Best Distance Crews: Girls 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
League Week
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	Event	Points
		9:03.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	4×8	1712
12	Rachel Forsyth	4:38.3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	557
12	Rachel Forsyth	10:10.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	536
12	Rachel Forsyth	2:07.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	800m	532
12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	4:56.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	477
12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	2:17.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	800m	438
12	Lydia Bowman	5:06.8	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	434
12	Natalie Mello	2:18.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	800m	429
12	Natalie Mello	11:18.9	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	417
12	Natalie Mello	5:12.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	411
12	Katie Hume	11:25.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	406
12	Lydia Bowman	2:21.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	800m	404
10	Ava Griffith	11:40.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	380
10	Hana Boggess	2:27.3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	800m	349
12	Katie Hume	5:27.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	346
10	Ava Griffith	5:27.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	346
11	Clara Peikert	12:05.2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	337
10	Hana Boggess	5:30.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	335

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1802	1880	1738	1712	7132
2	Holland West Ottawa	1821	1744	1799	1751	7115
3	Romeo	1488	1765	2334	1466	7052
4	Brighton	1659	1703	1781	1507	6650
5	Saline	1659	1628	1668	1425	6380
6	Traverse City West	1720	1540	1502	1481	6242
7	Walled Lake Northern	1609	1539	1221	1454	5822
8	Northville	1613	1583	1165	1416	5777
9	Grand Haven	1704	1448	758	1491	5401
10	Zeeland East	1261	1232	1324	1465	5281
11	Farmington	1597	1404	685	1410	5097
12	Macomb Dakota	806	1537	1225	1253	4822
13	Oxford	1107	1202	1188	1303	4800
14	East Kentwood	1528	1402	404	1363	4696
15	Rochester	1272	950	855	1428	4504
16	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	823	1231	1253	1135	4442
17	St. Joseph	1307	1335	471	1187	4301
18	Dexter	408	1394	1154	1277	4233
19	Rochester Adams	1213	811	778	1203	4005
20	Hudsonville	1042	1166	719	1064	3990
21	Forest Hills Central	1568	777	398	1233	3976
22	Okemos	710	1092	1141	859	3802
23	Clarkston	746	1116	805	1051	3718
24	Livonia Stevenson	757	911	920	1047	3635
25	Ann Arbor Skyline	1153	1151	–	1283	3588
26	Grand Blanc	1525	340	405	1272	3543
27	Midland Dow	787	894	922	932	3535
28	Bay City Western	426	1101	748	1228	3504
29	Ann Arbor Huron	1094	752	355	1302	3504
30	Traverse City Central	773	789	830	1071	3463
31	Zeeland West	1107	725	346	1241	3419
32	Davison	765	739	716	1119	3339
33	Fraser	1204	846	–	1243	3293
34	Birmingham Seaholm	808	405	709	1288	3209
35	Lake Orion	854	445	439	1439	3178
36	Forest Hills Northern	377	1005	729	964	3075
37	Rockford	786	448	480	1206	2920
38	Oak Park	1310	452	–	1127	2889
39	Grand Ledge	765	432	410	1195	2803
40	Detroit Cass Tech	804	399	391	1175	2769
41	Sturgis	1135	382	–	1239	2756
42	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	787	457	471	886	2602
43	Novi	839	428	–	1306	2574
44	Plymouth	442	434	357	1190	2423
45	Salem	418	402	406	1156	2381
46	Utica	–	1495	869	–	2364
47	Livonia Churchill	479	849	873	–	2201
48	Portage Central	403	331	361	968	2062
49	Royal Oak	–	663	354	1037	2054
50	Cedar Springs	756	376	–	910	2043

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		9:20.4	East Grand Rapids	4×8	1494
12	Drew Muller	4:51.5	East Grand Rapids	1600m	500
12	Drew Muller	10:51.1	East Grand Rapids	3200m	465
11	Sadey Seyferth	10:51.7	East Grand Rapids	3200m	464
12	Drew Muller	2:16.3	East Grand Rapids	800m	449
9	Adeline Armstrong	2:16.9	East Grand Rapids	800m	443
11	Sadey Seyferth	5:05.6	East Grand Rapids	1600m	439
11	Lauren Thole	5:19.9	East Grand Rapids	1600m	378
11	Sadey Seyferth	2:25.4	East Grand Rapids	800m	366
10	Catherine Schellhammer	2:25.7	East Grand Rapids	800m	363
11	Lauren Thole	11:56.4	East Grand Rapids	3200m	352
10	Rory Workman	12:11.0	East Grand Rapids	3200m	327
9	Adeline Armstrong	5:32.5	East Grand Rapids	1600m	324
9	Clare Assaf	12:22.0	East Grand Rapids	3200m	308
10	Rory Workman	5:36.8	East Grand Rapids	1600m	306
11	Lauren Thole	2:32.1	East Grand Rapids	800m	305
10	Mady Baar	5:41.3	East Grand Rapids	1600m	286

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	East Grand Rapids	1622	1641	1607	1494	6364
2	DeWitt	1513	1494	1615	1438	6060
3	Frankenmuth	1513	1566	1230	1464	5773
4	Grand Rapids Christian	1431	1493	1628	1215	5766
5	Otsego	953	1600	1502	1230	5286
6	St. Johns	1100	1558	1146	1277	5082
7	Ludington	1276	1428	1106	1158	4967
8	Goodrich	1139	1583	880	1175	4777
9	Freeland	1472	763	1063	1389	4687
10	Holland Christian	1400	760	1090	1381	4631
11	Linden	1015	1278	1084	1038	4416
12	Chelsea	1280	955	1008	1045	4287
13	Croswell-Lexington	749	1066	1071	1192	4078
14	Mason	1354	696	710	1311	4070
15	Adrian	786	1172	1104	656	3719
16	Forest Hills Eastern	1069	672	696	1131	3567
17	Spring Lake	423	738	910	1099	3170
18	GR West Mich. Aviation	780	823	808	729	3141
19	Cadillac	1011	707	416	966	3100
20	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	940	732	428	921	3021
21	Monroe Jefferson	340	728	783	1034	2886
22	Grand Rapids South Christian	725	672	415	1053	2865
23	Petoskey	602	676	727	859	2865
24	Hudsonville Unity Christian	374	737	1000	742	2853
25	Detroit Country Day	668	672	369	1112	2822
26	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	885	373	334	1218	2810
27	Gaylord	738	757	481	768	2744
28	Warren Regina	637	355	693	981	2667
29	Battle Creek Harper Creek	651	658	289	805	2403
30	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	677	404	407	904	2392
31	Stevensville Lakeshore	691	388	–	1232	2310
32	Bloomfield Hills Marian	618	569	361	751	2298
33	Alma	437	284	871	660	2251
34	Fruitport	285	347	675	923	2230
35	Ann Arbor Fr Gabriel Richard	296	895	–	755	1946
36	Pinckney	313	757	795	–	1864
37	Dearborn Divine Child	417	364	–	1002	1782
38	Fremont	–	360	370	1029	1760
39	Flint Kearsley	405	307	306	725	1743
40	Armada	705	–	–	1033	1738
41	Whitehall	746	659	321	–	1725
42	Charlotte	346	568	–	781	1695
43	Corunna	328	333	302	631	1594
44	Williamston	411	344	–	724	1479
45	Owosso	414	291	–	741	1446
46	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	454	492	487	–	1433
47	Belding	336	369	–	655	1360
48	Macomb Lutheran North	401	307	–	617	1325
49	Carleton Airport	404	464	450	–	1319
50	Flint Powers Catholic	742	272	298	–	1311

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		9:48.1	Lansing Catholic	4×8	1173
12	Tessa Roe	10:46.3	Lansing Catholic	3200m	473
12	Tessa Roe	4:58.5	Lansing Catholic	1600m	470
12	Tessa Roe	2:20.4	Lansing Catholic	800m	411
9	Grace Wonch	2:21.4	Lansing Catholic	800m	403
10	Frances Melinn	2:22.1	Lansing Catholic	800m	396
9	Grace Wonch	5:18.7	Lansing Catholic	1600m	383
10	Frances Melinn	5:24.7	Lansing Catholic	1600m	357
10	Frances Melinn	12:06.1	Lansing Catholic	3200m	335
11	Kaitlin Ludwig	2:33.9	Lansing Catholic	800m	289
10	Stella Lipinski	2:39.1	Lansing Catholic	800m	241
9	Grace Wonch	13:02.0	Lansing Catholic	3200m	239
9	Avery Miller	13:06.0	Lansing Catholic	3200m	232
11	Kaitlin Ludwig	5:57.3	Lansing Catholic	1600m	218
9	Avery Miller	5:57.4	Lansing Catholic	1600m	217

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Lansing Catholic	1499	1428	1279	1173	5379
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	1423	1378	1479	1094	5374
3	Jackson Lumen Christi	1462	1437	717	1351	4967
4	Traverse City St. Francis	1209	1145	1165	991	4510
5	Caro	1240	1150	996	1015	4401
6	Clare	1278	1054	850	938	4120
7	Kent City	899	976	1125	1113	4113
8	Stanton Central Montcalm	876	1006	1109	974	3965
9	Elk Rapids	1178	892	641	1007	3718
10	Remus Chippewa Hills	809	921	885	905	3520
11	Grand Traverse Academy	956	774	504	941	3175
12	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	816	735	673	887	3110
13	Hart	1145	782	672	502	3102
14	Monroe St. Mary CC	821	830	311	958	2920
15	Ithaca	606	728	626	949	2908
16	Charlevoix	679	874	608	631	2793
17	Reese	627	601	398	1045	2670
18	Clinton	980	357	371	929	2637
19	Sanford-Meridian	785	502	532	790	2608
20	Hanover-Horton	1217	383	–	957	2558
21	Onsted	499	490	458	950	2397
22	Blissfield	407	721	337	895	2360
23	Lake City	580	571	261	802	2214
24	North Muskegon	1034	215	–	938	2187
25	Benzie Central	581	727	836	–	2144
26	McBain	278	510	555	799	2142
27	Fennville	341	597	569	358	1865
28	Bridgman	370	283	336	857	1845
29	St. Louis	319	536	601	372	1829
30	Union City	227	456	548	530	1761
31	Lakeview	425	418	424	411	1678
32	Schoolcraft	254	308	304	618	1483
33	Laingsburg	563	258	229	422	1473
34	New Lothrop	289	395	–	652	1336
35	Grass Lake	658	–	–	670	1329
36	Erie Mason	266	432	–	606	1304
37	Napoleon	476	–	–	805	1281
38	The Potter’s House	246	249	273	489	1257
39	Olivet	287	455	–	508	1251
40	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	604	–	–	631	1235
41	Leslie	585	636	–	–	1222
42	Constantine	420	291	–	503	1214
43	Morley-Stanwood	363	399	421	–	1183
44	Hillsdale	457	336	364	–	1157
45	Manton	232	431	–	488	1151
46	Watervliet	255	194	348	351	1148
47	Grandville Calvin Christian	301	500	329	–	1131
48	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	235	237	232	395	1098
49	Ovid-Elsie	248	218	–	620	1086
50	Midland Bullock Creek	244	237	–	481	963

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		9:35.6	Whitmore Lake	4×8	1313
9	Kaylie Livingston	10:46.3	Whitmore Lake	3200m	473
9	Kaylie Livingston	5:02.3	Whitmore Lake	1600m	453
10	Carina Burchi	5:08.0	Whitmore Lake	1600m	429
9	Kaylie Livingston	2:19.5	Whitmore Lake	800m	420
12	Natalie Meadows	11:29.8	Whitmore Lake	3200m	398
10	Carina Burchi	11:43.5	Whitmore Lake	3200m	374
10	Elodie Weaver	2:24.6	Whitmore Lake	800m	373
12	Natalie Meadows	5:25.9	Whitmore Lake	1600m	352
10	Carina Burchi	2:28.0	Whitmore Lake	800m	343
10	Elodie Weaver	12:08.5	Whitmore Lake	3200m	331
12	Natalie Meadows	2:31.0	Whitmore Lake	800m	315
10	Elodie Weaver	5:40.8	Whitmore Lake	1600m	288
9	Alexis Graham	5:44.6	Whitmore Lake	1600m	272
9	Alexis Graham	12:56.9	Whitmore Lake	3200m	247
9	Alexis Graham	2:38.9	Whitmore Lake	800m	243

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Whitmore Lake	1451	1523	1576	1313	5864
2	Hillsdale Academy	1734	1592	1084	1144	5554
3	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	1520	1445	447	1299	4710
4	Johannesburg-Lewiston	1325	1225	1129	894	4573
5	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	1426	1128	574	1049	4177
6	Saugatuck	794	904	1020	808	3526
7	Breckenridge	1006	1026	550	868	3451
8	Pittsford	841	730	765	1104	3439
9	Gobles	904	631	617	904	3056
10	Fowler	1151	489	521	869	3029
11	Buckley	920	607	377	904	2807
12	Kalamazoo Hackett	512	720	557	844	2633
13	Vestaburg	385	608	599	758	2349
14	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	771	525	349	611	2256
15	Portland St. Patrick	1074	198	186	757	2216
16	Allen Park Cabrini	599	422	457	656	2135
17	Petoskey St. Michael	808	565	618	–	1990
18	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	922	603	152	301	1977
19	Harbor Beach	420	313	394	787	1914
20	Martin	387	313	329	876	1905
21	Kingston	517	410	168	776	1872
22	Leland	343	383	570	554	1849
23	Petersburg-Summerfield	516	719	–	610	1846
24	Gaylord St. Mary	500	450	534	321	1806
25	Addison	503	321	304	580	1708
26	Holland Calvary Christian	625	624	–	396	1645
27	Harbor Springs	504	232	265	576	1576
28	Novi Christian Academy	254	402	153	701	1510
29	Onekama	607	576	292	–	1476
30	Adrian Lenawee Christian	397	384	–	683	1464
31	Potterville	493	243	434	241	1411
32	Unionville-Sebewaing	436	352	197	384	1369
33	Dryden	–	368	570	429	1367
34	Concord	467	287	210	391	1355
35	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	184	186	302	672	1343
36	Centreville	580	225	–	522	1326
37	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	202	435	527	–	1164
38	Brown City	218	256	275	346	1095
39	Ubly	413	274	–	408	1095
40	Frankfort	448	–	–	634	1083
41	Genesee	330	380	359	–	1070
42	Lansing Christian	171	279	369	221	1039
43	Beal City	559	247	198	–	1004
44	Indian River Inland Lakes	187	228	270	261	946
45	Bellaire	165	180	144	441	930
46	Southfield Christian	273	–	–	646	919
47	Birmingham Roeper	296	254	297	–	848
48	Rogers City	354	183	–	301	838
49	Lutheran HS Westland	251	285	256	–	792
50	Byron	276	–	–	492	768

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		10:20.9	Marquette	4×8	843
10	Ella Fure	5:31.5	Marquette	1600m	328
10	Ella Fure	12:13.5	Marquette	3200m	323
11	Monet Argeropoulos	12:23.9	Marquette	3200m	304
11	Monet Argeropoulos	5:37.3	Marquette	1600m	304
10	Ella Fure	2:34.0	Marquette	800m	288
11	Maija Maki-Warne	2:34.0	Marquette	800m	288
9	Eryn Veverka	5:49.8	Marquette	1600m	250
9	Eryn Veverka	12:55.9	Marquette	3200m	249
11	Monet Argeropoulos	2:39.6	Marquette	800m	237
11	Elisa Malherbe	2:40.4	Marquette	800m	230
11	Claire Maskart	13:07.5	Marquette	3200m	229
11	Claire Maskart	5:55.3	Marquette	1600m	226
11	Aubree Blackburn	2:43.9	Marquette	800m	198
9	Eryn Veverka	2:44.5	Marquette	800m	193
11	Tessa Bruns	13:50.8	Marquette	3200m	154

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Marquette	1043	1108	1105	843	4099
2	Houghton	886	915	762	943	3507
3	Sault Ste. Marie	992	810	346	844	2992
4	Newberry	643	1068	287	817	2815
5	Hancock	575	806	639	664	2683
6	Negaunee	1071	357	466	698	2592
7	Manistique	500	389	464	651	2004
8	Stephenson	583	485	176	667	1911
9	Pickford	577	381	499	435	1892
10	Ewen-Trout Creek	480	340	317	520	1657
11	Ishpeming	389	377	346	483	1595
12	North Dickinson County	227	348	420	482	1477
13	Gladstone	670	129	–	665	1465
14	Bark River-Harris	587	208	–	423	1219
15	Dollar Bay	–	279	227	580	1086
16	Calumet	–	409	154	423	986
17	Forest Park	422	281	197	–	899
18	Ironwood	288	285	–	319	892
19	Escanaba	383	–	–	495	877
20	Chassell	237	154	–	431	822
21	Menominee	–	275	246	229	751
22	Brimley	185	–	–	488	673
23	Munising	235	118	–	248	601
24	St. Ignace	168	131	137	–	437
25	Baraga	238	195	–	–	433
26	West Iron County	–	–	–	414	414
27	Lake Linden-Hubbell	204	–	–	–	204
28	Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer	178	–	–	–	178
29	Painesdale-Jeffers	173	–	–	–	173
30	Mackinac Island Public	–	–	171	–	171
31	Rudyard	–	–	138	–	138
32	Big Bay De Noc	–	115	–	–	115

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.

Rachel Forsyth, Ann Arbor Pioneer

No controversy here. Unequivocally and emphatically, Rachel was the best distance runner in the state this spring. Number 1 ranks in all the distance events, 800m to 3200m. Heck, even her 400m ranks among the state’s best. A resume full of individual wins and team wins. There’s one nick on that resume, a 4×8 at East Kentwood that produced a silver medal, Rachel’s 2:09 leg coming up a few meters back. But I have no doubt that this competitive soul used that as fuel for the rest of the day, racing away to wins in the 1600m (4:38, I believe the 2^nd fastest time in state history) and in the 3200m (10:15). Her day was a historic closing statement on a high school career that featured 8 state titles.

Selma Anderson, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills

Always a closer come championship time, Selma’s 2024 featured the same pattern as previous years, this time in a exceedingly speedy fashion. Check out her a.net profile and notice if you see what I see – in her last race of the season, she runs her best times. In the three distance events, her final race of each respective season has resulted in a season/personal best on 9 of 12 occasions across her 4 year career. 2024’s version included a 2:13 in her 800m state tune up, a 10:37 at the end of a long Saturday, and a 4:40 (that would win the race in many years). Watch NCAA track this week and you’ll see an Anderson donning the Orange and Blue, don’t be shocked when Benne has his sister joining him on the national stage.

Helen Sachs, Holland West Ottawa

I’m always game for a Helen Sachs article, especially the excellent ones where she’s able to share her gratefulness and message. In last week’s Holland Sentinel, Dan D’Addona penned an excellent piece about Helen’s journey. As Coach Barnes said and I wholeheartedly agree with, I can’t fathom what she’ been through.

What I also can’t fathom is her tenacity, taking the stick with the state’s fastest distance runner bearing down on you, then pushing her in the individual events. Helen’s heroics on Saturday helped her Panthers win a state title in the 4×800 and later led to a personal best in the 1600m. Those teammates and her own strength will help lead the path toward a memorable senior year.

Victoria Garces, Midland Dow

Quickly making Michigan her home and quickly leaving her stamp on the state’s distance scene. Just as she did on the cross course (20^th at Footlocker, 5^th at the State Finals), Victoria has shown dramatic progress through her four seasons as a Charger. From last spring to now, Garces knocked off over 10 sec. from her 1600m best and over 15 sec. from her 3200m best. Each of which were good enough for top-3 finishes at this past weekend’s State Finals. With Rachel Forsyth moving on, the fight for D1 supremacy will be up for grabs and Victoria has positioned herself quite nicely to right in the mix.

Jayden Harberts, Macomb Dakota

Her state finals career began with an All-State with her Dakota teammates, it now ended with another All-State in the 3200m. Sandwiched between were all sorts of accomplishments: Macomb County records, Macomb County XC titles, a commitment to Syracuse, seasons missed, Junior Olympic titles, indoor 3200 wins. There have been setbacks and triumphs, all leading to an incredible Saturday where Jayden nabbed a 1600m PR and a season best in the 3200m.

Lucy Cook, Rochester

Lucy Cook doesn’t let you down when it comes to a championship race. Three Oakland County cross titles, going for four in a few months time. Three individual races at three D1 track finals, three All-States. Contributions to Rochester’s 4×8 teams who have twice stepped on the podium. Saturday’s version included holding the 2^nd position for her leg of the 4×8, then battling with Garces, Sachs, and Harberts in the 3200m, where she placed 3^rd. One more year to keep the Oakland County streak alive and wow us with her clutch racing.

Emmry Ross, Onsted

Wow, just wow, at that state meet. Emmry was apparently not satisfied with “just” the 400/800 double, she had to go out and place 2^nd as a team all by herself. Wins in the 400m, 800m, 1600m, and 3200m, three of those four coming in a personal best and the one that wasn’t a PR was her 3^rd sub-5 in her career. I’m eagerly awaiting Jeff’s newsletter as I’m not sure if that quadruple win has been accomplished before. And I’m eagerly anticipating how this determined girl aims to outdo herself again.

Morgan Brown, Livonia Churchill

Coach Kroll really hit the jackpot with this one. Morgan’s talent was apparent early, racing to 2:20/5:19 as a freshman and nearly dipping under 5:00 as a sophomore. For many, those quick times on the track would have led to fall success, but unfortunately, Brown was dealt a few bad cards in her early years on the grass. Lost time was surely made up in the fall, with a sub-18, regional title, and All-State. And the momentum rolled on from there. Indoor State Title, two school records, getting her Churchill teammates a 4×4 qualifier, and stepping on her first podium in the State Finals. Following in her coach’s footsteps, she’ll move to East Lansing after etching her name in Churchill history.

Emily Tomes, Grand Rapids Catholic Central

Scroll through enough Grand Rapids Catholic Central social media and you’ll think Emily set every single Shamrock school record. By season’s end, she grabbed three: the 800m (2:15), 1600m (4:53), and 3200m (10:38). A girl with one of the better kicks you’ll find, Emily showed us wide-ranging skills throughout her career. She came through with her strength in the fall, then flashed the speed in the spring, nabbing 2^nd in D2’s 1600m and 3^rd in the 800m. She’ll be heading to Michigan next year, where I’m sure her mid-distance talents will be well used.

Gail Vaikutis, St. Joseph

Three years of runnin’ ovals here in Michigan have seen Gail turn into an 800m savant. I don’t throw that word around lightly, her track record speaks for itself. Over the past two years, she’s raced in nearly 20 two-lappers, crossing the line first in all but two. SMAC Championships, Team State wins, Regional titles, and a 2^nd place finish on Saturday to cap it all off. Another one heading off to Ann Arbor in the fall, one very likely to contribute to the storied two-lap history in the maize n’ blue.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Score	800m	1600m	3200m
1	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	1092	532	557	536
2	12	Selma Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	1	1036	478	547	489
3	11	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	1	1018	446	500	518
4	11	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	1	1016	412	501	515
5	12	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	1	997	430	489	508
6	11	Lucy Cook	Rochester	1	993	447	484	509
7	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	3	989	499	490	458
8	12	Morgan Brown	Livonia Churchill	1	982	479	494	487
9	12	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	2	979	454	492	487
10	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	1	972	497	475	–
11	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	1	967	445	495	471
12	12	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	2	965	449	500	465
13	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	4	962	470	492	377
14	12	Kylee King	Oak Park	1	953	501	452	–
15	11	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	2	953	507	446	–
16	9	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	1	952	367	472	480
17	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	3	951	477	473	–
18	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	2	950	357	465	484
19	12	Payton Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	1	945	459	486	–
20	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	3	943	411	470	473
21	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	2	941	413	460	481
22	12	Ava Kurczewski	Walled Lake Northern	1	940	466	472	467
23	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	1	932	431	464	468
24	12	Ella Christensen	Northville	1	929	432	497	–
25	10	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	1	928	388	457	471
26	9	Daisy Cox	Rockford	1	928	412	448	480
27	9	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	4	927	420	453	473
28	10	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	1	920	376	445	475
29	10	Ella Abraham	Rochester	1	919	454	465	–
30	12	Emma DeVries	GR West Mich. Aviation	2	918	450	466	453
31	11	Kamryn Lauinger	Goodrich	2	918	–	455	463
32	12	Layla Krayem	Livonia Stevenson	1	917	375	457	460
33	11	Sydney Kuhn	Saginaw Swan Valley	2	917	481	436	–
34	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	917	423	457	460
35	12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	915	438	477	–
36	11	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston	4	915	474	440	206
37	11	Courtney Bovair	Carleton Airport	2	914	404	464	450
38	11	Kaelin Hughes	Livonia Stevenson	1	914	381	454	460
39	11	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford	1	912	401	449	463
40	10	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	2	908	–	454	454
41	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	2	903	366	439	464
42	11	Eva Thompson	Croswell-Lexington	2	900	359	456	444
43	12	Nikki Carothers	Brighton	1	894	407	440	454
44	12	Laney Alig	Saline	1	893	–	433	460
45	12	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	2	893	389	434	459
46	11	Grace Grupido	Fraser	1	891	450	441	–
47	11	Lillian Deskins	Romeo	1	891	–	424	466
48	10	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	2	890	392	445	444
49	12	Carrigan Eberly	Brighton	1	889	356	450	439
50	10	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	1	886	415	452	435
51	9	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	2	885	374	455	430
52	12	Hannah DeRoeck	Lake Orion	1	884	415	445	439
53	12	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	4	880	391	422	457
54	10	Nora Gerzema	Farmington Hills Mercy	1	879	441	438	–
55	10	Emmerson Clor	Romeo	1	876	–	424	453
56	9	Katelynn Egli	Novi	1	876	448	428	–
57	10	Mackenzie Dicken	Plymouth	1	876	442	434	–
58	11	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	1	876	454	422	–
59	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	4	874	447	428	388
60	12	Jenna Pilachowski	Monroe Jefferson	2	874	340	431	443
61	12	Alexandra Brigham	Clarkston	1	874	350	437	437
62	12	Allison Kuzma	Zeeland East	1	872	395	417	455
63	11	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael	4	871	368	417	454
64	11	Emma Gunnett	Holland West Ottawa	1	870	441	412	430
65	11	Lauren Walker	Holt	1	870	483	387	–
66	12	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	2	865	381	414	451
67	9	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	2	864	313	423	441
68	11	Grace VanderKooi	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	862	389	416	447
69	9	Annabelle Lowman	Ludington	2	862	300	406	456
70	12	Ava King	Traverse City West	1	861	381	436	425
71	12	Addison Johnson	Utica	1	859	–	417	442
72	11	Kayla Williams	DeWitt	2	858	399	383	459
73	11	Ava Peters	Livonia Franklin	1	857	–	433	423
74	11	Olivia Purdy	Romeo	1	856	345	395	460
75	11	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	2	855	351	427	428
76	11	Lila Volkers	Kent City	3	854	333	400	454
77	11	Isabelle Becker	Bay City Western	1	852	426	426	393
78	11	Elle Bissett	Brighton	1	852	375	402	450
79	12	Shannon Gillahan	Okemos	1	851	354	386	465
80	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	3	849	425	418	424
81	10	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	1	849	–	412	438
82	12	Natalie Mello	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	845	429	411	417
83	12	Alyson Enns	Hart	3	845	345	421	424
84	10	Hope Miller	Blissfield	3	844	407	437	–
85	9	Anyla Robinson	Detroit Cass Tech	1	844	444	399	391
86	10	Aviana Skinner	Grand Ledge	1	843	360	432	410
87	11	Molly Baracco	Farmington	1	842	439	403	352
88	12	Sophie Cloutier	Birmingham Seaholm	1	840	435	405	362
89	9	El McMahan	Rochester Adams	1	840	418	422	386
90	12	Lydia Bowman	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	839	404	434	–
91	12	Alexis Ball	Traverse City Central	1	838	397	408	431
92	9	Becca Van Lent	Ann Arbor Skyline	1	835	390	445	–
93	10	Reese Smith	Traverse City West	1	832	476	356	–
94	9	Colette Lozo	Northville	1	831	424	407	356
95	11	Corynn Gady	Saline	1	831	360	423	408
96	11	Sophy Skeels	Adrian	2	827	396	431	363
97	12	Megan Germain	Otsego	2	825	298	410	415
98	9	Ayda Skeels	Adrian	2	825	390	422	403
99	9	Elliana Hufton	Lake Fenton	2	823	452	370	–
100	12	Clara James-Heer	Forest Hills Central	1	822	380	424	398