Best Throw Crews: Boys Week 5

Jumping now to the throws. When compiling these numbers, I really noticed that there’s been an uptick in regional qualifying marks. I didn’t check, but my guess is that went hand-in-hand with state qualifiers. And now we’re about to hit some warmer temps, which should allow our powerful throwers to heat up even more.

Week Three

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:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by 9PM Wednesday (4/24). And thanks to the folks who’ve been continually competing north of the bridge, we now have some Upper Peninsula rankings!

If you’d like to delve more into how individual performances relate in a historical sense, please subscribe to Jeff Hollobaugh’s MichTrack Newsletter. Jeff always does an excellent job of recapping our athletes and their individual greatness, along with providing stories and thoughtful anecdotes. These rankings attempt to capture the here and now, but it’s tough for me to do this and shoutout to the great individual marks. So check out the newsletter and learn more about the superb athletes from our state.

Have you noticed that I’m copy/pasting the same intro each time? Well I haven’t had any complaints just yet…

Top Individuals – Best Throw

Thought I’d throw this in here for additional flavor. Using the tables which convert a distance from each event into points, then comparing the two events, the best throws of the year thus far:

Tyler Marrogy, Walled Lake Central – 56′ 4″ Shot, 472 points
Garrett Weeden, Zeeland East – 56′ 2.5″ Shot, 471 points
Brycen Anderson, Walled Lake Central – 168′ 8″ Disc, 470 points

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Tyler Marrogy	56′ 4″	Walled Lake Central	472	Shot Put
12	Brycen Anderson	168′ 8″	Walled Lake Central	470	Discus
12	Tyler Marrogy	164′ 3″	Walled Lake Central	458	Discus
12	Brycen Anderson	53′ 0″	Walled Lake Central	446	Shot Put
12	Robert Smiley	157′ 11″	Walled Lake Central	442	Discus
11	Garrod Alexander	157′ 7″	Walled Lake Central	442	Discus
12	Nathan Cody	156′ 2″	Walled Lake Central	438	Discus
11	Garrod Alexander	50′ 10″	Walled Lake Central	429	Shot Put
12	Nathan Cody	47′ 11″	Walled Lake Central	405	Shot Put
10	Dylan Akers	44′ 2.25″	Walled Lake Central	376	Shot Put
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Merrick Hocking	54′ 10.5″	Midland	461	Shot Put
12	Merrick Hocking	164′ 9″	Midland	460	Discus
11	Maxwell Stoecker	54′ 2″	Midland	455	Shot Put
11	Zach Buschlen	149′ 4″	Midland	421	Discus
11	Zach Buschlen	48′ 3.5″	Midland	408	Shot Put
11	Evan Woodruff	46′ 10.25″	Midland	397	Shot Put
10	Gabe Newkirk	44′ 8.5″	Midland	380	Shot Put
11	Maxwell Stoecker	132′ 0″	Midland	377	Discus
10	Gabe Newkirk	131′ 7″	Midland	376	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Ty Ellis	162′ 5″	Grand Ledge	454	Discus
10	Jackson Shaltry	151′ 5″	Grand Ledge	426	Discus
11	Max Bernard	49′ 5″	Grand Ledge	417	Shot Put
11	Jaylxon McAllister	138′ 2″	Grand Ledge	392	Discus
10	Jackson Shaltry	44′ 8″	Grand Ledge	379	Shot Put
10	Braden Chapman	128′ 3″	Grand Ledge	367	Discus
12	Ryan Beattie	128′ 1″	Grand Ledge	367	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Nolan Stubblefield	152′ 0″	Byron Center	427	Discus
11	Nolan Stubblefield	49′ 10″	Byron Center	421	Shot Put
12	Zander Bobeldyke	148′ 4″	Byron Center	418	Discus
10	Vaughn Nelson	44′ 4″	Byron Center	377	Shot Put
12	Bodin Hurley	44′ 3″	Byron Center	376	Shot Put
11	Joseph Hernandez	130′ 8″	Byron Center	373	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Garrett Weeden	56′ 2.5″	Zeeland East	471	Shot Put
12	Garrett Weeden	161′ 0″	Zeeland East	450	Discus
12	Parker Williams	51′ 1.25″	Zeeland East	431	Shot Put
12	Parker Williams	136′ 9″	Zeeland East	389	Discus
11	Karsten Meyer	43′ 10.75″	Zeeland East	373	Shot Put

If it seems Walled Lake Central’s Discus numbers are too high, they are! FIVE(!) state qualifying marks from FIVE different throwers, so they get the exception with five listed scorers.

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Walled Lake Central	1752	2250	4002
2	Midland	1721	1632	3353
3	Grand Ledge	797	1639	2436
4	Byron Center	1174	1219	2392
5	Zeeland East	1275	839	2114
6	Grosse Pointe North	1239	845	2084
7	Detroit Catholic Central	1199	809	2008
8	Caledonia	775	1206	1981
9	Monroe	796	838	1634
10	Livonia Churchill	847	768	1614
11	Cedar Springs	798	810	1607
12	Macomb Dakota	1200	401	1601
13	Swartz Creek	1148	376	1524
14	Walled Lake Western	448	876	1324
15	White Lake Lakeland	816	465	1282
16	Beverly Hills Groves	839	430	1269
17	Hudsonville	407	851	1258
18	Saline	800	418	1218
19	Portage Central	435	768	1203
20	East Kentwood	798	396	1194
21	Traverse City West	403	782	1185
22	Portage Northern	–	1181	1181
23	Muskegon	770	400	1170
24	Jenison	391	760	1152
25	Warren DeLaSalle	776	369	1144

Top Individuals – Best Throw

Derrick Simmons, Frankenmuth – 58′ 1.5″ Shot, 487 points
Adam Huff, Wayland Union – 174′ 4″ Disc, 484 points
Matthew Foor, Carleton Airport – 169′ 7″ Disc, 472 points

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Derrick Simmons	58′ 1.5″	Frankenmuth	487	Shot Put
11	Niko Mamaladze	167′ 7.5″	Frankenmuth	467	Discus
11	Derrick Simmons	165′ 0″	Frankenmuth	460	Discus
9	Avery Simmons	144′ 2″	Frankenmuth	407	Discus
12	Houston Loucks	46′ 11.5″	Frankenmuth	398	Shot Put
11	Niko Mamaladze	46′ 0.5″	Frankenmuth	390	Shot Put
12	Houston Loucks	137′ 2″	Frankenmuth	390	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Brennan Faber	55′ 5″	Parma Western	465	Shot Put
12	Noah Shaw	54′ 0.5″	Parma Western	454	Shot Put
12	Noah Shaw	157′ 10″	Parma Western	442	Discus
11	AJ Scutt	140′ 10″	Parma Western	399	Discus
11	Brennan Faber	140′ 7″	Parma Western	398	Discus
11	Ronald London	46′ 5″	Parma Western	393	Shot Put
11	AJ Scutt	45′ 1″	Parma Western	383	Shot Put
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
10	Alex Robbins	50′ 0.25″	Otsego	422	Shot Put
10	Alex Robbins	132′ 8″	Otsego	378	Discus
11	Michael Misner	44′ 6″	Otsego	378	Shot Put
12	Zachary Spence	43′ 10.5″	Otsego	373	Shot Put
12	Ben Ernstes	43′ 2.5″	Otsego	368	Shot Put
12	Zachary Spence	121′ 2.5″	Otsego	349	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Benjamin Boehm	45′ 7.5″	Hamilton	387	Shot Put
11	Logan Eding	45′ 5″	Hamilton	385	Shot Put
12	Justin Eding	134′ 5″	Hamilton	383	Discus
11	Logan Eding	132′ 3″	Hamilton	377	Discus
12	Brennan Peters	42′ 7″	Hamilton	363	Shot Put
12	Brennan Peters	124′ 2″	Hamilton	357	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Alan Mrva	142′ 3″	Corunna	403	Discus
12	Jaden Edington	45′ 7″	Corunna	387	Shot Put
11	A.J. Brieger	43′ 3″	Corunna	368	Shot Put
11	Alan Mrva	43′ 0″	Corunna	366	Shot Put
11	Maliki Anderson	124′ 10″	Corunna	358	Discus
11	A.J. Brieger	121′ 1″	Corunna	349	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Frankenmuth	1275	1725	2999
2	Parma Western	1695	1240	2935
3	Otsego	1541	727	2269
4	Hamilton	1135	1117	2252
5	Corunna	1121	1110	2231
6	Stevensville Lakeshore	791	1215	2006
7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	793	1186	1979
8	Coopersville	445	1529	1974
9	Three Rivers	1155	722	1876
10	Ionia	746	1128	1874
11	Freeland	836	837	1673
12	Edwardsburg	798	814	1612
13	Howard City Tri-County	415	1117	1532
14	Whitehall	381	1107	1488
15	Vicksburg	742	742	1484
16	Allendale	370	1102	1472
17	Wayland Union	835	484	1319
18	Carleton Airport	811	472	1283
19	Gladwin	859	416	1275
20	Petoskey	374	866	1241
21	Coldwater	825	401	1226
22	Paw Paw	411	810	1221
23	Clio	386	805	1191
24	Forest Hills Eastern	370	772	1143
25	Marshall	421	708	1129

Top Individuals – Best Throw

Mason Mayne, Lawton – 60′ 3″ Shot, 492 points
Gavin Nurenberg, Pewamo-Westphalia – 175′ 4″ Disc, 492 points
Mason Mayne, Lawton – 170′ 9″ Disc, 487 points

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Gavin Nurenberg	58′ 10.5″	Pewamo-Westphalia	492	Shot Put
12	Gavin Nurenberg	165′ 0″	Pewamo-Westphalia	460	Discus
12	Dalton Brown	52′ 1″	Pewamo-Westphalia	438	Shot Put
12	Dalton Brown	143′ 0″	Pewamo-Westphalia	405	Discus
12	Collin Schneider	120′ 5″	Pewamo-Westphalia	347	Discus
11	Ayden Fox	117′ 8″	Pewamo-Westphalia	340	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
9	Chris Tetloff	52′ 4″	Midland Bullock Creek	440	Shot Put
12	Lawrence Harding	150′ 7″	Midland Bullock Creek	424	Discus
12	Lawrence Harding	46′ 5″	Midland Bullock Creek	393	Shot Put
12	Seth Radosa	133′ 4.5″	Midland Bullock Creek	380	Discus
9	Lincoln Tetloff	42′ 5″	Midland Bullock Creek	362	Shot Put
9	Chris Tetloff	124′ 6″	Midland Bullock Creek	358	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Maddox Gonzalez	53′ 0″	Standish Sterling	446	Shot Put
12	Maddox Gonzalez	147′ 7″	Standish Sterling	416	Discus
11	Elijah Cottrell	47′ 3.5″	Standish Sterling	400	Shot Put
11	Kyler Cook	43′ 9″	Standish Sterling	372	Shot Put
11	Andrew Ratajczak	123′ 1″	Standish Sterling	354	Discus
11	Kyler Cook	120′ 2.5″	Standish Sterling	347	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Mason Mayne	60′ 3″	Lawton	503	Shot Put
11	Mason Mayne	175′ 4″	Lawton	487	Discus
12	Jason Barnett	46′ 5″	Lawton	393	Shot Put
10	Caiden Mitchell	125′ 11″	Lawton	361	Discus
12	Jason Barnett	121′ 6″	Lawton	350	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Bennett VandenBerg	170′ 9″	Constantine	475	Discus
12	Bennett VandenBerg	48′ 10″	Constantine	413	Shot Put
11	Canon Manley	43′ 9″	Constantine	372	Shot Put
11	Lucas Stears	123′ 10″	Constantine	356	Discus
11	Brandon Long	41′ 0″	Constantine	350	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	931	1552	2483
2	Midland Bullock Creek	1195	1161	2357
3	Standish Sterling	1218	1117	2335
4	Lawton	897	1198	2094
5	Constantine	1135	831	1966
6	Chesaning	762	740	1502
7	Caro	749	750	1499
8	Stanton Central Montcalm	1111	352	1463
9	Kingsley	414	817	1230
10	Clare	772	397	1169
11	Brooklyn Columbia Central	764	372	1137
12	Roscommon	741	368	1110
13	University Liggett	746	356	1103
14	Sand Creek	750	348	1098
15	Kent City	375	716	1091
16	Lakeview	359	727	1086
17	Ithaca	723	350	1073
18	Jonesville	730	341	1070
19	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	711	353	1064
20	Clinton	424	444	868
21	Union City	412	454	866
22	Reed City	390	455	846
23	Mason County Central	401	421	822
24	GR NorthPointe Christian	355	457	811
25	Manton	438	372	810

Top Individuals – Best Throw

Dominic Scharer, Hillsdale Academy – 161′ 6″ Disc, 451 points
Kylis Fletcher, Beal City – 156′ 5″ Disc, 439 points
Oliver Long, Morrice – 50′ 3″ Shot, 424 points

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
10	Joey Cain	136′ 1″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	387	Discus
11	Logan Broekhuizen	44′ 7.75″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	379	Shot Put
10	Joey Cain	44′ 0″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	374	Shot Put
12	Levi Schroeder	42′ 7″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	363	Shot Put
12	Caleb Iles	40′ 6″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	346	Shot Put
10	Caleb Scharrer	38′ 8″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	332	Shot Put
12	Michael Stehle	38′ 5″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	330	Shot Put
12	Levi Schroeder	111′ 4.5″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	324	Discus
12	Drew Luetzow	37′ 1.5″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	320	Shot Put
12	Caleb Iles	108′ 0.5″	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	316	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Dominic Scharer	161′ 6″	Hillsdale Academy	451	Discus
12	Dominic Scharer	44′ 9″	Hillsdale Academy	380	Shot Put
11	Joel Miller	118′ 10.5″	Hillsdale Academy	343	Discus
12	Magnus Heckel	118′ 7″	Hillsdale Academy	343	Discus
12	Magnus Heckel	39′ 3″	Hillsdale Academy	336	Shot Put
11	Joel Miller	39′ 0″	Hillsdale Academy	334	Shot Put
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Kylis Fletcher	156′ 5″	Beal City	439	Discus
12	Kylis Fletcher	49′ 7″	Beal City	419	Shot Put
12	Parker McDonald	129′ 5.5″	Beal City	370	Discus
12	Parker McDonald	41′ 2.5″	Beal City	352	Shot Put
12	Jamisen Latham	38′ 8″	Beal City	332	Shot Put
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Seth Miller	47′ 9.5″	White Pigeon	404	Shot Put
11	Wes Roberts	42′ 0″	White Pigeon	358	Shot Put
11	Wes Roberts	119′ 7″	White Pigeon	345	Discus
12	Caleb Lane	39′ 4″	White Pigeon	337	Shot Put
12	Seth Miller	115′ 0″	White Pigeon	333	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
11	Cole Hufnagel	42′ 9″	Fowler	364	Shot Put
11	Louis Smith	123′ 7.5″	Fowler	355	Discus
11	Cole Hufnagel	121′ 8″	Fowler	350	Discus
12	Peter Simon	40′ 4″	Fowler	345	Shot Put
12	Adyn O’Rourke	39′ 6″	Fowler	338	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	1463	1027	2490
2	Hillsdale Academy	1051	1137	2188
3	Beal City	1102	809	1911
4	White Pigeon	1100	678	1778
5	Fowler	1048	706	1753
6	Frankfort	1074	648	1722
7	Breckenridge	775	765	1541
8	Riverview Gabriel Richard	346	1046	1392
9	Onaway	340	1017	1358
10	Britton Deerfield	323	999	1322
11	Morrice	756	361	1116
12	Climax-Scotts	731	356	1088
13	Marcellus	700	367	1067
14	Saginaw Nouvel	694	366	1060
15	Marion	339	715	1054
16	Centreville	351	677	1028
17	East Jordan	342	684	1026
18	Mason County Eastern	324	690	1015
19	Potterville	325	688	1013
20	Unionville-Sebewaing	341	657	998
21	Eau Claire	–	969	969
22	White Cloud	418	373	791
23	Adrian Lenawee Christian	341	395	736
24	Fruitport Calvary Christian	345	390	735
25	Detroit Frederick Douglass	368	360	728

Top Individuals – Best Throw

Noah Johnson, Kingsford – 155′ 11″ Disc, 437 points
Noah Johnson, Kingsford – 48′ 3″ Shot, 408 points
Garrett Veale, Kingsford – 45′ 10.25″ Shot, 389 points

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Noah Johnson	155′ 11″	Kingsford	437	Discus
12	Noah Johnson	48′ 3″	Kingsford	408	Shot Put
12	Garrett Veale	45′ 10.25″	Kingsford	389	Shot Put
12	Grayson Palmer	113′ 9″	Kingsford	330	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Josh Racine	41′ 4″	Gladstone	353	Shot Put
10	Trevor Thorbahn	41′ 2″	Gladstone	352	Shot Put
11	Aaron Hughes	121′ 1″	Gladstone	349	Discus
12	Vinny Howes	37′ 11.5″	Gladstone	326	Shot Put
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Liam Nalette	132′ 10.5″	Newberry	379	Discus
11	Ethan Pavey	41′ 5″	Newberry	354	Shot Put
12	Gabe Luck	40′ 5.5″	Newberry	346	Shot Put
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Evan Arbic	43′ 4″	Sault Ste. Marie	369	Shot Put
10	Braden Ditmeyer	41′ 5.75″	Sault Ste. Marie	354	Shot Put
12	Evan Arbic	118′ 1″	Sault Ste. Marie	341	Discus
Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Neal Rand	123′ 9.5″	Bessemer	356	Discus
11	Ben Kaurala	39′ 11″	Bessemer	342	Shot Put
12	Neal Rand	38′ 4″	Bessemer	329	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Kingsford	797	768	1564
2	Gladstone	1031	349	1380
3	Newberry	700	379	1078
4	Sault Ste. Marie	723	341	1064
5	Bessemer	671	356	1027
6	St. Ignace	328	676	1004
7	Ishpeming	675	318	993
8	Forest Park	335	344	679
9	Marquette	660	–	660
10	Escanaba	346	–	346
11	Rapid River	332	–	332
12	Ironwood	319	–	319