After following Abbie Draheim’s lead, it’s now Anna’s turn to take over as the lead girl for East Lansing
She was solid as a freshman, breaking 20:00, but really established some consistency as a sophomore
Unfortunately did not get to compete at State, but she performed admirably during championship season and would have been a contender for an All-State spot
Took a leap forward in track and it wasn’t just a few outlier races – multiple sub 5:10/11:20 efforts
Noah quietly had a great cross country season, with only one defeat coming before mid-October, culminating in an 8th place finish at MIS
For a kid that’s run under 17:00 all three years, he’s flown under my radar for the first 2.5 years of his career
But he exploded this track season under the guidance of Coach Thiebaut
He set major PBs – dropping from 5:03 to 4:20 and 10:33 to 9:33 in two years time
It’s not just the times, he’s shown up in major races with a few conference titles, winning the Cadillac News 1600m (I’m sure Paul McMullen loved watching down upon this), and narrowly missed a state title in the 3200m
Where: Allendale HS. Runs pretty fair throughout the year, and about 5-10 seconds FAST come championship season. 2018’s Allendale Falcon is the baseline for these ratings.
2020 Boys: Saugatuck, GR Potter’s House, St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic
2020 Girls: Saugatuck, Libertas Christian, Holton
Top 25 Boys Teams: GR Potter’s House (Top 10), St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (17), Lawrence (18), Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (22), Gobles (23), Libertas Christian (25)
(Five equal teams vying for two spots? Might have to make my way out here…)
Top 25 Girls Teams: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (Top 10), GR Potter’s House (19), Libertas Christian (23), Muskegon Catholic Central (24)
Top 50 Boys (Division 4): Lezawe Osterink (6), Logan Swiney (10), Ian Palacios (18), Isaiah Beiter (20), Nile Devers (21), Dylan Pallett (29), Jonathan Clausing (50)
Where: Portage West MS. Another fair course. May run a little slow in the heat, but by late October, usually no adjustment needed.
2020 Boys: Kalamazoo Christian, Lawrence, Mendon
2020 Girls: Kalamazoo Christian, Battle Creek St. Philip, Colon
Top 25 Boys Teams: Kalamazoo Christian (Top 10), Battle Creek St. Philip (21)
Top 25 Girls Teams: Kalamazoo Christian (Top 10)
Many of the teams in this region have 3 or 4 returners. There will be more teams scoring at Regionals, but this is all I have at this moment for complete teams.
Top 50 Boys (Division 4): Isaac Bos (11), Isaac Bogard (33), Dart Avery (37), Luke Sprague (38)
Top 50 Girls (Division 4): Presley Allen (2), Aubrey Herder (30), Hope Zichterman (33), Sydney Van Es (48), Macey Burgess (50)
