Best Distance Crews: Boys Week Six

Hit the link below if you’d like an explanation:

EXPLANATION

This is the qualifying chart for inclusion in these rankings. The 800m-3200m are the additional regional qualifiers, the 4×8 is what the regional qualifier would be (the ratio of the regional qualiifer:state qualifier in the 800 x the state qualifier in the 4×8).

Event	D1 Boys	D2 Boys	D3 Boys	D4 Boys
800m	2:03	2:07	2:12	2:15
1600m	4:38	4:47	5:00	5:10
3200m	10:00	10:30	11:05	11:30
4x800m	8:28	8:48	9:12	9:28

Hit the links below if you’d like to see how your team has ranked in previous weeks:

WEEK ONE RANKINGS

WEEK FOUR RANKINGS

To be included in these rankings, marks had to be uploaded to athletic.net by Monday Night and had to be FAT (with the exception of the UP).

I heard through the grapevine about Sebastian Cervelli’s dual against Farmington. A 1:57 4×8 leg where he went out in 54, 4:28 in the 1600m, 1:58.4 in the 800m, then a 50.3 closer on the 4×4. And I thought to myself, yeah he’s got 1:53-1:54 in him at State. I was partially right, he proved to have 1:54 in him… six weeks before State. The already crowded D1 800m just got a bit more intriguing.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:01.8	Plymouth	1280	4×8
12	Alex Bobak	1:56.7	Plymouth	432	800m
12	Sean Byrnes	4:20.5	Plymouth	426	1600m
11	Anirudh Krishnan	4:21.6	Plymouth	418	1600m
12	Alex Bobak	4:22.5	Plymouth	411	1600m
12	Sean Byrnes	9:37.9	Plymouth	393	3200m
11	Anirudh Krishnan	2:00.3	Plymouth	375	800m
10	Jack Chadwick	9:45.6	Plymouth	370	3200m
10	Jack Chadwick	2:01.2	Plymouth	361	800m
12	Tyler Gaylord	9:50.7	Plymouth	356	3200m
10	Jack Chadwick	4:31.3	Plymouth	344	1600m
12	Sean Byrnes	2:02.3	Plymouth	342	800m
12	Tyler Gaylord	4:36.0	Plymouth	308	1600m

D1 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Plymouth	1510	1599	1119	1280	5508
2	Northville	1692	1588	799	1357	5436
3	Zeeland West	798	1463	1485	1295	5040
4	Saline	1446	1032	1404	1158	5040
5	Grand Haven	1180	1650	845	1149	4823
6	Brighton	679	1361	1493	1094	4627
7	Ann Arbor Skyline	696	1535	796	1155	4182
8	Romeo	716	1113	670	1260	3759
9	Livonia Churchill	341	1369	750	1100	3561
10	Rochester Adams	1211	798	331	1139	3480
11	Traverse City Central	353	1384	737	850	3324
12	Walled Lake Northern	414	1071	749	1005	3239
13	Battle Creek Lakeview	459	1004	374	1158	2996
14	Ann Arbor Pioneer	749	755	335	1012	2851
15	East Kentwood	349	700	734	1000	2783
16	Portage Central	387	1006	354	976	2723
17	Troy	0	762	775	1136	2673
18	Forest Hills Central	410	600	668	939	2618
19	Rockford	408	735	431	1016	2591
20	St. Joseph	1126	300	0	1096	2522
21	Oxford	336	640	356	1046	2378
22	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	749	323	0	1144	2217
23	Saginaw Heritage	398	400	333	1030	2161
24	Jenison	0	360	780	1008	2148
25	Grosse Pointe South	349	814	0	972	2135
26	Fenton	693	0	414	1021	2129
27	Clarkston	0	1048	0	1049	2098
28	Anchor Bay	341	801	0	934	2076
29	Lake Orion	0	1002	0	1039	2041
30	DeWitt	707	305	0	1022	2034
31	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	722	876	431	0	2029
32	Berkley	434	734	830	0	1998
33	Caledonia	361	335	348	892	1936
34	Highland-Milford	0	642	392	894	1928
35	Bay City Western	409	375	0	941	1724
36	East Lansing	673	0	0	1019	1692
37	Macomb Dakota	0	688	0	968	1656
38	Zeeland East	731	0	0	888	1619
39	Dexter	350	315	0	848	1512
40	Traverse City West	412	765	332	0	1509
41	Canton	423	395	684	0	1503
42	Walled Lake Central	744	311	406	0	1461
43	Hudsonville	0	597	0	853	1449
44	Portage Northern	0	337	0	1079	1416
45	White Lake Lakeland	354	712	339	0	1406
46	Port Huron Northern	0	675	729	0	1404
47	Salem	699	0	691	0	1390
48	Novi	340	643	333	0	1316
49	Monroe	0	297	0	948	1245
50	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	345	0	0	855	1201

I’m not sure if it’s harder to come back and double in the same meet or get a night’s rest, wake up sore, recover mentally, and come back racing the following morning. Following a 4:16 personal best in the 1600m at the Barnyard, Kyle Eberhard joined his Linden team at Brighton, winning the 3200m in the early morning and coming back to win a thrilling, wire to wire dogfight against Ty Parker (who also came back the next day!).

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:56.6	Adrian	1377	4×8
11	Matthew Canales	1:57.1	Adrian	426	800m
12	Aiden Smith	4:22.4	Adrian	412	1600m
12	Jake Eagling	1:58.4	Adrian	404	800m
12	Ben Schefka	1:58.7	Adrian	400	800m
11	Braylon Petty	9:36.7	Adrian	396	3200m
12	Aiden Smith	2:00.7	Adrian	369	800m
12	Aiden Smith	9:47.1	Adrian	366	3200m
9	Moises Salazar	10:00.6	Adrian	327	3200m
11	Braylon Petty	4:33.9	Adrian	325	1600m
9	Moises Salazar	4:34.6	Adrian	319	1600m
11	Braylon Petty	2:05.8	Adrian	287	800m
9	Moises Salazar	2:05.9	Adrian	286	800m

D2 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Adrian	1599	1055	1089	1377	5119
2	Forest Hills Eastern	996	1550	1336	959	4841
3	Pinckney	979	1534	1037	1218	4768
4	Hamilton	957	831	1123	1239	4151
5	Otsego	731	973	1377	1050	4130
6	Chelsea	605	948	1370	911	3833
7	Dearborn Divine Child	618	738	1126	1175	3657
8	East Grand Rapids	586	1178	1014	853	3631
9	Freeland	850	1099	464	1200	3614
10	Grand Rapids Christian	319	1140	1215	843	3517
11	Sparta	857	1187	1030	0	3075
12	Spring Lake	682	787	271	1260	3001
13	Yale	346	1089	554	964	2953
14	Clio	1047	1126	684	0	2857
15	Corunna	706	671	375	1032	2784
16	Petoskey	605	515	558	826	2503
17	Holland Christian	309	1087	338	750	2485
18	Marshall	640	698	285	839	2462
19	Whitehall	599	732	1021	0	2353
20	Frankenmuth	268	542	587	914	2312
21	Mason	542	550	387	816	2295
22	St. Johns	321	655	360	945	2281
23	Monroe Jefferson	368	430	441	824	2063
24	Flint Powers Catholic	0	520	688	754	1961
25	Alma	563	309	248	821	1941
26	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	619	612	669	0	1899
27	Paw Paw	286	660	348	598	1891
28	Detroit Country Day	314	230	549	696	1790
29	Plainwell	360	258	567	605	1789
30	Haslett	277	684	791	0	1751
31	Ortonville Brandon	439	564	0	662	1665
32	Linden	427	734	419	0	1579
33	Gladwin	0	404	337	786	1528
34	Wayland Union	356	532	0	610	1498
35	Berrien Springs	331	585	563	0	1478
36	Fremont	286	591	558	0	1435
37	New Boston Huron	0	285	267	858	1409
38	Howard City-Tri-County	290	229	0	832	1351
39	Grand Rapids South Christian	0	0	646	636	1282
40	Ionia	306	0	290	682	1278
41	Big Rapids	408	430	367	0	1206
42	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	575	0	0	594	1170
43	Allendale	0	0	1168	0	1168
44	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	0	232	828	0	1060
45	St. Clair	420	596	0	0	1016
46	Parma Western	348	378	250	0	975
47	Saginaw Swan Valley	331	319	310	0	960
48	Eaton Rapids	283	0	0	652	934
49	Charlotte	301	309	324	0	933
50	Stevensville Lakeshore	294	0	0	629	922

He’s always been a guy I’ve known for his strength, twice All-State in cross, twice top-10 in the 3200m, but it appears he’s added some speed to his portfolio. Clayton Ackley busted out a 6 second outdoor personal best (matched his indoor effort from January) in the 1600m at Kent City Elite, then came back for another win in the 3200m. He’s already gone 9:34 in the 32 this year, but I bet he’s got much more in him. On Friday, we’ll see if that’s the case…

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:32.3	Hart	779	4×8
12	Clayton Ackley	9:34.7	Hart	402	3200m
12	Clayton Ackley	4:24.2	Hart	398	1600m
12	Wyatt Dean	4:30.1	Hart	353	1600m
12	Wyatt Dean	2:02.5	Hart	339	800m
12	Seth Ackley	4:33.1	Hart	331	1600m
12	Seth Ackley	10:01.9	Hart	323	3200m
12	Clayton Ackley	2:06.4	Hart	277	800m
9	Jack Slotman	2:08.8	Hart	238	800m
12	Easton Vander Zwaag	2:10.1	Hart	218	800m
12	Caleb Bitely	2:10.2	Hart	217	800m
10	Kaden Bond	2:11.2	Hart	201	800m
12	Josef Bromley	10:54.5	Hart	170	3200m
12	Caleb Bitely	4:59.1	Hart	133	1600m

D3 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Hart	1072	1214	895	779	3960
2	Traverse City St. Francis	892	911	1044	962	3810
3	Clare	841	739	714	857	3152
4	Hanover-Horton	696	915	781	663	3054
5	Ithaca	839	603	836	758	3036
6	Reed City	723	722	748	793	2986
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	742	682	594	820	2837
8	Olivet	568	682	283	962	2495
9	Erie Mason	561	594	676	650	2480
10	Constantine	740	493	367	528	2128
11	Grandville Calvin Christian	254	656	796	384	2089
12	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	309	525	537	462	1833
13	Remus Chippewa Hills	605	288	311	539	1742
14	Centreville	481	312	335	610	1739
15	Benzie Central	361	964	368	0	1693
16	Hillsdale	468	240	244	529	1481
17	Jonesville	534	163	157	606	1459
18	Caro	543	580	330	0	1453
19	Chesaning	414	337	181	504	1437
20	Onsted	237	428	302	385	1352
21	Saranac	786	241	306	0	1332
22	Grayling	577	298	0	398	1273
23	White Cloud	196	348	0	698	1242
24	Leslie	212	166	237	614	1229
25	GR Covenant Christian	0	266	300	637	1203
26	Adrian Madison	224	238	222	512	1196
27	Kalkaska	0	427	284	436	1147
28	Holland Black River	260	204	242	402	1109
29	Montague	444	0	0	642	1086
30	St. Louis	0	141	541	347	1030
31	Sanford-Meridian	394	0	205	352	950
32	Bronson	266	140	0	524	929
33	Kent City	204	351	350	0	906
34	Union City	0	183	233	445	861
35	Brooklyn Columbia Central	212	284	0	359	855
36	Bath	0	484	0	370	854
37	Bloomingdale	337	281	233	0	850
38	Parchment	430	407	0	0	837
39	Stanton Central Montcalm	206	373	238	0	817
40	Hudson	0	0	345	412	757
41	Ravenna	196	0	0	548	744
42	Jackson Lumen Christi	226	249	262	0	737
43	New Lothrop	0	158	164	384	706
44	Ovid-Elsie	0	0	201	451	652
45	Stockbridge	0	310	339	0	649
46	Manton	474	173	0	0	647
47	Bridgman	191	0	0	454	645
48	Manchester	0	192	0	449	641
49	Lansing Catholic	224	0	0	417	641
50	Laingsburg	0	345	224	0	568

Competing for the Up North Elite during indoor, Dakota Dykhuis got the chance to run with his newfound brothers, and work out with those at his talent level. We’re seeing the payoff of that winter work now, where the speedster has reached even new heights. Sub-2 in the 800m at the first MSAC Jamboree and a 4:23 at Ithaca were both significant PBs and rank him in the top-5 in D4 in each event.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:17.4	The Potter’s House	1008	4×8
12	Lezawe Osterink	4:15.3	The Potter’s House	466	1600m
12	Lezawe Osterink	1:58.9	The Potter’s House	396	800m
11	Jackson Rodriguez	4:26.4	The Potter’s House	381	1600m
11	Jackson Rodriguez	2:01.1	The Potter’s House	361	800m
12	Logan Swiney	4:34.1	The Potter’s House	323	1600m
12	Logan Swiney	2:08.2	The Potter’s House	248	800m
11	Noah Finton	4:50.7	The Potter’s House	196	1600m
11	Ezra Hagedorn	4:51.1	The Potter’s House	193	1600m
9	Edward Mugisha	2:12.5	The Potter’s House	180	800m
9	Edward Mugisha	5:02.5	The Potter’s House	107	1600m

D4 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	The Potter’s House	1186	1366	0	1008	3560
2	Hillsdale Academy	791	596	768	794	2949
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	295	772	489	596	2152
4	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	622	595	431	413	2060
5	Petoskey St. Michael	611	558	680	0	1848
6	Johannesburg-Lewiston	389	1042	344	0	1776
7	Reading	378	337	296	612	1623
8	Harbor Springs	333	361	156	628	1479
9	East Jackson	179	387	450	426	1442
10	Mason County Eastern	483	413	340	204	1440
11	Three Oaks River Valley	147	325	424	443	1339
12	Montabella	388	405	420	0	1213
13	Concord	374	117	139	548	1177
14	Vestaburg	384	365	342	0	1090
15	Buckley	459	0	0	521	980
16	Frankfort	216	116	325	311	967
17	Petersburg-Summerfield	568	152	245	0	965
18	Allen Park Cabrini	0	325	315	286	927
19	Adrian Lenawee Christian	0	230	411	281	922
20	Riverview Gabriel Richard	281	241	0	346	867
21	Pentwater	208	305	352	0	865
22	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	277	228	0	310	814
23	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	235	72	88	380	776
24	Potterville	238	105	126	284	753
25	Carson City-Crystal	0	55	322	356	733
26	Dansville	0	307	0	368	675
27	Lutheran Westland	176	104	95	292	667
28	Fowler	158	74	151	284	667
29	Whitmore Lake	0	141	184	335	659
30	Ubly	222	0	0	287	509
31	Brown City	0	109	180	201	490
32	Eau Claire	142	132	0	196	470
33	Beal City	224	240	0	0	464
34	Royal Oak Shrine	262	0	0	192	454
35	Plymouth Christian Academy	0	219	140	0	360
36	Genesee	0	133	226	0	359
37	Kingston	0	113	240	0	353
38	Breckenridge	0	125	227	0	352
39	Dryden	0	179	160	0	339
40	St Philip Catholic Central	0	0	0	329	329
41	East Jordan	213	0	75	0	288
42	Harbor Beach	0	84	164	0	248
43	Unionville-Sebewaing	164	82	0	0	247
44	Merrill	0	0	219	0	219
45	Birmingham Roeper	0	80	138	0	218
46	Pittsford	208	0	0	0	208
47	Detroit Frederick Douglass	187	0	0	0	187
48	Capac	183	0	0	0	183
49	Holland Calvary Christian	0	182	0	0	182
50	Lansing Christian	179	0	0	0	179

In the athleticnet era, the best 3200m effort by a UP freshman has been Luke Hills’ 10:11 from 2021. Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner just cruised to a 9:48. That’s the paragraph.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
9	Gabe Litzner	9:48.6	Sault Ste. Marie	362	3200m
9	Gabe Litzner	4:35.9	Sault Ste. Marie	309	1600m
12	Cody Aldridge	10:08.5	Sault Ste. Marie	304	3200m
12	Cody Aldridge	4:40.2	Sault Ste. Marie	277	1600m
12	Cody Aldridge	2:08.7	Sault Ste. Marie	240	800m
9	Gabe Litzner	2:09.7	Sault Ste. Marie	224	800m
	4×8	9:25.5	Sault Ste. Marie	200	4×8
12	Logan Haskins	2:11.7	Sault Ste. Marie	193	800m

UP Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	657	585	665	200	2107
2	Marquette	732	547	528	0	1807
3	Gladstone	320	447	151	482	1400
4	Pickford	176	96	0	215	487
5	Manistique	0	52	91	297	440
6	Escanaba	0	0	0	355	355
7	Kingsford	0	0	0	241	241
8	Forest Park	0	69	79	0	148
9	Munising	0	0	84	0	84