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THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 1600m – 4:25
• 3200m – 9:29
• 5k (XC) – 15:57

• 9^th Place – Region 4
• 13^th Place – KLAA
• 23^rd Place – D1 State 3200m
• 3^rd Place – KLAA 3200m
• 4^th Place – Region 4 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Tyler Brock	15:57.4	Brighton	195.2	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:29.2	Brighton	190.9	Region 4	28-Oct	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:46.0	Brighton	193.0	KLAA Championship	20-Oct	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:51.8	Brighton	187.1	Gabriel Richard	14-Oct	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:05.7	Brighton	195.1	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:45.2	Brighton	192.6	Mott Fall Classic	22-Sep	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:26.3	Brighton	193.9	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:51.2	Brighton	194.6	Averill	9-Sep	2023
11	Tyler Brock	16:42.4	Brighton	195.2	Mustang	29-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Tyler Brock	16:59.4	Brighton	179.5	KLAA Championship	22-Oct	2022
10	Tyler Brock	16:58.4	Brighton	171.5	Gabriel Richard	15-Oct	2022
10	Tyler Brock	17:02.7	Brighton	175.1	Portage	8-Oct	2022
10	Tyler Brock	17:55.8	Brighton	166.4	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
10	Tyler Brock	17:59.8	Brighton	174.7	Averill	10-Sep	2022
10	Tyler Brock	18:06.6	Brighton	174.5	Mustang	30-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Tyler Brock	18:51.3	Brighton	140.9	KLAA Championship	21-Oct	2021
9	Tyler Brock	19:42.3	Brighton	118.9	Gabriel Richard	16-Oct	2021
9	Tyler Brock	20:55.1	Brighton	103.6	Coaching Legends	2-Oct	2021
9	Tyler Brock	21:50	Brighton	92.0	Mott Fall Classic	24-Sep	2021
9	Tyler Brock	20:59.7	Brighton	104.1	Huron	18-Sep	2021
9	Tyler Brock	23:38.6	Brighton	63.5	Averill	11-Sep	2021
9	Tyler Brock	22:58.6	Brighton	76.5	Mustang	31-Aug	2021
9	Tyler Brock	24:41.5	Brighton	39.5	A2 Fall Preview	26-Aug	2021

The Rundown

I always love doing the Brighton writeups as I just can mosey on our over to their thorough website, click on the captains page, and read about their top runners. It’s telling when a fast runner is named a captain, because then you know they’re a consummate teammate and leader besides just having wheels. Learning more about Tyler, I’m not at all shocked that a mentor who’s in Interact and Boy Scouts is revered by his teammates and coaches.

When he’s not busy being a solid presence in the Brighton community, Brock is improving by leaps and bounds in his running. These gains have come in the course of a season, such as a freshman year where he sliced nearly 6 min. off his debut time. Or in his career, where another 3 min. were erased from that freshman best to now. Junior varsity at Regionals his first two years to 9^th as a junior. Running in ovals, from 10:36 as a 9^th grader to 9:29 in May.

Need I go on? I see no sign of this trend stopping.

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Mason County Eastern (8^th in D4)
2. Maple City Glen Lake (12^th)
3. Leland (23^rd)

Girls

1. Buckley (7^th)
2. Mason County Eastern (10^th)
3. Grand Traverse Academy (13^th)

Stymied by both third place teams, but dead on the top-two.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Mason County Eastern
Top Ten – Maple City Glen Lake
#11 – Frankfort
#16 – Leland

Girls

Top Ten – Bear Lake-Onekama
#13 – Buckley
#14 – Leland
#16 – Mason County Eastern
#17 – Grand Traverse Academy
#25 – Frankfort

Tough region. Like I said back in June, the MHSAA could have probably moved GTA up to Region 28.

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Mason County Eastern	53
2	Maple City Glen Lake	63
3	Frankfort	91
4	Leland	118
5	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	151
6	Grand Traverse Academy	152
7	Mesick	156
8	Bear Lake-Onekama	158
9	Pentwater	224
10	Marion	277

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Bear Lake-Onekama	39
2	Buckley	74
3	Grand Traverse Academy	79
4	Leland	79
5	Mason County Eastern	80
6	Frankfort	133
7	Pentwater	190

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Alex Tyndall	Mason County Eastern
2	12	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake
3	10	Kyle Redman	Mesick
4	12	Mason Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama
5	10	Ty Redman	Mesick
6	10	Abraham Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake
7	10	Sebastian Dunaway	Frankfort
8	9	Christopher Knudsen	Leland
9	12	Carroll Robotham	Frankfort
10	10	Milo Shoup	Mason County Eastern
11	11	Keith Crompton	Frankfort
12	11	Liam McCaw	Maple City Glen Lake
13	12	Henry Malburg	Mason County Eastern
14	9	Lance Niedzielski	Mason County Eastern
15	9	Kaiden Lague	Mason County Eastern
16	12	Parker Rubin	Grand Traverse Academy
17	10	Evan Keen	Leland
18	11	Cody Couturier	Lake Leelanau St. Mary
19	11	Matthew Bentley	Buckley
20	12	Greyson Hoeflinger	Mason County Eastern
21	10	Joel Martin	Maple City Glen Lake
22	10	Aron Mascorro	Walkerville
23	11	Oliver Mitchell	Lake Leelanau St. Mary
24	9	Beckett Dennis	Grand Traverse Academy
25	10	Lincoln Bailey	Maple City Glen Lake

Alex Tyndall

Had a late start to cross, but still hung tough enough to find his way to a State medal for the first time ever. Watch out when he gets a full season, you may get something like track, where he raced to a 9:30 3200m at Bluejay and a 2^nd place in the same event at State.

Colebrook Sutherland

In 2022 we saw the promise, in 2023 we saw his true self. NWC Champion, 2^nd place here, and 9^th spot in D4. The Drowns keep growing the Laker squad and making it more powerful from within.

Kyle Redman

Seemingly made for the high school stage, picking up wins in the WMD Conference and here in Region 29. This past spring, his 9:55 3200m ranked #15 among all the freshmen in the state.

Mason Sinke

Work over the winter paid dividends come outdoor, where his 1600m PR dropped from 4:47 to 4:31 and his 3200m from 10:27 to 9:50.

Ty Redman

Kyle’s counterpart, impressive in his own right, finishing 12^th in Division 4 and moving to a 15:59 personal best attained here in this race.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	9	Callie Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama
2	12	Ella Knudsen	Leland
3	9	Carmella Julian	Maple City Glen Lake
4	10	Addy Zeller	Bear Lake-Onekama
5	9	Melodie Hulinek	Bear Lake-Onekama
6	10	Addison Patrzik	Grand Traverse Academy
7	11	Brooklynn Frazee	Buckley
8	11	Lauren Niedzielski	Mason County Eastern
9	11	Kinsey Peer	Buckley
10	11	Jennifer Kmiecik	Bear Lake-Onekama
11	10	Natalie Burpee	Leland
12	10	Mikayla Kulawiak	Buckley
13	11	Addison Chownyk	Frankfort
14	12	Lucy Shoup	Mason County Eastern
15	10	Brailyn Johnson	Mason County Eastern
16	9	Claire Couturier	Lake Leelanau St. Mary
17	11	Shenoah Collier	Grand Traverse Academy
18	10	Bailey Stephen	Grand Traverse Academy
19	10	Madison Smith	Grand Traverse Academy
20	10	Addison Malburg	Mason County Eastern
21	9	Sophia Grinage	Leland
22	10	Kaylee Swanson	Buckley
23	12	Emily Alaimo	Maple City Glen Lake
24	10	Bailey Case	Pentwater
25	11	Natalie Brown	Bear Lake-Onekama

Callie Sinke

Making an exception to my “rarely writing about incoming freshmen” philosophy. Because when you run 18:29 here at the PROM race and 18:49 at Shepherd, it’s obvious you have great odds of becoming a frontrunner at the high school level.

Ella Knudsen

Leland career has included two All-States and three top-5’s here. The last of which was a massive 19:09 personal best.

Addy Zeller

Was on a tear following Portage, hitting sub-21 in six of her final seven races. One of those was a 3^rd place finish here.

Addison Patrzik

Freshman year saw gradual progress toward a sub-21 here at Regionals, a 12^th place that earned another week of competing.

Brooklynn Frazee

We know her as a sprinter in the spring, but many would love to have her fall resume. Two top-7 finishes here at the regional level.

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 2:18
• 1600m – 5:07
• 3200m – 11:14
• 5k (XC) – 18:35

• 25^th Place – D1 State
• 3x State Qualifier
• 2x Bay County Champion
• 17^th Place – D1 State 800m
• 7x Bay County Track Champion
• 2x SVL Track Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Isabelle Becker	18:35.7	Bay City Western	142.8	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Isabelle Becker	18:52.1	Bay City Western	136.6	Region 2	27-Oct	2023
11	Isabelle Becker	18:43.0	Bay City Western	136.7	SVL Championship	18-Oct	2023
11	Isabelle Becker	19:02.2	Bay City Western	137.3	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Isabelle Becker	18:51.1	Bay City Western	147.0	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Isabelle Becker	20:03.8	Bay City Western	136.1	Milford	31-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Isabelle Becker	19:35.4	Bay City Western	127.2	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	18:48.6	Bay City Western	135.8	Region 2	28-Oct	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	18:43.6	Bay City Western	137.1	SVL Championship	19-Oct	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	18:49.8	Bay City Western	139.7	Portage	8-Oct	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	19:15.4	Bay City Western	133.9	SVL North 2	27-Sep	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	19:19.9	Bay City Western	139.7	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	19:37.1	Bay City Western	127.3	SVL North 1	13-Sep	2022
10	Isabelle Becker	20:14.0	Bay City Western	134.7	Milford	1-Sep	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Isabelle Becker	18:46.0	Bay City Western	142.3	MITCA	13-Nov	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	18:51.8	Bay City Western	139.8	Division 1 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	19:52.0	Bay City Western	137.7	Region 2	30-Oct	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	19:02.5	Bay City Western	144.2	SVL Championship	20-Oct	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	20:06.6	Bay City Western	120.1	Bay County	15-Oct	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	18:48.7	Bay City Western	138.1	SVL North 2	28-Sep	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	19:37.1	Bay City Western	137.6	Spartan	17-Sep	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	20:59.0	Bay City Western	113.3	SVL North 1	14-Sep	2021
9	Isabelle Becker	20:20.1	Bay City Western	131.6	Milford	2-Sep	2021

The Rundown

A familiar name by this point! Featured here in 2022 and again in 2023, this is Isabelle’s third year of being a top returner. And that title is well-earned, both looking at her career and her 2023-24 season.

In terms of time and place, her cross season was her best yet. I mentioned last year how I love Nesbitt’s scheduling, how it sets up for a fast close to the season. The evidence of that brilliance was shown with Becker – winning another Bay County Championship, then running a PR at the SVL Championship, having her best regional finish ever, then another PR with her best State Finals finish ever.

She’s so well-rounded on the track too. During her sophomore spring, she opted for a 3200m qualifier. This past one, more concentration was laid on the shorter stuff, knocking 4 sec. off her 800m best and flirting with a sub-60 400m.

Excellent in every aspect of distance running and a name we can count on in November.