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There may not be many meets from this mid-September weekend, but the ones that exist are huge and begin to tell the tale of the season. There’s been some movement in terms of the rankings, and if you pay attention to the hypothetical scores, you’ll see movement there even if a team’s ranking is the same.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Ann Arbor Pioneer

Week Three: “I should know better. Each year, it’s a question along the lines of “who will replace Emily/Cookie/Sarah/Dudek/Anne” and each year, it’s an answer with someone new. Lydia Bowman is a girl that’s stepped into a prominent role, running in the mid-18’s and grabbing top-5 finishes at Benzie and John Bruder. Lydia, along with her Pioneer teammates will be racing Friday in Spartan Elite, going against a strong field with the likes of Brighton, Northville, and Holland West Ottawa.”

The Pioneer traveling roadshow took its talents to East Lansing last week, rocking another dominating victory. Natalie Mello continued her silent, solid, and consistent start to the year, notching her third consecutive sub-19 with a 18:56, 10^th place finish.

Romeo

Week Three: “Missing a few pieces of what they hope to bring forth in the late season but that hasn’t stopped the Bulldogs from racking up wins at Lamplighter, Averill and in the MAC Red.”

Sickness ravaging through northern Macomb County, the Bulldogs were missing three of their top seven at Holly. They still pulled through, thanks to Olivia Purdy holding it down in the 4 spot and Maya Muskan stepping in as their 5.

Brighton

Week Three: “The KLAA can be a brutal conference. Coming off a highly competitive Averill Invite then rolling right into a tri containing a top-5 Northville team. The Bulldogs survived with a victory and now head to Spartan on Friday.”

The Bulldogs took the momentum from the weekday win and used it to dispel many top-10 squads at Spartan. They’ve been very steady this year, with hardly any girls blowing up in big races. There will be plenty of big races to come and I think they’ve solidified that they have an excellent shot of contending for a podium spot.

Northville

You may have noticed these Mustangs punching high above their preseason rankings. There may be a number of factors, but one small one could be the frontrunning of Cassie Garcia. At Lamplighter, she assisted Molly Kate Coates before blasting the final mile. At Spartan, she took that patience and unleashed a lifetime best.

Grand Haven

Addy Smith has begun to show the promise she held during track (2:19/5:22), running a personal best of 19:08 at the latest OK Red Jamboree. That low-19 effort was almost a minute faster than her OK Red opener from her sophomore year.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	122	1
2	Romeo	9	199	2
3	Brighton	4	269	3
4	Northville	6	336	4
5	Grand Haven	1	419	5
6	Forest Hills Central	3	438	8
7	Traverse City West	2	443	10
8	Holland West Ottawa	1	446	6
9	Saline	5	457	7
10	Oxford	8	469	9
11	Okemos	2	473	11
12	Rockford	1	586	14
13	Jenison	1	637	12
14	Traverse City Central	2	663	16
15	Davison	4	719	17
16	Utica	8	733	18
17	Macomb Dakota	9	759	23
18	Grosse Pointe South	9	761	21
19	Fraser	9	777	20
20	Rochester	8	804	26
21	Dexter	4	809	22
22	Walled Lake Northern	7	820	13
23	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	9	828	25
24	Livonia Franklin	6	869	24
25	Zeeland West	1	870	30
26	Portage Central	3	871	15
27	H.H. Dow	2	900	27

Northville

Week Three: “Have met the challenges of all competitors thus far, taking home titles at Lamplighter and Bath. But the toughest test might’ve been yesterday’s tri against Brighton and Canton, where the Mustangs eked out wins against two top-10 squads.”

I lied. The toughest test was at Spartan, where a tie with Brighton invoked their 6^th runners, to which the Bulldogs prevailed. But it’s early and you have a kid such as Ishaan Kundapur evolving from his 18-flat openers to mid-16’s at Forest Akers.

Brighton

Week Three: “That tri against Northville was intriguing in the sense that the path toward a state title becomes perfectly clear. Can the Bulldogs establish enough of a gap between their 3rd-5th runners and Northville’s to counteract the margin between each of their top two’s. Speaking of those top two’s, Luke Campbell is in the middle of a breakout senior year. Has hovered around 16-flat at Cass Benton when he was typically in the 17’s there last year.”

Through two runners, Northville scored 14 to Brighton’s 30. For their 3^rd through 5^th, Brighton scored 63 to Northville’s 79. There are many paths to victory in cross country and one of the more common ones is through quality depth, especially in larger fields. This is where the race could be won in weeks to come.

Grand Haven

Week Three: “At a Bredeweg Invite chock full of the West Coast’s best D1/D2 teams, the Bucs attained a fairly clear victory. Of course, Seth Norder did what he had to do in order to win, but it’s the improvement and addition of a few parts that gives the GH team their strength. Plenty of experience and a new addition, Luka Hammond, navigating the mid-16 waters as a true freshman.”

Competing against the West Side’s best in the first OK Red Jamboree, the Bucs placed 4 in the top-8, 5 in the top-10, and cruised to a 17 point victory.

Oxford

Proved their worth at the weekend invites. After finishing third in the first OAA Red Jamboree, the Wildcats turned around and vanquished Metro Detroit’s best D1 teams at Holly. Lucas Ames had one of the more clutch races, coming in as their 4^th boy in his first sub-17 ever.

Canton

The Green division may not be Spartan Elite, but you have a field full of D1 teams that love cross country – willing to travel from all over to compete on a Friday. The Chiefs scored 31 points in that field, smashing the top-20 and sub-17 with all 7 of their varsity runners.

Rank	Real Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Northville	6	160	1
2	Brighton	4	235	2
3	Grand Haven	1	329	3
4	Oxford	8	366	4
5	Canton	6	380	6
6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	440	5
7	Kalamazoo Central	3	447	10
8	White Lake Lakeland	7	474	11
9	Romeo	9	483	8
10	Forest Hills Central	3	512	17
11	Clarkston	8	537	12
12	Livonia Churchill	6	570	13
13	Macomb Dakota	9	601	9
14	Walled Lake Northern	7	622	7
15	Jenison	1	647	15
16	Plymouth	6	675	31
17	Troy	8	702	22
18	Saline	5	733	18
19	Utica	8	735	16
20	Bay City Western	2	755	24
21	Portage Central	3	778	26
22	Traverse City Central	2	779	14
23	Zeeland West	1	784	19
24	East Kentwood	3	825	21
25	Howell	4	866	25
26	Lake Orion	8	891	20
27	Rockford	1	898	27

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Rachel Forsyth

Week Three: “For the ratings, I really don’t pay attention to jamborees. Purely as a fan of the sport, check out her 16:44 at Bedford. Judging by the times, the course ran fair and even in one of the tougher leagues in the state, she gapped the field by two minutes.”

The dominance continued. Another considerable gap, this time by 45 seconds. Sub-17 on a Spartan course that for its lack of hills, never seems to run fast.

Selma Anderson

Week Three: “At MITCA last year, popped into the 17’s for the first time ever and this fall, she’s back for more. 17:52 in her debut at Under the Lights was more than 1.5 minutes faster than her 2022 debut.”

At a quick glance (and by my count – probably wrong), Selma had run at Riverside seven times prior to Saturday. None of those seven were sub-18, so girl had to make up for lost time and leave her mark on the course. 17:32 in the Session 2 race was good for a victory and massive personal best.

Victoria Garces

Week Three: “Continuing the momentum from the late seasons of cross and track. It’s been a win each time out and always by a considerable margin. She’s coming down to Holly on Saturday for her biggest test of the year.”

Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see her at Holly ☹.

Lucy Cook

Her Spartan Invite went much better than last year. An 18:10 was nearly a minute faster than the previous year. Rochester is taking the weekend off, we’ll see her return to action next week with an OAA White Jamboree and the Hansons Invitational.

Jayden Harberts

Getting back into the swing of things during her senior year. An 18:15 win at Willow was a season best.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	183.1	5
2	12	Selma Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	167.5	3
3	11	Victoria Garces	H.H. Dow	158.7	2
4	11	Lucy Cook	Rochester	154.8	8
5	12	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	153.6	9
6	11	Cassie Garcia	Northville	152.7	6
7	10	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	152.2	9
8	10	Emmerson Clor	Romeo	150.9	9
9	12	Ella Christensen	Northville	150.4	6
10	12	Katie Watkins	H.H. Dow	149.8	2
11	12	Morgan Brown	Livonia Churchill	149.1	6
12	12	Clara James-Heer	Forest Hills Central	148.5	3
13	12	Lydia Bowman	Ann Arbor Pioneer	148.1	5
14	11	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	146.5	1
15	12	Carrigan Eberly	Brighton	146.2	4
16	12	Natalie Mello	Ann Arbor Pioneer	146.1	5
17	12	Layla Krayem	Livonia Stevenson	145.5	6
18	12	Payton Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	145.0	5
19	11	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford	144.6	8
20	11	Violet Hrabovsky	Romeo	143.8	9
21	10	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	143.3	9
22	11	Grace Tykocki	Grand Blanc	142.8	4
23	11	Isabelle Becker	Bay City Western	142.1	2
24	12	Hannah DeRoeck	Lake Orion	141.3	8
25	12	Elaina (Laney) Alig	Saline	140.7	5
26	11	Ava Peters	Livonia Franklin	139.7	6
27	10	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	139.4	4
28	12	Ella Kirkwood	Traverse City Central	139.3	2
29	12	Alexis Ball	Traverse City Central	138.4	2
30	10	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	137.9	1
31	10	Addie Birkholz	Holland West Ottawa	137.1	1
32	10	Addison Herr	Bloomfield Hills	137.0	8
33	12	Allison Mayer	Ann Arbor Skyline	136.9	4
34	12	Shannon Gillahan	Okemos	136.9	2
35	12	Braydee Elling	Oxford	136.2	8
36	11	Annie Alkema	Kalamazoo Central	136.1	3
37	10	Audrey Hamilton	Troy	134.9	8
38	11	Alena Blumberg	Dexter	133.1	4
39	11	Lauren Walker	Holt	132.8	2
40	12	Mariah Belmont	Macomb Dakota	132.6	9
41	12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	Ann Arbor Pioneer	132.3	5
42	11	Chloe DeRidder	Grandville	132.2	1
43	11	Jordyn Klaasen	Zeeland West	132.1	1
44	12	Alisia Olteanu	Walled Lake Western	131.7	7
45	12	Paige McArdle	Davison	131.6	4
46	10	Ava Lawrence	East Kentwood	131.5	3
47	11	Grace Grupido	Fraser	131.3	9
48	9	Anyla Robinson	Detroit Cass Tech	131.3	5
49	9	Ava Goodman	Hartland	130.7	4
50	10	Abby Veit	Traverse City West	129.5	2

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Seth Norder

Pulling an audible here. The ratings and numbers say one thing, logic and reason says other. The rules and methods I use to determine these are meant to work for the vast majority of competitors, but not those who exert just enough effort to win. Seth has won when necessary and not gone to the well when unnecessary. His 15:24 in the Spartan Elite race was enough to outlast all the other Division 1 runners.

Thomas Westphal

Came in right behind Norder in 15:26. His attitude and racing style has been consistent throughout, whether it’s been leading at Shepherd in 4:40, hanging with Benne through 1200, or as it was on Friday, mixing it up with the lead pack and holding on with whatever he had left.

Brendan Herger

Week Three: “Just chillin’ in this early season. He’s been in the 15’s in each of his three races thus far, one of those at the perennially tough Cass Benton and the other a win at Bath.”

Brendan took a much more patient approach to Spartan, covering the final 1782 meters (1.1) in 5:21, making up 16-17 seconds on Westphal and Norder. In the end, it was damn close, but not enough. Regardless, he’s right there with those two, probably possessing the best pure speed as well.

Vincent Guaresimo

Week Three: “Two 2nd’s and a 3rd, but think of his early season in terms of comparison. 16:26 to 15:52 at Lamplighter and 16:44 to 16:13 at Averill.”

Might not be winning, but man he’s consistent. Three big efforts, all the equivalent of a ~15:30.

Ethan Powell

Definitely taking The Leap in his junior year. He’s already been in the 15’s on five occasions, getting there even in weekday tri meets. His 15:36 on the soft Forest Akers turf was a good 40 seconds faster than last year.

Vishvaa Ravishankar

A 15:41 at Holly may have not been a personal best, though it was easily his best performance of this young season.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Thomas Westphal	Anchor Bay	213.8	9
2	12	Brendan Herger	Northville	211.7	6
3	12	Vincent Guaresimo	Romeo	209.9	9
4	11	Ethan Powell	Northville	209.3	6
5	12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	Troy	209.3	8
6	10	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	208.8	7
7	12	Seth Norder	Grand Haven	208.7	1
8	12	Aiden Moore	Battle Creek Lakeview	207.9	3
9	12	Tyler Donovan	Fraser	207.7	9
10	12	Luke Suliman	Ann Arbor Skyline	207.6	4
11	11	Taye Levenson	Bloomfield Hills	206.8	8
12	12	Noah Selvaraj	Bay City Western	206.7	2
13	9	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	205.6	5
14	12	Ty Parker	Walled Lake Northern	205.2	7
15	11	Seth Conner	Jenison	205.0	1
16	12	Brandon Anderson	Dexter	204.9	4
17	12	Vincent Peterson Sand	Ann Arbor Pioneer	204.8	5
18	11	Kian Schneeweis	Troy	204.5	8
19	12	Sebastian Ramirez	Royal Oak	204.3	7
20	12	Iain Forrest	Davison	204.0	4
21	11	Alexander McArthur	Oxford	203.1	8
22	12	Pierce Grzymkowski	White Lake Lakeland	202.6	7
23	12	Eric Overdier	Ann Arbor Pioneer	202.5	5
24	9	Jack MacGregor	Howell	201.6	4
25	12	Tyler Langley	Brighton	201.2	4
26	12	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	201.0	3
27	12	Mitchell Clark	Canton	200.2	6
28	12	Connor Clor	Romeo	199.9	9
29	12	Luke Campbell	Brighton	199.9	4
30	11	Malcolm Speigle	Livonia Churchill	199.7	6
31	12	Liam Walters	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	199.4	3
32	12	Evan Rice	Walled Lake Northern	198.1	7
33	11	Evan Nickoles	East Kentwood	198.0	3
34	12	Truman Johnson	Saline	197.6	5
35	11	Mason Lucas	Jenison	196.7	1
36	10	Aiden Pengelly	Canton	196.6	6
37	12	Dylan Penberthy	L’Anse Creuse North	195.9	9
38	10	Harper Wesley	Utica	195.8	8
39	10	Benjamin Hartigan	Northville	195.4	6
40	10	John Blaskowski	Saginaw Heritage	195.4	2
41	12	Mason Jett	Ann Arbor Skyline	195.4	4
42	12	Bryce Nowik	Clarkston	195.2	8
43	11	Noah Schuette	Rockford	195.2	1
44	12	Ian Lewis	Livonia Churchill	195.0	6
45	11	James Cusick	Oxford	194.7	8
46	11	Tyler Brock	Brighton	194.5	4
47	12	Carter Fox	Macomb Dakota	194.5	9
48	11	Jonah Bills	Battle Creek Lakeview	194.5	3
49	12	Zack Truszkowski	Traverse City Central	194.0	2
50	11	Max Myrand	Oxford	193.6	8

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Girls

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	129.4
2	Brighton	4	120.8
3	Traverse City West	2	117.1
4	Romeo	9	115.8
5	Northville	6	111.5
6	Saline	5	108.8
7	Okemos	2	107.7
8	Forest Hills Central	3	106.3
9	Grand Haven	1	104.9
10	Oxford	8	103.0
11	Holland West Ottawa	1	99.0
12	Traverse City Central	2	98.2
13	Davison	4	97.7
14	Walled Lake Northern	7	96.3
15	Grosse Pointe South	9	96.3
16	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	9	96.0
17	Jenison	1	95.8
18	Rochester	8	95.5
19	Utica	8	95.3
20	Dexter	4	94.3
21	Macomb Dakota	9	92.5
22	Salem	6	92.0
23	Lake Orion	8	91.1
24	Zeeland West	1	90.9
25	Novi	7	90.3
26	Rockford	1	90.3
27	Byron Center	3	90.3
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Novi	7	0:28
2	Traverse City West	2	0:37
3	Canton	6	1:06
4	Grosse Pointe South	9	1:09
5	Birmingham Seaholm	7	1:09
6	Brighton	4	1:16
7	Lowell	3	1:17
8	Muskegon Mona Shores	1	1:17
9	Clarkston	8	1:18
10	Walled Lake Northern	7	1:21
11	Berkley	7	1:23
12	Royal Oak	7	1:24
13	Midland	2	1:25
14	Mt. Pleasant	2	1:26
15	Saginaw Heritage	2	1:27
16	Okemos	2	1:28
17	Dearborn Fordson	5	1:29
18	Rochester Adams	8	1:30
19	Lapeer	4	1:32
20	Jenison	1	1:32
21	Portage Central	3	1:34
22	Byron Center	3	1:35
23	Saline	5	1:36
24	Cedar Springs	1	1:37
25	Utica	8	1:38
26	Highland-Milford	7	1:39
27	Temperance Bedford	5	1:39
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Traverse City West	2	0:53
2	Brighton	4	1:27
3	Okemos	2	1:33
4	Birmingham Seaholm	7	1:36
5	Cedar Springs	1	1:44
6	Mt. Pleasant	2	1:44
7	Walled Lake Northern	7	1:46
8	Rockford	1	1:50
9	Canton	6	1:51
10	Saline	5	1:52
11	Royal Oak	7	1:53
12	Novi	7	1:56
13	Portage Central	3	2:00
14	Lapeer	4	2:04
15	Dexter	4	2:06
16	Northville	6	2:07
17	Hudsonville	1	2:10
18	Byron Center	3	2:11
19	Grosse Pointe North	9	2:16
20	Grand Haven	1	2:19
21	Utica	8	2:21
22	Temperance Bedford	5	2:21
23	Flushing	4	2:25
24	Grosse Pointe South	9	2:25
25	Salem	6	2:26
26	Clarkston	8	2:27
27	Rochester Adams	8	2:28
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	147.8
2	Romeo	9	138.4
3	Brighton	4	131.5
4	Northville	6	130.8
5	Grand Haven	1	124.4
6	Forest Hills Central	3	123.7
7	Holland West Ottawa	1	123.6
8	Oxford	8	122.8
9	Saline	5	121.5
10	Traverse City West	2	120.8
11	Okemos	2	120.4
12	Rockford	1	117.7
13	H.H. Dow	2	116.1
14	Traverse City Central	2	116.1
15	Macomb Dakota	9	115.5
16	Jenison	1	114.0
17	Rochester	8	112.2
18	Livonia Franklin	6	111.5
19	Utica	8	111.2
20	Davison	4	111.1
21	Fraser	9	110.4
22	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	9	109.4
23	Dexter	4	109.1
24	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	3	109.1
25	Grosse Pointe South	9	108.9
26	Lake Orion	8	107.2
27	Walled Lake Northern	7	107.2
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	141.4
2	Brighton	4	127.6
3	Northville	6	125.0
4	Romeo	9	123.2
5	Traverse City West	2	118.6
6	Grand Haven	1	117.6
7	Saline	5	116.8
8	Okemos	2	116.2
9	Forest Hills Central	3	114.7
10	Oxford	8	113.5
11	Holland West Ottawa	1	113.1
12	Rockford	1	109.6
13	Macomb Dakota	9	108.4
14	Traverse City Central	2	107.0
15	Dexter	4	104.1
16	Utica	8	103.3
17	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	9	102.7
18	Walled Lake Northern	7	102.5
19	Jenison	1	102.1
20	Lake Orion	8	102.0
21	Davison	4	101.1
22	Fraser	9	100.8
23	Portage Central	3	100.1
24	Grosse Pointe South	9	100.0
25	Livonia Franklin	6	99.5
26	Salem	6	98.0
27	Rochester	8	97.8

Boys

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Northville	6	191.3
2	Brighton	4	189.6
3	Grand Haven	1	184.8
4	Forest Hills Central	3	184.1
5	White Lake Lakeland	7	183.8
6	Canton	6	183.7
7	Oxford	8	182.7
8	Kalamazoo Central	3	181.3
9	Romeo	9	180.4
10	Clarkston	8	177.9
11	Walled Lake Northern	7	176.9
12	Utica	8	176.6
13	Bay City Western	2	175.2
14	Traverse City Central	2	174.9
15	Livonia Churchill	6	174.6
16	Plymouth	6	174.1
17	Howell	4	174.0
18	Lake Orion	8	173.9
19	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	173.8
20	Portage Central	3	173.8
21	East Kentwood	3	172.7
22	Salem	6	172.6
23	Saline	5	172.5
24	Jenison	1	172.3
25	Okemos	2	171.6
26	Detroit Catholic Central	7	171.5
27	Rochester	8	170.4
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Detroit Catholic Central	7	0:18
2	Forest Hills Central	3	0:18
3	Novi	7	0:24
4	Walled Lake Central	7	0:30
5	Hudsonville	1	0:33
6	Midland	2	0:34
7	Brighton	4	0:35
8	Lake Orion	8	0:37
9	Holland West Ottawa	1	0:37
10	South Lyon	7	0:40
11	Portage Northern	3	0:44
12	Hartland	4	0:44
13	Temperance Bedford	5	0:44
14	Salem	6	0:46
15	Rochester	8	0:49
16	Canton	6	0:49
17	Grosse Pointe South	9	0:49
18	Caledonia	3	0:51
19	Okemos	2	0:51
20	Plymouth	6	0:51
21	Clarkston	8	0:52
22	Portage Central	3	0:55
23	White Lake Lakeland	7	0:57
24	Traverse City Central	2	0:57
25	Utica	8	0:58
26	Kalamazoo Central	3	0:59
27	Oxford	8	1:01
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Brighton	4	0:45
2	Temperance Bedford	5	0:49
3	Detroit Catholic Central	7	0:52
4	South Lyon	7	0:53
5	Midland	2	0:54
6	Portage Central	3	0:58
7	Holland West Ottawa	1	0:58
8	Salem	6	0:59
9	Hudsonville	1	1:01
10	Caledonia	3	1:05
11	Canton	6	1:05
12	Traverse City Central	2	1:09
13	Okemos	2	1:10
14	Hartland	4	1:10
15	Rochester Adams	8	1:12
16	Grosse Pointe South	9	1:14
17	Novi	7	1:16
18	Ann Arbor Huron	6	1:21
19	Rockford	1	1:28
20	Forest Hills Northern	3	1:29
21	Clarkston	8	1:30
22	Northville	6	1:30
23	Utica Ford	8	1:35
24	Plymouth	6	1:37
25	Saline	5	1:38
26	Livonia Churchill	6	1:39
27	St. Clair Shores Lakeview	9	1:40
Rank	Real Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Northville	6	200.0
2	Brighton	4	195.3
3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	194.1
4	Grand Haven	1	193.0
5	Oxford	8	191.8
6	Romeo	9	191.2
7	Canton	6	191.1
8	Kalamazoo Central	3	189.5
9	White Lake Lakeland	7	188.6
10	Troy	8	188.5
11	Walled Lake Northern	7	187.9
12	Livonia Churchill	6	187.4
13	Jenison	1	187.3
14	Clarkston	8	187.3
15	Forest Hills Central	3	186.6
16	Macomb Dakota	9	185.9
17	Bay City Western	2	184.7
18	Plymouth	6	183.8
19	Saline	5	183.8
20	Utica	8	183.6
21	East Kentwood	3	182.8
22	Traverse City Central	2	182.6
23	Zeeland West	1	182.5
24	Portage Central	3	182.2
25	Howell	4	182.1
26	Anchor Bay	9	181.8
27	Highland-Milford	7	181.3
Rank	Real Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Northville	6	196.0
2	Brighton	4	192.9
3	Canton	6	187.9
4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	186.6
5	Grand Haven	1	186.5
6	Romeo	9	185.1
7	White Lake Lakeland	7	183.9
8	Oxford	8	183.5
9	Walled Lake Northern	7	182.6
10	Kalamazoo Central	3	182.6
11	Troy	8	182.4
12	Livonia Churchill	6	182.1
13	Clarkston	8	181.5
14	Jenison	1	180.7
15	Macomb Dakota	9	179.8
16	Traverse City Central	2	179.8
17	Portage Central	3	179.6
18	Utica	8	179.5
19	Saline	5	178.7
20	Forest Hills Central	3	178.2
21	Plymouth	6	177.9
22	East Kentwood	3	177.7
23	Rockford	1	176.6
24	Highland-Milford	7	176.1
25	Salem	6	175.8
26	Dexter	4	175.6
27	Zeeland West	1	175.3

There may not be many meets from this mid-September weekend, but the ones that exist are huge and begin to tell the tale of the season. There’s been some movement in terms of the rankings, and if you pay attention to the hypothetical scores, you’ll see movement there even if a team’s ranking is the same.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Grand Rapids Christian

Week Three: Conquered a strong field at Benzie then turned around and routed a very competitive OK White. Showing much strength early with frontrunners and depth, could very well put all five girls on the podium.

More of the same at Ottawa Hills from the Eagle girls. All scoring girls placed in the top-11, with Adia Sikkema and Lucy Waalkes pulling up in the top-20.

Otsego

Week Three: Sadly, we won’t see the Bulldogs at a major Michigan invitational until Jackson, but when you have the opportunity to run at the legendary Detweiller Park, you take it. Their season is setting up very similarly to last year, a strong top four plus a solid fifth. Though it appears their 5th spot might be improved from 2022.

Placed 7^th of 61 in the Richard Spring Invite down in Peoria. Now I don’t know much about Illinois XC at the moment, but that field had some legendary and recognizable names – York, Neuqua Valley, Palatine, Downer’s Grove, etc. Illinois Speed Ratings uses a similar methodology, but a different scale. Without getting too deep into it, converting to my scale, Detweiller rates out to about a +69 (+75 for boys) for its 2.97-to-3-mile course (highly debatable distance!) To make a short story long, the Bulldogs ran better than they have this season, even missing Taylor Mitchell.

East Grand Rapids

After missing Under the Lights, Drew Muller has returned to EGR’s benefit. Her 3^rd spot at Ottawa Hills meant the Pioneers really had to only score four. Combine that with personal bests from Adeline Armstrong and Sadey Seyferth and you have this traditional power rising through the ranks.

Goodrich

Changed things up on us! The past few years, the Martians have been at Holly, this year they headed further west to East Lansing. And evidenced by their 3^rd place finish in the Elite Division, an excellent decision. These girls get it done through their pack, going seven deep, displacing fools left and right.

St. Joseph

The rare case of having two low sticks and needing to score three. Among those three, you could have reliable seniors such as Jade Murdoch or Ceci Ruchti. Or perhaps freshmen that are coming along nicely such as Lydia Johnson or Lily Cummings. Like many West Coast teams, the Bears traveled to Ottawa Hills on Friday, coming away from Session 2 placing 4^th of 18.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	64	1
2	Otsego	13	257	2
3	East Grand Rapids	12	268	8
4	Goodrich	15	299	4
5	St. Joseph	13	371	6
6	Frankenmuth	15	380	5
7	Zeeland East	11	394	3
8	St. Johns	14	427	7
9	Spring Lake	11	477	9
10	DeWitt	14	499	10
11	Freeland	15	541	11
12	Holland Christian	11	552	28
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	581	13
14	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	656	14
15	Ludington	10	677	12
16	Alma	15	682	16
17	Croswell-Lexington	17	684	17
18	Petoskey	10	702	15
19	Owosso	14	705	18
20	Warren Regina	17	714	19
21	Armada	17	723	21
22	Dearborn Divine Child	16	753	20
23	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	783	25
24	Forest Hills Eastern	12	785	22
25	Chelsea	18	812	23
26	Linden	16	862	24
27	Stevensville Lakeshore	13	906	27

Forest Hills Eastern

Week Three: That’s two years in a row that the Hawks have put the state on notice with an Under the Lights masterpiece. All five scorers were sub-17 on that humid, late August night. With three of those capable of low-16’s or better, much pressure will be placed on other teams to close that gap.

Missing Brendan Hoving and Liam Hinman at Sparta, the Hawks still emerged victorious, eking out a 6-point victory over the home team. Youngster Steven Zawacki stepped up in a major way – he’s dropped more than a minute since Under the Lights.

East Grand Rapids

Week Three: Still missing a piece, but those who have competed have had success. That could come in the form of an Alex Thole, who pulled a massive upset at Under the Lights or a Jack Edison, who navigated his way into the 16’s for the first time ever at the OK White Jamboree.

That piece has arrived. Ryan Brinker, with only one race under his belt in ’23 has already raced faster than he had to this point in the ’22 season.

Allendale

There were a few doubters last week with the Falcons’ #4 ranking. I think their effort at Spartan proved a few wrong. Three in the top-15, half the points of any other school in the White Division.

Grand Rapids Christian

Week Three: Saw FHE throw down the gauntlet on a Friday night, then woke up Saturday and decided to match it. Winners of Pete Moss by 88 points, then put seven guys in the top-16 at a star-filled OK White Jamboree.

Probably underrated here because of their cruise through Christian Schools and the fact that we’re comparing against the entire state. In actual competition, the Eagles are undefeated, finding another clear victory this past weekend at Ottawa Hills.

Marshall

Even missing Kaiden Gore (their five guy) at Holly, the Redhawks triumphed in the D3 race. With five divisions there, you get a mix of D2 and D3 teams in the 3^rd Division, but even if Marshall was in the 2^nd Division this past weekend, odds are that they’d win. When you have four boys capable of going sub-17, many possibilities are on the table.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	177	1
2	East Grand Rapids	12	295	3
3	Allendale	11	312	4
4	Grand Rapids Christian	11	329	2
5	Marshall	12	425	6
6	Adrian	18	438	7
7	Alma	15	452	5
8	Holland Christian	11	488	21
9	Otsego	13	516	8
10	Sparta	10	528	10
11	Plainwell	13	551	12
12	Gladwin	10	560	9
13	Yale	17	586	11
14	St. Clair	17	653	14
15	Frankenmuth	15	654	13
16	Petoskey	10	662	15
17	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	678	16
18	Spring Lake	11	752	18
19	Hamilton	11	756	19
20	Chelsea	18	787	23
21	Fremont	10	790	NR
22	Flint Powers Catholic	15	811	20
23	Pinckney	16	819	29
24	Clio	15	826	17
25	Freeland	15	848	27
26	DeWitt	14	860	24
27	Parma Western	14	861	25

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Gail Vaikutis

Week Three: Her 18-flat at Lakeview was a massive personal best and over 80 seconds faster than her 2022 performance. In track, she was able to display great speed and now we’re witness to her strength.

Gail’s just out here stacking personal best after personal best. Similar conditions, similar courses, 22 second improvement from week to week. Gail now owns the fastest time AND best rating in Division 2.

Elena Figueroa

Week Three: Right alongside Vaikutis at both their home invite and the PC Early Bird. Missed out on a great time at Lakeview, I hope for non-injury reasons. Regardless, her early season best is already an improvement from her sophomore year.

Her first race in over three weeks, Elena hopped right back on the wagon with a 17:44 at Riverside. A minute faster than her 2022 effort there and a 35 second personal best.

Ava Schafer

Week Three: Adjusting very well to the high school scene. After taking her lumps with a second-place finish at Under the Lights, she’s ripped off two consecutive victories. All mid-18 efforts from this young freshman. The Redwings have some light racing in their future, so we’ll see how much she’s improved come late September at Shepherd.

The Redwings took the weekend off racing and well, that looks to be to Ava’s benefit. Girl just blasted a 17:48 to capture the first CAAC Red Jamboree.

Natalie VanOtteren

Sub-18 at Ottawa Hills was the 3^rd of her career and 40+ seconds faster than her ’22 effort on the banks of the Grand River.

Drew Muller

Just announced her commitment to Virginia, a great institution for its education, history, and distance running (the Hoos are currently ranked #11). I’m sure Drew will contribute there as she does here, consecutive mid-18 efforts to begin her senior year.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	161.2	13
2	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	159.2	13
3	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	153.3	14
4	12	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	152.4	11
5	12	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	150.6	12
6	12	Meghan Ford	Mason	148.2	14
7	12	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	145.8	15
8	10	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	145.1	13
9	12	Naomi Nelson	Grand Rapids Christian	144.5	11
10	10	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	144.3	11
11	10	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	144.0	11
12	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	143.8	11
13	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	143.2	10
14	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	140.7	12
15	9	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	139.7	16
16	11	Sophy Skeels	Adrian	139.6	18
17	9	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	139.4	15
18	12	Logan Brazee	Otsego	138.8	13
19	11	Natalia DeMea	Chelsea	138.5	18
20	11	Eva Thompson	Croswell-Lexington	137.9	17
21	12	Allison Kuzma	Zeeland East	137.4	11
22	11	Kamryn Lauinger	Goodrich	137.4	15
23	11	Summer Brower	Ludington	137.2	10
24	12	Jenna Pilachowski	Monroe Jefferson	136.8	18
25	11	Ezgi Kurt	Alma	136.4	15
26	10	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	136.3	15
27	12	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	136.1	11
28	9	Johanna Mulder	Holland	135.9	11
29	11	Ava Crews	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	135.8	12
30	12	Payton Holtz	Grand Rapids Christian	134.0	11
31	12	Emma DeVries	GR West Michigan Aviation	133.6	12
32	12	Camille DeCola	Marshall	133.0	12
33	12	Anastee Davis	Adrian	131.4	18
34	12	Abby Young	St. Johns	131.2	14
35	12	Clara Fletcher	St. Johns	130.6	14
36	11	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	130.5	15
37	12	Cecilia Ortega	Carleton Airport	128.2	18
38	10	Berkley Holtz	Sturgis	128.0	13
39	11	Kayla Williams	DeWitt	127.8	14
40	9	Caroline Randall	Hastings	127.7	12
41	9	Lucy Conzelmann	Frankenmuth	127.6	15
42	12	Tatum Dykstra	Fruitport	126.3	11
43	9	Ayda Skeels	Adrian	125.8	18
44	11	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	125.7	16
45	10	Linnea Paige	Fremont	125.3	10
46	11	Preslee Perkins	Stevensville Lakeshore	125.2	13
47	11	Maria Nunning	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	125.0	16
48	9	Olivia Hollebeek	Holland Christian	124.8	11
49	11	Madison Johnson	Paw Paw	124.7	13
50	11	Cami Kraai	Whitehall	124.4	10

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Connell Alford

Week Three: Cross country is definitely his thing. Facing some fierce competition at Lamplighter, Connell laid down the hammer early en route to a large margin of victory.

Unfortunately couldn’t pull off the win at Spartan, but he did finish first amongst all Michigan competition. His 15:09 nearly matched the 15:06 from last year, and when you’re in the ballpark of your state-winning self, you know you’re in a good place.

TJ Hansen

Week Three: Just continuing and building from his track accomplishments. 15:39 at Under the Lights was a personal best, 15:13 at John Bruder was a massive personal best. It’s a shame Freeland is on the smaller side of D2 schools, we sadly avoid a matchup with Evan Loughridge at Holly.

Of the 93 boys that ran at both John Bruder and Holly, only 22 ran faster at Holly. TJ was 0.5 seconds slower, showing his 15:14 through the sharp turns and hills at Springfield Oaks can be sub-15 on the right course on the right day.

Evan Loughridge

Week Three: “Opener at Possum Hollow was a 20+ second win over a ton of talented D1 runners. He’ll be facing some potential D2 All-Staters this weekend at Holly.”

15 seconds at a mile, 30+ at two, and 36 at the finish, Evan’s 15:35 win at Holly was allll on his lonesome. For many that would be a mental grind, but it’s more of the same for this tough-minded kid. His performance on Saturday was over 25 seconds faster than what he raced to in 2022 and given how his October played out last year, big goals are there for the taking.

Solomon Kwartowitz

Hung in there pretty well for his first real huge effort of the season. A 15:32 in Spartan Elite earned Kwartowitz a 7^th place (5^th amongst Michiganders) and a massive personal best.

Alex Thole

State Champions, national qualifiers, insane freshmen, talented underclassmen… Alex has won against them all and we’re only in mid-September. Three races, three wins, all considerably better than his 2022 best.

Rank	Grade	Name	Real Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Connell Alford	Chelsea	217.8	18
2	11	TJ Hansen	Freeland	217.5	15
3	12	Evan Loughridge	Pinckney	213.7	16
4	12	Solomon Kwartowitz	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood	211.8	16
5	12	Alex Thole	East Grand Rapids	208.5	12
6	12	Sean Pettis	Fremont	207.1	10
7	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	205.4	12
8	12	Brendan Hoving	Forest Hills Eastern	205.2	12
9	12	Nate Carmody	Haslett	205.0	14
10	12	Braylon Petty	Adrian	204.5	18
11	11	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child	203.3	16
12	12	Gregory Janesak	Sparta	202.8	10
13	12	Logan Ruffner	Riverview	202.3	18
14	12	Noah Lambers	Holland	201.3	11
15	11	Simon Triezenberg	Grand Rapids Christian	201.2	11
16	12	Liam Hinman	Forest Hills Eastern	199.9	12
17	12	Caleb Palmreuter	Gladwin	199.8	10
18	11	Kilian Whalen	Allendale	199.4	11
19	10	Owen Metzger	Sparta	199.0	10
20	11	Alex Doneth	Mason	198.9	14
21	10	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	198.7	12
22	12	Nolan Pinion	Lake Fenton	198.7	16
23	11	Dominic Lowrie	Battle Creek Harper Creek	197.9	12
24	11	Dylan Lydic	Haslett	196.5	14
25	11	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	196.4	12
26	12	Luke Glasgow	Spring Lake	194.9	11
27	12	Ryan Brinker	East Grand Rapids	194.2	12
28	10	Thomas Larson	Alma	194.1	15
29	11	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	194.1	15
30	11	Henry Cox	Plainwell	194.0	13
31	10	Ronnie Silveira	Allendale	193.9	11
32	11	Nolan Inglis	DeWitt	193.9	14
33	11	Will Engbers	Holland Christian	193.5	11
34	12	Connor Griffith	Marshall	193.4	12
35	9	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	193.2	15
36	12	David Murphy	Flint Powers Catholic	192.6	15
37	9	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	192.5	15
38	11	Seth Mead	Gladwin	192.5	10
39	12	Cooper Singleton	Parma Western	192.5	14
40	11	Sullivan Zietlow	Three Rivers	191.6	13
41	12	Aiden Krueger	Niles	191.4	13
42	10	Moises Salazar	Adrian	190.8	18
43	11	Abatu Dykstra	Hamilton	190.6	11
44	12	Brewer Snay	Macomb Lutheran North	190.2	17
45	12	Dane Bailey	Edwardsburg	189.7	13
46	12	Shane Izzard	Petoskey	188.7	10
47	11	Isaak Rubley	Dundee	188.6	18
48	12	Cooper Jacobsen	Forest Hills Eastern	188.6	12
49	11	Elijah Christensen	Gladwin	188.5	10
50	12	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	188.1	15

MORE $TAT$

Girls

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	134.0
2	Goodrich	15	110.5
3	Otsego	13	106.9
4	East Grand Rapids	12	104.3
5	Spring Lake	11	98.4
6	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	93.3
7	St. Joseph	13	91.6
8	Freeland	15	91.4
9	DeWitt	14	91.4
10	Zeeland East	11	90.2
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	89.6
12	Warren Regina	17	88.3
13	Frankenmuth	15	87.6
14	Owosso	14	85.3
15	Holland Christian	11	84.2
16	St. Johns	14	82.5
17	Alma	15	82.1
18	Dearborn Divine Child	16	81.9
19	Chelsea	18	79.9
20	Linden	16	79.0
21	Croswell-Lexington	17	78.1
22	Forest Hills Eastern	12	77.5
23	Ludington	10	77.5
24	Tecumseh	18	77.2
25	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	76.8
26	Armada	17	75.8
27	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	74.7
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Charlotte	14	0:33
2	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	0:42
3	Grand Rapids Christian	11	0:55
4	Shepherd	15	0:59
5	Warren Regina	17	1:01
6	Linden	16	1:07
7	Owosso	14	1:08
8	Spring Lake	11	1:09
9	Parma Western	14	1:12
10	Goodrich	15	1:21
11	Dearborn Divine Child	16	1:22
12	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	1:29
13	Macomb Lutheran North	17	1:42
14	DeWitt	14	1:49
15	Richland Gull Lake	12	1:52
16	Hamilton	11	1:54
17	Otsego	13	1:55
18	Forest Hills Eastern	12	1:56
19	Allendale	11	2:00
20	Holland Christian	11	2:02
21	Grand River Preparatory	11	2:03
22	Haslett	14	2:05
23	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	2:06
24	Marysville	17	2:11
25	Yale	17	2:11
26	Armada	17	2:13
27	Fowlerville	14	2:15
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	0:48
2	Shepherd	15	1:05
3	Goodrich	15	1:46
4	Macomb Lutheran North	17	1:55
5	DeWitt	14	1:56
6	Richland Gull Lake	12	2:00
7	Dearborn Divine Child	16	2:01
8	Spring Lake	11	2:01
9	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	2:18
10	Grand Rapids Christian	11	2:21
11	Parma Western	14	2:22
12	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	2:25
13	Fowlerville	14	2:26
14	Hamilton	11	2:31
15	Coopersville	11	2:36
16	Yale	17	2:44
17	Allendale	11	2:50
18	Warren Regina	17	2:57
19	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	2:57
20	Otsego	13	2:57
21	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	2:59
22	Tecumseh	18	3:00
23	Detroit Country Day	16	3:02
24	Charlotte	14	3:08
25	East Grand Rapids	12	3:10
26	Flint Powers Catholic	15	3:12
27	Armada	17	3:13
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	143.8
2	East Grand Rapids	12	126.8
3	St. Joseph	13	126.6
4	Otsego	13	126.4
5	Goodrich	15	122.5
6	Frankenmuth	15	120.8
7	St. Johns	14	120.2
8	Zeeland East	11	119.2
9	Spring Lake	11	111.2
10	DeWitt	14	110.0
11	Freeland	15	109.4
12	Holland Christian	11	109.0
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	107.3
14	Ludington	10	105.3
15	Croswell-Lexington	17	104.8
16	Alma	15	104.2
17	Petoskey	10	102.7
18	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	102.4
19	Armada	17	101.1
20	Owosso	14	99.8
21	Warren Regina	17	99.0
22	Forest Hills Eastern	12	98.6
23	Chelsea	18	98.5
24	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	98.3
25	Dearborn Divine Child	16	98.0
26	Stevensville Lakeshore	13	94.7
27	Linden	16	93.3
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	134.1
2	Otsego	13	117.4
3	Goodrich	15	117.0
4	East Grand Rapids	12	116.2
5	St. Joseph	13	115.3
6	Frankenmuth	15	107.7
7	Zeeland East	11	107.3
8	Spring Lake	11	104.3
9	DeWitt	14	104.3
10	St. Johns	14	100.8
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	98.0
12	Freeland	15	97.9
13	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	95.9
14	Ludington	10	94.8
15	Holland Christian	11	93.6
16	Alma	15	92.2
17	Dearborn Divine Child	16	91.5
18	Croswell-Lexington	17	88.8
19	Petoskey	10	88.7
20	Forest Hills Eastern	12	88.4
21	Armada	17	88.2
22	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	87.6
23	Chelsea	18	87.2
24	Warren Regina	17	85.4
25	Stevensville Lakeshore	13	83.7
26	Tecumseh	18	82.0
27	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	81.3

Boys

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	182.5
2	Grand Rapids Christian	11	180.6
3	East Grand Rapids	12	173.6
4	Otsego	13	171.7
5	Allendale	11	170.9
6	Holland Christian	11	170.8
7	Adrian	18	170.4
8	Plainwell	13	169.1
9	Alma	15	167.5
10	Petoskey	10	167.0
11	Sparta	10	166.0
12	St. Clair	17	165.9
13	Yale	17	164.8
14	Hamilton	11	164.5
15	Marshall	12	161.9
16	Pinckney	16	161.5
17	Spring Lake	11	158.0
18	DeWitt	14	157.3
19	Gladwin	10	156.5
20	Chelsea	18	156.5
21	Clio	15	156.0
22	Fremont	10	154.8
23	Frankenmuth	15	154.5
24	Flint Powers Catholic	15	154.4
25	Zeeland East	11	154.0
26	St. Johns	14	152.9
27	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	152.0
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Otsego	13	0:39
2	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	0:46
3	Paw Paw	13	0:51
4	Monroe Jefferson	18	0:51
5	St. Clair	17	0:53
6	Corunna	14	0:54
7	Ludington	10	0:57
8	Grand Rapids Christian	11	1:02
9	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	1:04
10	Petoskey	10	1:05
11	Holland Christian	11	1:08
12	Forest Hills Eastern	12	1:08
13	Yale	17	1:09
14	GR West Michigan Aviation	12	1:13
15	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	1:13
16	Vicksburg	13	1:15
17	Plainwell	13	1:15
18	Richmond	17	1:15
19	Hamilton	11	1:18
20	Eaton Rapids	14	1:18
21	Big Rapids	10	1:19
22	Zeeland East	11	1:20
23	Alma	15	1:20
24	Redford Union	16	1:21
25	Fruitport	11	1:22
26	Allendale	11	1:26
27	Hastings	12	1:31
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Monroe Jefferson	18	1:19
2	Grand Rapids Christian	11	1:20
3	Ludington	10	1:23
4	Eaton Rapids	14	1:26
5	Petoskey	10	1:27
6	Paw Paw	13	1:34
7	GR West Michigan Aviation	12	1:37
8	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	1:37
9	Alma	15	1:37
10	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	1:38
11	Holland Christian	11	1:40
12	Forest Hills Eastern	12	1:47
13	Corunna	14	1:49
14	St. Clair	17	1:49
15	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	1:50
16	Zeeland East	11	1:53
17	Spring Lake	11	1:54
18	East Grand Rapids	12	1:58
19	Yale	17	2:00
20	Plainwell	13	2:01
21	DeWitt	14	2:07
22	Big Rapids	10	2:09
23	Adrian	18	2:10
24	Allendale	11	2:13
25	Hamilton	11	2:13
26	Frankenmuth	15	2:14
27	Grand River Preparatory	11	2:15
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	194.5
2	East Grand Rapids	12	190.6
3	Allendale	11	187.7
4	Grand Rapids Christian	11	186.5
5	Marshall	12	185.1
6	Adrian	18	183.7
7	Alma	15	182.6
8	Sparta	10	182.2
9	Gladwin	10	181.0
10	Holland Christian	11	180.2
11	Otsego	13	178.7
12	Plainwell	13	178.6
13	Yale	17	177.8
14	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	176.7
15	Chelsea	18	176.2
16	Frankenmuth	15	176.2
17	Freeland	15	175.4
18	Fremont	10	175.1
19	St. Clair	17	174.9
20	Petoskey	10	174.8
21	Pinckney	16	174.6
22	Spring Lake	11	173.3
23	Hamilton	11	172.4
24	Parma Western	14	172.2
25	Flint Powers Catholic	15	172.1
26	Shepherd	15	171.2
27	Clio	15	170.8
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	187.9
2	East Grand Rapids	12	184.8
3	Grand Rapids Christian	11	183.5
4	Allendale	11	180.4
5	Adrian	18	177.6
6	Alma	15	177.3
7	Holland Christian	11	175.8
8	Sparta	10	175.0
9	Marshall	12	172.7
10	Plainwell	13	172.2
11	Otsego	13	171.5
12	Yale	17	171.2
13	Petoskey	10	170.5
14	Chelsea	18	170.2
15	Pinckney	16	168.8
16	Spring Lake	11	168.6
17	Frankenmuth	15	168.2
18	St. Clair	17	167.5
19	Hamilton	11	167.0
20	DeWitt	14	165.4
21	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	165.0
22	Freeland	15	164.3
23	Gladwin	10	164.1
24	Parma Western	14	162.0
25	Flint Powers Catholic	15	160.8
26	Zeeland East	11	158.6
27	Shepherd	15	158.4

There may not be many meets from this mid-September weekend, but the ones that exist are huge and begin to tell the tale of the season. There’s been some movement in terms of the rankings, and if you pay attention to the hypothetical scores, you’ll see movement there even if a team’s ranking is the same.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Jackson Lumen Christi

Week Three: “Two invites into the season and the Titans have won them both. After a bit of a struggle at Michigan Catholic, Lumen Christi acquitted themselves well to the quick Lakeview course. Many in their top seven ran personal bests or close. Their girls will get a prime opportunity to prove their fitness again, running in the Elite race at Spartan.”

Hopped into the Elite race at Spartan and held their own against the State’s best. Scoring only Michigan teams, the Titans placed 7^th out of 14. Where some of their girls have good days or bad days, a consistent spot has been Thia Tello, holding it down in the 21’s regardless of the course.

Traverse City St. Francis

Week Three: “It’s all about their pack. Both at Bear Country and Red Devil (both wins), the Glads were able to put five runners ahead of any other team’s 4th runner (and more often, a rival team’s 2nd or 3rd girl).”

Came down to Grand Rapids on Friday to race at Ottawa Hills. Betsy Skendzel is beginning to come into the form that she displayed toward the end of ’22, hitting the mid-18’s. And the #GladPack worked their magic in the middle, doing their job to land TCSF the best spot amongst D3 teams.

Elk Rapids

Week Three: “The Elks are taking a bit of a break until returning back for action next Tuesday at Kalkaska. One girl that’s stood out early has been Ella Peck, who has dropped nearly a minute from her junior best.”

Week off for the Elks, who traveled over to Kalkaska tonight and down to Cadillac on Saturday.

Hart

The Pirate girls continued their winning ways in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree then placed 6^th amongst the west side’s best in the first session at Ottawa Hills. A bright spot early has been the consistent running of freshman Natalie Rosema, crossing the line in the low-21’s for each major race.

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian

Charging forward have been freshmen such as Shelby Kuiper, Lydia Minderhoud, and Anna DeVries. Each have run the best of their young careers at invites in recent weeks.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	152	1
2	Traverse City St. Francis	19	211	2
3	Elk Rapids	19	254	3
4	Hart	20	272	4
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	311	6
6	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	320	8
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	330	7
8	Caro	25	355	5
9	Lansing Catholic	26	395	9
10	Leslie	26	464	11
11	Ithaca	25	464	12
12	Hanover-Horton	23	487	10
13	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	544	16
14	Kent City	21	556	14
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	559	15
16	Clinton	27	581	13
17	Grass Lake	27	660	18
18	Buchanan	22	697	17
19	Fennville	21	757	20
20	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	782	22
21	Onsted	23	804	25
22	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	811	41
23	Benzie Central	20	819	19
24	Clare	19	833	21
25	McBain	20	916	23
26	Laingsburg	24	950	26
27	Blissfield	27	960	27

Traverse City St. Francis

Week Three: Came into the season as one of the top teams in Division 3, only bolstered by the addition of the Swagers. Leo’s debut went down in the TCSF record books, his 15:54 at Buckley was a school record.

Traveled down to Ottawa Hills for the late session, placing fifth in a field comprised primarily of D1/D2 teams. Bolstered by the addition of Josh Slocum, running his first 5k of the season in 17:00.

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian

Week Three: The greatness of the Chargers might not be evident early, but watch as they get towards large fields. Grant Koole and Tyler Kooienga have appeared to lock down the 4th and 5th spots. And in D3, when your 4th/5th guys are hovering near or under 18:00, you’ll be ahead of many teams.

Ottawa Hills constitutes a larger field and the Chargers hung right in there with all the D1/D2 teams in the second session. In fact, they were the only lower division team to compete in the boys evening race, placing 9^th.

Reed City

Week Three: Addition of Isaac Clementshaw has taken the Yotes from a team happy to make State to one that can step on the podium. He’s been in the low-18’s in each of his four races.

Utter domination in the Big School race at Evart. Top-2, 4 of the top-5, 7 of the top-14. Anthony Kiaunis showed off his strength, gritting his way through the sand and hills, his 17:16 knocking nearly 20 sec. off his performance from ’22.

The Potter’s House

Breakout performance at Spartan from Ezra Hagedorn, who entered the 17’s for the first time this year. And by entering, I mean that he was closer to 17-flat. Potter’s House themselves were 17^th in Spartan Elite, but that comes with the caveat that two of their better boys didn’t complete the race.

Hanover-Horton

Winners of the White Division at Spartan, doing so by placing five in the top-40. Freshman Cooper Flick has run a personal best in four of his five races to begin his 9^th grade year and he was the crucial fifth runner for the Comets.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	168	1
2	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	354	2
3	Reed City	20	356	3
4	The Potter’s House	21	359	5
5	Hanover-Horton	23	376	4
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	400	9
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	420	6
8	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	440	7
9	Clare	19	461	10
10	Hart	20	486	8
11	Bath	24	504	16
12	Ithaca	25	551	13
13	Buchanan	22	600	11
14	Midland Bullock Creek	25	601	12
15	Jonesville	23	656	14
16	St. Louis	25	681	15
17	Flat Rock	27	683	17
18	Kalkaska	19	684	18
19	Olivet	22	804	19
20	Charlevoix	19	822	20
21	Elk Rapids	19	829	21
22	Kent City	21	832	23
23	Union City	22	852	22
24	Clinton	27	857	36
25	Leslie	26	859	24
26	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	874	25
27	Sanford-Meridian	25	998	31

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Jessica Jazwinski

Week Three: Her 2023 debut may have ended in defeat, but I saw a girl that didn’t lay down when the race wasn’t going her way. A 17:35 at Benzie was 10 seconds faster than her sophomore performance, likely on a tougher course as well.

Back to her winning ways this past week, triumphing at her first conference jamboree and at Ottawa Hills. Her 17:29 at Riverside was a season best and only proves that she’s in better fitness than she was at this point last fall.

Madison Osterberg

Week Three: Usual pattern has been to exert patience then speed up late. Well, her 17:42 at Lakeview was a jolt to that process. The second sub-18 of her career and nearly a minute faster than her 2022 effort.

Had the XC race of her career at Spartan, crushing her time from 2022 by 85 seconds. Outlasted Lucy Cook in the final 1800m, nearly matching her time from Lakeview on a much tougher track.

Emmry Ross

Week Three: Was undefeated until 2022’s State Finals and she’s on the same streak yet again. Four wins in four races, including a sub-18 at Addison. Some big tests are coming soon on the schedule – at Spartan and then Jackson.

Continued the undefeated streak with a comfortable win in the first LCAA Meet and a challenge from Kyah Hoffman at Spartan. This week, we’re setting up for one of the better D3 individual battles at Jackson.

Kyah Hoffman

Continuing to put it all together during her junior year, hanging with Ross at Forest Akers until succumbing by 5 seconds in the final 1.1.

Mylie Kelly

Her 18:29 at Riverside was her best time in the past 23 months and nearly a minute faster than each of her previous two efforts at the Ottawa Hills Invite.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Week 4 Rating	Region
1	11	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart	170.6	20
2	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	163.4	23
3	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	161.0	23
4	11	Kyah Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	154.0	24
5	12	Mylie Kelly	Benzie Central	149.7	20
6	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	143.8	26
7	12	Alyson Enns	Hart	143.4	20
8	11	Eliza Bush	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	143.2	27
9	11	Betsy Skendzel	Traverse City St. Francis	142.7	19
10	12	Miranda McNeil	Morley-Stanwood	142.4	20
11	11	Lila Volkers	Kent City	141.9	21
12	10	Hope Miller	Blissfield	131.5	27
13	10	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	131.4	27
14	12	Amber Koole	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	131.3	21
15	9	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	130.6	23
16	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	129.5	24
17	10	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids	129.4	19
18	11	Ashley Choponis	Stanton Central Montcalm	127.3	24
19	11	Kaya Vrable	Caro	127.1	25
20	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	127.1	20
21	12	Jenna Sweeney	Reese	123.8	25
22	12	Liliana Lehnst	Ithaca	121.2	25
23	12	Cecilia Postma	Manistee	120.9	20
24	12	Kendra Koster	Lawton	120.1	22
25	12	Isabella Max	Kent City	119.8	21
26	10	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	119.3	24
27	12	Olivia Perrine	Hanover-Horton	118.8	23
28	11	Megan Woelkers	Flat Rock	118.2	27
29	12	Kinsie Jacques	Pinconning	117.7	25
30	12	Cylee Elkins	Clinton	117.5	27
31	11	Nora Grossnickle	Benzie Central	117.3	20
32	12	Paige Herron	Caro	116.7	25
33	10	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	115.9	20
34	9	Sophia Buzzelli	Clare	115.6	19
35	10	Anna Pray	Elk Rapids	115.0	19
36	10	Macy Fazekas	Jackson Lumen Christi	114.6	23
37	12	Avelina Hollandsworth	Remus Chippewa Hills	113.4	20
38	9	Isabelle Sliter	Fennville	112.9	21
39	11	Lola Bryce	Grandville Calvin Christian	112.7	21
40	11	Mary Masserant	Traverse City St. Francis	112.5	19
41	9	Shelby Kuiper	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	112.4	21
42	11	Isabelle Eppert	Farwell	112.4	19
43	11	Layla Lopez	Jackson Lumen Christi	111.8	23
44	12	Jaiden Dickman	St. Louis	110.9	25
45	12	Gracie Houtman	Kent City	110.8	21
46	11	Alaina Klooster	Kalamazoo Christian	110.1	22
47	12	Claire Neumann	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	109.6	25
48	12	Allison Bowles	Clinton	109.1	27
49	10	Hailey Sills	Blissfield	108.9	27
50	12	Sophia Reynolds	Hanover-Horton	108.5	23

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Bobby Jazwinski

Week Three: Following his astounding debut at Benzie, picked up wins in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree and at Leanna Wolf Geers.

There were 92 athletes that competed at both Pete Moss and Ottawa Hills. Removing a few anomalies, the average runner ran 10-11 seconds faster at Ottawa Hills. Bobby was 15 seconds faster, showing that even at the elite level, he’s improving at a faster rate than many of his competitors. His 15:33 was of course, a personal best.

Boden Genovese

Week Three: Three consecutive low-16 efforts, all lower than his junior best. He’ll get another opportunity to roll towards the 15’s on Friday at Spartan.

Acquitted himself quite well to the D1 race at Spartan, placing 3^rd with a 16:15.

Collin Farmer

Was able to lower his already low school record from 15:53 to 15:43. Three for three in terms of victories this year.

Samuel Martini

When he’s brought it, he’s been his usual high-15/low-16 self. Shaved 4 sec. off his time from last fall’s race at Sparta, placing an admirable 2^nd to Farmer.

Isaiah Dinverno

Has raced three times this year – at Michigan Catholic, Lakeview, and Spartan. Last year, he opened with those three as well. His average time last year was 18:22, this season is 16:18. This past weekend, he was victorious at Spartan in a field that will resemble many during championship season.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	9	Robert Jazwinski III	Hart	205.3	20
2	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	198.5	22
3	12	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	197.5	24
4	12	Samuel Martini	Kent City	197.2	21
5	11	Isaiah Dinverno	Jackson Lumen Christi	196.2	23
6	12	Brad White	Clare	195.8	19
7	12	Keegan Masters	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	195.2	27
8	11	Theodore Davis	Dansville	194.1	26
9	10	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	193.9	24
10	12	Ben March	St. Louis	193.8	25
11	11	Leo Swager	Traverse City St. Francis	193.6	19
12	11	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	192.3	23
13	11	August Rohde	Reed City	192.1	20
14	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	192.1	21
15	10	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	191.1	27
16	11	Landen Boulis	Hanover-Horton	188.6	23
17	12	Graham Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	187.1	24
18	12	Gavin Guggemos	Kalkaska	186.8	19
19	12	Anthony Kiaunis	Reed City	184.5	20
20	12	Jaden Barnes	Bloomingdale	184.2	22
21	12	Lucas Hopkins	Olivet	184.1	22
22	11	Daniel Mandujano	Watervliet	184.0	22
23	10	Landen Styka	Ithaca	183.9	25
24	12	Evan Shepherd	Hanover-Horton	183.6	23
25	11	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	183.4	25
26	10	Robert Dykhouse	Manton	183.3	20
27	12	Ryan Allen	Reed City	182.7	20
28	12	Tucker Krumm	Traverse City St. Francis	182.3	19
29	12	Matthew Pattullo	Caro	182.1	25
30	11	Levi Kamps	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	181.1	21
31	9	Luke Herron	Caro	181.0	25
32	11	Tyler Heal	Sanford-Meridian	179.9	25
33	12	Brodie Delamater	Grant	178.5	21
34	10	Ben Gautsche	Union City	178.2	22
35	11	Brayden Sweeney	Midland Bullock Creek	178.1	25
36	12	Gannon Shore	Jackson Lumen Christi	177.7	23
37	12	Carter Holmes	Bath	177.5	24
38	12	Nathan Day	Saranac	176.9	21
39	11	Josh Slocum	Traverse City St. Francis	176.9	19
40	10	Noah Raeth	Montague	176.7	21
41	10	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	176.7	24
42	11	Owen Read	Traverse City St. Francis	176.6	19
43	11	Nathan Vargo	Flat Rock	176.4	27
44	12	Nolan Grant	Hillsdale	176.3	23
45	10	Lucas Taraszkiewicz	Flat Rock	175.9	27
46	12	Adam Williams	Kalkaska	175.8	19
47	10	Sylus Wilson	Stanton Central Montcalm	175.6	24
48	11	Robby Myler	Traverse City St. Francis	175.4	19
49	11	Isaac Edgington	Holland Black River	175.2	21
50	9	Graeson Decker	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	175.1	21

MORE $TAT$

Girls

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	101.2
2	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	97.4
3	Elk Rapids	19	92.5
4	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	82.5
5	Leslie	26	81.8
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	76.1
7	Hart	20	71.4
8	Lansing Catholic	26	70.3
9	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	69.2
10	Caro	25	65.3
11	Ithaca	25	63.6
12	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	59.8
13	Grass Lake	27	59.6
14	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	56.8
15	Hanover-Horton	23	55.7
16	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	51.7
17	Clinton	27	50.1
18	McBain	20	47.2
19	Manistee	20	46.0
20	Buchanan	22	45.8
21	Sanford-Meridian	25	45.6
22	Kent City	21	45.5
23	Quincy	23	44.2
24	Onsted	23	40.8
25	Clare	19	39.6
26	Laingsburg	24	39.0
27	The Potter’s House	21	37.7
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Leslie	26	0:44
2	Grass Lake	27	1:19
3	Reed City	20	1:23
4	McBain	20	1:24
5	Perry	24	1:25
6	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	26	1:28
7	Lake City	20	1:39
8	Sanford-Meridian	25	1:46
9	Manton	20	1:48
10	Elk Rapids	19	1:51
11	Kingsley	20	1:52
12	Quincy	23	1:56
13	Delton-Kellogg	21	1:59
14	Napoleon	23	2:00
15	New Lothrop	24	2:02
16	Traverse City St. Francis	19	2:05
17	Charlevoix	19	2:14
18	Saranac	21	2:15
19	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	2:17
20	Montrose	24	2:21
21	Niles Brandywine	22	2:26
22	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	2:26
23	Tawas	19	2:32
24	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	26	2:32
25	Buchanan	22	2:38
26	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	2:40
27	Schoolcraft	22	2:48
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Reed City	20	2:07
2	Lake City	20	2:11
3	McBain	20	2:15
4	Grass Lake	27	2:36
5	Kingsley	20	2:38
6	Charlevoix	19	2:42
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	2:52
8	Buchanan	22	2:53
9	Traverse City St. Francis	19	2:55
10	Elk Rapids	19	2:56
11	Delton-Kellogg	21	3:00
12	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	3:08
13	Schoolcraft	22	3:11
14	Manton	20	3:17
15	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	3:18
16	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	26	3:24
17	Ithaca	25	3:26
18	New Lothrop	24	3:34
19	Leslie	26	3:37
20	The Potter’s House	21	4:05
21	Hanover-Horton	23	4:08
22	Sanford-Meridian	25	4:18
23	Niles Brandywine	22	4:22
24	Cass City	25	4:32
25	Clare	19	4:35
26	Clinton	27	4:36
27	Jonesville	23	4:41
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	123.6
2	Hart	20	117.0
3	Traverse City St. Francis	19	113.2
4	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	109.2
5	Elk Rapids	19	107.6
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	103.2
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	100.9
8	Caro	25	100.5
9	Lansing Catholic	26	98.5
10	Kent City	21	94.4
11	Ithaca	25	91.7
12	Hanover-Horton	23	90.2
13	Leslie	26	88.5
14	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	86.7
15	Clinton	27	85.7
16	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	85.1
17	Benzie Central	20	81.3
18	Onsted	23	80.5
19	Buchanan	22	75.9
20	Fennville	21	75.1
21	Grass Lake	27	75.1
22	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	74.7
23	Clare	19	71.4
24	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	70.3
25	St. Louis	25	63.5
26	Laingsburg	24	63.4
27	McBain	20	62.9
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	107.8
2	Traverse City St. Francis	19	106.2
3	Hart	20	101.5
4	Elk Rapids	19	100.0
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	93.4
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	92.9
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	84.0
8	Lansing Catholic	26	81.8
9	Ithaca	25	81.0
10	Caro	25	78.2
11	Leslie	26	76.9
12	Hanover-Horton	23	75.9
13	Clinton	27	71.8
14	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	69.7
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	69.4
16	Buchanan	22	66.1
17	Onsted	23	65.2
18	Grass Lake	27	63.4
19	Clare	19	59.8
20	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	59.4
21	Benzie Central	20	55.4
22	McBain	20	54.9
23	Fennville	21	54.6
24	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	50.6
25	Manistee	20	49.3
26	Kent City	21	48.7
27	Charlevoix	19	48.7

Boys

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	175.4
2	The Potter’s House	21	163.9
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	162.2
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	158.7
5	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	155.3
6	Ithaca	25	153.2
7	Hanover-Horton	23	153.1
8	Reed City	20	152.9
9	Buchanan	22	152.2
10	Hart	20	149.6
11	Midland Bullock Creek	25	144.6
12	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	144.4
13	Clare	19	143.7
14	Leslie	26	142.8
15	Jonesville	23	142.3
16	Benzie Central	20	140.7
17	St. Louis	25	140.7
18	Olivet	22	138.8
19	Union City	22	138.5
20	Bath	24	138.1
21	Leroy Pine River	20	137.3
22	Lansing Catholic	26	137.1
23	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	136.6
24	Elk Rapids	19	134.0
25	Flat Rock	27	133.6
26	Charlevoix	19	131.9
27	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	130.6
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Benzie Central	20	0:33
2	Leroy Pine River	20	0:44
3	Buchanan	22	0:49
4	Traverse City St. Francis	19	0:55
5	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	26	0:57
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	0:57
7	Leslie	26	1:01
8	Bronson	23	1:03
9	Roscommon	19	1:04
10	Lansing Catholic	26	1:16
11	Grass Lake	27	1:17
12	Hartford	22	1:20
13	The Potter’s House	21	1:25
14	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	1:26
15	Reese	25	1:31
16	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	1:32
17	Ithaca	25	1:32
18	Boyne City	19	1:34
19	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	1:35
20	Jonesville	23	1:36
21	Midland Bullock Creek	25	1:41
22	Hanover-Horton	23	1:47
23	Charlevoix	19	1:47
24	Adrian Madison	23	1:52
25	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	1:57
26	Reed City	20	1:58
27	Sand Creek	23	1:58
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Benzie Central	20	0:40
2	Traverse City St. Francis	19	1:10
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	1:30
4	Lansing Catholic	26	1:36
5	Roscommon	19	1:38
6	Bronson	23	1:49
7	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	1:54
8	Grass Lake	27	2:01
9	Leroy Pine River	20	2:14
10	Leslie	26	2:15
11	Union City	22	2:19
12	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	2:19
13	Elk Rapids	19	2:20
14	New Lothrop	24	2:27
15	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	2:41
16	Hanover-Horton	23	2:45
17	Reed City	20	2:50
18	Olivet	22	2:51
19	Ithaca	25	2:51
20	Clinton	27	2:52
21	Almont	24	2:52
22	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	2:55
23	Hartford	22	2:56
24	Hart	20	2:56
25	Clare	19	2:58
26	The Potter’s House	21	2:59
27	Jonesville	23	3:03
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	181.0
2	Reed City	20	174.2
3	The Potter’s House	21	172.1
4	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	172.1
5	Hanover-Horton	23	172.0
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	171.5
7	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	171.2
8	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	170.3
9	Hart	20	170.1
10	Clare	19	169.4
11	Bath	24	166.0
12	Ithaca	25	164.0
13	St. Louis	25	162.6
14	Flat Rock	27	162.4
15	Midland Bullock Creek	25	162.1
16	Kalkaska	19	161.3
17	Buchanan	22	161.3
18	Jonesville	23	159.9
19	Kent City	21	157.6
20	Olivet	22	155.9
21	Charlevoix	19	154.4
22	Elk Rapids	19	154.0
23	Clinton	27	153.9
24	Union City	22	153.7
25	Leslie	26	152.9
26	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	152.1
27	Caro	25	150.4
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	178.1
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	165.7
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	165.4
4	Hart	20	163.4
5	Reed City	20	163.2
6	The Potter’s House	21	161.6
7	Hanover-Horton	23	161.2
8	Clare	19	160.2
9	Ithaca	25	155.5
10	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	155.3
11	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	155.1
12	Bath	24	150.2
13	Jonesville	23	149.1
14	Olivet	22	148.5
15	Union City	22	147.8
16	Elk Rapids	19	146.8
17	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	145.7
18	Leslie	26	144.9
19	Clinton	27	144.8
20	Buchanan	22	144.4
21	Kent City	21	144.0
22	Lansing Catholic	26	143.4
23	Benzie Central	20	143.4
24	Leroy Pine River	20	139.6
25	Sanford-Meridian	25	138.7
26	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	138.2
27	Kalkaska	19	138.0