Track is back and we’re here with more rounds of our Best Crew rankings. These started in 2022 with one version, then in 2023, I used this current method, which was much more efficient, easy to tabulate and calculate. What these aim to do is recognize which teams excel in their various event areas – whether that be jumps, throws, or sprints.
The explanation from 2023 is spot on, so click here if you want to read the recipe for how these are created.
Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:
As there are no additional regional qualifying standards for relays (everyone gets to run theirs), I did a little math to find what the equivalent would be. For instance, the state qualifier for the D1 100m is 11.1 and the regional qualifier is 11.5, 3.6% slower. The state qualifying standard for the 4×1 is 43.5, and 45.06 (rounding up to 45.1 to be generous) is 3.6% slower. Here is a chart with an estimated regional qualifier for each relay:
Est. RQ D1 Boys D2 Boys D3 Boys D4 Boys 4×1 45.10 46.30 47.30 48.80 4×2 1:34.5 1:36.6 1:38.6 1:41.5 4×4 3:35.6 3:41.0 3:45.1 3:56.4 4×8 8:27.5 8:42.8 9:09.4 9:32.1 Est. RQ D1 Girls D2 Girls D3 Girls D4 Girls 4×1 52.50 54.20 55.50 57.50 4×2 1:52.8 1:54.8 1:57.6 2:04.4 4×4 4:20.0 4:31.1 4:39.4 4:51.8 4×8 10:20.5 10:50.9 11:26.1 11:51.4
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by 7PM Saturday (4/13). Hopefully there will be enough UP meets in these next two weeks so that the folks north of the bridge can be covered as well.
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Grade Name Time Team Score Event 1:27.84 Rockford 1373 4×2 3:26.62 Rockford 1064 4×4 42.85 Rockford 1053 4×1 12 Sam Coyle 10.92 Rockford 408 100m 12 Avery Engel 11.05 Rockford 383 100m 12 Lucas Cid 11.11 Rockford 371 100m 12 Camden Kruisenga 11.13 Rockford 367 100m 12 Carter Bissell 22.27 Rockford 360 200m 11 David Stout 52.10 Rockford 344 400m 12 Kaizer Westgate 52.12 Rockford 343 400m 12 Anthony Bouwhuis 22.48 Rockford 342 200m 12 Camden Kruisenga 22.80 Rockford 313 200m 10 Dante Escondo 11.46 Rockford 304 100m 12 Avery Engel 23.01 Rockford 294 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 3:26.56 Northville 1067 4×4 1:31.16 Northville 1030 4×2 43.92 Northville 826 4×1 11 Rece Grezak 51.63 Northville 361 400m 12 Jared Lutz 11.25 Northville 344 100m 11 Alex McCallum 11.43 Northville 310 100m 11 Colin Charles 11.45 Northville 306 100m 11 Colin Charles 22.93 Northville 301 200m 12 Jared Lutz 23.02 Northville 293 200m 11 Alex McCallum 23.21 Northville 276 200m 11 Haithem Al-Zoubi 23.41 Northville 258 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 1:29.94 Oak Park 1150 4×2 3:32.23 Oak Park 834 4×4 43.89 Oak Park 832 4×1 12 Gavin Rawls 10.93 Oak Park 406 100m 10 Rondre Austion 10.95 Oak Park 402 100m 11 Phillip Burney 50.54 Oak Park 399 400m 10 Rondre Austion 51.19 Oak Park 376 400m 9 Alex Patterson 11.30 Oak Park 335 100m 11 Phillip Burney 22.87 Oak Park 307 200m 9 Alex Patterson 23.20 Oak Park 277 200m
Rank Team 100m 200m 400m 4×1 4×2 4×4 Overall 1 Rockford 1529 1309 687 1053 1373 1064 7015 2 Northville 959 1129 361 826 1030 1067 5372 3 Oak Park 1142 584 776 832 1150 834 5318 4 Holland West Ottawa 771 1377 431 1202 1384 – 5165 5 Zeeland West 984 582 371 875 1213 980 5005 6 Kalamazoo Central 802 1208 346 699 1004 754 4813 7 Grand Haven 669 590 377 967 1234 – 3837 8 Clarkston 319 305 457 761 1021 912 3775 9 Jackson 1375 279 423 777 807 – 3660 10 Chippewa Valley – 376 717 739 1061 754 3646 11 Walled Lake Western 944 619 341 810 931 – 3645 12 East Kentwood – 516 470 804 840 837 3466 13 Detroit Catholic Central 702 953 – 814 907 – 3376 14 Byron Center 302 – 369 630 938 1135 3374 15 West Bloomfield 319 342 – 952 897 751 3261 16 Rochester Adams 300 288 – 661 1020 860 3129 17 Traverse City West 692 575 376 612 776 – 3031 18 Hudsonville 944 287 385 607 766 – 2990 19 Grand Blanc 686 550 – 796 951 – 2984 20 Caledonia – 268 – 850 1047 759 2923 21 Ypsilanti Lincoln 361 578 – – 866 927 2732 22 Troy 998 549 352 790 – – 2689 23 Sturgis 735 594 353 – 992 – 2674 24 East Lansing 306 273 355 – 875 848 2657 25 Brighton 350 269 – 806 1070 – 2495
Grade Name Time Team Score Event 43.12 DeWitt 993 4×1 3:32.71 DeWitt 815 4×4 1:34.62 DeWitt 725 4×2 12 Drew Novak 10.71 DeWitt 448 100m 12 Aiden Aldrich 52.03 DeWitt 346 400m 12 Drew Novak 22.63 DeWitt 328 200m 12 Juilien Johnson 11.45 DeWitt 306 100m 11 Jackson Janderwski 11.68 DeWitt 261 100m 12 Juilien Johnson 23.58 DeWitt 243 200m 9 Casey Flannery 23.76 DeWitt 227 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 3:30.46 Hastings 903 4×4 1:34.01 Hastings 775 4×2 45.54 Hastings 534 4×1 12 Charles Nickels 52.11 Hastings 343 400m 12 Reuben Solmes 11.32 Hastings 331 100m 12 Caleb LaBoe 53.16 Hastings 306 400m 12 Gerald Miller 11.62 Hastings 273 100m 12 Gerald Miller 23.63 Hastings 238 200m 12 Reuben Solmes 23.63 Hastings 238 200m 12 Caleb LaBoe 23.82 Hastings 221 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 3:31.40 Hamilton 866 4×4 1:33.31 Hamilton 834 4×2 45.66 Hamilton 515 4×1 12 Benjamin Boehm 10.82 Hamilton 427 100m 12 Josh Langeland 51.64 Hamilton 360 400m 11 Abatu Dykstra 51.70 Hamilton 358 400m 12 Benjamin Boehm 22.33 Hamilton 355 200m 12 Austin VanderKamp 11.69 Hamilton 260 100m
Rank Team 100m 200m 400m 4×1 4×2 4×4 Overall 1 DeWitt 1015 798 346 993 725 815 4693 2 Hastings 604 698 650 534 775 903 4164 3 Hamilton 686 355 718 515 834 866 3975 4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 1583 862 – 621 768 – 3833 5 Berrien Springs 1071 926 346 – 738 552 3634 6 Milan 294 559 376 754 952 656 3592 7 Corunna 710 562 293 935 954 – 3453 8 Charlotte 902 529 681 – 768 540 3420 9 Saginaw Swan Valley – 233 618 735 761 675 3021 10 Lansing Sexton 375 644 – 967 987 – 2973 11 Whitehall 390 – 376 575 635 720 2696 12 Battle Creek Harper Creek 340 248 – 635 793 558 2574 13 Parma Western – 478 – 744 633 691 2545 14 Portland 559 – 352 498 957 – 2366 15 Mason 685 600 352 711 – – 2347 16 Freeland 313 506 318 510 655 – 2303 17 Cadillac 302 221 315 495 906 – 2238 18 Flint Powers Catholic 348 – – 452 615 616 2032 19 Frankenmuth 308 238 357 475 644 – 2021 20 Marshall 625 255 – 424 656 – 1961 21 Haslett 559 – – 653 747 – 1959 22 Petoskey 650 573 – 727 – – 1950 23 Bay City John Glenn 323 274 – 498 717 – 1812 24 Spring Lake 656 333 292 529 – – 1809 25 Stevensville Lakeshore 261 260 – 549 707 – 1777
Grade Name Time Team Score Event 44.34 Hillsdale 744 4×1 3:34.91 Hillsdale 734 4×4 1:35.83 Hillsdale 631 4×2 12 Hunter Wilson 11.14 Hillsdale 365 100m 11 Dominick Coke 52.43 Hillsdale 332 400m 12 Dawson Adams 11.45 Hillsdale 306 100m 12 Hunter Wilson 23.02 Hillsdale 293 200m 11 Miles Brown 53.55 Hillsdale 292 400m 12 Stephen Petersen 11.85 Hillsdale 229 100m 12 Dawson Adams 23.87 Hillsdale 217 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 1:34.20 Chesaning 759 4×2 3:40.70 Chesaning 539 4×4 11 Zach Harlan 11.05 Chesaning 383 100m 47.05 Chesaning 319 4×1 11 Zach Harlan 22.75 Chesaning 317 200m 11 Caleb Walker 53.42 Chesaning 297 400m 11 Zach Harlan 53.45 Chesaning 296 400m 10 Cole Maier 53.76 Chesaning 285 400m 12 Zachary Garno 54.08 Chesaning 273 400m 10 Landon Qualls 11.87 Chesaning 225 100m 11 Caleb Walker 24.10 Chesaning 196 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 3:33.57 Clare 783 4×4 1:34.72 Clare 717 4×2 45.41 Clare 555 4×1 12 Nic Porter 53.69 Clare 287 400m 12 Owhin Thompson 53.76 Clare 285 400m 12 Jeffrey Schafer 11.58 Clare 281 100m 12 Jeffrey Schafer 23.57 Clare 244 200m 9 Mason Heintz 11.90 Clare 219 100m 12 Keagen Paisley 24.16 Clare 191 200m 10 Jacob Halicek 24.23 Clare 185 200m
Rank Team 100m 200m 400m 4×1 4×2 4×4 Overall 1 Hillsdale 900 510 624 744 631 734 4143 2 Chesaning 608 514 1151 319 759 539 3889 3 Clare 500 619 572 555 717 783 3746 4 Reed City 515 194 679 521 670 775 3356 5 Ithaca 857 519 374 828 550 – 3129 6 Olivet 559 – 278 649 617 570 2673 7 Traverse City St. Francis 350 243 294 482 711 476 2556 8 University Liggett 644 607 324 513 465 – 2554 9 Hart 258 255 255 476 704 502 2450 10 Lawton 802 376 – 557 634 – 2369 11 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 263 633 – 443 539 449 2328 12 Bath 590 332 253 – 676 426 2278 13 Burton Atherton 590 453 – 435 783 – 2260 14 Onsted 619 292 – 315 519 512 2257 15 Hanover-Horton 840 420 – 445 – 480 2185 16 Schoolcraft 725 405 – 464 – 526 2120 17 Erie Mason 360 256 283 – 620 500 2019 18 Napoleon 271 528 – – 597 588 1984 19 Ovid-Elsie 271 – 555 – 620 432 1879 20 Detroit Edison PSA – 278 623 – 964 – 1865 21 Jonesville – – – 524 581 722 1827 22 Remus Chippewa Hills – 441 356 356 583 – 1735 23 Springport 459 405 – 376 476 – 1716 24 Union City – 185 266 – 661 565 1676 25 Pewamo-Westphalia 238 – 266 573 579 – 1656
Grade Name Time Team Score Event 1:34.02 Fowler 774 4×2 3:33.86 Fowler 772 4×4 11 Nate Spicer 51.37 Fowler 370 400m 11 Ford Phillips 52.88 Fowler 316 400m 11 Nate Spicer 23.33 Fowler 265 200m 47.65 Fowler 248 4×1 11 Ford Phillips 24.05 Fowler 201 200m 9 Carson Hyland 24.69 Fowler 143 200m 10 Colt Nobach 24.78 Fowler 135 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 3:39.04 Kalamazoo Hackett 592 4×4 1:38.74 Kalamazoo Hackett 431 4×2 12 Gabriel Oeurn 11.44 Kalamazoo Hackett 308 100m 47.32 Kalamazoo Hackett 286 4×1 11 Jude Coffman 11.69 Kalamazoo Hackett 260 100m 11 Alexander Dumont 55.14 Kalamazoo Hackett 236 400m 10 Sam Finley 11.82 Kalamazoo Hackett 235 100m 9 Elijah Nabors 11.85 Kalamazoo Hackett 229 100m 10 Nathan Medendorp 56.75 Kalamazoo Hackett 178 400m 12 Gabriel Oeurn 24.59 Kalamazoo Hackett 152 200m Grade Name Time Team Score Event 1:34.79 Riverview Gabriel Richard 712 4×2 46.33 Riverview Gabriel Richard 415 4×1 3:48.16 Riverview Gabriel Richard 332 4×4 11 Wisdom Nwadioha 11.89 Riverview Gabriel Richard 221 100m 11 Antonio Sobush 56.18 Riverview Gabriel Richard 199 400m 10 Derek Lesko 12.04 Riverview Gabriel Richard 192 100m 11 Joey Calhoun 12.10 Riverview Gabriel Richard 181 100m
Rank Team 100m 200m 400m 4×1 4×2 4×4 Overall 1 Fowler – 744 686 248 774 772 3225 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 1030 152 414 286 431 592 2905 3 Riverview Gabriel Richard 594 – 199 415 712 332 2251 4 Potterville 469 134 214 403 434 349 2003 5 Southfield Christian – 464 341 – 594 411 1810 6 Climax-Scotts 827 241 – 353 341 – 1761 7 Lincoln-Alcona 498 189 – 501 498 – 1686 8 Reading 657 716 – – – 191 1564 9 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 181 136 468 195 400 164 1544 10 Adrian Lenawee Christian 863 214 – 412 – – 1489 11 Mayville 311 263 – 286 343 179 1382 12 Gobles 215 162 – 585 – 308 1270 13 Muskegon Western Mich. Christian – 167 335 161 310 267 1240 14 Saugatuck 177 – 217 223 390 190 1198 15 Marion 400 265 436 – – – 1101 16 Concord 286 405 – 369 – – 1060 17 Mason County Eastern 244 – 508 – – 238 990 18 Dansville – 161 233 – 370 217 982 19 Beal City 263 167 – 255 296 – 980 20 Saginaw Nouvel 792 158 – – – – 950 21 Britton Deerfield – 134 – 403 410 – 948 22 Frankfort 442 – 200 279 – – 921 23 White Cloud – – – 221 505 187 913 24 Battle Creek St. Philip – – 205 – 345 249 799 25 AuGres-Sims 311 204 266 – – – 782
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