Best Women’s College Distance Crews: Conference Week

Week One Rankings
Week Three Rankings

The description from Week One 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	Division	Overall Score
1	Michigan	1	12336
2	Michigan State	1	12168
3	Grand Valley St.	2	12080
4	Eastern Michigan	1	11656
5	Central Michigan	1	11516
6	Oakland	1	11088
7	Western Michigan	1	11028
8	Saginaw Valley	2	10664
9	Wayne State	2	10536
10	Northern Michigan	2	10216
11	Hope	3	10012
12	Northwood	2	10012
13	Calvin	3	9952
14	Ferris State	2	9820
15	Hillsdale	2	9692
16	Cornerstone	NAIA	9624
17	Detroit Mercy	1	9492
18	Davenport	2	9368
19	Aquinas	NAIA	9048
20	Siena Heights	NAIA	8360
21	Adrian	3	7736
22	Spring Arbor	NAIA	7644
23	Madonna	NAIA	7592
24	Rochester	NAIA	6840
25	Albion	3	6789
26	Alma	3	6242
27	Concordia (Mich.)	NAIA	6104
28	Lake Superior State	2	5656
29	Olivet	3	5475
30	Cleary	NAIA	4774
31	St. Clair County CC	NJCAA	4263
32	Muskegon CC	NJCAA	3112
33	Lawrence Tech	NAIA	2599
34	SW Michigan	NJCAA	2483

JUST WHAT I’VE NOTICED

Although there wasn’t any movement in the Top Ten, the Calvin women made their way from 18^th to 13^th. A large factor in that was their debut in the 5k at GVSU’s Big Meet, where Jenna Allman (Saline) dropped into the 17’s for her first time ever. She was joined shortly after by Sophie Bull and the two are both ranked in the top-5 in the MIAA. Lansing Christian’s Natalie Tebben also impressed, dropping a 2 sec. PB in the 800m, her first official attempt at the distance in 9 months.

Michigan has always been an excellent mid-distance school, recruiting top athletes and developing those with potential. Sam Hastie gave us a glimpse of that potential during her senior year at Ann Arbor Huron, hitting 2:12 and 4:54. Now three years later, that potential has been realized. Her 2:06 at the Windy City Invite is a great lead up into this upcoming Big Ten Championship.

I’ve loved the progression of a few other girls as well:

Emily Paupore, Central Michigan – 11:15 (3200m) -> 9:22 3k

Emme Koutz, Adrian – 2:24 (800m) -> 2:15

Madi Szymanski, Northern Michigan – 17:56 (5000m) -> 17:01 (200m flat track)

Jacqueline Albo, Lawrence Tech – 2:28 (800m) -> 2:14

RANKS PER EVENT

These charts are basically USTFCCCA’s Event Squads, but paired with World Athletics Scores and allowing for those with less than 4 athletes competing.

Rank	Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time	Score
1	Michigan	800m	4	2:07.05	4160
2	Michigan State	800m	4	2:07.92	4100
3	Eastern Michigan	800m	4	2:11.50	3864
4	Grand Valley St.	800m	4	2:11.95	3836
5	Central Michigan	800m	4	2:13.47	3736
6	Oakland	800m	4	2:14.19	3692
7	Saginaw Valley	800m	4	2:15.42	3612
8	Hillsdale	800m	4	2:15.99	3576
9	Western Michigan	800m	4	2:18.46	3424
10	Northwood	800m	4	2:18.86	3400
11	Northern Michigan	800m	4	2:19.15	3380
12	Hope	800m	4	2:21.82	3220
13	Cornerstone	800m	4	2:22.36	3188
14	Wayne State	800m	4	2:22.77	3164
15	Davenport	800m	4	2:22.87	3160
16	Aquinas	800m	4	2:22.95	3152
17	Madonna	800m	4	2:23.75	3108
18	Ferris State	800m	4	2:24.15	3084
19	Calvin	800m	4	2:27.15	2912
20	Siena Heights	800m	4	2:33.13	2584
21	Olivet	800m	4	2:34.69	2500
22	Adrian	800m	4	2:35.37	2464
23	Spring Arbor	800m	4	2:38.68	2296
24	Alma	800m	4	2:39.01	2280
25	Lake Superior State	800m	4	2:41.01	2180
26	Concordia	800m	4	2:41.02	2180
27	Rochester	800m	4	2:41.97	2132
28	Albion	800m	4	2:42.44	2108
29	Muskegon CC	800m	4	2:49.04	1804
30	St. Clair County CC	800m	2	2:27.89	1434
31	Cleary	800m	3	2:48.26	1380
32	Detroit Mercy	800m	2	2:33.86	1272
33	Lawrence Tech	800m	1	2:14.18	923
Rank	Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time	Score
1	Michigan State	Mile	4	4:42.13	4136
2	Michigan	Mile	4	4:42.19	4132
3	Grand Valley St.	Mile	4	4:46.37	4016
4	Central Michigan	Mile	4	4:50.28	3912
5	Eastern Michigan	Mile	4	4:52.43	3852
6	Western Michigan	Mile	4	4:56.45	3748
7	Saginaw Valley	Mile	4	5:05.07	3524
8	Oakland	Mile	4	5:05.15	3520
9	Wayne State	Mile	4	5:06.85	3476
10	Northern Michigan	Mile	4	5:07.63	3456
11	Hope	Mile	4	5:09.83	3400
12	Ferris State	Mile	4	5:11.94	3348
13	Northwood	Mile	4	5:12.00	3348
14	Calvin	Mile	4	5:12.63	3332
15	Detroit Mercy	Mile	4	5:19.08	3172
16	Davenport	Mile	4	5:19.18	3172
17	Cornerstone	Mile	4	5:20.06	3148
18	Madonna	Mile	4	5:22.00	3100
19	Aquinas	Mile	4	5:28.90	2940
20	Hillsdale	Mile	4	5:33.17	2840
21	Rochester	Mile	4	5:37.45	2740
22	Siena Heights	Mile	4	5:41.93	2640
23	Spring Arbor	Mile	4	5:43.28	2612
24	Adrian	Mile	4	5:43.97	2596
25	Albion	Mile	4	5:44.60	2584
26	Lake Superior State	Mile	4	5:56.18	2336
27	Olivet	Mile	4	5:58.45	2288
28	Alma	Mile	4	6:00.10	2252
29	St. Clair County CC	Mile	3	5:31.99	2151
30	Concordia	Mile	4	6:11.51	2024
31	SW Michigan	Mile	4	6:14.68	1964
32	Cleary	Mile	3	5:48.27	1878
33	Muskegon CC	Mile	3	6:26.62	1308
34	Lawrence Tech	Mile	1	5:19.09	793
Rank	Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time	Score
1	Michigan	3000m	4	9:28.96	4044
2	Grand Valley St.	3000m	4	9:29.04	4044
3	Eastern Michigan	3000m	4	9:37.19	3940
4	Michigan State	3000m	4	9:37.70	3932
5	Central Michigan	3000m	4	9:42.78	3868
6	Western Michigan	3000m	4	9:43.81	3856
7	Oakland	3000m	4	9:53.70	3732
8	Wayne State	3000m	4	10:07.68	3564
9	Saginaw Valley	3000m	4	10:10.63	3528
10	Calvin	3000m	4	10:19.36	3424
11	Northern Michigan	3000m	4	10:29.30	3308
12	Hope	3000m	4	10:29.61	3304
13	Cornerstone	3000m	4	10:32.66	3268
14	Northwood	3000m	4	10:33.02	3264
15	Ferris State	3000m	4	10:34.62	3248
16	Detroit Mercy	3000m	4	10:47.60	3100
17	Davenport	3000m	4	10:53.32	3036
18	Hillsdale	3000m	4	10:59.74	2964
19	Aquinas	3000m	4	11:00.49	2956
20	Siena Heights	3000m	4	11:07.02	2884
21	Spring Arbor	3000m	4	11:21.08	2736
22	Adrian	3000m	4	11:26.81	2676
23	Albion	3000m	3	11:15.35	2097
24	Rochester	3000m	4	12:39.86	1968
25	Concordia	3000m	4	12:47.50	1900
26	Alma	3000m	3	12:06.34	1710
27	Cleary	3000m	2	10:53.69	1516
28	Madonna	3000m	2	11:17.98	1384
29	Lake Superior State	3000m	2	12:06.18	1140
30	Lawrence Tech	3000m	1	10:10.18	883
31	Olivet	3000m	1	11:19.77	687
32	St. Clair County CC	3000m	1	11:23.22	678
33	SW Michigan	3000m	1	12:28.03	519
Rank	Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time	Score
1	Grand Valley St.	5000m	4	16:24.98	4020
2	Michigan State	5000m	4	16:44.97	3876
3	Michigan	5000m	4	16:51.99	3824
4	Oakland	5000m	4	17:15.14	3664
5	Central Michigan	5000m	4	17:23.70	3608
6	Eastern Michigan	5000m	4	17:26.43	3588
7	Saginaw Valley	5000m	4	17:39.84	3496
8	Wayne State	5000m	4	17:40.15	3496
9	Northern Michigan	5000m	4	17:57.60	3380
10	Hope	5000m	4	18:08.16	3308
11	Ferris State	5000m	4	18:21.39	3224
12	Detroit Mercy	5000m	4	18:21.61	3220
13	Calvin	5000m	4	18:25.84	3196
14	Northwood	5000m	4	18:26.88	3188
15	Cornerstone	5000m	4	18:30.20	3168
16	Hillsdale	5000m	4	18:32.48	3152
17	Siena Heights	5000m	4	19:23.23	2836
18	Western Michigan	5000m	3	17:29.04	2676
19	Davenport	5000m	3	19:31.46	2091
20	Spring Arbor	5000m	3	19:49.70	2007
21	Albion	5000m	3	19:52.11	1998
22	Aquinas	5000m	2	18:43.97	1540
23	Rochester	5000m	2	19:35.61	1380
24	Concordia	5000m	2	22:12.91	952
25	Madonna	5000m	1	18:20.72	807
26	Lawrence Tech	5000m	1	18:33.54	786