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2020 Season: 2nd Oakland County, 3rd KLAA, 1st Pre-Regional 15, 1st Region 8, 4th D1 State

2020 Season: 3rd SVL, 2nd Pre-Regional 3, 3rd Region 2, 24th D1 State

50 Tickets to Brooklyn: #36

Upon first look at the graphic, many may wonder, “where are his State/Regional results?”
And you’d be right to wonder, but here’s the answer – Colin unfortunately received a stress fracture that ended his sophomore cross campaign
Judging by his early ratings, he was on the path to running low 16’s on the right day on the right course
And taking note of his track season, it seems that he didn’t have much of a training loss from an incomplete fall
He showed mid-distance strength (multiple sub-4:30’s) and longer distance endurance (multiple sub-9:45’s)

The MIXCSR hometown favorite, but her inclusion isn’t of any bias, as she’s here on the pure strength of her last few XC races
Her early season consisted mainly of duals and solid times (a few sub-19’s, victories over Haupt, Hastie)
But her ascent began in earnest with an 18:19 at Regionals, followed by a 12^th place finish at MIS, then a massive PR at the Meet of Champions
She’s not blessed with the greatest speed in the world, but she’s a grinder, and was able to summon a 5:19/11:24 in track despite a 400m PR of “only” 66.
#JagsForever (sorry)

Emily is probably the only girl to finish higher in her Region (10^th) than in the State Meet (8^th)
After adjusting for heat, the course, and what not, her performance at MIS rated out to be almost 30 seconds better than any previous race
It’s not as if the performance came out of nowhere – she had run in the low 19’s a few times throughout the season and was an outstanding middle school athlete
Her track season didn’t have the same breakout performance but was very consistent
She had multiple sub-5:20/11:40 efforts, indicating a bit of improvement from her average cross times

Has a chance to cement his legacy as one of the better Muskegon area runners of all time
Klay has dominated the GMAA scene for the past 2 years, winning two cross titles and the distance triple this past track season
After a solid freshman cross campaign, he exhibited some speed in track, breaking 2:00 late into that year
Following the two year track hiatus, he was able to improve upon that mark, reaching 1:57.5
His local success hasn’t translated into All-States, but honors like those are usually heavily senior driven, he’s definitely in the conversation for this fall and next spring