2020 Season: 2nd Greater Lansing, 1st CAAC White, 1st Pre-Region 27, 4th Region 14
2020 Season: 1st NWC, 1st Pre-Region 39, 2nd Region 20, 5th D3 State
The Top Tens: Division 3, #5
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Regional Previews: Division 2, Region 15
Where: Shepherd. Usually runs a little fast, but word on the street is the Shepherd coaching staff is revamping the course to resemble more of the Great Lakes Relay.
2020 Boys: Alma, Flint Powers Catholic, Freeland
2020 Girls: Frankenmuth, Shepherd, Freeland
Top 25 Boys Teams: Freeland (9), Flint Powers Catholic (22), Clio (25)
Top 25 Girls Teams: Freeland (Top Ten), Frankenmuth (11), Shepherd (14)
Top 50 Boys (Division 2): TJ Hansen (9), Braydon Honsinger (11), Jacob Wurtzel (29), Gabriel Phillips (37), Chase Dietrich (46)
Top 50 Girls (Division 2): Mary Richmond (5), Whitney Farrell (11), Mara Longenecker (15), Sophie Nedoff (19), Haileigh Bissett (31), Kiera Hansen (42), Ezgi Kurt (49)
50 Tickets to Brooklyn: #20
- When you’re a student of the sport and gradually pour in work throughout time, the results will come
- Jennie (and Owen) are great examples of that
- In middle school, she wasn’t spectacular, but as a freshman in track, she showed some promise, running 5:36 in the 1600m
- That carried over into cross, which carried over to this past season, and boom: consistent mid-18’s
- Her steadiness was astounding, of her 11 races I rated, only one was below 140 (19:00) equivalent, with a great amount near the 18:30 range
- She also saved her best for last, running a PB at the Meet of Champions and an All-State performance at MIS
- That peak also occurred in track, where she ran a 12 second PB on the most blistering day of the year
- I’ve said this with others, take off 10-15 seconds with the heat, she’s easily sub-10:45 in good conditions
- She’ll be counted on as a steady hand with a young(er), but traditionally great Northville squad that will surprise many as the year wears on
- Kids like Owen are why you win state championships
- Romeo last year was a team that relied heavily on their top 5, and in order to win that way, it puts a ton of pressure on your 4th and 5th runners
- (If an All-State kid has a bad day, that’s a few places – if it’s your 4th/5th, it could be a death knell for your hopes)
- What did Owen do? Personal best and highest rated race of the year
- After all this, you may think he’s just a glue guy, but then he goes and runs 9:26 in track
- The 9:26 was no fluke either, as he had 5 sub-9:40 performances (one of those at the State Meet, once again much faster in optimal conditions)
- Hard to believe that just in 2019, he was dominating the JV races, but Romeo just encourages hard work and develops talent over and over and over
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 