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 Tuesday (4/22) evening.
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Emma Young 121′ 2″ Livonia Churchill 435 Discus 12 Charlotte Minor 118′ 1″ Livonia Churchill 427 Discus 12 Sadie Yessler 110′ 10″ Livonia Churchill 407 Discus 12 Charlotte Minor 34′ 4″ Livonia Churchill 393 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Livonia Churchill 393 1269 1662 2 Northville 1172 397 1569 3 Anchor Bay 767 792 1559 4 Zeeland East 1160 377 1537 5 Rochester 426 859 1285 6 Walled Lake Central 407 823 1230 7 Plymouth 842 374 1216 8 North Farmington 760 407 1167 9 Mason 747 378 1125 10 Traverse City Central 524 529 1053 11 Jenison 500 489 990 12 Rockford 447 455 902 13 Royal Oak 408 463 871 14 Midland 448 409 857 15 Forest Hills Central 414 437 851 16 Farmington 392 453 845 17 Warren Cousino 452 385 837 18 Grosse Pointe South 377 444 820 19 East Lansing 405 404 809 20 Grand Ledge 376 419 796 21 Macomb Dakota – 780 780 22 Howell 404 375 779 23 Ypsilanti Lincoln 403 375 778 24 Forest Hills Northern 773 – 773 25 Temperance Bedford 376 390 766
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Nolan Stubblefield 53′ 8″ Byron Center 451 Shot Put 12 Nolan Stubblefield 161′ 3″ Byron Center 451 Discus 12 Logan Ensing 154′ 5″ Byron Center 434 Discus 10 Benjamin Leifer 145′ 2″ Byron Center 410 Discus 10 Benjamin Leifer 47′ 5″ Byron Center 401 Shot Put 11 Vaughn Nelson 139′ 8″ Byron Center 396 Discus 11 Vaughn Nelson 46′ 8″ Byron Center 395 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Byron Center 1248 1294 2542 2 Midland 1371 844 2215 3 Monroe 872 1325 2196 4 Grand Ledge 840 1333 2173 5 Beverly Hills Groves 1170 943 2113 6 North Farmington 793 1169 1962 7 East Kentwood 780 1179 1960 8 Dexter 783 1155 1938 9 Walled Lake Central 895 850 1744 10 Livonia Churchill 833 859 1692 11 Hudsonville 795 850 1646 12 Portage Central 450 1186 1636 13 Anchor Bay 418 1214 1632 14 Cedar Springs 837 787 1624 15 Port Huron Northern 797 826 1622 16 Muskegon Mona Shores 394 1223 1617 17 Rochester 404 837 1241 18 Warren DeLaSalle 810 417 1227 19 Saginaw Heritage 817 395 1212 20 Hartland 806 395 1201 21 DeWitt 402 770 1172 22 Grand Blanc 395 776 1171 23 Canton 778 390 1168 24 West Bloomfield 382 779 1161 25 Temperance Bedford 784 374 1158
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Catherine Retberg 110′ 2″ Frankenmuth 405 Discus 12 Raquel Hernandez 33′ 7.25″ Frankenmuth 385 Shot Put 12 Raquel Hernandez 102′ 2″ Frankenmuth 382 Discus 11 Catherine Retberg 33′ 1″ Frankenmuth 379 Shot Put 11 Makenna Corlew 32′ 1.75″ Frankenmuth 369 Shot Put 11 Makenna Corlew 92′ 2″ Frankenmuth 354 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Frankenmuth 1134 1141 2275 2 Coldwater 1291 415 1706 3 North Branch 801 876 1677 4 Battle Creek Harper Creek 853 824 1677 5 Flat Rock 772 819 1591 6 Gladwin 793 791 1585 7 Hudsonville Unity Christian 792 753 1544 8 Croswell-Lexington 1129 394 1524 9 Otsego 775 711 1486 10 Howard City Tri-County 723 732 1454 11 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 380 775 1156 12 Petoskey 771 380 1151 13 Berrien Springs 381 766 1147 14 Paw Paw 400 744 1144 15 Allegan 753 380 1133 16 Freeland 764 363 1127 17 Cadillac 729 379 1108 18 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 507 417 924 19 Eastpointe 478 410 887 20 Plainwell 404 446 850 21 Sturgis 397 450 846 22 Milan 413 422 835 23 Gaylord 409 401 810 24 Grand Rapids Christian 448 352 799 25 Hopkins 369 424 794
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Ricky Johnson 149′ 5″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 421 Discus 12 Zach Kitchen 49′ 3″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 416 Shot Put 12 Zach Kitchen 144′ 4″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 408 Discus 12 Ricky Johnson 47′ 11″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 405 Shot Put 12 Kyler Beneman 133′ 5″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 380 Discus 12 Brenden Van Syckle 44′ 8″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 379 Shot Put 9 Sean Johnson 43′ 6″ Battle Creek Harper Creek 370 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Battle Creek Harper Creek 1201 1209 2410 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian 1122 1094 2216 3 Parma Western 1279 818 2097 4 Stevensville Lakeshore 780 1071 1851 5 Gaylord 887 841 1729 6 Berrien Springs 850 846 1696 7 St. Joseph 847 842 1689 8 Otsego 1195 440 1634 9 Coldwater 1217 416 1632 10 Sparta 429 1186 1615 11 Wayland Union 803 810 1613 12 Three Rivers 817 779 1597 13 Haslett 827 734 1561 14 Owosso 781 778 1559 15 Niles 1157 378 1535 16 Frankenmuth 373 1117 1490 17 Dearborn Divine Child 818 407 1226 18 Ludington 460 757 1217 19 Whitehall 381 799 1180 20 Corunna 388 792 1180 21 Plainwell 385 779 1165 22 Riverview 377 764 1142 23 Tecumseh 750 390 1140 24 Cadillac 770 370 1139 25 Ionia 393 744 1138
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Mariana Carbajal-Fuentes 34′ 7″ Adrian Madison 396 Shot Put 10 Iyanna Borders 33′ 3″ Adrian Madison 381 Shot Put 11 Madyson Fowler 95′ 7″ Adrian Madison 364 Discus 11 Madyson Fowler 30′ 5.5″ Adrian Madison 351 Shot Put 11 Mariana Carbajal-Fuentes 90′ 4″ Adrian Madison 349 Discus 10 Iyanna Borders 88′ 0″ Adrian Madison 343 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Adrian Madison 1128 1056 2184 2 McBain 775 1169 1944 3 Pewamo-Westphalia 782 852 1634 4 Kingsley 404 1089 1492 5 Hemlock 1057 350 1407 6 Standish Sterling 716 685 1401 7 Manton 736 397 1132 8 Galesburg-Augusta 770 349 1119 9 Montrose 582 509 1091 10 Mason County Central 361 720 1080 11 Jonesville 361 717 1078 12 Quincy 346 708 1054 13 Schoolcraft 449 475 924 14 Springport 428 427 855 15 St. Louis 401 428 829 16 Rochester Hills Lutheran NW 390 429 820 17 Saugatuck 378 441 819 18 East Jackson 419 390 808 19 Stockbridge 374 421 795 20 Manistee 374 407 780 21 Blissfield 772 – 772 22 Caro 383 387 769 23 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 766 – 766 24 Ann Arbor Greenhills 351 410 761 25 Bloomingdale 418 341 758
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Canon Manley 137′ 1″ Constantine 389 Discus 12 Canon Manley 44′ 9″ Constantine 380 Shot Put 12 Brandon Long 44′ 9″ Constantine 380 Shot Put 12 Evan Davidhizar 129′ 2″ Constantine 369 Discus 12 Evan Davidhizar 41′ 8″ Constantine 356 Shot Put 12 Brandon Long 122′ 5″ Constantine 352 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Constantine 1116 1111 2227 2 Chesaning 1193 742 1935 3 Standish Sterling 752 1094 1846 4 Lawton 860 845 1705 5 Midland Bullock Creek 858 764 1621 6 Centreville 426 1142 1568 7 Kingsley 386 1178 1564 8 Stanton Central Montcalm 774 753 1527 9 Ovid-Elsie 1103 407 1510 10 Napoleon 749 743 1492 11 Mason County Central 423 767 1189 12 North Muskegon 731 342 1072 13 Clinton 461 471 932 14 Cheboygan 364 458 822 15 Manton 400 392 792 16 Hillsdale 393 396 789 17 Jonesville 372 406 779 18 Caro 358 405 763 19 Sanford-Meridian 364 385 750 20 Pewamo-Westphalia – 741 741 21 Saugatuck 353 385 739 22 Montague 738 – 738 23 Onsted 374 361 736 24 McBain 735 – 735 25 Michigan Center 371 363 734
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 10 Bryn Gilde 34′ 10″ Beal City 399 Shot Put 10 Katelyn Schultz 32′ 0″ Beal City 368 Shot Put 12 Brianna Stack 28′ 9.5″ Beal City 333 Shot Put 11 Jaylyn Sisco 28′ 9.25″ Beal City 332 Shot Put 11 Jaylyn Sisco 107′ 2″ Beal City 314 Discus 10 Bryn Gilde 103′ 5″ Beal City 304 Discus 12 Brianna Stack 91′ 9″ Beal City 274 Discus 10 Mady Stack 90′ 9″ Beal City 272 Discus 10 Katelyn Schultz 83′ 8″ Beal City 254 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Beal City 1099 892 1991 2 Fairview 664 585 1249 3 Bellevue 683 527 1210 4 Petersburg-Summerfield 673 530 1203 5 White Pigeon 770 273 1043 6 Potterville 748 287 1035 7 Fulton 377 614 991 8 Montabella 716 250 967 9 Addison 670 282 953 10 Portland St. Patrick 695 256 951 11 Decatur 675 257 932 12 Brethren 369 562 930 13 Morenci 338 548 886 14 Carson City-Crystal 383 306 689 15 Indian River Inland Lakes 682 – 682 16 Athens 678 – 678 17 Reading 370 304 674 18 Pittsford 671 – 671 19 Lawrence 340 302 642 20 Southfield Christian 376 252 628 21 Bridgman 366 258 624 22 Grand Traverse Academy 344 260 604 23 Peck 340 263 602 24 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 341 258 599 25 Harbor Beach 348 249 597
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Cole Meyer 141′ 3″ Marion 400 Discus 12 James Williams 130′ 9″ Marion 373 Discus 12 Cole Meyer 43′ 7″ Marion 371 Shot Put 10 Peyton Wirick 40′ 10″ Marion 349 Shot Put 12 James Williams 40′ 7″ Marion 347 Shot Put 10 Peyton Wirick 112′ 7″ Marion 327 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Marion 1067 1101 2168 2 Colon 999 692 1690 3 Breckenridge 851 779 1630 4 Climax-Scotts 778 773 1551 5 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 1114 409 1523 6 Morrice 451 1043 1494 7 Potterville 696 761 1457 8 Britton Deerfield – 1100 1100 9 St Philip Catholic Central 682 396 1078 10 Fowler 353 724 1077 11 Allen Park Cabrini 675 368 1043 12 Kingston 700 334 1034 13 East Jordan 340 686 1026 14 Bellevue 675 338 1013 15 Deckerville 677 336 1012 16 Manchester 381 415 796 17 Marlette 362 393 754 18 Hillsdale Academy 374 379 753 19 Bellaire 362 383 745 20 Detroit Frederick Douglass 726 – 726 21 Muskegon Catholic Central 336 389 726 22 Pentwater 361 355 716 23 Charlton Heston Academy 338 367 705 24 Lincoln-Alcona 335 367 702 25 Petersburg-Summerfield 367 333 700
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Alayna Strahl 30′ 0″ Stephenson 346 Shot Put 10 Caitlyn Johnson 27′ 9.5″ Stephenson 322 Shot Put 12 Alayna Strahl 86′ 4″ Stephenson 261 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Stephenson 668 261 928 2 Sault Ste. Marie 719 – 719 3 Carney-Nadeau 364 309 673 4 Rock Mid-Peninsula 354 261 615 5 Ironwood 372 – 372 6 Manistique 371 – 371 7 Brimley 353 – 353 8 North Dickinson County 339 – 339 9 Pickford 337 – 337 10 Newberry 333 – 333 11 Ishpeming 331 – 331 12 Rudyard 329 – 329 13 Engadine 324 – 324 14 Gladstone 321 – 321 15 Bark River-Harris 320 – 320 16 Kingsford – 278 278
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Aaron Hughes 44′ 2″ Gladstone 376 Shot Put 12 Aaron Hughes 124′ 3″ Gladstone 357 Discus 11 Trevor Thorbahn 39′ 7.5″ Gladstone 339 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Gladstone 715 357 1072 2 Rudyard 326 702 1028 3 Forest Park 349 398 747 4 Rapid River 331 375 706 5 Marquette 353 338 691 6 Manistique 361 327 688 7 Gwinn 333 341 674 8 Norway 337 331 668 9 Rock Mid-Peninsula 338 328 667 10 Sault Ste. Marie 363 – 363 11 Iron Mountain 359 – 359 12 Escanaba 344 – 344 13 West Iron County – 344 344 14 Bark River-Harris 333 – 333 15 Kingsford 332 – 332 16 North Dickinson County – 332 332
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