Best Vault Crews: Week Five

I’ll be on the mic for Friday’s Barnyard Invitational at Romeo. They’re going all out for the distance folks, with fast heats and a runner friendly environment. As part of the hype train, they’re putting together scoreboard graphics and introductions for each elite runner. Being the announcer, I have to do work ahead of time in preparing those intros and that work bleeds into my already jam-packed free time. So unfortunately, no writeups for vaulters this week. 😦

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EXPLANATION

WEEK THREE RANKINGS

Hit the link above to see how you’ve (hopefully) improved.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
9	Raiden Kipfmiller	Dexter	11′ 6	460
9	Debbie McCoy	Dexter	10′ 0	400
12	Mikala Sposito	Dexter	9′ 6	380
12	Bethany Simons	Dexter	9′ 0	360
11	Katie Stewart	Salem	11′ 6	460
12	Emma Stewart	Salem	10′ 6	420
12	Lynette Cipolla	Salem	9′ 0	360
12	Sarina Lee Childers	Salem	9′ 0	360

D1 Rank	Team	Score
t1	Dexter	1601
t1	Salem	1601
3	Rockford	1221
t4	East Kentwood	840
t4	Plymouth	840
t6	Oxford	760
t6	Zeeland West	760
8	Clarkston	740
9	Grand Ledge	730
t10	Grand Haven	720
t10	Livonia Churchill	720
12	Forest Hills Central	480
13	Cedar Springs	460
t14	Lowell	440
t14	St. Joseph	440
16	Caledonia	424
17	Saline	420
t18	Ann Arbor Pioneer	400
t18	Walled Lake Central	400
t20	Highland-Milford	380
t20	Midland	380
t20	Novi	380
23	Macomb Dakota	370
24	Wyandotte Roosevelt	367
t25	Canton	360
t25	Portage Central	360
t25	Romeo	360
t25	South Lyon East	360
t25	Traverse City West	360
t25	Traverse City Central	360
t25	Zeeland East	360

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Clark Sheldon	Dexter	14′ 0	443
11	Benjamin Sackman	Dexter	13′ 0	409
11	Kaden Korcek	Dexter	13′ 0	409
12	Barrett Keller	Dexter	12′ 3	384

D1 Rank	Team	Score
1	Dexter	1645
2	Traverse City Central	1211
3	Jenison	838
4	Brighton	477
5	Grand Haven	426
t6	Mattawan	409
t6	Saline	409
t6	Zeeland West	409
t9	Davison	392
t9	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	392
t9	Greenville	392
t9	Highland-Milford	392
t9	Howell	392
t9	Lowell	392
t9	Walled Lake Central	392
16	Hudsonville	384

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	Claire Agnew	Owosso	11′ 6	460
11	Libby Summerland	Owosso	10′ 0	400
10	Kyle Bermudez	Owosso	8′ 6	340

D2 Rank	Team	Score
1	Owosso	1201
2	Wayland Union	880
3	Kingsley	784
4	Belding	760
5	Frankenmuth	750
6	Shepherd	720
7	Tecumseh	470
8	Ortonville Brandon	450
t9	Berrien Springs	400
t9	Cadillac	400
t9	Grand Rapids Christian	400
t9	Ludington	400
t9	Plainwell	400
14	Hastings	390
t15	Allendale	380
t15	Birch Run	380
t17	Big Rapids	360
t17	Forest Hills Eastern	360
t17	Freeland	360
t17	Holland Christian	360
t17	Ionia	360
t17	Lake Odessa Lakewood	360
t17	Petoskey	360
t17	Pinckney	360
t17	Portland	360

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	David Conrad	Whitehall	14′ 0	443
11	Ca’mar Ready	Whitehall	12′ 6	392
12	Micah Witham	Whitehall	12′ 6	392

D2 Rank	Team	Score
1	Whitehall	1228
2	Yale	785
3	Pinckney	768
4	Sparta	751
5	Ludington	734
6	Petoskey	717
7	Hastings	453
t8	Dundee	426
t8	Grosse Ile	426
t10	Eaton Rapids	409
t10	Shepherd	409
t12	Coldwater	392
t12	Forest Hills Eastern	392
t12	Gladwin	392
t12	Hudsonville Unity Christian	392
t12	Parma Western	392
17	Hopkins	389
t18	Berrien Springs	375
t18	Goodrich	375
t18	Hamilton	375
t18	Mason	375
t18	Midland Bullock Creek	375
23	Croswell-Lexington	367
t24	Battle Creek Harper Creek	359
t24	Grand Rapids South Christian	359
t24	Holland Christian	359
t24	North Branch	359

Okay, by the numbers Clare is ahead of West Catholic. The intent of these rankings is to mimic what might happen at our two State Meets (MITCA and MHSAA). The MITCA meet values depth, the MHSAA meet values the teams with the absolute best individuals. Either way, West Catholic, with the two best vaulters in D3, will likely score the most points of any D3 team at either meet. Clare is the only D3 team with four individuals over the regional additional qualifier. By my philosophy and reality, West Catholic needs to be in first in some capacity. So I made the executive decision to override the point totals and put West Catholic in first as well.

I think the flaws I’ve created are either going too far down (4 individuals) in scoring specialized field events or I need to give more points at the higher side of individual heights. Just another way to look into improving next year.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
10	Catherine Taft	Clare	8′ 0	320
11	Cayla Barber	Clare	8′ 0	320
11	Kassidy Warner	Clare	7′ 6.25	301
11	Holly Huber	Clare	7′ 0.5	282
12	Ally Olszewski	Grand Rapids West Catholic	11′ 0	440
11	Heidi Schulten	Grand Rapids West Catholic	10′ 0	400
10	Emma Arsulowicz	Grand Rapids West Catholic	7′ 0	280

D3 Rank	Team	Score
t1	Clare	1223
t1	Grand Rapids West Catholic	1121
3	Lawton	1051
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	1021
5	Hart	981
6	Lake City	921
7	Remus Chippewa Hills	901
8	Almont	881
9	Homer	670
10	St. Louis	662
11	Quincy	650
t12	Hudson	640
t12	Olivet	640
t14	Adrian Madison	620
t14	Montague	620
t14	Sanford-Meridian	620
t14	Schoolcraft	620
t18	Chesaning	600
t18	Erie Mason	600
t18	McBain	600
t18	Napoleon	600
22	Grass Lake	580
23	Benzie Central	560
t24	Ithaca	360
t24	Manton	360

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Jack Borgman	Laingsburg	14′ 0	443
12	Kyle Boettcher	Laingsburg	11′ 6	359
11	Dano Winans	Laingsburg	11′ 0	342
12	Caleb Boettcher	Laingsburg	10′ 6	325

D3 Rank	Team	Score
1	Laingsburg	1468
2	Lake City	1093
3	Constantine	1025
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	734
5	Quincy	717
6	Ida	700
7	Lawton	666
8	Almont	460
9	Ovid-Elsie	446
10	Grandville Calvin Christian	435
11	Chesaning	409
t12	Harrison	392
t12	Niles Brandywine	392
t12	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	392
t15	Benzie Central	375
t15	Erie Mason	375
t15	Evart	375
t15	Kent City	375
t15	Lansing Catholic	375
t15	Onsted	375
t15	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	375
t15	White Cloud	375
23	Hudson	367
t24	Bad Axe	359
t24	Centreville	359
t24	Mason County Central	359

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
10	Aubree Moeller	Deckerville	8′ 6	340
11	Maryanne Sanford	Deckerville	8′ 0	320
10	Rebecca Moeller	Deckerville	8′ 0	320

D4 Rank	Team	Score
1	Deckerville	981
2	Mason County Eastern	964
3	Pittsford	961
4	Marcellus	941
5	Frankfort	680
6	Fowler	660
7	Marlette	650
8	Lutheran Westland	624
9	East Jackson	620
t10	Fulton	600
t10	Sand Creek	600
12	Holton	560
13	The Potter’s House	330
t14	Addison	300
t14	Beal City	300
t14	Coleman	300
t14	St. Charles	300
t18	Athens	280
t18	Kalamazoo Hackett	280
t18	Martin	280
t18	Merrill	280
t18	Montabella	280
t18	North Huron	280
t18	Petersburg-Summerfield	280
t18	Unionville-Sebewaing	280
t18	Whitmore Lake	280

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Logan Malloy	Marlette	13′ 0	409
11	Tyler Izydorek	Marlette	12′ 0	375

D4 Rank	Team	Score
1	Marlette	785
2	Coleman	734
t3	Brown City	700
t3	Fowler	700
5	Frankfort	683
6	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	409
t7	Britton Deerfield	392
t7	Montabella	392
t7	Reading	392
t10	Martin	359
t10	New Buffalo	359
12	Lincoln-Alcona	344
13	Athens	342
t14	Addison	325
t14	Akron-Fairgrove	325
t14	Morrice	325
t14	Pittsford	325
t14	Sand Creek	325
t19	Manistee Catholic	308
t19	Marion	308
t21	AuGres-Sims	291
t21	Camden-Frontier	291
t21	Harbor Beach	291
t21	Marcellus	291
t21	Mayville	291
t21	Mendon	291
t21	Mio Ausable	291
t21	Petersburg-Summerfield	291
t21	The Potter’s House	291

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Sophia Wagner	Escanaba	8′ 6	340
11	Valerie Royer	Escanaba	8′ 0	320
11	McKenna Foust	Escanaba	7′ 0	280

UP Rank	Team	Score
1	Escanaba	941
2	Gladstone	600
3	Ishpeming Westwood	340
t4	Brimley	300
t4	Ishpeming	300
t4	Pickford	300
t7	Bark River-Harris	280
t7	Norway	280
t7	St. Ignace	280

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	Taj Cavanaugh	Rapid River	11′ 0	342
10	Clay Christoff	Rapid River	10′ 6	325

UP Rank	Team	Score
1	Rapid River	666
t2	Marquette	632
t2	St. Ignace	632
t4	Munising	375
t4	Sault Ste. Marie	375
t6	Gladstone	308
t6	Kingsford	308
t8	Negaunee	291
t8	Pickford	291