2020 Season: 1st WMC, 1st Pre-Region 40, 1st Region 20, 2nd D3 State
2020 Season: 3rd Greater Lansing, 4th TVC Overall, 2nd Pre-Region 48, 2nd Region 24, 4th D3 State
The Top Tens: Division 3, #4
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Regional Previews: Division 2, Region 10
Where: Chippewa Hills. These guys could put on a clinic on Zen and The Art of Cross Country Course Maintenance. Does any other school in Michigan have a blowdozer?
2020 Boys: Fremont, Petoskey, Sparta
2020 Girls: Petoskey, Cadillac, Sparta
Top 25 Boys Teams: Petoskey (8), Sparta (12), Fremont (13)
Top 25 Girls Teams: Petoskey (Top Four), Cadillac (12), Whitehall (18)
Top 50 Boys (Division 2): Conor Somers (3), Jackson Jones (31), Logan Seymour (44)
Top 50 Girls (Division 2): Noel Vanderwall (6), Sarah Storey (13), Caroline Farley (14), Kendall Schopieray (16), Cami Kraai (20), Taylor Mater (24), Kennedi Wood (27)
50 Tickets to Brooklyn: #14
- Michael is Mr. October to me, because in the past two seasons, he’s stepped up his game late in the season
- As a freshman, he opened October by busting out a 16:32 at Wayne County, nearly a 30 second PB
- As the season progressed, he turned that into a 16:23 and a 19th place finish at D2 State
- As a sophomore, it appeared early on that he hadn’t made much progress from his outstanding freshman year, but at Otsego’s Bulldog Elite, he did it again – a 15:51 and his first jaunt under 16:00
- He stayed at that high level for the rest of the year, breaking 16:00 twice more, once at an always tough Kensington course and again at the Meet of Champions
- That resurgence resulted in another Top 3 finish at Regionals and Top 20 finish at State
- Spring saw his first track campaign and again coming in clutch when it mattered most, running a 1600m PB at State (not an easy task in the heat)
- Jayden didn’t waste any time in 2020, she just decided to come out and dominate the Macomb County scene
- She only lost 3 races total in the cross country season, all to runners outside her area
- Among those victories: Macomb County, Region 9, and the MAC Red
- She even got better as the season went on, running a PB at Regionals, then two weeks later, shattering that time in a sub-18 performance at the Meet of Champions
- In track, she showed that her talent isn’t just on the grass and that she has plenty of range
- You name the event, and Jayden has potential in it
- 400m? 62.8
- 800m? She’s split 2:15
- 3200m? Sub-11 in both a torrential downpour and blistering heat
- Dakota has shown throughout time that they can train athletes through a whole gamut of events and I’m excited to see how she develops in time
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 