Best Distance Crews: Boys Final Rankings

The poor distance folks got slighted all year. Two rankings (when other crews received three), last minute predictions post (adding the Upper Peninsula predictions took more time than anticipated). I want to stay in your good graces for these next five months, hopefully starting with distance will soothe your anger.

Real quick though:

An Explanation
Week Four
Week Six
BOYS TABLES
GIRLS TABLES

When you’re done scrolling through the best crews, there are individual rankings at the end! I actually wrote paragraphs, so you should read them.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:44.5	Northville	1617	4×8
12	Brendan Herger	1:49.4	Northville	548	800m
12	Brendan Herger	4:07.8	Northville	523	1600m
11	Ethan Powell	9:10.0	Northville	474	3200m
11	Ethan Powell	4:18.1	Northville	444	1600m
10	Ben Hartigan	4:21.8	Northville	417	1600m
11	Ishaan Kundapur	4:22.9	Northville	408	1600m
10	Ben Hartigan	9:34.7	Northville	402	3200m
11	Ethan Powell	1:58.7	Northville	400	800m
10	Ryan Stojov	4:24.1	Northville	399	1600m
12	Nicholas Yaquinto	1:59.4	Northville	389	800m
10	Ben Hartigan	2:00.2	Northville	376	800m
9	Brandon Cloud	9:43.9	Northville	375	3200m
10	Ryan Stojov	2:01.7	Northville	352	800m
11	Ishaan Kundapur	9:52.2	Northville	351	3200m
11	Nick Barretto	9:52.5	Northville	350	3200m
11	Rece Grezak	2:01.8	Northville	350	800m
12	Nicholas Yaquinto	4:30.8	Northville	348	1600m
11	Ishaan Kundapur	2:02.4	Northville	341	800m
12	Vincent Filipek	2:02.6	Northville	338	800m
10	Ethan Hertza	9:57.0	Northville	337	3200m
10	Ethan Hertza	4:32.7	Northville	334	1600m
11	Nick Barretto	4:33.2	Northville	330	1600m
11	Ritvik Ellendula	4:33.2	Northville	329	1600m
9	Brandon Cloud	4:34.3	Northville	321	1600m
10	Colton Blackburn	4:36.1	Northville	307	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Northville	1712	1791	1602	1617	6722
2	Brighton	1588	1642	1644	1493	6367
3	Grand Haven	1695	1751	1211	1546	6202
4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1598	1683	1255	1471	6006
5	Clarkston	1620	1545	1190	1526	5881
6	Troy	863	1538	1682	1550	5633
7	Traverse City Central	1460	1323	1482	1238	5504
8	Walled Lake Northern	1696	1446	847	1494	5483
9	Canton	1215	1622	1194	1400	5430
10	Plymouth	1253	1585	1127	1438	5402
11	Forest Hills Central	1752	1150	847	1571	5320
12	Jenison	1181	1452	1188	1336	5157
13	Romeo	1614	1559	392	1483	5048
14	Portage Central	1099	1181	1454	1294	5028
15	Dexter	829	1536	1240	1332	4937
16	Kalamazoo Central	867	1210	1258	1429	4765
17	Midland	1503	1374	350	1305	4532
18	Novi	377	1474	1431	1164	4446
19	Troy Athens	384	1197	1224	1542	4348
20	Livonia Churchill	355	1558	1231	1194	4338
21	Byron Center	1052	1071	803	1166	4091
22	Rockford	1452	1006	338	1272	4068
23	Utica	393	1400	1093	1149	4035
24	Highland-Milford	701	1103	883	1291	3979
25	Howell	1407	745	430	1356	3938
26	Oxford	758	1102	707	1284	3851
27	Ann Arbor Skyline	879	1114	435	1339	3766
28	Traverse City West	1072	1079	375	1211	3737
29	Rochester	1230	747	352	1393	3722
30	Bay City Western	1248	1112	–	1355	3715
31	Macomb Dakota	376	1134	1180	964	3655
32	Rochester Adams	425	1083	1118	1011	3637
33	East Kentwood	803	1123	394	1312	3632
34	Ann Arbor Huron	1047	951	338	1281	3618
35	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	512	869	1248	913	3542
36	Saline	409	1385	419	1285	3499
37	Zeeland West	699	1280	344	1133	3455
38	White Lake Lakeland	496	1098	749	913	3256
39	Davison	754	957	368	1101	3180
40	Royal Oak	337	905	866	993	3101
41	Forest Hills Northern	687	971	360	1072	3090
42	Temperance Bedford	817	326	693	1249	3086
43	Salem	406	913	356	1279	2955
44	Utica Eisenhower	782	710	378	1043	2913
45	East Lansing	695	325	346	1272	2638
46	Grand Ledge	673	313	368	1250	2604
47	Cedar Springs	800	364	380	944	2489
48	St. Joseph	468	653	335	901	2358
49	Battle Creek Lakeview	365	468	456	1054	2343
50	Grandville	684	784	824	–	2292

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:01.3	Pinckney	1288	4×8
12	Paul Moore	8:59.6	Pinckney	504	3200m
12	Paul Moore	4:12.8	Pinckney	485	1600m
12	Evan Loughridge	9:15.7	Pinckney	457	3200m
12	Evan Loughridge	4:22.2	Pinckney	413	1600m
12	Paul Moore	1:58.7	Pinckney	399	800m
11	James Rochowiak	1:58.9	Pinckney	397	800m
12	Ethan Sandula	9:39.3	Pinckney	389	3200m
10	James Uphouse	1:59.8	Pinckney	382	800m
11	Zachary Newman	4:26.3	Pinckney	382	1600m
12	Parker Hays	2:00.9	Pinckney	364	800m
11	Zachary Newman	2:01.6	Pinckney	353	800m
12	Ethan Sandula	4:32.1	Pinckney	337	1600m
12	Parker Hays	9:57.4	Pinckney	336	3200m
9	Cole McCraw	10:08.7	Pinckney	303	3200m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Pinckney	1543	1618	1686	1288	6135
2	Forest Hills Eastern	1696	1647	1239	1483	6065
3	Frankenmuth	1140	1423	1462	1424	5449
4	Marshall	1204	1219	1185	1536	5145
5	Grand Rapids Christian	816	1491	1603	1058	4969
6	Alma	1035	850	1586	1329	4800
7	DeWitt	1556	418	1318	1491	4783
8	Allendale	824	1119	1409	1410	4762
9	East Grand Rapids	700	1550	1307	1107	4664
10	Parma Western	1458	1080	805	1274	4617
11	Holland Christian	992	1021	1347	1216	4576
12	Adrian	1193	793	1068	1316	4370
13	Flint Powers Catholic	1334	353	1381	1169	4236
14	Sparta	1035	760	1150	1245	4191
15	Gladwin	781	816	1186	1248	4030
16	Yale	1116	1020	610	1259	4005
17	Plainwell	1031	733	766	1112	3642
18	Fremont	645	793	1060	873	3371
19	Clio	836	1039	649	814	3338
20	Hamilton	1118	299	823	1098	3337
21	Flint Kearsley	661	698	807	961	3128
22	Battle Creek Harper Creek	675	396	1039	978	3088
23	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	771	391	1047	851	3060
24	Shepherd	419	740	776	1074	3010
25	Ludington	667	329	711	1227	2933
26	St. Johns	701	792	679	706	2877
27	Corunna	718	389	643	1075	2825
28	Mason	380	328	805	1132	2644
29	Flat Rock	330	359	941	954	2585
30	Chelsea	657	429	481	992	2558
31	Otsego	293	414	1020	773	2499
32	Spring Lake	708	364	628	735	2436
33	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	843	354	245	975	2417
34	Edwardsburg	336	356	643	985	2320
35	Dearborn Divine Child	451	445	466	947	2309
36	Wayland Union	636	306	306	964	2212
37	Riverview	416	398	263	1036	2113
38	Detroit Country Day	–	608	581	919	2108
39	St. Clair	380	318	374	1032	2104
40	Three Rivers	423	333	353	935	2044
41	Haslett	359	783	878	–	2020
42	Ogemaw Heights	783	–	–	1139	1922
43	Macomb Lutheran North	608	–	380	914	1902
44	New Boston Huron	383	424	362	726	1894
45	Whitehall	287	374	335	808	1804
46	Ortonville Brandon	720	–	–	1009	1729
47	GR West Mich. Aviation	668	372	657	–	1697
48	Ionia	427	–	343	894	1664
49	Holland	596	406	629	–	1631
50	Petoskey	307	–	292	1001	1600

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:02.8	Reed City	1261	4×8
11	August Rohde	1:53.4	Reed City	485	800m
11	August Rohde	4:15.6	Reed City	464	1600m
11	August Rohde	9:16.6	Reed City	454	3200m
12	Anthony Kiaunis	1:58.0	Reed City	411	800m
12	Anthony Kiaunis	9:35.5	Reed City	400	3200m
12	Anthony Kiaunis	4:26.6	Reed City	380	1600m
12	Isaac Clementshaw	9:55.9	Reed City	340	3200m
12	Ryan Allen	10:06.3	Reed City	310	3200m
12	Isaac Clementshaw	4:37.2	Reed City	299	1600m
12	Isaac Clementshaw	2:06.1	Reed City	282	800m
10	Paul Saladin	4:42.2	Reed City	261	1600m
10	Paul Saladin	2:07.9	Reed City	254	800m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Reed City	1432	1404	1504	1261	5601
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	1391	1298	1185	1140	5014
3	Traverse City St. Francis	1356	1068	1179	1326	4928
4	Jonesville	1347	972	1101	1264	4684
5	Clare	1306	1058	1179	974	4517
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	1353	1000	833	1194	4380
7	Ithaca	1246	913	1092	1053	4304
8	Olivet	1042	929	619	1191	3781
9	Hanover-Horton	856	799	1099	912	3666
10	The Potter’s House	1332	1039	561	715	3648
11	Kalkaska	604	1009	736	1062	3411
12	Hart	846	941	794	641	3221
13	Onsted	815	775	591	931	3112
14	Erie Mason	1080	721	286	938	3024
15	Lansing Catholic	440	947	821	811	3018
16	Brooklyn Columbia Central	1015	616	362	1019	3013
17	Caro	701	884	577	800	2961
18	Grayling	969	551	424	966	2909
19	Midland Bullock Creek	492	688	824	884	2890
20	Benzie Central	670	565	654	898	2787
21	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	815	660	471	798	2743
22	St. Louis	458	592	759	904	2714
23	Ann Arbor Greenhills	683	527	699	755	2665
24	Union City	765	649	242	929	2584
25	Charlevoix	584	895	1043	–	2521
26	Hillsdale	650	665	338	722	2374
27	Chesaning	999	481	–	730	2210
28	Stanton Central Montcalm	500	622	384	655	2161
29	Blissfield	588	309	275	981	2153
30	Constantine	585	535	289	741	2149
31	Bad Axe	443	556	428	689	2115
32	Algonac	787	202	233	686	1907
33	Stockbridge	336	463	408	680	1888
34	Manton	485	424	425	519	1852
35	Ida	670	181	174	751	1776
36	LeRoy Pine River	578	349	189	642	1759
37	Elk Rapids	594	358	260	535	1747
38	Buchanan	302	193	312	930	1737
39	Homer	220	611	215	671	1716
40	North Muskegon	306	407	246	747	1706
41	Remus Chippewa Hills	565	295	298	527	1684
42	Montague	537	424	–	642	1603
43	Jackson Lumen Christi	266	357	485	480	1588
44	Kent City	252	332	394	527	1505
45	Bath	200	516	230	519	1466
46	Bridgman	215	355	–	890	1461
47	Bangor	274	300	–	842	1416
48	Hartford	–	182	386	839	1407
49	Pigeon-Laker	291	434	177	485	1387
50	Sanford-Meridian	318	541	517	–	1376

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:55.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	1398	4×8
10	Marek Butkiewicz	4:19.4	Kalamazoo Hackett	435	1600m
10	Marek Butkiewicz	9:25.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	429	3200m
10	Sean Siems	1:57.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	419	800m
12	Gavin Sehy	1:58.7	Kalamazoo Hackett	399	800m
11	Alexander Dumont	2:00.0	Kalamazoo Hackett	379	800m
10	Sean Siems	4:33.2	Kalamazoo Hackett	329	1600m
10	Sean Siems	10:10.1	Kalamazoo Hackett	299	3200m
12	Gavin Sehy	4:42.0	Kalamazoo Hackett	262	1600m
12	Nick Doerr	4:42.8	Kalamazoo Hackett	257	1600m
12	Nick Doerr	10:37.4	Kalamazoo Hackett	220	3200m
12	Nick Doerr	2:12.7	Kalamazoo Hackett	176	800m
9	Kellen Siems	10:59.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	155	3200m
11	Alexander Dumont	4:58.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	136	1600m
9	Kellen Siems	5:04.8	Kalamazoo Hackett	89	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Kalamazoo Hackett	1374	1283	1102	1398	5157
2	Hillsdale Academy	1520	1176	1115	1008	4819
3	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	1184	1016	671	1056	3928
4	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	961	948	981	944	3834
5	Petoskey St. Michael	953	1003	471	941	3368
6	East Jackson	1041	740	583	970	3333
7	Three Oaks River Valley	943	720	606	807	3076
8	Harbor Springs	1000	635	571	789	2995
9	Saugatuck	480	723	1062	560	2825
10	Holland Calvary Christian	854	739	283	618	2494
11	White Cloud	506	710	599	649	2464
12	Maple City Glen Lake	332	641	422	1048	2443
13	Vestaburg	805	599	445	528	2376
14	Harbor Beach	308	694	716	590	2308
15	Riverview Gabriel Richard	662	457	507	666	2293
16	Southfield Christian	564	403	512	680	2159
17	Birmingham Roeper	768	284	143	774	1969
18	Mayville	648	361	163	768	1940
19	Pentwater	577	620	628	–	1826
20	Breckenridge	218	505	628	373	1723
21	Battle Creek St. Philip	513	140	67	992	1713
22	Lutheran Westland	421	413	127	666	1627
23	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	427	278	209	703	1618
24	Johannesburg-Lewiston	600	222	690	–	1512
25	Mason County Eastern	289	437	415	348	1489
26	Marlette	426	135	137	771	1468
27	Whitmore Lake	256	277	321	558	1412
28	Dryden	256	280	486	384	1406
29	Fowler	547	234	268	344	1392
30	Dansville	294	426	339	327	1386
31	Tri-unity Christian	239	522	595	–	1355
32	Carson City-Crystal	211	374	497	270	1351
33	Royal Oak Shrine	403	514	120	227	1264
34	Mesick	252	381	343	251	1227
35	Reading	445	53	114	589	1200
36	Plymouth Christian Academy	251	416	138	319	1124
37	Muskegon Catholic Central	463	159	–	503	1124
38	Byron	277	285	121	418	1101
39	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	361	191	292	212	1055
40	Beal City	349	321	102	276	1047
41	Concord	411	168	83	362	1025
42	Onekama	280	343	355	–	979
43	Fairview	142	176	162	482	963
44	Morenci	–	139	199	605	943
45	East Jordan	–	335	305	294	934
46	Ubly	158	230	260	243	892
47	West Michigan Homeschool	–	387	439	–	826
48	Novi Christian Academy	169	177	150	314	811
49	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	482	177	123	–	783
50	Central Lake / Ellsworth	259	–	158	340	756

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:09.8	Marquette	1136	4×8
11	Evan Balko	4:24.0	Marquette	399	1600m
11	James Barch	9:36.5	Marquette	397	3200m
9	Lucas Ballard	1:59.2	Marquette	392	800m
11	Seppi Camilli	9:42.9	Marquette	378	3200m
11	Seppi Camilli	4:29.2	Marquette	360	1600m
11	Evan Balko	2:01.7	Marquette	352	800m
12	Cullen Papin	2:02.0	Marquette	347	800m
11	Evan Balko	9:56.4	Marquette	339	3200m
10	Rorik Holmquist	10:01.8	Marquette	323	3200m
10	Beepsee Teeple	2:03.6	Marquette	322	800m
11	Chase Thomsen	10:03.0	Marquette	320	3200m
12	James Kraeg	2:03.8	Marquette	319	800m
11	James Barch	2:03.8	Marquette	318	800m
11	James Barch	4:35.1	Marquette	315	1600m
11	Chase Thomsen	2:05.2	Marquette	296	800m
10	Peter Argeropolous	10:11.1	Marquette	296	3200m
11	Chase Thomsen	4:37.9	Marquette	294	1600m
12	James Kraeg	4:41.0	Marquette	270	1600m
12	James Kraeg	10:20.8	Marquette	268	3200m
10	Rorik Holmquist	4:41.5	Marquette	267	1600m
10	Ben Kuhl	2:07.4	Marquette	261	800m
10	Ben Kuhl	10:28.7	Marquette	245	3200m
9	Brody Clements	4:47.1	Marquette	224	1600m
12	Cullen Papin	4:51.7	Marquette	188	1600m
9	Brody Clements	2:12.5	Marquette	180	800m
10	Ben Kuhl	4:54.9	Marquette	165	1600m
10	Peter Argeropolous	4:55.5	Marquette	160	1600m
10	Beepsee Teeple	4:55.9	Marquette	157	1600m
9	Jack Grant	11:07.6	Marquette	132	3200m
10	Olin Slette	5:05.1	Marquette	87	1600m
10	Carson Wernholm	5:05.2	Marquette	86	1600m
9	Jack Grant	5:06.7	Marquette	75	1600m
10	Olin Slette	11:28.2	Marquette	72	3200m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Marquette	2345	1904	2566	1136	7951
2	Houghton	634	725	475	870	2704
3	Sault Ste. Marie	187	620	851	805	2464
4	Pickford	669	474	430	512	2085
5	Munising	486	575	259	542	1862
6	Kingsford	323	342	364	544	1573
7	Ishpeming	335	357	208	439	1339
8	Manistique	596	158	–	497	1251
9	Bark River-Harris	135	303	127	372	937
10	Cedarville	319	347	–	257	922
11	Gladstone	–	265	245	405	914
12	Chassell	321	281	303	–	905
13	Forest Park	150	73	209	459	892
14	Menominee	246	161	–	429	836
15	Newberry	461	–	–	346	807
16	Escanaba	281	–	–	465	746
17	Dollar Bay	428	–	–	307	735
18	Rudyard	281	174	279	–	734
19	Ironwood	186	156	–	219	561
20	Lake Linden-Hubbell	264	–	–	265	529
21	Negaunee	–	–	155	270	426
22	Republic-Michigamme	205	92	90	–	386
23	Brimley	143	80	134	–	358
24	St. Ignace	–	–	–	312	312
25	Stephenson	–	115	136	–	251
26	Mackinac Island Public	–	–	–	197	197
27	Bessemer	–	80	98	–	177
28	Holy Name	129	–	–	–	129
29	Engadine	–	–	97	–	97
30	Painesdale-Jeffers	–	74	–	–	74

DISTANCE RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

For the individual rankings, I decided to use an athletes’ top-two events. There are some boys with range across the board, excelling in all three, but commonly someone will pick two distance events in which to concentrate. I wasn’t going to penalize someone for skipping the 3200m all year or knowing they didn’t have the requisite speed and bowing out of 800m training. The individual events contain marks listed on athletic.net at the end of the day Sunday.

Check out the chart here to see how times match up to scores, those scores formulated by looking at the national lists for the 2022 season.

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for the official lists for each event. Give him a few days to process everything from this incredible season, as many of our great athletes have hit marks that will stand the test of time.

Brendan Herger, Northville

Brendan’s 1:50.08 to win Division 1’s State Finals 800m wasn’t a personal best, but it sure must’ve been satisfying. The previous two state finals contained a 7^th place and 2^nd place finish, the latter of which he held the lead for much of the race. The same scenario presented itself again, with Brendan taking the lead early, but bringing the field through in a rather pedestrian 56. Through 600m, the race appeared to be in question, then Herger closed in 26 (my estimation from the video) to clinch his first individual title. In addition to winning the D1 800m, Herger also lowered his 1600m personal best from 4:10 to 4:07.

Seth Norder, Grand Haven

He had gotten it done in the 3200m, he had done the same on the cross course. Now it was time to return to the 1600m, where two years ago, Seth truly began to make his mark. At the ’22 Finals, Norder gave Riley Hough everything he could handle before finishing as the runner up. At these Finals, Seth patiently waited until the bell lap, unleashing what looked to be a sub-60 last lap, leaving no doubt on the finishing stretch.

Thomas Westphal, Anchor Bay

Another one of the firsts. Thomas waited until the final distance race of the season to gain his first individual title. Coming back from a 2^nd place finish in the 1600m, Westphal bid his time until two laps to go, then opened up a significant gap on the field, appearing to close in under 2:10, nabbing the 3200m crown. His story will always be incredible, a kid running in the 19’s as a freshman, 17’s as a sophomore, before a final five seasons that included 2 All-States on the cross course, 4 All-States on the track, a MITS title this past winter, and his heroics on Saturday.

Jasper Cane, Kalamazoo Central

A magical last month for Jasper, making up for lost time. Coming off a junior year of cross country with plenty of sub-16 efforts, Cane had a late start to his track season, unable to truly put down the times comparable to many other top runners in the state. This May, he affirmatively has done that. A 9:00.zero zero at Shepherd kicked off this stretch of fast racing. Region 3 and SMAC titles in the 1600/3200 earned some points and hardware. He wow’ed the crowd at Houseman Field with a 4:05. And then he quadrupled, nailed two All-States, and closed the 4×4 with a 51. After all that, Jasper dropped his 1600m best from 4:32 to 4:05 and his 3200m best from 10:02 to 9:00.

Solomon Kwartowitz, Cranbrook-Kingswood

What appeared to be an excellent season that was unfortunately ended too soon. Solomon took part in our mid-season stretch of elite races, racking up bangers such as a 4:11 1600m at Romeo and an 8:59 in Shepherd. Those two marks were both personal bests and even now at this moment, rank #7 and #2 in Michigan, respectively. He’ll be taking his talents to Harvard next year, hopefully following in the footsteps of Graham Blanks.

TJ Hansen, Freeland

If the 1500m was a high school distance, TJ would likely be higher. At Grand Valley in late April, TJ raced to a 3:49 in that distance, essentially the equivalent of a 4:05-4:06 in the 1600m. If he hadn’t been under the weather for a majority of the year, perhaps he’d be even higher, as an 8:51 for the indoor 2 mile showed his incredible strength. But neither of the two above instances showed his toughness, his 4:11 to win a second consecutive track title was perfect evidence for that.

Paul Moore, Pinckney

Juuuust behind Kwartowitz at Shepherd was Paul Moore. His 8:59.63 there made him one of three Michiganders to break 9-flat for the 3200m. That eight lap jaunt was an 11 second improvement from his junior year, and on the other end of the spectrum, he knocked 12 seconds off his 800m best. It also foretold his early June heroics, pressing the pace for the final five laps of D2’s 3200m, opening up a substantial gap on the final lap, then having just enough to hold off a late charging Connell Alford.

Jack Bidwell, Marshall

The Marshall junior is one of the state’s least talked of, most underrated runners (but don’t sweat it, I’ll fix that). The young Redhawk dropped significant time in the 800m (2:02 to 1:56) and the 1600m (4:34 to 4:14). His introduction to the 3200m was at a faster pace than his sophomore 1600m best, a 9:01 at Shepherd, another runner experience that Bluejay Boost. Come championship time, he was able to anchor the winning 4×8 for Marshall (1:50.8) and gain an All-State of his own, a 4^th place 1600m finish.

Sebastian Ramirez, Royal Oak

There were five Division 1 boys that pulled off distance doubles and hit All-States in each: Norder, Westphal, Cane, Anirudh Krishnan, and Ramirez. I’ve always regarded Ramirez as an ideal 5k/10k guy (and going to GVSU, you know Baltes will get the most out of that), he’s spent the entire season flashing speed and proving me wrong. First, it was a gutty effort at Romeo, sticking his nose in with the big boys to the tune of a 4:13 1600m. Then again on Saturday, lowering that personal best to a 4:11. And finally, when looking down and out at the tail end of the 3200m, closing in 61 to grab his fifth All-State of his career.

Ben Romero, Forest Hills Central

The future is oh so bright and the present is pretty dang good too. Ben has had about as good of a year that a freshman can ask for. This past fall, spending a majority of time in the 16’s, whittling his time down to a 16:07 close at MIS. In the springtime, making his mark at a whole range of events, a 1:53 800m, a 4:15 1600m, then shattering Ben Hill’s freshman 3200m record with a 9:08. I know the athletic.net lists aren’t the gospel, but they do represent a good chunk of the nation, and he’s listed with top-7 freshman marks (or better) in each of the three distance events. Ben, along with the rest of the exceptional freshman class, will be a pleasure to watch grow over these next three years.

Rank	Grade	Name	Division	Team	Total	800m	1600m	3200m
1	12	Brendan Herger	1	Northville	1071	548	523	–
2	12	Seth Norder	1	Grand Haven	1059	499	559	472
3	12	Thomas Westphal	1	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	1046	512	529	517
4	12	Jasper Cane	1	Kalamazoo Central	1041	480	538	503
5	12	Solomon Kwartowitz	2	Cranbrook Kingswood	998	–	494	504
6	11	TJ Hansen	2	Freeland	994	471	496	498
7	12	Paul Moore	2	Pinckney	989	399	485	504
8	11	Jack Bidwell	2	Marshall	972	437	474	498
9	12	Sebastian Ramirez	1	Royal Oak	965	337	491	474
10	9	Ben Romero	1	Forest Hills Central	961	482	461	479
11	12	Kenny Lewis	1	Saginaw Heritage	956	460	496	–
12	12	Anirudh Krishnan	1	Plymouth	953	475	478	–
13	12	Owen Patton	4	Vestaburg	951	487	465	445
14	11	Henry Dixon	2	Forest Hills Eastern	949	462	487	452
15	11	August Rohde	3	Reed City	949	485	464	454
16	12	Brad White	3	Clare	939	488	450	412
17	12	Pierce Grzymkowski	1	White Lake Lakeland	930	496	434	–
18	12	Aiden Moore	1	Battle Creek Lakeview	924	365	468	456
19	12	Brandon Anderson	1	Dexter	924	489	435	427
20	12	Nate Carmody	2	Haslett	922	359	434	488
21	12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	1	Troy	921	–	446	475
22	12	Ty Parker	1	Walled Lake Northern	920	474	432	445
23	11	Ethan Powell	1	Northville	918	400	444	474
24	12	Caleb Palmreuter	2	Gladwin	918	461	455	457
25	11	Colin Murray	2	Dearborn Divine Child	917	451	445	466
26	12	Alex Thole	2	East Grand Rapids	915	339	455	460
27	9	Kamari Ronfeldt	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	913	–	438	475
28	12	Noah Selvaraj	1	Bay City Western	911	473	438	–
29	12	Vincent Guaresimo	1	Romeo	910	444	466	–
30	12	Connell Alford	2	Chelsea	910	294	429	481
31	12	Tyler Donovan	1	Fraser	907	472	435	–
32	10	Kyle O’Rourke	1	Highland-Milford	907	350	434	473
33	12	Liam Hinman	2	Forest Hills Eastern	906	458	447	–
34	12	Ian Fowler	2	DeWitt	906	443	418	462
35	12	Sean Pettis	2	Fremont	899	362	470	429
36	12	Bryce Nowik	1	Clarkston	895	452	443	–
37	11	Collin McLaughlin	1	Rochester	894	453	441	–
38	12	Louis D’Souza	1	Troy	893	466	427	396
39	12	Eric Overdier	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	893	445	448	–
40	12	Tyler Lenn	4	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	891	433	457	434
41	11	Seth Conner	1	Jenison	891	415	465	425
42	11	Adam Dicken	1	Canton	890	466	424	–
43	12	Boden Genovese	3	Coloma	887	411	476	375
44	10	Thomas Larson	2	Alma	882	379	430	452
45	12	Luke Campbell	1	Brighton	878	386	451	427
46	12	Mason Jett	1	Ann Arbor Skyline	876	467	410	–
47	12	Jackson Rodriguez	3	The Potter’s House	875	459	415	416
48	12	Collin Farmer	3	Pewamo-Westphalia	873	364	448	425
49	12	Grayson Albers	1	Ypsilanti Lincoln	871	461	410	–
50	12	Evan Loughridge	2	Pinckney	871	–	413	457
51	11	Caleb Wesseldyk	2	Otsego	867	293	414	454
52	12	Mitchell Clark	1	Canton	866	–	421	445
53	12	Tyler Langley	1	Brighton	865	363	433	432
54	11	Carter Livermore	1	Grandville	865	340	422	443
55	10	Marek Butkiewicz	4	Kalamazoo Hackett	863	–	435	429
56	12	Ferdinand Viereck	1	Rochester Adams	862	425	437	405
57	12	Nolan Pinion	2	Lake Fenton	861	–	398	463
58	11	Simon Triezenberg	2	Grand Rapids Christian	861	411	425	437
59	11	Joseph Rohmfeld	1	Livonia Churchill	856	–	406	451
60	12	Elliott Sirianni	2	Clio	856	458	398	–
61	11	Landen Wise	2	Frankenmuth	855	424	427	427
62	12	Logan Begeman	1	Portage Central	852	365	419	433
63	9	Ezekiel Baltierra	2	Alma	852	362	420	432
64	10	Ronnie Silveira	2	Allendale	848	399	449	379
65	12	Oliver Moss	1	Berkley	847	–	403	445
66	11	Evan Nickoles	1	East Kentwood	846	441	405	–
67	12	Andy Foshag	1	Monroe	838	344	413	425
68	11	Henry Cox	2	Plainwell	835	–	382	454
69	12	Abe VanDuinen	4	Pentwater	834	394	440	339
70	12	Carter Fox	1	Macomb Dakota	833	376	418	415
71	9	Luka Hammond	1	Grand Haven	832	406	426	–
72	11	James Cusick	1	Oxford	831	409	421	352
73	11	Jack Chadwick	1	Plymouth	830	416	414	–
74	11	Jeb Hillary	2	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	829	345	391	439
75	12	Truman Johnson	1	Saline	829	409	405	419
76	10	Jonah Workman	2	East Grand Rapids	827	–	381	446
77	10	Jackson Lam	1	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	827	392	434	356
78	11	Luke Long	4	West Michigan Homeschool	826	–	387	439
79	10	Beckett Crooks	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	824	–	397	427
80	11	Dominic Lowrie	2	Battle Creek Harper Creek	822	328	396	427
81	12	Jacob Esser	1	Troy Athens	822	–	392	430
82	12	Liam Walters	1	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	821	420	401	394
83	10	Edison Lopeman	2	Parma Western	821	–	366	455
84	11	Nolan Longuski	2	Shepherd	819	419	390	400
85	12	Colin MacGregor	1	Midland Dow	818	440	378	–
86	10	Ben Hartigan	1	Northville	818	376	417	402
87	11	Ben Eisnor	1	Grand Haven	818	404	414	401
88	12	Vaughn Meyer	1	Dexter	818	340	411	407
89	12	Vincent Peterson Sand	1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	817	417	400	–
90	12	Braylon Petty	2	Adrian	815	381	396	419
91	12	Logan Ruffner	2	Riverview	814	416	398	–
92	12	Isaac Staib	2	St. Johns	813	398	415	–
93	11	Owen Saylor	2	Dowagiac Union	813	400	413	–
94	12	Gavin Guggemos	3	Kalkaska	812	414	398	317
95	9	Robert Jazwinski III	3	Hart	811	309	377	434
96	12	Anthony Kiaunis	3	Reed City	810	411	380	400
97	12	Dylan Esser	1	Troy Athens	810	–	401	410
98	11	Blake Peardon	1	Lake Orion	808	379	430	375
99	11	Tyler Brock	1	Brighton	808	–	391	418
100	12	Andrew Floros	1	Clarkston	808	355	386	422