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Adjustment: +16

Projections vs. Reality

These girls were the first since the D4 bunch where I got more All-Staters than what I thought I might get. 24 of 30 with the projections thinking I’d hit 23.86.

Unexpected All-State

Lillian Deskins, Romeo

Projected: 36^th, 36.2% chance of All-State

Late start to the season in a new place, but a quick study to Romeo’s system. Ran her best towards the end of the year, with a 18:28 here and 18:25 in Terre Haute.

Alexis Ball, Traverse City Central

Projected: 56^th, 8.2% chance of All-State

Past two years had sub-19’s and top-50 finishes, but no All-States to show for it. Came through in a big way with a nearly 20 sec. personal best.

Isabelle Becker, Bay City Western

Projected: 33^rd, 36.6% chance of All-State

Patient race led to a large payoff. 72^nd at the mile, 25^th when she finally crossed the line.

Ava Kurczewski, Walled Lake Northern

Projected: 112^th, 1.3% chance of All-State

Previous two MIS performances were 93^rd and 103^rd place finishes. Senior year, final race for the Knights was the best of her career – Ava’s first time in the 18’s since 2022’s MITCA race.

Ella Kirkwood, Traverse City Central

Projected: 44^th, 7.4% chance of All-State

Third mile was her fastest of the race and her kick was 3^rd fastest of all girls. All in all, she moved up 60 places from her spot at the mile, crossing the line in 29^th to grab her first All-State ever.

Jordyn Klaasen, Zeeland West

Projected 50^th, 10.9% chance of All-State

By this point, her ability to come through in early November shouldn’t be doubted. Three years, three finishes in the top-30.

All-State History

Rachel Forsyth

Whether that be from the great record keepers and writers from our track/XC community, local reporters, or national outlets, Rachel’s story has been shared far and wide. Often, she’s been asked to give her thoughts and asked how she’d recount the past few years. These articles and pieces are essential to understanding how her journey has led to her historical senior season.

Michtrack Newsletter
Free Press Article
Dyestat Interview

I believe these features tell her story much better than I could, so I’d like to focus on the stats, which speak volumes to where she has and will place in history

COURSE RECORDS

(thank you to Jeff Hollobaugh and michtrack.org for this tremendous resource)

Indian Creek Park (SEC Red 1) – 16:44, previously 16:58 from Zofia Dudek

Forest Akers GC (Spartan) – 16:59, tying Olivia Theis

Sharp Park (Jackson) – 16:36, previously 17:23 from Maggie Farrell

Saline HS (SEC Red 2) – 16:18, first year on the course

Portage West MS (Portage) – 16:47, previously 17:00 from Olivia Theis

Hudson Mills South (SEC Championship) – 16:40, previously 17:47 from Anne Forsyth

Lake Erie (Region 5) – 16:07, previously 17:05 from Zofia Dudek. Dirt from the hill was used as part of a shoreline restoration, making it impassable for the course, so a bit of a change. But not a 58 second change 🙂

MIS (D1 State) – 16:28, previously 16:53 from Olivia Theis

If you’re counting, that’s 9 Michigan races, 8 raced to a new course record. The only one that she missed was a Benzie course that had been changed and by my numbers, was slower than the previous version. But I’m sure Rachel is fine with letting her sister, Anne, hold onto one of them records.

WINNING RECORD

Of Rachel’s 14 races this year, 12 were wins. The 2 defeats were a 5^th place finish at Nike Nationals and a 3^rd place finish at Foot Locker. Rachel was the only girl to place in the top-10 in each national meet. On her career, she finished with a 63% win rate, coming across the line first in 29 of 46 tries. That would be impressive head-to-head, mind-boggling when regularly competing against fields of 100+ girls.

SPEED RATING RANKS

Over the past 5 years of speed ratings, Rachel is tied with Zofia Dudek for the highest overall rating, a 190.1 at the SEC Championship. The Hudson Mills course is normally a quick one, but rains had wrecked the Gabriel Richard meet five days prior, and the South course was slow to recover. Rachel was anything but slow, winning by well over 2 minutes in what is one of the more competitive conferences in the State.

On the all-time speed rating list (dating back to 2019, containing 150k+ ratings), Rachel holds 3 of the top-5 marks, 5 of the top-11, and 8 of the top-21. Her top three, the SEC Championship, Region 5, and Division 1 State, were all run during championship season, meaning she upped her already impressive game to another rarely seen level.

Movin’ Up

Tied for the most passes from Mile 1 were Pioneer’s young freshman, Nina Moore and one of Oakland County’s best, Alena Tiernan. Both girls went by 74 girls in the final 2.1 miles.

In her final race of her career, Portage Central’s Addison Begeman was able to go by 43 girls after 2 miles.

And in the final kick, from three on, Macomb Dakota’s Lidia Clancy mowed down 13 other girls in order to finish 100^th.

Matching her OK Gold counterpart, Selma Anderson came through with the quickest kick in the field. You wouldn’t know it in terms of the number of girls that she passed, but you do know it in terms of time, 31.5 seconds in the final 0.1 miles. That equates to around a 4:52 pace and is unsurprising if you’ve ever seen the tenacity in which Selma closes a race.

Perfectly Paced

Far and away, the most even splits in the race went to Annabeth Hazlewood. The Salem freshman ran with wisdom well beyond her years. Her 19:09 finishing time came out to 6:10 pace. With a 6:09 split at the mile, 12:20 at two, and 18:30 at three, she easily was the most consistent throughout the race. The benefit of that strategy? Moving from 125^th at one, 69^th at two, 57^th at three and finishing in 54^th.

There were a few other girls that were steady as well:

Romeo’s Olivia Purdy and Lillian Deskins, securing that state title
Brownstown-Woodhaven’s young Hope Noal
Forest Hills Northern’s Izzy Fazio

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Rachel Forsyth	16:28.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	185.2
12	Selma Anderson	17:13.6	GR Ottawa Hills	170.1
11	Lucy Cook	17:19.7	Rochester	168.1
9	Annie Hrabovsky	17:28.7	Romeo	165.1
11	Victoria Garces	17:29.1	Midland Dow	165.0
12	Jayden Harberts	17:57.8	Macomb Dakota	155.4
10	Natalia Guaresimo	18:05.8	Romeo	152.7
12	Ella Christensen	18:12.6	Northville	150.5
12	Layla Krayem	18:14.8	Livonia Stevenson	149.7
11	Grace Tykocki	18:15.9	Grand Blanc	149.4
11	Helen Sachs	18:17.7	Holland West Ottawa	148.8
11	Mallory Bigelow	18:19.1	Oxford	148.3
10	Emmerson Clor	18:20.2	Romeo	147.9
11	Valerie Beeck	18:23.7	Grand Haven	146.8
12	Laney Alig	18:25.2	Saline	146.3
9	Anyla Robinson	18:26.6	Detroit Cass Tech	145.8
12	Clara James-Heer	18:27.9	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	145.4
12	Morgan Brown	18:28.4	Livonia Churchill	145.2
11	Cassie Garcia	18:28.5	Northville	145.2
12	Payton Scheffler	18:28.6	Brownstown Woodhaven	145.1
10	Lydia LaMarra	18:28.7	Brighton	145.1
11	Lillian Deskins	18:28.9	Romeo	145.0
12	Lydia Bowman	18:29.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	145.0
12	Alexis Ball	18:34.5	Traverse City Central	143.2
11	Isabelle Becker	18:35.7	Bay City Western	142.8
11	Ava Alicandro	18:36.3	White Lake Lakeland	142.6
12	Ava Kurczewski	18:38.5	Walled Lake Northern	141.8
12	Carrigan Eberly	18:38.9	Brighton	141.7
12	Ella Kirkwood	18:39.3	Traverse City Central	141.6
11	Jordyn Klaasen	18:41.2	Zeeland West	140.9
11	Addy Smith	18:42.2	Grand Haven	140.6
12	Hannah DeRoeck	18:42.9	Lake Orion	140.4
11	Ava Peters	18:43.3	Livonia Franklin	140.2
12	Paige McArdle	18:44.3	Davison	139.9
12	Braydee Elling	18:45.2	Oxford	139.6
11	Kaelin Hughes	18:46.5	Livonia Stevenson	139.2
10	Ava Porras	18:48.4	Holland West Ottawa	138.5
12	Nikki Carothers	18:50.8	Brighton	137.7
11	Corynn Gady	18:51.0	Saline	137.7
11	Jane Olney	18:52.3	Holland West Ottawa	137.2
11	Olivia Purdy	18:52.8	Romeo	137.1
12	Katie Watkins	18:55.2	Midland Dow	136.3
12	Emma Hoffmeyer	18:56.3	Walled Lake Western	135.9
12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	18:58.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	135.1
10	Abby Veit	18:58.9	TC West (Traverse City)	135.0
11	Sydney Roberts	18:59.1	Midland Dow	135.0
10	Ava Lawrence	18:59.3	East Kentwood	134.9
9	Becca van Lent	19:01.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	134.3
12	Katie Hume	19:01.6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	134.1
12	Sonya Shelgikar	19:03.1	Ann Arbor Huron	133.6
11	Annie Alkema	19:03.4	Kalamazoo Central	133.5
12	Lily Salazar	19:07.8	Okemos	132.1
9	Jillian Broyles	19:08.3	Highland-Milford	131.9
9	Annabeth Hazlewood	19:09.0	Salem	131.7
11	Molly Baracco	19:09.3	Farmington	131.6
10	Addison Herr	19:09.7	Bloomfield Hills	131.4
12	Natalie Mello	19:10.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	131.2
11	Elle Bissett	19:10.8	Brighton	131.1
12	Mariah Belmont	19:11.3	Macomb Dakota	130.9
10	Trinity VanderWoude	19:11.4	Rockford	130.9
9	Colette Lozo	19:13.8	Northville	130.1
11	Taylor Brodeur	19:14.0	Oxford	130.0
10	Jersi Bilek	19:15.0	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	129.7
12	Allison Mayer	19:15.1	Ann Arbor Skyline	129.6
11	Lauren Walker	19:16.2	Holt	129.3
12	Kylee King	19:16.5	Oak Park	129.2
9	Jaclyn Suderman	19:16.8	Bay City Western	129.1
12	Nicole Mays	19:17.0	Okemos	129.0
10	Macy Czelada	19:18.0	South Lyon	128.7
12	Izzy Fazio	19:18.5	FHN GR Forest Hills Northern	128.5
12	Anna Reineck	19:19.1	Clarkston	128.3
10	Nevaeh Polovina	19:19.2	Davison	128.3
11	Chloe DeRidder	19:19.9	Grandville	128.0
10	Lillian Schlack	19:19.9	Saline	128.0
10	October Harns	19:20.0	Okemos	128.0
9	Daisy Cox	19:20.4	Rockford	127.9
10	Siene Muraszewski	19:20.9	Utica	127.7
9	Ava Goodman	19:21.5	Hartland	127.5
9	Sophie Roth	19:22.8	Saline	127.1
9	Tessa Mascari	19:24.9	TC West (Traverse City)	126.4
12	Nancy Gage	19:25.8	Saline	126.1
12	Emilee Rudlaff	19:27.4	Kalamazoo Central	125.5
12	Madelyn Gordon	19:27.8	Walled Lake Northern	125.4
9	Iva Ravindra	19:28.5	Temperance Bedford	125.2
11	Grace Grupido	19:29.7	Fraser	124.8
10	Cianah Budnik-Ramos	19:30.6	Grand Haven	124.5
11	Julia Frampton	19:31.8	Holland West Ottawa	124.1
11	Emma Gunnett	19:33.1	Holland West Ottawa	123.6
9	Irie Scrase	19:33.7	Ann Arbor Skyline	123.4
10	Kayla Ward	19:34.8	South Lyon	123.1
12	Nina Frost	19:35.1	Fenton	123.0
9	Hope Noal	19:35.7	Brownstown Woodhaven	122.8
12	Sydney Smith	19:35.9	Davison	122.7
11	Emma Smith	19:37.2	Rockford	122.3
11	Savannah Spangler	19:38.1	Grosse Pointe South	122.0
9	Nina Moore	19:38.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	121.9
9	Olivia Jenney	19:38.7	Bloomfield Hills	121.8
12	Ava King	19:38.9	TC West (Traverse City)	121.7
11	Violet Hrabovsky	19:39.2	Romeo	121.6
10	Lidia Clancy	19:39.3	Macomb Dakota	121.6
10	Olivia Stacy	19:39.4	Portage Northern	121.5
10	Lauren Bradley	19:39.4	Highland-Milford	121.5
10	Katelyn Frazier	19:39.7	Fraser	121.4
10	Audrey Hamilton	19:39.8	Troy	121.4
10	Brooke McFarland	19:39.9	Utica	121.4
12	Bryna Mead-O’Brien	19:40.3	Okemos	121.2
9	Cassie Karasinski	19:40.8	Hudsonville	121.1
11	Abi Albright	19:41.5	Grand Haven	120.8
11	Anna Sybenga	19:41.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	120.8
12	Alisia Olteanu	19:42.4	Walled Lake Western	120.5
10	Aviana Skinner	19:42.7	Grand Ledge	120.4
10	Quincy Behm	19:43.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	120.1
11	Rosie Gregory	19:43.9	Northville	120.0
9	Gabriella Fugazzi	19:45.0	Okemos	119.7
10	Peyton Tucker	19:45.5	TC West (Traverse City)	119.5
10	Elizabeth Schafer	19:47.4	Okemos	118.9
9	Claire Porinsky	19:48.0	South Lyon East	118.7
11	Alena Tiernan	19:49.3	White Lake Lakeland	118.2
11	Alena Blumberg	19:50.0	Dexter	118.0
12	Viktoria Bloniarz	19:50.7	Monroe	117.8
10	Juliet Lewis	19:51.6	Brighton	117.5
11	Stephanie Bulat	19:52.8	Rochester	117.1
9	Roxanne Jorgensen	19:55.1	Portage Northern	116.3
10	Bailey Wenzlick	19:55.4	TC West (Traverse City)	116.2
10	Nora Gerzema	19:55.5	Farmington Hills Mercy	116.2
10	Taylor Parsons	19:56.3	Rochester	115.9
11	Norah Lesner	19:56.5	Utica	115.8
10	Rhea Mouw	19:56.7	Portage Central	115.8
10	Rebecca Jud	19:57.3	Salem	115.6
11	Clare Mathison	19:57.6	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	115.5
10	Annabelle Beloiu	19:57.8	Northville	115.4
11	Lucinda Paliani	19:58.4	Ann Arbor Huron	115.2
10	Olivia Cereska	19:59.1	Fraser	115.0
9	Maya Pletzer	19:59.7	White Lake Lakeland	114.8
12	Samantha Wogaman	20:02.0	Grand Blanc	114.0
9	El McMahan	20:02.1	Rochester Adams	114.0
11	Mia Snellgrove	20:04.9	Rochester	113.0
11	Ellie Nohovig	20:05.9	Highland-Milford	112.7
11	Ella Harlow	20:06.2	Portage Northern	112.6
9	Lilianna Peace	20:06.4	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	112.5
12	Payton Hosley	20:06.5	Grand Haven	112.5
11	Catherine Steele	20:06.7	Farmington	112.4
12	Gracie Youngblood	20:06.9	Romeo	112.4
10	Selena White	20:07.7	Brighton	112.1
9	Addison Brigham	20:07.9	Clarkston	112.0
9	Avery DeGrendel	20:08.0	Clarkston	112.0
10	Eleanor Grant	20:08.3	Wyandotte Roosevelt	111.9
11	Ella Reaves	20:08.9	Holt	111.7
12	Aubrey Mery	20:09.3	Oxford	111.6
12	Lily Hetzel	20:10.2	Salem	111.3
12	Peyton Ludwig	20:10.8	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	111.1
10	Payton Lamb	20:11.4	TC West (Traverse City)	110.9
10	Lilamae Frank	20:11.6	BC Lakeview	110.8
12	Claire Bireta	20:11.7	Allen Park	110.8
9	Aubrey Rizzo	20:11.9	Macomb Dakota	110.7
9	Mia Carson	20:13.4	Northville	110.2
11	Isabelle Krause	20:13.4	Walled Lake Northern	110.2
10	Addie Birkholz	20:13.5	Holland West Ottawa	110.2
11	Ayla Balazer	20:14.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	109.9
11	Mia Stibitz	20:14.3	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	109.9
10	Molly Kate Coates	20:15.0	Northville	109.7
11	Luciana Rodriguez	20:15.2	Fraser	109.6
10	Laila Bodell	20:16.0	Oxford	109.3
9	Katelyn Parrish	20:17.3	Farmington	108.9
9	Emma Brown	20:18.4	Utica	108.5
9	Kareena Babu	20:19.1	Novi	108.3
11	Addison Bruckman	20:20.2	Dexter	107.9
11	Camden Essenmacher	20:20.8	Hartland	107.7
11	Abby Roth	20:21.2	Saline	107.6
11	Melana Karsten	20:22.4	Rockford	107.2
12	Sydney Gergics	20:24.5	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	106.5
11	Rachel Grice	20:25.5	Kalamazoo Central	106.2
12	Laurel Tolliver	20:25.5	Grand Haven	106.2
12	Gabrielle Bolitho	20:26.0	Brighton	106.0
9	Samantha Bartell	20:26.6	Salem	105.8
9	Gabrielle Chevez	20:27.1	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	105.6
12	Addison Begeman	20:27.5	Portage Central	105.5
9	Allie Gallagher	20:27.6	Walled Lake Northern	105.5
12	Holly Corteville	20:27.8	Walled Lake Northern	105.4
12	Tessa Rindfliesch	20:29.3	Zeeland West	104.9
9	Reagan Reaume	20:30.1	Gibraltar Carlson	104.6
10	Sydney Fischer	20:30.3	Clarkston	104.6
9	Morgan Scally	20:30.4	White Lake Lakeland	104.5
9	Brooklyn Wiltse	20:31.0	Davison	104.3
11	Gracey Barry	20:31.7	Grand Haven	104.1
11	Grace Roth	20:33.7	Saline	103.4
11	Sophia Aquino	20:34.0	Utica	103.3
12	Leanna Barnett	20:35.4	Rockford	102.9
9	Olivia Storteboom	20:35.9	Portage Central	102.7
11	Kerrigan Kennedy	20:37.0	Highland-Milford	102.3
12	Brooke Lemos	20:38.3	Davison	101.9
9	Annie Roraff	20:38.3	Rochester	101.9
11	Alanna Clague	20:39.5	Portage Central	101.5
12	Mackenzie Hendry	20:39.8	White Lake Lakeland	101.4
10	Reese Smith	20:40.0	TC West (Traverse City)	101.3
10	Jacalyn Yakel	20:40.5	Utica Eisenhower	101.2
9	Lyla Dowling	20:42.3	Holland West Ottawa	100.6
11	Claire O’Boyle	20:44.1	Lowell	100.0
10	Lexi Kowalski	20:45.1	Kalamazoo Central	99.6
9	Maggie Baginski	20:45.6	Utica Eisenhower	99.5
10	Ryann Smitka	20:46.1	Macomb Dakota	99.3
10	Sarah Wazne	20:46.7	Dearborn Heights Crestwood	99.1
9	Addie Jones	20:46.9	Salem	99.0
11	Jamie Patterson	20:47.4	Oxford	98.9
12	MK Elliott	20:49.6	Portage Central	98.1
12	Lauren Thomas	20:49.7	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	98.1
11	Allison Nussear	20:50.6	Midland Dow	97.8
11	Julia Timpa	20:51.4	Macomb Dakota	97.5
11	Natalie Lewis	20:53.1	Rockford	97.0
10	Macy Guikema	20:55.2	Jenison	96.3
10	Elliana Perugi	20:59.1	Brownstown Woodhaven	95.0
11	Anna Krampe	20:59.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	94.8
9	Addison Sokolowski	21:00.3	Highland-Milford	94.6
9	Viktoria MacDougall	21:01.0	Farmington	94.3
12	Sydney Lambert	21:01.0	Midland Dow	94.3
9	Linda Lopez	21:01.5	Lake Orion	94.2
10	Joslyn Bechtol	21:02.0	Brownstown Woodhaven	94.0
9	Alex Iacoban	21:02.4	Farmington	93.9
12	Remi Flanz	21:05.8	Fraser	92.7
9	Paige Haller	21:06.2	Walled Lake Central	92.6
11	Olivia Gartrell	21:08.0	Davison	92.0
11	Lily Rosender	21:10.4	Walled Lake Northern	91.2
11	Daphne Ball	21:10.5	Byron Center	91.2
9	Logan Robison	21:11.3	Clarkston	90.9
12	Shawna Monsere	21:11.8	Highland-Milford	90.7
10	Alyssa Mertes	21:12.2	Rockford	90.6
12	Ana Lopez	21:12.3	Rochester Adams	90.6
11	Natalie Joiner	21:12.4	White Lake Lakeland	90.5
10	Lilah Yoder	21:13.1	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	90.3
10	Abby Spencer	21:16.8	Farmington	89.1
10	Kate Molloy	21:19.4	Fraser	88.2
11	Macy Jenkins	21:20.2	Highland-Milford	87.9
12	Alexandria Mason	21:20.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	87.9
9	Reese Storteboom	21:21.3	Portage Central	87.6
11	Jun Hur	21:23.9	Portage Central	86.7
10	Audrey Henckel	21:24.9	Rochester	86.4
10	Kierra Magner	21:26.0	Farmington	86.0
9	Skylar Seedman	21:26.9	Rochester	85.7
10	Camryn Quidort	21:28.8	Oxford	85.1
11	Mylene Pham	21:33.9	Macomb Dakota	83.4
12	Morgan Gill	21:35.2	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	82.9
12	Eleanor Kroetsch	21:41.5	Utica	80.8
9	Katie Yuan	21:43.1	Ann Arbor Skyline	80.3
12	Olivia Hyatt	21:43.6	Davison	80.1
10	Ava Danielson	21:43.7	Clarkston	80.1
10	Anna Furman	21:44.2	Kalamazoo Central	79.9
9	Genevieve Connolly	21:46.7	White Lake Lakeland	79.1
12	Lydia Martoni	21:50.6	Fraser	77.8
11	Ivy Beall	21:58.3	Midland Dow	75.2
12	Mallory Messer	22:09.5	Salem	71.5
10	Tessa Swier	22:16.2	Midland Dow	69.3
9	Chiamara Ogbonna	22:16.6	Brownstown Woodhaven	69.1
9	Emily Alt	22:20.1	Walled Lake Northern	68.0
12	Aileen Bachrens	22:23.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	66.9
9	Lilly McNair	22:34.3	Utica	63.2
9	Erin Sax	22:40.1	Brownstown Woodhaven	61.3
10	Liliana Cipolla	22:57.2	Salem	55.6
11	Isabella Frederick	23:06.4	Kalamazoo Central	52.5

Adjustment: +19

Projections vs. Reality

And to close it out, correct on 25 of the 30 All-State boys. Throughout these finals, the projections nailed 198 of the 240 All-Staters, right on 82.5%

Unexpected All-State

Vincent Peterson Sand, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Projected: 31^st, 46.3% chance of All-State

Mr. Consistent in the 15’s this year, with 8 of his 11 races of the sub-16 variety.

Anirudh Krishnan, Plymouth

Projected: 36^th, 15.7% chance of All-State

From 2 miles to the finish, Anirudh had the 10^th fastest split of any D1 boy. That speed on the closing stretch moved him up from 28^th at two to 21^st at the finish.

Benjamin Hartigan, Northville

Projected: 34^th, 20.9% chance of All-State

In 2022, was one of the better freshmen in the State to NOT run in the State Finals. In this, his first appearance, made up for lost time, as he was the 3^rd sophomore across the line.

Oliver Moss, Berkley

Projected: 42^nd, 15.0% chance of All-State

Career progression is something to marvel. Oliver went from a 19:47 personal best as a freshman to a 15:37 here in their last cross race in a Berkley uniform.

Ian Lewis, Livonia Churchill

Projected: 38^th, 13.6% chance of All-State

Saw a significant drop this past spring (4:45 to 4:27 in the 1600m) which led to further gains in cross. Sub-16 on three occasions during cross, winning the Livonia City title and placing 28^th here.

All-State History

Seth Norder

I don’t think you’ll find a more calloused, yet grateful athlete than Seth. Two second place finishes on the big stage, another one on the track. Countless accounts of him being a great teammate and motivator for his Grand Haven Bucs. And then after seasons of trying, triumphs in championship meets.

Seth was introduced to us during his sophomore year, but the groundwork was laid much earlier. As a freshman, although unable to compete in the XC State Finals, Seth was able to close his season with three consecutive sub-17’s, including a 16:18 at the inaugural Michigan Meet of Champions. Come spring, his 4:28 in the 1600m earned him the #2 rank amongst all Michigan freshmen. The times were there, both on the grass and on the track, the foundation established for the next three years.

The following three seasons, we saw Seth learn how to race with the elitest of the elites, while throwing down marks for his age that would wow us for the future. On the track, examples would be his sub-9 in late April of his sophomore year or an 8:46 at Bluejay Elite this past May. Two years ago, a late season run that included two 15:2x’s. And in the fall of ’22, multiple sub-15’s at important regular season meets.

With that established speed, Seth was able to challenge some of the State’s best. The cross final in 2021 was a runaway Riley Hough victory, but that gap was considerably closed seven months later, where Norder gave Hough everything he could handle, falling in the D1 1600m final by less than a second. A few months later, on a windy day at MIS, a back-and-forth battle ensued with Benne Anderson, with Anderson prevailing in the final meters. Three championship races, three straight runner-ups, learning the necessary lessons before the dominance of the past two seasons.

June’s Division 1 3200m final was certainly a dominant one. Coming off that 8:46 in early May, a 4:08 in late April, and a scorching 4x800m split (I had 1:51), it was clear that Seth was in impeccable shape. Adversity came in the way of smothering heat, the likes of which that we hadn’t seen all spring. Wisely skipping the 1600m and throwing everything into the 3200m, Seth strained and grinded, but won in a comfortable margin, his 9:04 giving him his first individual title.

Look below and you’ll find that Seth grinded his way to a cross title as well. Consistent splits, all in the 4:45-4:50 range. He led a pack 20 boys through that first mile in 4:50 or under, but with that steady attitude, increasing effort, and laser focus on efficient running, he was alone by two miles, opening up a 5 second lead on Thomas Westphal (his future teammate, the only kid to run sub-15 at State and lose). Come the finishing stretch, that gap had closed, but it was apparent to all watching that Seth would win, overcoming two years of defeats to finally hoist an individual cross country title of his own.

Movin’ Up

Romeo typically embarks on a conservative start to the race, but passing 124 people in the final 3400 meters is absurd. Michael Magnoli was able to do that and was nearly matched by Kalamazoo Central’s Ty Billings.

Billings did capture the crown of the passes in the final 1.1, moving up 50 spots in the nearly 1800m.

Neither two could match Forest Hills Central’s soccer star Will Banfield in the final stretch, who went by 25(!!!) boys with his 26.9 second split in the final tenth of a mile. That was the fastest split from three miles on, the equivalent of 4:10 pace.

Perfectly Paced

Hardly surprising that the perfectly paced award goes to the lad who controlled the race – Seth Norder. On his way to a 14:54 (4:48 pace), Seth gave us 4:46.2, 4:49.1, and 4:47.5 splits.

Joining him in the land of metronomic races were:

Novi’s Carter Lukas and Soma Sato
Canton’s Clark Madden
Forest Hills Central’s Ben Romero

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Seth Norder	14:54.3	Grand Haven	216.2
12	Thomas Westphal	14:57.9	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	215.0
12	Brendan Herger	15:05.6	Northville	212.5
9	Kamari Ronfeldt	15:08.6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	211.5
11	Seth Conner	15:12.2	Jenison	210.3
12	Jasper Cane	15:16.0	Kalamazoo Central	209.0
12	Brandon Anderson	15:19.9	Dexter	207.7
12	Truman Johnson	15:21.0	Saline	207.3
12	Sebastian Ramirez	15:22.0	Royal Oak	207.0
10	Kyle O’Rourke	15:22.4	Highland-Milford	206.9
12	Noah Selvaraj	15:23.7	Bay City Western	206.4
12	Tyler Langley	15:25.5	Brighton	205.8
11	Ethan Powell	15:28.0	Northville	205.0
12	Vincent Peterson Sand	15:29.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	204.4
12	Vincent Guaresimo	15:31.0	Romeo	204.0
11	Taye Levenson	15:31.1	Bloomfield Hills	204.0
12	Iain Forrest	15:31.3	Davison	203.9
10	Aiden Pengelly	15:31.6	Canton	203.8
12	Ty Parker	15:32.6	Walled Lake Northern	203.5
12	Pierce Grzymkowski	15:32.9	White Lake Lakeland	203.4
12	Anirudh Krishnan	15:33.4	Plymouth	203.2
12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	15:34.0	Troy	203.0
12	Mitchell Clark	15:36.6	Canton	202.1
10	Benjamin Hartigan	15:37.7	Northville	201.8
12	Oliver Moss	15:37.9	Berkley	201.7
10	Harper Wesley	15:38.0	Utica	201.7
12	Carter Fox	15:38.8	Macomb Dakota	201.4
12	Ian Lewis	15:40.7	Livonia Churchill	200.8
12	Luke Suliman	15:42.6	Ann Arbor Skyline	200.1
11	Alexander McArthur	15:45.6	Oxford	199.1
11	Elijah Forbord	15:45.8	Brighton	199.1
12	Colin MacGregor	15:47.5	Midland Dow	198.5
11	Mason Lucas	15:50.7	Jenison	197.4
12	Mason Jett	15:52.5	Ann Arbor Skyline	196.8
11	Ben Eisnor	15:53.3	Grand Haven	196.6
11	Andrew Kaczmarczyk	15:53.7	Bay City Western	196.4
12	Aiden Moore	15:54.0	BC Lakeview	196.3
9	Jack MacGregor	15:54.8	Howell	196.1
12	Liam Walters	15:55.2	GR Ottawa Hills	195.9
12	Braxton Sipes	15:55.7	Royal Oak	195.8
12	Tyler Brothers	15:56.3	Utica Eisenhower	195.6
11	Tyler Brock	15:57.4	Brighton	195.2
12	Jaxon Allen	15:57.9	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	195.0
12	Bryce Nowik	15:58.3	Clarkston	194.9
9	Luka Hammond	15:58.7	Grand Haven	194.8
9	Samuel Baker	15:59.3	Kalamazoo Central	194.6
11	Tyler Outlaw	15:59.4	Brighton	194.5
11	Cayden DeGrendel	16:00.5	Clarkston	194.2
12	Willem DeGood	16:01.5	TC West (Traverse City)	193.8
12	Luke Campbell	16:03.0	Brighton	193.3
12	Kenny Lewis	16:03.5	Saginaw Heritage	193.2
11	Jack Chadwick	16:03.9	Plymouth	193.0
10	Beckett Crooks	16:04.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	192.9
11	Nick Barretto	16:05.1	Northville	192.6
11	Ben Mussen	16:06.3	Plymouth	192.2
11	Kian Schneeweis	16:07.1	Troy	192.0
9	Ben Romero	16:07.2	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	191.9
12	Simon Davis	16:08.2	Macomb Dakota	191.6
12	Ryan Ward	16:09.0	White Lake Lakeland	191.3
12	Luke Oyster	16:09.9	Utica Eisenhower	191.0
10	Soma Sato	16:11.0	Novi	190.7
10	Benjamin Rottier	16:11.8	Grand Ledge	190.4
11	Ryan Carrannanto	16:12.6	Highland-Milford	190.1
12	Andrew Floros	16:12.8	Clarkston	190.1
12	Brandon Penberthy	16:12.9	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	190.0
11	Joseph Spada	16:13.3	Kalamazoo Central	189.9
10	Ty Billings	16:13.9	Kalamazoo Central	189.7
12	Nicholas Yaquinto	16:14.8	Northville	189.4
12	Louis D’Souza	16:15.3	Troy	189.2
10	Caleb Keller	16:15.9	Traverse City Central	189.0
10	Andrew Wright	16:16.0	Kalamazoo Central	189.0
11	Sawyer McCarthy	16:16.2	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	188.9
11	Brady Millington	16:16.8	Brighton	188.7
12	Carter Lukas	16:17.3	Novi	188.6
10	Ian Morgan	16:18.4	Okemos	188.2
11	Clark Madden	16:18.5	Canton	188.2
11	Kort Thompson	16:19.7	Caledonia	187.8
12	Roman Smith	16:20.1	Grand Haven	187.6
11	James Latstetter	16:20.2	Flushing	187.6
10	Ryan Barnes	16:20.6	Clarkston	187.5
11	Luke Morehouse	16:20.6	Utica	187.5
11	Max Myrand	16:20.7	Oxford	187.4
10	Brennan LaRusso	16:21.1	Saline	187.3
12	Noah Tiernan	16:21.7	White Lake Lakeland	187.1
11	Lucas LaMilza	16:22.1	Macomb Dakota	187.0
11	Caleb Snyder	16:22.4	Dexter	186.9
12	Lucas Karbel	16:23.5	Walled Lake Northern	186.5
12	Luke VanderHeuvel	16:24.2	Port Huron Northern	186.3
11	Logan Mullan	16:24.4	Detroit U-D Jesuit	186.2
12	Andrew Foshag	16:24.5	Monroe	186.2
12	Aiden Janes	16:25.0	Rochester Adams	186.0
10	Aron Gal	16:25.0	Grand Haven	186.0
12	Julian Liang	16:25.4	Novi	185.9
12	Jack DeKruyter	16:25.9	Zeeland West	185.7
11	Mitchell Jeruzal	16:26.1	Byron Center	185.6
10	Robert Dodd	16:26.4	Zeeland West	185.5
11	Julian Linebaugh	16:26.6	Dexter	185.5
11	Joseph Rohmfeld	16:26.7	Livonia Churchill	185.4
12	Brayden Mullins	16:27.0	Highland-Milford	185.3
11	Matthew Schwartz	16:27.2	Jenison	185.3
10	John Blaskowski	16:27.4	Saginaw Heritage	185.2
12	Jack DeWaele	16:28.1	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	185.0
12	Will Banfield	16:28.1	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	185.0
10	Gavin Johns	16:28.4	White Lake Lakeland	184.9
11	Carter Livermore	16:28.7	Grandville	184.8
12	Michael Magnoli	16:29.2	Romeo	184.6
11	Drew Abbott	16:29.8	Detroit Catholic Central	184.4
9	Brandon Cloud	16:29.9	Northville	184.4
12	Cass Feeney	16:29.9	Oxford	184.4
12	Brandon Blandino	16:29.9	Canton	184.4
10	Luke Allen	16:30.2	Romeo	184.3
11	Parker Strelecki	16:30.3	Jenison	184.2
10	Theo Sacks-Thomas	16:30.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	184.2
10	Keagan Smith	16:30.5	Zeeland West	184.2
11	Chase Wolters	16:30.7	Livonia Churchill	184.1
10	Ethan Shoffner	16:30.8	Cedar Springs	184.1
11	Walker Brose	16:30.9	Ann Arbor Huron	184.0
9	Jacob Szalay	16:31.2	Saline	183.9
12	Max Vangrouw	16:31.4	Holland West Ottawa	183.9
12	Lucas Ames	16:31.8	Oxford	183.7
10	Steven Dusseau	16:31.8	Canton	183.7
11	Spencer Parker	16:32.3	Portage Central	183.6
9	Nathan Bruss	16:32.8	Walled Lake Northern	183.4
11	Evan Nickoles	16:33.3	East Kentwood	183.2
11	Adam Dicken	16:33.3	Canton	183.2
12	Reponse Shema	16:33.6	East Kentwood	183.1
12	Lucas Weintraub	16:33.7	Ann Arbor Huron	183.1
11	Ian Boss	16:34.3	Traverse City Central	182.9
12	Skylar Jess-Isenegger	16:34.4	Highland-Milford	182.9
12	Caleb Wynn	16:34.5	Allen Park	182.8
11	Logan Gehoski	16:34.8	Bay City Western	182.7
11	Brady Boroniec	16:35.3	Allen Park	182.6
12	Grayson Albers	16:35.3	Ypsilanti Lincoln	182.6
11	Napolean Lino	16:36.0	Rochester	182.3
12	Parker Ludwig	16:36.2	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	182.3
11	Dominic Otto	16:36.4	Jenison	182.2
9	Josh Sanchez	16:36.6	Highland-Milford	182.1
10	Nate Linden	16:36.7	Troy Athens	182.1
9	Memphis Connor	16:37.3	Byron Center	181.9
11	Jacob Sanford	16:37.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	181.8
9	Liam Wierzba	16:37.8	TC West (Traverse City)	181.7
11	Matthew Verellen	16:38.1	White Lake Lakeland	181.6
12	Miles Killips	16:38.1	Bay City Western	181.6
10	Pierce Scheffler	16:38.3	Brownstown Woodhaven	181.6
12	Ryan Illikman	16:38.4	Detroit Catholic Central	181.5
12	Bode Cooper	16:38.7	Brighton	181.4
12	Bryce Goodsell	16:40.5	Romeo	180.8
11	Elijah Smith	16:41.1	Dexter	180.6
12	Alvin Stanton	16:41.5	Detroit U-D Jesuit	180.5
11	Aidan Daly	16:41.7	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	180.4
11	Saman Meshinchi	16:41.8	Saline	180.4
11	Ishaan Kundapur	16:42.9	Northville	180.0
11	Logan Grills	16:43.7	Bay City Western	179.8
11	Isaac Tanis	16:43.8	East Kentwood	179.7
10	Alex Vazquez	16:43.8	Brownstown Woodhaven	179.7
9	Matii Tarekegn	16:43.8	East Kentwood	179.7
12	Zachary Rubicz	16:44.2	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	179.6
12	Joey Seale	16:44.9	Salem	179.4
11	Cole Triffle	16:45.7	Canton	179.1
10	Elijah Thompson	16:46.6	Kalamazoo Central	178.8
10	Hudson Wojtkowicz	16:46.9	Livonia Churchill	178.7
12	Kaiden Morey	16:47.1	Traverse City Central	178.6
12	Gabe Rusch	16:47.9	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	178.4
11	Malcolm Spiegle	16:48.2	Livonia Churchill	178.3
12	Logan Begeman	16:49.5	Portage Central	177.8
11	Ayden McDonald	16:49.5	White Lake Lakeland	177.8
11	Jaxson Nowik	16:49.6	Clarkston	177.8
12	Sam Gibson	16:49.6	Dexter	177.8
11	Reid Tatro	16:50.0	Highland-Milford	177.7
10	Finn Gammerath	16:51.0	Walled Lake Northern	177.3
12	Sam King	16:51.2	TC West (Traverse City)	177.3
10	Lucas LaPointe	16:51.3	Plymouth	177.2
9	Luke Byland	16:51.4	Traverse City Central	177.2
12	Koen Lanker	16:51.4	Saline	177.2
10	Dane Hieronimus	16:52.0	Temperance Bedford	177.0
12	Patrick Donoghue	16:52.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	176.8
12	Dylan Penberthy	16:53.0	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	176.7
9	Caden Livermore	16:53.3	Grandville	176.6
12	Mateo Reyes	16:53.4	Midland	176.5
11	Jacob Essenmacher	16:53.8	Lapeer	176.4
10	Myles Gesselman	16:54.1	East Kentwood	176.3
9	Justin Johnson	16:54.7	East Kentwood	176.1
11	Quinn Kelly	16:55.1	Troy	176.0
12	Michael Cyrul	16:55.5	East Lansing	175.8
12	Aidan Leslie	16:56.7	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	175.4
12	Tommy Gardella	16:56.7	Salem	175.4
10	Ben Irwin	16:57.1	TC West (Traverse City)	175.3
10	Griffin Good	16:57.6	Flushing	175.1
12	Evan Rice	16:58.6	Walled Lake Northern	174.8
9	Bradley Smies	16:58.9	Hudsonville	174.7
11	Greg Vogt	16:59.7	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	174.4
11	Myles Bray	16:59.8	Monroe	174.4
11	Trevor Timmer	17:00.5	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	174.2
11	Scott Smith	17:00.6	Dexter	174.1
11	Carson Berko	17:03.1	Grand Haven	173.3
12	Robert Wisniewski	17:03.3	Hartland	173.2
12	Carson Cook	17:04.1	Hartland	173.0
10	Jackson Lam	17:04.5	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	172.8
11	Noah Schuette	17:05.2	Rockford	172.6
12	Henry Beard	17:05.5	Ann Arbor Huron	172.5
10	Dylan Doggett	17:06.0	Highland-Milford	172.3
11	Andrew Wangler	17:06.7	Jenison	172.1
10	Myles Hendel	17:07.0	Jenison	172.0
12	Zain Syed	17:07.2	Plymouth	171.9
12	Luke Maher	17:07.5	Port Huron Northern	171.8
12	Connor Clor	17:09.5	Romeo	171.2
10	Elijah Bernstein	17:10.0	East Kentwood	171.0
11	Diego Islas-Montantes	17:10.2	Plymouth	170.9
11	Jacob Kosidlo	17:11.4	White Lake Lakeland	170.5
12	Carson Hauch	17:11.5	Zeeland West	170.5
10	Owen Cross	17:11.5	Grand Haven	170.5
11	Joshua Ellingsworth	17:11.6	Clarkston	170.5
10	Andrew Scheloske	17:12.1	Macomb Dakota	170.3
12	Sam DiLaura	17:13.4	Zeeland West	169.9
12	Joey Stevenson	17:13.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	169.8
10	Bruno Cifaldi	17:14.7	Ann Arbor Skyline	169.4
12	Matthew Mizzi	17:14.8	Allen Park	169.4
10	James Brickel	17:15.0	Romeo	169.3
11	Chase Griffith	17:15.3	Walled Lake Northern	169.2
11	Blake Peardon	17:18.8	Lake Orion	168.1
9	Cameron Varner	17:20.1	Temperance Bedford	167.6
12	Zack Truszkowski	17:20.2	Traverse City Central	167.6
12	Jack McCalla	17:20.6	Dexter	167.5
9	Enshu Kuan	17:20.8	Ann Arbor Skyline	167.4
11	Ethan Morche	17:21.5	Livonia Churchill	167.2
12	AJ Sneller	17:21.6	Zeeland West	167.1
10	Daniel Niehaus	17:22.9	Plymouth	166.7
11	Owen Gould	17:23.1	Romeo	166.6
11	Teo Condevaux	17:23.2	Livonia Churchill	166.6
10	Ethan Dalman	17:24.6	Zeeland West	166.1
11	Lawrence Cubitt	17:24.9	Traverse City Central	166.0
12	Caleb Hirwa	17:26.0	Kalamazoo Central	165.7
11	William Rosales	17:26.2	Saline	165.6
10	Isaiah Clark	17:26.8	Allen Park	165.4
12	Alex Durocher	17:27.1	Traverse City Central	165.3
11	Sam Fairchild	17:32.4	Walled Lake Northern	163.5
11	Akshat Arora	17:34.4	Troy	162.9
9	John (Jack) Klein	17:36.1	Saline	162.3
10	Aidan Simrau	17:36.5	TC West (Traverse City)	162.2
10	Oliver Davis	17:37.4	Macomb Dakota	161.9
11	Jacob Van Houten	17:37.7	Troy	161.8
10	Carter Jacobsen	17:38.1	Oxford	161.6
11	Richard Qu	17:39.6	Troy	161.1
11	Noah Redman	17:40.2	Macomb Dakota	160.9
11	Jack Robichaud	17:42.9	Ann Arbor Skyline	160.0
10	Cayden Canham	17:45.9	Oxford	159.0
10	Jackson Raby	17:49.1	Allen Park	158.0
9	Matthew Guikema	17:50.0	Ann Arbor Skyline	157.7
10	Joseph Kaleto	17:50.6	Macomb Dakota	157.5
11	Landon Hoffman	17:52.1	Allen Park	157.0
10	Aaron Osterman	17:54.2	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	156.3
11	Alex Ebel	17:58.1	Bay City Western	155.0
9	Austin Taft	17:58.7	TC West (Traverse City)	154.8
9	Nicholas Yuan	18:02.0	Ann Arbor Skyline	153.7
10	Jack Monterusso	18:06.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	152.1
10	Joseph Sturtevant	18:09.9	TC West (Traverse City)	151.0
11	Cole Spencer	18:11.6	Bay City Western	150.5
9	Brandon Ziehmer	18:14.6	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	149.5
11	James Cusick	18:19.0	Oxford	148.0
12	Ryan Julian	19:40.0	Allen Park	121.0

Adjustment: +17

Projections vs. Reality

The pre-race projections thought 25-26 of the All-Staters would come in as expected, instead there were six underdogs.

Unexpected All-State

Annabelle Lowman, Ludington

Projected: 54^th, 13.4% chance of All-State

The Ludington girls have slowly been making themselves known at the elite levels. For Annabelle, it was a precipitous drop at the end of the year, transitioning from a 20-21 min. girl towards the low-18’s at both State and MITCA.

Nora O’Leary, Petoskey

Projected: 38^th, 33.4% chance of All-State

A patient first mile put her in position to gain a spot on the podium. Despite running essentially the same split (5:56, 5:59), Nora moved up from 42^nd to 17^th and held that position until the finishing stretch, where she moved into 16^th.

Samantha Brown, Clio

Projected: 35^th, 32% chance of All-State

Dramatic year-to-year improvement from this sophomore. As a freshman, she hung around the 20’s/high-19’s. Come her sophomore season, she was able to break her way into the 18’s, including a 18:37 closer here at MIS.

Layla Jordan, Goodrich

Projected: 33^rd, 19.6% chance of All-State

The mid-distance star is beginning to show flashes of distance discipline. Sub-19 in five of her final six races, including an 18:12 at MITCA.

Natalie Foltz, Frankenmuth

Projected: 34^th, 24.4% chance of All-State

It appears that the All-State tradition will continue over in Frankenmuth. The sophomore dropped 12 spots from her freshman year, hitting the 18’s for the third time on the year.

Caroline Randall, Hastings

Projected: 36^th, 33.8% chance of All-State

Your I-8 conference champion showed she’s a championship-level racer, earning 4^th in Region 12, winning the Barry County meet, then placing 29^th here.

All-State History

Emily Tomes

Take a gander at the Fifty Tickets done over the summer and you’ll notice a trend. The 7^th, 10^th, 11^th, 14^th, 15^th, 18^th, and 19^th spots were all taken by Division Two girls. Now I know my summer work isn’t the end all be all, but it’s all defined by previous track and cross seasons. And based on the 2022-2023 season, any one of those girls (and more!) could’ve won and we wouldn’t have batted an eyelash.

What was Emily’s case and argument? First, a reputation as a fierce racer. She came into view late in her freshman year, summoning a massive personal best in the heat of the D2 finals, breaking 19:00 for the first time ever. After a few years of growth, she returned to that stage, finding a fifth-place finish after a ferocious kick. Another one could come from track, where she displayed an increased amount of strength and endurance. She had lowered her personal best in the 1600m to well under 5:00, a 4:56 at the State Finals in fact. Earlier in the spring, a 10:44 at the Bluejay Elite 3200m gave her the 2^nd fastest returning mark in Division Two.

Her 2023 season started inauspiciously, with a 20:41 at Michigan Catholic. But if you know that course and Emily’s typical trajectory, in hindsight, you know that wasn’t a major cause for concern. Come mid-September, it was evident that her base level of fitness was much improved over previous years. In the major invites of the mid-season, Tomes was able to run into the mid-18’s on every occasion, a substantial improvement from the 19:00+ efforts of her junior year. Come championship time, it was only natural that she’d summon yet another level.

Just as predicted in the summer, the D2 girls race started with many candidates in the quest for glory. At the mile, 11 girls split between 5:36-5:39. At two, that front pack had whittled down to five, Tomes in the back, hanging in there and ready to pounce on any move. Coming onto the track, it was three: Elena Figueroa (setting up for a monster track season), Gail Vaikutis (4^th in the mud at RunningLane), and Tomes. Closer to three, the latter two had separated, and it came down to the finishing speed of Tomes and Vaikutis. The two will be teammates in the coming years at Michigan, but in this race here they were competing against one another, with Tomes prevailing in the final meters.

Movin’ Up

DeWitt’s Mia Williams was the queen of moving up through the race, passing 61 girls from the mile to the finish and 26 girls from 2 miles on, the tops from each split.

She didn’t, however, set the mark for runners passed down the home stretch, as that went to Grand Rapids South Christian’s Riley VanderLaan, who moved up 9 spots in the final 173m.

By far the quickest kick of the field was the winner, Emily Tomes, who split a 29-flat for the final tenth of a mile, hitting 4:10 pace.

Perfectly Paced

Mentioned earlier, Petoskey’s Nora O’Leary. Her 18:28 was the equivalent of 5:56 pace, which she maintained throughout the entire race. 5:56.5 at the mile, 11:55.6 at two (5:59), 17:54.3 through three (5:59). In doing so, she moved up 25 spots from one to two, held that position into three, then moved up one down the finishing stretch.

Other girls who were able to run close to even splits were:

Isabella Taber and Sydney Ferguson, both from DeWitt
Monroe Jefferson’s Jenna Pilachowski
Marshall’s Camille DeCola

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Emily Tomes	17:31.4	GR Catholic Central	163.9
12	Gail Vaikutis	17:33.6	St. Joseph	163.1
11	Elena Figueroa	17:46.6	St. Joseph	158.8
9	Ava Schafer	17:53.8	St. Johns	156.4
12	Natalie VanOtteren	17:58.2	Grand Rapids Christian	154.9
12	Drew Muller	18:06.0	East Grand Rapids	152.3
11	Emma Drnek	18:07.7	Zeeland East	151.8
12	Mary Richmond	18:13.1	Frankenmuth	150.0
12	Logan Brazee	18:16.0	Otsego	149.0
11	Kamryn Lauinger	18:21.2	Goodrich	147.3
12	Megan Germain	18:23.7	Otsego	146.4
11	Sadey Seyferth	18:24.8	East Grand Rapids	146.1
11	Sophy Skeels	18:25.5	Adrian	145.8
9	Annabelle Lowman	18:26.2	Ludington	145.6
11	Ezgi Kurt	18:27.3	Alma	145.2
12	Nora O’Leary	18:28.7	Petoskey	144.8
10	Emma Hoffman	18:31.3	Otsego	143.9
12	Meghan Ford	18:32.6	Mason	143.5
12	Kyla Meyers	18:34.7	Spring Lake	142.8
10	Lilah Poel	18:36.1	Grand Rapids Christian	142.3
9	Clara Kaczor	18:36.6	Freeland	142.1
10	Samantha Brown	18:37.1	Clio	142.0
11	Summer Brower	18:37.8	Ludington	141.7
12	Jenna Pilachowski	18:38.0	Monroe Jefferson	141.7
12	Camille DeCola	18:43.1	Marshall	140.0
12	Addison Washler	18:43.9	Forest Hills Eastern	139.7
11	Layla Jordan	18:44.7	Goodrich	139.4
10	Natalie Foltz	18:45.3	Frankenmuth	139.2
9	Caroline Randall	18:45.8	Hastings	139.1
10	Ellie Scholma	18:46.9	Grand Rapids Christian	138.7
12	Payton Holtz	18:49.1	Grand Rapids Christian	138.0
12	Abby Young	18:49.7	St. Johns	137.8
9	Baylor Lauinger	18:57.6	Goodrich	135.1
10	Meredith Cook	18:58.3	Zeeland East	134.9
12	Anastee Davis	19:01.6	Adrian	133.8
11	Natalia DeMea	19:02.8	Chelsea	133.4
9	Lucy Conzelmann	19:04.5	Frankenmuth	132.8
9	Olivia Hollebeek	19:05.0	Holland Christian	132.7
12	Tatum Dykstra	19:08.5	Fruitport	131.5
9	Ayda Skeels	19:08.9	Adrian	131.4
9	Eliana Stob	19:11.4	Holland Christian	130.5
12	Morgan Newton	19:12.8	Croswell-Lexington	130.1
11	Joy Evans	19:13.8	Alma	129.7
10	Alexis Kotkowicz	19:16.5	Spring Lake	128.8
12	Emma DeVries	19:17.1	GR West Mich. Aviation	128.6
11	Eva Thompson	19:17.5	Croswell-Lexington	128.5
12	Allison Kuzma	19:17.7	Zeeland East	128.4
10	Emma Crandell	19:18.7	Owosso	128.1
12	Bea Reeser	19:21.0	Spring Lake	127.3
9	Adeline Armstrong	19:22.0	East Grand Rapids	127.0
11	Avery Byrne	19:22.8	Goodrich	126.7
9	Ellery Lampen	19:23.4	Holland Christian	126.5
12	Ellia Agar	19:23.5	GR South Christian	126.5
9	Lane Isom	19:23.7	Richland Gull Lake	126.4
11	Lexie Ruffing	19:24.4	Spring Lake	126.2
12	Sparrow Centeno	19:25.2	Southgate Anderson	125.9
9	Mia May	19:25.7	Sparta	125.8
10	Linnea Paige	19:26.3	Fremont	125.6
11	Ava Crews	19:27.0	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	125.3
11	Nicole Schafer	19:27.2	Williamston	125.3
9	Jaelyn Ray	19:27.5	Pinckney	125.2
10	Falyn Doss	19:27.5	New Boston Huron	125.2
9	Claire Brown	19:28.1	Goodrich	125.0
11	Madison Morris	19:28.2	Tecumseh	124.9
12	Naomi Nelson	19:29.9	Grand Rapids Christian	124.4
10	Ava Pawlick	19:30.8	Petoskey	124.1
11	Nadia Grierson	19:33.2	Ludington	123.3
11	Karie Keefer	19:33.5	Freeland	123.2
9	Skylar Mejeur	19:33.9	Otsego	123.0
11	Kayla Williams	19:34.7	DeWitt	122.8
11	Courtney Bovair	19:35.2	Carleton Airport	122.6
11	Taylor Mitchell	19:35.3	Otsego	122.6
10	Katie Berkshire	19:35.7	Gaylord	122.4
12	Adia Sikkema	19:36.7	Grand Rapids Christian	122.1
10	Chloe Khon	19:37.6	Jackson Northwest	121.8
10	Miriam Kloha	19:39.9	St. Johns	121.0
12	Libby Summerland	19:40.6	Owosso	120.8
11	Chloe Josephson	19:42.5	Linden	120.2
9	Melody Meckstroth	19:43.1	Linden	120.0
9	Kylie Mausolf	19:44.3	Birch Run	119.6
11	Maria Nunning	19:45.4	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	119.2
9	Lucy Waalkes	19:46.0	Grand Rapids Christian	119.0
11	Mea D’Agostino	19:46.1	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	119.0
9	Alivia Ottinger	19:47.0	Goodrich	118.7
12	Ava Baltierra	19:47.7	Armada	118.4
11	Kathryn Kurtinaitis	19:49.2	Dearborn Divine Child	117.9
10	Taryn DiLaura	19:49.6	Zeeland East	117.8
12	Claire Marosi	19:51.3	GR Catholic Central	117.2
11	Madison Johnson	19:51.5	Paw Paw	117.2
12	Maddie Bosch	19:51.9	Hudsonville Unity Christian	117.0
10	Jillian Clason	19:54.3	Forest Hills Eastern	116.2
12	Clara Fletcher	19:56.2	St. Johns	115.6
9	Sydney Timmons	19:56.6	Otsego	115.5
11	Elizabeth Ambroggio	19:56.7	Warren Regina	115.4
9	Diya Goyal	19:57.3	Cranbrook Kingswood	115.2
11	Mia Williams	19:57.8	DeWitt	115.1
12	Kirsten Koss	19:58.9	Dearborn Divine Child	114.7
9	Sophia Schafer	19:59.1	Williamston	114.6
11	Ayla Holben	19:59.3	DeWitt	114.6
9	Molly Gaudard	19:59.3	Flint Kearsley	114.6
9	Grace Mahaffy	20:00.3	Goodrich	114.2
10	Berkley Holtz	20:01.0	Sturgis	114.0
12	Emma Steele	20:01.7	Vicksburg	113.8
12	Jaeden Harshberger	20:02.4	Hopkins	113.5
12	Jennifer Hernandez-Medina	20:03.0	Three Rivers	113.3
11	Autumn Thompson	20:04.2	DeWitt	112.9
11	Grace Murphy	20:05.4	Flint Powers Catholic	112.5
11	Preslee Perkins	20:06.4	Stevensville Lakeshore	112.2
10	Jada Prescott	20:06.6	Freeland	112.1
11	Kayla Slade	20:06.6	Dearborn Divine Child	112.1
12	Ava Boggs	20:07.8	Flint Kearsley	111.7
11	Desiree Duque-Rico	20:07.9	GR West Mich. Aviation	111.7
12	Katherine Riemersma	20:08.0	Spring Lake	111.7
12	Riley Peer	20:09.1	Monroe Jefferson	111.3
9	Ainsley Sullivan	20:10.3	Forest Hills Eastern	110.9
10	Isabella Taber	20:11.6	DeWitt	110.5
10	Sydney Ferguson	20:11.8	DeWitt	110.4
11	Nell Stover	20:12.6	Detroit Country Day	110.1
12	Jade Murdoch	20:13.0	St. Joseph	110.0
11	Julionna West	20:14.2	Owosso	109.6
10	Josie Longcore	20:14.6	Plainwell	109.5
10	Brooklynn Brown	20:16.8	Cadillac	108.7
10	Reese Supianoski	20:17.2	Williamston	108.6
9	Hayden Lemieux	20:19.4	Paw Paw	107.9
11	Hayven Thiel	20:19.9	Corunna	107.7
10	Christina Theis	20:20.7	Ludington	107.4
10	Avery Turk	20:21.2	New Boston Huron	107.3
12	Daniela Hinojos	20:22.3	Riverview	106.9
11	Josie Jenkinson	20:22.4	Owosso	106.9
11	Brooklyn Khon	20:23.0	Armada	106.7
10	Samantha Bieber	20:24.8	Chelsea	106.1
9	Addison Josephson	20:25.1	Linden	106.0
10	Madelyn Baar	20:25.3	East Grand Rapids	105.9
12	Avery Hecksel	20:25.6	East Grand Rapids	105.8
10	Elise Barden	20:25.9	Frankenmuth	105.7
12	Molly O’Brien	20:29.0	Bloomfield Hills Marian	104.7
11	Autumn Brower	20:29.2	Ludington	104.6
12	Remington Arney	20:30.1	Newaygo	104.3
12	Brooklyn Springvloed	20:31.3	GR South Christian	103.9
9	Samantha Whitlam	20:33.2	Macomb Lutheran North	103.3
11	Cami Kraai	20:34.9	Whitehall	102.7
12	Kennedy Roskopp	20:35.5	Warren Regina	102.5
12	Cecilia Ruchti	20:35.8	St. Joseph	102.4
12	Dora Henry	20:36.0	Haslett	102.3
11	Claire Heller	20:36.2	Detroit Country Day	102.3
11	Lillian Rutallie	20:36.6	Marysville	102.1
10	Alyssa Korte	20:38.0	Grosse Ile	101.7
12	CamBrie Corey	20:38.6	Petoskey	101.5
12	Paige Kloha	20:39.2	Freeland	101.3
10	Megan Kuzma	20:39.5	Zeeland East	101.2
11	Landrey Kuhn	20:40.8	Freeland	100.7
12	Gabby Fernandez	20:41.0	Warren Regina	100.7
10	Meghan Guczwa	20:42.9	Spring Lake	100.0
10	Tessa Hatt	20:43.2	Sturgis	99.9
9	Sidney Shepard	20:44.3	Linden	99.6
11	Natalie Lentine	20:44.5	Warren Regina	99.5
9	Zora Ziolkowski	20:46.7	Chelsea	98.8
11	Mary Larocca	20:48.4	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	98.2
11	Natalie Summerland	20:48.7	Owosso	98.1
11	Brynn Hurley	20:49.1	Croswell-Lexington	98.0
11	Lauren Thompson	20:52.2	Chelsea	96.9
11	Bethany Zimmerman	20:52.3	Spring Lake	96.9
12	Merceydez Patton	20:53.3	Muskegon Oakridge	96.6
9	Ella McInerney	20:53.9	Cadillac	96.4
10	Beatrice Perucchetti	20:54.5	St. Joseph	96.2
10	CC Kuras	20:57.5	Zeeland East	95.2
9	Isabel Reinke	20:58.1	Freeland	95.0
10	Gabby Cleveland	21:00.7	Frankenmuth	94.1
11	Rachel Berkenpas	21:02.0	GR South Christian	93.7
12	Analise Chelotti	21:02.6	DeWitt	93.5
9	Ahna Woltjer	21:03.3	GR West Mich. Aviation	93.2
9	Hannah Haines	21:03.8	Madison Heights Lamphere	93.1
9	Gabriella Komarowski	21:04.6	St. Clair	92.8
12	Mackenzie Keillor	21:05.2	Ludington	92.6
10	Sydney Bir	21:05.3	Sturgis	92.6
12	Kennedi Wood	21:10.3	Sparta	90.9
10	Anna Kujansuu	21:11.1	Dearborn Divine Child	90.6
12	Riley VanderLaan	21:11.6	GR South Christian	90.5
10	Grace Kooyer	21:11.7	GR South Christian	90.4
12	Skotti Ball-Duley	21:12.8	Owosso	90.1
11	Kate Paluszewski	21:12.9	Dearborn Divine Child	90.0
9	Allison Brandt	21:14.3	Ludington	89.6
11	Kim Miller	21:15.2	Monroe Jefferson	89.3
11	Charlie Drew	21:16.4	Niles	88.9
12	Reagan Brooks	21:16.7	Linden	88.8
9	Lydia Johnson	21:18.0	St. Joseph	88.3
12	Eliza Nelson	21:18.9	Croswell-Lexington	88.0
9	Ella Thornton	21:20.9	St. Clair	87.4
10	Rebekah Stachura	21:21.6	Otsego	87.1
11	Madalynn Karsies	21:22.1	Pinckney	87.0
10	Molly McNabb	21:22.6	St. Clair	86.8
9	Claire Dunn	21:23.5	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	86.5
11	Abby Robinson	21:26.2	Gladwin	85.6
10	Rory Workman	21:29.2	East Grand Rapids	84.6
11	Jillian Wygonik	21:31.3	Dearborn Divine Child	83.9
11	Lorelei Mahon	21:31.4	Warren Regina	83.9
12	Seren Angus	21:31.6	Chelsea	83.8
9	Sofia Lewis	21:31.8	GR West Mich. Aviation	83.7
12	Marisa Mazza	21:32.4	Cadillac	83.5
10	Lili Zondervan	21:32.6	GR South Christian	83.5
11	Quincy Stiffler	21:33.2	East Grand Rapids	83.3
12	Ava Fahrenkopf	21:34.3	Linden	82.9
10	Chloe Rinzema	21:35.6	GR South Christian	82.5
12	Sylvia Thomas	21:38.5	St. Johns	81.5
9	Flora Ramos	21:39.9	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	81.0
12	Brianna Albers	21:40.3	Richmond	80.9
11	Allie Komarowski	21:40.9	St. Clair	80.7
10	Cessaly Fichtner	21:41.0	Freeland	80.7
10	Elizabeth Salinas	21:41.5	Dearborn Divine Child	80.5
10	Aubrey Sargent	21:42.0	St. Clair	80.3
10	Nora Buys	21:46.2	GR West Mich. Aviation	78.9
12	Lily Sackrider	21:47.0	St. Johns	78.7
11	Lydia Finn	21:52.3	St. Johns	76.9
12	Allisyn Pagel	21:53.1	Adrian	76.6
10	Pauline Chapman	21:58.9	Richmond	74.7
12	Sydney Hoffman	22:09.3	Petoskey	71.2
11	Mia Schroeder	22:10.4	Monroe Jefferson	70.9
9	Addie Main	22:10.5	Cadillac	70.8
11	Addison Mikel	22:16.0	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	69.0
11	Clare Conzelmann	22:17.0	Frankenmuth	68.7
12	Kaitlyn Miller	22:17.1	Frankenmuth	68.6
12	Alyssa Masserant	22:17.8	Monroe Jefferson	68.4
10	Sofie Dzik	22:18.7	GR West Mich. Aviation	68.1
12	Clara Fredenberg	22:18.7	Chelsea	68.1
10	Catherine Kipila	22:22.1	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	67.0
10	Kenzie Eicher	22:24.1	Sturgis	66.3
12	Abagayle Barkley	22:27.1	Croswell-Lexington	65.3
12	Lauren Cole	22:27.3	Petoskey	65.2
9	Riley Schweitzer	22:30.3	Linden	64.2
9	Eleanor Park	22:32.0	Sturgis	63.7
9	Greta Meisel	22:34.5	Petoskey	62.8
12	Addison Bellows	22:35.2	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	62.6
11	Clair Bacon	22:48.9	St. Clair	58.0
12	Marah Putnam	22:52.6	Chelsea	56.8
12	Hadley Hilt	22:58.1	Cadillac	55.0
10	Piper Tracy	22:58.4	Cadillac	54.9
9	Zoe Barnes	22:59.2	Cadillac	54.6
9	Jaylynn Maduri	23:06.8	Croswell-Lexington	52.1
11	Eden Brewer	23:09.4	St. Clair	51.2
10	Madeline Pacola	23:11.8	Petoskey	50.4
11	Kat Wilson	23:25.9	Zeeland East	45.7
10	Nancy Gordon	23:27.6	Adrian	45.1
9	Carlee Bakewell	23:30.8	Adrian	44.1
12	Paityn Modert	23:32.0	Sturgis	43.7
11	Carly Old	23:50.1	Croswell-Lexington	37.6
9	Madelyn Yezback	24:00.2	Warren Regina	34.3
11	Sofia Switalski	24:03.1	Warren Regina	33.3
11	Kylie Brooks	24:09.4	Sturgis	31.2
10	Teagyn Blevins	24:55.3	Adrian	15.9

Adjustment: +18

Projections vs. Reality

D2’s boys had perhaps the highest number of breakthroughs and underdogs thus far, with 7 of the 30 All-State athletes getting in there when unexpected.

Unexpected All-State

Caleb Palmreuter, Gladwin

Projected: 32^nd, 49.3% chance of All-State

What a difference a year makes. Spent the majority of his junior year above 16:30, was a consistent low-16/high-15 kid as a senior.

Nolan Nixon, Cadillac

Projected: 52^nd, 11.4% chance of All-State

Toughness prevailed. Due to injury, Nolan missed much of the summer. He slowly worked his way through the year, beginning in the 17’s and working his way down to a 15:45 here.

Isaac Staib, St. Johns

Projected 37^th, 24.4% chance of All-State

When he’s been on, he’s really been on. Sub-16 on a few occasions throughout the year, such as a 15:50 at Bluejay and a 15:46 here. A sleeper to do some big things in the 800m this spring.

Ezekiel Baltierra, Alma

Projected 33^rd, 37.2% chance of All-State

The lone freshman boy in the top-30. His final three races were all of the sub-16 variety, getting progressively faster from Region 15 to here to MITCA.

Andrew Yax, Clio

Projected: 49^th, 6.9% chance of All-State

Picked the absolute right time to submit his first sub-16 ever. A 15:47 here was a 15 second personal best and over a minute faster than his performance the previous year.

Henry Cox, Plainwell

Projected: 43^rd, 9.7% chance of All-State

Capped off an incredible senior year that included wins at Delton-Kellogg, Bangor, and Region 13. Henry ventured under the 16:00 mark on three occasions as well.

Moises Salazar, Adrian

Projected: 34^th, 33% chance of All-State

Second consecutive All-State for this young sophomore, who was sub-16 in his final three races.

All-State History

TJ Hansen

Again, take a gander at the 50 Tickets and another theme will come forth. The high-quality, returning depth entering the season for these Division Two boys. They took up six spots in the top-ten, often unheard of as D1 takes up almost half of the state’s runners. You had a defending champ in Connell Alford, low-9 3200m runners in Solomon Kwartowitz, Nate Carmody, and Paul Moore, a mid-15 returner in Evan Loughridge, and your defending 3200m champ in TJ Hansen.

TJ entered high school with all the potential, a pressure that often proves too much for some. He’s handled it admirably, progressing with patience each step of the way. As a freshman, he accumulated many honors, such as the Saginaw County Championship and a Region 15 title, then in the closing stage, acquitting himself to MIS with a 12^th place finish. A few months later during track, he was able to set the Michigan freshman record in the 2-mile, a 9:28 (the 3200m record held by Ben Hill, a 9:20) at New Balance Nationals.

The advancement continued in future seasons. I could recite stats and places all day, but I think the story of the end of his sophomore year speaks great volumes. Following the accident, faced with many reasons not to run, many fallback options if a race was going sideways, TJ persevered through the pain to secure another regional championship and a move up to 5^th at D2’s State Finals. I have no doubt the confidence gained from pushing through tremendous pain has aided him in the coming seasons.

What has occurred in those coming seasons? A 3200m championship in the spring. His 9:11 wasn’t the fastest time of the season, but consider the conditions, blazing heat in early June. He came into that race with the third-fastest time in the field, but outlasted the rest of the field, a testament to his ability to block out any negativity during a race. Here, a State Championship. You know me, I like my charts, and here’s one of the top-30 finishers and their times over the final 1.1 miles:

If there’s anything that shows his dominance over the final stages of the race, the above is it, TJ’s split on the botton left. Over 10 seconds clear of any elite competitor on the finishing road to a State Title.

His impactful finishing ability was again on display this past weekend at NXN. The patient young man came through 1k in 79^th, 2k in 39^th, and by the time 4k came around, he was in 10^th, a spot he held until the finish. With only one underclassman ahead of him, TJ will have the opportunity in coming years to further etch his name into Michigan running lore.

Movin’ Up

A dramatic jump was executed by Parma Western’s young Edison Lopeman. The sophomore moved from 137^th at the mile to 51^st at the line, advancing 86 whole places.

Similarly dramatic was Allendale’s Mason Hill, who was 108^th at two and 65^th at the finish line.

The Parma Western distance crew must be tough and fierce in the finishing stretch, because they had the best closer in the field. Titan Parker moved up 10 places in the final tenth of a mile, laying down a 25.1 split, the equivalent of sub-4 pace. Put that boy in an 800m this spring!

Perfectly Paced

The most even of even splits were delivered by the experienced Connell Alford. The result here in early November may not have been what he wanted. But he’s still running, competing this upcoming weekend at FootLocker. My guess is that ability to lock in and handle a tough pace may have something to do with his 2^nd consecutive trip to San Diego. Anyhow, his 15:11 at MIS equated to 4:53 pace. His splits were right there on the mark: 4:52.5, 4:53.3, and 4:52.7.

Joining him in that metronome category were:

His Bulldog teammate, Jackson Dell
Allendale’s Ronnie Silveira
Two All-Staters across each gender that stayed steady, Marshall’s Jack Bidwell
Another Parma Western kid, Cooper Singleton

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	TJ Hansen	14:52.8	Freeland	216.4
12	Solomon Kwartowitz	15:03.3	Cranbrook Kingswood	212.9
12	Connell Alford	15:11.2	Chelsea	210.3
11	Jack Bidwell	15:13.0	Marshall	209.7
12	Paul Moore	15:13.5	Pinckney	209.5
11	Henry Dixon	15:16.0	Forest Hills Eastern	208.7
12	Alex Thole	15:20.6	East Grand Rapids	207.1
12	Logan Ruffner	15:23.7	Riverview	206.1
11	Colin Murray	15:27.7	Dearborn Divine Child	204.8
12	Evan Loughridge	15:28.5	Pinckney	204.5
12	Braylon Petty	15:29.9	Adrian	204.0
12	Noah Lambers	15:31.8	Holland	203.4
12	Sean Pettis	15:34.9	Fremont	202.4
10	Ronnie Silveira	15:35.5	Allendale	202.2
12	Nolan Pinion	15:38.3	Lake Fenton	201.2
12	Ethan Sandula	15:41.6	Pinckney	200.1
11	Simon Triezenberg	15:42.2	Grand Rapids Christian	199.9
12	Caleb Palmreuter	15:43.4	Gladwin	199.5
12	Ryan Brinker	15:43.8	East Grand Rapids	199.4
12	Nolan Nixon	15:45.1	Cadillac	199.0
12	Elliott Sirianni	15:45.6	Clio	198.8
10	Owen Metzger	15:45.7	Sparta	198.8
12	Isaac Staib	15:46.2	St. Johns	198.6
9	Ezekiel Baltierra	15:46.5	Alma	198.5
12	Andrew Yax	15:47.8	Clio	198.1
12	Gregory Janesak	15:52.7	Sparta	196.4
11	Henry Cox	15:52.7	Plainwell	196.4
10	Moises Salazar	15:52.9	Adrian	196.4
12	Liam Hinman	15:53.0	Forest Hills Eastern	196.3
12	Brendan Hoving	15:54.3	Forest Hills Eastern	195.9
10	Jonah Workman	15:56.3	East Grand Rapids	195.2
11	Alex Doneth	15:57.6	Mason	194.8
12	Shay White	15:58.0	St. Joseph	194.7
12	Dylan Clark	15:58.9	Grand Rapids Christian	194.4
10	Vincent Pattison	16:00.4	Goodrich	193.9
11	Nolan Inglis	16:01.6	DeWitt	193.5
12	Nate Carmody	16:03.7	Haslett	192.8
12	Cooper Jacobsen	16:05.3	Forest Hills Eastern	192.2
11	Landen Wise	16:07.4	Frankenmuth	191.5
11	Dylan Lydic	16:07.6	Haslett	191.5
11	Seth Mead	16:08.1	Gladwin	191.3
10	Thomas Larson	16:09.9	Alma	190.7
11	Elijah Christensen	16:10.9	Gladwin	190.4
11	Kilian Whalen	16:11.5	Allendale	190.2
12	Giovanni Pardo-Keegan	16:14.1	Yale	189.3
11	Abatu Dykstra	16:14.4	Hamilton	189.2
12	Shane Izzard	16:15.2	Petoskey	188.9
12	Acer Campbell	16:15.3	Yale	188.9
11	Reece Davis	16:17.1	Marshall	188.3
11	Parker Tiethof	16:17.7	Allendale	188.1
10	Edison Lopeman	16:18.3	Parma Western	187.9
11	Sullivan Zietlow	16:18.9	Three Rivers	187.7
11	Dominic Lowrie	16:19.4	BC Harper Creek	187.5
12	Isaac Veen	16:20.1	Plainwell	187.3
12	David Murphy	16:20.8	Flint Powers Catholic	187.1
11	Will Engbers	16:21.9	Holland Christian	186.7
12	Brewer Snay	16:21.9	Macomb Lutheran North	186.7
12	William O’Dell	16:22.1	BC Harper Creek	186.6
10	Donovan Ryan	16:23.6	Plainwell	186.1
10	Bryce Gross	16:24.0	Flint Powers Catholic	186.0
12	Matthew Canales	16:24.4	Adrian	185.9
12	Tommy Farley	16:25.3	Petoskey	185.6
10	Kenny Sheffer	16:25.3	Otsego	185.6
12	Jacob Montgomery	16:25.9	Ionia	185.4
9	Mason Hill	16:26.4	Allendale	185.2
12	Jonathan Koetje	16:27.2	Grand Rapids Christian	184.9
11	Cougar Clark	16:27.2	Frankenmuth	184.9
11	Ben Gross	16:27.4	Allendale	184.9
10	Ben Verellen	16:29.3	Gladwin	184.2
11	Stewart Waters	16:29.7	Whitehall	184.1
12	Joe Waalkes	16:30.0	Grand Rapids Christian	184.0
12	Aiden Krueger	16:30.4	Niles	183.9
12	Ali Kudmani	16:30.7	Alma	183.8
11	Jack Lillywhite	16:31.0	Flint Kearsley	183.7
12	Cooper Singleton	16:31.4	Parma Western	183.5
11	Jeb Hillary	16:31.6	GR Catholic Central	183.5
12	Matthew Schreiner	16:32.3	Otsego	183.2
9	Cole McCraw	16:32.9	Pinckney	183.0
10	Jack Edison	16:33.4	East Grand Rapids	182.9
11	Caleb Wesseldyk	16:34.4	Otsego	182.5
11	Nolan Longuski	16:34.9	Shepherd	182.4
11	Tyler Endres	16:35.3	Forest Hills Eastern	182.2
9	Abraham McHugh	16:35.5	Marshall	182.2
10	Aden Ashworth	16:36.1	Allendale	182.0
12	Luke Glasgow	16:36.8	Spring Lake	181.7
10	Brett Magnus	16:37.2	Frankenmuth	181.6
12	Blake Ferguson	16:37.8	Yale	181.4
9	Bryce Cahoon	16:38.3	Shepherd	181.2
11	Carter Sherman	16:38.5	Fremont	181.2
10	Elijah Baltierra	16:39.2	Alma	180.9
10	Luke Dulecki	16:39.5	New Boston Huron	180.8
11	Dylan Pallett	16:39.7	Wayland Union	180.8
11	Aidan Goodwin	16:40.6	Otsego	180.5
12	Dane Bailey	16:41.3	Edwardsburg	180.2
10	Murphy Wagner	16:41.5	Saginaw Swan Valley	180.2
10	Anthony Plana	16:41.9	Frankenmuth	180.0
12	Connor Griffith	16:42.1	Marshall	180.0
12	Chase Nyack	16:42.4	Adrian	179.9
12	Dylan Distelrath	16:42.9	St. Clair	179.7
12	Brennan McKone	16:43.5	DeWitt	179.5
12	Tate Miller	16:43.6	Forest Hills Eastern	179.5
10	Caleb Carignan	16:45.6	Flint Powers Catholic	178.8
11	Logan VanHouten	16:45.7	Otsego	178.8
9	Lucas Aardema	16:45.7	East Grand Rapids	178.8
12	Parker Hays	16:46.2	Pinckney	178.6
11	Owen Saylor	16:46.9	Dowagiac Union	178.4
12	Luke Ueland	16:48.2	Forest Hills Eastern	177.9
12	Jackson Nyack	16:48.4	Adrian	177.9
11	Hayden Gould	16:50.4	Big Rapids	177.2
11	Simon Erfourth	16:51.3	Owosso	176.9
12	Peter Kuperus	16:51.6	Grand Rapids Christian	176.8
12	Keiran Murphy	16:51.9	Flint Powers Catholic	176.7
11	Andrew Commeret	16:52.0	Comstock Park	176.7
11	Jacob Hopkins	16:52.5	Detroit Country Day	176.5
11	Aidan Brinks	16:53.3	Holland Christian	176.2
11	Zach Newman	16:54.3	Pinckney	175.9
11	Noah Jarvis	16:54.7	Berrien Springs	175.8
11	Holten Mulherin	16:54.9	Otsego	175.7
11	Justin Bradford	16:55.6	Sparta	175.5
11	Bodie Heiss	16:56.0	Alma	175.3
12	Brady Odenbach	16:58.3	Petoskey	174.6
12	Ian Richthammer	16:58.5	GR Catholic Central	174.5
12	Hayden Holmes	16:58.5	Riverview	174.5
11	Will Whitmore	16:59.5	Holland Christian	174.2
12	John Whitman	17:00.0	Gladwin	174.0
12	Jackson Dell	17:01.8	Chelsea	173.4
9	Ryan Good	17:03.7	Parma Western	172.8
12	Jack Lindwall	17:04.4	Petoskey	172.5
12	Abdul Ghennewa	17:05.6	New Boston Huron	172.1
10	Thad VanderLaan	17:06.0	GR South Christian	172.0
10	Hunter Parsons	17:06.0	Whitehall	172.0
10	Micah Small	17:07.4	Grand Rapids Christian	171.5
12	Kenny Evans	17:07.5	Corunna	171.5
12	Joshua Simpson	17:08.3	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	171.2
12	Matthew Schrauben	17:08.5	St. Johns	171.2
12	Peter Huey	17:08.9	Flint Powers Catholic	171.0
12	Ian Martin	17:09.1	Linden	171.0
11	Kaiden Gore	17:10.4	Marshall	170.5
10	Zahar Rush	17:13.4	Petoskey	169.5
12	Sunishthh Singh	17:14.5	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	169.2
12	Xander Maliska	17:15.0	St. Johns	169.0
9	Silas Skeels	17:15.3	Adrian	168.9
11	Isaak Brook	17:15.5	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	168.8
10	Trent Hansen	17:15.8	Plainwell	168.7
10	Linus Helzerman	17:18.0	Chelsea	168.0
12	Arnot Heller	17:18.1	Detroit Country Day	168.0
11	Tamer Zahr	17:18.6	Dearborn Divine Child	167.8
10	Reagan Ward	17:18.6	St. Johns	167.8
10	Landon Gerritsma	17:19.5	Holland Christian	167.5
11	Keegan Hoekstra	17:19.8	Grand Rapids Christian	167.4
10	Joseph Horn	17:19.9	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	167.4
12	Jamison Snay	17:20.8	Macomb Lutheran North	167.1
9	Ethan Kreger	17:21.5	St. Clair	166.8
12	Luke Bounerba	17:22.8	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	166.4
11	Kyle Osborne	17:23.0	Pinckney	166.3
11	Wyatt Murtos	17:24.6	Yale	165.8
9	Nicklas Parker	17:25.7	Frankenmuth	165.4
12	Liam Troutner	17:25.8	Plainwell	165.4
11	Bobby Donley	17:26.9	Corunna	165.0
12	Dylan Schumann	17:27.0	St. Clair	165.0
9	Kevin Terpstra	17:27.6	Alma	164.8
11	Brayden Rynsburger	17:29.0	Holland Christian	164.3
11	Billy Pipkorn	17:30.1	Plainwell	164.0
12	Eric Shan	17:30.2	Cranbrook Kingswood	163.9
12	Cullen Black	17:30.2	St. Johns	163.9
11	Vincent Pollock	17:30.4	Fruitport	163.9
11	Ethan VandenHaute	17:31.2	Cranbrook Kingswood	163.6
10	Luca Lebron	17:31.8	Alma	163.4
11	Jerry Westrick	17:33.4	St. Clair	162.9
10	Alex Culver	17:34.2	Howard City Tri-County	162.6
11	Parker Fettig	17:34.7	Petoskey	162.4
12	Anthony Goatley	17:35.2	Madison Heights Lamphere	162.3
10	Brayden Prieskorn	17:38.2	St. Clair	161.3
10	Beckett Boos	17:39.7	Chelsea	160.8
10	Marek Borgstahl	17:40.6	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	160.5
11	Isaac Meyers	17:40.8	Sparta	160.4
12	Davis Christy	17:41.5	East Grand Rapids	160.2
10	Sam Hillary	17:41.6	East Grand Rapids	160.1
11	Teddy Rutkofske	17:41.7	Yale	160.1
11	William Melton	17:42.4	Parma Western	159.9
12	Luke Nawrocki	17:42.6	Armada	159.8
10	Jagger Clark	17:43.6	Frankenmuth	159.5
12	Jacob Howes	17:44.1	Three Rivers	159.3
11	Isaak Rubley	17:45.8	Dundee	158.7
9	Mason Raborn	17:46.2	DeWitt	158.6
12	Alex Robertson	17:46.7	Marine City	158.4
11	Nathan Steen	17:47.6	Holland Christian	158.1
11	Braylen Eaton	17:47.7	Charlotte	158.1
11	Ian Goodrich	17:48.1	DeWitt	158.0
12	Dylan Odenbach	17:49.6	Petoskey	157.5
10	Gavin Markucki	17:50.2	Richland Gull Lake	157.3
10	Spencer Phillpotts	17:51.3	Flint Powers Catholic	156.9
12	Liam Reynolds	17:52.8	Allendale	156.4
12	Israel Garcia	17:53.6	Riverview	156.1
11	Skye Smith	17:54.0	Vicksburg	156.0
11	Korbyn Thornton	17:54.2	St. Clair	155.9
12	Isaac Perez	17:55.1	Three Rivers	155.6
11	Titan Parker	17:55.8	Parma Western	155.4
9	Carter Fenner	17:56.1	Adrian	155.3
11	Nicholas Nakic	17:56.9	Dearborn Divine Child	155.0
9	Cole Coffman	17:57.7	Holland Christian	154.8
10	Matthew Wright	17:57.8	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	154.7
10	Xavier Roman	17:59.2	Macomb Lutheran North	154.3
9	Myles Robinson	18:00.1	Gladwin	154.0
10	Jonah Zietlow	18:00.4	Three Rivers	153.9
9	Will Chelotti	18:02.0	DeWitt	153.3
9	Caiden Caswell	18:03.5	Vicksburg	152.8
11	Jonah Deems	18:06.7	Sparta	151.8
11	Maximiliano Juarez	18:07.6	Dearborn Divine Child	151.5
11	Owen Crowder Smith	18:08.3	Cranbrook Kingswood	151.2
10	Nolan Korolden	18:09.4	Yale	150.9
11	Rhett Bunker	18:09.5	Sparta	150.8
10	Reece Howes	18:09.8	Three Rivers	150.7
11	Pete Lutz	18:10.6	Madison Heights Lamphere	150.5
11	Brant Maley	18:13.3	Chelsea	149.6
10	Alex Martin	18:14.4	Chelsea	149.2
10	Ross Wallace	18:15.0	Harper Woods	149.0
10	Jack Estelle	18:16.0	Hopkins	148.7
12	Ashton Argo	18:17.6	DeWitt	148.1
10	Braylon Lenneman	18:17.8	DeWitt	148.1
10	Isaac Fullerton	18:17.8	Parma Western	148.1
9	Jonathan Rapoza	18:18.4	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	147.9
12	Micah Morehouse	18:18.5	Marshall	147.8
12	Jackson Lillrose	18:19.0	Marshall	147.7
10	Jackson Ellis	18:19.1	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	147.6
9	Grant Goodwin	18:20.0	Dearborn Divine Child	147.3
10	Thomas Beiter	18:20.9	Flint Powers Catholic	147.0
9	Gunnar Djerf	18:23.1	Otsego	146.3
10	Bela Matyus	18:23.7	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	146.1
12	Bretton Fischer	18:23.9	Cranbrook Kingswood	146.0
12	David Martin	18:24.4	Parma Western	145.9
11	Kale Kovach	18:31.4	Yale	143.5
12	Jayden Robertson	18:41.3	Marine City	140.2
10	Trey Hall	18:45.3	Three Rivers	138.9
10	Jack Sherer	18:46.4	Plainwell	138.5
11	Jack Fox	18:53.4	Grosse Ile	136.2
9	Wyeth Angus	18:54.0	Chelsea	136.0
11	Ethan Lewis	18:54.4	Dearborn Divine Child	135.9
10	Bryce Johnson	18:56.7	Gladwin	135.1
12	Robert Modrzejewski	19:00.8	Dearborn Divine Child	133.7
10	Oliver Alef	19:01.8	Macomb Lutheran North	133.4
12	Krish Kalmadi	19:04.7	Cranbrook Kingswood	132.4
12	Tyler Buckland	19:05.2	Armada	132.3
10	Cole Pergram	19:15.5	Frankenmuth	128.8
9	Peter (Tsz Ching) Mei	19:16.2	Cranbrook Kingswood	128.6
12	Ryan Delarosa	19:16.9	Macomb Lutheran North	128.4
12	Robert Yoder	19:18.1	Three Rivers	128.0
10	Carson Wood	19:19.3	Sparta	127.6
10	Colin Boullard	19:25.3	St. Clair	125.6
12	Cervantes Woodworth	19:32.8	St. Johns	123.1
11	Grayson Sutherland	20:03.9	Macomb Lutheran North	112.7
9	Evan Billings	20:06.6	St. Johns	111.8

Adjustment: +22

Projections vs. Reality

Pre-race projections had an expectation of being correct on 25 All-State girls. When reality kicked in, 25 girls were both projected as All-State and then stepped on the podium.

Unexpected All-State

Avelina Hollandsworth, Remus Chippewa Hills

Projected: 32^nd, 47.2% chance of All-State

She’s run a personal best at three of the past four State Finals. This one was a huge one, knocking nearly 20 sec. off her time from Portage and nabbing her second straight All-State

Cecilia Postma, Manistee

Projected: 31^st, 46.9% chance of All-State

Closed her career with her two best performances. 19:06 here was a significant personal best, then she battled the emotional high, returning a week later at Shepherd with another personal best.

Ava Hathaway, Bronson

Projected 39^th, 41.9% chance of All-State

Despite a slower start, ended her junior year in the same fashion as she did her sophomore one, hitting that podium. Ava closed her season with three straight sub-20’s and a personal best here.

Chloe Stalhood, Hillsdale

Projected 60^th, 1.6% chance of All-State

She’s closed each of the past three seasons with sub-20’s, this iteration being her lowest yet – a 19:10.

Ashlynn Harris, Bronson

Projected 37^th, 33.3% chance of All-State

The second of the Viking All-Staters. This was her first podium finish and her first finish in the low-19’s.

All-State History

Jessica Jazwinski

Back-to-back champions surely aren’t an anomaly in Division 3. Before this year, in the years following the combined team/individual races, there have been five girls who have repeated their victories in consecutive years. Three of those girls had won three in a row. In 2022, a sophomore had won, opening the door for a continuation of this Division 3 tradition.

Jessica Jazwinski had truly come into her own during her sophomore year. Following an early season defeat at Bredeweg, she ripped off victory after victory, sub-18 after sub-18. The finishing stretch was the most awe-inducing – a State Title, a 16:47 at MITCA, a CHAMPS qualifier (*EDIT* AGAIN THIS YEAR!), and an 11^th place finish at Nationals.

Let me tell you this: amongst the favorites, the title winners, the best in our State – there is a competitiveness that is unmatched. In an opening matchup at Benzie against Rachel Forsyth, Jazwinski ran 10 seconds faster than the year before, opening with a 17:35. Yet there, I couldn’t help but think she wanted more out of that performance. And that’s what the great ones do, right? Find motivation in anything and use it as fuel.

That fuel burned slowly as her junior season took the same great path as the previous one. Wins at Bluejay, Ottawa Hills, Cougar Falcon, Portage, and Region 20. All took place in her usual dominating fashion, setting a hard pace from the start and daring others to hang on. The same trend continued at State, a torrential opening pace that led to a 15 second lead at the mile, 40+ second lead at two. Coming across the line before any others, Jazwinski was able to make history, becoming another girl with back-to-back state titles.

Movin’ Up

A Squire senior made the most of her final State appearance. Lauren Jousma was able to drop 96 spots from her 228^th place at the mile, placing 132^nd.

Pigeon-Laker’s Aubrey Zarnke consistently moved up all race, going from 189^th at the mile to 147^th at two, before catapulting past another 33 girls to place 114^th, the most passes from the 2-mile mark onward.

Ida’s Julia Hughes had the opposite experience of the above two, sliding backward as the race wore on. But she was able to recoup some of those losses, sprinting around 11 girls in the final 173m.

Perfectly Paced

Fennville’s Merisa Mendoza really rocked some even splits. Finishing her race in 21:22, her pace for the 5k was a 6:52. Hitting 6:51, 6:55, then 6:11, she had the least deviation of any of the 200+ girls competing.

Other girls who embraced the consistency were: Her Fennville teammate, Nidia Martinez
St. Louis Shark Abby Dice
Squire freshman Marnath Tuol
Blissfield’s Natalie Benitez

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	Jessica Jazwinski	17:08.8	Hart	169.7
12	Madison Osterberg	17:49.5	Jackson Lumen Christi	156.2
11	Kyah Hoffman	18:02.7	Stanton Central Montcalm	151.8
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:11.2	Traverse City St. Francis	148.9
11	Emmry Ross	18:13.0	Onsted	148.3
12	Tessa Roe	18:14.8	Lansing Catholic	147.7
12	Mylie Kelly	18:26.1	Benzie Central	144.0
9	Kamryn Salladay	18:41.7	Lakeview	138.8
11	Eliza Bush	18:42.7	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	138.4
11	Lila Volkers	18:45.7	Kent City	137.4
12	Cylee Elkins	18:53.8	Clinton	134.7
11	Ashley Choponis	18:55.7	Stanton Central Montcalm	134.1
9	Samantha Schroeder	18:56.5	Jackson Lumen Christi	133.8
12	Amber Koole	19:01.5	GR Covenant Christian	132.2
12	Jenna Sweeney	19:03.7	Reese	131.4
12	Miranda McNeil	19:04.5	Morley-Stanwood	131.2
12	Kinsie Jacques	19:05.0	Pinconning	131.0
12	Avelina Hollandsworth	19:05.2	Remus Chippewa Hills	130.9
9	Shelby Kuiper	19:05.7	GR Covenant Christian	130.8
10	Bella LaFountain	19:06.3	Monroe St. Mary CC	130.6
12	Liliana Lehnst	19:06.4	Ithaca	130.5
12	Cecilia Postma	19:06.6	Manistee	130.5
11	Kaya Vrable	19:07.6	Caro	130.1
11	Ava Hathaway	19:09.4	Bronson	129.5
11	Chloe Stalhood	19:10.1	Hillsdale	129.3
10	Brynne Schulte	19:12.3	Elk Rapids	128.6
12	Olivia Perrine	19:13.1	Hanover-Horton	128.3
9	Sophia Buzzelli	19:14.7	Clare	127.8
10	Ashlynn Harris	19:16.0	Bronson	127.3
10	Grace Coston	19:18.2	Stanton Central Montcalm	126.6
11	Whitney Werner	19:18.7	Pewamo-Westphalia	126.4
12	Allison Bowles	19:19.0	Clinton	126.3
10	Hope Miller	19:19.9	Blissfield	126.0
12	Gracie Houtman	19:20.3	Kent City	125.9
10	Myleigh Hephner	19:37.4	Ithaca	120.2
9	Alyssa Kramer	19:37.7	Pewamo-Westphalia	120.1
10	Frances Melinn	19:39.4	Lansing Catholic	119.5
12	Paige Herron	19:40.2	Caro	119.3
11	Nora Grossnickle	19:41.4	Benzie Central	118.9
9	Molly Kate Hollandsworth	19:43.6	Traverse City St. Francis	118.1
12	Abbie Wiegers	19:44.1	North Muskegon	118.0
9	Grace Wonch	19:44.8	Lansing Catholic	117.7
10	Macy Fazekas	19:47.1	Jackson Lumen Christi	117.0
9	Isabelle Sliter	19:47.2	Fennville	116.9
11	Lola Bryce	19:48.8	Grandville Calvin Christian	116.4
11	Megan Woelkers	19:57.4	Flat Rock	113.5
12	Claire Neumann	19:57.6	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	113.5
12	Maddie Gallagher	19:58.6	Traverse City St. Francis	113.1
11	Hunter Shellenbarger	19:59.7	Elk Rapids	112.8
12	Sydney Fazekas	20:00.7	Jackson Lumen Christi	112.4
12	Eva Pray	20:05.6	Elk Rapids	110.8
12	Jaiden Dickman	20:07.4	St. Louis	110.2
12	Faith Swenor	20:07.9	Caro	110.0
9	Alli Gautsche	20:09.1	Union City	109.6
12	Melanie Werner	20:09.2	Pewamo-Westphalia	109.6
9	Jenna Keilen	20:14.3	Pewamo-Westphalia	107.9
11	Alaina Klooster	20:15.1	Kalamazoo Christian	107.6
9	Anna DeVries	20:16.2	GR Covenant Christian	107.3
10	Mattie Gagne	20:16.4	Midland Bullock Creek	107.2
12	Nidia Martinez	20:16.8	Fennville	107.1
9	Kayden Hinton	20:17.5	McBain	106.8
11	Emma Miller	20:18.3	Buchanan	106.6
11	Isabelle Eppert	20:18.8	Farwell	106.4
12	Jaida Schulte	20:19.0	Elk Rapids	106.3
12	Isabella Max	20:19.8	Kent City	106.1
9	Makinna Foglesong	20:19.8	Ithaca	106.1
12	Angel Miller	20:20.0	Parchment	106.0
11	Mary Masserant	20:20.1	Traverse City St. Francis	106.0
9	Pyper Braun	20:20.6	EPBP Laker	105.8
10	Quinn Hatfield	20:21.0	Remus Chippewa Hills	105.7
9	Maylan Sanders	20:21.4	Mason County Central	105.5
12	Tessa Wohlschlegel	20:21.8	Beaverton	105.4
12	Samantha Coots	20:22.5	Clinton	105.2
10	Anna Pray	20:22.9	Elk Rapids	105.0
12	Morgan Lowell	20:26.5	Watervliet	103.8
11	Lexie Beth Nienhuis	20:27.3	Hart	103.6
10	Hailey Creisher	20:27.4	Leslie	103.5
9	Libby Schuster	20:29.6	Ann Arbor Greenhills	102.8
11	Emily Rathka	20:30.5	Laingsburg	102.5
9	Lydia Minderhoud	20:31.0	GR Covenant Christian	102.3
10	Anna Poppema	20:31.2	Bath	102.3
11	Layla Lopez	20:31.9	Jackson Lumen Christi	102.0
10	Sarah Trojanowski	20:32.2	Traverse City St. Francis	101.9
11	Clara Fast	20:32.6	Bridgman	101.8
9	Lydia Soelberg	20:34.2	Shelby	101.3
9	Natalie Rosema	20:34.7	Hart	101.1
12	Sophia Reynolds	20:38.0	Hanover-Horton	100.0
10	Kerttu Juvonen	20:38.6	Remus Chippewa Hills	99.8
12	Emily Anger	20:38.9	Mancelona	99.7
12	Samantha LaFountain	20:39.2	Monroe St. Mary CC	99.6
12	Anika Bery	20:40.8	Ann Arbor Greenhills	99.1
9	Reagan Lees	20:41.2	Wixom St. Catherine	98.9
10	Kandin Shuler	20:43.9	Bridgman	98.0
9	Marnath Tuol	20:44.2	Grandville Calvin Christian	97.9
12	June Miller	20:45.7	Blissfield	97.4
10	Clarissa Baese	20:49.1	Ovid-Elsie	96.3
12	Rachael Walch	20:50.1	Caro	96.0
10	Abbie Schneider	20:51.5	Pewamo-Westphalia	95.5
10	Delaney Little	20:52.1	Boyne City	95.3
11	Grace Bullock	20:53.3	Grass Lake	94.9
11	Madeline Young	20:53.9	Buchanan	94.7
10	Alaina Nagel	20:57.0	Buchanan	93.7
9	Emily Dunphy	20:58.6	Traverse City St. Francis	93.1
9	Kendyl Musielewicz	21:00.0	Quincy	92.7
9	Andrea Rolston	21:01.5	Stanton Central Montcalm	92.2
9	Nico Triebold	21:02.8	Grayling	91.7
11	Erin Lubahn	21:03.2	Leslie	91.6
11	Clara Smoes	21:03.5	Reed City	91.5
11	Hannah Geaney	21:04.1	Wyoming Potter’s House	91.3
11	Jayla Bright	21:04.4	Hudson	91.2
10	Lilly Rooks	21:04.6	Pewamo-Westphalia	91.1
10	Samantha Giles	21:05.0	Fennville	91.0
12	Olivea Gessner	21:05.2	Olivet	90.9
10	Aubrey Zarnke	21:06.3	EPBP Laker	90.6
10	Raegan Brosamer	21:07.3	Onsted	90.2
11	Ariana Pillot	21:08.7	Schoolcraft	89.8
11	Abby Dice	21:09.0	St. Louis	89.7
9	Olivia Hooper	21:09.6	EPBP Laker	89.5
9	Brynlee Swihart	21:10.3	Hanover-Horton	89.2
11	Allie England	21:14.2	Onsted	87.9
11	Jaidyn Smith	21:15.5	Leslie	87.5
11	Chelsi Eisenga	21:15.9	McBain	87.4
12	Alexa Long	21:16.5	Caro	87.2
11	Lilly Hopkins	21:17.2	Hart	86.9
12	Margot Hagerty	21:18.5	Traverse City St. Francis	86.5
10	Julia Hughes	21:20.2	Ida	85.9
10	Izabelle LaLone	21:21.3	Ithaca	85.6
12	Merissa Mendoza	21:22.1	Fennville	85.3
9	Avery Miller	21:23.3	Lansing Catholic	84.9
11	Kaitlin Ludwig	21:23.9	Lansing Catholic	84.7
10	Hailey Sills	21:24.0	Blissfield	84.7
12	Lauren Jousma	21:24.1	Grandville Calvin Christian	84.6
11	Lauren Pretty	21:24.6	Hart	84.5
11	Kerith Short	21:24.9	University Liggett	84.4
12	Laiyla Pray	21:27.2	Ithaca	83.6
12	Ella Peck	21:29.0	Elk Rapids	83.0
9	Lauren Leis	21:30.0	Clare	82.7
12	Jenna VanDussen	21:30.4	Schoolcraft	82.5
11	Piper White	21:30.6	Ovid-Elsie	82.5
12	Jalynn Schmelter	21:31.2	Leslie	82.3
12	Kendall Zaliwski	21:32.4	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	81.9
11	Thia Tello	21:33.6	Jackson Lumen Christi	81.5
10	Kenai Kokx	21:34.8	Hart	81.1
11	Augusta Bowman	21:35.0	Remus Chippewa Hills	81.0
11	Harriet Kidder	21:35.2	Hart	80.9
12	Isabell Helman	21:36.4	Pewamo-Westphalia	80.5
11	Claire Lisker	21:36.7	Monroe St. Mary CC	80.4
11	Ava Iverson	21:36.9	Benzie Central	80.4
10	Hazel Burley	21:37.7	Laingsburg	80.1
10	Laura Spyker	21:38.4	Standish Sterling	79.9
11	Bailey Meiring	21:39.1	Erie Mason	79.6
11	Melanie Warren	21:40.9	Bridgman	79.0
9	Lilly Mann	21:44.3	St. Louis	77.9
9	Mia Papendick	21:45.0	Leslie	77.7
10	Emma Dawe	21:46.1	Ithaca	77.3
12	Lindsay Minderhoud	21:46.2	GR Covenant Christian	77.3
12	Abby Rice	21:46.3	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	77.2
12	Natalie Lemert	21:47.0	St. Louis	77.0
12	Ayla DeLaurier	21:48.9	Almont	76.4
12	Julianna Debozy-Crawford	21:49.6	Hanover-Horton	76.1
12	Reece Clark	21:50.8	Remus Chippewa Hills	75.7
10	Adyson Baker	21:51.7	Buchanan	75.4
11	Evelyn Logghe	21:52.3	Laingsburg	75.2
12	Katie Rohrer	21:53.1	Charlevoix	75.0
12	Cammie Erickson	21:53.3	Montague	74.9
11	Hayden Whitmore	21:53.9	Ithaca	74.7
10	Jasmine Walker	21:54.6	Algonac	74.5
9	Elizabeth Letherer	21:55.1	Clare	74.3
12	Eleanor Young	21:57.1	Buchanan	73.6
9	Emily Satkowiak	21:57.3	Stockbridge	73.6
10	Althea Gaylord	21:59.5	Benzie Central	72.8
10	Makynna Williams	22:02.2	Buchanan	71.9
11	Christina Mendoza	22:04.0	Fennville	71.3
9	Juleigh Husby	22:05.2	Monroe St. Mary CC	70.9
10	Amber Kuiper	22:05.3	GR Covenant Christian	70.9
12	Lily Mason	22:05.8	Hanover-Horton	70.7
11	Addison Rusz	22:06.0	Laingsburg	70.7
10	Joelle Swanson	22:06.6	Elk Rapids	70.5
11	Maddie Szlachta	22:07.0	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	70.3
11	Sarah King	22:08.8	Clinton	69.7
12	Erika Bylsma	22:09.5	GR Covenant Christian	69.5
10	JayLee Chapman	22:11.3	Stockbridge	68.9
10	Leona Knudsen	22:12.9	Monroe St. Mary CC	68.4
12	Lovelyn Ketepa	22:14.4	Clawson	67.9
9	Kaleea Braun	22:15.9	Blissfield	67.4
11	Lauren McLain	22:16.1	Napoleon	67.3
12	Haylee Livermore	22:16.3	Remus Chippewa Hills	67.2
11	Emily Howell	22:16.6	Bridgman	67.1
10	Halle Hoyt	22:17.8	St. Louis	66.7
11	Mia Sanchez	22:17.9	Jackson Lumen Christi	66.7
11	Zoey Sierer	22:18.8	Clinton	66.4
9	Izabel Raglow	22:19.2	Onsted	66.3
11	Pierce Pibbles	22:19.5	Hudson	66.2
10	Braelyn Bunting	22:19.7	Stanton Central Montcalm	66.1
12	Sara Dammann	22:22.5	New Lothrop	65.2
11	Alisha Esquivel	22:23.9	Kent City	64.7
12	Alexandra Ream	22:27.4	Leslie	63.5
11	Jordyn Taylor	22:27.6	Onsted	63.5
11	Taylor Seibt	22:28.3	Clare	63.2
9	Brooke Schlutt	22:29.0	Buchanan	63.0
12	Anna Vincent	22:29.2	Clinton	62.9
12	Kaia Spiess	22:30.5	Ovid-Elsie	62.5
11	Ruth Jurden	22:31.9	Stanton Central Montcalm	62.0
10	Aurelia Bennett	22:32.3	Clinton	61.9
12	Alyssa VanDussen	22:35.8	Schoolcraft	60.7
10	Lydia Howard	22:35.9	Kent City	60.7
11	Catherine Taft	22:36.7	Clare	60.4
12	Bailey Seibt	22:37.2	Clare	60.3
9	Hadley Camp	22:38.8	Lawton	59.7
10	Lexi Wegner	22:39.8	Caro	59.4
9	Samantha Gutzman	22:40.9	Laingsburg	59.0
12	Cambrie Lawrence	22:43.3	Benzie Central	58.2
10	Laila Evola	22:44.8	Almont	57.7
10	Madison Phillips	22:45.2	Laingsburg	57.6
9	Makya Isham	22:49.5	Leslie	56.2
9	Mallorie DenHartigh	22:56.2	Schoolcraft	53.9
10	Tessa Buday	22:56.9	Benzie Central	53.7
12	Macy Carlton	22:59.5	Monroe St. Mary CC	52.8
10	Stella Lipinski	23:00.3	Lansing Catholic	52.6
10	Cristina Wenderski	23:01.6	Wixom St. Catherine	52.1
10	Aeralyn Leonard	23:02.0	St. Louis	52.0
10	Elizabeth Burrell	23:04.3	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	51.2
10	Emma Grulke	23:05.8	Onsted	50.7
9	Isabella Yun	23:05.8	Lansing Catholic	50.7
9	Anna Hallett	23:08.9	Blissfield	49.7
11	Ava Schnell	23:15.2	Hanover-Horton	47.6
12	Savannah Drummelsmith	23:15.4	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	47.5
11	Addison Blodgett	23:19.9	Schoolcraft	46.0
12	Maureen Smith	23:20.6	Monroe St. Mary CC	45.8
11	Samantha Pavlak	23:23.1	Schoolcraft	45.0
12	Natalie Wyman	23:29.8	Fennville	42.7
12	Jill Kaspar	23:33.4	Bridgman	41.5
10	Natalie Benitez	23:34.3	Blissfield	41.2
9	Chloe Gemalsky	23:34.7	Onsted	41.1
11	Rita Luhring	23:36.9	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	40.4
10	Leah Storey	23:39.5	Remus Chippewa Hills	39.5
11	Hailey Kamphuis	23:40.8	Kent City	39.1
9	Kelsi Minikey	23:45.8	Stanton Central Montcalm	37.4
11	Payton Dennis	23:53.1	Benzie Central	35.0
10	Isabella Jerore	24:03.8	Caro	31.4
11	Grace MacDonald	24:15.0	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	27.7
11	Tuula Buckland	24:28.4	Bridgman	23.2
10	Kennedy Bugbee	24:43.8	Hanover-Horton	18.1
9	Annah Hess	24:48.7	St. Louis	16.4
9	Brooklinn Barcia	24:56.4	Clare	13.9

Adjustment: +22

Projections vs. Reality

Expectation was to correctly projected 26.78 All-State boys. Reality struck and the projections were spot on for 25 boys. Which means there were some major underdogs that stepped up!

Unexpected All-State

Nathan Vargo, Flat Rock

Projected 43^rd, 0.1% chance of All-State

Take a look at those odds! Throughout his junior year, Nathan had been in the 16’s on five separate occasions before the State Finals, though all five were above 16:50. His MIS experience was a bit quicker though, a significant time drop into the 16:20’s. That’s why we run these races.

Nathan Day, Saranac

Projected 37^th, 1.0% chance of All-State

Second consecutive All-State for this Saranac senior.

Bailey Wiggins, Midland Bullock Creek

Projected 53^rd, 1.9% chance of All-State

Eighteen races through his freshman and sophomore years, all above 20:00. Bailey then transformed into a mid-17 kid to close his junior year, an ending that set the stage for similar heroics as a senior. First, leading his Bullock Creek crew to the State Finals, then busting through to a 16:27 to end his career in the black n’ gold.

Alex Czeiszperger, Hudson

Projected 51^st, 0.5% chance of All-State

Began his career with an All-State as a freshman, ended it with another one a few weeks ago. His 16:27 was his best time of the year, a good 15+ seconds quicker than his effort at the typically quick Stockbridge course.

Isaac Edgington, Holland Black River

Projected 32^nd, 31.7% chance of All-State

As a freshman, every one of his five races were above 21:00. Isaac progressed into a 17-min kid as a sophomore, then solidly into the 16’s in the final months of his cross season.

All-State History

Collin Farmer

Either on the track or on the grass, Jazwinski, Lenn, Harrand, the three winners written about prior, had all experienced a State Title at one point prior to November 4^th. With Hunter Jones’ dominance from 2019 to 2023, four straight cross titles and the rarely accomplished distance triple on the track, competition was open coming into the year.

Collin Farmer was definitely one of the experienced seniors in contention. Despite missing his freshman season of cross country, Farmer had racked up 9 All-States in 5 seasons of cross and track. He’d performed at MIS, grabbing 15^th place in Division 3 as a sophomore and 26^th as a junior. Come June on the track, he did his thing as well, doubling and medaling in both the 1600m and 3200m this past year and placing 6^th in the 1600m as a sophomore.

After victories at both Yellowjacket and Marauder, Collin took to Sparta in mid-September to flash his capabilities. His 15:43 there was another victory, his highest rating of his career, and a precursor for the season to come. Following Sparta, Farmer and his Pirates took a bit of a break from major competition and the break was of great benefit. At Shepherd and Portage, Collin exceled amongst the best D3 competition in the state. His 15:29 at Shepherd was another substantial personal best, his 15:40 at Portage was yet another victory. Despite not holding the best time in the division, Collin had established himself as a solid candidate to win in November.

And come championship season and into November, that’s all he really did. Greater Lansing, the CMAC, and Region 24 – all wins. The Greater Lansing one was the first of his career. After a loss as a sophomore, he came back to win his Region as a senior. All of this set up for the State Finals, where the senior wonderfully handled the pressure. 5:01, 5:04, 5:01, 33. Almost as even as you can ask for, leading at the mile, in 2^nd at two, then running the 2^nd fastest (behind Gus Rohde’s scorching finish) final 1800m to ensure a victory. A great cap to a career of ups, downs, and a multitude of successes.

Movin’ Up

Clinton’s Gabe Manchester cruised through the mile in 5:33, then ripped past 96 individuals towards his 61^st place finish. He passed the most individuals in the final 2.1 miles and also in the final 1.1 miles.

Down the homestretch, three boys were able to pass eight others in the final 173m:

Two Covenant Christian boys – Caleb Drnek and Luke Dykstra
And another West Sider, Caleb Swiney from The Potter’s House

Perfectly Paced

A freshman wins the honor of pacing the greatest. Bath’s River Fox crossed the line in 16:58.7, just under 5:28 per mile. His one mile split? 5:27.5. His two mile split? 5:26.9. Third mile? 5:26.3. Immaculate stuff.

A few other names on the even split list, some unsurprising:

Pewamo-Westphalia’s Collin Farmer
Flat Rock’s Nathan Vargo
Clinton’s Lucas Goodman
Pigeon-Laker’s Cade Truemner

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Collin Farmer	15:39.1	Pewamo-Westphalia	199.6
11	August Rohde	15:51.9	Reed City	195.4
9	Robert Jazwinski III	15:54.0	Hart	194.7
12	Brad White	15:55.5	Clare	194.2
12	Samuel Martini	15:56.6	Kent City	193.8
11	Mitchell Hiatt	15:58.1	Onsted	193.3
12	Jaden Barnes	16:00.9	Bloomingdale	192.4
10	Gage Hoffman	16:01.4	Stanton Central Montcalm	192.2
11	Theodore Davis	16:01.4	Dansville	192.2
11	Landon Pestrue	16:01.7	St. Louis	192.1
12	Boden Genovese	16:02.2	Coloma	191.9
11	Leo Swager	16:03.3	Traverse City St. Francis	191.6
12	Jackson Rodriguez	16:04.4	Wyoming Potter’s House	191.2
12	Ben March	16:05.1	St. Louis	191.0
12	Anthony Kiaunis	16:09.1	Reed City	189.6
10	Landen Styka	16:10.7	Ithaca	189.1
9	Graeson Decker	16:11.7	GR Covenant Christian	188.8
10	Jacob Stanislawski	16:12.2	Flat Rock	188.6
11	Levi Kamps	16:23.0	GR Covenant Christian	185.0
11	Nathan Vargo	16:23.8	Flat Rock	184.7
11	Tyler Heal	16:25.4	Sanford-Meridian	184.2
12	Nathan Day	16:25.5	Saranac	184.2
12	Lucas Hopkins	16:25.8	Olivet	184.1
11	Daniel Mandujano	16:25.9	Watervliet	184.0
12	Graham Coston	16:26.0	Stanton Central Montcalm	184.0
12	Gavin Guggemos	16:26.6	Kalkaska	183.8
12	Bailey Wiggins	16:27.8	Midland Bullock Creek	183.4
12	Alex Czeiszperger	16:27.9	Hudson	183.4
12	Ryan Allen	16:28.3	Reed City	183.2
11	Isaac Edgington	16:29.1	Holland Black River	183.0
11	Miingen Bertrand	16:29.3	Ithaca	182.9
12	Nolan Grant	16:30.4	Hillsdale	182.5
11	Owen Read	16:30.8	Traverse City St. Francis	182.4
10	Sylus Wilson	16:32.9	Stanton Central Montcalm	181.7
11	Lewis Walter	16:33.9	Traverse City St. Francis	181.4
11	Austin Sulier	16:34.3	Erie Mason	181.2
12	Tucker Krumm	16:41.8	Traverse City St. Francis	178.7
10	Noah Devereaux	16:43.4	Laingsburg	178.2
11	Isaiah Dinverno	16:43.6	Jackson Lumen Christi	178.1
12	Gavin VanKampen	16:44.3	Jonesville	177.9
12	Gannon Shore	16:45.0	Jackson Lumen Christi	177.7
9	Hunter Eaton	16:45.3	Charlevoix	177.6
12	Keegan Masters	16:46.1	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	177.3
11	Riley Pattinson	16:46.7	Traverse City St. Francis	177.1
9	Caleb Blonde	16:47.2	Jonesville	176.9
12	Andrew Klaus	16:49.1	Clare	176.3
12	Evan Shepherd	16:49.3	Hanover-Horton	176.2
12	Conner Fountain	16:49.5	Olivet	176.2
12	Carter Holmes	16:49.8	Bath	176.1
10	Lucas Taraszkiewicz	16:50.1	Flat Rock	176.0
10	Ben Gautsche	16:50.4	Union City	175.9
10	Julian Walker	16:51.1	Algonac	175.6
12	Brodie Delamater	16:52.2	Grant	175.3
10	Robert Dykhouse	16:56.3	Manton	173.9
12	Kyler Pequet	16:56.6	Napoleon	173.8
11	Josh Slocum	16:57.7	Traverse City St. Francis	173.4
12	Lucas Goodman	16:58.5	Clinton	173.2
9	River Fox	16:58.7	Bath	173.1
11	Cade Truemner	16:59.3	EPBP Laker	172.9
11	Landen Boulis	17:00.9	Hanover-Horton	172.4
11	Gabe Manchester	17:02.9	Clinton	171.7
10	Nicholas Fowler	17:03.5	Jonesville	171.5
12	Nic Porter	17:03.8	Clare	171.4
9	Luke Herron	17:04.1	Caro	171.3
9	Wyatt Werner	17:04.3	Pewamo-Westphalia	171.2
9	Cooper Flick	17:04.6	Hanover-Horton	171.1
11	Robby Myler	17:06.6	Traverse City St. Francis	170.5
10	Alex Rodriguez	17:07.0	St. Louis	170.3
10	Hayden Shattuck	17:07.4	St. Louis	170.2
11	Allan George	17:07.9	Pewamo-Westphalia	170.0
12	Lincoln Cha	17:08.2	Ann Arbor Greenhills	169.9
11	Brayden Sweeney	17:08.5	Midland Bullock Creek	169.8
9	Cole Hillegonds	17:08.9	Clinton	169.7
12	Hunter Helminski	17:08.9	Saranac	169.7
12	Drew Moore	17:09.5	Grayling	169.5
10	Caiden Helsel	17:09.6	Lake City	169.5
11	Luke Dykstra	17:09.7	GR Covenant Christian	169.4
9	Jonas Ballard	17:09.9	Holland Black River	169.4
10	Jack Slotman	17:10.9	Hart	169.0
10	John Edler	17:11.0	Homer	169.0
10	Grant Johnson	17:11.9	Manchester	168.7
12	Isaac Clementshaw	17:12.9	Reed City	168.4
12	Camden Moore	17:13.2	Kalkaska	168.3
11	Colin Kuhn	17:13.4	St. Louis	168.2
12	Anthony Urbaniak	17:13.8	Charyl Stockwell Academy	168.1
11	Jacob Moore	17:14.4	Caro	167.9
12	Andrew Koenigsknecht	17:15.0	Bath	167.7
12	Branden Stock	17:15.6	Kingsley	167.5
12	Grant Koole	17:17.2	GR Covenant Christian	166.9
12	Owen Brown	17:17.3	Hanover-Horton	166.9
10	Tyler Leach	17:17.5	Otisville LakeVille	166.8
12	Jack O’Donnell	17:17.6	Manistee	166.8
12	Simon VanderVlucht	17:17.7	Monroe St. Mary CC	166.8
12	David Fowler	17:18.3	Jonesville	166.6
11	Dante Pillot	17:18.8	Schoolcraft	166.4
11	Clay Powell	17:19.3	Ovid-Elsie	166.2
9	Connor Schmidt	17:19.4	Clare	166.2
12	Caleb Drnek	17:20.1	GR Covenant Christian	166.0
11	Coy Weinberg	17:20.7	Buchanan	165.8
11	Robbie King	17:20.8	Constantine	165.7
10	Liam McBeth	17:21.6	Buchanan	165.5
10	Trenton Fetter	17:21.6	Adrian Madison	165.5
10	Lucas Gates	17:22.2	Lansing Catholic	165.3
11	Ian Waddell	17:22.5	Blissfield	165.2
11	Luke Skidmore	17:23.1	Bath	165.0
11	Brent DeSaegher	17:23.3	Ithaca	164.9
12	Tyler Vanderzanden	17:25.4	Hart	164.2
12	Ezra Hagedorn	17:25.9	Wyoming Potter’s House	164.0
10	Gibson Shore	17:26.8	Jackson Lumen Christi	163.7
9	John Kowatch	17:28.3	Pewamo-Westphalia	163.2
11	Tyler N. Kooienga	17:28.9	GR Covenant Christian	163.0
9	Evan Olson	17:29.6	EPBP Laker	162.8
9	Silas Daniels	17:30.0	Sand Creek	162.7
9	Avery Morrow	17:30.2	Jackson Lumen Christi	162.6
10	Qwynn Darnell	17:31.2	Elk Rapids	162.3
11	Max Stitt	17:31.3	Hart	162.2
9	Ryder Hopkins	17:31.7	Charlevoix	162.1
9	Aiden Schaner	17:32.1	Hart	162.0
12	Britain Philip	17:33.2	Buchanan	161.6
11	Andrew Mabry	17:33.3	Bridgman	161.6
11	Michael Darlington	17:34.0	University Liggett	161.3
11	Sam Muirhead	17:34.1	Pewamo-Westphalia	161.3
10	Max Foldvary	17:34.4	Monroe St. Mary CC	161.2
10	Matthew Solomon	17:35.1	Charlevoix	161.0
12	Evan Atkinson-Miller	17:35.8	North Muskegon	160.7
10	Jack Sherwood	17:36.3	Buchanan	160.6
10	Jacob Veurink	17:36.9	Charlevoix	160.4
11	Parker Campbell	17:39.2	Erie Mason	159.6
9	Cooper Tiffany	17:40.0	Lakeview	159.3
12	Elliot Noyes	17:40.4	Sanford-Meridian	159.2
10	Henry Beck	17:40.6	Ann Arbor Greenhills	159.1
9	Cooper Schmelter	17:41.5	Leslie	158.8
12	Connor Lubbers	17:42.6	GR Covenant Christian	158.5
10	Alessandro Avila	17:42.7	Constantine	158.4
10	Jacob Mankey	17:43.1	Ithaca	158.3
12	Scott Slocum	17:43.5	LeRoy Pine River	158.2
10	Brody Swanson	17:44.0	LeRoy Pine River	158.0
11	Avery Guikema	17:44.7	Hart	157.8
12	Lucan Louwsma	17:44.9	Benzie Central	157.7
9	Matthew Killeen	17:45.8	Leslie	157.4
9	William Gancer	17:45.8	Stockbridge	157.4
12	Trevor Dornbos	17:46.2	Grandville Calvin Christian	157.3
10	Zach Hassenzahl	17:46.9	Hanover-Horton	157.0
10	Kyler Fertig	17:47.3	Stanton Central Montcalm	156.9
10	Jayden Fox	17:49.3	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	156.2
9	Isaac Dionne	17:50.2	Boyne City	155.9
10	Jacob Kuntz	17:50.2	Buchanan	155.9
11	Eric Ramsey	17:50.3	Clinton	155.9
12	Jacob Norman	17:50.9	Jonesville	155.7
10	Thad Whitmore	17:51.9	Ithaca	155.4
12	Tyler Vining	17:53.1	Morley-Stanwood	155.0
11	Reed Osterink	17:55.1	Wyoming Potter’s House	154.3
11	Tristan Demlow	17:55.4	Grayling	154.2
12	Levi Benson	17:56.1	Holland Black River	154.0
10	Owen Beindit	17:56.1	Algonac	154.0
10	Evan Rolston	17:56.4	Stanton Central Montcalm	153.9
10	Isaac Johnson	17:58.1	Holland Black River	153.3
12	Gavin Kelso	17:59.6	LeRoy Pine River	152.8
11	Jose Domecq	18:00.1	Leslie	152.6
10	Neiko Ketchum	18:00.2	Clare	152.6
9	Charlie George	18:00.3	Pewamo-Westphalia	152.6
11	Mason Stranahan	18:00.7	Ann Arbor Greenhills	152.4
9	Collin Fucile	18:09.4	Jonesville	149.5
9	Téo Krumm	18:10.2	Lansing Catholic	149.3
10	Edward Mugisha	18:10.2	Wyoming Potter’s House	149.3
11	Owen Stimer	18:10.4	Holland Black River	149.2
12	Tanner Soelberg	18:11.0	Shelby	149.0
9	Brady Whitford	18:11.1	Ithaca	149.0
11	Tyler Caruso	18:11.5	Bangor	148.8
11	Caidan Gaskill	18:11.6	Clare	148.8
11	David Dhaseleer	18:11.7	Charlevoix	148.8
9	Nathan Lenington	18:14.2	LeRoy Pine River	147.9
10	Nico Aagesen	18:14.7	Ann Arbor Greenhills	147.8
9	Caleb Swiney	18:15.2	Wyoming Potter’s House	147.6
12	Ethan Wright	18:15.2	Stockbridge	147.6
9	Christian Villa-Bilton	18:15.6	Clare	147.5
9	Cullen Decker	18:15.7	Union City	147.4
9	Kenneth Mangles	18:16.9	Leslie	147.0
9	Marshall Brandt	18:17.1	Midland Bullock Creek	147.0
12	Marc Woods	18:17.2	Midland Bullock Creek	146.9
12	Noah Finton	18:17.7	Wyoming Potter’s House	146.8
10	Evan Schaefer	18:18.1	Olivet	146.6
10	Blaise Demko	18:18.5	Lansing Catholic	146.5
10	Aaron Allen	18:19.3	Reed City	146.2
11	Zachery Childress	18:19.5	Jonesville	146.2
11	Lieu Vincke	18:19.8	New Lothrop	146.1
10	Grason Weber	18:20.6	Leslie	145.8
9	Finn Korte	18:20.7	Lansing Catholic	145.8
9	Nolan Mitchell	18:25.1	Pewamo-Westphalia	144.3
9	Rocky Bolton	18:25.2	Jackson Lumen Christi	144.3
9	John Keser	18:26.2	Buchanan	143.9
9	Everett Beach	18:26.4	Lansing Catholic	143.9
9	Landen Gessner	18:28.8	Olivet	143.1
9	Chad Tyson	18:29.4	Hanover-Horton	142.9
12	Daniel Dryer	18:30.0	Olivet	142.7
11	Adam Brodie	18:30.6	Flat Rock	142.5
11	Ethan Schaner	18:30.7	Hart	142.4
9	Brady Dozier	18:31.4	Reed City	142.2
10	Max McDowell	18:31.6	Olivet	142.1
9	Evan MacLaren	18:31.7	Ithaca	142.1
11	Kyan Isham	18:37.7	Leslie	140.1
10	Royal Seale	18:41.4	Ann Arbor Greenhills	138.9
10	Duane Davis	18:43.0	Midland Bullock Creek	138.3
12	Nicholas Dropiewski	18:43.2	Flat Rock	138.3
11	Cohen Burdick	18:44.3	Union City	137.9
12	Maddox Miller	18:45.0	Union City	137.7
9	Aubin Allee	18:45.5	LeRoy Pine River	137.5
10	Joshua Miller	18:45.7	Ovid-Elsie	137.4
9	Colton Grzyb	18:45.9	Almont	137.4
9	Hayden Selesky	18:46.0	Lansing Catholic	137.3
12	Adam Williams	18:48.5	Kalkaska	136.5
9	Ayden Mayr	18:48.6	Dansville	136.5
10	Isaac Struck-VanderHaak	18:49.4	Wyoming Potter’s House	136.2
9	Noah June	18:50.8	Union City	135.7
10	Madden Starkweather	18:51.7	Bath	135.4
11	Everett Dysinger	18:55.3	Dansville	134.2
12	Logan Hile	18:56.1	Leslie	134.0
12	Reed Patrick	18:56.9	Clinton	133.7
9	Connor Czolgosz	18:57.2	Midland Bullock Creek	133.6
10	Hayden Richey	18:59.0	Lansing Catholic	133.0
10	Brody Urbaniak	19:01.0	Charyl Stockwell Academy	132.3
11	Hudson Inman	19:01.8	Burton-Bendle	132.1
9	Naveen Kulkarni	19:05.2	Ann Arbor Greenhills	130.9
9	Jaxon Hemgesberg	19:08.7	Chesaning	129.8
11	Malachi Payne	19:09.1	Union City	129.6
12	Josiah Curry	19:12.0	Stanton Central Montcalm	128.7
11	Ethan Root	19:13.8	Dansville	128.1
9	Ronan Stelzer	19:23.0	Clinton	125.0
12	Peyton Scott	19:33.6	Charlevoix	121.5
12	Landon Jordon	19:33.9	Hanover-Horton	121.4
11	Colin Moran	19:38.2	Jackson Lumen Christi	119.9
9	Austin Strand	19:40.9	Clinton	119.0
11	Paul DeVito	19:49.8	Olivet	116.1
9	Sebastian Zylstra	19:50.1	Holland Black River	116.0
11	Bodie Bryans	19:51.0	Buchanan	115.7
12	Gavin Vidito	19:53.7	Dansville	114.8
10	Logan Hetherington	19:55.0	Jackson Lumen Christi	114.3
10	Paul Saladin	19:55.4	Reed City	114.2
9	Miles Divozzo	19:55.8	Holland Black River	114.1
12	Calvin vanHartesvelt	19:57.2	Dansville	113.6
10	Calvin Haydamacker	20:00.6	Flat Rock	112.5
10	Kolby Sattler	20:00.7	Stanton Central Montcalm	112.4
10	Owen Wemple	20:04.2	LeRoy Pine River	111.3
11	Aidan Taylor	20:08.9	Union City	109.7
10	Evan Hagerman	20:09.5	Bath	109.5
9	Gavin Yarnell	20:17.9	St. Louis	106.7
11	Bram Derksen	20:24.7	Bath	104.4
10	Jacob Erskin	20:29.8	St. Louis	102.7
12	Trevor Bonar	20:30.3	Charlevoix	102.6
10	Ethan Baker	20:48.7	LeRoy Pine River	96.4
9	Alec Hernandez	20:57.1	Flat Rock	93.6
12	Nate Gajar	20:59.6	Ann Arbor Greenhills	92.8
10	Riley Graf	21:03.1	Dansville	91.6