Win it for Trent.

Where: Chippewa Hills HS, Remus

The Course: Groomed and blowdozed to perfection. From what I hear, it’s a true cross country course. Hills, woods, trails, fields. It ran a little fast last weekend, but my intuition tells me that was a bit off. I’d expect this to be one of the tougher regional courses.

What to Watch For: The traditional powers. Sacred Heart, Breckenridge, Beal City will all be at the forefront in some capacity.

Can mid-distance star Nicole Olivieri capture her first XC regional title in her first regional attempt? Or will Amelia Thompson spoil that?

Can Coach Bohannon capture some of Dave King’s magic? I’ve heard for years of the miraculous Beal City regional days.

The others: Coleman boys, Alex Wanty, Owen Patton, Dakota Dykhuis – can they break up the traditional hegemony?

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	31	1	2	6	10	12	13	17
2	Beal City	48	3	5	8	11	21	23	24
3	Breckenridge	61	4	7	9	19	22	26
4	Vestaburg	94	14	15	16	18	20	25

Ranked Teams: Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (6), Beal City (12), Breckenridge (18)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Amelia Thompson	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	119.8
2	12	Nicole Olivieri	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	112.7
3	12	Riley Hacker	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	95.4
4	11	Kaylee Locke	Beal City	95.1
5	9	Avery Westall	Breckenridge	89.6
6	12	Rachal Weber	Beal City	87.0
7	11	Kaylee Aultman	Coleman	74.3
8	11	Olivia Ervin	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	69.7
9	9	Nataly Vine	Breckenridge	64.7
10	11	Hadyn Armstrong	Beal City	63.2
11	10	Megan Goward	Breckenridge	61.4
12	12	Abby Spencer	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	61.2
13	9	Lauryn Licari	Beal City	58.3
14	10	Jacqueline Morton	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	53.7
15	11	Anna Plum	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	53.1
16	9	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg	50.0
17	12	Allison Wichert	Vestaburg	48.5
18	9	Mickiah Allbee	Vestaburg	47.4
19	12	Katie McDonald	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	45.6
20	9	Jessica Penrod	Vestaburg	45.3
21	11	Sadie Quackenbush	Montabella	44.2
22	10	Tori Most	Breckenridge	43.2
23	10	Jackie Cole	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	29.6
24	9	Layla Addis	Vestaburg	26.9
25	10	Kaitlin Buys	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	21.7
26	11	Lilly Backus	Beal City	21.6
27	9	Kayla Goward	Breckenridge	18.2
28	10	Genevieve Pappas	Beal City	14.8
29	10	Kiera Harsh	Beal City	13.2
30	10	Mary Starke	Merrill	3.5

Predicted Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Kind of far back in 21st. With very little full teams and a few highly ranked teams, this should get pushed back.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Breckenridge	44	1	7	9	12	15	29	35
2	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	81	2	11	18	22	28	41	47
3	Coleman	96	5	20	21	24	26	32	45
4	Montabella	98	4	10	14	27	43
5	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	110
6	Hale	114
7	Beal City	140
8	Marion	182

Ranked Teams: Breckenridge (4)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Mason Sumner	Breckenridge	197.0
2	12	Brock Lynch	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	184.8
3	10	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	171.6
4	10	Alex Wanty	Hale	169.5
5	11	Dakota Dykhuis	Montabella	167.8
6	12	Noah Haskell	Coleman	167.3
7	12	Jonas Lanser	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	161.3
8	10	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge	159.9
9	11	Owen Gross	Beal City	159.0
10	10	Isaac Humm	Breckenridge	157.1
11	11	James Wilson	Montabella	147.8
12	10	Nik Moore	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	146.7
13	10	Jaden Ostrander	Breckenridge	143.9
14	9	Luke Pettengill	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	136.6
15	12	Riley Daily	Montabella	133.9
16	10	Ryan Tinson	Breckenridge	133.3
17	12	Logan Mishler	Beal City	128.7
18	10	Eddie Lavere	Hale	126.5
19	11	Jesse Jones	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	121.9
20	8	Sean Bernard	Hale	116.8
21	11	Bryce Aultman	Coleman	115.3
22	11	Cole Aultman	Coleman	112.3
23	11	Carter Follett	Merrill	111.3
24	9	Joseph Likavec	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	110.9
25	11	Landon Ochampaugh	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	110.5
26	9	Logan Dudley	Coleman	100.5
27	12	Eric Williams	Marion	97.8
28	12	Shane Templeman	Coleman	96.2
29	11	Andrew Kelsey	Montabella	88.4
30	11	Jacob Pickens	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	81.0
31	9	Aimon Humm	Breckenridge	81.0
32	12	Jordan Wood	Marion	77.2
33	11	Colin DeKam	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	76.8
34	11	Chris Tallman	Coleman	76.0
35	11	Aidan Timko	Marion	75.7
36	9	Austin Gross	Beal City	71.1
37	10	Thomas Cochran	Breckenridge	71.0
38	10	Brady Mccadie	Hale	69.4
39	10	Elijah Kimbel	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	66.9
40	12	Lorenzo Milazzo	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	66.2
41	8	Paxton Downing	Hale	64.9
42	9	Eli Zeien	Beal City	60.5
43	11	Roman Addison	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	53.3
44	10	Oliver Zeien	Beal City	45.6
45	12	Landon Hendrickson	Montabella	42.4
46	12	Logan Romatz	Marion	38.3
47	11	Branson Walker	Merrill	37.1
48	12	AJ Simon	Coleman	33.1
49	11	Jacob Booher	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	30.7
50	11	Sergey Collings	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30.3

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Sort of depends on who makes it between Montabella and Coleman. If Montabella, it’ll be a bit further back, if Coleman a bit further forward. Either way, top 15 and you’re in!

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Okay, we’ll just pretend Chippewa Hills is NOT there.

As I said earlier in the year, “It’s Caledonia and West Ottawa’s world, we’re just living in it”.

Where: Portage West MS, Portage

The Course: Once again, a fairly fair course. Got a little grief a few weeks ago for rating it a bit slow even though it ran faster than previous years. Minor hill, wide sweeping turns, and about as efficient a meet management you’ll find.

What to Watch For: West Ottawa and Caledonia vs. The Field. Seriously, if you score it like a dual, I think West Ottawa or Caledonia would win.

Minor subplot I like: Portage Central’s boys are hilarious in their trash talk. Can they put a dent into Caledonia’s dominance?

St. Joseph’s girls have been a bit of a surprise this year, aided by freshman Elena Figueroa. But the other teams are coming in hot, especially a Portage Central squad motivated by last year’s narrow miss.

Jonas Fraley-Burgett’s return. Is it enough to push Kalamazoo Central over the top? It was during the SMAC Championship, where they knocked off Lakeview and Portage Central.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Holland West Ottawa	28	1	2	3	9	13	14	21
2	St. Joseph	115	5	11	25	29	45	50	80
3	Jenison	133	6	12	19	37	59	64	69
4	Zeeland West	144	4	10	27	46	57	73	76
5	Portage Central	153	8	22	31	38	54	56	71
6	Hudsonville	160	17	33	35	36	39	62	63
7	Caledonia	163	16	26	30	40	51	52	53
8	Kalamazoo Central	216
9	Byron Center	220
10	Battle Creek Lakeview	267
11	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	268
12	Holland	298
13	Portage Northern	326
14	Mattawan	370
15	Sturgis	467

Ranked Teams: Holland West Ottawa (2), St. Joseph (21), Jenison (23)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Arianne Olson	Holland West Ottawa	179.8
2	9	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	169.2
3	12	Abby Bonnema	Holland West Ottawa	148.8
4	9	Jordyn Klaasen	Zeeland West	142.6
5	9	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	135.5
6	11	Maya Guikema	Jenison	134.1
7	10	Emilee Rudlaff	Kalamazoo Central	133.1
8	12	Eliza Phares	Portage Central	131.6
9	12	Sophie Bonnema	Holland West Ottawa	131.2
10	11	Bella Hoffer	Zeeland West	126.9
11	12	Riley Mullen	St. Joseph	125.4
12	12	Lily Strelecki	Jenison	125.0
13	12	Kaia Denhof	Holland West Ottawa	124.4
14	11	Megan Postma	Holland West Ottawa	124.4
15	11	Mary England	Kalamazoo Central	121.1
16	12	Tatum Verburg	Caledonia	119.7
17	9	Klea Verstrate	Hudsonville	118.5
18	12	Emily Reeves	Mattawan	118.0
19	11	Maggie Otto	Jenison	117.9
20	11	Ana Dunfee	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	117.2
21	9	Emma Gunnett	Holland West Ottawa	117.2
22	10	Amanda Williams	Portage Central	116.9
23	12	Samantha Killmer	Portage Northern	116.4
24	9	Emma Margaron	Holland	116.3
25	10	Grace Kelley	St. Joseph	116.0
26	12	Savanna Coulter	Caledonia	114.5
27	12	Hannah Roark	Zeeland West	114.4
28	9	Annalise Alkema	Kalamazoo Central	114.1
29	12	Jillian Tunnicliff	St. Joseph	113.6
30	12	Barbara DeGood	Caledonia	113.5
31	9	Alanna Clague	Portage Central	112.8
32	10	Alyssa Hinton	Battle Creek Lakeview	112.7
33	11	Abby Martin	Hudsonville	111.2
34	12	Avery Zeinstra	Byron Center	110.6
35	9	Abbey Scholma	Hudsonville	109.9
36	11	Elise Conkel	Hudsonville	107.1
37	12	Rachael Barone	Jenison	106.3
38	9	Lauren Tooley	Portage Central	106.2
39	10	Kate Wayne	Hudsonville	105.9
40	11	Natalia Quigley	Caledonia	105.9
41	9	Natalie Formsma	Byron Center	105.7
42	12	Kaitlyn Thomas	Battle Creek Lakeview	105.1
43	9	Sydney Law	Byron Center	104.3
44	9	Sofia Bogard	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	104.1
45	10	Cecilia Ruchti	St. Joseph	102.5
46	12	Samantha Wells	Zeeland West	101.3
47	11	Dinara Domeier	Byron Center	99.7
48	9	Ambria DePoy	Holland	99.4
49	11	Paige Ratliff	Battle Creek Lakeview	98.9
50	11	Olivia Ippel	St. Joseph	98.7

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 18th with either Zeeland West or Jenison nabbing that third spot.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Caledonia	25	2	3	4	5	11	13	21
2	Portage Central	96	9	17	22	23	25	38	43
3	Battle Creek Lakeview	113	1	14	20	30	48	65	89
4	Kalamazoo Central	126	6	8	36	37	39	40	41
5	Jenison	138	16	28	29	31	34	42	49
6	Zeeland West	177
7	Portage Northern	190
8	Byron Center	217
9	Holland	252
10	Holland West Ottawa	257
11	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	314
12	St. Joseph	338
13	Hudsonville	355
14	Mattawan	370
15	Sturgis	421

Ranked Teams: Caledonia (2), Portage Central (14), Battle Creek Lakeview (20)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Parker LaGro	Battle Creek Lakeview	201.2
2	12	Josh Oom	Caledonia	197.9
3	11	Jordan Domany	Caledonia	194.6
4	12	Caden Dixon	Caledonia	192.6
5	12	Donavan Mattson	Caledonia	192.0
6	12	Jonas Fraley-Burgett	Kalamazoo Central	191.5
7	12	Jason Fredricks	Byron Center	190.6
8	10	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	190.5
9	11	Joshua Gormley	Portage Central	189.8
10	11	Logan Post	Portage Northern	189.2
11	12	Cooper Sorsen	Caledonia	188.6
12	12	Drew Gonzalez	Portage Northern	187.9
13	11	Brett Guzman	Caledonia	186.7
14	11	Caleb Bost	Battle Creek Lakeview	186.2
15	11	Adrian Castillo	Holland	186.1
16	10	Cole Visser	Jenison	186.1
17	12	Caleb Heid	Portage Central	185.8
18	12	Nathan Holwerda	Byron Center	185.4
19	11	Chase Holwerda	Zeeland West	185.2
20	10	Aiden Moore	Battle Creek Lakeview	185.0
21	12	Benjamin DeGood	Caledonia	184.3
22	11	Ben Hunter	Portage Central	182.2
23	10	Logan Begeman	Portage Central	181.5
24	11	Connor Wooley	Holland West Ottawa	181.4
25	11	Gavin Voetberg	Portage Central	181.0
26	12	Nolan Tribu	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	180.3
27	11	Caleb Smith	Zeeland West	180.1
28	12	Connor Lubberts	Jenison	179.3
29	9	Seth Conner	Jenison	179.1
30	12	Kevin Grady	Battle Creek Lakeview	177.7
31	11	Ethan Smith	Jenison	177.0
32	12	Carston Cole	Holland West Ottawa	176.9
33	11	Nathan Golding	Zeeland West	175.7
34	11	Brendan Wangler	Jenison	175.5
35	11	Will Fiesbeck	St. Joseph	173.9
36	11	Bryce Soisson	Kalamazoo Central	173.6
37	9	Joseph Spada	Kalamazoo Central	173.5
38	10	Nick Cabrera	Portage Central	171.8
39	11	Andre Soisson	Kalamazoo Central	171.2
40	12	Charles Blair	Kalamazoo Central	169.8
41	10	Michael Kloosterman	Kalamazoo Central	169.3
42	12	Joey Shotts	Jenison	168.7
43	11	Mathieu Northuis	Portage Central	168.3
44	10	Shay White	St. Joseph	167.9
45	11	Jacob Rottier	Hudsonville	167.8
46	11	Colton Ruster	Zeeland West	167.5
47	12	Hunter Tripp	Holland	166.6
48	12	Devon Njonjo	Battle Creek Lakeview	166.6
49	10	Justin Clement	Jenison	166.0
50	11	Dylan Chmura	Holland	165.7

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: I think you’re safe if you’re in the top 16.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Have I mentioned that I hate it when we match?

Region 32, presented by Kalamazoo Christian (with a hint of Presley Allen).

Where: Portage West MS, Portage

The Course: Once again, a fairly fair course. Got a little grief a few weeks ago for rating it a bit slow even though it ran faster than previous years. Minor hill, wide sweeping turns, and about as efficient a meet management you’ll find.

What to Watch For: Can Kalamazoo Christian score less than 50 points combined?

How much of a gap between Presley Allen and the next girl? She’s had no trouble moving up to the 5k and moving up to stiffer competition.

Who nabs the third spot for the girls? It’s the age old battle of the pack vs. the lead runners.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Kalamazoo Christian	21	2	3	4	5	7	12	13
2	Battle Creek St. Philip	62	6	9	10	15	22	31	36
3	Mendon	87	1	8	16	29	33	37
4	Marcellus	93	11	14	19	24	25	27	28
5	White Pigeon	126
6	Decatur	133

Ranked Teams: Kalamazoo Christian (2), Battle Creek St. Philip (23)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	9	Presley Allen	Mendon	143.6
2	9	Alaina Klooster	Kalamazoo Christian	98.6
3	11	Dani VanLente	Tekonsha	94.8
4	11	Aubrey Herder	Kalamazoo Christian	94.5
5	11	Annika Sytsma	Kalamazoo Christian	90.9
6	11	Sydney Van Es	Kalamazoo Hackett	88.8
7	12	Lauren Anderson	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	83.1
8	11	Hope Zichterman	Kalamazoo Christian	78.9
9	12	Therese Campos	Battle Creek St. Philip	77.9
10	11	Rachel Allabaugh	Kalamazoo Christian	77.6
11	12	Amber Hostetler	Mendon	77.5
12	10	Macey Burgess	Colon	72.8
13	12	Emma Shugars	Battle Creek St. Philip	69.8
14	10	Mimi Hibbard	Battle Creek St. Philip	64.7
15	10	Addie Curtis	Marcellus	62.1
16	9	Lucy Bray	Kalamazoo Christian	55.0
17	12	Claire Pschigoda	Kalamazoo Christian	49.7
18	12	Mckenzie Miller	Athens	44.6
19	12	Azealia Lafler	Colon	43.9
20	12	Merle Muntefering	Marcellus	40.7
21	12	Alex Kersten	Battle Creek St. Philip	36.0
22	11	Lauren Schabes	Mendon	32.1
23	11	Breanna Franks	Decatur	28.3
24	10	Alexae Hall	Decatur	21.2
25	10	Clare Flory	Marcellus	14.7
26	9	Rachel Schelstraete	White Pigeon	8.5
27	12	Hayley Strawser	White Pigeon	7.5
28	9	Lena Miner	Heritage Christian Academy	5.0

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 16th or 17th depending on who makes it between Marcellus or Mendon.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Kalamazoo Christian	24	1	2	4	5	12	15	18
2	Battle Creek St. Philip	62	3	7	14	16	22	25	30
3	Eau Claire	88	6	9	11	29	33	35	40
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	103	8	13	23	27	32	38	39
5	Mendon	133
6	Decatur	148
7	White Pigeon	149

Ranked Teams: Kalamazoo Christian (5)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Isaac Bos	Kalamazoo Christian	178.3
2	11	Isaac Bogard	Kalamazoo Christian	168.6
3	10	Luke Sprague	Battle Creek St. Philip	161.5
4	11	Nick Mitchell	Kalamazoo Christian	155.3
5	12	Marco Barron	Tekonsha	148.6
6	9	James VanderDussen	Kalamazoo Christian	144.1
7	11	Edward Lopez	Eau Claire	137.6
8	10	Max Shugars	Battle Creek St. Philip	134.4
9	10	Gavin Sehy	Kalamazoo Hackett	134.1
10	11	Tucker Lafler	Colon	131.9
11	12	Adam Blankenship	Eau Claire	131.6
12	9	Dart Avery	Decatur	130.7
13	9	Ryan Blankenship	Eau Claire	128.8
14	11	Dawson Lute	Kalamazoo Christian	128.7
15	12	Mitchell Eastman	Kalamazoo Hackett	127.6
16	10	Ryan Casterline	Battle Creek St. Philip	126.8
17	9	Zack Mitchell	Kalamazoo Christian	125.0
18	12	Jacob Thome	Battle Creek St. Philip	123.5
19	10	Ryan Dehaan	Climax-Scotts	119.8
20	12	Andrew Confer	Decatur	110.4
21	11	Cole VanderDussen	Kalamazoo Christian	109.7
22	11	Jaren Waldschmidt	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	109.2
23	12	Stephen Smith	Tekonsha	107.3
24	12	Elijah Fenstermaker	Heritage Christian Academy	103.8
25	9	Ben Iobe	Mendon	95.6
26	9	Landon Vanwormer	Mendon	93.0
27	12	Aiden Crooks	Mendon	92.7
28	9	Jerome Bastian	Battle Creek St. Philip	90.9
29	10	Sean Pierucci	Kalamazoo Hackett	84.9
30	9	Chandler Lafler	Colon	80.0
31	9	Quinton Tone	Marcellus	76.8
32	9	Jack Williams	White Pigeon	69.5
33	11	Jacob Bower	Colon	67.4
34	11	Josh Jackson	Marcellus	62.4
35	9	Brodie Daam	Heritage Christian Academy	62.0
36	12	Colton Andrews	Bellevue	61.1
37	10	Emile Bastian	Battle Creek St. Philip	58.5
38	12	Alex Morgensai	Tekonsha	57.3
39	12	Preston Delarye	White Pigeon	51.1
40	10	Ezekiel Fenstermaker	Heritage Christian Academy	49.3
41	9	Julian Barry	Kalamazoo Hackett	48.5
42	9	Zeb Lenex	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	47.8
43	9	Addison Stanton	Athens	47.6
44	11	Cole Jackson	White Pigeon	47.1
45	10	Ezekiel Fenstermake	Heritage Christian Academy	45.7
46	12	Ben Swegles	Tekonsha	42.2
47	9	Brody Severin	Eau Claire	39.1
48	12	Galen Stahl	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	37.0
49	9	Owen Nofs	Battle Creek St. Philip	33.1
50	10	Blake Stuart	Mendon	31.4

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 20th.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.net

Woof.