Best Sprint Crews: Girls Week Four

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WEEK TWO RANKINGS

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She’s been a valuable contributor to Oak Park’s depth, paying her dues for two years until now, her time to shine. Kelis Hunter-Young hasn’t gone the typical route of a track superstar, sparkling immediately out the gate. She moved up to the 400m as a sophomore, running 61-62 for the majority of the season before breaking 60 late. Now in her junior year, she opened with a sub-60, then blasted a 57.84 this past weekend. As of now, that time ranks #2 in Division 1, but given Coach Jiles’s penchant for developing athletes, I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s much lower in a few weeks time.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		48.53	Oak Park	4×1	1245
		3:57.2	Oak Park	4×4	904
		1:40.1	Oak Park	4×2	855
11	Kelis Hunter-Young	57.84	Oak Park	400m	439
10	Carrie VanNoy	25.64	Oak Park	200m	404
10	Carrie VanNoy	12.57	Oak Park	100m	381
11	Morgan Roundtree	60.36	Oak Park	400m	381
11	Kelis Hunter-Young	26.51	Oak Park	200m	352
10	Dayshana Kellogg	61.67	Oak Park	400m	350
10	Jayda Watson	13.08	Oak Park	100m	312
10	Jayda Watson	27.28	Oak Park	200m	306

D1 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Oak Park	693	1062	1170	1245	1502	1335	7008
2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	674	1013	1187	882	1085	1165	6006
3	Ann Arbor Huron	341	762	719	997	1047	921	4787
4	East Kentwood	0	707	726	873	1052	1054	4412
5	Traverse City West	745	380	350	890	969	882	4216
6	Rockford	601	300	396	948	1067	790	4103
7	Forest Hills Central	630	698	0	837	999	919	4083
8	Detroit Renaissance	0	0	0	1410	1380	1196	3985
9	Ypsilanti Lincoln	0	677	339	721	1096	1009	3841
10	West Bloomfield	422	679	358	991	1134	0	3583
11	Holland West Ottawa	0	0	772	780	851	776	3178
12	St. Joseph	314	636	350	871	878	0	3049
13	Portage Northern	768	343	0	922	993	0	3025
14	Saline	0	0	437	729	837	1013	3015
15	Beverly Hills Groves	393	404	0	980	1061	0	2837
16	Farmington	332	348	349	0	831	845	2705
17	Northville	0	0	0	752	911	891	2553
18	Portage Central	364	304	0	885	947	0	2499
19	Zeeland East	397	333	0	877	890	0	2497
20	Grand Ledge	0	0	705	771	0	1019	2495
21	Berkley	385	398	0	813	873	0	2470
22	Wayne Memorial	331	332	0	741	886	0	2289
23	H.H. Dow	0	387	740	0	0	1001	2128
24	Caledonia	0	0	351	710	999	0	2059
25	Grand Haven	0	0	350	0	841	843	2034

She can hurdle, she can lift, she can sprint. Brianna Rhodea is using her senior year to show the gains from her impeccable work ethic. In yesterday’s dual against Adrian, she grabbed PRs in both the 200m and 100m hurdles. Her hurdle effort was more than a half second faster than her 12^th place effort at last year’s D2 State Finals. Her 200m was a FULL second faster than her 2022 best and is now the 4^th best time in Division 2 this year.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:48.2	Petoskey	4×2	794
		4:26.8	Petoskey	4×4	765
		52.46	Petoskey	4×1	693
10	Madeline Loe	60.82	Petoskey	400m	370
10	Alison Bailey	61.81	Petoskey	400m	347
10	Nevaeh Leonard	12.87	Petoskey	100m	341
12	Gretchen Woodbury	13.11	Petoskey	100m	308
10	Madeline Loe	27.42	Petoskey	200m	297
10	Madeline Loe	13.32	Petoskey	100m	280
12	Gretchen Woodbury	27.78	Petoskey	200m	275
10	Nevaeh Leonard	27.84	Petoskey	200m	272

D2 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Petoskey	928	844	717	693	988	592	4762
2	Shepherd	296	782	1032	655	906	852	4523
3	Dearborn Divine Child	565	925	392	588	859	728	4057
4	Linden	1520	662	0	682	898	0	3762
5	Mason	308	284	652	603	914	853	3615
6	Hastings	795	592	0	833	923	0	3142
7	East Grand Rapids	0	565	970	0	715	857	3108
8	Cadillac	641	837	0	0	838	705	3021
9	Monroe Jefferson	635	278	667	0	789	599	2969
10	Tecumseh	0	375	0	812	917	798	2901
11	Bridgeport	281	568	335	643	843	0	2671
12	Gladwin	526	516	0	792	778	0	2612
13	Alma	0	333	694	0	713	793	2534
14	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	257	0	299	566	722	651	2494
15	Pinckney	0	316	318	545	777	531	2488
16	Summit Academy North	258	336	299	746	840	0	2479
17	Sturgis	414	407	0	783	744	0	2348
18	Goodrich	0	283	384	0	817	734	2218
19	Grand Rapids Christian	0	263	0	577	697	652	2189
20	Wyoming Kelloggsville	0	512	306	0	729	560	2107
21	Vicksburg	539	0	363	553	0	593	2048
22	Big Rapids	0	282	286	707	725	0	2001
23	Charlotte	328	0	311	609	0	673	1921
24	Flint Powers Catholic	289	0	339	0	735	551	1914
25	Wayland Union	0	0	0	573	703	631	1907

Two straight All-States and starting off, looking for a third. Ti’Anna Murphy-Ryan has been a revelation for Comstock these past two years, running 12.x in her sleep, winning over 75% of her 100m sprints, and placing at the highest level. She usually waits until the end of the season to bust out the 12.4’s or 12.6’s, this spring she hit that right off the jump. Her 12.5 at the Lakeview Invite was another victory in a career full of them.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:51.8	Pewamo-Westphalia	4×2	777
		53.03	Pewamo-Westphalia	4×1	626
		4:18.7	Pewamo-Westphalia	4×4	531
9	Elly Bengel	60.60	Pewamo-Westphalia	400m	375
12	Ella Kowatch	62.48	Pewamo-Westphalia	400m	331
9	Elly Bengel	27.39	Pewamo-Westphalia	200m	299
12	Lorelei George	65.45	Pewamo-Westphalia	400m	262
10	Whitney Werner	65.50	Pewamo-Westphalia	400m	261
11	Saige Martin	13.55	Pewamo-Westphalia	100m	249
9	Faith Stump	66.49	Pewamo-Westphalia	400m	238
9	Leah Miller	66.72	Pewamo-Westphalia	400m	233
9	Elly Bengel	13.78	Pewamo-Westphalia	100m	218

D3 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	466	299	1229	626	794	765	4179
2	Hart	582	751	586	631	679	647	3875
3	Hillsdale	499	799	259	769	938	602	3866
4	Onsted	1091	786	463	0	744	756	3841
5	Adrian Madison	505	760	258	668	778	542	3511
6	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	0	776	678	401	828	803	3486
7	Olivet	247	275	321	625	855	904	3227
8	Sanford-Meridian	534	576	535	466	817	0	2927
9	Remus Chippewa Hills	578	579	265	0	706	410	2538
10	Manistee	266	589	351	489	754	0	2449
11	Grand Rapids West Catholic	227	542	265	473	795	0	2302
12	Napoleon	568	248	244	558	630	0	2247
13	Union City	861	262	0	479	630	0	2232
14	Lawton	318	332	745	0	0	743	2137
15	Ithaca	659	0	339	574	0	523	2096
16	Grass Lake	708	0	0	517	693	0	1918
17	Clare	0	0	252	519	683	449	1902
18	Lansing Catholic	0	307	405	0	554	620	1885
19	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	503	259	0	0	553	382	1696
20	Elk Rapids	319	323	0	499	0	499	1640
21	Erie Mason	0	256	289	0	546	499	1590
22	McBain	0	227	362	0	497	475	1561
23	Laingsburg	481	0	0	431	578	0	1490
24	Jackson Lumen Christi	549	269	0	0	0	646	1464
25	Galesburg-Augusta	239	247	313	0	657	0	1456

Early on, it appears that mid-Michigan will continue its lockdown on the D4 Girls 400m. Beal City’s Kaylee Locke returns off a season where she placed 2^nd in the 400m to Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart’s Nicole Olivieri. As with many, her 2022 races were a gradual progression, slipping under 62 in April, getting under 61 in May, before busting out her first sub-60 of the year at State. She’s greatly accelerated that timeline this spring, hitting a 59.5 in a dominant win at Fowler’s Under the Lights Invitational.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:49.2	Portland St. Patrick	4×2	554
		4:15.5	Portland St. Patrick	4×4	432
10	Kenzie Fedewa	61.63	Portland St. Patrick	400m	351
11	Isabelle Kissane	62.90	Portland St. Patrick	400m	321
11	Rylee Scheurer	27.15	Portland St. Patrick	200m	313
11	Rylee Scheurer	13.16	Portland St. Patrick	100m	301
		56.69	Portland St. Patrick	4×1	277
8	Siena Schafer	66.60	Portland St. Patrick	400m	235
11	Sophia Schrauben	28.54	Portland St. Patrick	200m	230
10	Kenzie Fedewa	28.77	Portland St. Patrick	200m	216
11	Isabelle Kissane	13.87	Portland St. Patrick	100m	205

D4 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Portland St. Patrick	507	759	908	277	935	840	4226
2	Fowler	477	764	850	392	745	763	3991
3	Frankfort	837	765	281	631	606	422	3540
4	Hillsdale Academy	0	765	979	0	529	850	3123
5	Dryden	535	489	322	472	688	554	3060
6	Kingston	388	400	217	384	506	675	2569
7	Gobles	478	369	0	537	449	355	2188
8	St. Charles	422	232	218	482	669	0	2023
9	Buckley	311	319	547	0	0	778	1956
10	International Academy of Flint	446	218	0	489	698	0	1851
11	The Potter’s House	0	583	452	502	0	297	1835
12	Beal City	268	295	582	0	515	0	1660
13	Adrian Lenawee Christian	205	196	0	368	451	419	1640
14	Addison	0	186	0	389	430	429	1435
15	Brethren	223	369	346	0	436	0	1374
16	Pittsford	0	187	231	0	430	468	1316
17	Climax-Scotts	378	156	0	288	438	0	1260
18	Unionville-Sebewaing	473	284	0	0	489	0	1246
19	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	0	591	445	0	0	207	1243
20	Kalamazoo Hackett	426	153	194	246	0	196	1214
21	Webberville	264	165	0	256	522	0	1206
22	Coleman	459	212	0	520	0	0	1191
23	Breckenridge	251	198	490	0	0	248	1188
24	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	234	257	0	350	0	296	1136
25	Athens	0	0	185	320	334	267	1106

To me, a solid freshman season is one where you can get to the starting line all season and get better while doing so. Bella Smith did that and more, competing in championship meets and scoring points along the way. Unfortunately, the only championship meet she missed was the UP D1 Finals, but her 13.49 opener in the 100m gives hope that she can make it there as a sophomore.

UP Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	442	612	799	407	574	339	3173
2	Gladstone	250	314	0	445	0	0	1009
3	Bark River-Harris	0	424	204	0	0	0	628
4	Manistique	0	150	378	0	0	0	528
5	West Iron County	0	0	425	0	0	0	425
6	Marquette	0	274	0	0	0	0	274
7	Ishpeming Westwood	0	0	231	0	0	0	231
8	Negaunee	0	0	184	0	0	0	184
9	Iron Mountain	0	184	0	0	0	0	184
10	Gwinn	0	165	0	0	0	0	165

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:56.5	Sault Ste. Marie	4×2	1335
		55.15	Sault Ste. Marie	4×1	407
		4:41.0	Sault Ste. Marie	4×4	339
10	Bella Smith	13.49	Sault Ste. Marie	100m	257
11	Tarynn Pratt	66.57	Sault Ste. Marie	400m	236
12	Mackenzie Bell	28.66	Sault Ste. Marie	200m	222
10	Bella Smith	28.76	Sault Ste. Marie	200m	216
11	Isabella DeWildt	68.21	Sault Ste. Marie	400m	198
11	Dayna Szabo	68.22	Sault Ste. Marie	400m	198
12	Mackenzie Bell	14.02	Sault Ste. Marie	100m	185
11	Tarynn Pratt	29.48	Sault Ste. Marie	200m	173
10	Ava Mayer	69.52	Sault Ste. Marie	400m	168