Best Throws Crews: Boys Week Six

I actually had these done last night, but wanted to give the girls some of their own time and love.

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

EXPLANATION

Hit the links below if you’d like to see how your team has (hopefully) moved up:

WEEK ONE RANKINGS

WEEK FOUR RANKINGS

These are compiled using marks tossed onto athleticnet by Tuesday night.

Your Division 1 model of consistency and defending Shot Put champion is back. In 2022, Andrew Berryhill rode a string of four straight 56’+ efforts en route to a state title. For 2023, he’s expanded his range, reaching 60’ already.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	1	163′ 1	456	Discus
11	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	1	52′ 8	443	Shot Put
11	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	1	51′ 9	436	Shot Put
11	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	1	150′ 1	423	Discus
12	Evan Berghorst	Zeeland East	1	141′ 8	401	Discus
12	Drestin Ter Haar	Zeeland East	1	47′ 2	399	Shot Put
12	Evan Berghorst	Zeeland East	1	44′ 1	375	Shot Put
12	Drestin Ter Haar	Zeeland East	1	126′ 7	363	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Zeeland East	1	1653	1642	3295
2	Walled Lake Central	1	1162	1667	2829
3	Midland	1	1210	817	2028
4	Cedar Springs	1	795	1176	1971
5	Rockford	1	1143	765	1908
6	St. Joseph	1	865	886	1751
7	Wyandotte Roosevelt	1	842	849	1691
8	Monroe	1	402	1176	1578
9	White Lake Lakeland	1	788	789	1577
10	Warren DeLaSalle	1	827	383	1210
11	Utica	1	416	784	1201
12	East Kentwood	1	785	404	1189
13	Plymouth	1	430	756	1187
14	Brighton	1	0	1185	1185
15	Saline	1	398	781	1179
16	Walled Lake Western	1	394	756	1151
17	Detroit Catholic Central	1	763	382	1145
18	Byron Center	1	374	771	1145
19	Holt	1	759	382	1141
20	Zeeland West	1	0	1134	1134
21	Macomb Dakota	1	388	743	1132
22	Mount Pleasant	1	384	746	1131
23	Battle Creek Lakeview	1	501	433	934
24	Saginaw Heritage	1	428	430	858
25	Clarkston	1	448	405	853

After taking two losses in their opening dual against Alma, Frankenmuth’s Dalton DeBeau is doing everything he can to make sure that doesn’t occur again. All but one of his tosses have been better than those marks, and his 180’7 in the disc is the furthest in the state in 2023. Two important dates: May 10th is the rematch against Alma in the TVC8 Championship, June 3rd is where he’ll (hopefully) defend his State Title.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
12	Dalton DeBeau	Frankenmuth	2	180′ 7.5	500	Discus
12	Dalton DeBeau	Frankenmuth	2	53′ 0.5	446	Shot Put
10	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	2	150′ 5	423	Discus
10	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	2	49′ 0	414	Shot Put
10	Niko Mamaladze	Frankenmuth	2	136′ 7	388	Discus
11	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	2	128′ 5	367	Discus
11	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	2	42′ 9.25	364	Shot Put
11	Nathan Schafsnitz	Frankenmuth	2	120′ 7	348	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Frankenmuth	2	1224	1679	2904
2	Alma	2	1234	1637	2871
3	Coopersville	2	1233	1215	2448
4	Allendale	2	1145	1113	2258
5	Portland	2	767	1208	1974
6	Midland Bullock Creek	2	1209	747	1956
7	Cadillac	2	784	1147	1932
8	Parma Western	2	1157	769	1926
9	Berrien Springs	2	770	1140	1910
10	Monroe Jefferson	2	740	1112	1853
11	Wayland Union	2	774	824	1598
12	Edwardsburg	2	759	839	1598
13	Gladwin	2	794	755	1549
14	Freeland	2	1118	368	1486
15	Dearborn Divine Child	2	405	814	1219
16	Whitehall	2	460	739	1200
17	Grand Rapids South Christian	2	373	822	1194
18	Coldwater	2	1150	0	1150
19	Hopkins	2	740	380	1120
20	Ionia	2	368	751	1119
21	Fowlerville	2	390	729	1119
22	Otsego	2	750	369	1119
23	Tecumseh	2	753	361	1114
24	Stevensville Lakeshore	2	378	729	1107
25	Flint Powers Catholic	2	364	729	1092

In order to capture a state crown, a team must have outstanding individuals and a few surprises. For Pewamo-Westphalia, that outstanding individual is Gavin Nurenburg, who has picked up 24 points on his own in the last two D3 finals. Again, he finds himself in the mix, ranking 3rd in D3 in both throwing events. But then you add in a darkhorse, Dalton Brown, who catapulted 50’+ shot put at Kent City Elite, finishing 5th among the division’s best. On that First Saturday in June, if the two can combine for 15-20 points, that will go a long way toward the Pirates title bid.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	55′ 5.5	465	Shot Put
11	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	153′ 7	431	Discus
11	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	50′ 6	426	Shot Put
11	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	139′ 6	396	Discus
11	Collin Schneider	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	118′ 11	343	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	891	1170	2062
2	Standish Sterling	3	832	1096	1928
3	Quincy	3	742	1127	1869
4	White Cloud	3	808	740	1548
5	Leslie	3	750	748	1498
6	Constantine	3	715	757	1473
7	Clare	3	761	710	1471
8	Clinton	3	425	743	1168
9	Olivet	3	423	719	1141
10	Reed City	3	0	1065	1065
11	Manchester	3	363	692	1055
12	Hart	3	478	486	964
13	Lawton	3	467	412	879
14	Union City	3	406	441	847
15	Adrian Madison	3	392	396	788
16	Durand	3	378	401	779
17	Chesaning	3	372	394	767
18	Manistee	3	380	386	766
19	Montague	3	408	358	766
20	Montrose	3	397	367	765
21	Jonesville	3	406	352	758
22	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	3	359	399	758
23	McBain	3	357	395	752
24	Watervliet	3	368	374	742
25	Mason County Central	3	379	350	729

Last year in the discus, Petersburg-Summerfield’s Dakota Kohn just kept adding distance, meet after meet. First it was a 118’ in early May, then a 132’ at Erie Mason, then ending in a 143’er at D4 State. Thus far this year in his undefeated campaign, he’s already passed 140’ twice. Consider that his best throw as of this time last year was under 120’ and think toward the future. He’s a real candidate to win it all.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	4	152′ 4	428	Discus
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	4	47′ 8.5	404	Shot Put
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	4	40′ 6	346	Shot Put
11	Parker McDonald	Beal City	4	116′ 8	338	Discus
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	4	111′ 5	324	Discus
12	Justin Recker	Beal City	4	110′ 0	321	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beal City	4	750	1411	2161
2	Marion	4	726	1023	1749
3	Hillsdale Academy	4	672	1066	1738
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	666	729	1395
5	Fowler	4	1070	321	1391
6	White Pigeon	4	1033	312	1345
7	Reading	4	1001	330	1330
8	Deckerville	4	717	381	1098
9	Morrice	4	715	329	1043
10	Marlette	4	361	648	1009
11	Mason County Eastern	4	320	677	997
12	Petersburg-Summerfield	4	395	399	794
13	Britton Deerfield	4	363	392	755
14	Gobles	4	724	0	724
15	Tekonsha	4	354	366	720
16	Breckenridge	4	356	347	703
17	Brown City	4	362	338	699
18	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	4	321	372	693
19	Onekama	4	338	352	690
20	Pittsford	4	353	336	689
21	Fruitport Calvary Christian	4	323	360	683
22	Buckley	4	358	323	682
23	Harbor Springs	4	677	0	677
24	Mendon	4	676	0	676
25	Sand Creek	4	332	343	675

His first year of track as a senior and he’s already figuring things out quickly. Lyle Horn burst onto the scene with a 36’11 shot put at Harbor Springs. In just over two weeks since then, he’s added more than 4 feet. Currently, he’s ranked 2nd in Division 2 and 6th in the entire Upper Peninsula, but I see no reason he can’t move up even further.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	UP	127′ 5	365	Discus
11	Garrett Veale	Kingsford	UP	42′ 10	365	Shot Put
11	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	UP	39′ 0	334	Shot Put
12	Isaac Olson	Kingsford	UP	113′ 1	329	Discus
11	Elizan Rouse	Kingsford	UP	38′ 3	328	Shot Put
12	Joshua Early	Kingsford	UP	109′ 11	321	Discus
11	Grayson Palmer	Kingsford	UP	107′ 1	313	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Kingsford	UP	1028	1327	2355
2	Gladstone	UP	353	1277	1630
3	Escanaba	UP	638	707	1346
4	Negaunee	UP	1047	0	1047
5	St. Ignace	UP	351	653	1004
6	Rapid River	UP	358	637	995
7	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	639	324	963
8	Ishpeming	UP	678	0	678
9	Engadine	UP	340	325	666
10	Menominee	UP	350	313	663
11	Powers North Central	UP	647	0	647
12	Newberry	UP	644	0	644
13	Pickford	UP	362	0	362
14	Paradise-Whitefish Township	UP	358	0	358
15	Norway	UP	337	0	337
16	Marquette	UP	334	0	334
17	West Iron County	UP	322	0	322
18	Iron Mountain	UP	0	315	315