I wanted to throw out some numbers for you stat-starved people and those looking for early season validation. As I’ve said before, in about 2 weeks, I’ll put together full-fledged rankings, both individual and team. I think I can even break it down by region.
But for now, a top-10 of the various metrics I’ll be tracking over the season.
A reminder:
TOP 5 AVERAGE
| Rank | Team | Top 5 Avg |
| 1 | East Grand Rapids | 154.8 |
| 2 | Traverse City Central | 144.4 |
| 3 | Frankenmuth | 138.6 |
| 4 | Northville | 137.6 |
| 5 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 134.6 |
| 6 | Holland West Ottawa | 133.6 |
| 7 | Hart | 132.7 |
| 8 | Grand Rapids Christian | 128.9 |
| 9 | Forest Hills Eastern | 128.2 |
| 10 | Lansing Catholic | 126.5 |
TOP 7 AVERAGE
| Rank | Team | Top 7 Avg |
| 1 | East Grand Rapids | 147.5 |
| 2 | Traverse City Central | 140.6 |
| 3 | Northville | 134.3 |
| 4 | Holland West Ottawa | 127.8 |
| 5 | Frankenmuth | 126.1 |
| 6 | Grand Rapids Christian | 124.1 |
| 7 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 122.3 |
| 8 | Hart | 119.0 |
| 9 | Forest Hills Eastern | 116.1 |
| 10 | Jenison | 113.5 |
SPREAD (5 GIRLS)
| Rank | Team | Spread (5 Girls) |
| 1 | East Grand Rapids | 10.0 |
| 2 | Reese | 16.1 |
| 3 | Brighton | 19.7 |
| 4 | Grand Haven | 19.9 |
| 5 | Hartland | 20.0 |
| 6 | Hudsonville | 21.2 |
| 7 | McBain | 23.3 |
| 8 | Hart | 23.4 |
| 9 | Benzie Central | 23.6 |
| 10 | Northville | 23.7 |
SPREAD (7 GIRLS)
| Rank | Team | Spread (7 Girls) |
| 1 | Northville | 26.5 |
| 2 | Benzie Central | 28.9 |
| 3 | Grand Haven | 30.1 |
| 4 | Linden | 32.3 |
| 5 | East Grand Rapids | 39.0 |
| 6 | Hudsonville | 39.7 |
| 7 | Rockford | 40.7 |
| 8 | Jenison | 42.4 |
| 9 | Holland West Ottawa | 42.7 |
| 10 | Forest Hills Northern | 42.9 |
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 