Uncategorized – Page 81 – Michigan XC Speed Ratings

I thought I’d have time for more, but one great meet will have to suffice.

We’ve got:

A race between a D2 girls contender and one of D1’s better freshmen.
The main candidates for the D3 girls crown
Two top-10 girls teams in D1 & D2
Youthful, talented boys coming from different directions (Alma & Howell)
Alma hoping to bounce back from Portage and defend their title
And a whole host of All-State and Team Qualifier types hoping to get into form for the coming weeks.

Medals go to the Top-5 teams and Top-30 individuals.

Boys

Place	Team	Avg. Score	Win %	Top 5 %
1	Alma	85	89	95+
2	Okemos	106	11	95+
3	Grand Ledge	143		95+
4	Howell	162		95+
5	Pewamo-Westphalia	196		58
6	DeWitt	204		40
7	Lansing Catholic	242
8	Corunna	242
9	Williamston	383
10	Mason	376
11	Bath	380
12	East Lansing	382
13	St. Louis	427
14	Haslett	387
15	Leslie	431
16	Portland	411
17	Holt	433
18	Fowlerville	476
19	St. Johns	548
20	Eaton Rapids	551
21	Laingsburg	577
22	Saranac	643
23	Owosso	568
24	Charlotte	658
25	Portland St. Patrick	697
26	Ionia	773
27	Lansing Waverly	789
28	Lansing Everett	812
29	Lansing Christian	805
30	Lake Odessa Lakewood	808
31	Fowler	813
32	Stockbridge	869
33	Lansing Eastern	923
34	Lansing Sexton	1015

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Avg. Place
1	10	Jack MacGregor	Howell	1.16
2	10	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	2.57
3	11	Thomas Larson	Alma	3.24
4	11	Ian Morgan	Okemos	4.39
5	11	Benjamin Rottier	Grand Ledge	6.86
6	12	Alex Doneth	Mason	6.93
7	12	Lucas Wood	Howell	7.02
8	12	Simon Erfourth	Owosso	8.18
9	12	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	8.73
10	12	Dylan Lydic	Haslett	8.95
11	11	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	11.29
12	12	Nolan Inglis	DeWitt	14.16
13	9	Owen Poppema	Bath	15.60
14	9	Duncan Palmer	Williamston	16.37
15	12	Bobby Donley	Corunna	18.06
16	12	Conner McCormick	Mason	18.08
17	12	Nathan Beemer	Okemos	18.56
18	11	Liam Preisser	East Lansing	18.70
19	10	Kevin Terpstra	Alma	19.22
20	12	Drake Wallace	Howell	19.41
21	11	Elijah Baltierra	Alma	22.39
22	9	Rylen Richey	Grand Ledge	22.40
23	10	Simon Shutt	Okemos	23.00
24	11	Reagan Ward	St. Johns	23.30
25	11	Lucas Gates	Lansing Catholic	25.60
26	12	Jackson Walthorn	DeWitt	27.67
27	11	Malcolm Cesario	Okemos	29.22
28	10	John Kowatch	Pewamo-Westphalia	29.34
29	10	Nolan Lounds	Grand Ledge	32.00
30	11	Andrew Feldpausch	Portland	33.11
31	12	Finley Markle	Okemos	34.03
32	10	Wyatt Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	34.06
33	12	Allan George	Pewamo-Westphalia	34.59
34	10	Charlie George	Pewamo-Westphalia	38.24
35	10	Ezra Nellis	Corunna	38.52
36	12	Bodie Heiss	Alma	39.16
37	11	Payton Chandler	Corunna	39.35
38	11	Alex McKennon	Grand Ledge	40.50
39	9	Rem Piper	Holt	42.75
40	12	Ben Haakenson	Grand Ledge	43.12
41	10	Thaddeus Overley	Lansing Waverly	43.23
42	9	Grady Richey	Lansing Catholic	45.27
43	11	Carter Clark	Carson City-Crystal	46.14
44	10	Everett Beach	Lansing Catholic	47.59
45	12	Andrew Fugazzi	Okemos	47.98
46	12	Jaxon Strauch	Corunna	49.00
47	10	Ryan Frantz	Haslett	51.67
48	11	Joshua Carpenter	DeWitt	52.05
49	12	Elijah Hutchinson	Grand Ledge	52.43
50	9	Tate Smith	Bath	54.17

Girls

Place	Team	Avg. Score	Win %	Top 5 %
1	Okemos	65	92	95+
2	DeWitt	92	8	95+
3	Lansing Catholic	115		95+
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	127		95+
5	Owosso	271		28
6	Leslie	272		39
7	Alma	282		14
8	Grand Ledge	285		9
9	East Lansing	300		5
10	St. Johns	310		5
11	Mason	320
12	Williamston	358
13	Charlotte	363
14	Haslett	424
15	Holt	437
16	Laingsburg	445
17	Bath	491
18	Fowlerville	499
19	Corunna	502
20	Eaton Rapids	517
21	St. Louis	539
22	Howell	548
23	Lansing Christian	557
24	Portland	564
25	Fowler	592
26	Saranac	657
27	Ionia	760
28	Stockbridge	838
29	Lake Odessa Lakewood	876
30	Lansing Everett	906
31	Lansing Waverly	931
32	Lansing Eastern	971

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Avg. Place
1	10	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	1.52
2	9	Rachel Smith	Okemos	1.86
3	12	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	3.30
4	10	Alyssa Kramer	Pewamo-Westphalia	4.59
5	12	Ayla Holben	DeWitt	5.94
6	11	Hailey Creisher	Leslie	6.42
7	10	Gabriella Fugazzi	Okemos	7.93
8	9	Remie Ellis	Eaton Rapids	8.94
9	11	October Harns	Okemos	9.20
10	11	Aviana Skinner	Grand Ledge	9.21
11	12	Joy Evans	Alma	10.23
12	9	Josie Bishop	Lansing Catholic	12.95
13	12	Mia Williams	DeWitt	13.55
14	12	Ella Reaves	Holt	14.74
15	10	Grace Wonch	Lansing Catholic	15.16
16	12	Kayla Williams	DeWitt	15.97
17	11	Anna Poppema	Bath	18.32
18	11	Miriam Kloha	St. Johns	19.96
19	9	Isabelle Currie	Lansing Catholic	21.56
20	12	Nicole Schafer	Williamston	21.71
21	11	Fiona Whitmyer	Okemos	23.03
22	9	Emily Barrie	East Lansing	24.54
23	9	Alyssa McFall	Okemos	24.69
24	11	Frances Melinn	Lansing Catholic	25.60
25	9	Adelyn Thelen	Pewamo-Westphalia	25.80
26	11	Lydia Jagger	Grand Ledge	27.82
27	12	Autumn Thompson	DeWitt	28.56
28	9	Madison Wils	Bath	30.00
29	10	Morgan Allen	Mason	31.81
30	9	Aurora Doepker	DeWitt	32.81
31	12	Josie Jenkinson	Owosso	33.52
32	12	Olivia Tandoc	Okemos	35.54
33	12	Avery Wezensky	Portland	35.77
34	9	Mya Bower	Okemos	36.13
35	12	Hayven Thiel	Corunna	37.05
36	10	Sophia Schafer	Williamston	37.63
37	12	Julionna West	Owosso	38.77
38	12	Emily Rathka	Laingsburg	38.79
39	12	Kelcie Pung	Fowler	38.99
40	11	Isabella Taber	DeWitt	39.52
41	12	Erin Lubahn	Leslie	41.34
42	11	Abbie Schneider	Pewamo-Westphalia	41.95
43	11	Maria Beach	Fowlerville	42.62
44	10	Colette Charchut	Haslett	46.59
45	10	Anna Halliday	Howell	46.94
46	9	Lindsey Ludwig	Lansing Catholic	47.48
47	10	Avery Miller	Lansing Catholic	48.07
48	12	Morgan Ashcroft	DeWitt	48.28
49	12	Natalie Summerland	Owosso	48.32
50	12	Abby Dice	St. Louis	50.95

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UP, Homeschool, & Others – County Week Rankings

October 11, 2024 mixcspeedratings

We’re out of Portage, out of the bigger area meets (Oakland and Wayne County), now onto more of championship season. Many of the top teams competed in a meaningful meet and we’re better able to discern their intentions for this final month of the season.

The WEEK 3 RANKINGS contained the best explanation of the year, so click there. But I’ll add another sentence of emphasis: although this past weekend’s meets weigh the largest, they are not the end all be all, these are cumulative.

Here are the other rankings:

WEEK FOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

Rank	Team	Score	Division	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Marquette	20	UP 1	198.9	1
2	Sault Ste. Marie	60	UP 1	178.1	2
3	Houghton	141	UP 1	152.2	3
4	Painesdale-Jeffers	159	UP 2	147.8	4
5	Gladstone	185	UP 1	138.7	5
6	Munising	240	UP 2	141.5	6
7	Rudyard	272	UP 2	127.9	7
8	Engadine	342	UP 3	117.7	8
9	Stephenson	363	UP 3	113.0	12
10	Ironwood	371	UP 2	113.9	10
11	Ishpeming Westwood	380	UP 1	113.0	11
12	Dollar Bay	395	UP 3	108.4	9
13	Menominee	405	UP 1	108.0	13
14	Negaunee	431	UP 1	103.8	15
15	Gwinn	445	UP 2	93.6	14
16	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer	456	UP 2	100.1	16
17	Rapid River	465	UP 3	87.5	NR
18	Escanaba	472	UP 1	97.2	18
19	Calumet	476	UP 1	68.0	17
20	Cedarville	511	UP 3	74.4	NR
21	Manistique	535	UP 2	87.2	19
22	Eben Jct. Superior Central	568	UP 3	82.3	20
23	Kingsford	603	UP 1	64.1	23
24	Newberry	635	UP 3	67.3	21
25	Hancock	646	UP 2	64.2	22
26	Powers North Central	672	UP 1	1.0	25
27	Rock Mid-Peninsula	681	UP 3	55.1	24
28	Forest Area	720	UP 3	54.8	26
29	Brimley	723	UP 3	29.3	NR
30	Carney-Nadeau	813	UP 3		27

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Gabe Litzner	Sault Ste. Marie	210.9
2	12	Seppi Camilli	Marquette	210.3
3	11	Rorik Holmquist	Marquette	198.0
4	12	James Barch	Marquette	195.8
5	11	Peter Argeropoulos	Marquette	195.6
6	12	Evan Balko	Marquette	194.6
7	12	Chase Thomsen	Marquette	193.0
8	11	Shea Armstrong	Sault Ste. Marie	192.5
9	12	Kalvin Kytta	Chassell	189.7
10	12	Danny Goss	Munising	189.6
11	12	Birk Seagren	Houghton	180.6
12	10	Lucas Ballard	Marquette	177.6
13	12	Trevor Nolan	Munising	171.1
14	11	Landon Larson	Painesdale-Jeffers	170.4
15	11	Cameron Anderson	Painesdale-Jeffers	167.2
16	12	Evan Huyck	Sault Ste. Marie	165.8
17	12	Eli Hills	Sault Ste. Marie	163.6
18	11	Steven Kirschner	Rudyard	163.1
19	11	Benjamin Hemmer	Houghton	161.9
20	12	Zach Smith	Ironwood	161.4
21	11	Daniel Bowerman	Sault Ste. Marie	157.3
22	11	Canon Kuntze	Stephenson	154.6
23	12	Dakota Taylor	Engadine	153.9
24	11	Adam Brandt	Sault Ste. Marie	153.2
25	12	Brayden Bourion	Menominee	150.8
26	10	Andrew Junttila	Calumet	150.1
27	9	Brandon Van Karsen	Houghton	149.9
28	12	Weston Knauf	Powers North Central	149.8
29	10	Chase Aldridge	Sault Ste. Marie	148.9
30	11	Max Beauchamp	Gladstone	145.6
31	11	Simon Jaklin	Negaunee	144.7
32	10	Ethan Snyder	Cedarville	144.6
33	12	Ben Gilroy	Manistique	143.3
34	11	Anderson Limkemann	Houghton	141.2
35	9	Wyatt Huhn	St. Ignace	140.2
36	12	Joshua Guant	Dollar Bay	140.1
37	11	Tyler Soderman	Gladstone	139.8
38	11	Teagan Reynolds	Gladstone	139.2
39	9	Brody Majurin	Ewen-Trout Creek	139.1
40	12	William Weise	Escanaba	138.8
41	11	Duane Krenek	Engadine	138.6
42	9	Branson Anderson	Painesdale-Jeffers	138.4
43	11	Austin Corey	Gladstone	137.0
44	10	Blake Lakosky	Munising	136.1
45	12	Joey Lauzon	Ironwood	133.5
46	9	Blake Heltunen	Painesdale-Jeffers	132.7
47	12	Owen Kuehnau	Stephenson	132.5
48	11	Grady Nelson	Gladstone	132.1
49	12	Trevor Verba	Stephenson	131.3
50	12	Reed DeGroot	Kingsford	130.7

Rank	Team	Score	Division	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Marquette	59	UP 1	94.6	1
2	Houghton	66	UP 1	95.4	2
3	Hancock	159	UP 2	64.4	3
4	Sault Ste. Marie	192	UP 1	55.9	4
5	Ewen-Trout Creek	236	UP 3	45.6	5
6	Negaunee	247	UP 1	45.5	6
7	Gladstone	306	UP 1	27.4	7
8	Calumet	314	UP 1	26.0	11
9	Kingsford	321	UP 1	25.6	12
10	Chassell	322	UP 3	24.3	10
11	Munising	336	UP 2	21.2	9
12	Baraga	348	UP 2	21.0	14
13	Newberry	353	UP 3	34.7	8
14	Escanaba	375	UP 1	17.9	15
15	Pickford	402	UP 3	15.3	13
16	Ironwood	420	UP 2	10.7	17
17	Brimley	425	UP 3	2.5	16
18	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer	435	UP 2	5.8	18
19	Powers North Central	445	UP 1		22
20	Stephenson	460	UP 3		19
21	Rapid River	464	UP 3		25
22	Ishpeming Westwood	512	UP 1		21
23	St. Ignace	522	UP 3		20
24	Manistique	574	UP 2		23
25	Rudyard	610	UP 2		24
26	West Iron County	629	UP 2		26
27	Eben Jct. Superior Central	715	UP 3		28
28	Holy Name	719	UP 3		27

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Talya Schreiber	Pickford	141.0
2	11	Samantha Taylor	Newberry	131.7
3	11	Tessa Rautiola	Houghton	122.4
4	12	Alisha Mabie	Escanaba	112.9
5	10	Abby Taylor	Newberry	111.7
6	12	Roman Trevino Peterlin	Houghton	104.5
7	11	Ella Fure	Marquette	104.1
8	8	Molly McNamara	Engadine	102.8
9	12	Aubrey Smith	Ironwood	101.4
10	9	Sela Niska	Houghton	101.1
11	12	Monet Argeropoulos	Marquette	97.4
12	9	Evelyn Grant	Marquette	95.5
13	12	Lily Ross	Houghton	91.7
14	9	Maria Murvich	Kingsford	90.7
15	12	Ella Keranen	Hancock	89.1
16	12	Maija Maki-Warne	Marquette	88.8
17	12	Chloe Miller	Marquette	87.2
18	12	Alyssa Shirkey	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer	86.2
19	12	Marlee Plaxco	Negaunee	84.7
20	9	Isabelle McCord	Sault Ste. Marie	83.2
21	10	Winley Brandt	Menominee	80.6
22	9	Alena Pietila	Hancock	78.8
23	11	Faith Cappaert	Stephenson	78.2
24	10	Eryn Veverka	Marquette	75.3
25	11	Stephanie Jones	Sault Ste. Marie	74.8
26	10	Sylvia Aho	Chassell	73.4
27	9	Bree Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	72.5
28	12	Rayna Towles	Hancock	72.2
29	11	Maya Carlson	Manistique	71.3
30	10	Regan Sporte	Sault Ste. Marie	70.6
31	11	Nori Korsman	Negaunee	69.9
32	10	Sophie DesRochers	Baraga	69.0
33	11	Maija Keranen	Calumet	65.1
34	12	Violet Papin	Marquette	64.3
35	12	Hope Varoni	Powers North Central	61.3
36	10	Joselyn Mills	Gladstone	61.3
37	11	Emma Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	61.2
38	10	Norah Woodruff	Houghton	57.5
39	11	Romi Mattson	Houghton	57.2
40	10	Riley Conklin	Negaunee	57.0
41	10	Aesara Lupinski	Rock Mid-Peninsula	56.8
42	11	Jill Berg	Hancock	56.3
43	8	Leona Schutz	Ewen-Trout Creek	56.2
44	9	Addie Bowerman	Munising	53.1
45	11	Addy Hallum	Ishpeming Westwood	50.2
46	11	Olivia Cotey	Munising	49.7
47	9	Elli Harju	Calumet	48.5
48	11	Jovie Williams	Houghton	46.4
49	8	Julia Poma	Rapid River	44.1
50	12	Kate Mattson	Munising	43.9

Homeschool & Others

Boys

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	GRTC Peregrines	36	181.5	1
2	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	51	177.1	2
3	Capital Homeschool	74	172.8	3
4	North Trails	119	158.8	4
5	MACH	153	145.1	5
6	Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics	181	135.5	6
7	Butternut Homeschool	208	124.6	7
8	Christ the King	237	116.2	8
9	West Michigan Homeschool	250	104.9	9
10	Washtenaw Christian	301	65.2	10
11	Kensington Woods	320	60.6	11
12	Monroe Milers	321	56.2	12
13	Detroit Crockett	410		NR

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Luke Long	West Michigan Homeschool	208.7
2	12	Ezekiel Grimmet	Capital Homeschool	192.8
3	12	Trent Taratuta	North Trails	190.5
4	11	Caleb Willard	GRTC Peregrines	186.7
5	9	Abenezer Olson	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	183.6
6	10	Anthony Schmitz	GRTC Peregrines	183.2
7	12	Keith Siek	Berrien County Youth Track	182.7
8	11	Brendan O’Donohue	GRTC Peregrines	182.4
9	12	Kaelan Miller	GRTC Peregrines	181.8
10	11	Vince Garritano	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	181.2
11	9	Leo Garritano	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	175.0
12	9	Eli Miller	GRTC Peregrines	173.6
13	12	Trevor Basch	Capital Homeschool	173.2
14	10	Brian Artman	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	172.9
15	10	Evan Armstrong	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	172.7
16	12	Jack Ryan	Capital Homeschool	172.4
17	11	Ian Potts	MACH	169.9
18	11	Benaiah Roby	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	169.0
19	9	Jackson Willard	GRTC Peregrines	166.5
20	12	David Artman	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	166.1
21	10	Jacob Ziolkowski	GRTC Peregrines	166.0
22	9	Garrett Potts	MACH	164.8
23	11	Isaac McAlvey	Capital Homeschool	162.8
24	12	Edward Fountain	Capital Homeschool	162.8
25	11	Carter Grimmet	Capital Homeschool	162.2
26	10	Peter Kamp	Capital Homeschool	162.1
27	12	Axel Krantz	North Trails	158.3
28	12	Sebastian Hornibrook	North Trails	155.3
29	10	Thor Krantz	North Trails	153.1
30	9	Etienne Ruble	Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics	150.6
31	10	Silas Carroll	Ivywood Classical Academy	145.7
32	10	Joshua Snyder	MACH	143.8
33	10	Tommy Skrobola	Christ the King	142.6
34	10	Isaiah Homan	Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics	139.4
35	10	Trevor Thompson	Butternut Homeschool	139.3
36	11	Grady Oberlin	Butternut Homeschool	137.7
37	10	Landon Juilleret	North Trails	136.8
38	11	Tyson Crouse	Butternut Homeschool	133.8
39	12	Hayden Tollenaere	Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics	133.7
40	10	Patrick Monahan	Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics	133.7
41	11	Callum Wallenfang	Berrien County Youth Track	133.3
42	11	Carson Bopp	North Trails	131.1
43	10	Noah Ferguson	Kensington Woods	128.6
44	12	Aidan Spybrook	Christ the King	128.2
45	9	Daniel Smyth	MACH	126.5
46	10	Brody Jeruzal	Ann Arbor Christian	123.7
47	10	Daniel Jones	Washtenaw Christian	122.9
48	11	Nathan Perez	MACH	120.3
49	10	Micah Springer	Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics	120.1
50	9	Shepherd Thompson	Washtenaw Christian	119.5

Girls

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	GRTC Peregrines	20	130.7	1
2	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	80	77.0	NR
3	Capital Homeschool	101	68.2	2
4	MACH	106	66.9	3
5	Christ the King	147	33.8	4
6	North Trails	172		5
7	Monroe Milers	185	2.6	6
8	West Michigan Homeschool	213		7
9	Interlochen Arts Academy	230		8
10	Detroit International Academy	313		9
11	Detroit Central	341		NR
12	Detroit Crockett	344		NR

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Stephanie DiPiazza	GRTC Peregrines	166.5
2	12	Sinead Noonan	GRTC Peregrines	145.2
3	9	Alannah Wessel	MACH	130.6
4	12	Maya Willard	GRTC Peregrines	122.3
5	9	Kate O’Donohue	GRTC Peregrines	115.1
6	10	Faith Wessel	MACH	110.5
7	12	Olivia Gust	North Trails	104.4
8	10	Gianna Chaignot	GRTC Peregrines	104.2
9	12	Melia Cullen	GRTC Peregrines	100.7
10	11	Abby Thompson	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	98.1
11	11	Samantha Hundt	Capital Homeschool	97.7
12	12	Suzannah DiPiazza	GRTC Peregrines	96.9
13	9	Ingrid Thomas	Washtenaw Christian	89.1
14	11	Esther Hornibrook	North Trails	84.8
15	9	Micaela Cabello	Christ the King	84.6
16	10	Kimberly Siek	Berrien County Youth Track	83.4
17	10	Kimberly Siek	Berrien Youth Track	80.7
18	11	Taylor Hill	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	77.5
19	9	Mercy Hibma	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	74.6
20	9	Grace Bedner	Ann Arbor Track	73.6
21	10	Eleri Raleigh	Capital Homeschool	72.0
22	10	Taylor Basch	Capital Homeschool	70.8
23	10	Belle Richardson	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	70.6
24	10	Elyana Davis	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	64.0
25	12	Rebekah Gram	Monroe Milers	61.6
26	12	Maria Gergely	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	61.4
27	11	Evelyn Jackson	Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports	58.6
28	10	Rosie Stelwagen	West Michigan Homeschool	58.3
29	11	Hana Nishi	Interlochen Arts Academy	56.5
30	11	Maizy Minnaar	Capital Homeschool	54.9

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2024 Rankings: Division 1, County Week

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 mixcspeedratings

Here are the other rankings:

WEEK FOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

Recap

Portage was illuminating, mostly in the fact of Jenison’s increased candidacy for the second podium spot and perhaps, even a win. Jacob Tanner highlighted just how close this race was, a few seconds improvement or a few seconds added in the final month, both scenarios could play a pivotal role in deciding a state title. For ranking purposes, the Wildcats moved up a spot and gained 50 points on Northville. Grand Haven also had a superb day, moving past two higher-ranked teams to nearly grab 3^rd.

Clarkston and Livonia Churchill won Oakland and Wayne Counties, neither having a particularly great day.

Looking Forward

Sorta that odd week between huge meets and conference meets. I call it County Week here, as the usual progression is County, Conference, Regional, State. But anyhow, Willow is home to the River Rat Open, a regional preview for many western suburb teams and a great spot to gain confidence before championships truly begin. Saline will be there, the Hornets quietly hanging in there with their young group, Canton will look to rebound after a Wayne County defeat.

On Friday night, Livonia Churchill has Livonia bragging rights to claim. Similar to Willow is the ultra-quick South course at Hudson Mills, where Brighton will look to rip some PRs.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Northville	93	6	204.1	1
2	Jenison	224	1	199.8	3
3	Brighton	259	4	197.1	2
4	Canton	381	6	195.5	4
5	Livonia Churchill	395	6	194.7	5
6	Saline	396	5	192.9	6
7	Clarkston	410	8	193.3	7
8	Grand Haven	439	1	194.2	9
9	Traverse City Central	501	2	191.0	10
10	Kalamazoo Central	519	3	190.2	8
11	Portage Central	539	3	189.5	12
12	Ann Arbor Pioneer	544	5	194.4	11
13	Oxford	577	8	191.6	14
14	East Kentwood	577	3	190.0	13
15	Forest Hills Central	605	3	189.5	15
16	Plymouth	615	6	189.1	16
17	Utica	679	9	188.3	17
18	White Lake Lakeland	725	7	185.3	23
19	Macomb Dakota	741	9	186.1	18
20	Midland	745	2	185.6	20
21	Okemos	747	2	185.8	21
22	Rockford	774	1	184.5	19
23	Highland-Milford	804	7	188.1	22
24	Traverse City West	814	2	184.6	24
25	Salem	843	6	183.3	26
26	Caledonia	910	3	183.1	25
27	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	939	3	184.2	45

Recap

I think Romeo unequivocally answered the call. Five girls in the top-15, all scorers under 18:35. You could take out Guaresimo and Annie, Romeo still would’ve won.

Where other teams faltered in the final miles, Saline and Ann Arbor Pioneer were able to move up. Staton, Gady, and Schlack found bodies to pass, each moving up 10+ places throughout the race. Brighton may have finished 5^th, but the Bulldogs were closer to the top-4 than projected, enough to move up a spot here.

More and more, it’s appearing that Rochester is a contender for a top-5 placing at MIS. Experienced, battle-tested senior up front. Raw, yet wise junior slightly behind her. And then different girls who step up in different weeks. At Oakland County, the Falcons comfortably cruised to a victory.

Looking Forward

The Romeo squad attained a perfect score in all of my Macomb County simulations. Even in an appropriate season for spooky events, that’s scary. We’ll see if Brighton and Saline keep the momentum rolling at Gabriel Richard and River Rat Open.

Mentioned in the D2 rankings was a battle between DeWitt and Okemos at Greater Lansing. I pointed out DeWitt’s patient racing as an advantage, now I’ll tell you that Okemos halved DeWitt’s score last year, ravaging Ledge Meadows en route to a 58-point victory.

Top 27

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Last Week
1	Romeo	81	9	151.2	1
2	Holland West Ottawa	140	1	148.6	2
3	Saline	216	5	140.7	3
4	Brighton	273	4	136.3	5
5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	283	5	143.3	4
6	Rockford	341	1	134.0	6
7	Okemos	398	2	133.9	7
8	Rochester	427	8	133.0	9
9	Traverse City West	462	2	128.1	8
10	Grand Haven	513	1	127.6	10
11	Portage Central	516	3	126.6	11
12	Midland Dow	537	2	132.3	12
13	Northville	545	6	124.3	13
14	Jenison	585	1	123.3	14
15	Ann Arbor Skyline	592	4	123.2	19
16	Utica	608	9	123.1	15
17	White Lake Lakeland	618	7	122.3	16
18	Dexter	676	4	119.9	17
19	Hartland	677	4	120.3	18
20	Rochester Adams	718	8	119.4	20
21	Macomb Dakota	788	9	116.0	21
22	Clarkston	789	8	116.4	23
23	Hudsonville	816	1	115.3	22
24	Bay City Western	841	2	115.9	24
25	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	843	3	114.2	26
26	Traverse City Central	881	2	112.8	25
27	Ann Arbor Huron	887	6	114.2	27

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Recap

Seemingly, everyone had a tough day at Willow save for one – Aidan Pengelly. The Cobra junior ran away with a 13-second victory, winning his first Wayne County title.

Running away was what Kyle O’Rourke did in the second mile at Possum Hollow, opening up a sizable gap on the field, challenging the course record in an Oakland County win.

Kamari Ronfeldt summoned a sprint at the end in a battle with Seth Conner. The two pulled away from the field early, Conner attempted to pull away mid-race, but Kamari hung tough and had just enough on the long finishing stretch. Surely, we’ll see these two lock heads once again, perhaps joined by a few more.

Looking Forward

Many weekends off in anticipation of the finishing stretch, but a matchup we haven’t yet seen. Heading east on 94 is Kalamazoo Hackett’s big gun, Marek Butkiewicz. Heading west towards Dexter is Ann Arbor Pioneer. Butkiewicz has been dominating D4 races without much of a test, Kamari Ronfeldt, the wise youngster, is coming off Portage’s emotional high.

On the quick Willow grounds, we’ll witness Kyle O’Rourke and Aidan Pengelly. Pengelly has raced there on many occasions, but the sledding hill won’t be too daunting compared to the Milford mountains.

Top 50

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	11	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	216.5
2	10	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	215.4
3	12	Seth Conner	Jenison	213.1
4	10	Jack MacGregor	Howell	212.7
5	12	Carter Livermore	Grandville	212.6
6	11	Aiden Pengelly	Canton	212.3
7	12	Ethan Powell	Northville	209.7
8	12	Alexander McArthur	Oxford	207.8
9	12	Joseph Rohmfeld	Livonia Churchill	207.3
10	12	Taye Levenson	Bloomfield Hills	207.2
11	11	Jackson Lam	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	206.4
12	11	Beckett Crooks	Ann Arbor Pioneer	206.0
13	11	Ben Hartigan	Northville	205.8
14	10	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	205.2
15	12	Kian Schneeweis	Troy	204.7
16	12	Tyler Brock	Brighton	204.0
17	10	Caden Livermore	Grandville	203.8
18	12	Nick Barretto	Northville	203.5
19	11	Ryan Barnes	Clarkston	203.3
20	12	Ben Eisnor	Grand Haven	202.8
21	12	James Cusick	Oxford	202.0
22	11	Ian Morgan	Okemos	201.7
23	10	Ben Romero	Forest Hills Central	201.1
24	12	Lucas LaMilza	Macomb Dakota	201.1
25	12	Julian Linebaugh	Dexter	200.9
26	12	Ishaan Kundapur	Northville	200.9
27	11	Aron Gal	Grand Haven	200.6
28	12	Sawyer McCarthy	Forest Hills Central	200.6
29	10	Brandon Cloud	Northville	200.5
30	12	Parker Strelecki	Jenison	200.5
31	12	Chase Wolters	Livonia Churchill	200.1
32	11	Harper Wesley	Utica	199.9
33	11	Caleb Keller	Traverse City Central	199.8
34	12	Mason Lucas	Jenison	199.6
35	12	Cayden DeGrendel	Clarkston	199.0
36	12	Kort Thompson	Caledonia	198.9
37	12	James Latstetter	Flushing	198.7
38	12	Evan Nickoles	East Kentwood	198.5
39	10	Liam Wierzba	Traverse City West	198.1
40	12	Luke Morehouse	Utica	197.8
41	11	Benjamin Rottier	Grand Ledge	197.8
42	12	Lucas Wood	Howell	197.8
43	10	Blake Kulesza	Brighton	197.7
44	12	Isaac Tanis	East Kentwood	197.5
45	12	Matthew Schwartz	Jenison	197.5
46	12	Spencer Parker	Portage Central	197.3
47	12	Mitchell Jeruzal	Byron Center	197.2
48	12	Jack Chadwick	Plymouth	197.1
49	11	Brennan LaRusso	Saline	197.0
50	12	Malcolm Speigle	Livonia Churchill	197.0

Recap

Nearly 20 seconds at one, 35 at two, a clean 40 at the finish. Another stupendous victory for Helen Sachs. The Panther senior is clearly the class of D1 at this point. The one questions is – who will come in behind her?

Natasza Dudek ran an impressive race in second. All alone, she trailed Sachs, yet was able to hold off any impending kick from the rest of the field. Natalia Guaresimo tried to close, but ran out of real estate.

No one could close on Lucy Cook, a familiar veteran on the Possum Hollow course. A four-time Oakland County champion, Cook sprinted down the first hill and left the field in her dust. The script is playing out as it commonly has, usually ending in a top finish at MIS.

Looking Forward

With Romeo projected to score a perfect 15 at Macomb County, one of the Bulldog girls is predicted to win. Natalia Guaresimo has been running better than anyone, Annie Hrabovsky won last year, maybe another will spring an upset or maybe they’ll all run together? It may not be together, but we’ll likely see a sea of purple up front at River Rat. Hopefully, we’ll see a rebound from Rachel Smith, who could be contending with Ava Schafer for Greater Lansing.

Top 50

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	177.1
2	9	Natasza Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer	166.0
3	12	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	162.7
4	9	Rachel Smith	Okemos	162.4
5	11	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	160.3
6	12	Lucy Cook	Rochester	159.8
7	9	Emilia Garces	Midland Dow	159.0
8	9	Sienna Klemmer	Ann Arbor Pioneer	155.0
9	11	Hana Boggess	Ann Arbor Pioneer	154.9
10	10	Daisy Cox	Rockford	154.2
11	9	McKinley Jones	Saline	154.0
12	12	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford	153.0
13	10	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	152.4
14	12	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	151.3
15	12	Kaelin Hughes	Livonia Stevenson	150.3
16	12	Annie Alkema	Kalamazoo Central	150.0
17	10	Annabeth Hazlewood	Salem	150.0
18	12	Lillian Deskins	Romeo	149.5
19	9	Savannah Staton	Saline	148.8
20	11	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	148.8
21	9	Avery Scott	Portage Central	147.1
22	12	Olivia Purdy	Romeo	147.0
23	12	Violet Hrabovsky	Romeo	146.9
24	11	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	144.7
25	12	Isabelle Becker	Bay City Western	144.3
26	12	Emma Gunnett	Holland West Ottawa	144.2
27	10	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	144.2
28	10	Tessa Mascari	Traverse City West	143.5
29	11	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	143.3
30	12	Grace Tykocki	Grand Blanc	143.2
31	11	Ella Abraham	Rochester	142.8
32	11	Emmerson Clor	Romeo	142.8
33	12	Ava Alicandro	White Lake Lakeland	142.5
34	12	Lucinda Paliani	Ann Arbor Huron	141.8
35	12	Corynn Gady	Saline	141.1
36	9	Lucia Llanes	Ann Arbor Skyline	140.3
37	10	Paige McMeans	Jenison	139.8
38	10	Gabriella Fugazzi	Okemos	139.5
39	9	Charley McKay	Brownstown Woodhaven	139.5
40	10	Katelynn Egli	Novi	139.4
41	11	Olivia Stacy	Portage Northern	139.3
42	12	Chloe DeRidder	Grandville	139.2
43	11	Ava Lawrence	East Kentwood	138.5
44	12	Elle Bissett	Brighton	138.5
45	12	Ava Peters	Livonia Franklin	138.4
46	10	Colette Lozo	Northville	137.6
47	9	Ainsley Kelm	Portage Northern	137.6
48	11	Aviana Skinner	Grand Ledge	136.7
49	11	October Harns	Okemos	136.7
50	10	El McMahan	Rochester Adams	136.3

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