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 (well, except for the relays, I have to re-work the points chart to account for using 3 runners instead of 4)
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Sunday (4/13) evening. To keep things consistent, all times listed are FAT. Hand timing really shouldn’t be a thing in 2025, anyway.
Grade Name Time Event Team Points 9:25.5 4x800m Romeo 1073 12 Olivia Purdy 11:05.4 3200m Romeo 440 11 Natalia Guaresimo 5:06.9 1600m Romeo 434 11 Ella Goodsell 5:07.3 1600m Romeo 432 12 Violet Hrabovsky 2:18.9 800m Romeo 425 11 Natalia Guaresimo 2:19.0 800m Romeo 424 10 Annie Hrabovsky 5:13.2 1600m Romeo 407 11 Ella Goodsell 2:22.0 800m Romeo 397
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4x800m Total 1 Romeo 1246 1273 440 1073 4033 2 DeWitt 764 1114 364 932 3173 3 Ann Arbor Pioneer 758 1230 – 994 2982 4 Saline 375 720 768 931 2794 5 Traverse City West 371 683 736 914 2705 6 Brighton 398 669 761 737 2566 7 Hartland 372 729 372 872 2344 8 Holland West Ottawa 748 819 731 – 2297 9 Northville 373 376 725 799 2272 10 Ann Arbor Huron 767 735 – 684 2187 11 Hudsonville 361 784 – 847 1992 12 Grand Ledge 398 408 380 784 1969 13 Rockford 359 343 354 817 1873 14 Midland Dow – – 969 879 1848 15 Rochester Adams 384 813 451 – 1648 16 Holt 390 327 – 789 1506 17 Portage Northern – 701 744 – 1445 18 Oak Park 355 – – 1038 1393 19 Grand Haven 800 489 – – 1289 20 Livonia Franklin 374 418 396 – 1188 21 Lake Orion 377 – – 778 1154 22 Okemos – 382 – 696 1078 23 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – 396 – 680 1076 24 Jenison – 1075 – – 1075 25 Utica 364 326 367 – 1057
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 7:56.4 Northville 1036 4x800m 11 Ryan Stojov 1:57.8 Northville 414 800m 12 Logan Mullan 1:57.9 Northville 413 800m 12 Ethan Powell 9:30.9 Northville 413 3200m 12 Ethan Powell 4:24.1 Northville 398 1600m 11 Ben Hartigan 1:58.9 Northville 397 800m 10 Brandon Cloud 9:36.5 Northville 397 3200m 11 Ryan Stojov 4:24.7 Northville 394 1600m 9 Lucas Mullan 2:00.1 Northville 377 800m 12 Ishaan Kundapur 4:29.1 Northville 361 1600m 12 Rece Grezak 2:01.9 Northville 349 800m 11 Ben Hartigan 4:31.7 Northville 341 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×800 Total 1 Northville 1225 1153 810 1036 4223 2 Canton 418 1147 787 861 3213 3 Rockford 1037 1091 358 665 3150 4 Plymouth 726 710 389 934 2758 5 Howell 675 694 416 715 2501 6 East Kentwood 704 989 – 647 2339 7 Livonia Churchill 1031 1091 – – 2123 8 Brighton – 649 720 719 2089 9 Troy Athens 362 407 341 762 1872 10 West Bloomfield 369 348 – 955 1673 11 Kalamazoo Central 424 726 406 – 1556 12 Grand Ledge – 369 401 753 1524 13 Clarkston 775 692 – – 1467 14 Utica – 1100 361 – 1460 15 Walled Lake Northern 696 – – 709 1405 16 Midland 350 – – 862 1212 17 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 360 432 355 – 1147 18 Oak Park 427 – – 653 1081 19 Oxford – 344 – 730 1074 20 Traverse City Central 690 – 366 – 1057 21 Holland West Ottawa 678 371 – – 1049 22 Caledonia 359 689 – – 1048 23 Grand Haven – 778 – – 778 24 Traverse City West 371 363 – – 734 25 Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 349 383 – – 732
Grade Name Time Event Team Points 10:01.2 4x800m Goodrich 776 12 Layla Jordan 2:16.3 800m Goodrich 449 10 Alivia Ottinger 5:14.9 1600m Goodrich 400 9 Kayla Shellenbarger 2:22.5 800m Goodrich 392 12 Kamryn Lauinger 11:38.3 3200m Goodrich 383 9 Kayla Shellenbarger 5:23.4 1600m Goodrich 363 12 Kamryn Lauinger 5:29.9 1600m Goodrich 335 9 Kayla Shellenbarger 12:19.9 3200m Goodrich 311
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4x800m Total 1 Goodrich 841 1098 695 776 3410 2 St. Joseph 701 1010 733 713 3158 3 Adrian 317 1014 697 666 2694 4 Linden 306 620 987 774 2687 5 Cadillac 377 718 768 725 2588 6 Holland Christian 708 738 386 685 2517 7 Otsego 318 1025 422 699 2465 8 Freeland 643 – 703 853 2199 9 Spring Lake 985 272 299 456 2012 10 Frankenmuth 292 695 371 485 1844 11 Stevensville Lakeshore 785 297 – 740 1821 12 Chelsea 347 278 349 689 1664 13 Carleton Airport 288 376 411 555 1629 14 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 359 280 361 576 1577 15 Gladwin 395 297 289 575 1557 16 Clare 308 542 – 686 1537 17 Forest Hills Eastern – 286 684 521 1491 18 Lake Fenton 705 612 – – 1317 19 St. Johns – 306 447 561 1313 20 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – 376 414 519 1309 21 Detroit Country Day 320 276 – 687 1283 22 Edwardsburg 392 439 381 – 1212 23 New Boston Huron – 356 355 468 1178 24 Hastings 340 386 383 – 1109 25 East Grand Rapids – 357 – 737 1094
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 11 Thomas Larson 1:58.1 Alma 410 800m 10 Ezekiel Baltierra 4:30.1 Alma 353 1600m 10 Ezekiel Baltierra 2:01.9 Alma 348 800m 10 Kevin Terpstra 10:14.0 Alma 288 3200m 9 Sam Johnson 10:26.7 Alma 251 3200m 11 Luca Lebron 4:43.8 Alma 249 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×800 Total 1 Alma 758 602 539 – 1898 2 Macomb Lutheran North 307 573 339 638 1857 3 Allendale – 782 – 729 1511 4 Flint Kearsley 371 636 347 – 1354 5 Williamston – 338 341 597 1276 6 Parma Western 358 362 – 550 1269 7 Saginaw Swan Valley 341 586 342 – 1269 8 New Boston Huron – 284 323 657 1265 9 Gladwin – 350 344 569 1263 10 Petoskey – 917 277 – 1194 11 Frankenmuth – 560 588 – 1148 12 Marshall 374 751 – – 1125 13 Holland Christian 361 393 312 – 1065 14 Forest Hills Eastern 957 – – – 957 15 Adrian 330 345 237 – 911 16 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard – 245 – 647 891 17 Ludington 333 – – 525 858 18 Battle Creek Harper Creek – 293 – 538 830 19 Dearborn Divine Child – 365 337 – 702 20 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 354 335 – – 689 21 Dowagiac Union 342 344 – – 686 22 Ogemaw Heights 390 244 – – 634 23 Owosso 338 295 – – 633 24 St. Joseph – 326 304 – 630 25 Essexville Garber – 306 300 – 606
Grade Name Time Event Team Points 10:00.6 4x800m Stanton Central Montcalm 780 12 Kyah Hoffman 11:22.5 3200m Stanton Central Montcalm 411 12 Kyah Hoffman 5:15.3 1600m Stanton Central Montcalm 398 12 Ashley Choponis 11:49.1 3200m Stanton Central Montcalm 365 12 Kyah Hoffman 2:28.7 800m Stanton Central Montcalm 336 12 Ashley Choponis 5:30.5 1600m Stanton Central Montcalm 332 12 Ashley Choponis 2:32.3 800m Stanton Central Montcalm 303 11 Grace Coston 5:47.6 1600m Stanton Central Montcalm 259 11 Grace Coston 12:50.7 3200m Stanton Central Montcalm 258 11 Grace Coston 2:41.5 800m Stanton Central Montcalm 220
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4x800m Total 1 Stanton Central Montcalm 859 989 1034 780 3663 2 Pewamo-Westphalia 909 1055 937 608 3509 3 LeRoy Pine River 425 461 628 427 1940 4 Traverse City St. Francis 467 511 276 587 1840 5 Leslie 328 629 259 510 1726 6 Lansing Catholic 718 – – 742 1461 7 Blissfield 302 358 242 468 1369 8 Jackson Lumen Christi – 522 375 473 1369 9 Lake City – 522 324 460 1306 10 Remus Chippewa Hills 484 286 – 521 1291 11 Hart 640 – 262 363 1266 12 Ithaca 222 – 618 377 1217 13 Kent City 512 595 – – 1107 14 Onsted 562 473 – – 1035 15 Saugatuck 481 512 – – 994 16 Monroe St. Mary CC 351 344 – 273 969 17 Buchanan – 272 287 361 919 18 Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory – 435 439 – 875 19 Farwell – 282 303 268 853 20 Sanford-Meridian 282 231 – 299 812 21 Bath 248 220 – 336 804 22 Grass Lake 227 211 – 345 783 23 Grayling 273 496 – – 769 24 Muskegon Western Mich. Christian 413 331 – – 744 25 McBain – 255 – 475 729
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 8:17.7 Traverse City St. Francis 752 4x800m 12 Robby Myler 2:02.7 Traverse City St. Francis 337 800m 12 Josh Slocum 10:00.5 Traverse City St. Francis 327 3200m 10 William Ready 10:05.6 Traverse City St. Francis 312 3200m 12 Josh Slocum 4:35.8 Traverse City St. Francis 310 1600m 10 William Ready 4:41.3 Traverse City St. Francis 268 1600m 12 Owen Read 10:21.3 Traverse City St. Francis 267 3200m 12 Owen Read 4:48.4 Traverse City St. Francis 214 1600m 12 Riley Pattinson 4:53.1 Traverse City St. Francis 178 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×800 Total 1 Traverse City St. Francis 337 792 906 752 2787 2 Ann Arbor Greenhills 880 325 612 582 2399 3 Pewamo-Westphalia 931 535 509 349 2325 4 Jonesville 357 677 483 622 2139 5 Onsted 531 667 506 354 2058 6 Brooklyn Columbia Central 283 387 475 530 1676 7 Jackson Lumen Christi 287 424 472 333 1516 8 Charlevoix 371 360 549 – 1280 9 Chesaning 348 506 – 346 1200 10 Manton – 297 454 448 1198 11 Muskegon Western Mich. Christian – 592 – 526 1118 12 Reed City – 646 420 – 1067 13 Hanover-Horton – 621 – 408 1029 14 Stanton Central Montcalm – 343 281 339 963 15 Pigeon-Laker – 494 – 353 847 16 Constantine 486 – 350 – 836 17 Bath – 411 414 – 825 18 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 311 182 307 – 801 19 Blissfield 285 133 374 – 793 20 Centreville 624 142 – – 766 21 Midland Bullock Creek – 374 389 – 763 22 Ithaca 268 472 – – 740 23 Lake City – – 385 327 712 24 St. Louis – 380 320 – 700 25 Laingsburg – 334 – 361 695
Grade Name Time Event Team Points 10:15.0 4x800m Whitmore Lake 674 10 Kaylie Livingston 11:07.5 3200m Whitmore Lake 436 10 Kaylie Livingston 5:08.6 1600m Whitmore Lake 427 9 Malynda Lambros 12:37.3 3200m Whitmore Lake 281 11 Elodie Weaver 12:39.8 3200m Whitmore Lake 277 11 Carina Burchi 2:39.0 800m Whitmore Lake 242 11 Elodie Weaver 5:52.2 1600m Whitmore Lake 240 9 Malynda Lambros 5:53.1 1600m Whitmore Lake 236 9 Malynda Lambros 2:44.3 800m Whitmore Lake 194
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4x800m Total 1 Whitmore Lake 436 902 995 674 3007 2 Grand Traverse Academy 511 433 371 386 1701 3 Fowler 292 508 427 374 1600 4 Kalamazoo Hackett – 562 461 565 1588 5 Gobles 250 506 335 449 1540 6 Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 536 751 219 – 1505 7 Hillsdale Academy 402 207 274 439 1322 8 Breckenridge 426 394 – 487 1307 9 Bridgman 245 243 275 397 1160 10 Vestaburg – 354 318 371 1043 11 Kingston 252 281 196 254 983 12 Petersburg-Summerfield 214 204 176 315 909 13 Royal Oak Shrine 271 – 180 370 822 14 Allen Park Cabrini 252 293 268 – 813 15 Portland St. Patrick 785 – – – 785 16 Leland 195 291 – 252 739 17 Harbor Beach 228 161 – 331 720 18 Cardinal Mooney Catholic 202 211 290 – 703 19 St. Charles 253 217 224 – 694 20 Petoskey St. Michael 292 361 – – 653 21 Adrian Lenawee Christian 307 251 – – 559 22 Birmingham Roeper 268 288 – – 556 23 Novi Christian Academy 243 264 – – 507 24 Brown City – 184 301 – 485 25 Beal City 286 168 – – 454
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 11 Marek Butkiewicz 4:22.5 Kalamazoo Hackett 411 1600m 11 Marek Butkiewicz 9:34.5 Kalamazoo Hackett 402 3200m 11 Marek Butkiewicz 1:59.6 Kalamazoo Hackett 385 800m 11 Sean Siems 2:05.9 Kalamazoo Hackett 286 800m 11 Sean Siems 4:46.0 Kalamazoo Hackett 232 1600m 12 Alexander Dumont 2:09.6 Kalamazoo Hackett 226 800m 10 Kellen Siems 11:12.1 Kalamazoo Hackett 119 3200m 10 Kellen Siems 5:05.5 Kalamazoo Hackett 83 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×800 Total 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 897 727 521 – 2145 2 Hillsdale Academy 178 597 480 465 1721 3 Holland Calvary Christian 381 549 362 – 1292 4 Riverview Gabriel Richard 194 352 321 362 1229 5 Harbor Beach – 285 512 313 1110 6 Tri-unity Christian 387 431 252 – 1070 7 Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 220 302 196 230 948 8 Plymouth Christian Academy 319 146 177 258 901 9 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 158 115 170 332 775 10 Petoskey St. Michael 412 362 – – 775 11 Birmingham Roeper 256 – 68 412 736 12 Three Oaks River Valley 346 374 – – 720 13 Lutheran Westland 494 195 – – 690 14 Beal City 306 204 – 172 682 15 Bridgman 227 195 176 – 597 16 Mason County Eastern – 180 410 – 590 17 Detroit Frederick Douglass 279 275 – – 554 18 Maple City Glen Lake – 551 – – 551 19 Whitmore Lake – 205 287 – 492 20 Harbor Springs – 460 – – 460 21 Royal Oak Shrine 233 215 – – 449 22 Morenci – 89 139 200 428 23 Eau Claire 190 – – 218 407 24 Manchester – – 146 236 382 25 Frankfort – 142 – 231 373
