2024’s Final Awards

Three final awards and rankings to close this out: Best of the Best, Rookies of the Year, and All-Around Athletes. I’ll be updating this post as I work through these.

BEST OF THE BEST

2023’s edition had an athlete’s best two events added together, that combination aiming to find the absolute best athletes. This time around, I’ve filtered that down to one event. The reason for that is the field events, especially as we saw in Division 2, where it took until 7:30pm to finish the vault. A little tougher to get in other events while yours lasts for hours. Plus, if an athlete is nationally ranked in one event, they should be recognized for that.

As always, quantifying the best marks rely on these charts:

BOYS TABLES
GIRLS TABLES

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Event	Points	Mark	MI Rank	US Rank
1	12	Seth Norder	Grand Haven	1600m	578	4:00.50	1	5
2	12	Brendan Herger	Northville	800m	569	1:48.08	1	3
3	11	T.j. Hansen	Freeland	1600m	561	4:02.81	2	16
4	12	Jasper Cane	Kalamazoo Central	1600m	538	4:05.76	3	30
5	12	Brycen Anderson	Walled Lake Central	Discus	534	194′ 1″	1	23
6	12	Shamar Heard	Chippewa Valley	400m	534	46.76	1	29
7	11	Zacchaeus Brocks	Detroit Catholic Central	110h	531	13.73	1	25
8	12	Thomas Westphal	Anchor Bay	1600m	529	4:06.98	4	46
9	12	Andrew Harding	Ann Arbor Huron	High Jump	525	6′ 10.5″	1	27
10	10	Schmar Gamble	Belleville	110h	522	13.85	2	48
11	12	Paul Moore	Pinckney	3200m	520	8:53.96	1	57
12	11	Quincy Isaac	Canton	Long Jump	519	24′ 3.25″	1	32
13	11	Elijah Dotson	Belleville	110h	518	13.89	3	61
14	12	Andrew Kraft	Zeeland West	High Jump	518	6′ 10″	2	32
14	11	Brock Fergison	Sturgis	High Jump	518	6′ 10″	2	32
14	12	Xavier Santiago	Onaway	High Jump	518	6′ 10	2	32
14	12	Nathan Levine	Canton	High Jump	518	6′ 10″	2	32
18	12	Evan Watson	Troy Athens	400m	513	47.34	2	83
19	12	Gabe Vansickle	Coopersville	Shot Put	511	61′ 2″	1	60
20	11	Jaiden Smith	Belleville	110h	509	14.01	4	97
21	11	Mason Mayne	Lawton	Shot Put	507	60′ 9″	2	74
22	12	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	Shot Put	505	60′ 5″	3	85
23	12	Sawyer Moloy	Sanford-Meridian	High Jump	504	6′ 9″	6	65
23	12	Braden Prielipp	Marion	High Jump	504	6′ 9″	6	65
23	12	Charlie Garner	Ann Arbor Huron	High Jump	504	6′ 9″	6	65
26	12	Solomon Kwartowitz	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood	3200m	504
27	11	Ahmad Ameen	Jackson	400m	502
28	12	Cameron Cheetam	Hartland	400m	502
29	12	Leonardo Peralta-Castro	Lincoln Park	300h	501
30	11	Brennan Faber	Parma Western	Shot Put	500
31	11	Adam Huff	Wayland Union	Discus	499
32	12	Leonardo Ignacio	Saline	300h	499
33	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	3200m	498
34	11	Malachi Mosley	East Kentwood	400m	497
35	11	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	Shot Put	496
36	12	Pierce Grzymkowski	White Lake Lakeland	800m	496
37	12	Kenny Lewis	Saginaw Heritage	1600m	496
38	11	Michael Wilkerson	Rochester Adams	300h	494
39	11	Tryce Tokar	Ovid-Elsie	Pole Vault	494
40	10	Reece Emeott	East Kentwood	Pole Vault	494
41	12	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	Shot Put	494
42	12	Henry Shaieb	Ann Arbor Skyline	400m	492
43	12	Clintin Allen	Grosse Pointe North	Discus	491
44	12	Sebastian Ramirez	Royal Oak	1600m	491
45	12	Matthew (Matt) Foor	Carleton Airport	Discus	491
46	12	Noah Robinson	White Cloud	High Jump	490
47	10	Tayden Redding	Warren Michigan Collegiate	High Jump	490
48	12	Jayden Brock	Byron Center	High Jump	490
49	12	Brayden Kennedy	Highland-Milford	300h	489
50	12	Brandon Anderson	Dexter	800m	489
51	12	Brad White	Clare	800m	488
52	12	Wallace Tupper II	Traverse City West	110h	488
53	11	Liam Vaughan	Walled Lake Western	Shot Put	488
54	12	Nate Carmody	Haslett	3200m	488
55	12	Tyler Marrogy	Walled Lake Central	Shot Put	487
56	12	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	800m	487
57	11	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	1600m	487
58	9	Kaden Griffiths	Stevensville Lakeshore	Long Jump	487
59	12	Matthew Gordon	Traverse City Central	110h	486
60	11	August Rohde	Reed City	800m	485
61	12	Ray Weatherington	Walled Lake Central	Pole Vault	485
62	11	Sam Vesperman	Grosse Ile	Pole Vault	485
63	12	Austin Graham	Wayland Union	300h	485
64	11	Michael Piggee Jr.	Muskegon	110h	485
65	12	Cutler Brandt	Charlotte	300h	483
66	10	Kinley Poole	Ann Arbor Huron	400m	483
67	9	Declin Doroh	Stevensville Lakeshore	High Jump	483
68	11	Benjamin Rodenbaugh	McBain	High Jump	483
69	10	Andre Neumann	White Lake Lakeland	Shot Put	483
70	11	Max Ward	Elk Rapids	300h	482
71	11	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	Shot Put	482
72	9	Ben Romero	Forest Hills Central	800m	482
73	12	Elijah Dyer	Springport	300h	481
74	12	Jerry Wiegers	North Muskegon	400m	481
75	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	800m	481
76	12	Elyan Gregory	Beverly Hills Groves	300h	481
77	12	Connell Alford	Chelsea	3200m	481
78	12	Davis Barr	Battle Creek Lakeview	Long Jump	479
79	12	Jake Machiniak	Berrien Springs	100m	479
80	12	Anirudh Krishnan	Plymouth	1600m	478
81	12	Bryce Goodsell	Romeo	800m	478
82	12	Landon Bennett	Athens	300h	478
83	12	Mill Coleman	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	110h	478
84	11	Brady Feldpausch	Fowler	300h	477
85	11	Chase Battani	Almont	Pole Vault	477
86	10	Rondre Austion	Oak Park	400m	477
87	12	Bennett VandenBerg	Constantine	Discus	476
88	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	1600m	476
89	11	Dominic Weatherly	L’Anse Creuse	Shot Put	476
90	12	Nathan Cody	Walled Lake Central	Discus	476
91	12	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	High Jump	476
92	11	Bradley Richards	Fruitport Calvary Christian	High Jump	476
93	12	Carter Bissell	Rockford	Long Jump	476
94	12	Prentice Gardner	North Farmington	Long Jump	476
95	11	Teegan Simmons	Monroe	Discus	476
96	12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	Troy	3200m	475
97	9	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	475
98	12	Ty Parker	Walled Lake Northern	800m	474
99	12	Matthew Canales	Adrian	800m	474
100	12	Owen Hager	Caledonia	110h	474

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Event	Points	Mark	MI Rank	US Rank
1	12	Abigail Russell	Allen Park	Discus	563	166′ 11″	1	7
2	12	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	800m	562	2:03.87	1	2
3	12	Madison Morson	Salem	High Jump	555	5′ 10″	1	11
3	12	Milena Chevallier	Farmington Hills Mercy	High Jump	555	5′ 10″	1	11
5	9	Addyson Stiverson	Montrose	Shot Put	555	49′ 2″	1	7
6	12	Morgan Roundtree	Oak Park	300h	550	41.31	1	9
7	12	Selma Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	1600m	547	4:40.54	2	18
8	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	800m	543	2:05.87	2	12
9	11	Addison Hovey	Hart	High Jump	536	5′ 9″	3	27
10	12	Brooke Bowers	Forest Hills Central	Pole Vault	530	13′ 3″	1	21
11	12	Lindsay Johnson	Detroit Cass Tech	300h	526	42.31	2	37
12	11	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	800m	525	2:07.85	3	40
13	12	Maya Rollins	Ann Arbor Pioneer	100h	523	13.8	1	41
14	11	Sydney Kuhn	Saginaw Swan Valley	800m	521	2:08.34	4	47
15	12	Kylee King	Oak Park	800m	521	2:08.41	5	48
16	11	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	3200m	518	10:20.08	2	52
17	11	Victoria Garces	H.H. Dow	3200m	515	10:21.85	3	55
18	11	Kalia Monroe	Eastpointe	Shot Put	515	45′ 6″	3	40
19	12	Janae Hudson	Marysville	Shot Put	513	45′ 4″	4	45
20	11	Lucy Cook	Rochester	1600m	513	4:48.44	3	67
21	12	Rylan Finstrom	Grayling	Discus	512	148′ 8″	2	64
22	11	Isabel German	Lowell	Pole Vault	510	12′ 9″	2	43
23	12	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	3200m	508	10:26.20	5	73
24	9	Lorelai Zielinski	Traverse City Central	Shot Put	507	44′ 9″	5	66
25	9	Nevaeh Burns	Oak Park	400m	505	55.02	3	108
26	11	Carrie VanNoy	Oak Park	100h	503
27	9	Elli VanDusen	Kalamazoo Christian	High Jump	502
28	12	Alysia Townsend	Ann Arbor Skyline	High Jump	502
29	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	1600m	501
30	9	Aubree Bowers	Forest Hills Central	Pole Vault	500
31	12	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	1600m	500
32	9	Bella Friddle	Hastings	High Jump	497
33	11	Ariyana James	East Lansing	High Jump	497
34	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	800m	497
35	10	Kamryn Tatum	West Bloomfield	200m	497
36	11	Jada Wilson	Belleville	300h	497
37	12	Ella Christensen	Northville	1600m	497
38	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	1600m	495
39	12	Kayla Harris	East Kentwood	Discus	495
40	12	Morgan Brown	Livonia Churchill	1600m	494
41	11	Lauren Bickerdt	Detroit Renaissance	300h	494
42	12	Jordyn Harris	Walled Lake Central	Discus	492
43	11	Dayshana Kellogg	Oak Park	400m	492
44	12	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	1600m	492
45	12	Katie Stewart	Salem	Pole Vault	490
46	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	800m	489
47	9	Anyla Robinson	Detroit Cass Tech	800m	486
48	12	Payton Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	1600m	486
49	12	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	Discus	486
50	12	Allyson Broaddus	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	Discus	485
51	12	Makayla Porter	East Kentwood	Discus	485
52	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	3200m	484
53	12	Shelby Sanders	Detroit Renaissance	400m	484
54	12	Giuliana Serapiglia	Plymouth	Pole Vault	484
55	11	Lauren Walker	Holt	800m	483
56	11	Jada Ewell	Royal Oak	Discus	483
57	12	Aliyah Springer	Hamilton	Discus	483
58	12	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	Shot Put	482
59	10	Laila Hawkins	Detroit Cass Tech	100h	482
60	11	Maya Justice	Brownstown Woodhaven	Long Jump	481
61	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	3200m	481
62	12	Allison Shelton	Ortonville Brandon	Pole Vault	480
63	10	Katherine Blue	Grand Ledge	Pole Vault	480
64	12	Taylor Diemond	Cedar Springs	Pole Vault	480
65	12	Aubree Meyer	Hartland	Shot Put	480
66	12	Daisy Speet	GRTC Perigrines	800m	480
67	9	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	3200m	480
68	9	Daisy Cox	Rockford	3200m	480
69	11	Keirra Taube	Yale	High Jump	478
70	11	Sophia Pell	Olivet	High Jump	478
71	12	Olivia Findlay	Marlette	High Jump	478
72	10	Sarah Pippin	Edwardsburg	High Jump	478
73	12	Susie Schulz	Bay City Central	High Jump	478
74	12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m	477
75	10	Reese Smith	Traverse City West	800m	476
76	11	Leigha Stoepker	Jenison	Shot Put	476
77	11	Elizabeth (Izzie) Miller	Battle Creek Harper Creek	Discus	476
78	10	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	3200m	475
79	11	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston	800m	474
80	9	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	3200m	473
81	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	3200m	473
82	12	Addison Washler	Forest Hills Eastern	800m	473
83	12	Ava Kurczewski	Walled Lake Northern	1600m	472
84	11	Molly Baracco	Farmington	800m	472
85	9	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	800m	472
86	10	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	3200m	471
87	12	Lena Cleveland	Rochester	Long Jump	471
88	10	Maiya Corrigan	Rockford	Pole Vault	470
89	12	Claire Adams	Rockford	Pole Vault	470
90	10	Raiden Kipfmiller	Dexter	Pole Vault	470
91	12	Molly Socha	Bloomfield Hills	Discus	470
92	11	Joy Evans	Alma	800m	469
93	10	Emily Peters	Olivet	300h	469
94	12	Ania Toboy	Wyandotte Roosevelt	Discus	468
95	12	Ella Schafer	St. Johns	Discus	468
96	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	3200m	468
97	11	Emily Jokela	Lake Linden-Hubbell	300h	468
98	12	Ashley Krahe	Northville	300h	467
99	11	Jayda Watson	Oak Park	100h	467
100	11	Cora Williams	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	Shot Put	467

ROOKIES OF THE YEAR

Computed in the same manner as the Best of the Best, just filtered out for freshmen.

Rank	Name	Team	Event	Points	Mark	Fr. MI Rank	Fr. US Rank
1	Kaden Griffiths	Stevensville Lakeshore	Long Jump	487	23′ 6″	1	2
2	Declin Doroh	Stevensville Lakeshore	High Jump	483	6′ 7.5″	1	3
3	Ben Romero	Forest Hills Central	800m	482	9:08.17	1	4
4	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m	475	9:09.60	2	5
5	Wendell Childs	Clarkston	400m	457	48.92	1	13
6	Ryan Good	Parma Western	800m	455	1:55.23	2	9
7	Chris Tetloff	Midland Bullock Creek	Shot Put	444	52′ 9″	1	11
8	Nathan Bruss	Walled Lake Northern	800m	444	1:55.97	3	18
9	Robert Jazwinski III	Hart	3200m	434	9:23.64	3	21
10	Noah Rufenacht	Quincy	High Jump	434	6′ 4″	2	25
10	Joel Cranmore	Leslie	High Jump	434	6′ 4″	2	25
12	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	3200m	432
13	Jack MacGregor	Howell	3200m	430
14	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	1600m	426
15	Tucker Wiginton	Springport	Pole Vault	426
16	Brandon Commet	Ida	300h	425
17	Caleb Nelson	North Farmington	400m	424
18	Harvey Grove	Gladwin	Shot Put	413
19	Lorenzo Reynolds	East Kentwood	Long Jump	412
20	Braylon Holmes	Charlotte	Long Jump	410
21	Tyler Mollan	Lake Orion	Pole Vault	409
21	Grady Myers	Forest Hills Northern	Pole Vault	409
23	Avery Simmons	Frankenmuth	Discus	407
24	Caleb Erkkinen	Sterling Heights Stevenson	High Jump	405
24	Hayden Stout	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	High Jump	405

Rank	Name	Team	Event	Points	Mark	Fr. MI Rank	Fr. US Rank
1	Addyson Stiverson	Montrose	Shot Put	555	49′ 2″	1	1
2	Lorelai Zielinski	Traverse City Central	Shot Put	507	44′ 9″	2	6
3	Nevaeh Burns	Oak Park	400m	505	55.02	1	9
4	Elli VanDusen	Kalamazoo Christian	High Jump	502	5′ 7.25″	1	6
5	Aubree Bowers	Forest Hills Central	Pole Vault	500	12′ 6″	1	1
6	Bella Friddle	Hastings	High Jump	497	5′ 7″	2	7
7	Anyla Robinson	Detroit Cass Tech	800m	486	2:12.19	1	10
8	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	3200m	484	10:39.77	1	17
9	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	3200m	480	10:42.42	2	21
10	Daisy Cox	Rockford	3200m	480	10:42.44	3	22
11	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	3200m	473
12	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	800m	472
13	Stephanie DiPiazza	GRTC Perigrines	1600m	465
14	Willow Mason	Saginaw Heritage	200m	463
15	Ella Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	800m	463
16	Katelyn Wendling	New Lothrop	400m	457
17	Logan Richardson	East Kentwood	200m	456
18	Annabelle Lowman	Ludington	3200m	456
19	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	1600m	455
20	Aubrey Wilson	Dearborn Divine Child	200m	454
21	Leigha Whitman	Stevensville Lakeshore	Long Jump	453
22	Elliana Hufton	Lake Fenton	800m	452
23	Davea Crowe	Pinckney	300h	452
24	Katelynn Egli	Novi	800m	448
25	Becca Van Lent	Ann Arbor Skyline	1600m	445

ALL-AROUND ATHLETES

These were tabulated by adding an athlete’s scores from every single event, so long as they hit the D1 regional qualifying standard (linked here). If you’re a college coach looking for underclassmen that can compete in the multis, this might be your list.

Since the chart is too big to post on here, we’re going 200 deep (or about the 99th percentile) on Google Sheets.

BOYS CHART

GIRLS CHART