2024: Way Too Early Rankings

Had to treat you all to a lil’ early Christmas gift: 2024’s Way Too Early Rankings

These rankings take into account everything from 2023, including the MITCA Meet of Champions. They include all the returners and their projected improvement. The projected improvement comes from now, five years of data showing how runners from each gender and each grade improve the following season. They do not include division switches, incoming freshmen, or track. The rankings are sorted in the same manner as during the season, a hypothetical meet containing all the teams in one division.

I hope you all enjoy the holiday season, get some memorable Christmas and New Years runs in, and build toward a great indoor/outdoor season.

Rank	Team	Score
1	Holland Calvary Christian	136
2	Saugatuck	149
3	Hillsdale Academy	158
4	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	297
5	Royal Oak Shrine	304
6	Maple City Glen Lake	309
7	Mason County Eastern	330
8	Harbor Beach	339
9	Three Oaks River Valley	412
10	Harbor Springs	437
11	Kalamazoo Hackett	441
12	Frankfort	470
13	Whitmore Lake	514
14	White Cloud	549
15	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	551
16	Lutheran Westland	594
17	Morenci	602
18	Riverview Gabriel Richard	647
19	Marlette	723
20	Mesick	725
21	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	731
22	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	740
23	Petoskey St. Michael	743
24	Adrian Lenawee Christian	766
25	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	838

Rank	Team	Score
1	Hillsdale Academy	167
2	Whitmore Lake	173
3	Harbor Springs	196
4	Gobles	212
5	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	215
6	Breckenridge	240
7	Johannesburg-Lewiston	300
8	Buckley	332
9	Saugatuck	332
10	Kingston	373
11	Grand Traverse Academy	396
12	Mason County Eastern	401
13	Royal Oak Shrine	421
14	Kalamazoo Hackett	433
15	Lansing Christian	444
16	Vestaburg	555
17	Holland Calvary Christian	564
18	Frankfort	572
19	Concord	584
20	Novi Christian Academy	584
21	Livingston Christian	585
22	Beal City	601
23	Pittsford	625
24	Unionville-Sebewaing	637
25	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	654

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City St. Francis	106
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	226
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	275
4	Hart	351
5	Charlevoix	380
6	Ithaca	397
7	Hanover-Horton	447
8	Leslie	555
9	Jackson Lumen Christi	594
10	Lansing Catholic	603
11	Buchanan	608
12	Stanton Central Montcalm	645
13	Union City	653
14	Jonesville	664
15	Flat Rock	713
16	Benzie Central	727
17	Ann Arbor Greenhills	739
18	Erie Mason	745
19	St. Louis	749
20	Clare	750
21	Holland Black River	760
22	Reed City	770
23	Clinton	816
24	Constantine	830
25	The Potter’s House	838

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City St. Francis	158
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	200
3	Stanton Central Montcalm	241
4	Hart	269
5	Jackson Lumen Christi	292
6	Leslie	377
7	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	413
8	Lansing Catholic	436
9	Ithaca	448
10	Buchanan	479
11	Onsted	543
12	Clare	560
13	McBain	625
14	Grass Lake	631
15	Quincy	636
16	Laingsburg	654
17	Bridgman	679
18	Monroe St. Mary CC	693
19	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	765
20	Blissfield	770
21	Union City	818
22	Reed City	881
23	Hudson	889
24	Grandville Calvin Christian	890
25	Mason County Central	898

Rank	Team	Score
1	Allendale	119
2	Frankenmuth	280
3	Otsego	292
4	Alma	320
5	Holland Christian	336
6	Grand Rapids Christian	337
7	East Grand Rapids	422
8	Forest Hills Eastern	461
9	Plainwell	522
10	Shepherd	570
11	Pinckney	572
12	Spring Lake	593
13	Marshall	597
14	Sparta	687
15	Freeland	691
16	Battle Creek Harper Creek	692
17	DeWitt	702
18	Big Rapids	708
19	Fremont	721
20	Adrian	797
21	Corunna	819
22	Gladwin	834
23	Parma Western	836
24	Grand Rapids South Christian	855
25	Petoskey	923

Rank	Team	Score
1	Goodrich	140
2	Grand Rapids Christian	203
3	Otsego	252
4	Holland Christian	292
5	DeWitt	316
6	Zeeland East	354
7	Ludington	356
8	East Grand Rapids	366
9	Freeland	432
10	Hudsonville Unity Christian	508
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	508
12	Frankenmuth	532
13	Dearborn Divine Child	597
14	Alma	620
15	Linden	624
16	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	634
17	Spring Lake	641
18	St. Joseph	730
19	Tecumseh	781
20	Forest Hills Eastern	828
21	Stevensville Lakeshore	828
22	Chelsea	887
23	Warren Regina	893
24	GR West Michigan Aviation	918
25	Detroit Country Day	934

Rank	Team	Score
1	Northville	182
2	Brighton	233
3	Kalamazoo Central	241
4	Canton	294
5	Jenison	294
6	Grand Haven	381
7	East Kentwood	476
8	Livonia Churchill	543
9	Clarkston	544
10	Okemos	563
11	Highland-Milford	570
12	Ann Arbor Pioneer	570
13	Traverse City Central	591
14	Saline	600
15	Portage Central	635
16	Troy	646
17	Plymouth	678
18	Forest Hills Central	704
19	Oxford	719
20	Utica	741
21	Dexter	742
22	White Lake Lakeland	748
23	Macomb Dakota	804
24	Novi	847
25	Zeeland West	864

Rank	Team	Score
1	Romeo	42
2	Holland West Ottawa	126
3	Grand Haven	251
4	Rockford	358
5	Saline	372
6	Brighton	373
7	Traverse City West	385
8	Northville	393
9	Ann Arbor Pioneer	481
10	Utica	555
11	White Lake Lakeland	577
12	Rochester	584
13	Fraser	621
14	Oxford	651
15	Dexter	663
16	Bay City Western	701
17	Forest Hills Central	706
18	Okemos	721
19	Farmington	789
20	Jenison	812
21	Highland-Milford	828
22	Hartland	844
23	Hudsonville	854
24	Clarkston	903
25	Portage Central	907