Category: Uncategorized

Post Portage and we’ve got a clear picture of the state outlook. Many teams and athletes battled the weekend’s heat, either putting in a memorable performance in adverse conditions, or maybe falling victim to the unusual conditions. A few teams proved that they’ll be a force in the coming weeks. Others will stew and look for revenge in a months’ time.

In the meantime, you get my own spin on rankings. It’s important to note that while there were some gigantic races over the weekend, this is a cumulative ranking. Great performances may move the needle in an upward direction, abnormally poor ones in a sea of great races won’t have too much of a downward effect.

As with the previous rankings, all meets with over 50 participants of each gender are included (even if the ratings themselves aren’t posted to the site, they’re in my database). The rankings take the individual ratings from each race and weigh them using factors of recency, field size, and field competitiveness. Those weighted ratings are then sorted by team, scored against the entire division, and ranked. Thus, teams with more depth tend to be ranked a little higher than they’d be at a regular invite or even the State Finals. But I know no better way to rank all the teams in a division than to compare against all teams in a division.

These are filtered a bit, a runner has to have competed in a race since September 12th (Spartan/Ottawa Hills day) at a race I’ve rated. Hopefully this accounts for injuries.

As always, these are for fun and a vehicle to drive interest in the best sport in the world. If they cause undue stress or pressure or motivate you to write me unkind messages (only happened a few times this year, but gotta get out ahead of it!), this site might not be for you. That’s fine, the many XC fans of Michigan will enjoy it all the same.

Podium Contenders

We were just witness to a preview of it at Portage. Maple City Glen Lake, Holland Calvary Christian, and Hillsdale Academy. The Lakers jumped out to an early lead, halving the scores of the latter two. By two, Calvary began to chip away at a little comeback, Hillsdale gaining points too. Over the final 1.1 miles, Calvary made a serious run for the D4 win, coming up two points short. Through a few runners, these teams are barely separated. Onto the fourth and fifth guys, that’s where Glen Lake found a bit of separation, scoring 37 points against HCC’s 48 and HA’s 59.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Maple City Glen Lake	29	115	181.0	169.5	1:08	2:39
2	Holland Calvary Christian	31	146	179.5	173.3	1:31	1:48
3	Hillsdale Academy	34	158	176.7	172.5	1:52	2:20
4	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	239	169.7	158.1	1:42	3:18
5	Whitmore Lake	33	330	164.3	158.1	2:35	2:43
6	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	366	168.4	153.5	4:04	5:09
7	Petoskey St. Michael	28	403	158.1	142.5	2:12	4:02
8	Breckenridge	30	419	156.5	135.4	2:47	6:05
9	Royal Oak Shrine	36	448	158.7	147.3	3:59	4:22
10	Mesick	29	493	158.6	123.6	3:39	10:48
11	Riverview Gabriel Richard	36	515	151.6	139.6	3:20	4:15
12	Portland St. Patrick	31	566	146.6		3:00
13	Grand Traverse Academy	29	575	145.7	140.0	1:13	1:47
14	Genesee Christian Academy	33	616	143.7	120.9	3:14	6:02
15	Lutheran Westland	36	623	143.9	129.0	2:46	5:34
16	Fowler	31	626	142.9	134.4	2:21	2:59
17	Three Oaks River Valley	32	643	150.0	130.6	4:53	6:11
18	Gobles	31	666	140.3	129.7	1:15	3:18
19	Dryden	35	676	140.3	123.7	3:01	5:51
20	Ubly	35	681	140.0		3:29
21	Buckley	29	685	139.5		3:02
22	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	700	138.6	126.0	3:15	4:08
23	Webberville	33	781	133.9	119.6	3:19	4:22
24	Leland	29	803	132.6		3:47
25	Concord	34	816	131.7	75.3	3:10	13:58
26	Manchester	34	831	131.1	115.1	3:17	5:21
27	Mason County Eastern	29	835	130.9	114.1	3:55	4:40

Major Moves

Genesee Christian had the largest leap of any D4 school, moving up 9 whole spots. Numerous PRs were set by their varsity members, four of ‘em spread between the Birch Run Fall Invite and Greater Flint. And the Soldiers held their own at each event, placing in the upper half of the standings in both races, despite having one of tinier enrollments in each field.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Maple City Glen Lake	29	115	1	0
2	Holland Calvary Christian	31	146	2	0
3	Hillsdale Academy	34	158	3	0
4	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	239	4	0
5	Whitmore Lake	33	330	5	0
6	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	366	6	0
7	Petoskey St. Michael	28	403	8	-1
8	Breckenridge	30	419	7	1
9	Royal Oak Shrine	36	448	9	0
10	Mesick	29	493	10	0
11	Riverview Gabriel Richard	36	515	11	0
12	Portland St. Patrick	31	566	14	-2
13	Grand Traverse Academy	29	575	13	0
14	Genesee Christian Academy	33	616	23	-9
15	Lutheran Westland	36	623	15	0
16	Fowler	31	626	16	0
17	Three Oaks River Valley	32	643	21	-4
18	Gobles	31	666	17	1
19	Dryden	35	676	20	-1
20	Ubly	35	681	22	-2
21	Buckley	29	685	18	3
22	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	700	19	3
23	Webberville	33	781	24	-1
24	Leland	29	803	12	12
25	Concord	34	816	28	-3
26	Manchester	34	831	26	0
27	Mason County Eastern	29	835	25	2

What’s Next?

A few squads taking the weekend off, Petoskey St. Michael heading up north of the bridge, another conference title on the line for Hillsdale Academy. And three teams heading to Gabriel Richard for some quick times on the Hudson Mills course. Marek Butkiewicz will return to the site of his first real run into the low-15’s. Also present will be one of his D4 competitors, Abenezer Cerone and his Royal Oak Shrine Knights.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	12	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	213.4	32
2	12	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach	206.3	35
3	12	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	204.7	36
4	12	Grayson Rorick	Hillsdale Academy	204.5	34
5	12	Landon Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley	202.3	32
6	11	Kyle Redman	Mesick	199.2	29
7	12	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake	196.0	33
8	11	Ty Redman	Mesick	195.2	29
9	12	Sean Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	193.4	32
10	9	Mason Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley	193.2	32
11	10	Lincoln Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian	192.1	31
12	11	Abraham Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake	191.9	29
13	11	Christian Getz	Holland Calvary Christian	191.8	31
14	11	Noah Schipper	Holland Calvary Christian	191.6	31
15	9	Spencer McNitt	Maple City Glen Lake	191.5	29
16	12	Carson Burgess	Brown City	190.9	35
17	11	Brady Edwards	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	187.1	30
18	11	Jacob Ferdubinski	Riverview Gabriel Richard	186.1	36
19	12	Joel Johnson	Detroit Frederick Douglass	184.3	36
20	12	Cody Bradley	Petoskey St. Michael	183.5	28
21	11	Gibson White	Holland Calvary Christian	182.3	31
22	11	Anthony Rowe	Breckenridge	182.0	30
23	9	Christian Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake	177.3	29
24	12	Jonah Pollatz	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	177.0	30
25	12	Max Brannan	Lutheran Westland	176.1	36
26	11	Daniel Chaney	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	175.4	29
27	12	Liam McCaw	Maple City Glen Lake	175.3	29
28	10	Leo Weaver	Whitmore Lake	174.2	33
29	12	Jack Sharar	Rogers City	174.0	28
30	12	Luke Molenkamp	Hillsdale Academy	173.5	34
31	11	Wesley Chaffee	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	173.2	30
32	9	Gavin Bowers	Austin Catholic	172.0	36
33	12	Michael Bowker	Royal Oak Shrine	171.8	36
34	12	Logan Romain	Dryden	171.6	35
35	10	Levi Fitchett	Dryden	171.5	35
36	12	Timothy Chamberlain	Portland St. Patrick	171.5	31
37	12	Reuben Jiran	Novi Christian Academy	171.2	33
38	11	Brody VanTuinen	Holland Calvary Christian	170.5	31
39	12	Quentin Smith	Fowler	170.4	31
40	12	Henry Lindley	Hillsdale Academy	170.3	34
41	11	Amos Norder	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	169.6	30
42	11	Lincoln Bailey	Maple City Glen Lake	169.2	29
43	10	Owen Jarosz	Frankfort	169.0	29
44	10	Nathan West	Webberville	168.6	33
45	9	Ethan Harrand	Buckley	168.3	29
46	11	Timothy Gaebler	Hillsdale Academy	168.1	34
47	11	Elias Baldwin	Decatur	167.9	32
48	12	Rich Fanti	Riverview Gabriel Richard	167.6	36
49	12	James Rahe	Hillsdale Academy	167.3	34
50	12	Jesse Fielis	White Pigeon	167.0	32

Podium Contenders

I wouldn’t call it a 100% guarantee, but Jackson Lumen Christi has locked down the pole position. The Titans used Portage as a test run of patience, hanging back in the first mile, then leaping to the lead at two. Although a few of their runners faded down the stretch, Peter Soltis and Avery Morrow slammed the door shut on any competition, passing 9 runners in the final 1.1 miles. What the Titans have in their favor is depth, their fifth was 10 sec. clear of any other team’s final scoring spot.

On the outside, but still with a shot are Saugatuck and Charlevoix. Through four boys, the Trailblazers were there, besting Lumen Christi by 16 points. And we know they’ve got a penchant for clutch performances in November, last year being a prime indicator. We don’t have much data on the Rayders in these big meets, save for one – Bluejay. There in the Elite division, Charlevoix was able to place in the top-10, many spots clear of a few fellow ranked teams.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	197	184.4	178.3	0:51	1:34
2	Saugatuck	22	229	181.7	174.2	0:50	1:49
3	Charlevoix	19	232	188.5	177.7	2:12	3:25
4	Ithaca	25	275	180.1	164.8	0:54	3:45
5	Lansing Catholic	26	318	177.1	174.1	0:41	0:49
6	Benzie Central	20	400	175.5	170.7	1:12	1:51
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	440	176.4	168.0	2:28	3:17
8	The Potter’s House	21	445	174.3	168.9	1:42	2:08
9	Buchanan	22	469	173.4	163.2	1:49	2:53
10	Hanover-Horton	23	505	171.9	165.8	1:47	2:16
11	Jonesville	23	522	172.4	157.7	2:42	4:22
12	Hart	20	561	167.8	166.2	0:20	0:27
13	Holland Black River	21	636	167.8	152.9	2:36	3:59
14	Ann Arbor Greenhills	26	646	165.8	156.0	1:15	2:29
15	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	689	164.5	157.1	1:12	2:20
16	Plymouth Christian Academy	26	698	165.1	147.9	2:37	3:51
17	Lake City	20	709	163.8	151.3	1:51	3:53
18	Reed City	20	733	163.3	156.0	1:53	2:45
19	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	21	747	162.7	145.1	1:59	4:16
20	Caro	25	752	165.5	154.0	3:03	4:05
21	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	755	163.3	153.5	2:19	2:52
22	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	792	160.8	156.0	1:15	1:28
23	Pigeon-Laker	25	847	160.4	146.3	2:20	4:09
24	Traverse City St. Francis	19	853	158.9	144.9	0:59	3:29
25	Midland Bullock Creek	25	879	159.8	148.7	2:21	4:01
26	Erie Mason	27	917	156.8	151.1	1:19	1:48
27	Montrose	24	928	156.9	146.1	1:39	3:12

Major Moves

A whopping 16 of the top-27 teams from the Championship Season Rankings were present at Portage, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian occupying the second-to-last ranking spot of the bunch. The actual results from the actual race elicited a different result, with the Warriors beating five teams ranked ahead of them. From their main folk, there wasn’t much in terms of PRs, just honest efforts. And on a day where many were succumbing to the conditions, that steadiness is often enough to pull a few upsets.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	197	1	0
2	Saugatuck	22	229	2	0
3	Charlevoix	19	232	3	0
4	Ithaca	25	275	4	0
5	Lansing Catholic	26	318	5	0
6	Benzie Central	20	400	6	0
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	440	7	0
8	The Potter’s House	21	445	8	0
9	Buchanan	22	469	9	0
10	Hanover-Horton	23	505	11	-1
11	Jonesville	23	522	12	-1
12	Hart	20	561	13	-1
13	Holland Black River	21	636	10	3
14	Ann Arbor Greenhills	26	646	14	0
15	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	689	16	-1
16	Plymouth Christian Academy	26	698	15	1
17	Lake City	20	709	20	-3
18	Reed City	20	733	21	-3
19	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	21	747	24	-5
20	Caro	25	752	19	1
21	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	755	17	4
22	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	792	18	4
23	Pigeon-Laker	25	847	23	0
24	Traverse City St. Francis	19	853	22	2
25	Midland Bullock Creek	25	879	30	-5
26	Erie Mason	27	917	25	1
27	Montrose	24	928	28	-1

What’s Next?

A day of rest and relaxation will be had for many of the top squads, sans three. Jackson Lumen Christi will take its turn on the fast course, hitting up Hudson Mills. The Potter’s House will keep it close to home at Kent Ottawa. And Lansing Catholic will look to shake it up with the big schools at Greater Lansing. Last fall, the Cougars were 6^th at Ledge Meadows, then 9^th in Division 3.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Hunter Eaton	Charlevoix	211.2	19
2	12	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	204.9	24
3	11	Luke Herron	Caro	202.2	25
4	10	Nole Lorenzen	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	201.3	26
5	10	Christian Craanen	Monroe St. Mary CC	200.7	27
6	11	Ryder Hopkins	Charlevoix	197.9	19
7	10	Will Hulin	Centreville	197.4	23
8	11	Caleb Blonde	Jonesville	196.4	23
9	12	Edward Mugisha	The Potter’s House	196.3	21
10	12	Jayden Fox	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	195.8	25
11	12	Matthew Solomon	Charlevoix	195.4	19
12	12	Tyler Leach	Otisville LakeVille	194.2	24
13	12	Gibson Shore	Jackson Lumen Christi	194.2	23
14	11	Chad Tyson	Hanover-Horton	193.6	23
15	10	Owen Poppema	Bath	193.3	24
16	10	Clint Couchman	Brooklyn Columbia Central	193.3	23
17	11	Jonas Ballard	Holland Black River	192.0	21
18	11	John Keser	Buchanan	191.9	22
19	11	Logan Youngman	Hillsdale	191.6	23
20	12	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	191.4	24
21	10	Eli VanPoortfliet	Benzie Central	189.7	20
22	11	Rocky Bolton	Jackson Lumen Christi	189.2	23
23	11	Marshall Brandt	Midland Bullock Creek	189.1	25
24	11	Marcus Silva	Saugatuck	188.7	22
25	12	Landen Styka	Ithaca	188.4	25
26	12	Jeryn Frisbie	Belding	187.6	21
27	12	Qwynn Darnell	Elk Rapids	187.4	19
28	12	Jacob Mankey	Ithaca	186.9	25
29	11	Grant Rehkopf	Saugatuck	186.8	22
30	11	Evan Olson	Pigeon-Laker	186.5	25
31	12	Jackson Schaub	Benzie Central	185.9	20
32	12	Paul Saladin	Reed City	184.5	20
33	10	Soren Crosthwaite	Jackson Lumen Christi	184.2	23
34	11	William Gancer	Stockbridge	184.2	26
35	11	John Kowatch	Pewamo-Westphalia	183.7	24
36	11	Isaac Dionne	Boyne City	183.4	19
37	12	Trenton Fetter	Adrian Madison	183.2	27
38	11	James Tennes	Lansing Catholic	182.4	26
39	11	Evan MacLaren	Ithaca	182.3	25
40	10	Michael Weidmayer	Blissfield	182.0	27
41	11	Sawyer Monroe	Saugatuck	181.2	22
42	12	John Edler	Homer	181.1	23
43	12	Liam McBeth	Buchanan	180.9	22
44	10	Tristan Hernandez	Kingsley	180.8	20
45	10	Grant Corlew	Harbor Springs	180.6	19
46	12	Lucas Gates	Lansing Catholic	180.6	26
47	12	Caiden Helsel	Lake City	180.5	20
48	10	Wyatt Roberts	Otisville LakeVille	180.2	24
49	10	Jackson Bowman	Saugatuck	180.0	22
50	9	Isaac Cox	Plymouth Christian Academy	179.9	26

Podium Contenders

Three teams have seemingly separated themselves from the field: Flint Powers Catholic, East Grand Rapids, and Alma. Differing from other divisions, Bluejay was the preview for this, with the Chargers coming out ahead in a dominant performance. However, the Pioneers were missing Jonah Workman, who missed little time returning to form in a runner-up effort at Portage. The Panthers had the weekend off, but were so impressed by Flint Powers that they drove to Flint and ran to Alma (homecoming ball run).

EGR and FPC have a bit of a gap on Alma, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the mid-Michigan crew can take down any carnage from the ferocious battle for first.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Flint Powers Catholic	15	126	198.6	191.4	0:58	1:52
2	East Grand Rapids	12	166	198.5	193.8	1:26	1:48
3	Alma	14	278	194.6	189.8	1:32	1:46
4	Grand Rapids Christian	12	305	189.8	186.7	0:57	1:05
5	Holland Christian	11	380	186.0	183.9	0:28	0:48
6	Parma Western	14	437	186.0	181.1	1:23	1:40
7	Shepherd	15	479	184.8	178.7	1:28	2:20
8	Otsego	13	526	182.0	172.3	0:48	2:08
9	Forest Hills Eastern	12	557	184.2	178.1	1:47	2:00
10	Cedar Springs	10	564	181.2	177.0	1:03	1:29
11	DeWitt	14	610	180.3	174.9	1:15	1:37
12	Fenton	16	619	182.4	177.2	2:05	2:16
13	Allendale	11	648	185.5	174.0	2:36	3:29
14	Three Rivers	13	657	179.2	172.4	1:33	1:52
15	Richland Gull Lake	13	695	177.5	173.0	0:57	1:23
16	Frankenmuth	15	703	179.7	168.3	1:47	3:02
17	Edwardsburg	13	711	177.3	170.2	1:13	2:23
18	Spring Lake	10	739	177.0	170.3	1:14	1:59
19	Pinckney	16	752	178.1	174.7	1:49	1:56
20	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	781	175.5	168.9	1:30	1:51
21	Petoskey	10	782	175.5	170.0	1:08	1:37
22	Adrian	18	798	177.1	169.7	1:56	2:42
23	Whitehall	10	803	180.3	169.3	3:16	4:02
24	Macomb Lutheran North	17	874	174.9	167.5	1:42	2:33
25	Chelsea	18	885	173.7	169.2	1:23	1:36
26	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	928	172.2	167.6	0:52	1:18
27	Detroit Country Day	16	929	173.1	161.7	2:25	3:03

Major Moves

Everything just kinda… stayed the same? There was only one team that moved more than two spots and that was Frankenmuth. The Eagles have soared thanks to Cole Pergram gradually returning to form and Nick Parker being on a tear. Save for their tough home course, Parker has been in the 16’s on every occasion and just blasted a personal best at Greater Flint, where ‘Muth was the runner-up behind Powers.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Flint Powers Catholic	15	126	1	0
2	East Grand Rapids	12	166	2	0
3	Alma	14	278	3	0
4	Grand Rapids Christian	12	305	4	0
5	Holland Christian	11	380	5	0
6	Parma Western	14	437	6	0
7	Shepherd	15	479	7	0
8	Otsego	13	526	9	-1
9	Forest Hills Eastern	12	557	11	-2
10	Cedar Springs	10	564	8	2
11	DeWitt	14	610	13	-2
12	Fenton	16	619	14	-2
13	Allendale	11	648	12	1
14	Three Rivers	13	657	10	4
15	Richland Gull Lake	13	695	15	0
16	Frankenmuth	15	703	19	-3
17	Edwardsburg	13	711	16	1
18	Spring Lake	10	739	17	1
19	Pinckney	16	752	18	1
20	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	781	21	-1
21	Petoskey	10	782	22	-1
22	Adrian	18	798	20	2
23	Whitehall	10	803	24	-1
24	Macomb Lutheran North	17	874	23	1
25	Chelsea	18	885	25	0
26	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	928	27	-1
27	Detroit Country Day	16	929	26	1

What’s Next?

Once again, many taking the weekend off with a few exceptions. Shepherd and Alma return from their respective homecoming weekends, the Bluejays heading up the road to Mt. Pleasant and the Panthers traveling down 27 to Greater Lansing. Flint Powers will be at Kayla O’Mara, Grand Rapids Christian hosting Kent Ottawa. The greatest interest for my eyes will be Greater Lansing, a meet where Alma placed 2^nd a year ago. First place is within their grasp, but a stout Grand Ledge team will be in the way. If it’s close, I think that’s a good sign for the Panthers in the weeks to come.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Robert Jazwinski III	Whitehall	218.7	10
2	12	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	216.3	12
3	11	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	211.5	14
4	10	Lennox Naswell	Flint Powers Catholic	210.5	15
5	12	Thomas Larson	Alma	209.5	14
6	11	Mason Hill	Allendale	208.2	11
7	10	Gavin Katic	Fenton	207.9	16
8	10	Micah Becker	East Grand Rapids	205.6	12
9	11	Caiden Caswell	Vicksburg	204.7	13
10	11	Mitchell Dunlap	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	204.2	11
11	12	Vincent Pattison	Goodrich	204.1	15
12	11	Cole McCraw	Pinckney	204.0	16
13	11	Steven Zawacki	Forest Hills Eastern	202.7	12
14	12	Bryce Gross	Flint Powers Catholic	202.7	15
15	11	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	202.6	15
16	12	Ronnie Silveira	Allendale	202.6	11
17	12	Edison Lopeman	Parma Western	201.8	14
18	12	Moises Salazar Jr.	Adrian	201.3	18
19	12	Sean Ryan	Grand Rapids Christian	199.4	12
20	12	Brett Magnus	Frankenmuth	199.1	15
21	12	Cole Wisniewski	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	199.0	16
22	12	Aden Ashworth	Allendale	198.9	11
23	11	Abraham McHugh	Marshall	198.2	13
24	12	Shephard Bower	Forest Hills Eastern	197.6	12
25	12	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	197.0	18
26	10	Ashton Fink	Grand Rapids Christian	196.1	12
27	10	Ryan Rathsburg	Flint Powers Catholic	195.4	15
28	12	Jack Edison	East Grand Rapids	195.3	12
29	12	Aiden Weller	Cedar Springs	195.3	10
30	12	Murphy Wagner	Saginaw Swan Valley	195.0	15
31	11	Joshua Macri	Macomb Lutheran North	194.6	17
32	12	Jacob Hylton	Ortonville Brandon	194.3	15
33	12	Asher Jager	GR West Michigan Aviation	193.9	12
34	12	Caleb Carignan	Flint Powers Catholic	193.6	15
35	12	Ben Verellen	Gladwin	193.6	10
36	10	Jack Hincks	Detroit Country Day	193.2	16
37	12	Carson Wood	Sparta	193.1	11
38	11	Owen Adams	Spring Lake	192.9	10
39	12	Charlie Brauer	Three Rivers	192.5	13
40	11	Nick Parker	Frankenmuth	192.0	15
41	12	George Scupham	Edwardsburg	191.9	13
42	9	Logan Cristian	Parma Western	191.8	14
43	10	Aiden Lambers	Holland	191.6	11
44	11	Christopher Vogt	Paw Paw	191.6	13
45	12	Landon Gerritsma	Holland Christian	191.5	11
46	12	Jack Estelle	Hopkins	191.1	11
47	12	Tommy Beiter	Flint Powers Catholic	191.1	15
48	9	Grant Lampen	Holland Christian	190.6	11
49	10	Gerard Gilmour	Fenton	190.5	16
50	12	Braylon Lenneman	DeWitt	190.5	14

Podium Contenders

One team was prominent early, the other has been rising and rising before a surprise Saturday win. Northville had a few early wins, at Bath and at Spartan. Ann Arbor Pioneer had taken care of business in SEC action, then beat a host of ranked squads at Jackson. The two finally came together at Portage, the purple-clad gents racing to an early lead and never giving it up. Pioneer is in a great spot, two certain frontrunners and a rapidly improving crew behind them. Northville seems to be going through a bit of a lull, missing two of their varsity runners, another just returning from injury. If both teams are at full strength, this could be a great close to the day at MIS.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Northville	7	147	204.3	200.4	1:07	1:17
2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	296	202.6	196.9	1:52	2:06
3	Lowell	3	305	197.8	186.8	1:09	3:21
4	Kalamazoo Central	3	319	197.2	192.1	1:17	1:42
5	Grand Ledge	4	334	195.1	189.2	0:31	1:18
6	Ann Arbor Skyline	4	445	192.1	190.0	0:25	0:37
7	Traverse City West	2	458	192.1	189.5	0:37	0:44
8	Midland	2	473	191.4	188.5	0:20	0:43
9	Brighton	4	544	190.5	187.5	0:38	1:04
10	Saline	5	581	190.5	186.1	1:08	1:23
11	Portage Central	3	582	189.9	184.8	1:07	1:16
12	Romeo	9	585	189.4	184.7	0:34	1:18
13	Grand Blanc	2	609	189.8	186.7	1:03	1:09
14	Caledonia	3	619	189.5	184.9	1:06	1:23
15	Traverse City Central	2	630	189.6	182.2	1:02	1:51
16	Zeeland West	3	637	188.6	186.1	0:41	0:46
17	Salem	6	667	189.0	184.4	1:06	1:28
18	Clarkston	8	670	188.9	184.7	1:19	1:30
19	East Kentwood	3	684	190.2	184.2	1:21	1:49
20	Jenison	1	697	187.3	185.3	0:18	0:31
21	Holland West Ottawa	3	714	186.8	184.3	0:09	0:52
22	Brownstown Woodhaven	5	768	186.6	182.3	1:10	1:22
23	Highland-Milford	2	799	189.8	183.0	2:18	2:41
24	Rockford	1	835	185.2	178.3	1:21	1:49
25	Grand Haven	1	857	188.7	179.6	2:08	2:57
26	Saginaw Heritage	2	878	184.3	181.4	0:29	0:50
27	Rochester	8	963	183.3	175.1	1:37	2:14

Major Moves

Not necessarily this week, but over the past two, Saline has been a major mover, 17^th in mid-September to now 10th. The Hornets had top-10 finishes at both Jackson and Portage to go along with a 2^nd place finish in the 2^nd SEC Jamboree, besting fellow top-10 conference foe Ann Arbor Skyline. Jacob Cole has run some of his better races of late, as has Jacob Szalay. And I wouldn’t be shocked if freshman Gavin Bast surprises at season’s end. The 9^th grader is on the cusp of breaking 17:00 and endured the Portage heat quite well.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Northville	7	147	1	0
2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	296	5	-3
3	Lowell	3	305	2	1
4	Kalamazoo Central	3	319	3	1
5	Grand Ledge	4	334	4	1
6	Ann Arbor Skyline	4	445	6	0
7	Traverse City West	2	458	7	0
8	Midland	2	473	8	0
9	Brighton	4	544	10	-1
10	Saline	5	581	11	-1
11	Portage Central	3	582	9	2
12	Romeo	9	585	13	-1
13	Grand Blanc	2	609	15	-2
14	Caledonia	3	619	14	0
15	Traverse City Central	2	630	16	-1
16	Zeeland West	3	637	12	4
17	Salem	6	667	19	-2
18	Clarkston	8	670	18	0
19	East Kentwood	3	684	17	2
20	Jenison	1	697	20	0
21	Holland West Ottawa	3	714	22	-1
22	Brownstown Woodhaven	5	768	21	1
23	Highland-Milford	2	799	26	-3
24	Rockford	1	835	23	1
25	Grand Haven	1	857	24	1
26	Saginaw Heritage	2	878	25	1
27	Rochester	8	963	27	0

What’s Next?

Teams are heading all over the place – to River Rat, Gabriel Richard, Freeland, Oiler, Greater Lansing. To my particular interest is Traverse City West, who will be down in Mt. Pleasant at their regional course. The Titans had a subpar performance at Bluejay and nothing since, two weeks to stew over it. They’ll face a solid test and Region 2 preview against Milford, fresh off an Oakland County victory (and sorely underrated here, one race away from greatly moving up the rankings).

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	223.4	5
2	11	Brandon Cloud	Northville	215.9	7
3	12	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	215.8	2
4	11	Caden Livermore	Grandville	215.5	1
5	12	Beckett Crooks	Ann Arbor Pioneer	215.4	5
6	11	Jack MacGregor	Howell	213.8	4
7	12	Ian Morgan	Okemos	213.3	4
8	11	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	212.4	1
9	12	Benjamin Hartigan	Northville	211.7	7
10	11	Marshall Huhn	Lowell	210.0	3
11	12	Andrew Wright	Kalamazoo Central	209.8	3
12	10	Mourad Algahmi	Dearborn Fordson	208.4	5
13	12	Aiden Pengelly	Canton	207.9	6
14	12	Jackson Lam	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	205.3	3
15	11	Justin Johnson	East Kentwood	204.9	3
16	11	Matii Tarekegn	East Kentwood	204.3	3
17	12	Aron Gal	Grand Haven	204.3	1
18	12	Ethan Hertza	Northville	203.6	7
19	11	Coen Hill	Dexter	203.0	4
20	12	David Dubeck	Clarkston	202.7	8
21	11	Austin Mercado	Salem	202.3	6
22	11	Jacob Szalay	Saline	202.0	5
23	9	Tommy McCormick	Grand Blanc	201.6	2
24	12	Lucas LaPointe	Plymouth	201.6	6
25	9	Avi Elabed	Lowell	201.2	3
26	12	Max Houvener	Lake Orion	201.1	8
27	10	Rylen Richey	Grand Ledge	200.3	4
28	12	Caleb Keller	Traverse City Central	200.2	2
29	10	Todd Tobin	Highland-Milford	200.2	2
30	12	Noah Johnston	Caledonia	200.1	3
31	11	Samuel Baker	Kalamazoo Central	199.9	3
32	12	Benjamin Rottier	Grand Ledge	199.8	4
33	10	Alexander Allen	Alpena	199.8	2
34	12	Marcel Stork	Mattawan	199.6	3
35	12	Owen Fisher	Mattawan	199.4	3
36	10	Xavier Solgot	L’Anse Creuse North	199.3	9
37	12	Nathaniel Linden	Troy Athens	199.0	8
38	12	Cooper Byrne	Lowell	199.0	3
39	11	Broden Ladd	Holly	198.0	2
40	12	Zach Wyderko	Brighton	197.8	4
41	10	Brady Glon	Detroit Catholic Central	197.5	7
42	12	Pierce Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	197.2	5
43	11	Liam Wierzba	Traverse City West	197.2	2
44	10	Finn-Frost Grayson	Traverse City West	196.9	2
45	9	Hudson Doll	Ann Arbor Skyline	196.7	4
46	12	Ty Billings	Kalamazoo Central	196.7	3
47	12	Ryan Barnes	Clarkston	196.6	8
48	10	Lucas Mullan	Northville	196.5	7
49	10	Bennett Snapper	Caledonia	196.5	3
50	11	Trevor Baptist	Novi	196.3	7

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Marquette	26	191.1	182.1	1:49	2:21
2	Sault Ste. Marie	45	176.3	167.1	2:21	3:24
3	Houghton	106	149.5	145.4	1:18	1:40
4	Gladstone	120	144.9	142.1	0:44	1:00
5	Negaunee	134	144.1	136.5	3:15	3:19
6	Ishpeming Westwood	139	142.0	133.3	1:40	2:43
7	Kingsford	195	108.5		5:55
8	Escanaba	227	96.8		4:07

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Marquette	26	1	0
2	Sault Ste. Marie	45	2	0
3	Houghton	106	4	-1
4	Gladstone	120	3	1
5	Negaunee	134	6	-1
6	Ishpeming Westwood	139	5	1
7	Kingsford	195	7	0
8	Escanaba	227	8	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Gabe Litzner	Sault Ste. Marie	205.1
2	12	Rorik Holmquist	Marquette	205.1
3	12	Peter Argeropoulos	Marquette	204.5
4	11	Lucas Ballard	Marquette	193.6
5	12	Shea Armstrong	Sault Ste. Marie	183.7
6	12	Henry Plummer	Negaunee	183.5
7	12	Beepsee Teeple	Marquette	183.1
8	12	Adam Brandt	Sault Ste. Marie	175.1
9	11	Cavan Mulligan	Kingsford	171.0
10	10	Lake Skytta	Marquette	168.9

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Painesdale-Jeffers	28	151.3	143.5	2:48	2:53
2	Rudyard	33	144.8	136.0	2:31	3:46
3	Manistique	110	90.6	79.6	2:43	4:06
4	Pickford	129	75.2	50.9	5:35	9:11
5	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer	140	64.3		5:35
6	Ironwood	148	59.0		6:21
7	Hancock	153	46.6		6:53

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Painesdale-Jeffers	28	2	-1
2	Rudyard	33	1	1
3	Manistique	110	3	0
4	Pickford	129	4	0
5	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer	140	5	0
6	Ironwood	148	6	0
7	Hancock	153	7	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Cameron Anderson	Painesdale-Jeffers	181.2
2	12	Steven Kirschner	Rudyard	177.4
3	12	Landon Larson	Painesdale-Jeffers	164.1
4	11	Blake Lakosky	Munising	153.5
5	11	Eli Folkersma	Rudyard	148.6
6	10	Branson Anderson	Painesdale-Jeffers	144.4
7	11	Jacob Mitchell	Pickford	142.2
8	10	Blake Heltunen	Painesdale-Jeffers	141.3
9	12	Seth Templeton	Rudyard	140.8
10	9	John Green	Gwinn	134.5

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Engadine	76	123.3	101.8	2:03	6:20
2	Stephenson	106	113.0	102.5	4:06	4:40
3	Dollar Bay	113	107.3		1:38
4	St. Ignace	123	106.6	91.3	3:09	4:34
5	Rapid River	130	95.2		8:09
6	Eben Jct. Superior Central	133	99.1	78.0	3:38	5:33
7	Rock Mid-Peninsula	138	95.4		6:33
8	Holy Name	176	80.1	59.0	4:28	6:53
9	Brimley	186	72.5	52.3	5:24	6:31
10	Newberry	192	65.1		7:09
11	Carney-Nadeau	302	-1.4		6:20

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Move
1	Engadine	76	1	0
2	Stephenson	106	4	-2
3	Dollar Bay	113	8	-5
4	St. Ignace	123	7	-3
5	Rapid River	130	3	2
6	Eben Jct. Superior Central	133	5	1
7	Rock Mid-Peninsula	138	6	1
8	Holy Name	176	2	6
9	Brimley	186	10	-1
10	Newberry	192	9	1
11	Carney-Nadeau	302	–	–

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Canon Kuntze	Stephenson	164.0
2	11	Kemper Gearhart	Ishpeming	156.2
3	11	Ethan Snyder	Cedarville	155.7
4	12	William Hoffman	Forest Park	152.7
5	9	Ashdeyn Gerow	Rock Mid-Peninsula	149.9
6	10	Julian Suriano	Newberry	148.0
7	11	Jon Denkins	Rapid River	146.1
8	9	Eli Stiglitz	Rock Mid-Peninsula	145.5
9	10	Wyatt Huhn	St. Ignace	143.8
10	10	Hayden Smith	Forest Park	142.5

Post Portage and we’ve got a clear picture of the state outlook. Many teams and athletes battled the weekend’s heat, either putting in a memorable performance in adverse conditions, or maybe falling victim to the unusual conditions. A few teams proved that they’ll be a force in the coming weeks. Others will stew and look for revenge in a months’ time.

In the meantime, you get my own spin on rankings. It’s important to note that while there were some gigantic races over the weekend, this is a cumulative ranking. Great performances may move the needle in an upward direction, abnormally poor ones in a sea of great races won’t have too much of a downward effect.

As with the previous rankings, all meets with over 50 participants of each gender are included (even if the ratings themselves aren’t posted to the site, they’re in my database). The rankings take the individual ratings from each race and weigh them using factors of recency, field size, and field competitiveness. Those weighted ratings are then sorted by team, scored against the entire division, and ranked. Thus, teams with more depth tend to be ranked a little higher than they’d be at a regular invite or even the State Finals. But I know no better way to rank all the teams in a division than to compare against all teams in a division.

These are filtered a bit, a runner has to have competed in a race since September 12th (Spartan/Ottawa Hills day) at a race I’ve rated. Hopefully this accounts for injuries.

As always, these are for fun and a vehicle to drive interest in the best sport in the world. If they cause undue stress or pressure or motivate you to write me unkind messages (only happened a few times this year, but gotta get out ahead of it!), this site might not be for you. That’s fine, the many XC fans of Michigan will enjoy it all the same.

Podium Contenders

As Carina Burchi has risen throughout the year, returning to her familiar form, Whitmore Lake has more solidly held onto the top spot. The Trojans now have the best trio in D4 and can still hold their own through the back half of their lineup. That was the case at Portage, where WL bettered the D4 team field at every spot in the lineup.

The ratings differ a bit from the Portage results, Hillsdale Academy becoming more of a contender. The reason? All seven Colts would’ve found a place into the top-five of every team besides Whitmore Lake and HA’s fifth (Mary Schlueter) was ahead of everyone else’s fifth. Of course, we’re talking about a hypothetical state final race where the fifth is the most consequential spot. What actually happened is Kalamazoo Hackett was third, benefitting from a PR from Kiera Piper in the early morning heat. If the Irish depth can hang close to Hillsdale Academy, then look for Hackett to occupy the other podium spot.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Whitmore Lake	33	119	111.5	85.5	3:50	7:39
2	Hillsdale Academy	34	196	91.1	87.4	1:25	1:47
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	201	95.0	82.5	2:44	4:15
4	Buckley	29	228	85.8	78.7	1:23	1:59
5	Grand Traverse Academy	29	251	84.0	75.4	1:58	2:30
6	Maple City Glen Lake	29	265	87.7	70.9	4:22	5:14
7	Gobles	31	271	93.2	69.6	5:40	7:11
8	Ubly	35	314	79.1	50.5	1:56	6:25
9	Concord	34	348	75.6		2:25
10	Kingston	35	392	73.6		5:04
11	Martin	31	393	77.0	59.0	3:48	5:55
12	Lansing Christian	33	412	70.3	48.6	1:26	6:13
13	Royal Oak Shrine	36	465	66.8	54.4	3:27	5:26
14	Bear Lake	29	476	61.8	47.8	3:04	4:20
15	Onekama	29	487	66.9		7:27
16	Dryden	35	504	60.3		6:07
17	Petoskey St. Michael	28	511	56.3	-6.6	6:18	18:10
18	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	539	55.8	41.7	2:46	4:36
19	Bellaire	28	560	53.6		4:03
20	Harbor Beach	35	566	53.5	43.9	2:40	3:21
21	Genesee Christian Academy	33	630	45.5	2.9	3:35	9:27
22	Rogers City	28	646	27.9		9:56
23	Lutheran Westland	36	659	37.2		7:47
24	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	33	667	41.6	23.5	3:31	6:58
25	Petersburg-Summerfield	34	680	20.0		11:39
26	Ellsworth	28	705	36.0	18.7	5:07	6:38
27	Indian River Inland Lakes	28	779	14.8	-9.2	7:09	7:53

Major Moves

They were thought to be in the top-ten to begin the season, now they’ve clawed their way back. Concord came to Portage with a small squad, but almost all made the most of their opportunities. Two girls earned season bests, two freshmen earned personal bests. Audrey Pyle had been on the high side of 21:00 all year, then busted a 20:44 in the early morning heat. Coming in less than a minute later was Audrey Rinehart, dropping over 40 sec. from her previous best.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Whitmore Lake	33	119	1	0
2	Hillsdale Academy	34	196	5	-3
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	201	2	1
4	Buckley	29	228	4	0
5	Grand Traverse Academy	29	251	3	2
6	Maple City Glen Lake	29	265	8	-2
7	Gobles	31	271	6	1
8	Ubly	35	314	7	1
9	Concord	34	348	12	-3
10	Kingston	35	392	11	-1
11	Martin	31	393	10	1
12	Lansing Christian	33	412	13	-1
13	Royal Oak Shrine	36	465	9	4
14	Bear Lake	29	476	15	-1
15	Onekama	29	487	14	1
16	Dryden	35	504	17	-1
17	Petoskey St. Michael	28	511	20	-3
18	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	539	18	0
19	Bellaire	28	560	19	0
20	Harbor Beach	35	566	16	4
21	Genesee Christian Academy	33	630	27	-6
22	Rogers City	28	646	22	0
23	Lutheran Westland	36	659	24	-1
24	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	33	667	23	1
25	Petersburg-Summerfield	34	680	25	0
26	Ellsworth	28	705	–	NR
27	Indian River Inland Lakes	28	779	–	NR

What’s Next?

One lil’ midweek showdown and one on Saturday. The two contenders for Region 35 will go at it, Ubly hosting their home invite, Kingston looking to escape with a trophy. The Cardinals are inching ever closer to the Bearcats. They’ve lost each matchup, but were separated by 2 points at Green Devil. Come Saturday, Kalamazoo Hackett will take the trip east to a typically quick Hudson Mills South course. They’ll meet Whitmore Lake there. The temps appear cool, so expect some spicy times, and perhaps the two will emerge holding the first and second spot in a week.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	156.7	33
2	11	Libby Smith	Gobles	151.9	31
3	10	Sophia Grinage	Leland	142.2	29
4	10	Callie Sinke	Onekama	139.8	29
5	11	Veyda Conley	Martin	131.4	31
6	10	Carmella Julian	Maple City Glen Lake	128.6	29
7	12	Emma Riker	Kalamazoo Hackett	126.3	32
8	12	Cara Prusakiewicz	Dryden	119.7	35
9	9	Norah Kiley	Kingston	119.1	35
10	11	Lauren Shaffer	Gobles	117.6	31
11	10	Malynda Lambros	Whitmore Lake	116.8	33
12	8	Faith Schipper	Holland Calvary Christian	116.3	31
13	9	Ava Higley	Frankfort	116.1	29
14	12	Lilah Kiley	Kingston	115.2	35
15	9	Ryleigh Alderink	Holton	114.5	31
16	12	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	113.7	33
17	10	Ella Lamb	Royal Oak Shrine	113.2	36
18	11	Addy Zeller	Onekama	110.9	29
19	11	Evelyn Meyer	Hillsdale Academy	110.8	34
20	11	Claire Long	Saginaw Nouvel	110.4	30
21	10	Maizy Matthews	Breckenridge	106.7	30
22	12	Eleanor Cole	Lutheran Westland	104.0	36
23	12	Katie Sweeney	Ubly	103.3	35
24	10	Alyvia Janke	Unionville-Sebewaing	103.0	35
25	10	Deirdre O’Connell	Allen Park Cabrini	102.3	36
26	11	Veronica Paga	Petoskey St. Michael	102.2	28
27	9	Alyse Cox	Maple City Glen Lake	101.9	29
28	11	Kiera Piper	Kalamazoo Hackett	101.8	32
29	12	Rowan Allen	Mendon	99.8	32
30	11	Lindsey Nordyke	Byron Center Zion Christian	99.5	31
31	11	Amelia McKinney	Grand Traverse Academy	99.5	29
32	9	Audrey Pyle	Concord	99.3	34
33	11	Natalie Burpee	Leland	98.7	29
34	10	Cassidy Bowers	Austin Catholic	98.7	36
35	12	Mirthe Breuker	Buckley	97.3	29
36	9	Lillian Coen	Ellsworth	96.5	28
37	11	Brie Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	96.0	32
38	8	Amelia Hoyt	Bellaire	95.6	28
39	10	Melodie Hulinek	Bear Lake	95.0	29
40	10	Payton King	Kingston	94.8	35
41	10	Claire Wright	Dryden	94.7	35
42	9	Heather Morris	Hillsdale Academy	92.6	34
43	12	Kinsey Peer	Buckley	91.0	29
44	10	Zoe Fabing	Fowler	90.6	31
45	12	Alyssa Spicer	Mesick	90.3	29
46	12	Elodie Weaver	Whitmore Lake	90.1	33
47	12	Stella Behnan	Cardinal Mooney Catholic	89.7	36
48	11	Addison Patrzik	Grand Traverse Academy	89.7	29
49	10	Skylar Maclennan	Fulton	89.2	30
50	11	Ava DeYoung	Gobles	89.2	31

Podium Contenders

Adding newcomers and improving the ones that’ve been there, Lansing Catholic appears to be the heavy favorite. Portage is a prime example, the baby blue crew is excellent at all the spots. Josie Bishop and Grace Wonch excellent frontrunners, Anna Drauer the best third runner in the field, Lindsey Ludwig the best fourth, Frances Melinn the best fifth. Need I go on?

Both Pewaukee (pttiming, what’re ya doin’?) Pewamo-Westphalia and Saugatuck have faced off twice, both outings won by the Pirates. Head to head, it seems the Pirates are solidly in front, though the Trailblazers showed at an invite such as Holly that they can rise to a level similar to P-W.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Lansing Catholic	26	80	129.6	122.6	1:14	2:10
2	Saugatuck	22	241	111.9	92.3	1:41	5:34
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	255	112.7	105.6	2:28	2:44
4	Blissfield	27	337	105.7	93.3	2:50	4:18
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	382	99.3	93.7	1:32	2:05
6	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	409	102.8	94.1	3:21	3:43
7	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	439	95.5	89.0	1:29	2:34
8	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	440	95.4	84.7	1:27	2:43
9	Olivet	23	446	104.3	88.1	4:26	4:54
10	Hart	20	461	94.8	83.7	1:57	3:04
11	Traverse City St. Francis	19	472	93.1	86.3	1:27	2:08
12	Benzie Central	20	516	93.8	82.5	3:15	3:49
13	McBain	20	522	94.9	86.5	3:23	3:34
14	Kent City	21	528	96.8		3:45
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	25	577	92.4	80.7	3:21	3:54
16	Plymouth Christian Academy	26	619	86.4	70.2	1:58	4:22
17	Ithaca	25	627	87.8		2:33
18	Midland Bullock Creek	25	655	85.8	71.3	2:29	4:22
19	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	723	82.7	55.7	2:58	8:42
20	Bronson	23	726	83.8	69.2	4:01	5:16
21	Harbor Springs	19	750	78.5	72.3	1:24	1:32
22	Leslie	26	757	87.5	52.3	5:42	11:51
23	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	25	778	79.8	56.5	3:12	5:23
24	Caro	25	783	84.2		4:34
25	Bath	24	794	78.1	48.1	2:54	9:56
26	Reed City	20	807	79.9	66.2	3:35	4:28
27	Sanford-Meridian	25	861	75.8	67.4	2:27	3:00

Major Moves

For Midland Bullock Creek, both genders excelled at the 2^nd Jack Pine Jamboree. But we can only write about one for now. Comparing the two JPC meets, the top-two teams have remained the same: Shepherd and Clare (fierce rivalry!). Placing third in the first one was Sanford-Meridian, the Lancers Region 25 competition. Then in this last one, MBC had opened up a gap with their 3^rd place finish. Of significant improvement was Sara Guest, dropping from 32^nd place to 19^th, running a personal best of 21:49, a far cry from the 24’s she was finding to start the year.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Lansing Catholic	26	80	1	0
2	Saugatuck	22	241	2	0
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	255	3	0
4	Blissfield	27	337	4	0
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	382	6	-1
6	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	409	5	1
7	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	439	11	-4
8	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	440	7	1
9	Olivet	23	446	8	1
10	Hart	20	461	9	1
11	Traverse City St. Francis	19	472	10	1
12	Benzie Central	20	516	12	0
13	McBain	20	522	14	-1
14	Kent City	21	528	16	-2
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	25	577	13	2
16	Plymouth Christian Academy	26	619	20	-4
17	Ithaca	25	627	15	2
18	Midland Bullock Creek	25	655	26	-8
19	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	723	17	2
20	Bronson	23	726	18	2
21	Harbor Springs	19	750	24	-3
22	Leslie	26	757	19	3
23	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	25	778	25	-2
24	Caro	25	783	21	3
25	Bath	24	794	22	3
26	Reed City	20	807	23	3
27	Sanford-Meridian	25	861	27	0

What’s Next?

Two area championships will feature D3 teams that could contend. Over on the far southeast side, Blissfield will compete for the Lenawee County crown. In our capital region, Lansing Catholic, Pewamo-Westphalia, and Olivet will try to assert that D3 teams are truly the best Lansing-area squads. I’ll do some deeper inspection and simulations before Saturday, but it appears that Blissfield will be the Lenawee County favorite. At Greater Lansing, Okemos is probably the team to shoot for, but Lansing Catholic has answered every challenge this year (and actually won in the Cougar 2 Mile opener).

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	12	Hailey Creisher	Leslie	151.2	26
2	11	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	144.8	23
3	11	Grace Wonch	Lansing Catholic	142.1	26
4	10	Elliana Max	Kent City	141.9	21
5	10	Tiya Feldpausch	Olivet	141.4	23
6	11	Alyssa Kramer	Pewamo-Westphalia	141.2	24
7	12	Hope Miller	Blissfield	139.9	27
8	10	Josie Bishop	Lansing Catholic	138.3	26
9	10	Caelyn Torry	McBain	136.3	20
10	11	Violet Tetil	Caro	134.4	25
11	11	Isabelle Sliter	Fennville	132.8	22
12	12	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids	131.1	19
13	9	Lily Britton	Olivet	130.3	23
14	9	Calista George	Pewamo-Westphalia	128.0	24
15	11	Kamryn Sixberry	Saugatuck	127.4	22
16	12	Anna Pray	Elk Rapids	126.7	19
17	12	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	126.3	27
18	9	Anna Drauer	Lansing Catholic	126.3	26
19	12	Ashlynn Harris	Bronson	126.1	23
20	10	Avery Kelly	Benzie Central	125.6	20
21	12	Alina Martinson	Saugatuck	125.6	22
22	10	Dory Simon	Remus Chippewa Hills	125.1	25
23	10	Isabelle Currie	Lansing Catholic	123.9	26
24	11	Marlowe Walcott	Reed City	120.5	20
25	11	Betsy Gooden	Manton	119.9	20
26	11	Shelby Kuiper	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	118.7	21
27	12	Abigail Reis	Millington	117.6	24
28	10	Lindsey Ludwig	Lansing Catholic	117.4	26
29	9	Tala Carlin	Buchanan	117.3	22
30	12	Mattie Gagne	Midland Bullock Creek	117.1	25
31	12	Macy Fazekas	Jackson Lumen Christi	117.0	23
32	11	Makinna Foglesong	Ithaca	116.8	25
33	10	Maisey Toteff	Hanover-Horton	116.2	23
34	12	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	115.7	24
35	10	Madisyn Wanstead	Leroy Pine River	115.6	20
36	11	Lyvia Curtis	Saugatuck	114.6	22
37	9	Kylie Zwiep	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	114.1	21
38	11	Natalie Rosema	Hart	112.4	20
39	12	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	112.2	25
40	10	Shelby Zimmer	Kent City	112.1	21
41	10	Khloe Lehnst	Ithaca	111.7	25
42	12	Aletta Scholten	Grandville Calvin Christian	111.5	21
43	12	Frances Melinn	Lansing Catholic	111.5	26
44	12	Hailey Sills	Blissfield	111.3	27
45	12	Anna Poppema	Bath	110.9	24
46	10	Ellason Foster	Newaygo	109.5	21
47	12	Madi Hare	Plymouth Christian Academy	109.1	26
48	11	Jenna Keilen	Pewamo-Westphalia	108.4	24
49	11	Nico Triebold	Grayling	107.7	19
50	11	Molly Kate Hollandsworth	Traverse City St. Francis	106.8	19

Podium Contenders

Otsego is still the favorite at this point, though Holland Christian keeps steadily closing the gap. Two Saturdays back at Otsego, the Bulldogs 2^nd-5^th girls averaged 18:41, their Maroon counterparts averaged 19:03. A week later at Portage, that difference had greatly decreased, 19:41 to 19:45.

If either team is to falter in their bid for glory, Grand Rapids Christian will be laying in the weeds waiting. The experienced Eagles squad, many of whom have toed the line in big races, earned 3^rd place at both Bulldog and Portage.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Otsego	13	148	143.3	136.0	2:54	3:50
2	Holland Christian	11	172	135.7	132.5	1:21	1:29
3	Grand Rapids Christian	12	216	131.1	126.7	1:08	1:16
4	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	345	122.4	116.1	1:29	2:04
5	Goodrich	15	398	121.4	107.6	2:05	3:35
6	Cadillac	10	411	120.3	108.7	2:06	2:48
7	Coopersville	11	440	119.1	108.7	2:22	3:49
8	Spring Lake	10	447	115.3	107.9	1:15	2:41
9	East Grand Rapids	12	470	116.1	106.0	2:01	3:42
10	St. Joseph	13	482	115.5	100.1	1:40	3:26
11	Pinckney	16	532	118.8	106.0	3:27	4:54
12	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	538	113.2	103.0	2:21	3:06
13	DeWitt	14	579	108.3	105.1	0:44	1:08
14	Forest Hills Eastern	12	613	107.8	98.0	1:31	2:35
15	Linden	16	631	107.8	93.5	1:59	3:40
16	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	662	108.4	103.1	2:41	3:13
17	Frankenmuth	15	699	113.1	101.0	3:56	4:07
18	Freeland	15	733	106.8	99.0	3:18	3:35
19	Fremont	10	764	103.0	86.8	2:37	4:50
20	Shepherd	15	774	101.4	93.3	1:59	2:31
21	Holland	11	797	107.8	94.6	3:48	4:47
22	Charlotte	14	817	99.5	91.2	1:28	2:30
23	Clare	10	828	99.4	91.8	1:44	2:27
24	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	889	95.7	91.1	0:51	1:17
25	Cedar Springs	10	889	98.5	86.2	2:32	3:24
26	Richland Gull Lake	13	916	99.9	92.0	3:35	3:49
27	Sturgis	13	921	96.7	87.7	2:10	2:50

Major Moves

The D2 Portage field was loaded, containing 9 of the top-13 teams, then #14 Pinckney. The Pirates ventured west and beat five of ‘em. They did so via a gradual move throughout the race, 331 points at the mile finding them in 8^th, tabulating 278 at two, then 252 at the finish, good enough for 7^th. Eastynn Charder and Valyntina Garcia were two that exemplified that strategy, picking off 67 points combined in the final two miles.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Otsego	13	148	1	0
2	Holland Christian	11	172	2	0
3	Grand Rapids Christian	12	216	3	0
4	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	345	4	0
5	Goodrich	15	398	6	-1
6	Cadillac	10	411	5	1
7	Coopersville	11	440	9	-2
8	Spring Lake	10	447	7	1
9	East Grand Rapids	12	470	8	1
10	St. Joseph	13	482	11	-1
11	Pinckney	16	532	14	-3
12	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	538	12	0
13	DeWitt	14	579	13	0
14	Forest Hills Eastern	12	613	10	4
15	Linden	16	631	19	-4
16	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	662	17	-1
17	Frankenmuth	15	699	15	2
18	Freeland	15	733	21	-3
19	Fremont	10	764	18	1
20	Shepherd	15	774	24	-4
21	Holland	11	797	16	5
22	Charlotte	14	817	23	-1
23	Clare	10	828	20	3
24	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	889	26	-2
25	Cedar Springs	10	889	22	3
26	Richland Gull Lake	13	916	25	1
27	Sturgis	13	921	28	-1

What’s Next?

Following D2 bangers at Bluejay, Bulldog, and Portage, it only makes sense that a majority of folks are opting for rest and recuperation. Two teams will be in action over the weekend, Grand Rapids Christian at Kent Ottawa and Goodrich at its Kayla O’Mara Invite (hard to believe it’s been almost 20 years since her tragic passing).

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	12	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	185.1	13
2	12	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	178.6	10
3	11	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	161.5	16
4	9	Eliza Schwass	Ludington	161.3	10
5	11	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	156.8	14
6	10	Avery Engbers	Holland Christian	153.7	11
7	11	Caroline Randall	Hastings	151.6	12
8	12	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	151.6	15
9	11	Johanna Mulder	Holland	150.1	11
10	12	Marie Gates	Hudsonville Unity Christian	148.8	11
11	11	Annabelle Lowman	Ludington	148.8	10
12	11	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	148.7	15
13	11	Lane Isom	Richland Gull Lake	147.8	13
14	10	Oakley Osterhart	Coopersville	147.6	11
15	12	Elise Barden	Frankenmuth	147.3	15
16	11	Mia May	Sparta	145.7	11
17	11	Ayda Skeels	Adrian	145.6	18
18	10	Kayla Shellenbarger	Goodrich	144.2	15
19	10	Remie Ellis	Eaton Rapids	143.3	14
20	11	Alivia Ottinger	Goodrich	142.0	15
21	12	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	140.5	12
22	10	Ana Lovell	Lake Fenton	140.2	16
23	11	Olivia Weiss	Holland	139.5	11
24	12	Julia Garcia	Pinckney	138.9	16
25	10	Anneliese Passchier	East Grand Rapids	138.6	12
26	11	Eliana Stob	Holland Christian	138.6	11
27	9	Alayna Verhage	Otsego	138.2	13
28	12	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	137.6	12
29	11	Bridget Fidkowski	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	137.4	18
30	12	Chloe Rinzema	Grand Rapids South Christian	135.9	12
31	10	Tiffany DeMaagd	Grand Rapids South Christian	134.8	12
32	12	Georgia Babcock	Edwardsburg	134.6	13
33	10	Mai Nguyen	Plainwell	134.3	13
34	11	Zoe Hoekstra	Grand Rapids Christian	134.3	12
35	9	Addelyn Sabatke	Otsego	133.7	13
36	10	Madison Petty	Adrian	133.2	18
37	12	Brooklynn Brown	Cadillac	132.7	10
38	9	Adelyn Verhage	Otsego	132.7	13
39	12	Layla Geurink	Holland Christian	132.6	11
40	12	Miriam Kloha	St. Johns	132.1	14
41	12	Alexis Kotkowicz	Spring Lake	132.0	10
42	11	Ella McInerney	Cadillac	131.9	10
43	11	Adeline Armstrong	East Grand Rapids	130.1	12
44	9	Vittoria Perucchetti	St. Joseph	129.9	13
45	11	Addison Josephson	Linden	129.0	16
46	10	Audrey Kline	St. Joseph	128.2	13
47	12	Rebekah Stachura	Otsego	127.0	13
48	12	Linnea Paige	Fremont	126.9	10
49	11	Ellery Lampen	Holland Christian	126.9	11
50	11	Skylar Mejeur	Otsego	126.7	13

Podium Contenders

For the top spot, it’s likely all Ann Arbor Pioneer. The Purple Crew has left the huge mid-season meets unscathed, winning handily at Spartan, Jackson, Otsego, and Portage. With the exception of Romeo, the Pioneers were able to place five girls in front of everyone else’s third girl.

The aforementioned Bulldogs were without Emmie Clor (who’s listed in the entries at Macomb County), but still finished 4^th in that loaded field. With her, it’s an easy task to figure out that Romeo could have placed 2^nd. Could have isn’t reality though, and that’s where a team such as Brighton steps in. Those other Bulldogs persevered through the heat, putting all five of their scorers under 20-flat.

Holland West Ottawa could also be in there, the Panthers packed up four girls between 17:50 and 18:30 in their runner-up finish at Otsego. Upstart Hudsonville was behind their league rivals there, but finished first in the most recent OK Red Jamboree.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	76	163.0	154.8	2:36	2:42
2	Romeo	9	199	146.7	130.3	1:53	3:56
3	Brighton	4	237	141.3	135.7	1:15	1:45
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	4	278	137.7	131.6	1:27	2:10
5	Holland West Ottawa	3	279	138.1	130.7	1:09	1:51
6	Hudsonville	1	336	138.3	127.1	2:25	3:11
7	Northville	7	373	135.3	129.8	1:50	2:11
8	Traverse City West	2	375	134.7	130.4	1:50	2:02
9	Okemos	4	407	139.7	124.6	3:22	4:50
10	Rockford	1	435	130.8	123.5	1:34	1:55
11	Jenison	1	439	131.1	122.4	1:20	3:22
12	Hartland	2	496	128.5	121.8	1:21	2:08
13	Portage Central	3	528	127.6	122.2	1:22	1:48
14	Saline	5	547	126.8	118.7	1:41	2:25
15	Novi	7	602	124.1	117.4	1:26	2:10
16	Traverse City Central	2	623	123.0	117.4	1:05	1:39
17	Rochester	8	671	124.0	116.4	2:13	3:08
18	Zeeland East	3	723	123.6	117.3	2:38	2:57
19	Midland Dow	2	725	123.8	118.1	2:46	2:57
20	Forest Hills Northern	1	726	119.9	112.7	0:33	1:46
21	Rochester Adams	8	734	125.2	112.1	3:36	4:18
22	Utica	9	796	119.2	109.7	2:18	3:30
23	Livonia Churchill	6	802	117.1	100.8	0:36	3:19
24	White Lake Lakeland	7	864	115.2	110.4	1:13	1:51
25	Bay City Western	2	873	115.4	106.6	1:45	2:42
26	Grand Blanc	2	894	114.4	99.4	1:16	3:22
27	Grand Ledge	4	917	115.4	108.4	2:21	2:47

Major Moves

At this point in the season, any move is major. Traveling north on 23 to Greater Flint, Hartland set out to launch their bid for a top-10 spot. The Eagles were aggressive on the quick Cummings Center course, four of their scorers hitting personal bests. Two were sub-19, the other three sub-20. The end result was an upper division victory where they nearly scored a third of the closest competitor’s points.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	76	1	0
2	Romeo	9	199	2	0
3	Brighton	4	237	5	-2
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	4	278	6	-2
5	Holland West Ottawa	3	279	3	2
6	Hudsonville	1	336	7	-1
7	Northville	7	373	4	3
8	Traverse City West	2	375	8	0
9	Okemos	4	407	9	0
10	Rockford	1	435	10	0
11	Jenison	1	439	11	0
12	Hartland	2	496	14	-2
13	Portage Central	3	528	12	1
14	Saline	5	547	13	1
15	Novi	7	602	15	0
16	Traverse City Central	2	623	16	0
17	Rochester	8	671	19	-2
18	Zeeland East	3	723	18	0
19	Midland Dow	2	725	21	-2
20	Forest Hills Northern	1	726	17	3
21	Rochester Adams	8	734	20	1
22	Utica	9	796	23	-1
23	Livonia Churchill	6	802	26	-3
24	White Lake Lakeland	7	864	29	-5
25	Bay City Western	2	873	27	-2
26	Grand Blanc	2	894	31	-5
27	Grand Ledge	4	917	28	-1

What’s Next?

After they all congregate on Portage, folks tend to go their separate ways. Two spots will have two of the top-ten teams – River Rat Open and Kent Ottawa. Kent Ottawa operates as a quasi-championship meet for Grand Rapids area teams, but it’s tough to go: Portage, Kent Ottawa, OK Conference, Regional, State in five straight weeks. Thus, it’s not as popular as an Oakland County or Greater Lansing. Anyhow, both Hudsonville and Rockford will be there. With Daisy Cox returning, the Rams have found their way into the latter stages of the top-ten. Hudsonville has been there all year, ahead of Rockford in the second OK Red Jamboree and at Portage, hoping to claim west side supremacy. Down at Willow on Friday, Ann Arbor Huron will host its annual regional course preview. Which is sort of interesting as neither Ann Arbor Skyline nor Northville will be running their regional races there. Though it’s a welcome opportunity to get a Saturday off.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	10	Natasza Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer	187.9	5
2	10	Rachel Smith	Okemos	178.1	4
3	10	Sienna Klemmer	Ann Arbor Pioneer	170.6	5
4	11	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	167.3	9
5	12	Hana Boggess	Ann Arbor Pioneer	163.0	5
6	11	El McMahan	Rochester Adams	162.6	8
7	10	Emilia Garces	Midland Dow	162.3	2
8	11	Tessa Mascari	Traverse City West	159.8	2
9	11	Cassie Karasinski	Hudsonville	159.8	1
10	10	Ainsley Kelm	Portage Northern	159.7	3
11	9	Alexandra Scappaticci	Northville	158.9	7
12	10	Adalyn Raab	Zeeland East	158.2	3
13	9	Taryn Moore	Oxford	157.9	8
14	11	Becca Van Lent	Ann Arbor Skyline	157.6	4
15	9	Keira Von Blon	Ann Arbor Pioneer	157.5	5
16	11	Maddie Lindley	Holly	157.2	2
17	12	Lilah Yoder	Forest Hills Central	155.2	3
18	12	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	155.1	4
19	12	Leena Shelgikar	Ann Arbor Huron	153.8	6
20	12	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	153.5	9
21	12	October Harns	Okemos	153.2	4
22	10	Ella Lorenz	Brighton	153.1	4
23	12	Ella Goodsell	Romeo	152.1	9
24	12	Ella Abraham	Rochester	151.9	8
25	9	Grace Snyder	Hudsonville	149.5	1
26	12	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	149.2	3
27	11	Paige McMeans	Jenison	147.9	1
28	12	Siene Muraszewski	Utica	147.2	9
29	11	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	145.4	3
30	12	Gracelin Martin	Greenville	145.4	1
31	10	Savannah Staton	Saline	145.2	5
32	9	Maribelle Kofahl	Ann Arbor Huron	145.1	6
33	12	Aviana Skinner	Grand Ledge	144.9	4
34	12	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	144.5	8
35	9	Jessica Soldan	Rochester Adams	144.3	8
36	12	Elliana Neuer	Hartland	143.5	2
37	10	Gracie Carlisle	Portage Central	143.4	3
38	9	Kaitlyn Berg	Midland	143.0	2
39	11	Daisy Cox	Rockford	142.2	1
40	12	Olivia Stacy	Portage Northern	142.0	3
41	12	Ava Lawrence	East Kentwood	141.5	3
42	11	Lucia Lachapelle	Northville	139.8	7
43	11	Katelynn Egli	Novi	139.4	7
44	10	Morgan Sanders	Rockford	138.5	1
45	10	Mary Dolbow	Holland West Ottawa	138.0	3
46	11	Chloe Purwin	Hudsonville	137.9	1
47	9	Giada Mills	Beverly Hills Groves	137.3	7
48	10	Madeline Aleisa	Jenison	137.0	1
49	10	Lucia Llanes	Ann Arbor Skyline	136.4	4
50	12	Juliet Lewis	Brighton	136.1	4

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Marquette	36	106.3	97.8	2:48	3:36
2	Sault Ste. Marie	64	86.4	78.8	1:12	2:33
3	Houghton	64	86.8	70.2	1:31	3:45
4	Negaunee	114	64.3	44.2	4:30	6:25
5	Calumet	131	59.4	53.7	1:30	1:43
6	Kingsford	160	46.3	8.6	6:21	10:27
7	Gladstone	183	19.6	-13.4	6:11	10:29
8	Powers North Central	202	20.5		5:06
9	Ishpeming Westwood	237	-2.7		5:08

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Marquette	36	1	0
2	Sault Ste. Marie	64	3	-1
3	Houghton	64	2	1
4	Negaunee	114	4	0
5	Calumet	131	5	0
6	Kingsford	160	6	0
7	Gladstone	183	7	0
8	Powers North Central	202	8	0
9	Ishpeming Westwood	237	9	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Ella Fure	Marquette	145.0
2	10	Maria Murvich	Kingsford	123.0
3	9	Emma Ziegler	Marquette	114.8
4	11	Keira Waterman	Negaunee	104.5
5	10	Sela Niska	Houghton	101.1
6	11	Winley Brandt	Menominee	99.2
7	10	Isabelle McCord	Sault Ste. Marie	97.5
8	10	Holly Cooke	Houghton	95.1
9	9	Avah Akerley	Escanaba	94.9
10	12	Nori Korsman	Negaunee	94.9

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Rudyard	37	36.2	9.3	3:39	6:59
2	Hancock	37	34.9		2:53
3	Painesdale-Jeffers	53	15.0	5.2	3:56	4:14
4	Ironwood	92	-44.2		8:14

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Rudyard	37	2	-1
2	Hancock	37	1	1
3	Painesdale-Jeffers	53	3	0
4	Ironwood	92	4	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Talya Schreiber	Pickford	160.4
2	12	Teryn Firack	Pickford	75.9
3	9	Melissa Kirschner	Rudyard	73.8
4	10	Addie Bowerman	Munising	65.4
5	10	Remi Coponen	Painesdale-Jeffers	64.9
6	12	Olivia Cotey	Munising	59.6
7	12	Lydia Pelli	Hancock	54.1
8	11	Lauren Larson	Hancock	53.0
9	9	Ashlynn Mitchell	Rudyard	52.0
10	12	Jill Berg	Hancock	51.5

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	L’Anse	59	57.6	49.4	2:09	2:27
2	Newberry	63	73.5	30.3	7:00	11:28
3	Ewen-Trout Creek	76	46.9		3:14
4	Stephenson	89	41.7		4:20
5	St. Ignace	143	3.6	-31.3	8:41	10:46
6	Brimley	150	5.9	-7.6	1:17	3:32
7	Rapid River	165	-4.8		5:21
8	Chassell	188	-39.9		10:57
9	Eben Jct. Superior Central	194	-30.2		6:56

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Change
1	L’Anse	59	1	0
2	Newberry	63	2	0
3	Ewen-Trout Creek	76	3	0
4	Stephenson	89	4	0
5	St. Ignace	143	7	-2
6	Brimley	150	6	0
7	Rapid River	165	5	2
8	Chassell	188	–	NR
9	Eben Jct. Superior Central	194	8	1

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Samantha Taylor	Newberry	146.8
2	11	Abby Taylor	Newberry	102.6
3	9	Molly McNamara	Newberry	101.7
4	12	Faith Cappaert	Stephenson	92.2
5	10	AJ Feleppa	St. Ignace	84.4
6	10	Bree Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	83.9
7	10	Princess Pierre	L’Anse	75.2
8	10	Lily Froese	L’Anse	73.8
9	9	Autumn Broomfield	Watersmeet Township	65.7
10	9	Sophie Mahoski	Ishpeming	64.7