Best Vault Crews: Week Seven

The last vault crew rankings of the season until it’s all over!

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Marks had to be uploaded to athleticnet by last night to be included on these lists.

Brooke Bowers – 12’1 win at Golden Triangle was her season best and the state lead until…
Katie Stewart – won her dual against Brighton in a 12’3.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Katie Stewart	Salem	12′ 3	490
12	Emma Stewart	Salem	11′ 6	460
12	Sarina Lee Childers	Salem	10′ 0	400
12	Lynette Cipolla	Salem	10′ 0	400

D1 Rank	Team	Score
1	Salem	1751
2	Dexter	1601
3	Rockford	1584
4	East Kentwood	1241
5	Oxford	1121
6	Grand Haven	1101
7	Plymouth	860
8	Forest Hills Central	844
9	Clarkston	820
9	Lowell	820
11	Romeo	780
12	Lake Orion	760
12	Livonia Churchill	760
12	Zeeland West	760
15	Portage Central	740
15	Zeeland East	740
17	Grand Ledge	730
18	Cedar Springs	470
19	Caledonia	440
19	St. Joseph	440
21	Saline	420
21	Walled Lake Central	420
23	Highland-Milford	410
24	Allen Park	400
24	Ann Arbor Pioneer	400
24	Midland	400

Golden Triangle – Four of the top-10 vaulters in Division 1 all in one meet. Clark Sheldon vaulted the highest – 14’1”.
Liam Kinney  – 15’1” at Brighton Bulldog was an inch better than his previous best and is the top mark in Division One.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Clark Sheldon	Dexter	14′ 3	451
11	Benjamin Sackman	Dexter	13′ 1	412
11	Kaden Korcek	Dexter	13′ 0	409
12	Barrett Keller	Dexter	12′ 6	392

D1 Rank	Team	Score
1	Dexter	1665
2	Traverse City Central	1236
3	Jenison	838
4	Brighton	480
5	Saline	429
6	Grand Haven	426
6	Greenville	426
6	Holland West Ottawa	426
9	Mattawan	418
10	Northville	412
11	Forest Hills Northern	409
11	Highland-Milford	409
11	Howell	409
11	Lake Orion	409
11	Lowell	409
11	Zeeland West	409
17	Byron Center	392
17	Davison	392
17	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	392
17	Portage Northern	392
17	Walled Lake Central	392
22	Hudsonville	384
22	Rockford	384

Katie Spitzley – Mixed it up with those vaunted East Kentwood vaulters at Ken Bell, placing 2^nd. Her 11’1 three days later was an inch personal best.

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	Pinckney	1021
3	Wayland Union	880
4	Kingsley	824
5	Frankenmuth	780
6	Belding	760
7	Ludington	740
8	Shepherd	727
9	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	720
10	Tecumseh	470
11	Ortonville Brandon	450
12	Cadillac	410
12	Plainwell	410
14	Berrien Springs	400
14	Forest Hills Eastern	400
14	Grand Rapids Christian	400
17	Hastings	390
18	Allendale	380
18	Birch Run	380
18	Eaton Rapids	380
18	Ionia	380
22	Big Rapids	370
23	Chelsea	360
23	Dowagiac Union	360
23	Freeland	360
23	Holland Christian	360
23	Lake Odessa Lakewood	360
23	Petoskey	360
23	Portland	360
23	Stevensville Lakeshore	360

David Conrad – 15’6” at GMAA is his second straight GMAA title and nearly matches his 15’7 from last year.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	David Conrad	Whitehall	15′ 6	494
12	Micah Witham	Whitehall	12′ 6	392
11	Ca’mar Ready	Whitehall	12′ 6	392

D2 Rank	Team	Score
1	Whitehall	1278
2	Dundee	802
3	Parma Western	785
3	Yale	785
5	Pinckney	776
6	Ludington	751
6	Sparta	751
8	Charlotte	720
9	Adrian	717
9	Petoskey	717
11	Hastings	453
12	Grosse Ile	446
13	Midland Bullock Creek	443
13	Berrien Springs	409
13	Coldwater	409
13	Eaton Rapids	409
13	Shepherd	409
18	Battle Creek Harper Creek	392
18	Forest Hills Eastern	392
18	Gladwin	392
18	Hamilton	392
18	Hudsonville Unity Christian	392
23	Hopkins	389
24	Mason	384
25	Croswell-Lexington	375
25	Goodrich	375
25	Stevensville Lakeshore	375

Vanessa Gadd – The Muskrat has added 1.5 feet to her 2022 best and her 9’6 now ranks her #5 in Division 3.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
12	Rylee Oxley	Lawton	9′ 6	380
10	Megan Robertson	Lawton	9′ 0	360
10	Alyssa McNally	Lawton	8′ 6	340
9	Annabelle Karsen	Lawton	7′ 0	280

A few things are true:

• I recognize that West Catholic probably scores the most points in a State Finals scenario
• In a MITCA scenario, Lawton would give them a run for their money
• The formula I use will be tweaked next year to give more points to top performers
• The D3 regional qualifier for vault is very weak compared to other divisions and thus strengthens teams here with 4 vaulters over that mark

D3 Rank	Team	Score
1	Lawton	1361
2	Hart	1301
3	Clare	1277
4	Grand Rapids West Catholic	1141
5	Pewamo-Westphalia	1061
6	Homer	1011
7	Quincy	951
8	Adrian Madison	941
8	Chesaning	941
8	Lake City	941
8	Olivet	941
12	Remus Chippewa Hills	921
13	Almont	901
13	Montague	901
15	Manton	680
16	St. Louis	662
17	Hudson	660
18	Sanford-Meridian	640
19	Benzie Central	620
19	Schoolcraft	620
21	Erie Mason	600
21	McBain	600
21	Napoleon	600
21	New Lothrop	600
25	Grass Lake	580
25	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	580
25	Traverse City St. Francis	580

Tryce Tokar – Has been over 14’ twice in the past two weeks, his 14’4 an inch higher than his D3 State Title.
Bluejay – Big jump from Chippewa Hills’ Ross Snyder, tying Devin Pohl, who’s ranked 5^th in D3.

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	1033
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	785
5	Chesaning	742
5	Saugatuck	742
7	Quincy	725
8	Erie Mason	717
8	Ida	717
10	Bath	683
10	Saranac	683
12	Clare	667
13	Lawton	666
14	Otisville LakeVille	649
15	Almont	460
16	Ovid-Elsie	454
17	Grandville Calvin Christian	435
18	Harrison	409
19	Union City	401
20	Benzie Central	392
20	Centreville	392
20	Niles Brandywine	392
20	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	392
24	Kent City	384
25	Adrian Madison	375
25	Evart	375
25	Hudson	375
25	Lansing Catholic	375
25	Manistee	375
25	Onsted	375
25	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	375
25	White Cloud	375

Deckerville – Three girls in the top-20 amongst D4. The best yet has been Rebecca Moeller, who’s 9’9 at Dryden ranks her 2^nd in the division.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
10	Rebecca Moeller	Deckerville	9′ 9	390
10	Aubree Moeller	Deckerville	8′ 6	340
11	Maryanne Sanford	Deckerville	8′ 0	320

D4 Rank	Team	Score
1	Deckerville	1051
2	Pittsford	1011
3	Mason County Eastern	1001
4	Frankfort	961
5	Marcellus	941
6	Sand Creek	881
7	Fowler	660
8	Marlette	650
9	East Jackson	640
9	Fulton	640
11	Lutheran Westland	624
12	Hillsdale Academy	580
12	Holton	580
14	The Potter’s House	340
15	Beal City	321
16	Coleman	320
16	Montabella	320
16	St. Charles	320
16	Vandercook Lake	320
20	Addison	300
20	Brethren	300
20	Brown City	300
20	Merrill	300
24	Kalamazoo Hackett	287
25	Athens	280
25	Marion	280
25	Martin	280
25	North Huron	280
25	Onekama	280
25	Petersburg-Summerfield	280
25	Unionville-Sebewaing	280
25	Whitmore Lake	280

MSAC 2 – Three of the top five vaulters competing in this tiny conference. At the latest jamboree, Cooper Bolton came home victorious. The previous one had Isaiah Biers in first. The league championship is May 24^th.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Logan Malloy	Marlette	13′ 1	412
11	Tyler Izydorek	Marlette	12′ 0	375

D4 Rank	Team	Score
1	Marlette	787
2	Coleman	751
3	Fowler	717
4	Brown City	700
5	Britton Deerfield	683
5	Frankfort	683
7	Martin	666
8	Petersburg-Summerfield	582
9	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	432
10	Montabella	409
11	Carson City-Crystal	392
11	Reading	392
13	Akron-Fairgrove	359
13	New Buffalo	359
15	Lincoln-Alcona	344
16	Athens	342
16	Marion	342
16	Morrice	342
19	Manistee Catholic	330
20	Addison	325
20	AuGres-Sims	325
20	Pittsford	325
20	Sand Creek	325
20	Unionville-Sebewaing	325
25	Harbor Beach	308

Sophia Wagner – After placing 2^nd last year in D1, she’s set for revenge. Two straight 9’ vaults and an undefeated season thus far.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Sophia Wagner	Escanaba	9′ 0	360
11	Valerie Royer	Escanaba	8′ 6	340
11	McKenna Foust	Escanaba	7′ 0	280

UP Rank	Team	Score
1	Escanaba	981
2	Gladstone	600
3	St. Ignace	600
4	Ishpeming Westwood	340
5	Lake Linden-Hubbell	340
6	Brimley	330
7	Bark River-Harris	320
7	Calumet	320
9	Ishpeming	300
9	Norway	300
9	Pickford	300
12	Dollar Bay	280
12	Stephenson	280

Zack Horsch – Third in D1 last year, opened with a 13’7, one inch higher than his 2022 best.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points
11	Owen Lester	St. Ignace	12′ 0	375
11	Jax Lipnitz	St. Ignace	11′ 0	342
9	Carter Kovacs	St. Ignace	9′ 6	291

UP Rank	Team	Score
1	St. Ignace	1008
2	Rapid River	700
3	Newberry	683
4	Marquette	632
5	Houghton	429
6	Stephenson	412
7	Munising	375
7	Sault Ste. Marie	375
9	Lake Linden-Hubbell	342
10	Gladstone	330
11	Brimley	325
11	Pickford	325
13	Kingsford	308
14	Negaunee	291
14	Rudyard	291