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We’re out of Portage, out of the bigger area meets (Oakland and Wayne County), now onto more of championship season. Many of the top teams competed in a meaningful meet and we’re better able to discern their intentions for this final month of the season.

The WEEK 3 RANKINGS contained the best explanation of the year, so click there. But I’ll add another sentence of emphasis: although this past weekend’s meets weigh the largest, they are not the end all be all, these are cumulative.

Here are the other rankings:

WEEK FOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

Recap

Portage was illuminating, mostly in the fact of Jenison’s increased candidacy for the second podium spot and perhaps, even a win. Jacob Tanner highlighted just how close this race was, a few seconds improvement or a few seconds added in the final month, both scenarios could play a pivotal role in deciding a state title. For ranking purposes, the Wildcats moved up a spot and gained 50 points on Northville. Grand Haven also had a superb day, moving past two higher-ranked teams to nearly grab 3^rd.

Clarkston and Livonia Churchill won Oakland and Wayne Counties, neither having a particularly great day.

Looking Forward

Sorta that odd week between huge meets and conference meets. I call it County Week here, as the usual progression is County, Conference, Regional, State. But anyhow, Willow is home to the River Rat Open, a regional preview for many western suburb teams and a great spot to gain confidence before championships truly begin. Saline will be there, the Hornets quietly hanging in there with their young group, Canton will look to rebound after a Wayne County defeat.

On Friday night, Livonia Churchill has Livonia bragging rights to claim. Similar to Willow is the ultra-quick South course at Hudson Mills, where Brighton will look to rip some PRs.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Northville	93	6	204.1	1
2	Jenison	224	1	199.8	3
3	Brighton	259	4	197.1	2
4	Canton	381	6	195.5	4
5	Livonia Churchill	395	6	194.7	5
6	Saline	396	5	192.9	6
7	Clarkston	410	8	193.3	7
8	Grand Haven	439	1	194.2	9
9	Traverse City Central	501	2	191.0	10
10	Kalamazoo Central	519	3	190.2	8
11	Portage Central	539	3	189.5	12
12	Ann Arbor Pioneer	544	5	194.4	11
13	Oxford	577	8	191.6	14
14	East Kentwood	577	3	190.0	13
15	Forest Hills Central	605	3	189.5	15
16	Plymouth	615	6	189.1	16
17	Utica	679	9	188.3	17
18	White Lake Lakeland	725	7	185.3	23
19	Macomb Dakota	741	9	186.1	18
20	Midland	745	2	185.6	20
21	Okemos	747	2	185.8	21
22	Rockford	774	1	184.5	19
23	Highland-Milford	804	7	188.1	22
24	Traverse City West	814	2	184.6	24
25	Salem	843	6	183.3	26
26	Caledonia	910	3	183.1	25
27	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	939	3	184.2	45

Recap

I think Romeo unequivocally answered the call. Five girls in the top-15, all scorers under 18:35. You could take out Guaresimo and Annie, Romeo still would’ve won.

Where other teams faltered in the final miles, Saline and Ann Arbor Pioneer were able to move up. Staton, Gady, and Schlack found bodies to pass, each moving up 10+ places throughout the race. Brighton may have finished 5^th, but the Bulldogs were closer to the top-4 than projected, enough to move up a spot here.

More and more, it’s appearing that Rochester is a contender for a top-5 placing at MIS. Experienced, battle-tested senior up front. Raw, yet wise junior slightly behind her. And then different girls who step up in different weeks. At Oakland County, the Falcons comfortably cruised to a victory.

Looking Forward

The Romeo squad attained a perfect score in all of my Macomb County simulations. Even in an appropriate season for spooky events, that’s scary. We’ll see if Brighton and Saline keep the momentum rolling at Gabriel Richard and River Rat Open.

Mentioned in the D2 rankings was a battle between DeWitt and Okemos at Greater Lansing. I pointed out DeWitt’s patient racing as an advantage, now I’ll tell you that Okemos halved DeWitt’s score last year, ravaging Ledge Meadows en route to a 58-point victory.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Romeo	81	9	151.2	1
2	Holland West Ottawa	140	1	148.6	2
3	Saline	216	5	140.7	3
4	Brighton	273	4	136.3	5
5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	283	5	143.3	4
6	Rockford	341	1	134.0	6
7	Okemos	398	2	133.9	7
8	Rochester	427	8	133.0	9
9	Traverse City West	462	2	128.1	8
10	Grand Haven	513	1	127.6	10
11	Portage Central	516	3	126.6	11
12	Midland Dow	537	2	132.3	12
13	Northville	545	6	124.3	13
14	Jenison	585	1	123.3	14
15	Ann Arbor Skyline	592	4	123.2	19
16	Utica	608	9	123.1	15
17	White Lake Lakeland	618	7	122.3	16
18	Dexter	676	4	119.9	17
19	Hartland	677	4	120.3	18
20	Rochester Adams	718	8	119.4	20
21	Macomb Dakota	788	9	116.0	21
22	Clarkston	789	8	116.4	23
23	Hudsonville	816	1	115.3	22
24	Bay City Western	841	2	115.9	24
25	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	843	3	114.2	26
26	Traverse City Central	881	2	112.8	25
27	Ann Arbor Huron	887	6	114.2	27

Individual Rankings

Recap

Seemingly, everyone had a tough day at Willow save for one – Aidan Pengelly. The Cobra junior ran away with a 13-second victory, winning his first Wayne County title.

Running away was what Kyle O’Rourke did in the second mile at Possum Hollow, opening up a sizable gap on the field, challenging the course record in an Oakland County win.

Kamari Ronfeldt summoned a sprint at the end in a battle with Seth Conner. The two pulled away from the field early, Conner attempted to pull away mid-race, but Kamari hung tough and had just enough on the long finishing stretch. Surely, we’ll see these two lock heads once again, perhaps joined by a few more.

Looking Forward

Many weekends off in anticipation of the finishing stretch, but a matchup we haven’t yet seen. Heading east on 94 is Kalamazoo Hackett’s big gun, Marek Butkiewicz. Heading west towards Dexter is Ann Arbor Pioneer. Butkiewicz has been dominating D4 races without much of a test, Kamari Ronfeldt, the wise youngster, is coming off Portage’s emotional high.

On the quick Willow grounds, we’ll witness Kyle O’Rourke and Aidan Pengelly. Pengelly has raced there on many occasions, but the sledding hill won’t be too daunting compared to the Milford mountains.

Top 50

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	11	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	216.5
2	10	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	215.4
3	12	Seth Conner	Jenison	213.1
4	10	Jack MacGregor	Howell	212.7
5	12	Carter Livermore	Grandville	212.6
6	11	Aiden Pengelly	Canton	212.3
7	12	Ethan Powell	Northville	209.7
8	12	Alexander McArthur	Oxford	207.8
9	12	Joseph Rohmfeld	Livonia Churchill	207.3
10	12	Taye Levenson	Bloomfield Hills	207.2
11	11	Jackson Lam	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	206.4
12	11	Beckett Crooks	Ann Arbor Pioneer	206.0
13	11	Ben Hartigan	Northville	205.8
14	10	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	205.2
15	12	Kian Schneeweis	Troy	204.7
16	12	Tyler Brock	Brighton	204.0
17	10	Caden Livermore	Grandville	203.8
18	12	Nick Barretto	Northville	203.5
19	11	Ryan Barnes	Clarkston	203.3
20	12	Ben Eisnor	Grand Haven	202.8
21	12	James Cusick	Oxford	202.0
22	11	Ian Morgan	Okemos	201.7
23	10	Ben Romero	Forest Hills Central	201.1
24	12	Lucas LaMilza	Macomb Dakota	201.1
25	12	Julian Linebaugh	Dexter	200.9
26	12	Ishaan Kundapur	Northville	200.9
27	11	Aron Gal	Grand Haven	200.6
28	12	Sawyer McCarthy	Forest Hills Central	200.6
29	10	Brandon Cloud	Northville	200.5
30	12	Parker Strelecki	Jenison	200.5
31	12	Chase Wolters	Livonia Churchill	200.1
32	11	Harper Wesley	Utica	199.9
33	11	Caleb Keller	Traverse City Central	199.8
34	12	Mason Lucas	Jenison	199.6
35	12	Cayden DeGrendel	Clarkston	199.0
36	12	Kort Thompson	Caledonia	198.9
37	12	James Latstetter	Flushing	198.7
38	12	Evan Nickoles	East Kentwood	198.5
39	10	Liam Wierzba	Traverse City West	198.1
40	12	Luke Morehouse	Utica	197.8
41	11	Benjamin Rottier	Grand Ledge	197.8
42	12	Lucas Wood	Howell	197.8
43	10	Blake Kulesza	Brighton	197.7
44	12	Isaac Tanis	East Kentwood	197.5
45	12	Matthew Schwartz	Jenison	197.5
46	12	Spencer Parker	Portage Central	197.3
47	12	Mitchell Jeruzal	Byron Center	197.2
48	12	Jack Chadwick	Plymouth	197.1
49	11	Brennan LaRusso	Saline	197.0
50	12	Malcolm Speigle	Livonia Churchill	197.0

Recap

Nearly 20 seconds at one, 35 at two, a clean 40 at the finish. Another stupendous victory for Helen Sachs. The Panther senior is clearly the class of D1 at this point. The one questions is – who will come in behind her?

Natasza Dudek ran an impressive race in second. All alone, she trailed Sachs, yet was able to hold off any impending kick from the rest of the field. Natalia Guaresimo tried to close, but ran out of real estate.

No one could close on Lucy Cook, a familiar veteran on the Possum Hollow course. A four-time Oakland County champion, Cook sprinted down the first hill and left the field in her dust. The script is playing out as it commonly has, usually ending in a top finish at MIS.

Looking Forward

With Romeo projected to score a perfect 15 at Macomb County, one of the Bulldog girls is predicted to win. Natalia Guaresimo has been running better than anyone, Annie Hrabovsky won last year, maybe another will spring an upset or maybe they’ll all run together? It may not be together, but we’ll likely see a sea of purple up front at River Rat. Hopefully, we’ll see a rebound from Rachel Smith, who could be contending with Ava Schafer for Greater Lansing.

Top 50

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	177.1
2	9	Natasza Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer	166.0
3	12	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	162.7
4	9	Rachel Smith	Okemos	162.4
5	11	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	160.3
6	12	Lucy Cook	Rochester	159.8
7	9	Emilia Garces	Midland Dow	159.0
8	9	Sienna Klemmer	Ann Arbor Pioneer	155.0
9	11	Hana Boggess	Ann Arbor Pioneer	154.9
10	10	Daisy Cox	Rockford	154.2
11	9	McKinley Jones	Saline	154.0
12	12	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford	153.0
13	10	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	152.4
14	12	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	151.3
15	12	Kaelin Hughes	Livonia Stevenson	150.3
16	12	Annie Alkema	Kalamazoo Central	150.0
17	10	Annabeth Hazlewood	Salem	150.0
18	12	Lillian Deskins	Romeo	149.5
19	9	Savannah Staton	Saline	148.8
20	11	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	148.8
21	9	Avery Scott	Portage Central	147.1
22	12	Olivia Purdy	Romeo	147.0
23	12	Violet Hrabovsky	Romeo	146.9
24	11	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	144.7
25	12	Isabelle Becker	Bay City Western	144.3
26	12	Emma Gunnett	Holland West Ottawa	144.2
27	10	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	144.2
28	10	Tessa Mascari	Traverse City West	143.5
29	11	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	143.3
30	12	Grace Tykocki	Grand Blanc	143.2
31	11	Ella Abraham	Rochester	142.8
32	11	Emmerson Clor	Romeo	142.8
33	12	Ava Alicandro	White Lake Lakeland	142.5
34	12	Lucinda Paliani	Ann Arbor Huron	141.8
35	12	Corynn Gady	Saline	141.1
36	9	Lucia Llanes	Ann Arbor Skyline	140.3
37	10	Paige McMeans	Jenison	139.8
38	10	Gabriella Fugazzi	Okemos	139.5
39	9	Charley McKay	Brownstown Woodhaven	139.5
40	10	Katelynn Egli	Novi	139.4
41	11	Olivia Stacy	Portage Northern	139.3
42	12	Chloe DeRidder	Grandville	139.2
43	11	Ava Lawrence	East Kentwood	138.5
44	12	Elle Bissett	Brighton	138.5
45	12	Ava Peters	Livonia Franklin	138.4
46	10	Colette Lozo	Northville	137.6
47	9	Ainsley Kelm	Portage Northern	137.6
48	11	Aviana Skinner	Grand Ledge	136.7
49	11	October Harns	Okemos	136.7
50	10	El McMahan	Rochester Adams	136.3

We’re out of Portage, out of the bigger area meets (Oakland and Wayne County), now onto more of championship season. Many of the top teams competed in a meaningful meet and we’re better able to discern their intentions for this final month of the season.

The WEEK 3 RANKINGS contained the best explanation of the year, so click there. But I’ll add another sentence of emphasis: although this past weekend’s meets weigh the largest, they are not the end all be all, these are cumulative.

Here are the other rankings:

WEEK FOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

Recap

Probably wasn’t as dominant as Spartan, though Allendale was clearly the class of the D2 field at Portage. A different competitor stepped to the forefront for the Falcons – Kilian Whalen. The senior has had much adversity thrown at him throughout his career. Through it all, he’s survived and just dropped a 12 sec. PR. The depth on this team is still impeccable. Their 6^th runner came in before everyone’s 4^th and almost everyone’s 3^rd. You could take Whalen out of the lineup and Allendale still would’ve won.

Beyond the Red n’ Black, Forest Hills Eastern moved up a spot. The Hawks are greatly benefitting from the addition of junior Shephard Bower, learning the sport on the fly. Three straight sub-17’s in just four races at the high school level.

In the Region 15 preview at Cummings Center, Frankenmuth leaned on its depth and pack running. Five Eagles under 17 helped ‘Muth hold off Flint Powers.

Just a reminder, these rankings don’t move teams down for one bad race. Unless it becomes a trend.

Looking Forward

The West Side/OK Conference + Portage sort of dictates the schedule here. Conference championships in the middle of next week, a huge festival of races this past Saturday. Mix in some smart, judicious coaches and that equals taking this weekend off.

We have had a bit of mid-week action, Otsego winning over Plainwell in the M-89 rivalry. Alma defeated Frankenmuth in the final TVC Red Jamboree, enough to win the conference title. Alma has curiously been ranked below Frankenmuth all season in the coaches poll, despite winning in the TVC each time out (side note: if I were a coach, I’d rank my team as low as possible, just for the motivational factor). The Panthers will again find the opportunity to prove themselves at Greater Lansing, where the they look to defend last year’s crown.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Allendale	175	11	196.2	1
2	Grand Rapids Christian	260	12	192.8	2
3	Holland Christian	328	11	189.8	3
4	Alma	341	14	191.1	4
5	Forest Hills Eastern	371	12	189.9	6
6	East Grand Rapids	406	12	188.1	5
7	Otsego	445	13	184.1	7
8	Frankenmuth	446	15	184.2	8
9	Plainwell	470	12	183.6	9
10	Flint Powers Catholic	528	15	185.6	10
11	Cedar Springs	561	10	181.4	12
12	Sparta	563	10	181.8	11
13	Marshall	573	13	186.8	13
14	Shepherd	614	15	182.3	14
15	Gladwin	658	10	181.9	15
16	Pinckney	695	16	178.7	18
17	DeWitt	740	14	175.8	16
18	Three Rivers	778	13	176.9	17
19	New Boston Huron	784	18	176.6	20
20	Freeland	786	15	180.2	19
21	Fremont	807	10	174.2	23
22	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	844	11	177.1	21
23	Corunna	863	14	172.6	22
24	Zeeland East	904	11	171.8	24
25	Spring Lake	927	10	171.0	28
26	Petoskey	951	10	170.1	29
27	Edwardsburg	961	13	170.1	25

Recap

Projections had Goodrich being first overall at Greater Flint, which was correct. However, I was a little high on the Martian point total. Mainly thanks to Claire Brown, who after a fall of running in the 20’s, has broken into the 19’s these past two weeks.

Zeeland East was able to rebound after their surprise defeat at Otsego. The Chix scored 3 girls in the top-10, the 3^rd being a Meredith Cook who broke into the 18’s yet again.

Looking Forward

Home meets and area championships. The rule of thumb is that if you host a meet, you have to defend your ground. Both Freeland and Goodrich are hosting, and thankfully, both appear to be favorites. Adrian will use their strength up front and hope to power to a Lenawee County win. Greater Lansing will be the stage for a D1/D2 crossover, as a top-10 Okemos will face DeWitt. The Panthers just ran the best times of their season at Birch Run and have shown (Spartan) the ability to be patient in pressure-packed situations.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Zeeland East	160	11	137.9	1
2	Goodrich	198	15	131.0	2
3	Holland Christian	245	11	127.7	4
4	Otsego	273	13	130.5	5
5	Grand Rapids Christian	274	12	127.9	3
6	DeWitt	327	14	123.7	6
7	East Grand Rapids	360	12	121.8	7
8	Adrian	434	18	123.5	8
9	Freeland	478	15	118.5	9
10	Hudsonville Unity Christian	479	11	116.2	10
11	Linden	533	16	113.3	12
12	Spring Lake	550	10	111.9	13
13	Forest Hills Eastern	572	12	109.9	11
14	St. Joseph	652	13	114.2	14
15	Grand Rapids South Christian	714	12	104.9	15
16	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	746	18	105.7	17
17	Ludington	747	10	108.0	16
18	Frankenmuth	764	15	107.9	20
19	Cadillac	793	10	105.7	19
20	Sturgis	795	13	107.6	18
21	Shepherd	845	15	100.8	25
22	Coopersville	869	11	100.9	22
23	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	903	16	99.4	21
24	Plainwell	936	12	96.8	24
25	Dearborn Divine Child	946	16	96.3	23
26	Owosso	948	14	96.4	26
27	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	1011	12	96.5	27

Individual Rankings

Recap

Down in Terredise, TJ Hansen hung with the Midwest’s best, running a 14:43 and placing 2^nd. I wish there were 48 hours in a day so that I could create some out-of-state speed ratings, so you’ll just have to understand that it was very fast.

In the state itself, we saw significant moves up the ranks from Simon Triezenberg, Will Engbers, and Edison Lopeman. The latter two dropped PR’s at Portage, Triezenberg narrowly missed. Each finished in the top four.

Looking Forward

Once again, sort of a weekend off. The teams that are near Lake Michigan are recovering from Portage and awaiting conference showdowns. TJ Hansen will be home with his Freeland squad, Jack Bidwell is in the D2 race at Gabriel Richard (with this weather and that course, expect something special if he goes for it). The Alma boys will be looking for every possible advantage up front. Surely they’ll be chasing the wise Jack MacGregor, though expect Thomas Larson and Zeke Baltierra to give him everything he can handle.

Top 50

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	TJ Hansen	Freeland	223.6
2	12	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	215.3
3	12	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child	211.8
4	12	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	210.6
5	12	Simon Triezenberg	Grand Rapids Christian	206.4
6	12	Will Engbers	Holland Christian	206.4
7	11	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	205.7
8	10	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	205.7
9	11	Thomas Larson	Alma	205.6
10	11	Bryce Gross	Flint Powers Catholic	205.5
11	12	Jeb Hillary	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	205.3
12	11	Edison Lopeman	Parma Western	205.3
13	12	Dominic Lowrie	Battle Creek Harper Creek	204.5
14	9	Lennox Naswell	Flint Powers Catholic	203.8
15	12	Elijah Christensen	Gladwin	203.8
16	12	Sullivan Zietlow	Three Rivers	203.7
17	10	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	202.4
18	12	Kilian Whalen	Allendale	202.2
19	11	Moises Salazar	Adrian	201.4
20	11	Vincent Pattison	Goodrich	201.1
21	10	Abraham McHugh	Marshall	200.8
22	11	Ronnie Silveira	Allendale	200.2
23	12	Ben Gross	Allendale	199.9
24	12	Lucas Kuhn	New Boston Huron	199.7
25	12	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	199.0
26	10	Cole McCraw	Pinckney	198.7
27	12	Jack Lillywhite	Flint Kearsley	198.2
28	12	Abatu Dykstra	Hamilton	197.9
29	12	Seth Mead	Gladwin	197.9
30	11	Owen Metzger	Sparta	197.7
31	12	Alex Doneth	Mason	197.6
32	12	Reece Davis	Marshall	197.0
33	12	Vincent Pollock	Fruitport	196.8
34	10	Mitchell Dunlap	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	196.7
35	12	Jacob Draaisma	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	196.5
36	10	Steven Zawacki	Forest Hills Eastern	195.9
37	12	Simon Erfourth	Owosso	195.6
38	12	Stewart Waters	Whitehall	195.5
39	12	Andrew Commeret	Comstock Park	195.3
40	12	Dylan Lydic	Haslett	194.3
41	12	Keegan Hoekstra	Grand Rapids Christian	194.1
42	10	Caiden Caswell	Vicksburg	194.0
43	11	Sean Ryan	Grand Rapids Christian	193.6
44	11	Jack Edison	East Grand Rapids	193.1
45	11	Luke Dulecki	New Boston Huron	192.7
46	11	Donovan Ryan	Plainwell	192.5
47	11	Ethan Shoffner	Cedar Springs	192.2
48	9	Micah Becker	East Grand Rapids	191.7
49	12	Will Whitmore	Holland Christian	191.3
50	12	Zachary Newman	Pinckney	190.9

Recap

With Emma Hoffman and Ava Schafer taking the weekend off, we were counting on Portage to deliver. We received a nice little competition between Emma Drnek, Katie Berkshire, and Courtney Bovair. Drnek and Berkshire were with each other at one, Bovair slightly behind. By two miles, it was just those two. Come the finish, Drnek, the recent MSU commit, had opened a nearly 10 second gap.

As projected, Natalie Foltz came through at Greater Flint. Mea D’Agostino has been going through the ringer of courses lately. Bennett Park, a hot day at Spartan, two championships at Possum Hollow. She didn’t place as well at Oakland County (14^th, still All-County), but recovered nicely to place 2^nd in the Catholic League.

Looking Forward

A few intriguing bits of action. Berkley Holtz going for her 3^rd straight hometown title at the 60^th Sturgis Kiwanis Invite. Jaelyn Ray coming off two mid-18 efforts, facing a rising Samantha Schroeder at Gabriel Richard. Then there’s a big one – Ava Schafer at Greater Lansing. Ava won there last year, now she faces a little stiffer competition, with two other competitors also finding their way into the 17’s this fall.

Top 50

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	168.2
2	10	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	164.2
3	11	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	159.1
4	12	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	158.7
5	12	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	156.1
6	12	Courtney Bovair	Carleton Airport	154.5
7	10	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	153.6
8	11	Berkley Holtz	Sturgis	148.9
9	10	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	147.5
10	11	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	147.1
11	12	Sophy Skeels	Adrian	145.7
12	11	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	145.7
13	9	Adalyn Raab	Zeeland East	145.7
14	12	Ayla Holben	DeWitt	144.0
15	11	Marie Gates	Hudsonville Unity Christian	143.1
16	10	Adeline Armstrong	East Grand Rapids	143.1
17	10	Ayda Skeels	Adrian	143.1
18	12	Grace Evanoff	Flint Powers Catholic	142.1
19	12	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	141.0
20	10	Johanna Mulder	Holland	140.9
21	10	Mia May	Sparta	140.4
22	11	Meredith Cook	Zeeland East	139.9
23	9	Avery Engbers	Holland Christian	139.4
24	10	Alivia Ottinger	Goodrich	139.1
25	10	Annabelle Lowman	Ludington	137.7
26	9	Remie Ellis	Eaton Rapids	137.4
27	11	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	136.9
28	10	Lane Isom	Richland Gull Lake	134.8
29	11	Brooklynn Brown	Cadillac	134.4
30	12	Kamryn Lauinger	Goodrich	134.1
31	12	Joy Evans	Alma	133.8
32	12	Ava Crews	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	133.5
33	12	Nadia Grierson	Ludington	132.3
34	12	Eva Thompson	Croswell-Lexington	131.7
35	9	Audrey Kline	St. Joseph	131.3
36	10	Addison Josephson	Linden	131.2
37	9	Madison Petty	Adrian	131.1
38	9	Kayla Shellenbarger	Goodrich	130.8
39	10	Ellery Lampen	Holland Christian	129.7
40	12	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	129.4
41	12	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	129.4
42	11	Alexis Kotkowicz	Spring Lake	128.8
43	12	Taylor Mitchell	Otsego	128.6
44	10	Kylie Mausolf	Birch Run	128.6
45	12	Mia Williams	DeWitt	128.5
46	9	Oakley Osterhart	Coopersville	127.6
47	9	Danica Redes	Shepherd	127.5
48	11	Linnea Paige	Fremont	127.2
49	12	Karie Keefer	Freeland	126.8
50	10	Olivia Hollebeek	Holland Christian	126.4

Another year and another crack at the annual Macomb County Prediction Contest. Last year, I captured bronze. In 2022, silver. I think it’s time we complete the trifecta and get gold. Anyway, if you want to join the contest, the rules and regulations are above.

I’ll probably have more projections later in the week for other area meets.

BOYS TEAM

Place	Team	Avg. Place	Avg. Score	Win %	Top 3 %
1	Utica	1.40	61	61	95+
2	Macomb Dakota	1.69	64	37	95+
3	Romeo	2.91	94		95+
4	Utica Eisenhower	4.91	194
5	Fraser	4.95	197
6	Macomb Lutheran North	5.41	202
7	Utica Ford	6.99	221
8	Warren DeLaSalle	8.27	244
9	Sterling Heights Stevenson	9.12	260
10	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	9.38	267
11	Michigan Athletic Club for Homeschoolers	12.38	341
12	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	12.57	343
13	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	12.67	344
14	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	13.37	353
15	Lakeview St. Clair Shores	14.69	368
16	Warren Cousino	15.29	378
17	Armada	17.19	480
18	Richmond	17.86	500
19	Austin Catholic	18.97	545
20	Roseville	20.36	610
21	Warren Mott	20.62	617
22	New Haven	22.08	667
23	Warren Woods Tower	22.92	684

GIRLS TEAM

Place	Team	Avg. Place	Avg. Score	Win %	Top 3 %
1	Romeo	1.00	15	95+	95+
2	Utica	2.00	74		95+
3	Macomb Dakota	3.04	93		95+
4	Fraser	3.96	110
5	Macomb Lutheran North	5.01	188
6	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	6.82	238
7	Utica Eisenhower	7.30	243
8	Armada	8.10	256
9	Warren Regina	8.25	260
10	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	10.38	293
11	Michigan Athletic Club for Homeschoolers	10.58	296
12	Utica Ford	11.67	313
13	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	13.03	366
14	Warren Mott	13.89	404
15	Lakeview St. Clair Shores	15.84	459
16	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	16.17	460
17	Warren Cousino	16.64	468
18	Richmond	17.35	478
19	Austin Catholic	19.15	547
20	Sterling Heights Stevenson	19.82	565

BOYS INDIVIDUAL

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Avg. Place
1	11	Harper Wesley	Utica	1.90
2	12	Lucas LaMilza	Macomb Dakota	1.91
3	12	Luke Morehouse	Utica	2.71
4	11	James Brickel	Romeo	6.35
5	10	Joshua Macri	Macomb Lutheran North	6.53
6	12	Gavin Frandle	Utica	7.62
7	12	Aidan Daly	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	9.79
8	11	Charlie Curtis	Utica	11.07
9	11	Lance Edghill	Fraser	11.84
10	11	Luke Allen	Romeo	12.17
11	11	Joseph Kaleto	Macomb Dakota	13.15
12	12	Greg Vogt	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	13.96
13	11	Anthony Frei	Utica Eisenhower	14.41
14	11	Owen Perry	Romeo	14.87
15	11	Andrew Scheloske	Macomb Dakota	15.16
16	11	Oliver Davis	Macomb Dakota	16.91
17	12	Jensen McCutcheon	Lakeview St. Clair Shores	18.34
18	12	Noah Redman	Macomb Dakota	20.29
19	11	Aaron Hemstreet	Warren Cousino	20.81
20	12	Colden Gray	Utica Eisenhower	20.99
21	11	Aaron Osterman	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	22.00
22	11	Xavier Roman	Macomb Lutheran North	22.93
23	11	Jacob Giovannini	Macomb Dakota	23.61
24	9	Xavier Solgot	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	25.80
25	12	Alex Habarth	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	26.12

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Avg. Place
1	11	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	1.11
2	10	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	2.47
3	12	Lillian Deskins	Romeo	3.51
4	12	Olivia Purdy	Romeo	4.49
5	12	Violet Hrabovsky	Romeo	4.54
6	11	Emmerson Clor	Romeo	5.66
7	11	Brooke McFarland	Utica	8.01
8	12	Grace Grupido	Fraser	8.45
9	11	Ella Goodsell	Romeo	9.11
10	9	Alannah Wessel	Michigan Athletic Club for Homeschoolers	11.05
11	10	Emma Brown	Utica	11.59
12	11	Lidia Clancy	Macomb Dakota	12.12
13	11	Siene Muraszewski	Utica	12.47
14	12	Sophia Aquino	Utica	13.36
15	10	Aubrey Rizzo	Macomb Dakota	14.40
16	10	Reese Rosbolt	Romeo	14.97
17	12	Julia Timpa	Macomb Dakota	18.32
18	11	Katelyn Frazier	Fraser	18.59
19	12	Brooklyn Khon	Armada	19.25
20	10	Faith Wessel	Michigan Athletic Club for Homeschoolers	22.04
21	10	Samantha Whitlam	Macomb Lutheran North	22.37
22	11	Jacalyn Yakel	Utica Eisenhower	23.08
23	10	Alice Foley	Fraser	23.94
24	12	Mylene Pham	Macomb Dakota	25.31
25	10	Lilianna Peace	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	26.15