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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 1:58
• 1600m – 4:21
• 5k (XC) – 16:20

• 2x Top-20 Oakland County
• 9^th Place – OAA Red Championship
• 26^th Place – D1 State 1600m
• 3^rd Place – Region 9 1600m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	James Cusick	18:19.0	Oxford	148.0	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	James Cusick	16:28.6	Oxford	188.5	Region 8	27-Oct	2023
11	James Cusick	16:22.9	Oxford	185.0	OAA Red Championship	19-Oct	2023
11	James Cusick	16:48.0	Oxford	192.0	Oakland County	7-Oct	2023
11	James Cusick	16:20.2	Oxford	194.6	Hansons	30-Sep	2023
11	James Cusick	16:32.3	Oxford	194.9	Holly	16-Sep	2023
11	James Cusick	16:23.0	Oxford	195.7	Ramblin’ Rock	9-Sep	2023
11	James Cusick	17:07.0	Oxford	193.3	Milford	31-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	James Cusick	17:23.5	Oxford	171.8	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	James Cusick	16:58.1	Oxford	181.6	Region 8	29-Oct	2022
10	James Cusick	16:26.4	Oxford	184.5	OAA Red Championship	20-Oct	2022
10	James Cusick	17:02.1	Oxford	185.6	Oakland County	8-Oct	2022
10	James Cusick	16:18.0	Oxford	189.0	Hansons	1-Oct	2022
10	James Cusick	17:53.9	Oxford	165.1	Mott Fall Classic	23-Sep	2022
10	James Cusick	17:33.2	Oxford	171.3	OAA Red 1	13-Sep	2022
10	James Cusick	18:06.0	Oxford	172.7	Averill	10-Sep	2022
10	James Cusick	18:06.3	Oxford	174.6	Mustang	30-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	James Cusick	19:27.9	Oxford	159.0	Region 9	29-Oct	2021
9	James Cusick	17:28.4	Oxford	159.5	OAA Red 3	21-Oct	2021
9	James Cusick	18:14.1	Oxford	167.6	Oxford	15-Oct	2021
9	James Cusick	17:54.0	Oxford	174.7	Oakland County	9-Oct	2021
9	James Cusick	17:29.0	Oxford	168.3	OAA Red 2	28-Sep	2021
9	James Cusick	17:35.2	Oxford	179.9	Cleverley Friday Night	24-Sep	2021
9	James Cusick	18:15.9	Oxford	172.0	OAA Red 1	14-Sep	2021
9	James Cusick	17:21.8	Oxford	175.4	Muskrat Classic	11-Sep	2021
9	James Cusick	13:50.6	Oxford	176.5	Golden Grizzly	3-Sep	2021

The Rundown

He’s fresh off his best track season yet. Cusick’s junior year provided significant time drops, most noticeable in the 1600m, where a mid-4:30 kid early in his career transformed into a 4:21 guy on Regional Friday. At double the distance, he rarely raced, but still slashed 40+ seconds off his freshman best. And the 800, officially a 3 second personal best, maybe 4 if we’re counting relays. Those 800m and 1600m races came on a great day for James, each an example of rising to the occasion when it mattered most – a state berth on the line.

He’s been able to do that in cross as well, a major part of his Wildcat team winning Oakland County and qualifying for State. The State Finals themselves haven’t gone the best, though I’m 100% confident that the lessons from this past spring will pay off in the fall.

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Petoskey St. Michael (4^th at D4 State)
2. Johannesburg-Lewiston (7^th)
3. Harbor Springs (9^th)

Girls

1. Johannesburg-Lewiston (2^nd)
2. Harbor Springs (5^th)
3. Petoskey St. Michael (26^th)

I’m tellin’ you, Petoskey St. Michael always has the biggest jump from summer to October. 5/6 on the pre-season projections, with the exception of the Guardian girls.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Harbor Springs

Girls

Top Ten – Harbor Springs
Top Ten – Johannesburg-Lewiston
#22 – Rogers City

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Harbor Springs	42
2	Petoskey St. Michael	94
3	Fairview	106
4	Mackinaw City	136
5	Johannesburg-Lewiston	136
6	East Jordan	142
7	Mancelona	155
8	Hale	165
9	Ellsworth	196
10	Charlton Heston Academy	227

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Harbor Springs	36
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	51
3	Rogers City	76
4	East Jordan	95
5	Gaylord St. Mary	114
6	Mancelona	137

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Cody Bradley	Petoskey St. Michael
2	11	Lynus Cadarette	Petoskey St. Michael
3	12	Jeremiah Witt	Johannesburg-Lewiston
4	12	Russell Vandermus	Petoskey St. Michael
5	11	Adam Ferguson	Harbor Springs
6	12	Austin Sneed	East Jordan
7	11	Cole Upper	Lincoln-Alcona
8	9	Grant Corlew	Harbor Springs
9	11	Nicholas Trader	Fairview
10	12	Teddy Krieger	Harbor Springs
11	11	Cole Brege	Rogers City
12	11	Henry Kruzel	Harbor Springs
13	11	Max Vroman	Harbor Springs
14	12	Jacob Chamberlain	East Jordan
15	11	Sean Bernard	Hale
16	11	Paxton Downing	Hale
17	9	Henry Larson	Harbor Springs
18	10	Carter Toensfeldt	Fairview
19	12	Drake Fulton	Johannesburg-Lewiston
20	11	Darren Boyat	Lincoln-Alcona
21	11	Braylon Currie	Mackinaw City
22	9	Elliot Smith	Mancelona
23	9	Ryan Latimer	Harbor Springs
24	12	Logan McMullen	Indian River Inland Lakes
25	10	Jack Puroll	Ellsworth

Cody Bradley

10^th as a freshman to 2^nd last year. The real shockers came in track, where 4:32/9:42 and a 3^rd place D4 3200m finish occurred.

Lynus Cadarette

Fed up from his race at Mackinaw Club, subsequently going on a streak of three straight sub-17’s, which led the way to another podium finish.

Jeremiah Witt

Lost in the shuffle of the Joburg greats was a kid like Jeremiah, moving from 68^th in D4 as a sophomore to 24^th one year later.

Russell Vandermus

His 4:33 in the 1600m ranks 13^th amongst D4 returners.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston
2	12	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael
3	10	Stefi Reskevics	Harbor Springs
4	12	Juniper Rodham	Harbor Springs
5	10	Harlie Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston
6	10	Avery Langlois	Rogers City
7	9	Fenlynn Johnson	Rogers City
8	11	Yolanda Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston
9	10	Elizabeth Furman	Indian River Inland Lakes
10	10	Danielle Agren	Johannesburg-Lewiston
11	10	Veronica Paga	Petoskey St. Michael
12	11	Fran Warren	Harbor Springs
13	10	Ruby Pletcher	Ellsworth
14	10	Julia Clarke	Harbor Springs
15	12	Elke Knauf	East Jordan
16	10	Genevieve Rodham	Harbor Springs
17	12	McKenzie Bowman	Harbor Springs
18	11	Bailey Thompson	Gaylord St. Mary
19	10	Alexis Groves	Harbor Springs
20	10	Avary Bearden	East Jordan
21	11	Shelby Wisnowski	Charlton Heston Academy
22	10	Isabella Hocking	Bellaire
23	12	Ellie Crull	Onaway
24	11	Taylor Hefele	Rogers City
25	9	Bristol Skop	East Jordan

Allie Nowak

More to come in future writings, but can we admire her movement in the 800m? 2:32 to 2:21 to 2:13 (and a state championship!).

Jane Manthei

The 10:57 may have been her BEST time of the year, but the one that undoubtedly carried the most meaning was a 11:17 3-spot in D4’s 3200m, making it back-to-back All-States.

Stevi Reskevics

First taste of high school racin’ was a 19 minute special. Last three were as well, including a 16^th place finish down in Brooklyn.

Side note: I’m skipping around writing these, but it does seem like Region 28 has more returning All-Staters than any other region.

Juniper Rodham

Began the year with a personal best and ended it with the two best efforts of her career – 19:28 here and a 19:48 at State.

Harlie Fox

Might not yet be blastin’ 800s like Blake, but she can find her way around a cross course like he could. Three straight sub-20’s to close out the regular season, one of those being a 17^th place at MIS.

Avery Langlois

Glad to be wrong on the D4 Final Projections. Predicted 38^th, finished 12^th, an excellent example of showing up on the day.

Yolanda Gascho

Repeated the feats two years in a row. Back to back All-States and seasons of sub-20 in ‘em.

Elizabeth Furman

Only took six races to drop down into the 20’s, a place she was at for both Regionals and State.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 2:22
• 1600m – 5:04
• 3200m – 11:02
• 5k (XC) – 18:45

• 28^th Place – D2 State
• 2x Top-3 – Saginaw County
• 2x Top-10 – Region 15
• 10^th Place – D2 State 1600m
• Region 20 1600m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Natalie Foltz	19:02.2	Frankenmuth	131.3	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	18:45.3	Frankenmuth	139.2	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:06.4	Frankenmuth	131.9	Region 15	27-Oct	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	18:47.0	Frankenmuth	135.3	Saginaw County	21-Oct	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:01.3	Frankenmuth	130.2	TVC Overall	17-Oct	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:05.5	Frankenmuth	130.8	TVC Red Championship	10-Oct	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:06.6	Frankenmuth	129.5	Greater Flint	7-Oct	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	18:47.6	Frankenmuth	139.5	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	20:44.3	Frankenmuth	124.6	Frankenmuth Eagles	21-Sep	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:14.0	Frankenmuth	136.7	Northwood	9-Sep	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:16.9	Frankenmuth	139.0	Pete Moss	25-Aug	2023
10	Natalie Foltz	19:39.5	Frankenmuth	132.8	Under the Lights	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Natalie Foltz	19:21.4	Frankenmuth	124.2	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:36.3	Frankenmuth	126.2	Division 2 State	5-Nov	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:46.4	Frankenmuth	116.5	Region 15	28-Oct	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:13.6	Frankenmuth	118.1	Saginaw County	22-Oct	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:07.9	Frankenmuth	130.7	TVC Overall	18-Oct	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:11.0	Frankenmuth	128.3	Greater Flint	8-Oct	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:59.3	Frankenmuth	113.2	Birch Run Fall	4-Oct	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:11.5	Frankenmuth	131.8	Bluejay	1-Oct	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	19:45.9	Frankenmuth	126.0	TVC 8 2	27-Sep	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:58.2	Frankenmuth	117.6	Frankenmuth Eagles	22-Sep	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:04.9	Frankenmuth	122.4	Holly	17-Sep	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:03.2	Frankenmuth	118.9	Northwood	10-Sep	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:33.1	Frankenmuth	111.0	Marauder	7-Sep	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	21:18.0	Frankenmuth	121.0	Races at SVSU	2-Sep	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:19.7	Frankenmuth	117.1	Pete Moss	27-Aug	2022
9	Natalie Foltz	20:19.7	Frankenmuth	123.8	Under the Lights	19-Aug	2022

The Rundown

She’s been out there since 5^th grade, steadily movin’ up and steadily makin’ her presence known. When I say that previous sentence, I mean it, as Natalie has improved each and every season.

Coming into high school, she was someone that looked to be a contributor, but not to the level she is today. Where is she at today? All-State. Top-5 in the TVC, Saginaw County, and Region 15. Holder of a Frankenmuth school record with her 4×8 girls. Top-35 returner in terms of 1600m and 3200m times. She’s learned from one of the best in Mary Richmond, now it’s time to keep the Eagle red at the front of D2 races.