Quite a capper to our 2021 season, with 7(!) Michiganders competing at Eastbay (FootLocker), and Riley Hough capturing the 10th individual title from one of us. With the season coming to an end, I figured to put out a very early 2022 ranking.

What these rankings include:

• 2021’s final ratings, eliminating seniors

What these rankings don’t include:

• Projected improvement from year to year
• Incoming freshmen
• Indoor track/outdoor track
• Teams moving up/down divisions

The above factors will be taken into account come summer.

For now, keep refreshing the courses and past seasons tabs. I’ve been going back through previous seasons, rating each course throughout the years, hopefully to provide a bit more history and higher accuracy in the future.

If you want to compare last year’s Way Too Early Rankings to what occurred this fall, here you go:

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4

DIVISION 4

BOYS

GIRLS

DIVISION 3

BOYS

GIRLS

DIVISION 2

BOYS

GIRLS

DIVISION 1

BOYS

GIRLS

OVERALL

BOYS

GIRLS

How Are Speed Ratings Calculated?

Girls Adjustment: +7
Boys Adjustment: +3

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Julia Flynn	17:17.4	Traverse City Central	171.9
12	Madison Foster	17:47.8	Temperance Bedford	161.7
9	Lucy Cook	17:49.0	Rochester	161.3
12	Madelyn Frens	17:50.5	Grand Rapids Christian	160.8
9	Jessica Jazwinski	17:57.8	Hart	158.4
12	Lisa Luecke	17:59.9	Allen Park	157.7
11	Allie Arnsman	18:08.4	Grandville	154.9
10	Mary Richmond	18:09.0	Frankenmuth	154.7
10	Jayden Harberts	18:09.6	Macomb Dakota	154.5
10	Meghan Ford	18:09.9	Mason	154.4
10	Natalie VanOtteren	18:12.1	Grand Rapids Christian	153.6
10	Alexandra Brigham	18:19.3	Clarkston	151.2
11	Annika Sandman	18:20.5	Lowell	150.8
–	Kaylie Livingston	18:21.0	Whitmore Lake	150.7
12	Madi Szymanski	18:21.7	Alpena	150.4
12	Chloe Wall	18:21.8	Waterford Kettering	150.4
12	Audrianna Enns	18:24.9	Hart	149.4
11	Lola Thomas	18:26.1	Grand Blanc	149.0
10	Madison Osterberg	18:26.9	Jackson Lumen Christi	148.7
12	Meghan Beute	18:30.4	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	147.5
10	Mariah Belmont	18:30.7	Macomb Dakota	147.4
12	Adit Dau	18:30.9	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	147.4
12	Noel Vanderwall	18:31.8	Petoskey	147.1
11	Madison Clor	18:33.7	Romeo	146.4
10	Ava King	18:36.2	Traverse City West	145.6
10	Alyson Enns	18:37.5	Hart	145.2
12	Haley Deighan	18:39.7	Birmingham Seaholm	144.4
10	Aiden Harrand	18:41.0	Buckley	144.0
11	Mackenzie Wright	18:44.3	Howell	142.9
12	Katie Carothers	18:44.5	Brighton	142.8
10	Selma Anderson	18:45.1	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	142.6
9	Isabelle Becker	18:46.0	Bay City Western	142.3
11	Sophia Thomas	18:46.2	Grand Blanc	142.3
12	Lauren Sancrant	18:48.2	Temperance Bedford	141.6
12	Mara Longenecker	18:49.7	Freeland	141.1
9	Ashley Sobczynski	18:50.2	Holly	140.9
9	Mallory Bigelow	18:53.0	Oxford	140.0
12	Makenna Scott	18:53.7	Maple City Glen Lake	139.8
10	Alexis Ball	18:53.9	Traverse City Central	139.7
8	Gwen VanSweden	18:54.0	Grand Rapids Public	139.7
11	Genavieve Kushner-Lopez	18:54.2	Walled Lake Western	139.6
9	Whitney Werner	18:54.5	Pewamo-Westphalia	139.5
9	Presley Allen	18:54.9	Mendon	139.4
11	Anna Delgado	18:55.9	East Lansing	139.0
12	Julia Finley	18:56.9	Belding	138.7
11	Allison Cornell	18:59.0	Forest Hills Northern	138.0
10	Allison Kuzma	18:59.7	Zeeland East	137.8
12	Faith Smith	19:00.0	Jackson Lumen Christi	137.7
12	Maggie Duba	19:00.2	Grand Rapids West Catholic	137.6
12	Sarah Storey	19:01.5	Remus Chippewa Hills	137.2
12	Mackenzie Hill	19:02.0	Plainwell	137.0
12	Kate Jenkins	19:02.4	Bloomfield Hills	136.9
10	Ella Showerman	19:02.6	South Lyon East	136.8
10	Ella Christensen	19:03.3	Northville	136.6
10	CamBrie Corey	19:05.5	Petoskey	135.8
9	Cassie Garcia	19:05.9	Northville	135.7
9	Lila Volkers	19:07.1	Kent City	135.3
12	Leanne Krombeen	19:08.6	Grandville Calvin Christian	134.8
12	Molly Harding	19:10.6	Manton	134.1
10	Alisia Olteanu	19:12.4	Walled Lake Western	133.5
8	Bella LaFountain	19:12.5	St. Charles	133.5
10	Katie Watkins	19:13.2	H.H. Dow	133.3
12	Sarah Coyne	19:13.3	Plymouth	133.2
10	Addison Johnson	19:14.1	Utica	133.0
10	Naomi Nelson	19:14.2	Grand Rapids Christian	132.9
11	Ava Maginity	19:15.9	Boyne City	132.4
11	Sarah Dixon	19:16.3	Forest Hills Eastern	132.2
11	Emma Netzel	19:16.4	Holt	132.2
12	Malarie Pinwar	19:17.3	Mt. Pleasant	131.9
12	Amanda McGill	19:17.5	Dexter	131.8
11	Maya Guikema	19:18.1	Jenison	131.6
12	Eliza Phares	19:18.6	Portage Central	131.5
11	Jacie Remtema	19:18.7	Highland-Milford	131.4
10	Carrigan Eberly	19:21.3	Brighton	130.6
10	Addison Washler	19:21.7	Forest Hills Eastern	130.4
11	Rebekah Asselin	19:22.2	Temperance Bedford	130.3
10	Mylie Kelly	19:23.1	Benzie Central	130.0
12	Caroline Farley	19:23.5	Petoskey	129.8
12	Whitney Farrell	19:24.4	Freeland	129.5
12	Lily Mataway	19:24.5	Flint Powers Catholic	129.5
12	Lily Strelecki	19:26.6	Jenison	128.8
10	Nikki Carothers	19:27.0	Brighton	128.7
10	Emily Tomes	19:27.6	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	128.5
12	Riley Mullen	19:29.7	St. Joseph	127.8
11	Ellory Clason	19:31.3	Forest Hills Eastern	127.2
9	Sydney Roberts	19:35.4	H.H. Dow	125.9
10	Ashlyn Smith	19:37.4	Forest Hills Eastern	125.2
12	Grace Jenkins	19:38.3	Bloomfield Hills	124.9
–	Olivia Vanderwey	19:38.5	Capital Homeschool	124.8
11	Mackenzie Lemke	19:39.8	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	124.4
12	Kendall Schopieray	19:40.0	Cadillac	124.3
10	Sophia Lado	19:41.5	East Grand Rapids	123.8
11	Erika Van Loton	19:41.5	Huron Valley Lutheran	123.8
12	Grace Zdankiewicz	19:41.8	Warren Regina	123.7
12	Emily Reeves	19:43.9	Mattawan	123.0
11	Kathleen Venhuizen	19:44.6	Traverse City Central	122.8
9	Ava Crews	19:44.9	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	122.7
12	Ava Genovese	19:47.3	Coloma	121.9
12	Rylee Tolson	19:47.4	Stockbridge	121.9
12	Nicole Olivieri	19:48.1	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	121.6
11	Meagan Verellen	19:48.4	Utica	121.5
10	Madelyn Gordon	19:49.1	Walled Lake Northern	121.3
10	Megan Kowalski	19:49.4	Brighton	121.2
11	Mya Orner	19:49.9	Temperance Bedford	121.0
9	Ellie Schenkelberger	19:51.3	Traverse City Central	120.6
12	Elliott Smith	19:52.1	Traverse City West	120.3
12	Ari Pontoni	19:52.7	Battle Creek Lakeview	120.1
10	Ava Teed	19:52.9	Allen Park Cabrini	120.0
11	Emma Janesak	19:52.9	Sparta	120.0
–	Serena Kessler	19:53.7	Ann Arbor Skyline	119.8
10	Izzy Fazio	19:55.5	Forest Hills Northern	119.2
12	Brooke Myers	19:57.4	Forest Hills Northern	118.5
10	Nora O’Leary	19:58.1	Petoskey	118.3
12	Madeline Richman	19:58.8	Utica	118.1
11	Maggie Otto	19:59.3	Jenison	117.9
9	Alanna Clague	20:00.7	Portage Central	117.4
9	Kyah Hoffman	20:00.7	Stanton Central Montcalm	117.4
12	Emma Collison	20:01.1	Highland-Milford	117.3
–	Ambria Nagel	20:01.4	Bay City Western	117.2
10	Paige Herron	20:03.2	Caro	116.6
12	Rachael Sierakowski	20:03.7	Ithaca	116.4
10	Jaclyn Garvey	20:05.5	Grand Blanc	115.8
12	Amanda Meninga	20:09.4	Mason	114.5
10	Amanda Williams	20:10.4	Portage Central	114.2
12	Amanda Felstow	20:11.0	Romeo	114.0
12	Lexi Deighan	20:12.3	Birmingham Seaholm	113.6
10	Viktoria Bloniarz	20:13.9	Monroe	113.0
10	Kennedy Roskopp	20:13.9	Warren Regina	113.0
12	Reese Powers	20:14.2	Marysville	112.9
8	Linnea Paige	20:14.5	Fremont	112.8
11	Anna Gdowski	20:14.8	Northville	112.7
11	Carolyn Bennett	20:16.3	North Muskegon	112.2
10	Lauren Fox	20:17.9	Walled Lake Northern	111.7
11	Madeleine Hill	20:18.3	Saranac	111.6
9	Eliza Keith	20:18.8	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	111.4
10	Jenna Sweeney	20:21.9	Reese	110.4
9	Violet Hrabovsky	20:22.0	Romeo	110.3
11	Ava Rawley	20:23.1	Utica	110.0
12	Maddie Hanulcik	20:24.4	Ionia	109.5
7	Ava Goodman	20:27.8	Hartland – Ore Creek	108.4
12	Hannah McComas	20:28.1	Dexter	108.3
10	Annalise Elliott	20:28.4	Cedar Springs	108.2
12	Katie Edison	20:30.0	East Grand Rapids	107.7
10	Mia Czarnowski	20:30.2	Walled Lake Northern	107.6
11	Grace Wessel	20:30.6	MACH	107.5
12	Gabriella Wingard	20:31.1	North Muskegon	107.3
10	Liliana Lehnst	20:32.3	Ithaca	106.9
12	Jessica Jarski	20:32.8	Warren Regina	106.7
12	Alice Roberson	20:34.4	Mt. Pleasant	106.2
12	Carly Judge	20:34.9	Shepherd	106.0
10	Trilian Krug	20:35.2	Chelsea	105.9
10	Kate Varitek	20:35.3	Dexter	105.9
12	Emma Moore	20:35.4	Pinckney	105.9
10	Morgan Newton	20:38.1	Croswell-Lexington	105.0
11	Lindsay Harvey	20:38.1	Macomb Dakota	105.0
12	Sarah Greb	20:39.0	Romeo	104.7
12	Chelsea Harvey	20:39.9	Macomb Dakota	104.4
10	Samantha Coots	20:41.3	Clinton	103.9
12	Amelia Kerschke	20:43.7	Mason	103.1
11	Emelia MacDonald	20:45.2	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	102.6
12	Alyson Kelly	20:46.1	Linden	102.3
9	Kaya Vrable	20:50.4	Caro	100.9
–	Kamryn Salladay	20:53.2	Battle Creek Lakeview	99.9
12	Kaitlyn Thomas	20:53.5	Battle Creek Lakeview	99.8
9	Grace Tykocki	20:54.2	Grand Blanc	99.6
12	Ashley Mitchell	20:54.6	Dexter	99.5
12	Kierra Flegel	20:58.1	Kent City	98.3
9	Ayla Balazer	20:58.5	Ann Arbor Skyline	98.2
10	Isabel Hanson	20:58.5	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	98.2
10	Olivia Giza	21:00.6	Goodrich	97.5
10	Samantha Shaver	21:01.8	Grand Blanc	97.1
10	Natalie Meadows	21:02.2	Whitmore Lake	96.9
–	Clara Krupp	21:02.5	New Lothrop	96.8
10	Amelia Thompson	21:02.9	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	96.7
12	Melanie Shelt	21:04.5	Walled Lake Northern	96.2
11	Jenna Denver	21:04.9	Imlay City	96.0
12	Madeline Heinrichs	21:05.0	Temperance Bedford	96.0
12	Aubrey Putman	21:05.3	Reese	95.9
10	Ava Kurczewski	21:05.5	Walled Lake Northern	95.8
–	Averie Stefanovsky	21:06.1	Caro	95.6
11	Chloe Colton	21:06.3	Manton	95.6
11	Hayley Heinrich	21:07.8	Zeeland East	95.1
12	Rachael Barone	21:07.9	Jenison	95.0
12	Elise Elliot	21:09.4	Highland-Milford	94.5
12	Emalee Postma	21:10.2	Zeeland East	94.3
11	Abby Fifield	21:10.6	Utica	94.1
10	Remington Arney	21:11.6	Newaygo	93.8
10	Cylee Elkins	21:13.1	Clinton	93.3
12	Lydia VandenBerg	21:15.2	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	92.6
11	Emma Bushroe	21:16.3	Temperance Bedford	92.2
12	Elizabeth Scharer	21:17.5	Adrian Lenawee Christian	91.8
–	Elodie Weaver	21:17.9	Whitmore Lake	91.7
10	Ava Hollandsworth	21:18.7	Remus Chippewa Hills	91.4
7	Clara Kaczor	21:20.3	Freeland	90.9
–	Quinn Hatfield	21:24.7	Remus Chippewa Hills	89.4
	Angelina Bauer	21:26.1	Saugatuck	89.0
7	Siene Muraszewski	21:28.2	Utica	88.3
12	Marielle Hatfield	21:32.6	Lake Fenton	86.8
12	Sarah Zamaites	21:34.2	Elk Rapids	86.3
10	Rachael Walch	21:37.4	Caro	85.2
9	Kayla Williams	21:39.2	DeWitt	84.6
12	Riley Hacker	21:40.1	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	84.3
12	Allison Galsterer	21:42.2	Reese	83.6
12	Lily Heath	21:47.4	Allen Park Cabrini	81.9
9	Norah Lesner	21:48.9	Utica	81.4
10	Hannah Lewis	21:49.5	Zeeland East	81.2
7	Sophia Buzzelli	21:49.8	Clare	81.1
12	Haley Bendele	21:54.7	Shepherd	79.4
9	Ava Iverson	21:55.7	Benzie Central	79.1
9	Kennedi Wahmhoff	21:57.7	Manton	78.4
9	Morgan Ashcroft	21:59.3	DeWitt	77.9
12	Brooke Sweeney	21:59.8	Reese	77.7
–	Isabella Kroll	22:02.2	Manchester	76.9
10	Samantha Wogaman	22:04.6	Grand Blanc	76.1
12	Rachel Musser	22:05.3	Bay City Western	75.9
12	McKenna Marsh	22:06.6	Manchester	75.5
10	Kaitlyn Miller	22:07.6	Frankenmuth	75.1
12	Kaitelyn Walker	22:08.7	Stockbridge	74.8
10	Celia Begosso	22:16.3	Ann Arbor Skyline	72.2
–	Audrie Gilin	22:18.6	Flint Powers Catholic	71.5
12	Audrey DeSchryver	22:19.5	Forest Hills Northern	71.2
11	Brooklyn Whiteford	22:23.1	Kalkaska	70.0
12	Sidney Streetman	22:24.5	Dexter	69.5
10	Zoe Zeiser	22:24.7	Utica	69.4
11	Allison Hilts	22:25.0	Portage Central	69.3
–	Peytyn Bates	22:25.7	Hillsdale Academy	69.1
12	Kaitriss Degroft	22:25.8	Remus Chippewa Hills	69.1
10	Sofia Berlanga	22:27.2	Midland	68.6
11	Natalie Malczyk	22:29.4	Huron Valley Lutheran	67.9
12	Isabel VanDusen	22:33.5	Cedar Springs	66.5
10	Alexandra Kirshman	22:34.8	Walled Lake Northern	66.1
10	Samantha LaFountain	22:36.7	Monroe St. Mary CC	65.4
12	Laura Belding	22:42.7	DeWitt	63.4
10	Allison Jones	22:45.8	Walled Lake Northern	62.4
10	Gabby Fernandez	22:48.3	Warren Regina	61.6
10	Kennedi Wood	22:48.6	Sparta	61.5
8	Izabelle LaLone	22:50.3	Ithaca	60.9
11	Lauren Brawt	22:51.3	Sanford-Meridian	60.6
7	Makinna Foglesong	22:55.6	Ithaca	59.1
12	Kylea Braman	22:56.1	Ithaca	59.0
12	Madison Golliver	23:10.2	Cedar Springs	54.3
11	Kaylee Aultman	23:13.9	Coleman	53.0
11	Chloe Sprague	23:14.0	Dexter	53.0
10	Kaitlyn Hatfield	23:19.2	Lake Fenton	51.3
8	Izzy Szymanski	23:21.3	Thunder Bay MS	50.6
12	Meghan Boyle	23:23.7	Birmingham Seaholm	49.8
10	Kaelyn Craddock	23:23.9	Mason	49.7
12	Callie DeVries	23:24.4	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	49.5
10	Samantha Bloch	23:26.6	Walled Lake Northern	48.8
9	Evie Culver	23:26.8	Frankenmuth	48.7
12	Grace Staniforth	23:29.8	Muskegon Catholic Central	47.7
10	Brooklyn Shutko	23:30.9	Yale	47.4
7	Lydia Rasmus	23:37.5	Saranac	45.2
11	Hannah Hillary	23:40.3	East Grand Rapids	44.2
–	Brooklyn Porter	23:41.7	Battle Creek Lakeview	43.8
6	Bridget Fullerton	23:42.1	Western	43.6
9	Olivia Gartrell	23:45.2	Davison	42.6
	Rhianna Armstrong	23:45.4	Mt. Pleasant MS	42.5
12	Joanna Wallace	23:47.7	Pinckney	41.8
10	Emmalee Springer	23:48.9	Belding	41.4
9	Sarah Olszewski	23:50.4	Clio	40.9
12	Catherine Leahy	23:50.6	Elk Rapids	40.8
–	Lexi Hatfield	23:52.6	Remus Chippewa Hills	40.1
12	Grace Rennells	23:58.3	Muskegon Catholic Central	38.2
–	Skylar Maclennan	24:01.3	Fulton	37.2
12	Rainey Schreiber	24:02.2	Remus Chippewa Hills	36.9
9	Alexa Cleary	24:02.8	Frankenmuth	36.7
	Mya Castellon	24:10.9	Mt. Pleasant MS	34.0
12	Emma Adler	24:13.7	DeWitt	33.1
10	Keira Curneal	24:16.5	Kalkaska	32.2
10	Karis Keith	24:31.0	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	27.3
–	Raigan Gingras	24:42.0	Parma Western	23.7
10	Gabriella Mezei	24:56.7	Mt. Pleasant	18.8
12	Joy Swanson	25:04.3	Pinckney	16.2
10	Holly Corteville	25:06.0	Walled Lake Northern	15.7
–	Isabella Reimers	25:12.8	Manchester	13.4
10	Leah Kroge	25:24.1	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	9.6
12	Bekah Etherington	25:41.7	Pinckney	3.8
12	Maddie Adler	25:45.4	DeWitt	2.5

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Riley Hough	15:08.5	Hartland	216.2
12	Caleb Jarema	15:20.4	Pinckney	212.2
12	Luke Venhuizen	15:25.2	Traverse City Central	210.6
12	Jack Kelke	15:27.2	Romeo	209.9
12	Garrett Winter	15:34.2	Parchment	207.6
12	Owen Sharnas	15:36.1	Romeo	207.0
12	Noah Morrow	15:36.5	Manton	206.8
12	Owen Johnson	15:37.3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	206.6
12	Parker Lambers	15:38.5	Holland Christian	206.2
11	Nicholas Negru	15:41.0	Walled Lake Central	205.3
12	Brady McArdle	15:41.2	Davison	205.3
12	Ben Zwart	15:41.7	Grand Rapids Christian	205.1
11	Lezawe Osterink	15:49.2	The Potter’s House	202.6
12	Matthew Zeleke	15:56.8	East Lansing	200.1
12	Ethan Leitner	15:57.9	Tecumseh	199.7
12	Klay Grant	15:59.4	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	199.2
12	Matthew Crowley	15:59.5	Midland	199.2
12	Tyler Guggemos	16:00.9	Kalkaska	198.7
12	Clayton Kuiper	16:01.1	Lake Orion	198.6
12	Easton Williams	16:01.2	Highland-Milford	198.6
12	Caden Meyer	16:01.9	Zeeland East	198.4
11	Kyle Eberhard	16:02.0	Linden	198.3
12	Owen Swisher	16:02.1	Livonia Churchill	198.3
10	Jesse Carson	16:02.6	Capital Homeschool	198.1
12	Joey Taverna	16:03.6	Clarkston	197.8
11	Jared Platt	16:04.7	White Lake Lakeland	197.4
11	Joe Muha	16:06.1	Traverse City Central	197.0
12	Blake Chipman	16:07.6	Flushing	196.5
12	Tinsae Nelson	16:08.2	Grand Rapids Christian	196.3
11	William Winter	16:08.9	Parchment	196.0
11	Jordan Domany	16:09.0	Caledonia	196.0
12	Jackson Jones	16:10.5	Sparta	195.5
11	Jonah Hochstetler	16:10.6	Traverse City West	195.5
11	Micah Bauer	16:10.8	Traverse City Central	195.4
12	Quinn Cullen	16:12.0	Brighton	195.0
12	River Meckstroth	16:12.6	Linden	194.8
10	Braylon Petty	16:12.7	Adrian	194.8
11	Joey Bowman	16:13.9	St. Johns	194.4
12	Kenny Minto	16:14.8	Davison	194.1
12	Alex Sullivan	16:15.3	White Lake Lakeland	193.9
11	Logan Detweiler	16:15.4	Grosse Pointe South	193.9
12	Josiah Magley	16:15.4	Ionia	193.9
12	Alexander Ortiz	16:16.1	Temperance Bedford	193.6
12	Gabriel Phillips	16:17.7	Clio	193.1
11	Luke Butler	16:18.5	Monroe	192.8
12	Brett Leidal	16:19.3	Detroit Catholic Central	192.6
11	Aiden Smith	16:19.6	Adrian	192.5
10	Brandon Anderson	16:20.0	Dexter	192.3
12	Isaac Stone	16:21.1	Traverse City West	192.0
12	Sam Yeager	16:21.9	Forest Hills Central	191.7
12	Michael Dennis	16:22.0	St. Johns	191.7
12	Josh Oom	16:22.3	Caledonia	191.6
11	Colin Graham	16:22.5	Rockford	191.5
11	Seth Pianga	16:22.8	Livonia Churchill	191.4
10	Alex Thole	16:24.1	East Grand Rapids	191.0
10	Connor Clor	16:24.5	Romeo	190.8
12	Hong Bing Tang	16:25.9	Lake Orion	190.4
12	James Harrison	16:26.3	Saline	190.2
–	Sam Peterson	16:26.7	Charlevoix	190.1
11	Parks Allen	16:27.1	Ithaca	190.0
12	Jacob Singleton	16:27.3	Parma Western	189.9
11	Rogan Melling	16:27.7	Hanover-Horton	189.8
11	Lukas Kriesch	16:28.6	Yale	189.5
12	Kyler Dean	16:29.3	Vicksburg	189.2
10	Tyler Langley	16:29.4	Brighton	189.2
12	Adam Hafeli	16:30.5	Lake Orion	188.8
12	Michael Williams	16:30.9	Lapeer	188.7
12	Wesley Hollowell	16:30.9	White Lake Lakeland	188.7
12	Juan David Hernandez	16:31.2	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	188.6
12	Hayden Allen	16:31.9	Alpena	188.4
12	Jacob Wurtzel	16:32.2	Freeland	188.3
12	Josh Otten	16:33.5	Lansing Catholic	187.8
10	Nolan Pinion	16:34.1	Lake Fenton	187.6
–	Kristopher Koster	16:34.8	The Potter’s House	187.4
9	TJ Hansen	16:35.2	Freeland	187.3
12	Espen Lehnst	16:36.1	Ithaca	187.0
11	Hunter Hitzelberger	16:36.7	Alpena	186.8
12	David Ferguson	16:38.1	East Lansing	186.3
12	Brock Lynch	16:38.7	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	186.1
11	Elijah Allen	16:38.9	Alpena	186.0
12	Caden Dixon	16:39.2	Caledonia	185.9
12	Benjamin DeGood	16:39.5	Caledonia	185.8
11	Clayton Ackley	16:39.5	Hart	185.8
10	Iain Forrest	16:40.1	Davison	185.6
12	Drew Gonzalez	16:40.6	Portage Northern	185.5
9	Alex McArthur	16:41.1	Oxford	185.3
12	Shawn Juliette	16:41.5	Livonia Churchill	185.2
12	Jayden Page	16:41.9	East Lansing	185.0
12	Cooper Rokop	16:42.2	Petoskey	184.9
10	Jaden Barnes	16:42.7	Bloomingdale	184.8
12	Austin Smelker	16:43.6	DeWitt	184.5
12	Zac Zemba	16:44.7	Grandville	184.1
12	Emerson Laverty	16:45.5	Bay City John Glenn	183.8
12	Nate March	16:45.8	St. Louis	183.7
–	Gabriel Trevino	16:46.5	Saginaw Heritage	183.5
11	Zebedee Swager	16:46.6	Chelsea	183.5
11	Reuben Wiering	16:47.2	Grand Rapids Christian	183.3
12	Jonah Cerone	16:47.6	Royal Oak Shrine	183.1
12	Lucas Danic	16:48.5	Flint Powers Catholic	182.8
12	Ty Nagy	16:49.4	White Lake Lakeland	182.5
12	Landon Buskirk	16:49.7	Mason	182.4
12	Griffin Armbrustma…	16:50.6	St. Johns	182.1
12	Josh Lamb	16:51.0	Dexter	182.0
10	Nolan Nixon	16:51.5	Cadillac	181.8
12	Carston Cole	16:52.1	Holland West Ottawa	181.6
11	Jake O’Neil	16:52.1	Remus Chippewa Hills	181.6
12	Samuel Rankine	16:52.6	Wyandotte Roosevelt	181.5
11	Alex Agius	16:53.2	Grosse Pointe North	181.3
10	Collin Farmer	16:53.9	Pewamo-Westphalia	181.0
11	Carter Boullard	16:54.4	St. Clair	180.9
11	Drew Hughes	16:54.6	Gladstone	180.8
11	David Harris	16:56.0	St. Clair	180.3
12	Alan Corp	16:56.5	Livonia Churchill	180.2
–	Solomon Kwartowitz	16:56.7	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood	180.1
10	Willem DeGood	16:56.7	Traverse City West	180.1
12	Sam Vitale	16:57.6	St. Clair	179.8
12	Andrew Adams	16:58.0	Caledonia	179.7
11	Espen Wood	16:58.8	Cedar Springs	179.4
11	Connor Stefanovsky	16:59.5	Caro	179.2
10	Aiden Moore	17:00.1	Battle Creek Lakeview	179.0
10	Bryce Nowik	17:00.4	Clarkston	178.9
12	Eric Weiss	17:00.6	Houghton	178.8
10	Simon VanderVlucht	17:00.9	Monroe St. Mary CC	178.7
9	Alex Doneth	17:01.4	Mason	178.5
12	David Pruder	17:01.8	Lansing Catholic	178.4
12	Cameron Moore	17:02.4	Allendale	178.2
9	Theodore Davis	17:03.1	Dansville	178.0
12	Zachariah Shealy	17:03.2	Midland	177.9
11	Miles Buckley	17:05.1	Detroit Catholic Central	177.3
11	Zach Debeauclair	17:05.9	Pinckney	177.0
12	Daniel Berg	17:06.0	Midland	177.0
10	Blake Ferguson	17:06.3	Yale	176.9
12	Thomas Avey	17:06.8	Livonia Churchill	176.7
12	Carson Brunk	17:07.2	Potterville	176.6
11	Jack Kelly	17:07.4	Detroit Catholic Central	176.5
12	Hunter Cybulla	17:07.7	White Lake Lakeland	176.4
12	Graham Foster	17:08.2	Haslett	176.3
12	Dan Kehoe	17:08.7	Grandville Calvin Christian	176.1
11	Roman Cortina	17:09.6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	175.8
10	Gregory Janesak	17:10.2	Sparta	175.6
10	Samuel Martini	17:11.9	Kent City	175.0
10	Zack Truszkowski	17:12.3	Traverse City Central	174.9
12	Tristan Lovett	17:13.1	Caro	174.6
10	Cooper Grzeskowiak	17:13.4	Goodrich	174.5
12	Colin Snyder	17:13.7	Pinckney	174.4
11	Chase Klapthor	17:14.3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	174.2
12	Brendan Washburn	17:14.9	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	174.0
12	Drew Balow	17:15.0	Grand Blanc	174.0
10	Logan Zahn	17:15.1	Capital Homeschool	174.0
–	Austin Enns	17:15.3	Hart	173.9
12	Charlie Ward	17:15.4	Elk Rapids	173.9
11	Seth Ackley	17:15.9	Hart	173.7
12	Jacob Simmons	17:16.3	Portage Central	173.6
9	Ezekiel Grimmet	17:16.6	Capital Homeschool	173.5
11	Quaid Schimetz	17:17.0	Highland-Milford	173.3
12	Heath LaPointe	17:18.3	Ionia	172.9
12	Landon Mars	17:18.6	Mt. Pleasant	172.8
12	Erickson Kunzler	17:20.1	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	172.3
12	Brian Langlois	17:20.3	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	172.2
11	Brett Guzman	17:20.8	Caledonia	172.1
11	Thomas Kerber	17:21.8	Ann Arbor Pioneer	171.7
10	Ian Lewis	17:22.1	Livonia Churchill	171.6
12	Nick Parran	17:23.0	Monroe	171.3
12	Tyler Ristau	17:23.3	Highland-Milford	171.2
10	Luke Campbell	17:23.7	Brighton	171.1
10	Acer Campbell	17:23.9	Yale	171.0
11	Ryan McMahon	17:24.0	East Grand Rapids	171.0
12	Tomas Peralta	17:24.6	Livonia Churchill	170.8
11	Joe Stocchiero	17:25.2	Bloomingdale	170.6
11	Andrew Hardy	17:25.5	Stanton Central Montcalm	170.5
12	Nolan Tribu	17:25.8	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	170.4
10	Jon Anderson	17:26.2	Gibraltar Carlson	170.3
11	Thomas Kennedy	17:26.2	Highland-Milford	170.3
11	Levi Mills	17:26.5	Lowell	170.2
12	Cole Cunningham	17:26.5	St. Clair	170.2
11	Elijah Powell	17:26.9	Saranac	170.0
12	Peter Florence	17:27.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	169.9
10	Joe Waalkes	17:27.2	Grand Rapids Christian	169.9
10	Nick Cabrera	17:27.4	Portage Central	169.9
7	Bobby Jazwinski	17:27.7	Hart	169.8
12	Jeffrey Stecker	17:28.2	Bay City Western	169.6
10	Isaac Staib	17:28.3	St. Johns	169.6
11	Connor Martin	17:28.4	Lapeer	169.5
10	Noah Lambers	17:28.8	Holland	169.4
11	Trent McFarland	17:29.8	Utica	169.1
12	Parker Austin	17:29.9	Davison	169.0
11	Broderick Raleigh	17:30.4	Capital Homeschool	168.9
12	Luke Dykstra	17:30.6	East Grand Rapids	168.8
11	Jack Leyden	17:30.7	Salem	168.8
11	Braden Klein	17:31.2	Freeland	168.6
12	Andrew Whitman	17:31.4	Brownstown Woodhaven	168.5
11	Alex Meszaros	17:32.0	Riverview Gabriel Richard	168.3
12	Uriah Armendarez	17:32.2	Lansing Eastern	168.3
11	Jude Meldrum-Roy	17:33.0	North Muskegon	168.0
12	Donavan Mattson	17:33.6	Caledonia	167.8
12	Joshua Aleva	17:34.1	Detroit Catholic Central	167.6
10	Ryan Illikman	17:34.3	Detroit Catholic Central	167.6
9	Leo Swager	17:34.6	Chelsea	167.5
10	Andrew Floros	17:34.9	Clarkston	167.4
10	Brennan McKone	17:34.9	DeWitt	167.4
11	Joshua Gormley	17:35.5	Portage Central	167.2
10	Ryan Allen	17:35.8	Reed City	167.1
12	Nathan Rehm	17:36.1	White Lake Lakeland	167.0
12	Hunter Frank	17:38.1	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	166.3
11	Luke Morrison	17:38.6	Berrien Springs	166.1
11	Noah Momber	17:38.6	Sparta	166.1
11	Josh Lassaline	17:38.8	Detroit Catholic Central	166.1
9	Henry Dixon	17:39.1	Forest Hills Eastern	166.0
10	Ian Richthammer	17:39.3	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	165.9
10	Matthew Pattullo	17:39.8	Caro	165.7
9	Jeb Hillary	17:40.0	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	165.7
12	Eli Dawson	17:40.7	Mt. Pleasant	165.4
12	Carter Phillips	17:42.2	Spring Lake	164.9
12	Aidan Brzezinski	17:43.7	Fenton	164.4
12	Nolan Woodman	17:43.8	Ithaca	164.4
10	Tommy Farley	17:43.9	Petoskey	164.4
–	Bruno Cabrera	17:45.5	Portage Central	163.8
9	Aeson Gonzalez	17:45.8	Portage Northern	163.7
12	Eric Rice	17:46.2	Mason	163.6
10	Ethan Muraszewski	17:46.3	Utica	163.6
12	Hayden Moore	17:46.4	Kalkaska	163.5
12	Ty Pavlichek	17:46.8	Unionville-Sebewaing	163.4
10	Colin MacGregor	17:46.9	H.H. Dow	163.4
10	Boden Genovese	17:47.1	Coloma	163.3
8	Jackson Lam	17:47.1	Maple Street Magnet	163.3
11	Andrew Grier	17:48.6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	162.8
11	Owen Ackerman	17:50.2	Dexter	162.3
–	Casiano German	17:50.2	Manchester	162.3
12	Tim Person	17:51.1	White Lake Lakeland	162.0
11	Caiden Kippnick	17:51.3	Manchester	161.9
9	August Rohde	17:52.4	Reed City	161.5
10	Caleb Wynn	17:52.6	Allen Park	161.5
12	Preston Mackenzie	17:52.7	Manchester	161.4
11	Pablo Razny	17:55.0	Detroit Catholic Central	160.7
12	Anden Robertson	17:56.2	Bay City Western	160.3
10	David Rochon	17:56.9	Williamston	160.0
12	Colin Pearson	17:57.5	Caledonia	159.8
12	Parker Young	17:59.6	Brother Rice	159.1
12	Jonas Lanser	17:59.6	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	159.1
12	Noah Haskell	18:00.0	Coleman	159.0
12	Jacob Vanhove	18:03.8	Unionville-Sebewaing	157.7
10	Gavin Guggemos	18:05.5	Kalkaska	157.2
11	Grant Long	18:07.2	Adrian Lenawee Christian	156.6
11	Dominic Balhorn	18:07.2	Waterford Mott	156.6
12	Nathan Bylsma	18:07.7	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	156.4
11	Daniel Ebel	18:08.8	Bay City Western	156.1
12	Andrew Gerdes	18:09.1	Ionia	156.0
12	Ethan Knapp	18:09.3	Caledonia	155.9
12	Blake Howard	18:09.6	Petoskey	155.8
10	Jacob Montgomery	18:10.4	Ionia	155.5
11	Ryland Hughes	18:10.4	Livonia Stevenson	155.5
12	Braxton Shutko	18:10.4	Yale	155.5
12	Connor Snippe	18:11.6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	155.1
12	Hunter Bogar	18:12.2	Clarkston	154.9
9	Josh Felstow	18:13.0	Romeo	154.7
12	Anderson Gattis	18:13.2	Livonia Stevenson	154.6
11	Gavin Wiersma	18:13.3	Zeeland East	154.6
11	Trevor Flynn	18:15.7	Waterford Mott	153.8
12	Jack Vitick	18:16.9	White Lake Lakeland	153.4
10	Lukas Reimers	18:17.2	Traverse City Central	153.3
10	Peter Huey	18:18.1	Flint Powers Catholic	153.0
11	Ian Becker	18:18.8	Bay City Western	152.7
9	Will Scally	18:19.5	Romeo	152.5
10	Andrew Klaus	18:20.3	Clare	152.2
8	Cole Bates	18:20.7	Hillsdale Academy	152.1
9	Mason Morrell	18:20.8	Caledonia	152.1
10	Jaren Vogel	18:21.0	Kent City	152.0
12	Jason Grose	18:21.2	West Bloomfield	151.9
9	Rowen Bishop	18:22.4	East Grand Rapids	151.5
12	Alex Apetroaei	18:22.6	Monroe	151.5
10	Samuel Pugh	18:23.3	Caledonia	151.2
11	James Meninga	18:23.3	Mason	151.2
12	Preston Ulery	18:24.1	Temperance Bedford	151.0
–	Wyatt Werner	18:24.4	Pewamo-Westphalia	150.9
8	Bryce Gross	18:25.1	St Robert	150.6
10	Anthony Kiaunis	18:25.3	Reed City	150.6
11	Braden Amthor	18:27.1	Bay City John Glenn	150.0
11	Antonio Konopka	18:27.6	Salem	149.8
9	Matthew Verellen	18:28.6	White Lake Lakeland	149.5
–	Landen Livingston	18:28.7	Whitmore Lake	149.4
11	Kaden Jensen	18:29.7	Dexter	149.1
10	Andrew Foshag	18:31.5	Monroe	148.5
–	Joe Verellen	18:32.2	Manchester	148.3
9	Ayden Barcia	18:32.3	Clare	148.2
8	Brock Washburn	18:32.4	Hart (Rochester)	148.2
12	Ethan Gruenberg	18:32.6	Davison	148.1
9	George Janson	18:35.2	East Grand Rapids	147.3
10	Matthew Mizzi	18:36.0	Allen Park	147.0
10	Christian Kerfoot	18:37.2	Elk Rapids	146.6
10	Camden Moore	18:37.6	Kalkaska	146.5
10	Sam King	18:38.5	Traverse City West	146.2
10	Lucas Berg	18:39.1	Midland	146.0
10	Lucas Ames	18:39.3	Oxford	145.9
9	Evan Hunt	18:39.3	Waterford Mott	145.9
9	Nathan Koches	18:39.8	Spring Lake	145.7
12	Noah Eichhorst	18:40.6	Romeo	145.5
–	Edison Lopeman	18:42.3	Parma Western	144.9
12	Connor Clark	18:43.3	Walled Lake Northern	144.6
12	Caleb Kalsbeek	18:43.5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	144.5
9	Luke Meyer	18:43.8	Davison	144.4
12	Gabe Minnich	18:46.4	Cedar Springs	143.5
10	Maxx Adams	18:47.6	Monroe	143.1
9	Isaak Rubley	18:49.0	Dundee	142.7
11	Caleb Kerfoot	18:49.9	Elk Rapids	142.4
9	Eddy Granados	18:50.2	Coloma	142.3
12	Aaron Bowerman	18:50.8	St. Louis	142.1
12	Sam McDonough	18:52.5	Traverse City Central	141.5
9	Palmer Ziemer	18:52.8	Tecumseh	141.4
–	Craig Ringbloom	18:53.5	Manchester	141.2
11	Parker Maciejewski	18:53.5	North Muskegon	141.2
9	Max Ward	18:53.6	Elk Rapids	141.1
8	Noah Devereaux	18:56.1	Laingsburg	140.3
12	Sam Davidson	18:56.3	Spring Lake	140.2
–	Brian Powell	18:57.7	Manchester	139.8
12	Cayden Steinebach	18:59.6	Cedar Springs	139.1
10	Isaac Kortz	19:00.3	GR Chariots of Fire	138.9
11	Hunter Johnson	19:02.3	Holland	138.2
9	Kort Thompson	19:03.5	Caledonia	137.8
12	Cooper Franklin	19:04.9	Ann Arbor Pioneer	137.4
12	Bryce Mathews	19:05.6	Mason	137.1
10	Blake Mathews	19:06.2	Mason	136.9
11	Sam Markle	19:08.2	Berrien Springs	136.3
12	Camdon Geisler	19:08.8	Watervliet	136.1
9	Sam Nemeth	19:09.3	Freeland	135.9
9	CJ Bennett	19:10.5	North Muskegon	135.5
12	Luke Petrinko	19:12.3	Dexter	134.9
11	Zachary Utz	19:12.3	Romeo	134.9
10	Seth Brown	19:12.5	Elk Rapids	134.8
11	Brandon Colquhoun	19:13.5	Lansing Eastern	134.5
9	Conner McCormick	19:15.1	Mason	134.0
8	Andrew Worsley	19:18.4	Northeast (Midland)	132.9
9	Owen Gould	19:19.9	Romeo	132.4
–	Jeffrey Osterink	19:20.7	The Potter’s House	132.1
9	Camden McLeod	19:21.3	Freeland	131.9
12	Austin Drolett	19:21.7	St. Johns	131.8
–	Keagan Reimers	19:22.9	Traverse City Central	131.4
10	Jacob Lyonnais	19:24.1	Muskegon Catholic Central	131.0
10	Daniel Schruba	19:26.0	Waterford Mott	130.3
9	Max Marten	19:29.0	Tecumseh	129.3
10	Gunnar Wessel	19:30.8	MACH	128.7
–	Rick Bauer	19:33.1	Manchester	128.0
8	Landen Styka	19:33.3	Ithaca	127.9
12-Nov	Karl Swager	19:34.7	Chelsea Running Club	127.4
12	Adam Fisch	19:35.6	Caro	127.1
11	Andrew Salliotte	19:36.7	Berrien Springs	126.8
7	Wyeth Angus	19:38.0	Chelsea Beach	126.3
8	Carson Wood	19:38.4	Grand Rapids Catholic	126.2
12	Cohen Young	19:43.2	Clare	124.6
–	Mark Good	19:45.3	Manchester	123.9
–	Matthew Schrauben	19:48.0	St. Johns	123.0
–	Christian Craanen	19:48.1	Manchester	123.0
12	Ethan McFarland	19:56.8	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	120.1
9	Isaac Bignall	19:59.7	Unionville-Sebewaing	119.1
8	Ethin Chandler	20:03.0	Benzie Central	118.0
–	Ryan Good	20:04.2	Parma Western	117.6
10	Braden Dalm	20:04.8	North Muskegon	117.4
9	Christian Hicks	20:05.7	Kalkaska	117.1
10	Luke Douglas	20:06.8	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	116.7
10	Jack Coluccy	20:11.9	Manchester	115.0
12	Camden Reynolds	20:13.3	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	114.6
–	Evan Wood	20:14.1	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	114.3
12	Jimmy Kolosowsky	20:15.3	Watervliet	113.9
11	Bryce Aultman	20:15.4	Coleman	113.9
9	Roman Cardenas	20:18.2	Lansing Eastern	112.9
9	Ryan Davenport	20:19.4	White Lake Lakeland	112.5
–	Bob Bates Jr	20:23.3	Manchester	111.2
11	Cole Aultman	20:27.9	Coleman	109.7
–	Seth Good	20:28.6	Manchester	109.5
8	Paul Saladin	20:36.2	Reed City	106.9
6	Luke Winter	20:43.8	Parchment	104.4
–	Cooper Tiffany	20:44.4	Battle Creek Lakeview	104.2
10	Alex Bushee	20:47.0	Ionia	103.3
	Owen Thorburn	20:48.2	Beach Middle School	102.9
12	Miles Przybylski	20:49.3	Temperance Bedford	102.6
6	Harrison Worsley	20:50.5	Northeast (Midland)	102.2
–	Logan Wentworth	20:51.6	Clio	101.8
9	Logan Dudley	20:54.4	Coleman	100.9
12	Nick Malish	20:56.1	Mt. Pleasant	100.3
10	Hunter Anderson	21:05.1	Manchester	97.3
	Isaac Pety	21:08.9	MPMS	96.0
8	Isaac Fullerton	21:09.8	Western	95.7
12	Charlie Asman	21:17.1	Romeo	93.3
9	Sawyer Kelke	21:25.1	Romeo	90.6
12	Chris Warren	21:34.9	Tecumseh	87.4
–	Roan Van Sumeren	21:39.1	Parma Western	86.0
–	Liam Riley	21:41.1	Manchester	85.3
11	Nathan Robke	21:41.9	Dexter	85.0
8	Aaron Allen	21:50.2	Reed City	82.3
11	Ethan Bryant	21:52.2	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	81.6
12	Shane Templeman	21:57.6	Coleman	79.8
10	Justin Celmer	22:06.1	Clinton	77.0
–	Piyush Saraiya	22:11.0	Manchester	75.3
–	Mason Lincoln	22:38.8	Battle Creek Lakeview	66.1
6	Xander Allen	22:44.8	Thunder Bay	64.1
	Lucas Pety	22:48.6	MPHS	62.8
–	Micah Good	22:57.8	Manchester	59.7
–	Caleb Lynd	22:58.6	Parma Western	59.5
–	PAUL WEISS	23:13.7	Manchester	54.4
11	Markus Laisure	23:14.0	Belding	54.3
11	Nicolas Salas	23:14.9	Allen Park	54.0
–	Cody Lam	23:17.3	Manchester	53.2
9	Jacob Olszewski	23:20.6	Clio	52.1
–	Jake Johnston	23:21.6	Parma Western	51.8
–	Isaiah Jacobs	23:22.3	Manchester	51.6
10	Joshua Muma	23:40.3	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	45.6
8	Caleb Carignan	23:40.4	St Robert	45.5
–	Ryan Kaczor	24:19.9	Manchester	32.4
–	Logan Flores	24:58.4	Parma Western	19.5
6	Joshua Walch	24:59.7	Caro	19.1
–	Devin Mackenzie	25:36.3	Manchester	6.9
10	Daniel Arvizu	25:41.0	Lansing Eastern	5.3

Well, another year has passed and I’ve finally had enough time to take a nap.  These speed ratings, rankings, the site, and my work is all a result of you.  Coaches, athletes, parents, administrators, officials, timers, you name it.  You all play a role in the sustenance of the sport and without those roles taking shape the way that they do, my role would be tougher or may not even exist. 

Background

Speed ratings became an idea way back in 2007 when I was helping my uncle coaching at Woodhaven.  At the time, I was an avid Dyestat poster and knew of a fellow forum member doing the same thing out in Washington.  For a season, I was spitting out ratings and rankings and posting on the chaotic MLive forums (RIP).  Although I’m in all accounts a nerd, at that time I had little computer knowledge, it became impossible to balance ratings/life/running/school.  

In 2017, I came into work one day at Hansons and found that the person closing the night before had left a list of times from other schools competing for that D1 state title.  Comparing times is no way to evaluate cross country.  School was out of the equation, I’m definitely not running as much, so why not?  This is something I’ve wanted to do, forgot that I wanted to, remembered about, then had the impetus to get it going again. 

The original intention was numbers-driven, but it has evolved into much more than the numbers.  The relationships, motivation, affirmation, and growth of the sport outweigh any positive feeling obtained from the rankings being “right”.  I 100% support this evolution.

$tat$

The site has grown immensely since writing this similar post two years ago.

Year	Views	Visitors
2018	11329	3891
2019	66091	13504
2020	110943	18293
2021	176886	31949

Clearly, what I’m doing is gaining traction.  That being said, I still seek improvement and want to cover more sides of the sport. 

Track

Many have asked, why not do track rankings? 

Two reasons mainly:

1 – Jeff Hollobaugh does a tremendous job with michtrack.org, providing much better coverage of the sport than I could ever dream of, and even if I did dream of, it’s not my position to cut into that coverage.  Stats, history, anecdotes, in the moment knowledge, lists, rankings.  Track is a very objective sport and it requires a level of exacting passion that I don’t provide. 

2 – Tracks are universal (and for the indoor tracks that aren’t, there are already comparisons created by much smarter humans than I).  Cross country courses are not.  Which leads me into…

Winter Projects

It’s not my desire to cover indoor/outdoor track or provide rankings or any sort of analysis on who’s better.  I will highlight the accomplishments of those that I love, in other words, everyone.  But I have an aching desire for more accuracy in course adjustments. 

I wasn’t all that satisfied with the Portage or Holly adjustments this year, to me they were too aggressive.  I used the same graphing method that I’ve used for years, based on my interpretation of how tullyrunners analyzes large invites.  To rectify this, I’ll be grabbing results from past years, as far back as I can help.  When 2022 Portage rolls around, I can compare times from that day vs. the whole amount of times from the past 20(?) years and derive an adjustment.  The same applies for other courses we’ve run throughout time. 

This will also provide a history.  Cross country didn’t begin in 2017 when I came back along.  I’m sure we’ve all wondered how Riley Hough compares to our past greats such as Ritz, Tim Moore, Alzindani.  VanderKooi, Olson, Flynn, Forsyth vs. Goethals, Boyles.  Pioneer vs. Rockford.  Looking to the past can guide our future, and while one can look at times, ratings are better.  And if you doubt that, compare how my regional projections performed vs. the athleticnet hypotheticals.

The goal is a compendium.  Courses and how they’ve run throughout time.  After winter, perhaps getting out to a few more for pictures.  Course maps.  Elevation profiles.  Changes that have been made.  I’m not a fan of keeping school records or course records, as on a year to year or even day to day basis, courses change.  But given a timeline, we can gain a better understanding.

In the past, I’ve expressed desire to learn how to code to make my work easier.  I’d get DQ’ed for this, but that bores the shit out of me.  Last winter, I dove into photoshop and I think that’s been a positive for the presentation of the site and social media.  I will continue with the graphics and I’ll continue with areas I love: maps and running. 

Money

I will be taking down the paypal link.  When I placed that on here two years ago, I was in a place where I needed the extra money.  As of right now, I do not.  There are ads on here which essentially pay for my gas money, but donations aren’t necessary. If you think my work deserves compensation, I appreciate the notion, but spend that money elsewhere in the running community.  This train ain’t gonna stop rollin’, others might find more benefit. 

Thank you all for following along this journey. There will be missteps, I will say the wrong thing, I will argue when it’s not warranted, I will snipe at someone after weeks of little sleep, but you have to understand – I will do everything in my power to improve the sport, motivate individuals, and grow the running community.

-Matt