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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 1:53
• 1600m – 4:14
• 3200m – 9:16
• 5k (XC) – 15:40

• 2^nd Place – D3 State
• 2x All-State
• Region 20 Champion
  • 3x Top-15
• 2^nd Place – D3 State 1600m
• 4^th Place – D3 State 800m
• 4x All State (Track)

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Gus Rohde	15:51.9	Reed City	195.4	Division 3 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:21.2	Reed City	193.9	Region 20	27-Oct	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:16.3	Reed City	192.9	Late Season Warrior	21-Oct	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:43.8	Reed City	183.4	CSAA Conference	17-Oct	2023
11	Gus Rohde	17:03.4	Reed City	184.2	Cecil Burch	7-Oct	2023
11	Gus Rohde	15:40.2	Reed City	200.6	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:51.9	Reed City	182.0	Leanna Wolf Geers	7-Sep	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:23.7	Reed City	190.1	Oiler	1-Sep	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:37.2	Reed City	190.9	Under the Lights v2	25-Aug	2023
11	Gus Rohde	16:44.4	Reed City	195.9	Early Season Warrior	22-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Gus Rohde	16:16.8	Reed City	187.1	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
10	Gus Rohde	16:36.1	Reed City	186.3	Division 3 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Gus Rohde	16:39.5	Reed City	185.2	Region 20	28-Oct	2022
10	Gus Rohde	16:59.9	Reed City	182.4	Late Season Warrior	22-Oct	2022
10	Gus Rohde	16:44.6	Reed City	187.5	CSAA Conference	18-Oct	2022
10	Gus Rohde	17:16.6	Reed City	180.1	Chris Grabowski	13-Oct	2022
10	Gus Rohde	17:11.6	Reed City	182.8	CSAA Lakeview	4-Oct	2022
10	Gus Rohde	16:57.0	Reed City	180.0	CSAA (Morley Stanwood)	22-Sep	2022
10	Gus Rohde	17:28.6	Reed City	170.5	Evart Wildcat	17-Sep	2022
10	Gus Rohde	17:18.9	Reed City	179.0	Oiler	2-Sep	2022
10	Gus Rohde	16:37.7	Reed City	189.4	Pete Moss	27-Aug	2022
10	Gus Rohde	17:12.6	Reed City	196.5	Early Season Warrior	23-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Gus Rohde	17:52.4	Reed City	161.5	MITCA	13-Nov	2021
9	Gus Rohde	17:21.7	Reed City	167.4	Division 3 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Gus Rohde	17:15.0	Reed City	161.3	Region 20	30-Oct	2021
9	Gus Rohde	20:11.3	Reed City	141.9	CSAA Gold Championship	19-Oct	2021
9	Gus Rohde	18:41.7	Reed City	153.4	Chris Grabowski	14-Oct	2021
9	Gus Rohde	19:28.2	Reed City	145.3	CSAA Gold 2	5-Oct	2021
9	Gus Rohde	18:59.6	Reed City	143.1	CSAA Gold 1	21-Sep	2021
9	Gus Rohde	19:36.4	Reed City	134.2	Evart	18-Sep	2021
9	Gus Rohde	18:48.8	Reed City	145.7	Leanne Wolf Geers	9-Sep	2021
9	Gus Rohde	18:19.8	Reed City	152.4	Oiler	3-Sep	2021
9	Gus Rohde	18:15.0	Reed City	157.3	Pete Moss	28-Aug	2021
9	Gus Rohde	19:36.5	Reed City	147.2	Early Season Warrior	24-Aug	2021

The Rundown

As one heads toward the infield, they’re faced with crowds, excitement, and thoughts of their name going down in state history. Onto the infield, what seems like a quick finish slowly churns into a feeling where one knows they’ll have to grind for another 1000m.

Clipping 2 miles in 10:22, Gus was in 13^th place, far from someone who would have a memorable performance. Gut check time for many. How do you want your next year to feel? Can you live with the regrets for the rest of your running life? I believe that final, lonesome stretch can reveal much about someone’s internal positivity or struggles.

For Gus, they revealed an inner strength. From the 2 mile mark on, he ran the fastest time of anyone in the field (including winner Collin Farmer). 5:29.9, 4:58 pace for those final 1.1 miles. Passing 12 folks on the way to a runner-up finish. 3 of those 12 occurred in the final 173 meters.

Heart will be on display in 2024. If you’d like to witness, find Gus.

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Ann Arbor Pioneer (6^th)
2. Saline (15^th)
3. Allen Park (28^th)

Girls

1. Ann Arbor Pioneer (2^nd)
2. Saline (5^th)
3. Brownstown Woodhaven (27^th)

I was really happy that my Jags moved up from their projected 4^th spot.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Ann Arbor Pioneer
#11 – Saline

Girls

Top Ten – Saline
#17 – Ann Arbor Pioneer
#25 – Brownstown Woodhaven

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	36
2	Saline	40
3	Temperance Bedford	86
4	Brownstown Woodhaven	106
5	Monroe	124
6	Allen Park	156
7	Wyandotte Roosevelt	236
8	Gibraltar Carlson	237
9	Dearborn	240
10	Ypsilanti Lincoln	349
11	Detroit Cass Tech	353
12	Dearborn Edsel Ford	364
13	Belleville	365
14	Southgate Anderson	371
15	Lincoln Park	376

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Saline	23
2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	75
3	Brownstown Woodhaven	83
4	Temperance Bedford	144
5	Gibraltar Carlson	158
6	Allen Park	181
7	Wyandotte Roosevelt	230
8	Ypsilanti Lincoln	261
9	Monroe	262
10	Detroit Cass Tech	292
11	Southgate Anderson	335
12	Dearborn Edsel Ford	349
13	Belleville	360
14	Lincoln Park	364
15	Dearborn	413
16	Detroit Martin Luther King	482
17	Dearborn Fordson	487

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	10	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer
2	11	Beckett Crooks	Ann Arbor Pioneer
3	10	Jacob Szalay	Saline
4	11	Theo Sacks-Thomas	Ann Arbor Pioneer
5	11	Pierce Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven
6	9	Wesley Rogan	Saline
7	11	Brennan LaRusso	Saline
8	12	Brady Boroniec	Allen Park
9	10	Cameron Varner	Temperance Bedford
10	11	Dane Hieronimus	Temperance Bedford
11	12	Saman Meshinchi	Saline
12	11	Alex Vazquez	Brownstown Woodhaven
13	10	John (Jack) Klein	Saline
14	10	Dax Winegarden	Ann Arbor Pioneer
15	11	Quinn Davis	Ann Arbor Pioneer
16	12	Myles Bray	Monroe
17	9	James Gage	Saline
18	10	Jacob Cole	Saline
19	10	Vincent Jones	Brownstown Woodhaven
20	9	Gavin Rohr	Monroe
21	12	Aidan Ortiz	Temperance Bedford
22	12	Nicholas Balla	Temperance Bedford
23	12	Reggie Geftos	Monroe
24	12	Jordan Bunce	Temperance Bedford
25	11	Isaiah Clark	Allen Park

Kamari Ronfeldt

To be featured later!

Beckett Crooks

Jacob Szalay

Spent the majority of his freshman year in the 16’s. The best performances were probably an 8^th place regional finish and the 7^th best freshman in D1 at MIS.

Theo Sacks-Thomas

Hit PB after PB after PB in his final three races of the year.

Pierce Scheffler

2x state qualifier out of Region 5.

Brennan LaRusso

Placed top-15 in all of the SEC Jamborees and matched his PB at State with a 16:21.

Brady Boroniec

Projected 14^th over here in Region 5, finished 6^th. With the Jags qualifying by a mere 4 points, that outstanding race from Brady was very much needed.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	10	A’nyla Robinson	Detroit Cass Tech
2	9	McKinley Jones	Saline
3	9	Savannah Staton	Saline
4	9	Charley McKay	Brownstown Woodhaven
5	12	Corynn Gady	Saline
6	11	Lillian Schlack	Saline
7	10	Sophie Roth	Saline
8	12	Grace Roth	Saline
9	10	Iva Ravindra	Temperance Bedford
10	12	Abby Roth	Saline
11	10	Hope Noal	Brownstown Woodhaven
12	11	Quincy Behm	Ann Arbor Pioneer
13	10	Nina Moore	Ann Arbor Pioneer
14	11	Eleanor Grant	Wyandotte Roosevelt
15	11	Hana Boggess	Ann Arbor Pioneer
16	10	Reagan Reaume	Gibraltar Carlson
17	10	Frances Brown	Ann Arbor Pioneer
18	10	Lucinda Gubbini	Ann Arbor Pioneer
19	12	Lucy Pike	Ann Arbor Pioneer
20	9	Giada Fioritto	Gibraltar Carlson
21	12	Clara Peikert	Ann Arbor Pioneer
22	12	Raelyn McLaughlin	Brownstown Woodhaven
23	9	Gabbie Alexander	Brownstown Woodhaven
24	11	Elliana Perugi	Brownstown Woodhaven
25	10	Sophia Johnson	Temperance Bedford

A’nyla Robinson

Corynn Gady

Consistent figure in the SEC Red for the Hornets. In the 1600m, 3200m, and XC – never finished outside of the top-5.

Lillian Schlack

Went from not being on Saline’s varsity regional squad as a freshman to a sophomore who earned a spot. A prominent one, mind you, as she placed 6^th in this tough region.

Sophie Roth

On track to be a part of that Saline mid-distance tradition, ranked 9^th amongst Michigan freshmen in the 800m.

Grace Roth

Has always been a bit more of a longer distance girl. Improved a lil’ bit from her sophomore year, dropping 10 sec. to 11:21 and placing 2^nd in the SEC Red.

Iva Ravindra

Closed out her freshman year with 6 of 7 races under 20-flat.

Abby Roth

Another Roth coming off a solid track season, where she placed 7^th in the SEC Red 3200m.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 1600m – 5:05
• 3200m – 10:50
• 5k (XC) – 18:25

• 22^nd Place – D1 State
  • 3x State Qualifier
• 5^th Place – Macomb County
• 5^th Place – Region 9
• 15^th Place – D1 State 3200m
• 4^th Place – Macomb County 1600m
• 4^th Place – Region 10 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Lillian Deskins	18:28.9	Romeo	145.0	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Lillian Deskins	19:16.6	Romeo	143.5	Region 9	27-Oct	2023
11	Lillian Deskins	19:11.1	Romeo	131.0	MAC Championship	21-Oct	2023
11	Lillian Deskins	18:49.0	Romeo	143.0	Macomb County	14-Oct	2023
11	Lillian Deskins	19:09.2	Romeo	132.3	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Lillian Deskins	19:22.1	Romeo	128.6	Jackson	23-Sep	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Lillian Deskins	19:46.6	Grosse Pointe North	123.5	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	18:57.3	Grosse Pointe North	131.6	Region 9	29-Oct	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	19:28.0	Grosse Pointe North	125.0	MAC Division	22-Oct	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	19:18.0	Grosse Pointe North	124.0	Gabriel Richard	15-Oct	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	19:20.9	Grosse Pointe North	123.7	Wayne County	8-Oct	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	19:24.7	Grosse Pointe North	126.1	MAC Red 1	29-Sep	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	20:09.5	Grosse Pointe North	111.5	Autumn Classic	17-Sep	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	19:46.5	Grosse Pointe North	118.5	Muskrat Classic	10-Sep	2022
10	Lillian Deskins	20:34.7	Grosse Pointe North	115.1	South Lyon	27-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Lillian Deskins	20:51.2	Grosse Pointe North	99.9	Division 1 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	21:06.3	Grosse Pointe North	97.2	Region 8	29-Oct	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	21:25.2	Grosse Pointe North	84.9	Gabriel Richard	16-Oct	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	21:49.8	Grosse Pointe North	87.4	Wayne County	9-Oct	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	22:03.7	Grosse Pointe North	77.8	MAC Division	5-Oct	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	21:39.1	Grosse Pointe North	88.0	Coaching Legends	2-Oct	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	22:38.9	Grosse Pointe North	66.4	Autumn Classic	18-Sep	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	22:33.9	Grosse Pointe North	70.0	Muskrat Classic	11-Sep	2021
9	Lillian Deskins	24:57.4	Grosse Pointe North	40.5	South Lyon	28-Aug	2021

The Rundown

I’d call her the missing piece, but I fear that’s a little dramatic. But if you look to Romeo’s State Finals race and take Lillian out of the lineup, their run towards a championship becomes a little more difficult.

After a successful first two seasons at Grosse Pointe North, featuring state qualifiers in the fall and spring, Lillian and her family moved to Romeo. Both are schools that have had a history of pumping out great runners, so it was only natural that she’d continue to improve even taking into account the stress of moving to a new environment.

At GPN, her real coming out party was her sophomore year of track, where she ran in the low-5’s and low-11’s, hitting state qualifiers in each event. The following fall at Romeo was a continuation of that pattern, especially late in the year, where reeled off sub-19’s at Macomb County, State, and NXR. Personally, what impressed me was just that, absorbing new training/coaching/surroundings, then applying that to her first All-State ever.

The ability to adapt will undoubtedly be a positive characteristic in life and whatever is thrown at her this upcoming season.