Track is in full swing, 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:
Early in the season, I had some optimism that I’d have time to do some writing. Two weeks later, it’s very evident that I was pessimistic regarding how many EQ’s we’d have. So you just get charts and rankings. \
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Sunday (4/20) morning.
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Greta Caprathe 5′ 8″ Rockford 517 High Jump 12 Greta Caprathe 18′ 0.75″ Rockford 442 Long Jump 12 Layla Visser 5′ 4″ Rockford 440 High Jump 12 Ashley Williams 16′ 5″ Rockford 373 Long Jump 11 Elise Watkins 5′ 0″ Rockford 363 High Jump 9 Olympia Van Holten 5′ 0″ Rockford 363 High Jump 11 Elise Watkins 15′ 7″ Rockford 338 Long Jump 12 Kierra Clum 4′ 10″ Rockford 324 High Jump 10 Lucy Mason 4′ 10″ Rockford 324 High Jump 9 Mj Obenauf 15′ 1.75″ Rockford 320 Long Jump 9 Drew Howell 15′ 0.75″ Rockford 316 Long Jump 12 Layla Visser 15′ 0.75″ Rockford 316 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Rockford 1319 1153 2472 2 East Kentwood 687 1109 1796 3 Zeeland East 1050 745 1795 4 Grand Haven 725 1065 1791 5 Salem 649 1060 1709 6 Livonia Churchill 649 1057 1705 7 Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 649 999 1648 8 Byron Center 401 1111 1512 9 Brighton 725 707 1432 10 Macomb Dakota 725 704 1430 11 Ann Arbor Pioneer 1069 345 1414 12 Okemos 324 1088 1412 13 Saline 649 708 1356 14 Rochester 401 744 1146 15 Traverse City West 440 660 1100 16 Grand Ledge 725 368 1093 17 Clarkston 725 365 1091 18 Greenville 764 324 1088 19 Novi – 1084 1084 20 Northville – 1046 1046 21 Howell 687 341 1028 22 Troy 687 321 1008 23 Rochester Adams 324 666 990 24 Zeeland West – 987 987 25 Jenison 324 658 982
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 10 Lorenzo Reynolds 23′ 0.5″ East Kentwood 467 Long Jump 11 Jhavon Alexander 21′ 10″ East Kentwood 416 Long Jump 12 James Johnson 6′ 2″ East Kentwood 405 High Jump 9 Kenneth Harris 21′ 1″ East Kentwood 384 Long Jump 10 Chris Parker 5′ 10″ East Kentwood 349 High Jump 12 Keaten Bouwhuis 5′ 10″ East Kentwood 349 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 East Kentwood 1103 1266 2370 2 Novi 1103 790 1894 3 Portage Central 1117 737 1855 4 Woodhaven Brownstown 1244 424 1669 5 Zeeland West 405 1189 1594 6 Holland West Ottawa 832 742 1574 7 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 754 805 1559 8 Hudsonville 768 781 1550 9 Grand Haven 783 763 1545 10 Grand Ledge 783 742 1525 11 Rockford 1075 345 1420 12 Canton 726 558 1285 13 Ann Arbor Huron – 1186 1186 14 Lapeer 811 363 1174 15 Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse 811 355 1166 16 Northville 726 422 1148 17 Mount Pleasant 726 421 1147 18 Macomb Dakota 1146 – 1146 19 Beverly Hills Groves 377 766 1144 20 Muskegon Mona Shores 783 353 1136 21 Zeeland East 1103 – 1103 22 Ypsilanti Lincoln 377 697 1074 23 Grand Rapids Northview 349 721 1070 24 Jenison 726 343 1069 25 Port Huron Northern 377 689 1066
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 10 Adelyn Halma 17′ 5.5″ Holland Christian 417 Long Jump 10 Camryn Siegers 5′ 2″ Holland Christian 401 High Jump 9 Abby VanDusseldorp 16′ 5.5″ Holland Christian 375 Long Jump 12 Avery Brower 5′ 0″ Holland Christian 363 High Jump 9 Sophie Jones 4′ 8″ Holland Christian 286 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Holland Christian 1050 791 1841 2 Grand Rapids West Catholic 973 627 1600 3 Gladwin 1069 373 1442 4 Petoskey 687 713 1400 5 Stevensville Lakeshore 572 757 1329 6 Freeland 610 708 1318 7 Coldwater 857 397 1255 8 Allendale 857 317 1175 9 Dearborn Divine Child 706 443 1149 10 Detroit Country Day 706 370 1076 11 Charlotte 1031 – 1031 12 Shepherd 649 366 1015 13 Hudsonville Unity Christian 649 342 990 14 Frankenmuth 610 335 945 15 East Grand Rapids 610 315 925 16 Yale 440 446 886 17 Hastings 478 406 884 18 Benton Harbor – 796 796 19 Edwardsburg 478 317 795 20 Ferndale – 760 760 21 St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 401 356 757 22 Lake Fenton 745 – 745 23 Eaton Rapids 363 357 720 24 Battle Creek Harper Creek 401 310 712 25 St. Johns 363 346 709
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Joe Strabbing 6′ 4″ Holland Christian 434 High Jump 11 Jayden Rees 6′ 0″ Holland Christian 377 High Jump 12 Josh Bruxvoort 20′ 5.25″ Holland Christian 356 Long Jump 11 Isaac DeMaster 5′ 10″ Holland Christian 349 High Jump 11 Isaiah Myaard 20′ 2.5″ Holland Christian 346 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Holland Christian 1160 703 1862 2 Battle Creek Harper Creek 783 1069 1852 3 Saginaw Swan Valley 726 1029 1755 4 Wayland Union 1103 348 1452 5 Berrien Springs 726 725 1451 6 Sturgis 1075 327 1402 7 Bay City John Glenn 349 1025 1374 8 Owosso 405 966 1372 9 Parma Western 684 644 1328 10 Whitehall 980 330 1310 11 Stevensville Lakeshore 504 758 1263 12 Three Rivers 405 736 1142 13 Goodrich 783 325 1108 14 Wyoming Godwin Heights 754 346 1100 15 Charlotte 377 712 1089 16 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 754 331 1086 17 Niles – 1046 1046 18 St. Joseph 363 675 1038 19 Yale 684 327 1011 20 Benton Harbor 349 621 970 21 Clarenceville 405 417 823 22 Jackson Northwest – 781 781 23 Dearborn Divine Child 377 398 775 24 Adrian – 755 755 25 Grand Rapids West Catholic 754 – 754
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Sophia Tucker 17′ 3″ Traverse City St. Francis 408 Long Jump 10 Helen Biggar 16′ 5.25″ Traverse City St. Francis 374 Long Jump 10 Mia Wildfong 14′ 6″ Traverse City St. Francis 293 Long Jump 10 Addie Lesinski 4′ 8″ Traverse City St. Francis 286 High Jump 11 Aubrey Lesinski 4′ 6″ Traverse City St. Francis 247 High Jump 9 Rachel Moore 4′ 6″ Traverse City St. Francis 247 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Traverse City St. Francis 781 1075 1855 2 Pewamo-Westphalia 954 636 1589 3 Ithaca 819 695 1514 4 Galesburg-Augusta 401 995 1396 5 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 706 649 1355 6 Saranac 687 621 1308 7 Remus Chippewa Hills 973 300 1273 8 Manton 954 298 1252 9 Kingsley 649 600 1248 10 Adrian Madison 572 610 1182 11 Ida 857 317 1175 12 Bath 781 364 1145 13 The Potter’s House 725 411 1137 14 Erie Mason 687 336 1024 15 McBain 629 344 974 16 Centreville 973 – 973 17 Grass Lake 591 350 940 18 Chesaning 934 – 934 18 Clinton 934 – 934 18 Vassar 934 – 934 21 Coloma 305 620 925 22 Kalamazoo Christian 918 – 918 23 Blissfield 896 – 896 23 LeRoy Pine River 896 – 896 25 Ravenna 572 319 891
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Ashton Thornsbury 6′ 2″ Hillsdale 405 High Jump 11 Robert Garcia 6′ 0″ Hillsdale 377 High Jump 12 Hayden Handy 20′ 8.5″ Hillsdale 368 Long Jump 10 Brookes Beckman 5′ 8″ Hillsdale 321 High Jump 12 John Petersen 5′ 7″ Hillsdale 307 High Jump 11 Robert Garcia 19′ 2″ Hillsdale 302 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Hillsdale 1103 670 1773 2 Pewamo-Westphalia 991 726 1716 3 Ithaca 1019 609 1628 4 Springport 642 921 1563 5 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 1075 384 1459 6 Leslie 740 664 1405 7 Reed City 349 1029 1378 8 Clinton 1047 330 1377 9 Parchment 670 653 1323 10 Kingsley 783 385 1168 11 Warren Michigan Collegiate 783 330 1113 12 Niles Brandywine 726 380 1106 13 McBain 1089 – 1089 14 Adrian Madison 349 721 1070 15 Chesaning 740 323 1064 16 Jackson Lumen Christi 1047 – 1047 17 Jonesville 321 691 1012 18 Standish Sterling 349 663 1012 19 Mason County Central 712 293 1005 20 Sanford-Meridian 335 641 976 21 Manton 670 295 965 22 Hanover-Horton 349 609 958 23 Grass Lake 948 – 948 24 Lake City 293 647 939 25 Manistee 293 634 927
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Bethany Suydam 15′ 1.5″ Petersburg-Summerfield 319 Long Jump 9 Abby Raymond 14′ 4.5″ Petersburg-Summerfield 288 Long Jump 9 Abby Zilka 4′ 8″ Petersburg-Summerfield 286 High Jump 11 Grace Raymond 4′ 8″ Petersburg-Summerfield 286 High Jump 11 Makenzie Wolfe 4′ 8″ Petersburg-Summerfield 286 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Petersburg-Summerfield 857 607 1464 2 Breckenridge 324 999 1323 3 New Buffalo 915 396 1311 4 Webberville 247 950 1198 5 Gobles 344 645 989 6 Fowler 973 – 973 7 Buckley 649 292 941 8 Brown City 934 – 934 9 Morrice 610 309 920 10 Central Lake / Ellsworth 576 269 845 11 Fairview 495 282 777 12 Pittsford 761 – 761 13 Marlette 706 – 706 14 Mason County Eastern 382 289 671 15 Concord 649 – 649 15 Lincoln-Alcona 649 – 649 17 Decatur 363 274 637 18 Climax-Scotts 344 288 631 19 Manchester 324 298 622 20 Montabella 286 332 618 21 Bellevue 344 272 616 22 Brethren 286 310 596 23 Byron 324 270 595 24 Clarkston Everest Collegiate 267 298 565 25 Portland St. Patrick – 559 559
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Bryce White 6′ 3″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 419 High Jump 9 Andrew Frazier 5′ 8″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 321 High Jump 10 Brady Begeman 5′ 8″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 321 High Jump 12 Wisdom Nwadioha 19′ 4.25″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 310 Long Jump 10 Brady Begeman 18′ 10.5″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 290 Long Jump 12 Bryce White 18′ 3″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 263 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Riverview Gabriel Richard 1061 863 1924 2 Kingston 1075 345 1420 3 Brown City 321 947 1268 4 Kalamazoo Hackett 962 274 1236 4 Maple City Glen Lake 962 274 1236 6 Fowler 906 322 1228 7 Concord 906 284 1190 8 Muskegon Heights 698 297 995 9 Deckerville 656 267 922 10 Fairview 293 619 912 11 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 585 323 908 12 East Jordan 740 – 740 13 White Pigeon 405 320 725 14 Holland Calvary Christian 349 353 702 15 Petersburg-Summerfield 377 325 702 16 New Buffalo 405 293 699 17 Potterville 698 – 698 18 Camden-Frontier 349 327 676 19 Climax-Scotts 670 – 670 19 International Academy of Flint 670 – 670 21 Vermontville Maple Valley 405 263 668 22 Mesick 293 330 623 23 Grand Traverse Academy 349 272 621 24 Eau Claire 613 – 613 25 Breckenridge 321 291 612
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Kristy Karl 5′ 0″ Gladstone 363 High Jump 9 Maggie Karl 4′ 10″ Gladstone 324 High Jump 12 Lucy DeGroot 14′ 7″ Gladstone 296 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Gladstone 687 296 983 2 Manistique 247 621 868 3 Iron Mountain 247 331 579 4 Escanaba – 551 551 5 Brimley 533 – 533 6 Pickford 286 – 286 6 St. Ignace 286 – 286 8 North Dickinson County 247 – 247 8 Rapid River 247 – 247
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Mason Peltin 6′ 2″ Gladstone 405 High Jump 12 Evan Woelffer 5′ 8″ Gladstone 321 High Jump 11 Carter Farnes 5′ 8″ Gladstone 321 High Jump 11 Mason Peltin 19′ 4″ Gladstone 309 Long Jump 12 Evan Woelffer 18′ 5″ Gladstone 270 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Gladstone 1047 579 1626 2 Pickford 377 306 683 3 Holy Name 293 313 605 4 Brimley 585 – 585 5 Escanaba 405 – 405 6 Manistique 321 – 321 7 Iron Mountain – 302 302 8 Forest Park 293 – 293 8 Rapid River 293 – 293 8 West Iron County 293 – 293 11 Norway – 273 273 12 Bark River-Harris – 270 270
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 