Best Jump Crews: Boys Week Seven

Back again with the final jump crew rankings of the regular season. Two weeks from now, I’ll be working on State Previews, then after the season, I’ll have a final ranking.

Here’s an explanation if you so desire:

EXPLANATION

Here are the previous rankings if you’d like to see how your team has (hopefully) moved up:

WEEK ONE
WEEK THREE
WEEK FIVE

Anything included here had to be uploaded to athleticnet by Tuesday night.

There’s a cluster at the forefront of D1’s high jump and another name just got added to the list. In yesterday’s tri meet against Edsel Ford and Southgate, Woodhaven’s Ben Syverson added a whopping 4” to his previous best, grabbing the school record. We have video of it too! I like the festive atmosphere and encouragement, perhaps we can get that at the State Finals as well.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	6′ 4	434	High
12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	21′ 9.75	415	Long
12	Marshaun Flakes	East Kentwood	6′ 2	405	High
12	Keaton Griffin	East Kentwood	21′ 4.5	396	Long
11	Elisee Kanda	East Kentwood	6′ 0	377	High
10	James Johnson	East Kentwood	6′ 0	377	High
9	Jhavon Alexander	East Kentwood	20′ 7.25	363	Long
11	Shamar White	East Kentwood	20′ 6	359	Long

D1 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	East Kentwood	1593	1533	3126
2	Zeeland West	1174	1091	2264
3	Battle Creek Lakeview	1089	790	1880
4	Grand Haven	1103	766	1869
5	South Lyon East	1481	357	1838
6	Byron Center	783	788	1570
7	Ann Arbor Huron	405	1126	1531
8	Ypsilanti Lincoln	377	1113	1490
9	Kalamazoo Central	740	746	1486
10	Traverse City West	768	715	1483
11	Highland-Milford	1146	338	1483
12	Portage Central	1103	361	1464
13	Lake Orion	1452	0	1452
14	Canton	910	521	1431
15	Cedar Springs	349	1078	1427
16	Holt	349	1071	1420
17	Northville	839	366	1205
18	Caledonia	377	818	1195
19	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	419	734	1153
20	Saginaw Heritage	349	803	1152
21	Detroit Catholic Central	377	774	1152
22	Woodhaven-Brownstown	811	338	1149
23	North Farmington	405	742	1147
24	Grand Ledge	811	334	1145
25	Lapeer	783	346	1129

Two-time OK Gold Champ, 2022 All-Stater, and recent Michigan State commit Joseph Mullett is entering championship season better than he’s ever been. At the GR Elite Challenge, Mullett reached a height he’s never before found – 6’9”. That clearance polished off a 9” victory and is just one mark in an undefeated season that he looks to continue.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
12	Gage Vanalstine	Charlotte	6′ 4	434	High
12	Joe Davis	Charlotte	6′ 0	377	High
12	Gage Vanalstine	Charlotte	20′ 6	359	Long
11	Cutler Brandt	Charlotte	20′ 6	359	Long
12	Kaeden Maynard	Charlotte	5′ 10	349	High
12	Braden Hill	Charlotte	20′ 2	345	Long
12	Nick Adams	Charlotte	19′ 11	334	Long
12	Kaeden Maynard	Charlotte	19′ 5.25	314	Long

D2 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Charlotte	1160	1396	2556
2	Whitehall	1244	730	1974
3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	783	1004	1786
4	Mason	1160	428	1588
5	Three Rivers	768	716	1484
6	Grand Rapids Christian	1132	352	1483
7	Flint Kearsley	839	638	1477
8	Allendale	349	995	1344
9	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	881	352	1233
10	Wayland Union	349	772	1121
11	Pinckney	768	346	1115
12	Alma	783	314	1097
13	Kingsley	1089	0	1089
14	Hastings	768	318	1086
15	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	0	1085	1085
16	Coopersville	434	643	1077
17	South Haven	726	348	1074
18	Stevensville Lakeshore	740	317	1057
19	Holland Christian	377	641	1019
20	Parma Western	434	391	824
21	Corunna	0	820	820
22	Hudsonville Unity Christian	768	0	768
22	Muskegon Oakridge	768	0	768
24	Ferndale University	0	764	764
25	Monroe Jefferson	405	338	743

This past Friday night, the Sanford-Meridian jumpers sure showed out at their home Nite Trax Invite. Both Nickolas Metzger (long jump) and Sawyer Moloy (high jump) pulled off victories, each of the marks vaulting them into the state lead. Along with Brayden Riley and a few other sprinters, this is a team capable of scoring a substantial number of points in early June.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
11	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	6′ 1	391	High
11	Holden Van Poppel	Napoleon	21′ 3	391	Long
10	Lionel Campbell	Napoleon	6′ 0	377	High
12	Aiden Thorne	Napoleon	5′ 10	349	High
11	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	20′ 3	348	Long
11	Mason Roth	Napoleon	19′ 4.5	311	Long

D3 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Napoleon	1117	1050	2167
2	Detroit Voyageur	419	1332	1752
3	Sanford-Meridian	476	1201	1677
4	Evart	768	732	1500
5	Mason County Central	726	696	1423
6	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	1075	346	1422
7	Onsted	754	630	1384
8	Montague	698	679	1377
9	GR Covenant Christian	670	694	1363
10	Laingsburg	1019	314	1333
11	North Muskegon	991	286	1277
12	Hart	670	588	1258
13	Hillsdale	377	746	1123
14	Grand Traverse Academy	783	329	1111
15	Erie Mason	1075	0	1075
16	Standish Sterling	391	679	1070
17	Clare	328	720	1048
18	Chesaning	726	316	1042
19	Bronson	726	308	1034
20	Constantine	701	330	1032
21	Elk Rapids	1019	0	1019
21	Grandville Calvin Christian	1019	0	1019
23	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	698	306	1004
24	Quincy	627	372	1000
25	Warren Michigan Collegiate	698	295	993

Early in the year, it was Anthany Buford launching a 22’ at Huron Relays. Then Mekhi Wingfield matched him in a conference meet in mid-April. Now here comes the defending state champ. Alex Affer is rounding back into form, evidenced by his 21’11 leap at Peck’s home invitational. As of this point last year, Affer had not broken 20’, he added a solid 2’ during championship season. If he’s in 21’+ shape now, imagine what he’ll throw down in a few weeks.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
11	Carter Lance	Fowler	6′ 0	377	High
10	Ben Kohagen	Fowler	5′ 10	349	High
10	Ben Kohagen	Fowler	19′ 11	334	Long
11	Carter Lance	Fowler	19′ 11	334	Long
12	Drew Armbrustmacher	Fowler	5′ 8	321	High
10	Brady Feldpausch	Fowler	5′ 6	293	High
10	Augustine Spitzley	Fowler	5′ 6	293	High
10	Jacob Halfmann	Fowler	18′ 6	274	Long

D4 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Fowler	1340	942	2281
2	Marion	740	1330	2070
3	Concord	1019	774	1793
4	Maple City Glen Lake	1255	281	1536
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	1103	272	1375
6	Kingston	1047	323	1370
7	Climax-Scotts	405	959	1365
8	Petersburg-Summerfield	670	604	1274
9	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	934	299	1233
10	AuGres-Sims	613	567	1180
11	Hillsdale Academy	892	283	1174
12	Athens	698	338	1035
13	Martin	363	627	990
14	Addison	349	628	977
15	Montabella	642	320	961
16	Pittsford	307	615	921
17	Britton Deerfield	642	279	921
18	Gobles	642	267	909
19	Gaylord St. Mary	321	579	900
20	Pentwater	321	566	887
21	Webberville	878	0	878
22	Dansville	293	582	875
23	Unionville-Sebewaing	321	544	865
24	Marcellus	585	267	852
25	Peck	377	419	796

Gotta throw a big congrats towards Rapid River’s Ian Sundling. The defending D3 (and two-time All-State) long jump champ just soared past 20’ for the first time ever, adding to what’s shaping up to be a magnificent season. He’s undefeated in the jumps, claiming Delta County titles in each.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
10	Oskar Kangas	Iron Mountain	5′ 8	321	High
12	Will Fairchild	Iron Mountain	19′ 6	316	Long
10	Aiden Ellis	Iron Mountain	5′ 6	293	High
10	Michael Dove	Iron Mountain	18′ 5	270	Long
11	Matthew Colavecchi	Iron Mountain	18′ 3.5	265	Long
10	Aiden Ellis	Iron Mountain	18′ 3	263	Long

UP Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Iron Mountain	613	1114	1728
2	Kingsford	613	591	1204
3	Pickford	698	394	1092
4	Sault Ste. Marie	642	325	967
5	Manistique	906	0	906
6	Menominee	349	299	647
7	Rapid River	321	314	635
8	Gladstone	321	307	628
9	Ishpeming	321	291	612
10	Forest Park	585	0	585
11	Negaunee	321	256	577
12	Marquette	293	256	549
13	Calumet	335	0	335
14	St. Ignace	321	0	321
15	Stephenson	0	302	302
16	Engadine	293	0	293
16	Newberry	293	0	293
18	Bark River-Harris	0	281	281
19	North Dickinson County	0	275	275
20	Ojibwe	0	264	264
21	Painesdale-Jeffers	0	263	263
22	Brimley	0	256	256