Best Women’s College Distance Crews: Week Three

Week One Rankings

The description from the above link was nice and concise, so here you go:

“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 are all marks that were on TFRRS as of Sunday night and contain those running for their school (no unattached athletes).

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	Overall Score	Division	800m	Mile	3000m	5000m
1	Michigan	12208	1	4096	4068	4044	0
2	Michigan State	11972	1	4072	4040	3860	0
3	Grand Valley St.	11924	2	3708	4004	3948	3972
4	Eastern Michigan	11524	1	3864	3820	3840	3588
5	Central Michigan	11372	1	3680	3864	3828	3608
6	Oakland	10920	1	3576	3512	3732	3612
7	Western Michigan	10836	1	3396	3720	3720	2676
8	Saginaw Valley	10580	2	3576	3304	3528	3476
9	Wayne State	10200	2	3112	3464	3420	3316
10	Northern Michigan	10016	2	3280	3428	3308	3260
11	Hope	9816	3	3204	3040	3304	3308
12	Northwood	9732	2	1690	3340	3264	3128
13	Ferris State	9472	2	2298	3296	2980	3196
14	Cornerstone	9368	NAIA	2984	3144	3088	3136
15	Hillsdale	9332	2	3528	2840	2964	2172
16	Detroit Mercy	9152	1	1272	3068	3100	2984
17	Davenport	9052	2	2892	3164	2996	2091
18	Calvin	8804	3	2116	3328	3360	0
19	Aquinas	8752	NAIA	3112	2796	2844	0
20	Siena Heights	7960	NAIA	2528	2496	2744	2688
21	Spring Arbor	7588	NAIA	2272	2592	2724	1974
22	Adrian	7508	3	2412	2516	2580	0
23	Madonna	7168	NAIA	3052	2808	1308	785
24	Albion	6601	3	2108	2396	2097	1998
25	Alma	6230	3	2280	2240	1710	0
26	Rochester	6100	NAIA	1620	2620	1860	1340
27	Concordia	5864	NAIA	2108	1916	1840	836
28	Lake Superior State	5052	2	2180	2336	536	0
29	Olivet	4504	3	2440	2064	0	0
30	St. Clair County CC	3531	NJCAA	1434	1450	647	0
31	Cleary	2645	NAIA	760	1118	767	0
32	SW Michigan	2483	NJCAA	0	1964	519	0
33	Lawrence Tech	2433	NAIA	852	793	788	786
34	Muskegon CC	2362	NJCAA	1576	786	0	0

Rank	Team	Overall Score	Division
1	Michigan	12208	1
2	Michigan State	11972	1
3	Eastern Michigan	11524	1
4	Central Michigan	11372	1
5	Oakland	10920	1
6	Western Michigan	10836	1
7	Detroit Mercy	9152	1
Rank	Team	Overall Score	Division
1	Grand Valley St.	11924	2
2	Saginaw Valley	10580	2
3	Wayne State	10200	2
4	Northern Michigan	10016	2
5	Northwood	9732	2
6	Ferris State	9472	2
7	Hillsdale	9332	2
8	Davenport	9052	2
9	Lake Superior State	5052	2
Rank	Team	Overall Score	Division
1	Hope	9816	3
2	Calvin	8804	3
3	Adrian	7508	3
4	Albion	6601	3
5	Alma	6230	3
6	Olivet	4504	3
Rank	Team	Overall Score	Division
1	Cornerstone	9368	NAIA
2	Aquinas	8752	NAIA
3	Siena Heights	7960	NAIA
4	Spring Arbor	7588	NAIA
5	Madonna	7168	NAIA
6	Rochester	6100	NAIA
7	Concordia	5864	NAIA
8	Cleary	2645	NAIA
9	Lawrence Tech	2433	NAIA
Rank	Team	Overall Score	Division
1	St. Clair County CC	3531	NJCAA
2	SW Michigan	2483	NJCAA
3	Muskegon CC	2362	NJCAA

Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	800m	4	2:08.00
Michigan State	800m	4	2:08.38
Eastern Michigan	800m	4	2:11.50
Grand Valley St.	800m	4	2:13.94
Central Michigan	800m	4	2:14.33
Oakland	800m	4	2:15.99
Saginaw Valley	800m	4	2:16.01
Hillsdale	800m	4	2:16.76
Lawrence Tech	800m	1	2:18.70
Western Michigan	800m	4	2:18.91
Northwood	800m	2	2:19.16
Northern Michigan	800m	4	2:20.81
Hope	800m	4	2:22.09
Aquinas	800m	4	2:23.63
Wayne State	800m	4	2:23.67
Ferris State	800m	3	2:24.47
Madonna	800m	4	2:24.66
Cornerstone	800m	4	2:25.83
Davenport	800m	4	2:27.48
St. Clair County CC	800m	2	2:27.92
Detroit Mercy	800m	2	2:33.86
Siena Heights	800m	4	2:34.17
Olivet	800m	4	2:35.82
Adrian	800m	4	2:36.39
Alma	800m	4	2:39.01
Spring Arbor	800m	4	2:39.14
Lake Superior State	800m	4	2:41.01
Rochester	800m	3	2:41.37
Calvin	800m	4	2:42.29
Albion	800m	4	2:42.44
Concordia	800m	4	2:42.48
Muskegon CC	800m	4	2:54.30
Cleary	800m	2	2:55.65
Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	Mile	4	4:44.54
Michigan State	Mile	4	4:45.59
Grand Valley St.	Mile	4	4:46.93
Central Michigan	Mile	4	4:52.09
Eastern Michigan	Mile	4	4:53.72
Western Michigan	Mile	4	4:56.45
Oakland	Mile	4	5:05.53
Wayne State	Mile	4	5:07.40
Northern Michigan	Mile	4	5:08.75
Northwood	Mile	4	5:12.23
Calvin	Mile	4	5:12.72
Saginaw Valley	Mile	4	5:13.74
Ferris State	Mile	4	5:14.13
Lawrence Tech	Mile	1	5:19.09
Davenport	Mile	4	5:19.41
Cornerstone	Mile	4	5:20.27
Detroit Mercy	Mile	4	5:23.43
Hope	Mile	4	5:24.58
St. Clair County CC	Mile	2	5:30.52
Hillsdale	Mile	4	5:33.17
Madonna	Mile	4	5:34.57
Aquinas	Mile	4	5:35.07
Rochester	Mile	4	5:42.89
Spring Arbor	Mile	4	5:44.12
Adrian	Mile	4	5:47.61
Siena Heights	Mile	4	5:48.65
Albion	Mile	4	5:53.32
Lake Superior State	Mile	4	5:56.18
Alma	Mile	4	6:00.69
Cleary	Mile	2	6:00.92
Olivet	Mile	4	6:09.50
SW Michigan	Mile	4	6:14.68
Concordia	Mile	4	6:17.27
Muskegon CC	Mile	2	6:36.26
Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	3000m	4	9:28.96
Grand Valley St.	3000m	4	9:36.42
Michigan State	3000m	4	9:43.50
Eastern Michigan	3000m	4	9:45.19
Central Michigan	3000m	4	9:46.11
Oakland	3000m	4	9:53.70
Western Michigan	3000m	4	9:54.72
Saginaw Valley	3000m	4	10:10.63
Wayne State	3000m	4	10:19.60
Calvin	3000m	4	10:24.69
Northern Michigan	3000m	4	10:29.30
Hope	3000m	4	10:29.61
Northwood	3000m	4	10:33.02
Lawrence Tech	3000m	1	10:43.07
Detroit Mercy	3000m	4	10:47.60
Cornerstone	3000m	4	10:48.50
Cleary	3000m	1	10:50.38
Davenport	3000m	4	10:56.95
Ferris State	3000m	4	10:58.25
Hillsdale	3000m	4	10:59.74
Aquinas	3000m	4	11:10.66
Albion	3000m	3	11:15.35
Siena Heights	3000m	4	11:20.27
Spring Arbor	3000m	4	11:22.15
Madonna	3000m	2	11:32.55
St. Clair County CC	3000m	1	11:35.32
Adrian	3000m	4	11:36.04
Alma	3000m	3	12:06.34
Lake Superior State	3000m	1	12:20.60
SW Michigan	3000m	1	12:28.03
Rochester	3000m	4	12:51.87
Concordia	3000m	4	12:54.21
Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Grand Valley St.	5000m	4	16:31.31
Oakland	5000m	4	17:22.72
Central Michigan	5000m	4	17:23.70
Eastern Michigan	5000m	4	17:26.43
Western Michigan	5000m	3	17:29.04
Saginaw Valley	5000m	4	17:42.94
Wayne State	5000m	4	18:06.99
Hope	5000m	4	18:08.16
Northern Michigan	5000m	4	18:15.95
Ferris State	5000m	4	18:25.68
Lawrence Tech	5000m	1	18:33.54
Madonna	5000m	1	18:34.53
Cornerstone	5000m	4	18:35.10
Northwood	5000m	4	18:36.50
Detroit Mercy	5000m	4	18:59.26
Hillsdale	5000m	3	19:13.09
Davenport	5000m	3	19:31.46
Siena Heights	5000m	4	19:47.71
Rochester	5000m	2	19:49.36
Albion	5000m	3	19:52.11
Spring Arbor	5000m	3	19:57.72
Concordia	5000m	2	23:00.82