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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #12

mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 800m – 2:18
  • 1600m – 4:59
  • 3200m – 10:49
  • 5k (XC) – 17:57

  • 7th Place – D2 State
  • OK Green Champion
    • 2x Top-10
  • 3rd Place – Region 11
    • 2x Top-15
  • 17th Place – D1 State 1600m
  • 2nd Place – Region 2 1600 & 3200m
  • OK Green 800/1600/3200m Champion
  • 2x All-State 4×8

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Emma Drnek17:57.3Zeeland East152.9MITCA11-Nov2023
11Emma Drnek18:07.7Zeeland East151.8Division 2 State4-Nov2023
11Emma Drnek18:08.2Zeeland East149.9Region 1128-Oct2023
11Emma Drnek18:38.9Zeeland East151.7OK Green Conference18-Oct2023
11Emma Drnek18:29.1Zeeland East148.3Portage7-Oct2023
11Emma Drnek18:12.2Zeeland East151.3Otsego Bulldog30-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek18:15.0Zeeland East141.3Chargers Autumn Sunrise23-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek18:44.1Zeeland East149.3Spartan15-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek19:03.2Zeeland East142.3Bredeweg9-Sep2023
11Emma Drnek19:20.0Zeeland East138.0Under the Lights v225-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Emma Drnek20:07.1Zeeland East116.0Division 2 State5-Nov2022
10Emma Drnek19:40.5Zeeland East124.5Region 1129-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek20:08.9Zeeland East115.0OK Green Conference19-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek20:02.1Zeeland East115.6Portage8-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek20:01.1Zeeland East115.6Otsego Bulldog1-Oct2022
10Emma Drnek19:55.9Zeeland East114.0OK Green 228-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:12.6Zeeland East113.1Autumn Sunrise24-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:54.0Zeeland East108.3Spartan16-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:51.8Zeeland East108.4Bredeweg10-Sep2022
10Emma Drnek20:40.4Zeeland East108.5Under the Lights v226-Aug2022

The Rundown

Freshman year of track, she found the sport.

Sophomore year of cross country, she built the foundation.

Sophomore year of track, the foundation + the speed were coming together.

Junior year of cross country, everything came to a head.

She’d shown speed on the track, playing a prominent role in Zeeland East’s 4×8, placing high in the OK Green’s 800m & 1600m. The previous fall, she’d displayed a rabid consistency all year and even broke into the 19’s on a few occasions.

Emma’s junior year began on a much higher note than the previous year, running 80 seconds faster than she had at UTL. And then she descended those times rapidly. 19:20 became 19:03, that turned into 18:44, and before you know it… 18:12. That same ability to hit similar times lasted into championship season, as Emma ran in the low-18’s at Region 11 (3rd place) and State (7th place), before giving us one last step forward, 17:57.

Senior year of cross country, a conclusion I can’t wait to view.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #12

mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 800m – 1:58
  • 1600m – 4:17
  • 5k (XC) – 15:35

  • 14th Place – D2 State
  • 2nd Place – Region 11
    • 2x Top-10
  • 5th Place – D2 State 4×8
  • 7th Place – D2 State 1600m
  • OK Blue 1600m Champion
  • 3rd Place – Region 12 1600m & 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Ronnie Silveira15:35.5Allendale202.2Division 2 State4-Nov2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:36.9Allendale201.4Region 1128-Oct2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:54.8Allendale200.4OK Blue Conference18-Oct2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:49.1Allendale200.6Portage7-Oct2023
10Ronnie Silveira15:45.1Allendale201.6Allendale Falcon30-Sep2023
10Ronnie Silveira16:20.8Allendale195.7Spartan15-Sep2023
10Ronnie Silveira16:35.6Allendale191.5Under the Lights v225-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Ronnie Silveira16:50.5Allendale184.2Division 2 State5-Nov2022
9Ronnie Silveira16:31.0Allendale186.3Region 1129-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:01.1Allendale176.0OK Blue Conference19-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:05.0Allendale174.3Portage8-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira16:47.8Allendale181.1OK Blue 25-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira16:39.5Allendale182.8Allendale Falcon1-Oct2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:11.7Allendale171.4Cougar Falcon24-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:44.5Allendale167.5OK Blue 221-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:35.4Allendale173.2Spartan16-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:44.7Allendale169.4Bredeweg10-Sep2022
9Ronnie Silveira18:01.9Allendale170.7Saranac31-Aug2022
9Ronnie Silveira17:16.7Allendale176.4Pete Moss27-Aug2022
0Ronnie Silveira17:35.8Allendale174.1Muskegon CC20-Aug2022

The Rundown

Streaks broken, championships accumulated, all under Ronnie’s watch.

Flash back to 2022, Silveira’s freshman year, a season that was near the beginning of Allendale’s renaissance. 18 years had passed since the Falcons had won a conference title. They were laced with quality athletes: Whalen, Gross, Tiethof, among others. And a freshman Ronnie, who placed in the top-10 in all OK Blue Jamborees, helping his team win their first conference title in nearly two decades.

A year later and Silveira showed much growth. He’d transformed from a kid breaking into the 16’s late to one that kicked off his season in that range. Top-10’s at Spartan and Portage followed, two wins in the OK Blue too. The 16:00 times had turned to a few 15’s, Allendale was now a top-5 team in the state, and with Ronnie hitting the line in 2nd, clinched their first regional trophy in 24 years.

It’s been a quarter century since the Falcons won a state title. Ronnie’s still out there.

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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #13

mixcspeedratings

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 1600m – 5:18
  • 3200m – 11:07
  • 5k (XC) – 17:40

  • 3rd Place – D3 State
    • 3x All-State
  • Region 24 Champion
    • 3x Top-5
  • CSAA Champion
    • 2x Winner
  • 4th Place – D3 State 3200m
  • 8th Place in 2023

Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
11Kyah Hoffman17:40.8Stanton Central Montcalm158.4MITCA11-Nov2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:02.7Stanton Central Montcalm151.8Division 3 State4-Nov2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:25.4Stanton Central Montcalm155.2Region 2427-Oct2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:05.9Stanton Central Montcalm158.0Late Season Warrior21-Oct2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:16.9Stanton Central Montcalm151.4CSAA Conference17-Oct2023
11Kyah Hoffman17:50.8Stanton Central Montcalm161.1Portage7-Oct2023
11Kyah Hoffman17:56.0Stanton Central Montcalm156.7Bluejay30-Sep2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:11.4Stanton Central Montcalm153.2Cedar Springs23-Sep2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:36.0Stanton Central Montcalm152.0Spartan15-Sep2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:39.0Stanton Central Montcalm150.3Central Montcalm Hornet9-Sep2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:13.4Stanton Central Montcalm153.9Saranac30-Aug2023
11Kyah Hoffman18:23.2Stanton Central Montcalm156.9Under the Lights v225-Aug2023
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
10Kyah Hoffman18:16.8Stanton Central Montcalm145.7MITCA12-Nov2022
10Kyah Hoffman18:59.1Stanton Central Montcalm141.3Division 3 State5-Nov2022
10Kyah Hoffman18:17.4Stanton Central Montcalm152.2Region 2129-Oct2022
10Kyah Hoffman18:28.3Stanton Central Montcalm146.9Don Baese21-Oct2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:17.8Stanton Central Montcalm138.1CSAA Conference18-Oct2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:26.5Stanton Central Montcalm139.2CSAA Lakeview4-Oct2022
10Kyah Hoffman18:54.3Stanton Central Montcalm137.6Bluejay1-Oct2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:03.5Stanton Central Montcalm132.8Cedar Springs24-Sep2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:00.4Stanton Central Montcalm138.9CSAA (Morley Stanwood)22-Sep2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:23.2Stanton Central Montcalm133.3Sparta17-Sep2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:42.0Stanton Central Montcalm132.0Central Moncalm Hornet10-Sep2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:18.9Stanton Central Montcalm135.4John Bruder Classic7-Sep2022
10Kyah Hoffman19:39.8Stanton Central Montcalm139.4Saranac31-Aug2022
10Kyah Hoffman20:04.0Stanton Central Montcalm145.0Early Season Warrior23-Aug2022
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDateYear
9Kyah Hoffman20:00.7Stanton Central Montcalm117.4MITCA13-Nov2021
9Kyah Hoffman19:19.2Stanton Central Montcalm125.6Division 3 State6-Nov2021
9Kyah Hoffman19:33.6Stanton Central Montcalm120.1Region 2130-Oct2021
9Kyah Hoffman20:26.4Stanton Central Montcalm108.9Late Season Warrior23-Oct2021
9Kyah Hoffman21:57.3Stanton Central Montcalm107.6CSAA Gold Championship19-Oct2021
9Kyah Hoffman20:28.3Stanton Central Montcalm110.2Montabella Mustang15-Oct2021
9Kyah Hoffman20:34.8Stanton Central Montcalm106.1Saranac Color Run12-Oct2021
9Kyah Hoffman21:25.5Stanton Central Montcalm107.2CSAA Gold 25-Oct2021
9Kyah Hoffman20:40.0Stanton Central Montcalm106.7CSAA Gold 121-Sep2021
9Kyah Hoffman21:07.8Stanton Central Montcalm91.4Sparta18-Sep2021
9Kyah Hoffman21:51.1Stanton Central Montcalm90.6CM Hornet11-Sep2021
9Kyah Hoffman21:01.1Stanton Central Montcalm101.3Saranac1-Sep2021
9Kyah Hoffman21:53.3Stanton Central Montcalm104.2Early Season Warrior24-Aug2021

The Rundown

Last summer’s writeup took note of Kyah’s ability to surge in her championship season.

Her junior version ran at a high level all season long. Ecstatic how she performed at the end of her sophomore year, she opened her junior year even faster, running an 18:13 personal best at Saranac. A month later, her first jaunt into the 17’s at Shepherd. Two more personal bests would follow, one at Portage, then another at MITCA. Her race at State wasn’t her highest rated one of the season nor her best time ever, but it was her best mark at MIS (18:02 vs. 18:59) and best place at the State Finals (3rd vs. 9th/27th).

I know you already know, but she once again peaked at the right time in track. Her 11:09 at the State Finals was her 2nd best time ever, 24 sec. faster than her sophomore state self, and 4 places better than in 2023.

I know more late season heroics are in the cards.