Best Jump Crews: Boys Week Five

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WEEK ONE RANKINGS

WEEK THREE RANKINGS

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Stepping into the fray with immediate success for the Byron Center Bulldogs has been Jayden Brock. He’s competed in three events this year, his first high school experience on the track, and he’s made an impact in each of those areas. In the 100m, he’s broken 12, in the high jump, he’s been as high as 6’2. But the long jump is the best of that trio. Three competitions, three wins, one of those being 22’3.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	6′ 4	434
12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	21′ 9.75	415
12	Marshaun Flakes	East Kentwood	6′ 2	405
11	Elisee Kanda	East Kentwood	6′ 0	377
12	Keaton Griffin	East Kentwood	20′ 9.5	371

D1 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	East Kentwood	786	1216	2002
2	Battle Creek Lakeview	790	1047	1837
3	Byron Center	788	783	1570
4	Ann Arbor Huron	1126	405	1531
5	Zeeland West	385	1146	1531
6	Kalamazoo Central	746	740	1486
7	Grand Haven	380	1103	1483
8	Canton	452	895	1347
9	Northville	366	839	1205
10	Traverse City West	711	419	1130
11	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	706	419	1126
12	Ypsilanti Lincoln	772	349	1121
13	Howell	355	754	1110
14	Highland-Milford	0	1103	1103
15	Cedar Springs	744	349	1093
16	Woodhaven-Brownstown	338	754	1093
17	Lapeer	346	726	1073
18	Jenison	718	349	1067
19	Warren Cousino	400	405	805
20	Rockford	799	0	799
21	Saginaw Heritage	764	0	764
22	Okemos	358	405	763
23	St. Joseph	344	419	763
24	North Farmington	352	405	757
25	Fraser	361	391	752

Whereas those Mason girls have the team covered, Tyler Baker can score points to match any other team. Thus far in 2023, he’s picked up victories in both hurdle events and both jumps. The Panther Invite itself saw Baker drop 36 points, with two golds and two silvers. His main event over the past three years has been the high jump. He’s qualified for State both in 2021 and 2022, finishing 11^th each time. Is this the year he steps onto the podium?

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	Gage Vanalstine	Charlotte	6′ 0	377
12	Joe Davis	Charlotte	5′ 10	349
11	Cutler Brandt	Charlotte	20′ 2	345
12	Gage Vanalstine	Charlotte	19′ 9.5	329
12	Kaeden Maynard	Charlotte	19′ 5.25	314

D2 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Charlotte	987	726	1713
2	Whitehall	373	1146	1519
3	Three Rivers	716	740	1456
4	Allendale	995	349	1344
5	Mason	391	811	1202
6	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	352	783	1134
7	Wayland Union	772	349	1121
8	Pinckney	339	754	1094
9	Grand Rapids Christian	352	740	1092
10	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	1085	0	1085
11	Stevensville Lakeshore	317	740	1057
12	Battle Creek Harper Creek	653	377	1030
13	Holland Christian	629	377	1006
14	Flint Kearsley	0	783	783
15	Hudsonville Unity Christian	0	768	768
15	Muskegon Oakridge	0	768	768
17	Parma Western	327	434	760
18	Alma	0	754	754
19	Ferndale University	744	0	744
20	Monroe Jefferson	338	405	743
21	Lake Odessa Lakewood	353	377	731
22	Ortonville Brandon	352	377	729
23	Ludington	313	405	718
24	Clio	364	349	713
25	Hastings	0	712	712

Into June, past state and after all the dust settles, I plan to do some end of the season “awards”, recognizing the best athletes, just as I do these teams. Holden Van Poppel definitely catches my eye as someone that’s a candidate for all-around athlete. As these are, those will be all numbers-based, but wow his stats are tremendous. 15.37 in the 110h, 43.6 in the 300h, and 21’3 in the long jump. Each of those ranks in the top 20 in Division 3, the high hurdles and long jump are 3^rd in the division.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Holden Van Poppel	Napoleon	21′ 3	391
12	Aiden Thorne	Napoleon	5′ 10	349
11	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	5′ 10	349
11	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	20′ 3	348
10	Lionel Campbell	Napoleon	5′ 8	321
11	Mason Roth	Napoleon	19′ 4.5	311

D3 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Napoleon	1050	1019	2069
2	Detroit Voyageur	1332	391	1724
3	Evart	732	754	1486
4	Sanford-Meridian	1099	377	1477
5	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	346	1075	1422
6	Mason County Central	659	726	1385
7	Onsted	617	754	1371
8	GR Covenant Christian	648	642	1290
9	Laingsburg	314	962	1277
10	Hillsdale	746	377	1123
11	Erie Mason	0	1075	1075
12	Chesaning	316	726	1042
13	Standish Sterling	679	349	1028
14	Elk Rapids	0	1019	1019
15	Constantine	329	670	998
16	Montague	297	698	995
17	Lawton	290	698	988
18	Warren Michigan Collegiate	295	656	951
19	Hart	588	321	909
20	Manton	412	377	789
21	Bath	344	434	777
22	Durand	313	434	746
23	Bronson	0	726	726
24	Clare	720	0	720
25	Grand Traverse Academy	311	405	716

Braden Prielipp, the defending state champion and likely one of the more unheralded, less talked about athletes is back, rounding into form. He turned the screws late last season, establishing a 3” PR at Regionals, then adding 2” more at State. The result, a 6’9 leap, a state title, nearly setting the state sophomore record. That jump is the highest by an underclassmen in Michigan during the athletic.net era and ranked 6^th amongst sophomores nationwide. This season, he’s ahead of last year’s pace, hitting 6’4 twice, a mark he hadn’t touched in 2022 competition until mid-May. To which new heights can he soar this upcoming championship season?

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
10	Ben Kohagen	Fowler	5′ 10	349
10	Ben Kohagen	Fowler	19′ 11	334
11	Carter Lance	Fowler	5′ 8	321
12	Drew Armbrustmacher	Fowler	5′ 8	321
11	Carter Lance	Fowler	19′ 5.75	315
10	Brady Feldpausch	Fowler	5′ 6	293
10	Jacob Halfmann	Fowler	18′ 6	274

D4 Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Fowler	923	1283	2206
2	Marion	1326	434	1760
3	Concord	774	726	1501
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	256	1075	1331
5	Kingston	293	1019	1312
6	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	275	934	1209
7	AuGres-Sims	567	585	1152
8	Athens	338	698	1035
9	Climax-Scotts	638	377	1015
10	Petersburg-Summerfield	562	377	939
11	Addison	601	321	921
12	Britton Deerfield	279	642	921
13	Pentwater	566	321	887
14	Hillsdale Academy	0	878	878
15	Dansville	573	293	866
16	Unionville-Sebewaing	544	321	865
17	Reading	385	405	791
18	Peck	383	321	704
19	Detroit Frederick Douglass	698	0	698
20	Fairview	330	349	679
21	Colon	385	293	678
22	Eau Claire	316	349	665
23	Martin	327	335	662
24	Marcellus	0	585	585
24	Webberville	0	585	585

First year of track as a senior? NBD to Pickford’s David Kozisek. Kosizek has competed in 11 individual events this year, ranging from the 55m indoors to the long jump outdoors, sprinkled in with a few hurdles for good measure. He’s won all but two of those. His best event thus far looks to be the long jump, his 21’4 leap winning the Superior Dome Invite 20+ inches.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
9	David Williams	Kingsford	5′ 8	321
12	Cole Myllyla	Kingsford	19′ 7	320
9	David Williams	Kingsford	18′ 5.25	271

UP Rank	Team	Long	High	Total
1	Kingsford	591	321	912
2	Pickford	394	349	743
3	Sault Ste. Marie	325	293	618
4	Ishpeming	291	321	612
5	Iron Mountain	277	321	598
6	Negaunee	256	321	577
7	Manistique	0	321	321
8	Gladstone	307	0	307
9	Newberry	0	293	293
10	Bark River-Harris	281	0	281
10	Menominee	281	0	281
12	Marquette	256	0	256