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Where: St. Francis Retreat Center, hosted by Lansing Catholic. Michigan Catholic is run here, along with a few other races. From what I understand, the course has some turns and hills. A welcome respite from all the flat, fast regions. Michigan Catholic always runs slow, but that’s to be expected early in the season. My expectation is this will be one of the tougher regional courses.

2020 Boys: St. Johns, Fowlerville, Mason

2020 Girls: Mason, Lansing Catholic, St. Johns

Top 25 Boys Teams: East Grand Rapids (Top Ten), Fowlerville (15), Ionia (17), St. Johns (24)

Top 25 Girls Teams: East Grand Rapids (Top Ten), Forest Hills Eastern (8), St. Johns (20)

Top 50 Boys (Division 2): Griffin Armbrustmacher (15), Aiden Sullivan (16), Zachary Curd (21), Ryan Brinker (23), Michael Dennis (26), Alex Thole (27), Elijah Robinson (30), Camden Johnecheck (39)

Top 50 Girls (Division 2): Drew Muller (3), Ainsley Workman (8), Camryn Bodine (10), Abigail Petr (18), Sarah Dixon (22), Ellory Clason (23), Sadey Seyferth (32), Emma DeVries (33), Julia Finley (36), Reese Workman (38), Sophia Lado (39)

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2020 Season: 3rd SEC White, 1st Pre-Region 35, 1st Region 18, 4th D2 State

2020 Season: 3rd TVC Overall, 2nd Pre-Region 30, 3rd Region 15, 12th D2 State

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• Connell was far and away the best freshman boy during last year’s cross campaign
• He was the only 9^th grader to break 16:00, and by the ratings, was at least 40 seconds better on average than anyone else in his grade
• That resulted in some accomplishments as well, an All-State performance at MIS (coupled with Chelsea’s 4^th place finish as a team)
  • Making this all the more impressive, I know he was battling some nasal issues late in the season that needed correction… very tough
• The accomplishments continued into track, as he doubled at the State Meet and medaled in both the 1600m and 3200m
  • And to the shock of no one, he had the fastest 1600m time of any freshman
• He comes into this sport as an accomplished mountain biker, and I’m sure the fearless attitude those bikers display is an advantage on the cross course

• Ottawa Hills always has a girl, whether it be Madison Ebright, Adit Dau, or now Selma Anderson
• Selma had a solid middle school career with quite a few sub-13 races, along with a few mid-19 5k’s to her name
• But nothing would’ve have foretold the massive drop between 8^th and 9^th grades
• She dropped her 5k best from 19:27 to 18:24 and ran quite a few mid-18 races to prove that was no fluke
• Ottawa Hills runs a very light schedule, but they tend to race very well when it matters – so did Selma with no subpar races in the mix
  • 4^th at Regionals, 2^nd at OK Gold, and 27^th at D1 State
• Although she didn’t qualify for State in track, she was able to drop time (most notably 11:02 in the 3200m) that almost ensures an uptick in her cross country performances