Best Distance Crews: Girls Week Six

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EXPLANATION

WEEK ONE RANKINGS

WEEK FOUR RANKINGS

Hit the links above if you want to compare to previous rankings.

Times are from meets listed on athleticnet by Sunday night and are FAT only (well, except for the Upper Peninsula, where I made an exception and included hand times).

No excuses this time, there are writeups! And the rankings go 50 deep.

What a day for Annika Sandman at the GR Elite Challenge. She kicked off her Saturday with the elite mile, running a 4:59 (with the camera at 1600m showing 4:57.6), nearly matching her best effort from 2022’s State Finals. But it’s the double back for me, where she came back and wrecked the 3200m field with a 10:31. I’ve always felt the longer stuff is her expertise, but that’s a wow-inducing level of strength.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		9:11.3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1608	4×8
11	Rachel Forsyth	2:10.3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	504	800m
11	Rachel Forsyth	4:51.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	502	1600m
12	Emily Cooper	5:00.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	463	1600m
11	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	5:01.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	459	1600m
11	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	2:16.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	452	800m
12	Emily Cooper	2:16.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	452	800m
11	Natalie Mello	11:22.1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	411	3200m
11	Natalie Mello	5:14.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	403	1600m
9	Quincy Behm	2:22.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	391	800m
12	Allison Nutt	11:46.8	Ann Arbor Pioneer	369	3200m
11	Natalie Mello	2:25.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	366	800m
11	Lydia Bowman	5:24.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	360	1600m
11	Katie Hume	11:56.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	352	3200m
11	Katie Hume	5:29.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	336	1600m
11	Lydia Bowman	12:09.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	330	3200m
12	Allison Nutt	5:34.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	318	1600m

(I included everyone under the additional qualifier for regionals, even though only 4 per event are scored here)

D1 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1798	1827	1462	1608	6695
2	Saline	1620	1460	1578	1149	5808
3	Holland West Ottawa	1253	1728	1166	1360	5508
4	Brighton	1098	1501	1562	1208	5369
5	Romeo	704	1642	1519	1292	5157
6	Northville	1176	1455	770	1282	4683
7	St. Joseph	819	1263	1178	1100	4361
8	Ann Arbor Skyline	804	1589	766	1193	4353
9	Rochester	1168	1255	752	1157	4332
10	Grand Haven	1248	1081	707	1134	4169
11	Jenison	778	1160	1091	1079	4108
12	Howell	1139	750	743	1252	3883
13	DeWitt	741	1047	705	1139	3632
14	Macomb Dakota	0	1384	1225	992	3601
15	Traverse City West	815	775	764	1170	3525
16	Highland-Milford	765	768	713	1146	3392
17	Zeeland East	744	879	465	1222	3309
18	Oxford	378	1135	801	966	3281
19	H.H. Dow	352	1099	809	983	3243
20	Livonia Stevenson	720	774	818	871	3183
21	Okemos	343	728	1141	898	3110
22	Zeeland West	367	417	1138	1087	3008
23	Walled Lake Western	377	802	766	1062	3007
24	Grand Ledge	406	809	726	1057	2997
25	Bay City Western	712	767	389	1084	2952
26	Walled Lake Northern	428	803	336	1146	2713
27	Lowell	822	924	910	0	2656
28	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	415	482	817	930	2645
29	Forest Hills Central	406	395	802	1000	2603
30	Grand Blanc	346	352	691	1106	2495
31	Dexter	364	678	348	1009	2399
32	Livonia Franklin	703	321	351	1008	2384
33	South Lyon East	415	1101	763	0	2279
34	Lake Orion	358	399	403	982	2141
35	Rochester Adams	367	399	400	903	2069
36	East Kentwood	724	313	0	1032	2069
37	Traverse City Central	0	721	0	1148	1869
38	Holt	439	348	0	987	1774
39	Grandville	410	467	787	0	1664
40	Clarkston	0	360	375	868	1604
41	Portage Central	362	322	0	888	1572
42	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	0	348	360	856	1564
43	Fraser	0	378	0	902	1279
44	Oak Park	854	412	0	0	1266
45	Woodhaven-Brownstown	443	821	0	0	1264
46	Livonia Churchill	424	421	416	0	1261
47	Novi	343	380	370	0	1094
48	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	347	368	369	0	1084
49	Ann Arbor Huron	377	339	349	0	1065
50	Cedar Springs	0	679	376	0	1055

Division 2’s 800m boss is back and in a major way. After busting the rust in a tri against GR Christian and Byron Center, Camryn Bodine dominated the Cougar Invite with a 5+ second victory. The result was a 2:12.38, a personal best. That personal best is only slightly faster than her previous best, but I like to think of it this way: her previous April best was a 2:17. Can’t wait to watch and see how she progresses further and if her 2-year undefeated streak continues.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		10:10.9	Otsego	938	4×8
11	Megan Germain	11:05.2	Otsego	440	3200m
9	Emma Hoffman	11:16.6	Otsego	421	3200m
11	Megan Germain	5:14.0	Otsego	403	1600m
10	Taylor Mitchell	11:38.5	Otsego	383	3200m
9	Emma Hoffman	5:23.9	Otsego	361	1600m
11	Megan Germain	2:27.6	Otsego	346	800m
10	Taylor Mitchell	5:31.0	Otsego	330	1600m
9	Rebekah Stachura	12:10.5	Otsego	328	3200m
11	Logan Brazee	5:32.0	Otsego	326	1600m
9	Emma Hoffman	2:32.1	Otsego	306	800m
11	Logan Brazee	2:32.1	Otsego	305	800m
10	Taylor Mitchell	2:34.0	Otsego	288	800m

D2 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Otsego	1245	1421	1572	938	5175
2	Grand Rapids Christian	1101	1452	1477	1050	5080
3	East Grand Rapids	1238	1179	1159	1102	4677
4	Shepherd	1006	995	313	1041	3355
5	Forest Hills Eastern	631	909	689	892	3120
6	Monroe Jefferson	379	988	714	981	3061
7	Frankenmuth	379	704	1029	899	3010
8	Spring Lake	804	682	406	917	2809
9	Goodrich	740	609	685	767	2801
10	Freeland	626	653	630	865	2774
11	St. Johns	688	777	354	877	2698
12	Petoskey	306	686	720	922	2634
13	Chelsea	636	352	732	784	2504
14	Sparta	407	689	677	682	2456
15	Ludington	303	629	638	821	2392
16	Sturgis	738	406	392	826	2363
17	GR West Michigan Aviation	735	671	0	825	2230
18	Tecumseh	415	378	380	1052	2225
19	Adrian	620	357	334	910	2221
20	Whitehall	657	996	384	0	2037
21	Croswell-Lexington	603	376	323	659	1962
22	Stevensville Lakeshore	681	339	0	803	1823
23	Dearborn Divine Child	621	280	0	912	1813
24	Williamston	315	350	292	831	1789
25	Mason	661	421	0	691	1773
26	Armada	615	284	0	822	1721
27	Grand Rapids South Christian	338	296	315	760	1709
28	Haslett	288	562	0	835	1685
29	Newaygo	301	270	301	678	1550
30	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	700	458	368	0	1527
31	Cadillac	339	352	0	822	1513
32	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	0	320	374	707	1401
33	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	0	298	362	695	1355
34	Hudsonville Unity Christian	279	600	377	0	1257
35	Alma	393	380	379	0	1151
36	Gaylord	0	657	416	0	1073
37	Detroit Country Day	0	0	327	722	1050
38	Coldwater	354	317	313	0	984
39	Plainwell	0	341	619	0	960
40	North Branch	0	0	0	771	771
41	Paw Paw	329	337	0	0	666
42	Fremont	0	325	341	0	665
43	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	312	338	0	0	650
44	Edwardsburg	327	293	0	0	619
45	Carleton Airport	324	283	0	0	608
46	Warren Regina	297	0	301	0	598
47	Linden	0	272	315	0	587
48	Comstock Park	280	283	0	0	563
49	Owosso	0	0	335	0	335
50	Vicksburg	333	0	0	0	333

It was just a weekend of impressive doubles and triples, another example being Madison Osterberg’s efforts at Leslie. Ripping an 800m and then 10-15 min. later, suffering through 8 laps seems hellish to me, but I guess she just wanted to get through those 3200m as quickly as possible. Her 10:50 (a personal best by over a minute!) does make one wonder, what can she run fresh? I’m not sure if we’ll get another effort in an invitational, but this does bode well for her senior year of cross and if she plans to run the 1600m at State.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		10:10.9	Otsego	938	4×8
11	Megan Germain	11:05.2	Otsego	440	3200m
9	Emma Hoffman	11:16.6	Otsego	421	3200m
11	Megan Germain	5:14.0	Otsego	403	1600m
10	Taylor Mitchell	11:38.5	Otsego	383	3200m
9	Emma Hoffman	5:23.9	Otsego	361	1600m
11	Megan Germain	2:27.6	Otsego	346	800m
10	Taylor Mitchell	5:31.0	Otsego	330	1600m
9	Rebekah Stachura	12:10.5	Otsego	328	3200m
11	Logan Brazee	5:32.0	Otsego	326	1600m
9	Emma Hoffman	2:32.1	Otsego	306	800m
11	Logan Brazee	2:32.1	Otsego	305	800m
10	Taylor Mitchell	2:34.0	Otsego	288	800m

D3 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	1305	1084	488	1157	4035
2	Jackson Lumen Christi	1027	996	750	1145	3918
3	Hart	803	888	904	1083	3678
4	Stanton Central Montcalm	637	889	937	597	3060
5	Lansing Catholic	1132	860	856	0	2848
6	Ithaca	847	311	614	859	2631
7	Onsted	787	408	409	980	2584
8	Caro	815	822	285	661	2583
9	Kent City	558	638	554	670	2420
10	Lawton	730	740	375	497	2342
11	Traverse City St. Francis	296	631	693	648	2267
12	Elk Rapids	292	572	583	688	2135
13	Benzie Central	0	924	377	757	2057
14	Reese	524	528	306	681	2039
15	Blissfield	275	575	562	624	2036
16	St. Louis	324	554	598	536	2012
17	Ida	361	523	284	631	1799
18	Remus Chippewa Hills	260	281	538	669	1749
19	Boyne City	386	623	681	0	1690
20	Hanover-Horton	628	320	0	685	1633
21	Grandville Calvin Christian	0	569	593	413	1575
22	Monroe St. Mary CC	0	555	0	803	1358
23	Erie Mason	244	217	0	786	1247
24	Grand Traverse Academy	0	287	338	616	1242
25	Saranac	370	443	389	0	1202
26	Leslie	252	225	244	456	1177
27	Olivet	270	240	0	567	1077
28	Morley-Stanwood	324	352	374	0	1051
29	Ovid-Elsie	361	333	343	0	1037
30	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	357	338	336	0	1031
31	Bridgman	0	250	240	451	942
32	Manistee	293	305	271	0	869
33	Charlevoix	299	270	297	0	867
34	Napoleon	224	0	0	595	819
35	Parchment	532	270	0	0	803
36	McBain	0	215	0	532	747
37	Clare	0	0	240	432	672
38	Pinconning	0	322	348	0	669
39	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	279	0	0	387	666
40	Chesaning	253	0	0	375	628
41	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	0	0	0	591	591
42	Manton	0	281	308	0	589
43	Vassar	306	262	0	0	568
44	Sanford-Meridian	0	210	299	0	508
45	Bad Axe	266	235	0	0	502
46	Beaverton	0	227	265	0	492
47	LeRoy Pine River	0	0	0	484	484
48	GR NorthPointe Christian	0	229	251	0	480
49	Wixom St. Catherine	0	215	251	0	465
50	Laingsburg	244	204	0	0	448

Okay, I really try not to repeat the same names, but seriously Aiden Harrand? 2:11/4:53/10:54 in one dang meet. She has a great chance of pulling off the distance triple as she’s shown to be more than capable of recovering in time for her next event. Add in some sprints, the long jump, and a relay, and those Bears have a real chance of lifting a trophy in early June.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		9:55.2	Hillsdale Academy	1097	4×8
12	Megan Roberts	2:20.4	Hillsdale Academy	412	800m
12	Megan Roberts	5:29.0	Hillsdale Academy	339	1600m
10	Caroline Roberts	2:36.0	Hillsdale Academy	270	800m
12	Whitney Wilkinson	5:47.4	Hillsdale Academy	260	1600m
12	Whitney Wilkinson	2:39.0	Hillsdale Academy	243	800m
9	Abby Brownlee	13:02.8	Hillsdale Academy	237	3200m
9	Abby Brownlee	5:53.2	Hillsdale Academy	235	1600m
10	Ella Walton	13:12.0	Hillsdale Academy	221	3200m
12	Whitney Wilkinson	13:14.0	Hillsdale Academy	218	3200m
9	Georgia Whalen	2:42.8	Hillsdale Academy	208	800m
10	Ella Walton	6:03.0	Hillsdale Academy	193	1600m
12	Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell	13:51.1	Hillsdale Academy	154	3200m

D4 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Hillsdale Academy	1132	1027	831	1097	4086
2	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	1146	665	354	854	3020
3	Fowler	1129	420	440	839	2829
4	Whitmore Lake	794	549	277	757	2377
5	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	834	814	0	685	2333
6	Pittsford	540	333	304	983	2160
7	Petoskey St. Michael	762	685	554	0	2001
8	Adrian Lenawee Christian	557	337	329	538	1762
9	Johannesburg-Lewiston	0	490	335	763	1588
10	Kalamazoo Hackett	507	279	372	402	1561
11	Portland St. Patrick	737	150	0	616	1503
12	Buckley	493	491	458	0	1442
13	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	0	562	0	803	1365
14	Farwell	260	283	291	465	1299
15	Breckenridge	188	506	0	589	1283
16	Harbor Springs	175	241	293	519	1227
17	Allen Park Cabrini	0	356	408	399	1163
18	The Potter’s House	186	266	189	509	1149
19	Morenci	204	197	0	711	1113
20	Brown City	233	241	256	307	1038
21	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	357	358	259	0	975
22	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	0	267	296	373	935
23	Addison	458	259	210	0	926
24	East Jordan	568	352	0	0	919
25	Libertas Christian	233	234	0	425	892
26	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	223	304	0	351	878
27	Novi Christian Academy	397	163	0	283	843
28	Mendon	261	270	285	0	816
29	Unionville-Sebewaing	353	196	244	0	793
30	Genesee	217	297	278	0	791
31	Fruitport Calvary Christian	538	0	250	0	788
32	Ubly	188	0	208	381	777
33	Deckerville	224	276	258	0	758
34	Harbor Beach	224	0	147	351	723
35	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	224	227	251	0	703
36	Beal City	406	0	0	276	682
37	Coleman	170	268	242	0	680
38	Vestaburg	233	269	161	0	663
39	Frankfort	243	0	0	394	636
40	Kingston	0	231	0	385	617
41	Leland	0	0	253	335	588
42	Indian River Inland Lakes	0	120	0	459	579
43	Huron Valley Lutheran	279	287	0	0	566
44	Austin Catholic	0	253	311	0	564
45	Gaylord St. Mary	270	293	0	0	563
46	Gobles	270	231	0	0	502
47	Concord	233	264	0	0	497
48	Fairview	0	215	275	0	490
49	Lutheran Westland	243	245	0	0	487
50	Marlette	253	225	0	0	478

In the Upper Peninsula’s 2022 Division 2 Finals, Lola Korpi attained the vaunted distance triple. Now it appears she might have a challenger, Pickford’s Talya Schreiber. At Pickford’s home Web Morrison Invite, Schreiber won all three distance events, with the 800m and 1600m in D2 leading times.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		11:22.5	Sault Ste. Marie	370	4×8
11	Abigail Walther	2:38.0	Sault Ste. Marie	252	800m
12	Cassandra Gallagher	13:04.0	Sault Ste. Marie	235	3200m
11	Isabella DeWildt	2:40.0	Sault Ste. Marie	233	800m
12	Abby Walther	2:45.3	Sault Ste. Marie	185	800m
12	Cassandra Gallagher	6:07.0	Sault Ste. Marie	176	1600m
12	Ella Marchand	2:47.0	Sault Ste. Marie	170	800m

UP Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	841	176	235	370	1622
2	Marquette	198	223	561	550	1532
3	Newberry	250	274	262	452	1238
4	Pickford	263	292	253	316	1124
5	Ishpeming	251	249	275	0	775
6	Bark River-Harris	188	180	0	327	695
7	Munising	0	176	168	350	694
8	Manistique	194	0	0	421	615
9	Stephenson	223	0	0	324	546
10	Escanaba	170	353	0	0	523
11	Norway	205	0	168	0	372
12	Gladstone	196	0	0	0	196
13	Menominee	0	190	0	0	190
14	North Dickinson County	175	0	0	0	175
15	Cedarville	0	0	143	0	143