Best Jump Crews: Girls Week Three

I really really really wanted to kick off Week Three with some hurdlers or vaulters, but there weren’t enough qualifying marks over the weekend to justify putting a list together. So we’ll start again with the jumpers and I’ll play it by ear with the hurdlers and vaulters. This warm weather should contribute mightily to fast times and towering heights.

To review, these “best crews” were started last year to try to recognize the best teams in each event area, whether that’s the jumps here, or sprints or throws elsewhere. Last year’s version was more complex and relied on having three participants in each event. I’ve changed things a bit this year, mostly to ease the process on my end and have the ability to include more teams.

Here’s the process:

Over the winter, I created my own version of World Athletics Tables, but for Michigan athletes. These are based on times/marks from the 2022 Outdoor Season throughout the US. Their purpose is to compare across events. Here are the boys tables:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

There are two guidelines for being included. Your mark has to be from this outdoor season and it has to be better than the Regional Additional Qualifying Mark. Marks from this season are taken from the athletic.net performance lists. There will likely be some instances where someone has run a time, but it’s not included on that list. I can’t help that! Please contact the necessary folks to get your name on there.

For each event, with a maximum of four athletes, those scores are added together. Then within a category, those events are added together. Relays are scaled to match their importance within a meet. Often, at the state level, teams score more points from a relay than they would with four individuals running that event, so they’re given a bit more importance here.

Here’s an example of one of the better early season crews, the Detroit Renaissance long jump girls, who are scarily contributing to a more well-rounded squad in addition to their sprint dominance:

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Team Score
10	Celeste Davis	16′ 8.5″	Detroit Renaissance	385	1095
12	Martia Williams	16′ 1.5″	Detroit Renaissance	361
11	Kristen Lavergne	15′ 10″	Detroit Renaissance	349

These are from this season only, containing meets up until SATURDAY.

If there’s ever a heptathlete candidate for the future, it’s Margaret Monaghan. The Port Huron Northern senior can do it all – hurdle, throw, sprint, high jump, long jump. It’s hard to tell what her best event is yet in 2023! All her marks at Davison’s Shake off the Rust Invite rank in the top-5 in the State. What will the future hold? Margaret was 4^th in the D1 Long Jump, with the top 2 places graduating. That may be her best shot at a trophy, but I wouldn’t put anything past her.

D1 Rank	Team	Long	High	Team Score
1	Port Huron Northern	778	401	1179
2	Zeeland East	368	745	1113
3	Saline	783	324	1107
4	Detroit Renaissance	1095	0	1095
5	Macomb Dakota	1084	0	1084
6	Lake Orion	344	649	993
7	Rockford	340	497	837
8	Portage Central	732	0	732
9	Utica	370	324	694
10	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	0	687	687
11	Livonia Stevenson	349	324	673
12	Grandville	0	440	440
13	Woodhaven-Brownstown	418	0	418
14	Salem	0	401	401
15	Holland	0	382	382
16	Jackson	378	0	378
17	Zeeland West	364	0	364
18	Holland West Ottawa	363	0	363
18	Ann Arbor Skyline	0	363	363
18	Flint Carman-Ainsworth	0	363	363
18	St. Clair Shores Lakeview	0	363	363
18	Troy Athens	0	363	363
23	East Kentwood	345	0	345
23	Novi	345	0	345
25	North Farmington	344	0	344

After a season full of 15’s and a few 16’s, Brielle Reason jumped out of her mind at the 2022 Regionals. Her 17’5 leap gave her a regional championship and added to the confidence needed to place 4^th at D2 State. She’ll be battling a field full of returners, but she’s already shown to be in peak form, her 17’5.25” in Novi is the second-best mark in the state in 2023.

D2 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Parma Western	357	649	1006
2	Hastings	713	286	999
3	Charlotte	328	649	976
4	Otsego	343	572	915
5	Macomb Lutheran North	0	745	745
6	Stevensville Lakeshore	342	382	724
7	Pinckney	416	305	721
8	Allendale	349	363	711
9	Gladwin	371	324	696
10	Belding	0	687	687
10	Tecumseh	0	687	687
12	Mason	349	324	673
13	Adrian	0	649	649
14	Forest Hills Eastern	0	610	610
15	Hopkins	314	286	600
16	Spring Lake	0	591	591
17	Saginaw Swan Valley	0	572	572
18	Edwardsburg	0	382	382
19	Wayland Union	364	0	364
20	Lake Fenton	0	363	363
20	Whitehall	0	363	363
22	Big Rapids	358	0	358
23	Clio	343	0	343
24	Chelsea	338	0	338
25	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	335	0	335

Another girl that can do it all: Alyssa Budd. Alyssa only contributed to 20 points in Napoleon’s win over Brooklyn Columbia Central. Contributor in the 4×1, Winner in the 100m, Pole Vault, and her best event – Long Jump. Having leapt into the 17’s last spring, her 17’9.5” was barely a personal best, but it is easily the best mark in D3 thus far.

D3 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Hillsdale	690	382	1072
2	Lawton	0	802	802
3	Napoleon	737	0	737
4	Hart	300	425	725
5	Grand Rapids West Catholic	332	324	656
6	Remus Chippewa Hills	351	286	637
7	Ida	309	324	633
8	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	303	324	628
9	Grand Traverse Academy	621	0	621
10	Ann Arbor Greenhills	586	0	586
11	McBain	288	286	574
12	Clinton	0	572	572
12	Schoolcraft	0	572	572
14	Hudson	385	0	385
15	Comstock	0	344	344
16	Bath	335	0	335
17	Stockbridge	332	0	332
18	Galesburg-Augusta	326	0	326
19	Bridgman	0	324	324
19	Manistee	0	324	324
19	Reed City	0	324	324
19	Saugatuck	0	324	324
23	Durand	315	0	315
24	Ithaca	300	0	300
25	Bad Axe	298	0	298

She’s been a mainstay at the D4 State Finals, finishing 12^th as a sophomore and 3^rd as a junior. Claire Molnar kicked off her senior year with a magnificent jump into the 16’s. Currently, that’s the #1 leap amongst D4 girls and already matches her championship form from her junior year. There’s sure to be competition – 11 of the top 12 places return, but Claire has set a mark for others to ponder.

D4 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Farwell	268	509	777
2	Breckenridge	331	344	675
3	The Potter’s House	296	363	658
4	St. Charles	0	610	610
5	Brethren	304	247	552
6	Frankfort	0	533	533
6	Marlette	0	533	533
8	Kalamazoo Hackett	265	247	512
9	Britton Deerfield	361	0	361
10	New Buffalo	347	0	347
11	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	331	0	331
12	Marcellus	0	324	324
13	Vestaburg	286	0	286
13	Holland Calvary Christian	0	286	286
13	Webberville	0	286	286
16	Beal City	0	262	262
16	Montabella	262	0	262
16	Mt Clemens	262	0	262
19	Coleman	0	257	257
20	Mason County Eastern	0	247	247
20	Pentwater	0	247	247
20	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	0	247	247
20	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	0	247	247
20	Whittemore-Prescott	0	247	247