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• When you’re a student of the sport and gradually pour in work throughout time, the results will come
• Jennie (and Owen) are great examples of that
• In middle school, she wasn’t spectacular, but as a freshman in track, she showed some promise, running 5:36 in the 1600m
• That carried over into cross, which carried over to this past season, and boom: consistent mid-18’s
• Her steadiness was astounding, of her 11 races I rated, only one was below 140 (19:00) equivalent, with a great amount near the 18:30 range
• She also saved her best for last, running a PB at the Meet of Champions and an All-State performance at MIS
• That peak also occurred in track, where she ran a 12 second PB on the most blistering day of the year
  • I’ve said this with others, take off 10-15 seconds with the heat, she’s easily sub-10:45 in good conditions
• She’ll be counted on as a steady hand with a young(er), but traditionally great Northville squad that will surprise many as the year wears on

• Kids like Owen are why you win state championships
• Romeo last year was a team that relied heavily on their top 5, and in order to win that way, it puts a ton of pressure on your 4^th and 5^th runners
  • (If an All-State kid has a bad day, that’s a few places – if it’s your 4^th/5^th, it could be a death knell for your hopes)
• What did Owen do?  Personal best and highest rated race of the year
• After all this, you may think he’s just a glue guy, but then he goes and runs 9:26 in track
• The 9:26 was no fluke either, as he had 5 sub-9:40 performances (one of those at the State Meet, once again much faster in optimal conditions)
• Hard to believe that just in 2019, he was dominating the JV races, but Romeo just encourages hard work and develops talent over and over and over

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2020 Season: 1st Big 8, 1st Pre-Region 68, 1st Region 34, 3rd D4 State

2020 Season: 1st Ski Valley, 1st Pre-Region 55, 1st Region 28, 8th D4 State

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Where: Lake Fenton. Traditionally hosted at Linden, this *might* be an even tougher course. I didn’t have any meets rated from last year, so I went and looked at the 2nd FML Stars Jamboree. That came out as a -28 for boys and -33 for girls. That was in late September, so with cooler temps and peaking athletes, I wouldn’t be shocked if this runs 10-15 seconds SLOW.

2020 Boys: Pinckney, Lake Fenton, Goodrich

2020 Girls: Pinckney, Linden, Goodrich

Top 25 Boys Teams: Pinckney (Top Ten), Linden (23)

Top 25 Girls Teams: Goodrich (9), Pinckney (17)

Top 50 Boys (Division 2): Caleb Jarema (1), River Meckstroth (17), Kyle Eberhard (22), Gabe Trudeau (35), Wade Robinson (36), Zach Debeauclair (38), Ben Richards (47)

Top 50 Girls (Division 2): Olivia Giza (26), Cecelia Thorington (29), Sophie Endrud (41)

Sophie is majorly underrated here, she showed up big at State on a level she didn’t reach much of last year.