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The second weekend in September is always a relief. Typically two huge meets, now three with Ottawa Hills joining Holly and Spartan. Teams leaving the nest, taking on the best throughout the state. Very illuminating as far as rankings go, no doubt enlightening as well to a runner when they face great competition.

Week Three’s Rankings tell the tale of how these are created.

This week’s rankings contain meets through Saturday (9/14).

These are for fun. And I do this for free. I’m positive toward every runner in the state. Abiding by that golden rule, you should reciprocate. Capisce? Enjoy.

Recap

Traverse City St. Francis made the trek down US-31 to Grand Rapids for the early session at Ottawa Hills. The Glads sped around the Riverside track, with six boys crossing the line in under 17:00. All in all, TCSF placed 2^nd in a field full of D1 and D2 teams, including a few top-10 squads from the latter division.

We were greatly interested in how the White race at Spartan would turn out, given its lengthy list of ranked teams. At the time, three were in the top-10. At this time, there’s four, thanks to Hanover-Horton’s 3^rd place finish in the division. The winner ended up being the Titans of Lumen Christi, who put all five boys under 18 and all five boys in the top-22. Their ranking didn’t change, but if you notice the point total, they’re growing closer into claiming the 2^nd spot.

Looking Forward

Two top-10 matchups at two of our traditionally great mid-season meets. Cougar Falcon is back at the Eagles Nest, we’ll see Saugatuck and Lansing Catholic traverse the new Gainey course. At the Jackson area’s ancestral home, the two teams with momentum will face off, #3 Lumen Christi and #8 Hanover-Horton.

Top 27

Place	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Traverse City St. Francis	103	19	190.3	1
2	Ithaca	215	25	185.0	2
3	Jackson Lumen Christi	218	23	183.1	3
4	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	338	21	175.2	5
5	Saugatuck	357	22	171.9	4
6	Charlevoix	360	19	176.7	6
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	374	24	172.2	7
8	Hanover-Horton	380	23	173.2	12
9	Lansing Catholic	419	26	169.4	8
10	Buchanan	441	22	168.9	9
11	Stanton Central Montcalm	461	24	173.2	10
12	Flat Rock	496	27	173.8	15
13	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	514	21	167.4	11
14	Jonesville	536	23	167.7	13
15	Reed City	549	20	168.7	14
16	Hart	625	20	161.3	17
17	Onsted	629	23	166.0	22
18	Benzie Central	633	20	161.6	16
19	Leslie	674	26	159.8	18
20	Bath	700	24	161.8	20
21	Holland Black River	727	21	159.7	19
22	Union City	731	22	159.4	21
23	Montague	803	21	157.0	23
24	Erie Mason	810	27	156.1	31
25	Sanford-Meridian	877	25	156.0	27
26	Ann Arbor Greenhills	905	26	152.6	24
27	Lake City	911	20	153.5	25

Recap

Similar to the boys, the White race at Spartan was loaded with top teams. Three in the previous week’s top-10, seven in the top-27. Of those three in the upper echelon, Benzie Central and Jackson Lumen Christi separated themselves from the field, each scoring under 100 points, with the Titans claiming the victory.

Not facing off, the top-three squads remain unchanged. However, we did receive Pewamo-Westphalia’s best team effort of the year, PRs from the front four Pirates in a sweeping Sparta win. Placing 4^th of 19 in the D1/2-centric field at Ottawa Hills, TCSF’s girls showed they can handle racing in a big crowd.

Looking Forward

We’ll see if the toughness translates for Lansing Catholic. The Cougars have spent a majority of their early season either at home or on the grueling Possum Hollow hills. Now they’re onto a faster, flatter track over at Cougar Falcon.

We’re a bit more populated than the other gender in terms of top matchups. Veterans Serving Veterans will offer up a platter of ranked teams, including #2 Traverse City St. Francis, #7 Benzie Central, #12 Clare, and #15 McBain. On the gentle hills of Sharp Park, you’ll have more elites – #5 Lumen Christi and #8 Leslie, not to mention Grass Lake & Onsted.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Lansing Catholic	219	26	111.2	1
2	Traverse City St. Francis	223	19	114.7	2
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	224	24	117.0	3
4	Stanton Central Montcalm	273	24	117.3	4
5	Jackson Lumen Christi	274	23	107.5	5
6	Ithaca	327	25	102.4	6
7	Benzie Central	403	20	98.1	7
8	Leslie	430	26	97.5	8
9	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	491	21	91.3	9
10	Hart	502	20	87.9	10
11	Blissfield	625	27	89.7	13
12	Clare	629	19	82.8	14
13	Midland Bullock Creek	632	25	84.5	15
14	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	638	21	89.8	25
15	McBain	655	20	82.2	12
16	Remus Chippewa Hills	664	20	79.2	11
17	Saugatuck	666	22	81.8	18
18	Ann Arbor Greenhills	725	26	78.6	16
19	Onsted	728	23	84.0	17
20	Grass Lake	733	27	75.3	24
21	Grandville Calvin Christian	834	21	71.6	21
22	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	879	21	68.7	22
23	Boyne City	894	19	67.8	20
24	Sanford-Meridian	914	25	67.8	28
25	Laingsburg	923	24	67.1	23
26	Union City	933	22	69.1	26
27	Schoolcraft	937	22	65.4	35

Individual Rankings

Recap

Much movement in and around these individual rankings. Josh Slocum moved into first thanks to another outstanding race, this time at Riverside. Add his mid-15 performance to the one at Buckley and you’ve got a kid who’s making his case to be the favorite at State.

Gage Hoffman racked up another sub-16 equivalent with a 16:21 in the Elite section at Spartan. He went for it too, 7^th at the mile in 4:50, before slightly fading to a 16:21.

Mitchell Hiatt faded a little less. He sat in a similar position at the mile, moved to 4^th through two, before getting across the line in 9^th. Even with that move back a few spots, Hiatt stepped to a sub-16, an astounding effort under stressful conditions.

Looking Forward

Josh Slocum will again have an opportunity to run fast, now at Cadillac’s typically quick track. Perhaps he can pull teammate William Ready to another 15-min. performance? There will be D2 standouts as well in Bryce Cahoon, Seth Mead, Elijah Christensen. Mitchell Hiatt will likely have more favorable conditions at Jackson. Firmer ground, gradual downhills, and less oppressive heat. Plus, an Isaiah Dinverno to keep the pace honest.

Top 30

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Josh Slocum	Traverse City St. Francis	205.3	19
2	11	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	204.4	24
3	12	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	204.0	23
4	11	Landen Styka	Ithaca	203.7	25
5	12	August Rohde	Reed City	202.8	20
6	11	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	201.7	27
7	12	Isaiah Dinverno	Jackson Lumen Christi	201.3	23
8	12	Miingen Bertrand	Ithaca	199.5	25
9	12	Levi Kamps	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	196.5	21
10	10	William Ready	Traverse City St. Francis	195.3	19
11	12	Matthias Morse	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	193.8	21
12	12	Leo Swager	Jackson Lumen Christi	193.6	23
13	10	Hunter Eaton	Charlevoix	193.6	19
14	12	Landen Boulis	Hanover-Horton	192.3	23
15	12	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	192.0	25
16	11	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	191.4	24
17	12	Nathan Vargo	Flat Rock	190.8	27
18	12	Tyler Heal	Sanford-Meridian	190.7	25
19	11	Tyler Leach	Otisville LakeVille	190.5	24
20	10	Caleb Blonde	Jonesville	189.7	23
21	9	Owen Poppema	Bath	188.6	24
22	11	Robert Dykhouse	Manton	188.4	20
23	9	Nole Lorenzen	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	188.2	26
24	10	Ryder Hopkins	Charlevoix	187.7	19
25	10	Luke Herron	Caro	187.2	25
26	12	Owen Read	Traverse City St. Francis	186.1	19
27	12	Daniel Mandujano	Watervliet	185.1	22
28	10	Logan Youngman	Hillsdale	184.6	23
29	9	Christian Craanen	Monroe St. Mary CC	184.4	27
30	11	Jacob Mankey	Ithaca	183.9	25

Recap

Both Emmry Ross and Kyah Hoffman were right there with the D1 freshmen and Ohio studs in the Elite division at Spartan. Both faded a bit late, Hoffman a little before Ross, but each were able to find themselves in the top-10. Although she didn’t have as successful a race as the above two, Eliza Bush was still 11^th in the division on that hot day.

Grace VanderKooi’s debut occurred at Sparta, just on the high side of 19-flat. Whitney Werner was able to move up thanks to her 18:33, a personal best and first time in the 18:30’s since the end of her sophomore season.

Looking Forward

We’re pretty devoid of top matchups. That’s okay, Bluejay and Portage are on the horizon and these girls need to conjure all energy before ripping it again.

Top 30

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Kyah Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	162.0	24
2	12	Emmry Ross	Onsted	159.3	23
3	12	Betsy Skendzel	Traverse City St. Francis	152.1	19
4	12	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	149.3	24
5	12	Eliza Bush	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	148.0	27
6	10	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	147.0	20
7	12	Lila Volkers	Kent City	145.4	21
8	11	Hope Miller	Blissfield	142.5	27
9	12	Grace VanderKooi	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	141.1	21
10	11	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	141.0	27
11	10	Alyssa Kramer	Pewamo-Westphalia	140.8	24
12	11	Hailey Creisher	Leslie	140.0	26
13	12	Ashley Choponis	Stanton Central Montcalm	135.5	24
14	10	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	134.6	23
15	10	Isabelle Sliter	Fennville	134.2	22
16	9	Elliana Max	Kent City	133.4	21
17	12	Ava Hathaway	Bronson	131.3	23
18	11	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	126.7	24
19	11	Mattie Gagne	Midland Bullock Creek	125.5	25
20	12	Kaya Vrable	Caro	125.4	25
21	9	Caelyn Torry	McBain	125.4	20
22	12	Chloe Stalhood	Hillsdale	125.3	23
23	10	Shelby Kuiper	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	124.6	21
24	10	Grace Wonch	Lansing Catholic	122.6	26
25	10	Sophia Buzzelli	Clare	122.4	19
26	12	Mary Masserant	Traverse City St. Francis	120.8	19
27	11	Ashlynn Harris	Bronson	120.6	23
28	10	Makinna Foglesong	Ithaca	120.4	25
29	12	Nora Grossnickle	Benzie Central	120.1	20
30	9	Isabelle Currie	Lansing Catholic	118.5	26

The only meet this afternoon that hit the requisite sample for each gender and it looks like it was a tough one!

Girls Adjustment: -62
Boys Adjustment: -54

*** = Team State Title type of performance
** = Top-10 Team type of performance
* = Team Qualifier type of performance

BOYS TEAM RATINGS

Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Alma**	191.6	2
Frankenmuth*	175.8	2
Freeland*	174.7	2
Saginaw Swan Valley	127.9	2
Bay City John Glenn	119.0	2
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Ithaca**	175.4	3
Carrollton	88.1	3
Hemlock	85.0	3
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	131.7	4

GIRLS TEAM RATINGS

Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Freeland**	116.4	2
Frankenmuth	101.8	2
Alma	99.3	2
Saginaw Swan Valley	2.1	2
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Ithaca*	85.8	3
Saginaw Valley Lutheran	43.2	3
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	29.8	4

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	T.j. Hansen	16:25.0	Freeland	209.7
10	Ezekiel Baltierra	16:36.5	Alma	205.8
11	Thomas Larson	16:42.8	Alma	203.7
11	Landen Styka	16:55.5	Ithaca	199.5
12	Miingen Bertrand	17:18.6	Ithaca	191.8
10	Kevin Terpstra	17:29.4	Alma	188.2
11	Brett Magnus	17:40.4	Frankenmuth	184.5
10	Nicklas Parker	17:44.0	Frankenmuth	183.3
11	Elijah Baltierra	17:49.2	Alma	181.6
11	Anthony Plana	17:52.1	Frankenmuth	180.6
12	Bodie Heiss	17:57.7	Alma	178.8
11	Jayden Fox	17:58.1	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	178.6
12	Sam Nemeth	18:02.8	Freeland	177.1
12	Camden McLeod	18:06.4	Freeland	175.9
9	Sam Johnson	18:07.7	Alma	175.4
11	Luca Lebron	18:08.1	Alma	175.3
12	Cougar Clark	18:15.0	Frankenmuth	173.0
11	Thad Whitmore	18:40.3	Ithaca	164.6
12	Camden Fager	18:41.2	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	164.3
10	Evan MacLaren	18:43.4	Ithaca	163.5
11	Noah Chouinard	18:45.2	Alma	162.9
10	Amos Norder	18:53.5	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	160.2
11	Jacob Mankey	19:01.2	Ithaca	157.6
12	Brent DeSaegher	19:01.3	Ithaca	157.6
10	Braeden Conger	19:02.0	Frankenmuth	157.3
11	Henry Schanbeck	19:02.5	Bay City John Glenn	157.2
10	Jackson Horn	19:03.8	Freeland	156.7
10	Austin Kloha	19:12.1	Freeland	154.0
11	Jagger Clark	19:18.0	Frankenmuth	152.0
11	Chase Somers	19:26.5	Freeland	149.2
10	Jackson Jaworski	19:29.6	Freeland	148.1
10	Spencer Dammann	19:31.0	Saginaw Swan Valley	147.7
9	Leif Briggs-Lind	19:35.0	Bay City John Glenn	146.3
10	Brady Whitford	19:40.0	Ithaca	144.7
10	Miles Woodman	19:45.1	Ithaca	143.0
11	Cole Pergram	19:52.5	Frankenmuth	140.5
10	Grant Mielke	20:00.5	Freeland	137.8
11	Law Sholten	20:05.2	Frankenmuth	136.3
10	Grady Galbraith	20:08.4	Hemlock	135.2
12	Sean O’Grady	20:11.4	Saginaw Nouvel	134.2
10	Devlin Johnson	20:12.2	Freeland	133.9
9	Noah Dallas	20:20.0	Freeland	131.3
11	Logan Selasky	20:21.2	Saginaw Swan Valley	130.9
9	Christopher Shemes	20:21.7	Ithaca	130.8
10	Owen Hare	20:32.3	Saginaw Swan Valley	127.2
9	Xavier Teneyuque	20:48.6	Carrollton	121.8
10	Levi Socier	20:49.1	Essexville Garber	121.6
10	Logan Whitmer	20:50.7	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	121.1
11	Conner Wilkinson	20:52.1	Bay City John Glenn	120.6
11	Logan Peavey	21:01.1	Carrollton	117.6
10	Vincent Morse	21:02.8	Saginaw Swan Valley	117.1
11	Alexander Schram	21:04.7	Saginaw Swan Valley	116.4
12	Nate McAvoy	21:20.5	Frankenmuth	111.2
11	Riley Minnis	21:28.1	Freeland	108.6
10	Jaden Rodriguez	21:30.3	Saginaw Swan Valley	107.9
11	Jakob Mueller	21:34.7	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	106.4
10	Paul Kim	21:34.8	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	106.4
9	Bentley Cromer	21:58.8	Alma	98.4
11	Jake Soto	21:59.5	Alma	98.2
12	Daniel Stutzman	22:23.6	Freeland	90.1
11	Jonathan Lebsack	22:25.9	Bay City John Glenn	89.4
11	Eli Guinther	22:27.5	Frankenmuth	88.8
11	Summer Yuan	22:29.9	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	88.0
10	Marcus Blankenship	22:30.4	Saginaw Swan Valley	87.9
12	Tanner Wesener	22:33.5	Hemlock	86.8
9	Corbin Maddox	22:35.9	Alma	86.0
9	Andrew Hilborg	22:38.0	Freeland	85.3
11	Dominic Rivette	22:46.2	Hemlock	82.6
11	Philip LaFramboise	22:48.8	Bay City John Glenn	81.7
10	Levi Fager	22:49.7	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	81.4
12	Jonathan Noel	22:57.1	Bay City John Glenn	79.0
10	Jason Jimenez	23:21.8	Saginaw Nouvel	70.7
11	Colin Lock	23:22.5	Essexville Garber	70.5
10	Ricardo Garcia	23:26.7	Carrollton	69.1
12	Noah Charbonneau	23:27.9	Essexville Garber	68.7
10	Brendan DeRocher	23:28.2	Frankenmuth	68.6
11	Trenton Terrian	23:32.0	Saginaw Swan Valley	67.3
11	Evan Williams	23:32.2	Carrollton	67.3
11	Evan Wolgast	23:34.6	Hemlock	66.5
12	Anderson Oberle	23:36.5	Freeland	65.8
9	Cruz Newville	23:38.5	Alma	65.2
11	Ethan McDonald	23:40.4	Carrollton	64.5
10	Zach Freier	23:42.6	Freeland	63.8
11	Shiloh Scott	24:00.4	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	57.9
12	Kaden Sabo	24:08.0	Essexville Garber	55.3
12	Owen Rathbun	24:12.8	Hemlock	53.7
11	Tyler Kuehne	24:18.8	Bay City John Glenn	51.7
12	Josh Thompson	25:11.0	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	34.3
11	Evan Elliott	25:29.5	Bay City John Glenn	28.2
11	Samuel Felten	25:32.0	Frankenmuth	27.3
12	Brady Werner	25:36.1	Bay City John Glenn	26.0
10	Brock Grabemeyer	25:42.9	Alma	23.7
10	Landry Mitchell	26:48.7	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	1.8
10	Mason McKee	26:51.3	Bay City John Glenn	0.9

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
10	Clara Kaczor	19:25.8	Freeland	152.1
11	Natalie Foltz	20:00.7	Frankenmuth	140.4
12	Joy Evans	20:18.8	Alma	134.4
12	Karie Keefer	20:38.3	Freeland	127.9
10	Lucy Conzelmann	20:48.7	Frankenmuth	124.4
10	Makinna Foglesong	21:11.9	Ithaca	116.7
9	Khloe Lehnst	21:24.7	Ithaca	112.4
12	Ezgi Kurt	21:29.8	Alma	110.7
11	Jada Prescott	21:31.0	Freeland	110.3
12	Reese Beery	21:41.4	Saginaw Swan Valley	106.9
11	Elise Barden	22:00.5	Frankenmuth	100.5
9	Ellie Thering	22:12.1	Freeland	96.6
10	Isabel Reinke	22:17.0	Freeland	95.0
9	Lindsey Cmeyla	22:24.7	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	92.4
9	Gabriella Dallas	22:36.0	Freeland	88.7
12	Vivian Wickes	22:43.8	Alma	86.1
11	Sarah Munger	22:52.8	Alma	83.1
12	Clare Conzelmann	22:54.1	Frankenmuth	82.6
10	Alexa Palmer	22:55.7	Alma	82.1
11	Anna Johnson	23:14.9	Alma	75.7
9	Amelia Dawe	23:29.0	Ithaca	71.0
10	Emily Beethe	23:32.1	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	70.0
9	Piper Schultz	23:38.1	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	68.0
11	Emma Dawe	23:42.5	Ithaca	66.5
11	Olive Wakefield	23:45.4	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	65.5
12	Madison Shorkey	23:49.7	Bay City John Glenn	64.1
11	Myleigh Hephner	23:55.1	Ithaca	62.3
10	Olivia Mielke	23:58.4	Freeland	61.2
11	Izabelle LaLone	23:58.7	Ithaca	61.1
12	Evie Culver	23:59.0	Frankenmuth	61.0
12	Heather Brownlee	24:14.4	Essexville Garber	55.9
10	Aubrey Hare	24:16.4	Saginaw Swan Valley	55.2
12	Jenna Kowalski	24:22.8	Freeland	53.1
9	Charlee MacLaren	24:30.1	Ithaca	50.6
11	Gabby Cleveland	24:40.2	Frankenmuth	47.3
9	Bethany Cmeyla	24:47.6	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	44.8
12	Sydney Leslie	24:56.4	Saginaw Nouvel	41.9
11	Eleanor Herron	25:06.2	Frankenmuth	38.6
12	Karisa Deacons	25:07.7	Ithaca	38.1
12	Gwen Breidinger	25:33.1	Alma	29.6
9	Emily Lasceski	25:34.9	Freeland	29.0
12	Olivia Johnson	25:41.5	Frankenmuth	26.8
10	Greta Schroeder	25:49.2	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	24.3
11	Adelade Avram	25:52.2	Freeland	23.3
10	Lydia Faubert	26:12.3	Hemlock	16.6
10	Genavieve Root	26:27.4	Alma	11.5
11	Maryn Hyatt	26:48.5	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	4.5
10	Rachael Heikkinen	26:48.7	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	4.4

The second weekend in September is always a relief. Typically two huge meets, now three with Ottawa Hills joining Holly and Spartan. Teams leaving the nest, taking on the best throughout the state. Very illuminating as far as rankings go, no doubt enlightening as well to a runner when they face great competition.

Week Three’s Rankings tell the tale of how these are created.

This week’s rankings contain meets through Saturday (9/14).

These are for fun. And I do this for free. I’m positive toward every runner in the state. Abiding by that golden rule, you should reciprocate. Capisce? Enjoy.

Recap

A typo had Hillsdale Academy in the D3 race at Holly (which is fine, I make many mistakes too!), else I would’ve mentioned the Colts locked in a top-10 battle in the D5 race at Holly. As the day began to heat up, so did the Hillsdale pack, moving up after a conservative first mile, placing six boys under 18:00.

Twenty minutes later, Royal Oak Shrine placed 2^nd in the D4 race (a mix of lower enrollment D3 schools and higher enrollment D4), all while missing one of their varsity runners.

Holland Calvary Christian had a tough day at Spartan, falls at the start, tears to their spikes, yet they all finished admirably.

The matchup between Mason County Eastern and Maple City Glen Lake was missing MCE’s Alex Tyndall, though wins are wins, and the Lakers held serve on their home course.

Looking Forward

With more meets spread out throughout the state, there aren’t many massive matchups. Top-10 squads are facing off in two separate spots – Goodells and Cadillac. You’ve got Whitmore Lake and Royal Oak Shrine at the Brooks Mid-Season Spectacular and Maple City Glen Lake vs. White Cloud over in Caddy.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Hillsdale Academy	148	34	172.4	3
2	Royal Oak Shrine	202	36	169.8	2
3	Holland Calvary Christian	251	31	161.4	1
4	Mason County Eastern	288	29	163.3	4
5	Maple City Glen Lake	328	29	162.5	5
6	Harbor Springs	365	28	153.7	6
7	Kalamazoo Hackett	377	32	162.7	7
8	Whitmore Lake	424	33	153.5	8
9	White Cloud	430	31	152.4	NR
10	Bridgman	515	32	149.7	9
11	Dryden	516	35	144.9	12
12	Dansville	578	33	145.7	24
13	Leland	608	29	138.6	11
14	Unionville-Sebewaing	617	35	139.9	21
15	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	629	30	138.0	10
16	Harbor Beach	649	35	139.9	14
17	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	656	36	136.8	17
18	Lutheran Westland	665	36	135.9	25
19	Riverview Gabriel Richard	669	36	137.5	13
20	Portland St. Patrick	677	31	134.7	18
21	Petoskey St. Michael	686	28	137.7	16
22	Cardinal Mooney Catholic	687	36	133.9	15
23	Manchester	688	34	136.8	22
24	Tri-Unity Christian	699	31	136.4	19
25	Frankfort	700	29	132.9	27
26	Grand Traverse Academy	742	29	131.0	20
27	Marlette	760	35	129.9	23

Recap

Unbeknownst to me given that darn typo, Hillsdale Academy and Whitmore Lake had an early morning showdown at Holly. However, known to me and becoming more apparent as the race wore on, was Elodie Weaver’s excellent racing. Weaver patiently moved up in the field, finishing in 4^th, running 2 full minutes faster than she did at Springfield Oaks last year. Hillsdale was second, besting Breckenridge. The Colts, as they did with their boys, got it done with a pack, finishing with the fastest 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th girls in the field. Holly’s divisions are smaller than a Portage or a State race, can the depth at the back match the Trojans firepower up front?

Looking Forward

As above, top teams are concentrated around the Mid-Season Spectacular and Veterans Serving Veterans. Following a Monday MIAC Jamboree, Whitmore Lake will have had five days of rest before undertaking the quick course at Goodells. Fellow top-ten squad Royal Oak Shrine will be present as well.

The deepest D4 field of the weekend will be on the starting line in our great north. Along with a few D3 standouts, you’ll have #9 Grand Traverse Academy, #15 Buckley, and #17 Maple City Glen Lake. That’s a Region 28 preview if you’ll ever see one. You’ve actually seen two already – at Pete Moss and Buckley. GTA prevailed each time, though Buckley definitely closed the gap on their home course. Can that trend continue?

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Whitmore Lake	161	33	106.6	2
2	Hillsdale Academy	164	34	94.0	6
3	Harbor Springs	165	28	96.1	1
4	Breckenridge	203	30	90.7	3
5	Bridgman	207	32	87.9	5
6	Kalamazoo Hackett	281	32	81.9	4
7	Gobles	292	31	85.9	7
8	Royal Oak Shrine	352	36	71.2	8
9	Grand Traverse Academy	375	29	70.3	10
10	Vestaburg	417	30	73.1	11
11	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	417	36	71.9	12
12	Ubly	423	35	63.4	9
13	Unionville-Sebewaing	450	35	61.7	13
14	Lansing Christian	482	33	59.0	14
15	Buckley	484	29	57.7	15
16	Martin	504	31	58.7	20
17	Maple City Glen Lake	555	29	50.7	16
18	Beal City	576	30	49.3	19
19	Harbor Beach	588	35	49.2	18
20	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	592	33	46.6	21
21	Holland Calvary Christian	609	31	46.4	17
22	Rogers City	629	28	43.9	26
23	Leland	634	29	34.8	NR
24	Dryden	692	35	34.8	24
25	Frankfort	696	29	33.3	22
26	Plymouth Christian Academy	700	36	38.6	28
27	Genesee Christian Academy	731	33	32.5	25

Individual Rankings

Recap

The past week’s rankings posed the question – who could close the gap on Marek Butkiewicz? Running all alone in the D4 race at Holly, Abenezer Cerone sure gave his best effort. 25 second gap at the mile, nearly 45 seconds at the finish, a 16:04 final time. That mark was 20+ seconds faster than his sophomore result. Keep in mind that sophomore season culminated in a 3^rd place finish at MIS. Kyle Redman showed his versatility on the mountainous trails of Glen Lake. Coming away with a 10 sec. victory over Colebrook Sutherland (who further established he’s a top-10 runner), Redman proved he can roll on the fast ones and handle the more rugged ones.

Looking Forward

We’ve got some fast courses on the weekend’s schedule and a few runners ready to rock those. Landen Livingston and Abenezer Cerone will be at Goodells and Colebrook Sutherland vs. Mason Sinke in Cadillac. Wouldn’t be shocked if we see a few 15’s on the scoreboard by weekend’s end.

Top 30

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	11	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	209.6	32
2	11	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	202.8	36
3	12	Alex Tyndall	Mason County Eastern	200.4	29
4	12	Theodore Davis	Dansville	199.7	33
5	10	Kyle Redman	Mesick	197.4	29
6	12	Mason Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama	197.4	29
7	12	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake	194.8	29
8	11	Cody Bradley	Petoskey St. Michael	192.7	28
9	11	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake	190.0	33
10	11	Grayson Rorick	Hillsdale Academy	189.2	34
11	11	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach	189.0	35
12	11	Sean Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	187.8	32
13	12	Austin Sneed	East Jordan	187.3	28
14	11	Landon Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley	186.6	32
15	10	Jacob Ferdubinski	Riverview Gabriel Richard	185.0	36
16	10	Ty Redman	Mesick	184.8	29
17	12	Teddy Ippel	Bridgman	184.1	32
18	12	Tyler Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian	183.0	31
19	12	Andrew Mabry	Bridgman	181.6	32
20	12	Coleson Cruzan	White Cloud	178.5	31
21	10	Abraham Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake	178.4	29
22	11	Grant Johnson	Manchester	177.7	34
23	10	Anthony Rowe	Breckenridge	176.6	30
24	11	Carter Clark	Carson City-Crystal	175.8	30
25	9	Lincoln Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian	174.2	31
26	12	Kaleb Canning	White Cloud	173.1	31
27	12	Zack Becker	Unionville-Sebewaing	172.9	35
28	10	Vern Clyne	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	172.2	36
29	12	Reece Poole	Hillsdale Academy	171.9	34
30	11	Luke Molenkamp	Hillsdale Academy	171.4	34

Recap

Kaylie Livingston kept doing what she’s always been doing – winning. Her 18:33 at Holly nearly matched her winning time from 52 weeks ago. Although early in the day without the heat bearing down, there was a noticeable difference between the two sets of conditions.

Izzy Brooks was the first D4 girl in the D3/4 section of Spartan, earning her second consecutive sub-20 on the Forest Akers course.

Eliza Keith moved into 5^th from 8^th, racing to a 45 sec. course PR at Springfield Oaks. A great bounce back after last week’s race at Rambling Rock.

Looking Forward

Kaylie Livingston will likely be all alone over at Goodells, but that’s never stopped her from pushing to the limit. With the disparate nature of this particular weekend, matchups are a bit rarer. We do have one up in the Little Traverse, with Stefi Reskevics and Jane Manthei coming together at the Petoskey Invite. Both were All-State last fall, both sub-20 in their openers at East Jordan.

Top 30

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	10	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	159.2	33
2	12	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston	158.4	28
3	12	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg	144.3	30
4	10	Libby Smith	Gobles	142.0	31
5	12	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	133.6	36
6	12	Izzy Brooks	Adrian Lenawee Christian	133.0	34
7	12	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael	130.6	28
8	10	Stefi Reskevics	Harbor Springs	126.7	28
9	11	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	120.0	33
10	11	Taylor Wiegand	Livingston Christian	119.6	33
11	12	Natalie Gibbs	Birmingham Roeper	118.9	36
12	12	Ella Knudsen	Leland	116.2	29
13	11	Ally Schmitz	Breckenridge	116.1	30
14	11	Emma Riker	Kalamazoo Hackett	114.3	32
15	11	Eleanor Cole	Lutheran Westland	113.6	36
16	11	Lilah Kiley	Kingston	112.2	35
17	11	Elodie Weaver	Whitmore Lake	111.9	33
18	10	Addy Zeller	Bear Lake-Onekama	111.6	29
19	12	Presley Allen	Mendon	109.1	32
20	10	Harlie Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston	108.7	28
21	12	Kelcie Pung	Fowler	106.9	31
22	12	Ella Walton	Hillsdale Academy	106.3	34
23	10	Veyda Conley	Martin	105.9	31
24	12	Melanie Warren	Bridgman	105.0	32
25	10	Lauren Shaffer	Gobles	103.9	31
26	11	Cara Prusakiewicz	Dryden	103.5	35
27	10	Claire Long	Saginaw Nouvel	103.4	30
28	12	Danica Aldrich	Breckenridge	102.9	30
29	10	Evelyn Meyer	Hillsdale Academy	102.1	34
30	10	Amelia McKinney	Grand Traverse Academy	101.3	29