Best Throws Crews: Girls Week Eight

As with the other crews, this is the final iteration of the Girls Throwing Crews for the regular season. We’ll be back in early June with Teams of the Year and Throwers of the Year.

If you’d like an explanation:

EXPLANATION

If you’d like to compare to previous weeks:

WEEK ONE
WEEK FOUR
WEEK SIX

These rankings contain anything and everything uploaded to athleticnet by last night.

As with the distance crews, I thought I’d write about a key contributor from each top team. Mariah Sackett has found a way to improve in each event in each of her past two seasons. Last year, she added 20+ feet to her discus. This spring, it’s been 6+ feet to her shot puts, from 32’ to 38’. That started almost immediately, throwing 35’ at the GVSU Laker Challenge. She’s kicked it up a notch these past few weeks, launching past 38’ en route to a win at Von Ins and an OK Green title.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Mariah Sackett	Zeeland East	127′ 3	452	Discus
11	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	123′ 9	443	Discus
12	Mariah Sackett	Zeeland East	38′ 5	438	Shot Put
12	Kallie Taylor	Zeeland East	113′ 9	415	Discus
12	Faith Bonnema	Zeeland East	36′ 1	412	Shot Put
11	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	35′ 3.5	404	Shot Put
12	Jenna Klein	Zeeland East	109′ 4	402	Discus
12	Jenna Klein	Zeeland East	34′ 0.5	390	Shot Put

D1 Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Zeeland East	1	1643	1712	3356
2	Walled Lake Central	1	1323	1385	2708
3	East Kentwood	1	1650	879	2529
4	Allen Park	1	913	1273	2186
5	Farmington	1	1248	784	2032
6	Novi	1	808	1217	2025
7	Royal Oak	1	487	1278	1765
8	Midland	1	836	882	1718
9	Chippewa Valley	1	831	820	1651
10	Jenison	1	832	815	1647
11	Byron Center	1	781	833	1614
12	Bloomfield Hills	1	402	858	1260
13	Zeeland West	1	434	802	1236
14	Rockford	1	436	781	1217
15	Ann Arbor Huron	1	1217	0	1217
16	H.H. Dow	1	797	403	1200
17	Salem	1	384	814	1198
18	Northville	1	797	393	1189
19	Wyandotte Roosevelt	1	380	797	1177
20	Howell	1	892	0	892
21	Livonia Stevenson	1	488	403	891
22	Traverse City West	1	437	419	856
23	Hartland	1	448	387	835
24	Walled Lake Western	1	415	418	832
25	Muskegon Mona Shores	1	419	400	818

Talk about peaking at the right time and being consistent while doing it. In her last three meets, Makenzie Johns has hit the three furthest throws of her life. Each of those 38’+ throws brought wins, but the most important of which came at the Big North Championship, which brings her career total to four.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
11	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	39′ 10	453	Shot Put
11	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	118′ 6	428	Discus
12	Olivia Smith	Cadillac	110′ 9	406	Discus
12	Olivia Smith	Cadillac	32′ 10.25	377	Shot Put
11	Berkley Oberhaus	Cadillac	97′ 4	369	Discus
10	Jordan Sprik	Cadillac	92′ 10	356	Discus

D2 Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Cadillac	2	830	1559	2389
2	Marysville	2	1301	835	2136
3	Paw Paw	2	815	1168	1983
4	Hudsonville Unity Christian	2	1167	753	1920
5	Monroe Jefferson	2	1145	755	1900
6	East Grand Rapids	2	1139	748	1887
7	Kingsley	2	752	1082	1834
8	Dearborn Divine Child	2	421	1170	1592
9	Coldwater	2	833	754	1587
10	North Branch	2	780	775	1555
11	Freeland	2	1113	398	1511
12	Alma	2	377	1127	1504
13	Otsego	2	906	479	1385
14	Hamilton	2	768	435	1203
15	Battle Creek Harper Creek	2	795	408	1202
16	St. Johns	2	394	770	1164
17	Shepherd	2	758	380	1139
18	Owosso	2	747	391	1138
19	Frankenmuth	2	407	725	1132
20	Carleton Airport	2	374	757	1132
21	Milan	2	756	375	1132
22	Ogemaw Heights	2	0	1130	1130
23	Warren Regina	2	747	382	1129
24	Parma Western	2	383	728	1111
25	Tecumseh	2	740	371	1111

Already wrote out some words for Sophia Snellenberger earlier in the season, thought I’d give some love to her outstanding teammate as well. In her three-year track career, Raigen Horsfall has earned four All-State honors and being ranked in the top-5 in both throws, appears she’s poised for some more. Two weeks ago today in a win against D4 standouts Reading, she tossed her best discus ever, adding 2’ to her previous best.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Sophia Snellenberger	Quincy	147′ 11	510	Discus
12	Raigen Horsfall	Quincy	127′ 2.5	452	Discus
12	Sophia Snellenberger	Quincy	39′ 5	449	Shot Put
12	Raigen Horsfall	Quincy	37′ 10.75	432	Shot Put
10	Hallie Jones	Quincy	31′ 7	363	Shot Put
11	Emyleigh Burlew	Quincy	88′ 7	344	Discus

D3 Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Quincy	3	1244	1307	2551
2	Olivet	3	1243	1259	2502
3	Clare	3	1115	1085	2200
4	McBain	3	1166	791	1957
5	Stanton Central Montcalm	3	1160	737	1897
6	Standish Sterling	3	1083	731	1814
7	Constantine	3	805	809	1615
8	Reese	3	1141	394	1535
9	Manistee	3	758	767	1525
10	Perry	3	737	780	1517
11	Springport	3	740	769	1509
12	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	393	754	1147
13	Watervliet	3	359	774	1133
14	Grass Lake	3	775	343	1118
15	Ann Arbor Greenhills	3	753	365	1118
16	LeRoy Pine River	3	737	380	1117
17	Ithaca	3	379	730	1109
18	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	3	730	370	1100
19	Manton	3	364	732	1096
20	Chesaning	3	731	354	1085
21	Hudson	3	703	371	1074
22	Adrian Madison	3	689	383	1072
23	Montague	3	706	366	1072
24	Clawson	3	358	710	1068
25	Hartford	3	359	680	1040

Abby Affholter has been a contributor out of the gates for the Rangers program. A sophomore in her first season of track, Abby has picked up wins in 5 of her 9 shot put competitions, including a victory at Ralph Crume in late April. After starting the year throwing below 80’ in the disc, she’s added almost 20’ to her throws, now in the mid-90’s.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
10	Abigail Affholter	Reading	34′ 6.5	395	Shot Put
11	Sydnee Mauk	Reading	95′ 6	364	Discus
10	Abigail Affholter	Reading	93′ 8.5	359	Discus
12	Aubrey Pitts	Reading	30′ 8	353	Shot Put
12	Madeline Stead	Reading	28′ 1.5	325	Shot Put
11	Sydnee Mauk	Reading	28′ 0	324	Shot Put

D4 Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Reading	4	1398	722	2120
2	Morenci	4	680	1383	2063
3	Sand Creek	4	740	1110	1850
4	Addison	4	1393	352	1745
5	Beal City	4	677	981	1658
6	Marion	4	808	804	1612
7	Fulton	4	424	1156	1580
8	Brethren	4	758	761	1519
9	Frankfort	4	729	766	1495
10	St. Charles	4	735	706	1441
11	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	4	715	695	1410
12	Dryden	4	710	680	1390
13	Lutheran Westland	4	1011	332	1343
14	Morrice	4	660	677	1337
15	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	4	678	647	1325
16	Indian River Inland Lakes	4	784	462	1247
17	Mendon	4	770	392	1162
18	Maple City Glen Lake	4	351	735	1087
19	Unionville-Sebewaing	4	371	704	1075
20	Deckerville	4	360	708	1068
21	Concord	4	678	365	1043
22	Buckley	4	705	331	1036
23	Mayville	4	651	366	1017
24	Lawrence	4	326	690	1016
25	Mason County Eastern	4	333	675	1008

Another one in her first season of track and finding immediate success is the Blue Devils’ Hannah Maurer. Sault Ste. Marie has spent a good bit of their track season south of the bridge and Hannah has stuck her nose right in those competitions, even beating the best from Petoskey and Traverse City Central in their dual. She currently ranks in the top-15 across the whole Upper Peninsula in both throws.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Hannah Maurer	Sault Ste. Marie	35′ 11	410	Shot Put
12	Ava Donmyer	Sault Ste. Marie	33′ 2	380	Shot Put
10	Annabelle Fazzari	Sault Ste. Marie	32′ 9	376	Shot Put
11	Katie Anderson	Sault Ste. Marie	98′ 3	371	Discus
12	Ava Donmyer	Sault Ste. Marie	95′ 10.25	365	Discus
12	Hannah Maurer	Sault Ste. Marie	94′ 10.5	362	Discus
11	Katie Anderson	Sault Ste. Marie	31′ 1	358	Shot Put
10	Annabelle Fazzari	Sault Ste. Marie	92′ 9	356	Discus
12	Iris Butler	Sault Ste. Marie	28′ 8.75	332	Shot Put

UP Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	1524	1454	2978
2	Pickford	UP	1067	1048	2115
3	Negaunee	UP	1099	770	1870
4	Brimley	UP	1063	746	1809
5	Baraga	UP	707	1088	1795
6	Manistique	UP	1093	395	1488
7	Ishpeming	UP	732	705	1437
8	Marquette	UP	743	360	1104
9	Chassell	UP	703	320	1024
10	North Dickinson County	UP	676	345	1021
11	Rock Mid-Peninsula	UP	655	364	1020
12	Carney-Nadeau	UP	326	692	1018
13	Newberry	UP	665	318	983
14	Cedarville	UP	349	371	720
15	Gladstone	UP	340	354	695
16	Stephenson	UP	320	358	678
17	Houghton	UP	0	673	673
18	West Iron County	UP	343	326	669
19	Forest Park	UP	658	0	658
20	Bark River-Harris	UP	359	0	359
21	Rudyard	UP	0	341	341
22	Calumet	UP	0	341	341
23	Watersmeet Township	UP	339	0	339
24	Ironwood	UP	336	0	336
25	Ontonagon Area	UP	334	0	334