Best Sprint Crews: Boys Week Four

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WEEK TWO RANKINGS

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These rankings include marks loaded onto athleticnet by THURSDAY NIGHT. They include all marks this season, regardless if they’re wind-aided or hand timed. I feel including everything is a better representation of the true rankings, rather than only including the few that would count for an actual record. After the season, I may look to put together a list of the best performances when adjusting for wind conditions.

April has been a PR fest for St. Joe standout Trey McGinnis. The senior has had a storied career – a contributor to a State Champion 4×1, an All-State in the 200m, and 4 individual qualifiers over the past two years. He’s never kicked off the season in the manner he has in 2023, beginning his 100m campaign with a 10.85, his 200m campaign with a 21.63. Both are significant personal bests, a scary proposition for his competitors as he usually gets better as the weather heats up.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:30.1	Oak Park	1132	4×2
		43.31	Oak Park	952	4×1
		3:29.7	Oak Park	934	4×4
10	Phillip Burney	50.80	Oak Park	390	400m
9	Rondre Austion	50.86	Oak Park	388	400m
11	Gavin Rawls	11.20	Oak Park	354	100m
11	Deon Cleary	52.16	Oak Park	342	400m
9	Rondre Austion	11.28	Oak Park	338	100m
9	Quinton Blakely	11.29	Oak Park	336	100m
11	Deon Cleary	11.36	Oak Park	323	100m
11	Gavin Rawls	22.78	Oak Park	315	200m
12	Jaiden Weaver	23.24	Oak Park	273	200m

D1 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Oak Park	1352	588	1120	952	1132	934	6078
2	Rockford	685	842	340	1106	1196	960	5128
3	West Bloomfield	1417	535	0	969	1046	755	4722
4	Rochester Adams	325	671	449	927	1103	1126	4601
5	Traverse City West	1381	851	719	718	0	889	4558
6	Zeeland West	675	632	387	868	1085	793	4440
7	St. Joseph	731	694	768	989	0	1171	4353
8	Saline	658	589	358	769	1050	752	4176
9	Byron Center	321	1078	688	927	1084	0	4097
10	East Kentwood	354	308	448	735	988	973	3806
11	Hudsonville	0	0	1445	679	851	830	3805
12	Troy	352	867	755	0	926	730	3630
13	Battle Creek Lakeview	0	261	699	631	769	1086	3447
14	Lansing Waverly	702	640	340	796	946	0	3424
15	Grand Blanc	335	551	0	694	969	759	3308
16	Livonia Franklin	298	590	371	883	1017	0	3158
17	Belleville	346	309	0	856	815	789	3116
18	Chippewa Valley	1098	321	344	0	1348	0	3112
19	Holt	298	567	0	922	1126	0	2913
20	Kalamazoo Central	648	254	0	952	1011	0	2865
21	Holland West Ottawa	313	306	391	1002	847	0	2859
22	H.H. Dow	425	298	384	761	875	0	2743
23	Fenton	0	0	371	651	932	768	2721
24	Southfield Arts & Tech	321	0	394	0	1025	975	2716
25	Northville	631	0	0	0	950	1133	2714

There’s one major reason that the Vicksburg Bulldogs occupy the top spot and it’s Michael Wright. The senior has been undefeated this year, commencing his final track season with a 10.73 opener, then vanquishing fellow D2 competition at Hastings with a 22.00. It’s been two years since he truly competed as an individual, his sophomore year largely consisting of times above 11.5 and 23.0.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:31.4	Vicksburg	1009	4×2
		43.48	Vicksburg	916	4×1
		3:30.4	Vicksburg	906	4×4
12	Michael Wright	10.73	Vicksburg	444	100m
12	Michael Wright	22.00	Vicksburg	385	200m
11	Alexander VanSweden	11.34	Vicksburg	327	100m
12	Brycen Town	53.26	Vicksburg	303	400m
12	Brycen Town	11.56	Vicksburg	285	100m
11	Alexander VanSweden	23.89	Vicksburg	215	200m
12	RJ Vallier	23.92	Vicksburg	212	200m

D2 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Vicksburg	1056	812	303	916	1009	906	5002
2	Forest Hills Eastern	694	540	700	828	964	921	4647
3	Corunna	1052	503	304	832	961	903	4555
4	Frankenmuth	898	568	589	517	699	646	3917
5	Whitehall	379	1087	360	0	1010	646	3483
6	Wayland Union	361	316	641	830	724	551	3423
7	Spring Lake	335	285	1145	0	807	807	3378
8	Tecumseh	358	336	377	850	718	583	3222
9	Fowlerville	579	534	0	712	878	511	3215
10	Freeland	577	313	360	531	656	754	3191
11	Charlotte	308	492	0	862	844	581	3087
12	Mason	277	444	343	531	632	854	3080
13	Shepherd	619	517	0	612	674	606	3029
14	Hamilton	369	513	658	0	656	820	3015
15	Battle Creek Harper Creek	267	211	294	614	872	671	2930
16	Detroit Country Day	1029	217	0	800	883	0	2928
17	Ludington	963	207	0	557	604	541	2871
18	Gladwin	636	486	285	714	686	0	2808
19	Stevensville Lakeshore	275	211	324	635	658	537	2640
20	Flint Powers Catholic	542	443	0	701	902	0	2588
21	Big Rapids	0	0	634	507	652	713	2506
22	Essexville Garber	263	476	362	0	810	528	2439
23	Saginaw Swan Valley	0	221	299	545	720	640	2426
24	Howard City-Tri-County	596	316	690	0	0	785	2386
25	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	838	300	0	577	638	0	2353

Following in the footsteps of Bluestreak legend Brock Booth has been Kirby Carsten. The senior was a straight up point accumulator as a junior, contributing to 25 points at the LCAA League Meet. Unfortunately, he was not able to qualify as an individual for State, missing out on a 400m spot by 0.1 seconds. He’s made early steps to make sure that’s not an issue, lowering his personal bests in all events. But what’s most impressive was his performance at the Napoleon Invitational, where he racked up victories in both the 100m and 200m, against competition that he’ll likely see during championship season.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		3:33.3	Chesaning	793	4×4
		1:33.9	Chesaning	787	4×2
		46.40	Chesaning	405	4×1
10	Zach Harlan	11.34	Chesaning	327	100m
10	Caleb Walker	53.18	Chesaning	305	400m
12	Levi Maier	53.30	Chesaning	301	400m
10	Zach Harlan	23.23	Chesaning	274	200m
12	Reese Greenfelder	23.30	Chesaning	268	200m
10	Caleb Walker	24.24	Chesaning	184	200m

D3 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Chesaning	327	726	607	405	787	793	3644
2	Hart	517	271	573	602	714	802	3479
3	Reed City	483	232	857	493	532	701	3298
4	Burton Atherton	929	695	0	595	918	0	3138
5	Constantine	229	430	981	0	655	815	3110
6	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	286	375	561	552	601	725	3101
7	Ithaca	590	420	0	729	669	671	3080
8	Lansing Catholic	481	437	269	626	781	481	3075
9	Union City	263	448	331	635	711	619	3007
10	Onsted	761	484	0	570	679	470	2965
11	Warren Michigan Collegiate	800	581	261	573	606	0	2821
12	Ida	577	299	312	370	697	432	2687
13	Hillsdale	581	677	0	607	683	0	2548
14	Clare	0	453	280	339	700	715	2487
15	North Muskegon	769	511	550	0	656	0	2486
16	Napoleon	250	660	278	429	831	0	2449
17	Detroit Edison PSA	304	627	0	661	698	0	2291
18	Adrian Madison	527	185	0	487	506	477	2183
19	Centreville	0	466	357	567	776	0	2165
20	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	263	255	346	0	668	629	2161
21	Lawton	500	457	250	391	531	0	2128
22	Comstock	504	403	0	524	669	0	2101
23	Grand Rapids West Catholic	723	212	0	495	661	0	2091
24	Delton-Kellogg	254	244	0	403	705	422	2028
25	Olivet	0	0	276	510	533	702	2021

As a freshman, Landon Galea took the rare step of nabbing All-State in the long jump. As a sophomore, he’s decided he’s not satisfied with excellence in just one event area. He’s expanded his repertoire by improving his explosive sprints, lowering his personal best from 11.65 to 11.02, which is currently the top spot in his division. Oh, he still jumps too, thus far undefeated in both the high and long jumps.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:34.0	Concord	776	4×2
		3:37.0	Concord	660	4×4
		45.62	Concord	521	4×1
12	Adair Artis	51.74	Concord	357	400m
12	Malachi Boyd	11.44	Concord	308	100m
12	Javion Taylor	11.74	Concord	250	100m
9	Tylend Allen	11.89	Concord	221	100m
12	Javion Taylor	23.94	Concord	211	200m
9	Tylend Allen	24.24	Concord	184	200m

D4 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Concord	779	564	357	521	776	660	3657
2	Kalamazoo Hackett	904	674	481	509	474	310	3352
3	Reading	592	458	254	432	692	642	3070
4	Three Oaks River Valley	529	401	578	170	345	542	2564
5	The Potter’s House	404	506	216	488	247	582	2442
6	Fowler	0	385	641	175	519	712	2431
7	Climax-Scotts	879	467	0	467	439	0	2252
8	Dansville	211	169	246	452	604	412	2095
9	Lincoln-Alcona	509	469	214	301	587	0	2081
10	Beal City	448	389	0	506	341	312	1995
11	Mt Clemens	517	457	504	0	374	0	1853
12	Martin	250	258	469	187	300	319	1782
13	St. Charles	208	195	483	384	462	0	1731
14	Morenci	269	166	439	332	510	0	1716
15	Buckley	233	299	0	0	565	610	1707
16	Addison	365	139	0	443	492	226	1666
17	Marion	313	414	253	251	376	0	1608
18	Fairview	790	184	0	345	0	190	1509
19	Pentwater	465	0	461	296	0	261	1483
20	Riverview Gabriel Richard	469	0	0	307	291	300	1368
21	Portland St. Patrick	208	122	214	0	408	378	1330
22	Unionville-Sebewaing	240	117	0	260	379	298	1294
23	Mason County Eastern	481	194	296	0	0	262	1232
24	Morrice	286	220	0	204	445	0	1155
25	White Pigeon	0	0	0	320	434	397	1151

I know, races have been few and far between north of the bridge, but when one holds the top spot in the 100m – 400m, they require mention. Sault Ste. Marie’s Carter Oshelski holds all those spots, doing so in a manner that exceeds his All-State efforts in 2022. His best finish at last year’s UP D1 Finals was a 4^th place in the 200m, running a 23.67 into a slight headwind. Already, he’s sub-24 and he’s dropped nearly a second from junior 400m best.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:39.7	Sault Ste. Marie	375	4×2
12	Carter Oshelski	11.31	Sault Ste. Marie	333	100m
11	Ryver Ryckeghem	11.46	Sault Ste. Marie	304	100m
12	Carter Oshelski	54.78	Sault Ste. Marie	248	400m
12	Alexander Jacek	11.78	Sault Ste. Marie	242	100m
12	Carter Oshelski	23.82	Sault Ste. Marie	221	200m
		47.99	Sault Ste. Marie	212	4×1
11	Ryver Ryckeghem	23.93	Sault Ste. Marie	211	200m

UP Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	879	433	248	212	375	0	2147
2	Pickford	0	138	447	0	0	0	585
3	Gladstone	173	0	0	0	276	0	449
4	Bark River-Harris	0	145	250	0	0	0	395
5	Ishpeming	0	0	216	0	0	0	216
6	Marquette	0	0	196	0	0	0	196
7	Manistique	0	0	191	0	0	0	191
8	St. Ignace	0	0	191	0	0	0	191
9	Iron Mountain	0	144	0	0	0	0	144
10	Powers North Central	0	135	0	0	0	0	135
11	Newberry	0	124	0	0	0	0	124