Best Throwing Crews: Girls Final Rankings

The link below explains what I’ve been doing here:

EXPLANATION

The links below contain the previous rankings throughout the season:

WEEK ONE
WEEK FOUR
WEEK SIX
WEEK EIGHT

Scroll to the bottom and you’ll find individual rankings.

BEST CREWS

Grade	Name	Distance	Event	Points	Info
12	Mariah Sackett	128′ 10″	Discus	457	5th Place – Division 1 State
11	Anna Tilden	128′ 1″	Discus	455	6th Place – Division 1 State
12	Mariah Sackett	38′ 11.5″	Shot Put	444	9th Place – Division 1 State
11	Anna Tilden	37′ 6.25″	Shot Put	428	3rd Place – Region 2
12	Faith Bonnema	37′ 1″	Shot Put	423	18th Place – Division 1 State
12	Kallie Taylor	116′ 3″	Discus	422	17th Place – Division 1 State
12	Jenna Klein	109′ 4″	Discus	402	3rd Place – OK Green
12	Jenna Klein	34′ 0.5″	Shot Put	390	6th Place – OK Green

D1 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Zeeland East	1684	1736	3420
2	Walled Lake Central	1323	1413	2737
3	East Kentwood	1666	917	2583
4	Allen Park	913	1309	2222
5	Royal Oak	868	1298	2166
6	Novi	836	1232	2068
7	Farmington	1258	801	2059
8	Midland	855	882	1737
9	Chippewa Valley	846	824	1670
10	Jenison	832	815	1647
11	Byron Center	781	865	1646
12	Livonia Churchill	386	1200	1586
13	Alpena	768	790	1559
14	Zeeland West	434	856	1290
15	Howell	908	374	1282
16	Bloomfield Hills	410	858	1268
17	Rockford	447	810	1257
18	Salem	399	845	1244
19	Wyandotte Roosevelt	389	843	1232
20	Ann Arbor Huron	1217	0	1217
21	Walled Lake Western	415	789	1204
22	Midland Dow	798	403	1200
23	Northville	804	393	1197
24	Grand Blanc	786	391	1178
25	Grosse Pointe South	380	793	1173
26	Port Huron Northern	1157	0	1157
27	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	386	755	1141
28	Livonia Stevenson	488	429	917
29	Traverse City West	458	419	877
30	Hartland	452	387	839
31	Plymouth	837	0	837
32	East Lansing	824	0	824
33	Muskegon Mona Shores	419	400	818
34	Belleville	393	422	816
35	Swartz Creek	427	383	810
36	Ann Arbor Pioneer	426	380	805
37	Lowell	417	383	799
38	Lake Orion	408	384	792
39	Canton	401	380	781
40	Grandville	384	376	760
41	Brownstown Woodhaven	382	377	759
42	Portage Northern	0	434	434
43	Highland-Milford	0	424	424
44	Troy Athens	0	421	421
45	Warren Cousino	417	0	417
46	Saginaw Heritage	417	0	417
47	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	415	0	415
48	Dexter	409	0	409
49	South Lyon East	0	404	404
50	Forest Hills Northern	401	0	401

Grade	Name	Distance	Event	Points	Info
11	Makenzie Johns	41′ 10″	Shot Put	475	2nd Place – Division 2 State
11	Makenzie Johns	122′ 9″	Discus	440	Region 11 Champion
12	Olivia Smith	110′ 9″	Discus	406	2nd Place – BNC
12	Olivia Smith	32′ 10.25″	Shot Put	377	3rd Place – BNC
11	Berkley Oberhaus	94′ 8.5″	Discus	361	9th Place – Cadillac News
10	Jordan Sprik	92′ 10″	Discus	356	5th Place – BNC

D2 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Cadillac	852	1564	2416
2	Coldwater	850	1523	2374
3	Hudsonville Unity Christian	1189	1142	2331
4	Monroe Jefferson	1159	1146	2305
5	Marysville	1303	857	2160
6	Paw Paw	815	1168	1983
7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	795	1167	1962
8	North Branch	790	1154	1944
9	East Grand Rapids	1139	758	1897
10	Kingsley	760	1082	1842
11	Dearborn Divine Child	432	1201	1633
12	Freeland	1149	413	1561
13	Alma	377	1127	1504
14	Otsego	906	501	1407
15	Hamilton	768	445	1213
16	Owosso	800	410	1209
17	St. Johns	399	770	1169
18	Shepherd	766	380	1146
19	Carleton Airport	385	759	1144
20	Warren Regina	747	396	1143
21	Frankenmuth	407	733	1140
22	Milan	756	377	1134
23	Berrien Springs	382	749	1131
24	Ogemaw Heights	0	1125	1125
25	Tecumseh	752	371	1123
26	South Haven	737	374	1111
27	Parma Western	383	722	1105
28	Croswell-Lexington	358	727	1084
29	Whitehall	480	525	1005
30	Niles	414	411	825
31	Hastings	427	392	818
32	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	393	418	811
33	Portland	0	804	804
34	Summit Academy North	410	385	795
35	Haslett	370	417	787
36	St. Clair Shores South Lake	407	378	785
37	Richland Gull Lake	373	408	781
38	Grand Rapids Christian	389	377	767
39	Gaylord	386	380	766
40	Ferndale University	0	760	760
41	Petoskey	759	0	759
42	Charlotte	373	374	746
43	Holland Christian	362	380	742
44	Ionia	0	738	738
45	Birch Run	372	363	734
46	Sparta	368	357	725
47	Linden	362	355	717
48	Allendale	361	355	716
49	Goodrich	0	713	713
50	Detroit Country Day	0	411	411

Grade	Name	Distance	Event	Points	Info
12	Sophia Snellenberger	147′ 11″	Discus	510	Division 3 State Champion
12	Sophia Snellenberger	40′ 6″	Shot Put	460	2nd Place – Division 3 State
12	Raigen Horsfall	127′ 2.5″	Discus	452	8th Place – Division 3 State
12	Raigen Horsfall	37′ 10.75″	Shot Put	432	4th Place – Division 3 State
10	Hallie Jones	31′ 7″	Shot Put	363	#12 sophomore in Division 3
11	Emyleigh Burlew	91′ 0″	Discus	351	7th Place – Region 25

D3 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Quincy	1255	1314	2569
2	Olivet	1253	1266	2519
3	Clare	1118	1143	2260
4	McBain	1199	813	2012
5	Manistee	758	1160	1918
6	Stanton Central Montcalm	1160	755	1914
7	Standish Sterling	1084	745	1829
8	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	733	1079	1812
9	Constantine	805	809	1615
10	Reese	1161	396	1557
11	Watervliet	735	804	1539
12	Perry	737	800	1537
13	Springport	745	769	1514
14	Caro	410	794	1205
15	Ann Arbor Greenhills	789	386	1175
16	Pewamo-Westphalia	393	754	1147
17	Grass Lake	802	343	1145
18	LeRoy Pine River	737	384	1121
19	Manton	358	762	1120
20	Ithaca	377	734	1111
21	Montague	724	383	1108
22	Bloomingdale	399	697	1096
23	New Lothrop	391	700	1091
24	Hartford	387	704	1090
25	Chesaning	731	357	1088
26	Traverse City St. Francis	395	690	1085
27	Ida	387	695	1082
28	Adrian Madison	695	387	1082
29	Hudson	703	372	1076
30	Napoleon	688	379	1067
31	Clawson	351	703	1053
32	Schoolcraft	399	440	838
33	Homer	394	443	837
34	Grand Rapids West Catholic	394	426	820
35	Stockbridge	380	421	801
36	Buchanan	416	379	794
37	Evart	399	374	773
38	Centreville	382	387	769
39	Brooklyn Columbia Central	382	383	765
40	Saugatuck	0	753	753
41	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	384	369	753
42	Dearborn Heights Robichaud	409	338	746
43	St. Louis	739	0	739
44	Monroe St. Mary CC	384	354	738
45	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	736	0	736
46	Leslie	357	374	731
47	Grandville Calvin Christian	377	347	723
48	Morley-Stanwood	361	352	713
49	Parchment	362	349	712
50	Saranac	701	0	701

Grade	Name	Distance	Event	Points	Info
10	Abigail Affholter	34′ 6.5″	Shot Put	395	Hillsdale County Champion
11	Sydnee Mauk	103′ 10.5″	Discus	387	Hillsdale County Champion
10	Abigail Affholter	93′ 8.5″	Discus	359	3rd Place – Hillsdale County
12	Aubrey Pitts	30′ 8″	Shot Put	353	3rd Place – Hillsdale County
11	Sydnee Mauk	29′ 6.75″	Shot Put	341	4th Place – Hillsdale County
12	Madeline Stead	29′ 3.5″	Shot Put	338	5th Place – Hillsdale County
10	Jenna Londeau	80′ 2″	Discus	321	5th Place – Hillsdale County

D4 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Reading	1428	1067	2494
2	Sand Creek	1089	1164	2253
3	Morenci	682	1398	2080
4	Addison	1393	352	1745
5	Beal City	677	990	1667
6	Marion	808	833	1641
7	Fulton	429	1188	1617
8	Indian River Inland Lakes	799	785	1584
9	Brethren	782	761	1543
10	Frankfort	755	766	1521
11	St. Charles	778	723	1501
12	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	715	720	1435
13	Dryden	716	680	1395
14	Lutheran Westland	1031	345	1377
15	Morrice	673	693	1367
16	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	681	679	1361
17	Fowler	656	655	1311
18	Fairview	664	645	1309
19	White Cloud	744	460	1204
20	Mendon	770	411	1182
21	Kalamazoo Hackett	744	379	1124
22	Maple City Glen Lake	351	750	1102
23	Unionville-Sebewaing	371	704	1075
24	Buckley	743	331	1073
25	Deckerville	360	708	1068
26	Hillsdale Academy	321	739	1059
27	Concord	692	365	1057
28	Mayville	664	366	1030
29	Lawrence	326	690	1016
30	Mason County Eastern	333	675	1008
31	Athens	363	639	1002
32	Pittsford	329	670	999
33	Marlette	449	439	888
34	Lincoln-Alcona	428	450	878
35	Martin	371	418	790
36	East Jackson	388	400	789
37	St Philip Catholic Central	400	355	755
38	The Potter’s House	376	374	750
39	East Jordan	372	377	749
40	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	341	403	744
41	Kingston	364	356	719
42	Portland St. Patrick	351	366	717
43	Manistee Catholic	338	366	704
44	Harbor Beach	351	352	704
45	Onaway	361	342	703
46	White Pigeon	703	0	703
47	Webberville	366	331	697
48	Decatur	690	0	690
49	Mt Clemens	0	689	689
50	Pentwater	363	323	686

Grade	Name	Distance	Event	Points	Info
12	Hannah Maurer	37′ 4.5″	Shot Put	426	UP Division 1 State Champion
10	Annabelle Fazzari	34′ 10.5″	Shot Put	399	4th Place – UP Division 1 State
11	Katie Anderson	34′ 9.5″	Shot Put	398	3rd Place – UP Division 1 State
11	Katie Anderson	101′ 10″	Discus	381	2nd Place – UP Division 1 State
12	Ava Donmyer	33′ 2″	Shot Put	380	4th Place – Straits Area Conference
12	Hannah Maurer	99′ 7″	Discus	375	3rd Place – UP Division 1 State
10	Annabelle Fazzari	97′ 7″	Discus	369	5th Place – UP Division 1 State
12	Ava Donmyer	95′ 10.25″	Discus	365	6th Place – UP Division 1 State
12	Iris Butler	28′ 8.75″	Shot Put	332	#37 throw in the UP

UP Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	1604	1491	3094
2	Pickford	1067	1093	2159
3	Houghton	653	1333	1986
4	Negaunee	1098	797	1895
5	Brimley	1083	753	1836
6	Baraga	713	1108	1821
7	Ishpeming	1072	713	1785
8	Manistique	1091	395	1485
9	Carney-Nadeau	707	717	1424
10	North Dickinson County	682	673	1356
11	Marquette	774	360	1134
12	Rock Mid-Peninsula	667	364	1032
13	Chassell	703	320	1024
14	Newberry	669	318	988
15	Forest Park	658	323	981
16	Cedarville	349	375	723
17	Stephenson	325	377	702
18	Gladstone	340	354	695
19	West Iron County	343	338	681
20	Engadine	0	660	660
21	Escanaba	336	322	657
22	Munising	0	654	654
23	Eben Jct. Superior Central	364	0	364
24	Bark River-Harris	348	0	348
25	Ironwood	348	0	348

THROWERS OF THE YEAR

The individual lists here attempt to combine and rank the best throwers from both disciplines. These are based solely on an athlete’s best marks, with zero consideration of wins or places or any accomplishments. They contain marks through this past weekend. The distances are converted to scores based on national lists from the past season. The scores are linked here.

There are some throwers who specialized in one event (and won a state title in that event), but didn’t throw the other one. They were extraordinary in other track events as well. In a week or so, I hope to release the best track athletes of the year, combining all events. I’m pretty sure these people will be in there.

If you’re looking for the OFFICIAL official lists that stand up to the scrutiny of time, I recommend checking out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org. There, you can see where you rank All-Time, this year, or if you’ve got a Class Record.

Abigail Russell, Allen Park

Although the shot didn’t go her way, she still was able to recover and repeat as the Division 1 Discus Champion. The 2023 season resulted in the personal bests in both events, and ended in a huge 161-6 throw at New Balance, ranking her #6 All-Time in Michigan.

Maelie Hope, Whitehall

Repeated and improved upon the same feat as last year, Division 2 All-State in both the shot put and discus. Even though Maelie’s throws at Forest Hills Eastern weren’t the best of the season, she was able to rack up 5 more points for her Whitehall team. I’m about a week away from the calculating, but she’s a serious candidate for D2 All-Around Athlete of the Year, placing top-10 in the division in both of the short sprints.

Savannah Breitwiser, Walled Lake Central

Her senior year contained some massive improvements, 15+ feet in the disc, nearly 5 feet in the shot. As such, Savannah was able to qualify for State AND place for the first time ever. On top of all that, her 3^rd place in the disc was her highest finish yet.

Sophia Snellenberger, Quincy

After two years full of near misses, Sophia finally got it done. Her 141’5 to win the discus at Division 3 State was her fifth time over the 140’ barrier this season and her first outdoor state title.

Elyse Finch, Royal Oak

Elly possesses an uncanny ability to turn it around on a day that’s been going sideways. In 2023, the shot put had been her event, nailing down the spin and being over 40’ almost the entire year. However, she didn’t make the final. How she turned it around in the disc, I don’t know, but her 131’2 was good enough for 2^nd. It may have taken her two years, but she’s got All-States to her name in both throws.

Haley Guerrant, Otsego

Hard to believe that as a sophomore, Haley was a girl that couldn’t break the 100’ barrier. As a senior, she was well above that mark, especially late in the year where she was consistently over 130’. Her 144’6 at the Plainwell Throwers Classic gave her the #5 ranking in the State this year and I’m sure the confidence carried over to her first State Title.

Janae Hudson, Marysville

Based on her strong start and even stronger finish, Janae was evidently sick of her consecutive 10^th place finishes at State. Her opener against Roseville, a 40’10 effort in the shot put, was a personal best. She bested that twice during the regular season, then added 3” when it mattered most, clinching the Division 2 State Title with a 42’7 launch.

Payton Otto, Olivet

Throwing the shot, Payton closed her senior year with the biggest and best surge of her career. Six of her final seven competitions contained throws over 40’ and the only one that didn’t had a little State Champion honor associated with it. Followed up by a 6^th place finish in the discus, this was her first time ever grabbing All-State in both events.

Kayla Harris, East Kentwood

With her momentous close to the season, the junior is quickly showing herself as a force to be reckoned with in 2024. 2023’s version included a 4^th place finish in the Division 1 Shot Put. She took that honor and ran with it, establishing huge personal bests two weeks later at New Balance – 42’0 and 131’5.

McKenzie Siroky, Livonia Stevenson

The State Finals may not have gone her way, but we can’t ignore the accomplishments for the entire year. Two wins at Region 6, two 3^rd place finishes in the KLAA. Although her shot puts stayed at the same magnificent level, McKenzie underwent a major improvement in the disc, adding 15’ to her best throw from her junior year.

Rank	Division	Grade	Name	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	1	11	Abigail Russell	Allen Park	527	550	1077
2	2	12	Maelie Hope	Whitehall	480	525	1005
3	1	12	Savannah Breitwiser	Walled Lake Central	469	501	971
4	3	12	Sophia Snellenberger	Quincy	460	510	971
5	1	12	Elyse Finch	Royal Oak	487	482	969
6	2	12	Haley Guerrant	Otsego	466	501	967
7	2	11	Janae Hudson	Marysville	483	480	964
8	3	12	Payton Otto	Olivet	476	478	954
9	1	11	Kayla Harris	East Kentwood	477	464	941
10	1	12	McKenzie Siroky	Livonia Stevenson	488	429	917
11	2	11	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	475	440	915
12	4	12	Natalie Wandrie	Indian River Inland Lakes	451	462	914
13	1	12	Ava Wojciechowski	Walled Lake Central	447	464	911
14	1	12	Mariah Sackett	Zeeland East	444	457	900
15	1	12	Lillian Lince	Midland	402	489	891
16	4	11	Lily Parker	Marlette	449	439	888
17	3	12	Raigen Horsfall	Quincy	432	452	884
18	1	11	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	428	455	883
19	2	12	Grace Steffes	Dearborn Divine Child	432	447	880
20	4	12	Kelsey Hansen	Lincoln-Alcona	428	450	878
21	1	11	Avery Lahti	TC West (Traverse City)	458	419	877
22	2	10	Ellianna Foley	Coldwater	460	413	873
23	1	12	Jayla Procter	East Kentwood	419	453	872
24	1	11	Isabel Assink	Zeeland West	434	436	870
25	4	12	Emily Carbajal	Sand Creek	430	437	867
26	1	10	Kalia Monroe	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	447	417	864
27	4	12	Emily Stinson	Fulton	429	433	862
28	4	12	Harley Bear	Marion	431	427	859
29	2	11	Aliyah Springer	Hamilton	411	445	856
30	1	11	Jordyn Harris	Walled Lake Central	407	448	855
31	1	11	Molly Socha	Bloomfield Hills	410	442	852
32	3	12	Gaby Reeve	White Cloud	391	460	851
33	3	10	Isabel Rozeveld	McBain	412	437	849
34	UP	12	Eliana Juchemich	Negaunee	422	425	847
35	1	12	Makayla Stewart	Novi	429	417	846
36	3	12	Adelyn Moore	Caro	410	431	842
37	1	9	Olivia Hosford	Rockford	447	394	841
38	2	10	Izzie Miller	BC Harper Creek	413	428	841
39	1	11	Aubree Meyer	Hartland	452	387	839
40	1	12	Seyna Coly	Farmington	420	418	839
41	3	10	Brenna McDonald	Schoolcraft	399	440	838
42	3	11	Jaylyn Perkins	Homer	394	443	837
43	1	11	Faith Moore	Farmington	454	383	837
44	1	11	Audrey Wisniewski	Novi	407	426	833
45	1	12	Jordyn Thompson	Walled Lake Western	415	418	832
46	1	11	Ania Toboy	Wyandotte Roosevelt	389	441	830
47	4	12	Keyara Szymanski	Mendon	418	411	830
48	3	12	Abby Karst	Reese	432	396	828
49	1	10	Leigha Stoepker	Jenison	437	391	828
50	2	11	Layla Tahmouch	Monroe Jefferson	419	409	828