to see what she does at Junior Olympics in another month

GradeNameTimeRatingMeetCourseDate
10Kylee King20:10.6120.1OAA Blue 1Memorial Park (Royal Oak)9-Sep
10Kylee King20:19.2128.6AverillPossum Hollow11-Sep
10Kylee King19:27.0141.0SpartanForest Akers17-Sep
10Kylee King20:08.5130.2Oakland CountyPossum Hollow9-Oct
10Kylee King19:32.9122.7Soter CraneBelle Isle12-Oct
10Kylee King24:09.348.2OAA Blue 3Hess Hathaway19-Oct
10Kylee King19:39.3132.66 Hudson MillsHudson Mills (North)30-Oct
10Kylee King18:57.0138.0D1 StateMIS6-Nov

GradeNameRatingMeetCourseDate
9Kylee King126.5HansonsFreedom Hill3-Oct
9Kylee King117.4Oakland CountyKensington10-Oct
9Kylee King124.5PR 15Novi HS24-Oct
9Kylee King126.9D1 Reg 8Chandler Park30-Oct
9Kylee King133.3D1 StateMIS6-Nov

  • It’s funny how momentum works
    • Wesley Hollowell comes onto the team and immediately produces results, Ty Nagy breaks 17:00 for the first time ever at Jackson, Alex Sullivan hits a season best – all of this leading up to Jared’s breakthrough performance at Portage
    • A 25 second personal best set up a championship season to remember for him and was a useful addition in Lakeland’s run toward a 3rd place finish at MIS
  • Read enough of these and you’ll notice themes that I’m drawn towards, Jared has a perfect encapsulation of continual progress
    • Sub-18 in his final race as a freshman, sub-17 near the end of his sophomore year, and finally sub-16 at State this year (projected 42nd going in, finished 25th)
  • If he keeps outperforming those expectations, he has a big senior year in store as a leader for the Lakeland squad

GradeNameTimeRatingMeetCourseDate
11Jared Platt17:28.7186.4MustangCass Benton31-Aug
11Jared Platt16:42.9185.7Ramblin’ RockWillow11-Sep
11Jared Platt16:18.8196.4PortagePortage West MS9-Oct
11Jared Platt16:56.2191.6LVC ChampionshipPossum Hollow21-Oct
11Jared Platt16:42.1197.07 Hess HathawayHess Hathaway30-Oct
11Jared Platt15:55.0199.7D1 StateMIS6-Nov
11Jared Platt16:04.7197.4MMOCShepherd HS13-Nov

GradeNameRatingMeetCourseDate
10Jared Platt158.7Lakeland/South LyonLakeland HS28-Aug
10Jared Platt162.7Lakeland/WLNLakeland HS3-Sep
10Jared Platt160.0Lakeland/WLCLakeland HS15-Sep
10Jared Platt162.3Lakeland/Waterford MottLakeland HS26-Sep
10Jared Platt161.7Lakeland/MilfordLakeland HS3-Oct
10Jared Platt170.3HighlanderHowell HS10-Oct
10Jared Platt170.3PR 13Kensington23-Oct
10Jared Platt173.8D1 Reg 7Clintonwood Park30-Oct

GradeNameRatingMeetCourse
9Jared Platt145.7MustangCass Benton
9Jared Platt149.8HollySpringfield Oaks
9Jared Platt158.9Lakes ValleyKensington

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  • Flashback to Summer 2020, I kept hearing about this Sebastian kid who would be a freshman at Royal Oak. Being the cynical, jaded, cautious man I am, I wanted to wait and see
  • Then the results started coming in, an 18:30 at the Hansons River Bends race, an 18:07 at Hess Hathaway, and the cautiousness had to fade – this kid is for real
  • That freshman year ended at Regionals, but his freshman track year ended up with a 2nd place in both the 1600 and 3200m at freshman Oakland County
    • And his 10:20 placed him 2nd on Royal Oak’s all-time freshman list, behind only the 9th grade state record holder
  • In his sophomore year of cross country, he had a little more success, qualifying for State, finishing top-10 in Oakland County, but once again track is where he really shined
  • He came up big on a regional day, needing to hit 9:36 with a previous best of 9:47, 72’s a necessity in a pressure cooker of a moment
    • Where others might have folded, he came through with a personal best and doubled back on that two weeks later
  • That ability to rise to the occasion will serve him well this year, where ol’ Sebas will be a contender for a few Oakland County crowns

GradeNameTimeRatingMeetCourseDate
10Sebastian Ramirez17:03.4189.9LamplighterFord Field20-Aug
10Sebastian Ramirez17:28.1186.6MustangCass Benton31-Aug
10Sebastian Ramirez17:07.8188.7OAA White 1Bloomer Park14-Sep
10Sebastian Ramirez16:35.8194.7HollySpringfield Oaks18-Sep
10Sebastian Ramirez16:45.3187.6JacksonSharp Park25-Sep
10Sebastian Ramirez17:02.1177.0OAA White 2Quickstad Park28-Sep
10Sebastian Ramirez17:02.1192.0Oakland CountyPossum Hollow9-Oct
10Sebastian Ramirez17:09.8178.4OAA White 3Hess Hathaway22-Oct
10Sebastian Ramirez17:40.6174.58 Chandler ParkChandler Park GC29-Oct
10Sebastian Ramirez16:56.9179.0D1 StateMIS6-Nov

GradeNameRatingMeetCourseDate
9Sebastian Ramirez151.7Royal Oak/Stoney CreekQuickstad Park9-Sep
9Sebastian Ramirez151.7Rochester/Royal OakBloomer Park15-Sep
9Sebastian Ramirez159.7Brother Rice/Royal OakHess Hathaway19-Sep
9Sebastian Ramirez152.3BH/ROQuickstad Park25-Sep
9Sebastian Ramirez160.3Athens/Royal OakQuickstad Park30-Sep
9Sebastian Ramirez168.6HansonsFreedom Hill3-Oct
9Sebastian Ramirez160.8Farmington/Royal OakQuickstad Park6-Oct
9Sebastian Ramirez171.9Oakland CountyKensington9-Oct
9Sebastian Ramirez165.5PR 16Metro Beach21-Oct
9Sebastian Ramirez168.7D1 Reg 8Chandler Park30-Oct

  • Lola (and Sophie) has been a consistent force on the cross country courses of the Greater Flint area for three years now
  • Throughout her career, you can name the race, she’s accomplished something there
    • SVL?
      • Top 3 each time, with a victory in 2020
    • Greater Flint?
      • Top 5 each time, with a victory in 2020
    • Regionals (Heritage or Mott)?
      • Top 10 each time, with victories in 2020 and 2021
  • Looking above, that 2020 season was astounding, but her State Meet and postseason showed progress even from then, improving in time at MIS (18:55 to 18:18), place at MIS (23rd to 13th), and personal best (18:03 to 18:01)
  • I know this spring didn’t go her way at all, but I’m confident come November, we’ll see her out in front yet again

GradeNameTimeRatingMeetCourseDate
11Lola Thomas19:32.1134.6A2 Early BirdHuron Meadows2-Sep
11Lola Thomas19:22.0144.4SVL South 1Carman-Ainsworth HS15-Sep
11Lola Thomas19:17.4142.5HollySpringfield Oaks18-Sep
11Lola Thomas19:19.1140.6Mott Fall ClassicHess Hathaway24-Sep
11Lola Thomas18:59.2140.9SVL South 2Cummings Center28-Sep
11Lola Thomas19:30.0131.0Coaching LegendsHuron Meadows2-Oct
11Lola Thomas18:45.1147.6Greater FlintCummings Center9-Oct
11Lola Thomas20:16.5139.5Kayla O’MaraGoodrich MS16-Oct
11Lola Thomas19:15.9139.7SVL ChampionshipFisher Trails20-Oct
11Lola Thomas19:14.0144.77 Hess HathawayHess Hathaway30-Oct
11Lola Thomas18:18.5150.8D1 StateMIS6-Nov
11Lola Thomas18:26.1149.0MMOCShepherd HS13-Nov

GradeNameRatingMeetCourseDate
10Lola Thomas145.5GoodrichGoodrich MS12-Sep
10Lola Thomas144.3Grand Blanc/HartlandJewell GC22-Sep
10Lola Thomas138.0SVL South 2Jewell GC29-Sep
10Lola Thomas150.1Greater FlintCummings Center10-Oct
10Lola Thomas155.9SVL ChampionshipCummings Center17-Oct
10Lola Thomas148.1PR 4Cummings Center24-Oct
10Lola Thomas153.2D1 Reg 2White Pine MS31-Oct
10Lola Thomas143.4D1 StateMIS6-Nov

GradeNameRatingMeetCourse
9Lola Thomas142.2A2 Fall PreviewHuron Meadows
9Lola Thomas129.9A2 Early BirdHuron Meadows
9Lola Thomas115.4HollySpringfield Oaks
9Lola Thomas128.5JacksonSharp Park
9Lola Thomas117.2Mott Fall ClassicHess Hathaway
9Lola Thomas129.6Greater FlintCummings Center
9Lola Thomas131.3Kayla O’MaraGoodrich MS
9Lola Thomas131.7SVLDelta College
9Lola Thomas124.72Delta College
9Lola Thomas126.2D1 StateMIS