50 Tickets to Brooklyn
A celebration of the best returners, ranked from 50 to 1. In terms of depth, this may be the strongest year yet (I said the same thing last year!). There are some omissions of very fast kids… but don’t worry, I’ll share some love in the Top Tens and Regional Previews.
These take into account:
- The 2023 XC season
- Projected improvements
- The 2024 Track season
And a tiny, tiny bit of subjectivity.
| Ticket | Boys | Team | Girls | Team |
| 50 | Blake Peardon | Lake Orion | Courtney Bovair | Carleton Airport |
| 49 | Mitchell Hiatt | Onsted | Jaelyn Ray | Pinckney |
| 48 | Landon Pestrue | St. Louis | Ellie Scholma | Grand Rapids Christian |
| 47 | Adam Dicken | Canton | Becca van Lent | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 46 | Marek Butkiewicz | Kalamazoo Hackett | A’nyla Robinson | Detroit Cass Tech |
| 45 | Caleb Keller | Traverse City Central | Ava Peters | Livonia Franklin |
| 44 | Ben Hartigan | Northville | Jane Manthei | Petoskey St. Michael |
| 43 | Moises Salazar | Adrian | Isabelle Becker | Bay City Western |
| 42 | Tyler Brock | Brighton | Natalie Foltz | Frankenmuth |
| 41 | James Cusick | Oxford | Eva Thompson | Croswell-Lexington |
| 40 | Owen Metzger | Sparta | Sophy Skeels | Adrian |
| 39 | Jackson Lam | Kalamazoo Loy Norrix | Layla Jordan | Goodrich |
| 38 | Evan Nickoles | East Kentwood | Ava Porras | Holland West Ottawa |
| 37 | Beckett Crooks | Ann Arbor Pioneer | Betsy Skendzel | Traverse City St. Francis |
| 36 | Mason Lucas | Jenison | Lydia LaMarra | Brighton |
| 35 | Harper Wesley | Utica | Elle Bissett | Brighton |
| 34 | Alex Doneth | Mason | Kayla Williams | DeWitt |
| 33 | Ben Eisnor | Grand Haven | Ava Alicandro | White Lake Lakeland |
| 32 | Joseph Rohmfeld | Livonia Churchill | Valerie Beeck | Grand Haven |
| 31 | Jeb Hillary | Grand Rapids Catholic Central | Allie Nowak | Johannesburg-Lewiston |
| 30 | Jack Chadwick | Plymouth | Kaelin Hughes | Livonia Stevenson |
| 29 | Luka Hammond | Grand Haven | Whitney Werner | Pewamo-Westphalia |
| 28 | Aiden Pengelly | Canton | Clara Kaczor | Freeland |
| 27 | Carter Livermore | Grandville | Cassie Garcia | Northville |
| 26 | Alex McArthur | Oxford | Annabelle Lowman | Ludington |
| 25 | Dominic Lowrie | Battle Creek Harper Creek | Olivia Purdy | Romeo |
| 24 | Caleb Wesseldyk | Otsego | Emma Hoffman | Otsego |
| 23 | Edison Lopeman | Parma Western | Grace VanderKooi | Western Michigan Christian |
| 22 | Ezekiel Baltierra | Alma | Leah Corby | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 21 | Landen Wise | Frankenmuth | Lila Volkers | Kent City |
| 20 | Jack MacGregor | Howell | Eliza Bush | Ypsi Arbor Prep |
| 19 | Simon Triezenberg | Grand Rapids Christian | Lillian Deskins | Romeo |
| 18 | Gus Rohde | Reed City | Daisy Cox | Rockford |
| 17 | Henry Cox | Plainwell | Emmerson Clor | Romeo |
| 16 | Kian Schneeweis | Troy | Sadey Seyferth | East Grand Rapids |
| 15 | Jonah Workman | East Grand Rapids | Mallory Bigelow | Oxford |
| 14 | Will Engbers | Holland Christian | Kamryn Lauinger | Goodrich |
| 13 | Thomas Larson | Alma | Kyah Hoffman | Stanton Central Montcalm |
| 12 | Ronnie Silveira | Allendale | Emma Drnek | Zeeland East |
| 11 | Taye Levenson | Bloomfield Hills | Katie Berkshire | Gaylord |
| 10 | Bobby Jazwinski | Shelby | Natalia Guaresimo | Romeo |
| 9 | Ben Romero | Forest Hills Central | Kaylie Livingston | Whitmore Lake |
| 8 | Colin Murray | Divine Child | Emmry Ross | Onsted |
| 7 | Kyle O’Rourke | Milford | Ava Schafer | St. Johns |
| 6 | Ethan Powell | Northville | Annie Hrabovsky | Romeo |
| 5 | Henry Dixon | Forest Hills Eastern | Elena Figueroa | St. Joseph |
| 4 | Kamari Ronfeldt | Ann Arbor Pioneer | Lucy Cook | Rochester |
| 3 | Seth Conner | Jenison | Helen Sachs | Holland West Ottawa |
| 2 | Jack Bidwell | Marshall | Victoria Garces | Midland Dow |
| 1 | TJ Hansen | Freeland | Jessica Jazwinski | Shelby |
Regional Previews
Projected regional scores and top runners based on one’s returners and incoming freshmen.
Region 36 – Royal Oak
Region 35 – Wagener Park
Region 34 – Sharp Park
Region 33 – Happy Acres
Region 32 – Portage
Region 31 – Allendale
Region 30 – Shepherd
Region 29 – Benzie
Region 28 – East Jordan
Region 27 – Willow
Region 26 – Algonac
Region 25 – Shepherd
Region 24 – DeWitt
Region 23 – Sharp Park
Region 22 – Portage
Region 21 – Allendale
Region 20 – Benzie
Region 19 – East Jordan
Region 18 – Lake Erie
Region 17 – Algonac
Region 16 – Holly
Region 15 – Shepherd
Region 14 – DeWitt
Region 13 – Portage
Region 12 – South Christian
Region 11 – Allendale
Region 10 – Benzie
Region 9 – Goodells
Region 8 – Clarkston
Region 7 – Royal Oak
Region 6 – Willow
Region 5 – Lake Erie
Region 4 – Holly
Region 3 – Portage
Region 2 – Shepherd
Region 1 – Allendale
Top Ten Teams
Division 4 Boys
Division 4 Girls
Division 3 Boys
Division 3 Girls
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 