2023 Rankings: League Week, Division 4

Ahhh, the final week of rankings. Thanks to all for following along. Coming off the huge first October weekend, many teams took this past weekend off, getting their last good training block in before their league/regional/state meets. The ones that did race saw some movement – the higher divisions at Gabriel Richard, the lower divisions at Macomb County and Greater Lansing.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

As a result of taking into the entire season into account, the rankings will be more conservative and less reactionary than most. Putting together a great performance once will bring about a tiny bit of movement, doing so repeatedly will elicit much greater change.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive.

Unfortunately, the injury rule is in place, where if I don’t have a rating from the past month, that runner is taken out. If you’re willing to share (and I can understand why not – someone’s medical situation doesn’t have to be the public’s business) that your athlete or you yourself are healthy/injured, feel free. There are some exceptions based on situations that make sense. Hopefully these don’t rub salt in the wound of someone who’s already hurting.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

WEEK THREE RANKINGS
WEEK FOUR RANKINGS
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK RANKINGS
COUNTY WEEK RANKINGS

So I know from past experience that these next 2.5 weeks will be hell. League Meet ratings, more Championship projections, Championship ratings, Regional projections, Regional ratings, State projections and State previews. If I’m behind this week, it’ll bleed into next. The writing takes the most time on these rankings and tends to put me behind. But it’s necessary as a way to separate the work I do from just listing numbers and times. In anticipation of staying on top of things these next few weeks, I’ll be omitting the writing aspects. Luckily, I’ve written a ton on the top teams and top individuals, so when State Week comes around and those lengthy State Previews need to be written, there will be plenty of content.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	County Wk	Champ Wk	Wk 4	Wk 3	Summer
1	Whitmore Lake	33	115	1	1	1	1	1
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	136	2	3	2	2	2
3	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	146	3	2	3	6	6
4	Hillsdale Academy	34	279	4	4	4	3	4
5	Gobles	31	289	5	8	7	5	7
6	Harbor Springs	28	294	8	5	8	8	3
7	Kingston	35	313	9	7	6	4	5
8	Saugatuck	31	329	6	9	11	11	12
9	Breckenridge	30	335	7	6	5	7	13
10	Buckley	29	348	10	10	10	10	9
11	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	438	11	11	9	9	8
12	Grand Traverse Academy	29	472	12	13	13	14	18
13	Mason County Eastern	29	503	13	12	12	12	10
14	Concord	32	552	14	15	15	19	14
15	Pittsford	34	571	15	17	17	15	17
16	Novi Christian Academy	33	574	19	18	22	NR	NR
17	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	602	17	16	16	16	11
18	Unionville-Sebewaing	35	609	16	14	14	13	20
19	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	614	18	20	19	17	15
20	Royal Oak Shrine	36	628	20	19	18	18	16
21	Allen Park Cabrini	36	685	21	21	20	20	26
22	St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic	31	741	22	28	30	30	19
23	Lansing Christian	33	766	32	29	23	22	39
24	Fowler	33	766	23	22	21	24	NR
25	Ubly	35	769	25	23	27	27	23
26	Leland	29	801	24	30	28	26	NR
27	Beal City	30	836	26	24	24	23	25

Rank	Team	Region	Score	County Wk	Champ Wk	Wk 4	Wk 3	Summer
1	Hillsdale Academy	34	189	1	1	1	1	1
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	251	2	3	2	2	3
3	Saugatuck	31	288	3	2	8	8	5
4	Holland Calvary Christian	31	321	4	4	4	3	6
5	Three Oaks River Valley	32	339	5	9	6	6	2
6	Mason County Eastern	29	348	6	5	3	4	8
7	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	385	8	7	11	15	12
8	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	394	7	6	5	5	10
9	Harbor Springs	28	416	11	10	28	25	4
10	Royal Oak Shrine	36	441	9	8	7	7	37
11	Harbor Beach	35	595	16	13	17	17	31
12	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	36	616	15	14	13	11	25
13	White Cloud	30	620	12	17	16	NR	15
14	Breckenridge	30	623	14	15	12	14	18
15	Lutheran Westland	36	637	13	11	9	10	22
16	East Jackson	34	638	17	18	14	13	23
17	Maple City Glen Lake	29	641	10	12	10	9	11
18	Frankfort	29	674	19	20	15	12	14
19	Tri-Unity Christian	31	675	18	16	19	21	NR
20	Petoskey St. Michael	28	678	20	19	20	NR	7
21	Muskegon Catholic Central	31	696	21	21	18	18	17
22	Whitmore Lake	33	753	22	23	22	19	9
23	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	755	23	22	21	16	27
24	Battle Creek St. Philip	32	820	24	24	24	22	20
25	Adrian Lenawee Christian	34	834	25	25	NR	NR	13
26	Pentwater	29	861	26	26	23	20	16
27	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	863	27	28	26	23	49

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Rank	Grade	Name	Team
1	9	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake
2	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley
3	11	Grace VanderKooi	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
4	11	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston
5	12	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini
6	9	Libby Smith	Gobles
7	10	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake
8	11	Izzy Brooks	Adrian Lenawee Christian
9	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
10	11	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael
11	11	Ella Knudsen	Leland
12	12	Miriam Murrell	Gaylord St. Mary
13	9	Stefi Reskevics	Harbor Springs
14	12	Brooke Smith	Pittsford
15	10	Sofia Robertson	Whitmore Lake
16	10	Taylor Wiegand	Livingston Christian
17	11	Juniper Rodham	Harbor Springs
18	12	Natalie Meadows	Whitmore Lake
19	10	Yolanda Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston
20	9	Veyda Conley	Martin
21	12	Madalyn Agren	Johannesburg-Lewiston
22	9	Haley Stimer	Concord
23	12	Isabella Yeoman	Genesee
24	9	Ava DeYoung	Gobles
25	12	Allison Glendening	St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic
26	9	Harlie Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston
27	10	Ally Schmitz	Breckenridge
28	11	Presley Allen	Mendon
29	9	Lyvia Curtis	Saugatuck
30	9	Leah Sneller	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
31	11	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg
32	9	Lauren Shaffer	Gobles
33	12	Eleanor Kingshott	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
34	9	Anna Sheppard	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
35	10	Lilah Kiley	Kingston
36	9	Kamryn Sixberry	Saugatuck
37	12	Grace Folkema	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
38	11	Ella Walton	Hillsdale Academy
39	10	Ruth Brownlee	Hillsdale Academy
40	11	Ava Mallar	Pittsford
41	9	Addy Zeller	Bear Lake-Onekama
42	12	Jacqueline Morton	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
43	12	Leah Zarrilli	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
44	10	Eleanor Cole	Lutheran Westland
45	9	Gabriella Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett
46	12	Lily Lemanski	Marlette
47	12	Alberta Reinbold	Unionville-Sebewaing
48	10	Madi Hare	Plymouth Christian Academy
49	9	Nolee Leppert	Beal City
50	11	Riley McCumber	Pittsford

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Rank	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Owen Patton	Vestaburg
2	12	Thomas Holm	Hillsdale Academy
3	10	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine
4	11	Mason Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama
5	12	Abe VanDuinen	Pentwater
6	12	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney
7	12	Malaki Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston
8	10	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett
9	9	Kyle Redman	Mesick
10	12	Michael Allen	East Jackson
11	12	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge
12	11	Matthias Morse	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
13	11	Jeremiah Witt	Johannesburg-Lewiston
14	12	Blake Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston
15	11	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake
16	10	Grayson Rorick	Hillsdale Academy
17	11	Alex Tyndall	Mason County Eastern
18	10	Landon Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley
19	12	Gavin Sehy	Kalamazoo Hackett
20	9	Ty Redman	Mesick
21	11	Reece Poole	Hillsdale Academy
22	10	Lynus Cadarette	Petoskey St. Michael
23	10	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach
24	11	Tyler Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian
25	12	Kaden Forward	Bear Lake-Onekama
26	12	Javin Mericle	East Jackson
27	10	Sammy Gamboa	Saugatuck
28	9	Riley Weed	Holland Calvary Christian
29	9	Sawyer Monroe	Saugatuck
30	10	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake
31	12	Aiden Fitchett	Dryden
32	9	Anthony Rowe	Breckenridge
33	11	Coleson Cruzan	White Cloud
34	10	Cody Bradley	Petoskey St. Michael
35	10	Emmanuel Mehari	Plymouth Christian Academy
36	12	Austin York	Three Oaks River Valley
37	12	Mitchel Daniels	Pentwater
38	12	Myles Tilma	Byron Center Zion Christian
39	10	Rich Fanti	Riverview Gabriel Richard
40	10	Carson Burgess	Brown City
41	9	Noah Schipper	Holland Calvary Christian
42	12	Isaac Zammit	Marine City Cardinal Mooney
43	10	Carter Clark	Carson City-Crystal
44	9	Gibson White	Holland Calvary Christian
45	12	Graeson Lawrence	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
46	12	Luke Sprague	Battle Creek St. Philip
47	12	Connor Rouse	Genesee
48	10	Charlie Gibson	Three Oaks River Valley
49	8	Lincoln Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian
50	9	Sebastian Dunaway	Frankfort