Best Women’s College Distance Crews: Week One

What is this? College?!?

Yeah, this is a bit of a dead zone in my coverage, and while I’m having fun going back through previous state meet ratings, I do want to throw a little something out there.

This type of track coverage on my end started two years ago and was really honed in on during last spring. Last spring’s version broke down groups by event category, assigned my own version of World Athletics Scores to each time, and then compiling all those to rank each crew.

These are calculated similarly. Thankfully, all the main collegiate events (800m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m) have World Athletics scores associated.

• For each of those four events, a team’s top times are averaged
  • These are up to the top-4, depending on how many of their athletes have competed in the event
• From those averages, the corresponding World Athletics Score is found, then that score is multiplied by the number of athletes from each event
• A school’s top three events are added together and those sums are then ranked

These aren’t predictive in any way, just a calculation based on what has already occurred. Hopefully, they’re a way to show which distance crews punch above their division and highlight which schools specialize in certain events. I’ll be doing these each week, alternating between women and men.

Rank	Team	Division	800m	Mile	3000m	5000m	Team Score
1	Michigan	1	4096	3968	3920	0	11984
2	Michigan State	1	4040	4040	3860	0	11940
3	Grand Valley St.	2	3464	3872	1048	3972	11308
4	Eastern Michigan	1	3828	3596	3664	3588	11088
5	Central Michigan	1	3458	3864	3236	3556	10878
6	Western Michigan	1	3312	3608	3720	0	10640
7	Oakland	1	3500	3492	3644	2676	10636
8	Cornerstone	NAIA	2908	3120	3016	1606	9044
9	Northwood	2	1690	3076	2792	3128	8996
10	Hope	3	3132	3000	1360	2478	8610
11	Northern Michigan	2	2240	3004	3232	1574	8476
12	Ferris State	2	2268	3116	2968	0	8352
13	Wayne State	2	429	3344	3044	1772	8160
14	Saginaw Valley	2	439	3032	1496	3452	7980
15	Davenport	2	2892	2004	2916	0	7812
16	Spring Arbor	NAIA	2156	2592	2620	0	7368
17	Siena Heights	NAIA	2484	2412	2404	596	7300
18	Detroit Mercy	1	1270	2844	3008	0	7122
19	Adrian	3	2280	2144	1473	0	5897
20	Alma	3	2280	2012	1584	0	5876
21	Concordia	NAIA	2108	1876	1808	0	5792
22	Hillsdale	2	2976	2788	0	0	5764
23	Rochester	NAIA	1365	2380	1672	0	5417
24	Lake Superior State	2	2180	2304	518	0	5002
25	Madonna	NAIA	2214	1476	1228	0	4918
26	Albion	3	1716	0	0	1998	3714
27	Aquinas	NAIA	834	2512	0	0	3346
28	Calvin	3	0	2373	867	0	3240
29	Olivet	3	1368	1062	0	0	2430
30	Lawrence Tech	NAIA	852	0	787	0	1639
31	Muskegon CC	NJCAA	530	786	0	0	1316
32	Cleary	NAIA	0	1006	0	0	1006

Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Michigan	800m	4	2:08.0
Michigan State	800m	4	2:08.8
Eastern Michigan	800m	4	2:12.0
Oakland	800m	4	2:17.2
Grand Valley St.	800m	4	2:17.8
Central Michigan	800m	4	2:17.9
Lawrence Tech	800m	1	2:18.7
Northwood	800m	2	2:19.2
Aquinas	800m	1	2:19.9
Western Michigan	800m	4	2:20.3
Hope	800m	4	2:23.3
Ferris State	800m	3	2:25.2
Hillsdale	800m	4	2:26.0
Madonna	800m	3	2:26.4
Cornerstone	800m	4	2:27.2
Davenport	800m	4	2:27.5
Olivet	800m	2	2:30.3
Detroit Mercy	800m	2	2:33.9
Siena Heights	800m	4	2:35.0
Albion	800m	3	2:38.8
Alma	800m	4	2:39.0
Adrian	800m	4	2:39.0
Northern Michigan	800m	4	2:39.8
Lake Superior State	800m	4	2:41.0
Spring Arbor	800m	4	2:41.5
Muskegon CC	800m	1	2:42.2
Concordia	800m	4	2:42.5
Rochester	800m	3	2:48.7
Saginaw Valley	800m	1	2:50.1
Wayne State	800m	1	2:51.0
Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Michigan State	Mile	4	4:45.6
Michigan	Mile	4	4:48.2
Grand Valley St.	Mile	4	4:51.8
Central Michigan	Mile	4	4:52.1
Western Michigan	Mile	4	5:01.7
Eastern Michigan	Mile	4	5:02.2
Oakland	Mile	4	5:06.3
Wayne State	Mile	4	5:12.1
Calvin	Mile	3	5:19.4
Cornerstone	Mile	4	5:21.3
Ferris State	Mile	4	5:21.4
Northwood	Mile	4	5:23.1
Saginaw Valley	Mile	4	5:25.0
Northern Michigan	Mile	4	5:26.1
Hope	Mile	4	5:26.2
Madonna	Mile	2	5:28.3
Detroit Mercy	Mile	4	5:32.9
Hillsdale	Mile	4	5:35.4
Spring Arbor	Mile	4	5:44.1
Aquinas	Mile	4	5:47.8
Siena Heights	Mile	4	5:52.4
Rochester	Mile	4	5:54.0
Lake Superior State	Mile	4	5:57.6
Adrian	Mile	4	6:05.5
Olivet	Mile	2	6:06.5
Alma	Mile	4	6:12.2
Cleary	Mile	2	6:12.3
Davenport	Mile	4	6:12.7
Concordia	Mile	4	6:19.3
Muskegon CC	Mile	2	6:36.4
Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Grand Valley St.	3000m	1	9:17.6
Michigan	3000m	4	9:38.7
Michigan State	3000m	4	9:43.5
Western Michigan	3000m	4	9:54.7
Eastern Michigan	3000m	4	9:59.4
Oakland	3000m	4	10:01.1
Calvin	3000m	1	10:15.5
Central Michigan	3000m	4	10:35.6
Northern Michigan	3000m	4	10:35.8
Lawrence Tech	3000m	1	10:43.1
Wayne State	3000m	4	10:52.5
Cornerstone	3000m	4	10:54.9
Detroit Mercy	3000m	4	10:55.9
Saginaw Valley	3000m	2	10:57.4
Ferris State	3000m	4	10:59.2
Davenport	3000m	4	11:04.1
Northwood	3000m	4	11:15.7
Hope	3000m	2	11:22.5
Spring Arbor	3000m	4	11:32.1
Madonna	3000m	2	11:48.3
Siena Heights	3000m	4	11:53.4
Alma	3000m	3	12:23.9
Lake Superior State	3000m	1	12:28.5
Adrian	3000m	3	12:40.2
Concordia	3000m	4	12:58.0
Rochester	3000m	4	13:14.4
Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Grand Valley St.	5000m	4	16:31.3
Eastern Michigan	5000m	4	17:26.4
Oakland	5000m	3	17:29.2
Central Michigan	5000m	4	17:31.3
Wayne State	5000m	2	17:32.9
Saginaw Valley	5000m	4	17:46.7
Hope	5000m	3	18:09.1
Cornerstone	5000m	2	18:23.1
Northern Michigan	5000m	2	18:33.2
Northwood	5000m	4	18:36.5
Albion	5000m	3	19:52.1
Siena Heights	5000m	1	20:41.3