Enquirer's Top 40: Vote for the Preseason Cross Country Runner of the Year

Bill Broderick, Battle Creek Enquirer

BATTLE CREEK - We are trying something new: The 2024 Battle Creek Enquirer Preseason Cross Country Runner of the Year poll.

We are listing the top 40 high school boys and girls cross country runners in the area and asking readers to vote for who will end up being the Enquirer Cross Country Runner of the Year, for both boys and girls, when the season is over.

Competition has just started, and some runners are already serving notice that they are ready for breakout years.

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2024 Boys Cross Country Season Preview

2024 Girls Cross Country Season Preview

Runners at the starting line at the 2024 Harper Creek Optimist Cross Country Invitational.
Runners at the starting line at the 2024 Harper Creek Optimist Cross Country Invitational.

You can vote for who you believe to be the Preseason Battle Creek Enquirer Cross Country Runner of the Year below.

The list of athletes was gathered from the collection of runners to watch for the area from a year ago.

Top 20 Boys

Here's our list of the Top 20 boys in our Preseason Enquirer Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year poll (in alphabetical order):

Christian Ayres - Harper Creek

Jack Bidwell - Marshall

Jonah Bills - Lakeview

Ja'Tavion Caldwell - Battle Creek Central

Reece Davis - Marshall

John Edler - Homer

Cooper Gardner - Harper Creek

Ben Gautsche - Union City

Hunter Jenney - Pennfield

Hunter Jones - Pennfield

Karson Lewis - Lakeview

Dominic Lowrie - Harper Creek

Gavin Markucki - Gull Lake

Abe McHugh - Marshall

Owen Nofs - St. Philip

Ethan O'Connor -Athens

Aiden Parker - Coldwater

Alex Rogers - Lakeview

Finn Tauren - Gull Lake

Tyler Wilber - Bronson

Top 20 Girls

Here's our list of the Top 20 girls in our Preseason Enquirer Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year poll (in alphabetical order):

Ellie Bowen - Pennfield

Evelyn Calow - Lakeview

Allie Cook - Battle Creek Central

Alaina Dillon - Marshall

Gweneth Eby - Coldwater

Julia Faber - Harper Creek

Ellie Feneley - Harper Creek

Kaylynn Fields - St. Philip

Lilamae Frank - Lakeview

Skyler Fraley - Union City

Allison Gautsche - Union City

Elayna Guadamuz - Lakeview

Ava Hathaway - Bronson

Lane Isom - Gull Lake

Olivia Johnson - Battle Creek Central

Leah McPartlin - Marshall

Emmy Nofs - St. Philip

Sophia Patrick - Homer

Peyton Rhoades - Pennfield

Rylee Zumer - Harper Creek

Contact Bill Broderick at bbroderi@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow him on X/Twitter @billbroderick.

This article originally appeared on Battle Creek Enquirer: Top 40 cross country runners in the preseason in Battle Creek area

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