2025’s Best Hurdle Crews: Mid April

Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

In the past, I’ve struggled grasping exactly what I want to write about for each event or division. Thankfully, these early qualifiers make it easy! If you’ve qualified in the timeframe before your event area has been posted or in between those posts, you’ll get a little sentence or three.

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Thursday (4/10) at 10pm.

Early Qualifiers

Laila Hawkins, Detroit Cass Tech

14.74 – 100 Hurdles – DDC Early Season All-Comers

One race in and she’s already 0.2 seconds faster than last year, a season that resulted in a 6th place D1 finish.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Brooklyn Harmon	15.06	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	446	100h
11	Mia Hilton	46.91	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	418	300h
9	Amya Gater	16.72	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	346	100h
11	Mia Hilton	16.86	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	337	100h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	1129	418	1548
2	Okemos	679	745	1424
3	Belleville	807	479	1286
4	Detroit Cass Tech	804	376	1181
5	Salem	736	359	1095
6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	667	366	1032
7	Byron Center	422	378	800
8	Caledonia	397	368	766
9	Lake Orion	381	375	756
10	Ann Arbor Huron	370	377	747
11	Clarkston	365	361	726
12	Rockford	352	346	698
13	Rochester Adams	677	–	677
14	Taylor	454	–	454
15	Utica Ford	382	–	382
16	Holland West Ottawa	–	372	372
17	Grand Ledge	371	–	371
18	Romeo	–	369	369
19	Oxford	–	360	360
20	Woodhaven Brownstown	–	348	348
21	Ann Arbor Skyline	335	–	335
22	Mount Pleasant	330	–	330
23	Troy	326	–	326
24	Holt	324	–	324

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Michael Wilkerson	14.80	Rochester Adams	448	110h
12	Lachlan Tillotson	15.05	Rochester Adams	429	110h
12	Michael Wilkerson	41.00	Rochester Adams	404	300h
12	Lachlan Tillotson	41.18	Rochester Adams	398	300h
12	Steven Wilkerson	15.60	Rochester Adams	387	110h
12	Steven Wilkerson	42.45	Rochester Adams	358	300h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Rochester Adams	1265	1161	2426
2	Belleville	1345	382	1728
3	Greenville	811	808	1619
4	Temperance Bedford	1214	360	1574
5	Holland West Ottawa	756	375	1131
6	Walled Lake Western	427	425	851
7	West Bloomfield	344	405	749
8	Detroit Cass Tech	368	378	745
9	Grosse Pointe South	365	376	740
10	Lowell	352	381	732
11	Ann Arbor Huron	–	442	442
12	Saline	–	422	422
13	Rockford	–	381	381
14	Caledonia	–	377	377
15	Byron Center	–	370	370
16	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	–	368	368
17	Howell	366	–	366
18	Southgate Anderson	–	358	358
19	Farmington	355	–	355
20	Livonia Churchill	346	–	346
21	Grand Ledge	343	–	343
22	Portage Central	342	–	342
23	Grandville	342	–	342
24	Beverly Hills Groves	341	–	341

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Sydney Kuhn	44.76	Saginaw Swan Valley	469	300h
10	Aubrey Hare	49.27	Saginaw Swan Valley	363	300h
10	Aubrey Hare	17.54	Saginaw Swan Valley	296	100h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Saginaw Swan Valley	296	832	1128
2	Owosso	650	392	1043
3	Sturgis	589	315	903
4	Allegan	416	423	839
5	Hudsonville Unity Christian	364	349	712
6	Gladwin	357	324	682
7	Trenton	343	325	669
8	Plainwell	288	351	638
9	Portland	278	354	633
10	Shepherd	306	320	627
11	Spring Lake	317	300	617
12	Dearborn Divine Child	289	318	607
13	Parma Western	307	297	604
14	Forest Hills Eastern	289	312	602
15	Holland Christian	277	298	575
16	Chelsea	569	–	569
17	Monroe Jefferson	562	–	562
18	Cranbrook Kingswood	409	–	409
19	Fruitport	334	–	334
20	Freeland	–	316	316
21	Hopkins	–	297	297
22	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	277	–	277
23	Bay City John Glenn	272	–	272
23	Eaton Rapids	272	–	272
25	Otsego	269	–	269

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Conan Weeks	16.00	Clare	356	110h
12	Logan Carstensen	42.72	Clare	350	300h
11	Conan Weeks	42.78	Clare	348	300h
12	Logan Carstensen	16.79	Clare	295	110h
12	Ty Allbee	16.83	Clare	292	110h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Clare	944	698	1642
2	Parma Western	705	720	1425
3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	1056	–	1056
4	Shepherd	–	747	747
5	Freeland	377	342	719
6	Coldwater	709	–	709
7	Alma	677	–	677
8	Three Rivers	331	336	667
9	Trenton	280	333	613
10	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	388	–	388
11	Corunna	363	–	363
12	Saginaw Swan Valley	–	357	357
13	Jackson Northwest	352	–	352
14	Grand Rapids South Christian	–	348	348
15	Grand Rapids Christian	–	336	336
16	Gladwin	335	–	335
17	Marshall	332	–	332
18	Hazel Park	308	–	308

Early Qualifiers

Julia Hughes, Ida

15.66 – 100 Hurdles – Hillsdale Jack Beilfuss Invitational

An off-season dedication to strength and power led to the ability to consistently three step. Which then brought about her first sub-16 ever.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Julia Hughes	15.66	Ida	410	100h
11	Julia Hughes	48.34	Ida	385	300h
12	Mackenzie Dollison	52.41	Ida	289	300h
12	Mackenzie Dollison	17.89	Ida	275	100h
11	Grace May	17.97	Ida	270	100h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Ida	955	674	1629
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	277	616	893
3	Standish Sterling	570	271	841
4	Quincy	362	332	693
5	Bath	414	267	681
6	Kent City	277	295	571
7	Union City	257	271	528
8	Chesaning	–	523	523
9	Napoleon	285	–	285
10	The Potter’s House	–	281	281
11	Ovid-Elsie	275	–	275
12	Ravenna	262	–	262
13	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	–	249	249
14	Stanton Central Montcalm	246	–	246

Early Qualifiers

Caleb Walker, Chesaning

14.72 – 110 Hurdles – Fowlerville Early Season Open

Twice All-State in the high hurdles, this is Caleb’s second foray into the 14’s – and the earliest in the season that he’s reached that mark.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Zander Goodwin	42.78	Jonesville	348	300h
12	Zander Goodwin	16.13	Jonesville	346	110h
10	Reece Rundquist	44.22	Jonesville	303	300h
10	Reece Rundquist	16.80	Jonesville	295	110h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Jonesville	641	651	1292
2	Chesaning	832	357	1189
3	Ravenna	301	680	981
4	Bath	579	374	953
5	Hillsdale	618	297	916
6	Elk Rapids	408	431	840
7	Burton Atherton	708	–	708
8	Adrian Madison	706	–	706
9	Hudson	291	288	578
10	Stockbridge	229	294	524
11	Ann Arbor Greenhills	–	389	389
12	Quincy	376	–	376
13	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	332	–	332
14	Napoleon	327	–	327
15	Pewamo-Westphalia	–	321	321
16	Brooklyn Columbia Central	312	–	312
17	Leslie	301	–	301
18	Laingsburg	–	288	288
19	Ida	273	–	273
20	Hanover-Horton	272	–	272
21	Almont	267	–	267
22	Hesperia	264	–	264
23	Burton-Bendle	251	–	251
24	Standish Sterling	236	–	236

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Payton Haynes	16.49	Mason County Eastern	360	100h
9	Aubrey Myers	17.81	Mason County Eastern	280	100h
10	Annabelle Zwagerman	18.39	Mason County Eastern	245	100h
9	Aubrey Myers	54.66	Mason County Eastern	236	300h
12	Payton Haynes	55.64	Mason County Eastern	213	300h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Mason County Eastern	884	450	1334
2	Petersburg-Summerfield	675	260	936
3	Fowler	239	631	870
4	Vestaburg	405	264	669
5	Hillsdale Academy	303	293	596
6	Lansing Christian	328	–	328
7	Kalamazoo Hackett	–	272	272
8	International Academy of Flint	265	–	265
9	Brown City	234	–	234
10	Holland Calvary Christian	232	–	232
11	Potterville	–	226	226
12	Morrice	222	–	222
13	Fulton	220	–	220
14	Pentwater	215	–	215
15	Tri-unity Christian	192	–	192

Early Qualifiers

Dawson Scharer, Hillsdale Academy

15.85 – 110 Hurdles & 40.82 – 300 Hurdles – Hillsdale Jack Beilfuss Invitational

2024’s 2x All-Stater can cruise into the State Finals knowing that he’s got a chance to repeat that same feat – or attain higher goals. Considering he opened last year with 16/42+ efforts, he’s in a good spot to be in contention come late May.

Logan Smith, Morrice

41.90 – 300 Hurdles – Fowlerville Early Season Open

Smith joined Scharer as a duplicate All-Stater. Like Dawson, Logan is far ahead of 2024’s pace. Having opened last season over 44, he’s already 3 sec. ahead of pace.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Kris Vigars	42.09	Riverview Gabriel Richard	370	300h
12	Sebastian Martinez	44.23	Riverview Gabriel Richard	302	300h
12	Austin Louzon	16.72	Riverview Gabriel Richard	301	110h
9	Ty Patterson	44.90	Riverview Gabriel Richard	281	300h
12	Austin Louzon	44.96	Riverview Gabriel Richard	280	300h
12	Kris Vigars	18.06	Riverview Gabriel Richard	198	110h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Riverview Gabriel Richard	498	954	1452
2	Hillsdale Academy	652	721	1374
3	Fowler	402	384	786
4	Petersburg-Summerfield	458	212	670
5	Morrice	152	376	527
6	Vandercook Lake	264	263	526
7	Detroit Frederick Douglass	169	294	464
8	Coleman	208	230	439
9	Royal Oak Shrine	156	244	400
10	International Academy of Flint	358	–	358
11	Kalamazoo Hackett	283	–	283
12	Saginaw Nouvel	–	255	255
13	Dansville	–	242	242
14	St Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	–	241	241
15	Jackson Preparatory	–	222	222
16	Eau Claire	204	–	204
17	Athens	201	–	201
18	Morenci	200	–	200
19	Brown City	169	–	169
20	Decatur	121	–	121