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 here’s a brief summary:
an athlete qualifies by hitting a regional qualifying mark in an event
those times from the athletes are converted into points
at a maximum of three athletes (with an exception for teams that have more athletes under the state qualifying mark), team scores are tallied up
then team scores are added across all events of a certain area (hurdles, distance, etc.)
As there are no regional qualifiers for relays (every team gets an entry), I had to make an estimation of what a regional qualifying mark might be. These are done on a ratio of the SQ/EQ marks for each individual and relay of that distance. On average, the relay qualifying time is around 4.1x the individual qualifying time (for example, the girls D1 200m EQ is 25.4, the 4×2 is 1:44.5). Anyhow, this is what I came up with for the relay times needed to obtain points here:
Estimated RQ D1 Girls D2 Girls D3 Girls D4 Girls 4x100m 52.25 54.05 55.25 56.75 4x200m 1:52.0 1:54.1 1:58.0 2:00.7 4x400m 4:21.3 4:32.1 4:42.3 4:50.7 4x800m 10:14.7 10:50.5 11:25.0 11:44.0 Estimated RQ D1 Boys D2 Boys D3 Boys D4 Boys 4x100m 44.75 45.8 46.9 48.25 4x200m 1:34.0 1:36.0 1:37.3 1:40.9 4x400m 3:35.4 3:41.8 3:43.9 3:55.0 4x800m 8:28.0 8:38.0 9:01.1 9:26.3
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 (4/2) evening.
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 9:25.5 Romeo 1073 4×8 11 Ella Goodsell 4:53.5 Romeo 491 1600m 11 Natalia Guaresimo 4:56.9 Romeo 477 1600m 10 Annie Hrabovsky 4:57.1 Romeo 476 1600m 10 Annie Hrabovsky 10:52.9 Romeo 462 3200m 12 Olivia Purdy 10:54.7 Romeo 459 3200m 12 Violet Hrabovsky 5:01.4 Romeo 457 1600m 12 Olivia Purdy 5:04.2 Romeo 445 1600m 11 Natalia Guaresimo 2:18.2 Romeo 432 800m 12 Violet Hrabovsky 2:18.9 Romeo 425 800m 11 Ella Goodsell 2:19.1 Romeo 423 800m 10 Reese Rosbolt 5:18.9 Romeo 382 1600m 11 Emmerson Clor 5:28.3 Romeo 342 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Romeo 1280 2347 920 1073 5620 2 Ann Arbor Pioneer 1136 1390 1466 1075 5067 3 Holland West Ottawa 1304 1353 1091 1110 4858 4 DeWitt 1195 1178 1211 1079 4663 5 Saline 1216 1136 1135 931 4419 6 Northville 1150 1126 1134 935 4345 7 Grand Haven 1310 1192 713 911 4127 8 Brighton 779 1157 1153 784 3874 9 Jenison 771 1105 1134 747 3757 10 Zeeland East 866 917 811 958 3552 11 Hartland 750 1063 747 872 3431 12 Rochester Adams 844 925 798 840 3406 13 Ann Arbor Skyline 1116 805 351 963 3235 14 Portage Central 407 1117 787 911 3221 15 Hudsonville 728 791 767 914 3200 16 Traverse City West 771 725 754 937 3187 17 Okemos 716 820 822 752 3109 18 Utica 364 1112 780 834 3090 19 Ann Arbor Huron 1145 735 – 958 2838 20 Midland Dow – 937 969 879 2786 21 Rockford 359 1076 391 842 2668 22 Rochester 771 981 – 908 2659 23 Grand Ledge 398 436 735 919 2487 24 Oak Park 1164 – – 1038 2202 25 Bay City Western 428 449 364 836 2077
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 7:51.8 Northville 1102 4×8 12 Ethan Powell 1:53.8 Northville 479 800m 11 Ryan Stojov 1:54.8 Northville 463 800m 12 Ethan Powell 4:16.0 Northville 460 1600m 11 Ryan Stojov 4:18.7 Northville 440 1600m 10 Brandon Cloud 9:27.6 Northville 423 3200m 11 Ben Hartigan 1:57.4 Northville 421 800m 12 Logan Mullan 1:57.9 Northville 413 800m 12 Ethan Powell 9:30.9 Northville 413 3200m 12 Rece Grezak 1:58.7 Northville 400 800m 12 Ishaan Kundapur 4:23.9 Northville 400 1600m 11 Ben Hartigan 4:24.9 Northville 393 1600m 9 Lucas Mullan 1:59.4 Northville 389 800m 12 Ishaan Kundapur 9:42.9 Northville 378 3200m 12 Nick Barretto 9:49.7 Northville 358 3200m 10 Brandon Cloud 4:30.3 Northville 351 1600m 12 Logan Mullan 4:30.7 Northville 348 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Northville 1363 1300 1214 1102 4979 2 East Kentwood 1175 1143 1175 1017 4509 3 Rockford 1159 1146 1119 952 4376 4 Grand Haven 1189 1247 748 972 4156 5 Plymouth 1133 1223 805 934 4095 6 Ann Arbor Pioneer 723 1135 1127 953 3938 7 Brighton 734 1109 1120 749 3712 8 Canton 807 1181 787 861 3636 9 Kalamazoo Central 424 1246 1122 826 3618 10 Traverse City Central 1079 1073 366 939 3458 11 Saline 389 1163 724 823 3099 12 Livonia Churchill 1031 1206 766 – 3003 13 Utica 772 1172 361 691 2997 14 Jenison 741 773 382 953 2849 15 West Bloomfield 1109 665 – 955 2729 16 Midland 747 1094 – 862 2703 17 Clarkston 930 788 – 970 2688 18 Howell 714 775 442 738 2669 19 Oxford 755 705 349 840 2649 20 Rochester 841 1082 – 694 2617 21 Temperance Bedford 756 654 367 791 2568 22 Ann Arbor Skyline 1160 364 – 985 2509 23 White Lake Lakeland 351 1082 387 657 2478 24 Troy Athens 412 809 341 848 2410 25 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 784 481 357 698 2320
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 9:26.6 Goodrich 1064 4×8 12 Layla Jordan 2:11.1 Goodrich 496 800m 9 Kayla Shellenbarger 5:04.0 Goodrich 446 1600m 12 Layla Jordan 5:06.5 Goodrich 436 1600m 10 Alivia Ottinger 11:17.9 Goodrich 419 3200m 10 Alivia Ottinger 5:12.1 Goodrich 411 1600m 9 Kayla Shellenbarger 2:20.9 Goodrich 407 800m 12 Kamryn Lauinger 5:14.9 Goodrich 399 1600m 12 Kamryn Lauinger 2:22.9 Goodrich 389 800m 12 Kamryn Lauinger 11:36.2 Goodrich 387 3200m 12 Layla Jordan 11:44.5 Goodrich 373 3200m 9 Kayla Shellenbarger 12:19.9 Goodrich 311 3200m 12 Avery Byrne 12:34.7 Goodrich 286 3200m 12 Avery Byrne 5:44.6 Goodrich 272 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Goodrich 1292 1692 1178 1064 5227 2 East Grand Rapids 967 1476 704 813 3960 3 St. Joseph 1090 1157 770 926 3943 4 Adrian 972 1071 1106 666 3815 5 Frankenmuth 1070 1047 789 891 3797 6 Clare 1037 905 910 721 3573 7 Holland Christian 733 1093 782 814 3422 8 Freeland 1098 692 703 925 3418 9 Pinckney 694 1092 856 586 3227 10 Grand Rapids Christian 318 1072 1163 629 3183 11 Cadillac 762 727 785 864 3138 12 Linden 306 919 1013 774 3012 13 Coopersville 641 695 695 722 2753 14 Forest Hills Eastern – 1000 986 765 2751 15 Otsego 342 1123 519 699 2681 16 St. Johns 356 779 771 561 2467 17 Lake Fenton 728 678 325 524 2254 18 Chelsea 347 675 404 764 2190 19 Spring Lake 1015 284 299 566 2164 20 Stevensville Lakeshore 835 372 – 872 2078 21 Ludington 347 652 426 587 2012 22 Sturgis 645 379 – 938 1961 23 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 377 602 361 591 1931 24 Carleton Airport 369 449 411 679 1908 25 Gladwin 395 322 591 575 1884
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 8:09.0 Allendale 863 4×8 12 Kilian Whalen 4:25.9 Allendale 385 1600m 12 Kilian Whalen 9:44.4 Allendale 374 3200m 12 Parker Tiethof 9:46.4 Allendale 368 3200m 12 Jackson Meyers 2:01.0 Allendale 364 800m 10 Mason Hill 2:01.1 Allendale 361 800m 11 Aden Ashworth 4:29.4 Allendale 358 1600m 12 Ben Gross 4:31.1 Allendale 345 1600m 11 Ronnie Silveira 4:31.6 Allendale 341 1600m 12 Ben Gross 9:55.7 Allendale 341 3200m 12 Kilian Whalen 2:04.4 Allendale 309 800m 11 Ronnie Silveira 10:07.6 Allendale 306 3200m 11 Aden Ashworth 10:23.3 Allendale 261 3200m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Allendale 1034 1088 1083 863 4068 2 Marshall 1170 885 825 884 3763 3 Forest Hills Eastern 1005 1148 886 663 3702 4 Grand Rapids Christian 969 850 977 856 3652 5 Alma 758 1194 819 620 3391 6 Frankenmuth 371 999 978 792 3140 7 Flint Powers Catholic 373 1110 977 597 3056 8 Williamston 748 699 622 819 2888 9 Parma Western 753 798 455 803 2808 10 Holland Christian 375 947 622 841 2785 11 Battle Creek Harper Creek 360 914 701 801 2776 12 Macomb Lutheran North 663 685 652 726 2726 13 Pinckney 377 714 658 579 2328 14 Otsego 304 635 695 631 2265 15 Gladwin 308 689 689 569 2255 16 Shepherd 395 561 532 654 2142 17 Flint Kearsley 374 704 347 595 2019 18 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 755 658 562 – 1976 19 New Boston Huron 338 656 323 657 1973 20 Spring Lake 955 680 323 – 1958 21 Adrian 330 393 657 540 1920 22 Three Rivers 398 517 236 664 1815 23 Petoskey – 917 856 – 1773 24 Edwardsburg 380 569 270 530 1750 25 Saginaw Swan Valley 681 592 342 – 1615
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 9:41.8 Lansing Catholic 932 4×8 9 Josie Bishop 2:21.5 Lansing Catholic 402 800m 10 Grace Wonch 2:21.7 Lansing Catholic 400 800m 9 Josie Bishop 5:14.9 Lansing Catholic 400 1600m 10 Grace Wonch 5:14.9 Lansing Catholic 399 1600m 10 Grace Wonch 11:48.9 Lansing Catholic 365 3200m 9 Lindsey Ludwig 5:35.5 Lansing Catholic 311 1600m 9 Lindsey Ludwig 2:31.7 Lansing Catholic 309 800m 9 Lindsey Ludwig 12:40.5 Lansing Catholic 276 3200m 11 Frances Melinn 2:35.8 Lansing Catholic 271 800m 12 Kaitlin Ludwig 2:39.2 Lansing Catholic 241 800m 12 Kaitlin Ludwig 13:03.1 Lansing Catholic 237 3200m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Lansing Catholic 1110 1110 878 932 4030 2 Pewamo-Westphalia 966 1056 1130 739 3891 3 Stanton Central Montcalm 911 1032 1099 832 3874 4 Blissfield 585 900 929 532 2946 5 Remus Chippewa Hills 853 767 566 645 2832 6 Traverse City St. Francis 757 590 653 587 2586 7 Saugatuck 621 775 579 596 2572 8 Muskegon Western Mich. Christian 988 747 758 – 2492 9 Ithaca 551 521 663 609 2345 10 LeRoy Pine River 499 548 628 587 2262 11 McBain 281 550 819 597 2247 12 Leslie 357 629 647 517 2150 13 Kent City 291 613 654 526 2084 14 Jackson Lumen Christi – 864 406 680 1950 15 Lake City 282 609 596 460 1947 16 Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 227 510 809 399 1944 17 Hart 514 474 262 458 1709 18 Onsted 562 523 476 – 1562 19 Bath 540 490 – 525 1554 20 Elk Rapids 669 333 – 502 1504 21 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 560 249 246 403 1458 22 Newaygo 573 214 – 570 1357 23 Grandville Calvin Christian 265 251 490 346 1352 24 Buchanan 323 272 287 408 1290 25 Benzie Central – 266 564 391 1221
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 8:23.1 Pewamo-Westphalia 687 4×8 12 Sam Muirhead 2:02.7 Pewamo-Westphalia 336 800m 10 John Kowatch 2:03.0 Pewamo-Westphalia 331 800m 10 John Kowatch 4:33.7 Pewamo-Westphalia 326 1600m 10 Wyatt Werner 4:38.1 Pewamo-Westphalia 292 1600m 12 Allan George 4:38.4 Pewamo-Westphalia 290 1600m 12 Allan George 10:14.8 Pewamo-Westphalia 285 3200m 10 Charlie George 10:16.8 Pewamo-Westphalia 280 3200m 10 Wyatt Werner 2:07.2 Pewamo-Westphalia 265 800m 10 Nolan Mitchell 10:29.8 Pewamo-Westphalia 242 3200m 12 Allan George 2:09.3 Pewamo-Westphalia 231 800m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Pewamo-Westphalia 931 908 807 687 3333 2 Lansing Catholic 818 718 909 807 3252 3 Traverse City St. Francis 597 867 906 752 3122 4 Muskegon Western Mich. Christian 861 755 535 773 2924 5 Ithaca 896 682 541 683 2802 6 Ann Arbor Greenhills 880 608 662 619 2769 7 Jonesville 650 734 577 725 2687 8 Hanover-Horton 514 671 778 718 2681 9 Manton 630 691 654 544 2519 10 Brooklyn Columbia Central 855 560 552 530 2497 11 Charlevoix 371 784 908 350 2414 12 Onsted 531 688 506 405 2131 13 Reed City 668 737 579 – 1984 14 Blissfield 337 406 669 517 1929 15 Saugatuck – 620 829 404 1853 16 Jackson Lumen Christi 287 424 705 381 1797 17 Midland Bullock Creek 293 374 522 562 1751 18 Erie Mason 772 369 192 390 1724 19 Stanton Central Montcalm 591 343 389 374 1697 20 Chesaning 600 590 – 406 1596 21 Pigeon-Laker 233 609 235 455 1532 22 The Potter’s House 536 298 – 674 1507 23 Constantine 489 192 390 389 1461 24 Caro 320 483 246 402 1451 25 Centreville 624 230 259 333 1446
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 10:11.6 Whitmore Lake 698 4×8 10 Kaylie Livingston 5:01.3 Whitmore Lake 458 1600m 10 Kaylie Livingston 11:04.3 Whitmore Lake 442 3200m 10 Kaylie Livingston 2:23.5 Whitmore Lake 384 800m 11 Elodie Weaver 12:28.7 Whitmore Lake 296 3200m 9 Malynda Lambros 12:30.1 Whitmore Lake 294 3200m 9 Malynda Lambros 5:42.3 Whitmore Lake 282 1600m 11 Sofia Robertson 2:37.3 Whitmore Lake 258 800m 11 Carina Burchi 2:37.9 Whitmore Lake 253 800m 11 Elodie Weaver 5:49.8 Whitmore Lake 250 1600m 9 Malynda Lambros 2:44.3 Whitmore Lake 194 800m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Whitmore Lake 895 990 1032 698 3615 2 Hillsdale Academy 1016 842 751 722 3332 3 Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 1074 994 589 – 2657 4 Breckenridge 722 672 485 529 2408 5 Kalamazoo Hackett 474 786 518 565 2343 6 Grand Traverse Academy 521 619 597 426 2163 7 Fowler 605 577 427 374 1983 8 Leland 533 697 240 434 1904 9 Gobles 250 624 403 510 1787 10 Pittsford 490 565 186 403 1643 11 Johannesburg-Lewiston 717 861 – – 1577 12 Vestaburg 312 420 369 371 1473 13 Harbor Beach 426 328 294 407 1455 14 Kingston 319 440 212 451 1422 15 Dryden 206 441 478 205 1331 16 Buckley 477 209 227 394 1307 17 Lansing Christian 193 173 578 284 1229 18 Brown City 208 370 404 230 1212 19 Bridgman 245 249 295 397 1185 20 Onekama 586 595 – – 1181 21 Portland St. Patrick 920 167 – – 1088 22 Petersburg-Summerfield 246 274 236 315 1071 23 Harbor Springs 263 193 198 354 1008 24 Maple City Glen Lake 312 296 296 – 904 25 Frankfort 447 – – 457 904
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 8:13.7 Hillsdale Academy 802 4×8 11 Grayson Rorick 9:28.0 Hillsdale Academy 421 3200m 11 Grayson Rorick 1:58.5 Hillsdale Academy 404 800m 11 Grayson Rorick 4:24.7 Hillsdale Academy 394 1600m 11 Luke Molenkamp 2:03.4 Hillsdale Academy 325 800m 12 Reece Poole 10:16.7 Hillsdale Academy 280 3200m 11 James Rahe 10:19.4 Hillsdale Academy 272 3200m 12 Reece Poole 4:41.8 Hillsdale Academy 264 1600m 11 Luke Molenkamp 4:45.0 Hillsdale Academy 240 1600m 10 Timothy Gaebler 10:33.1 Hillsdale Academy 232 3200m 11 James Rahe 4:46.0 Hillsdale Academy 232 1600m 11 Zane Socha 2:09.6 Hillsdale Academy 227 800m 11 James Rahe 2:11.7 Hillsdale Academy 193 800m 10 Timothy Gaebler 4:51.5 Hillsdale Academy 191 1600m 11 Henry Lindley 4:51.9 Hillsdale Academy 187 1600m 10 Timothy Gaebler 2:12.6 Hillsdale Academy 178 800m 11 Henry Lindley 2:12.6 Hillsdale Academy 177 800m 9 Jonah Cuthbert 2:13.4 Hillsdale Academy 165 800m 9 Jonah Cuthbert 4:55.9 Hillsdale Academy 157 1600m 10 Ryan Miller 11:05.6 Hillsdale Academy 138 3200m 10 Ryan Miller 5:01.9 Hillsdale Academy 111 1600m 8 Stephen Holm 11:25.3 Hillsdale Academy 80 3200m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Hillsdale Academy 955 898 973 802 3628 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 1012 911 765 791 3479 3 Holland Calvary Christian 717 628 562 557 2464 4 Maple City Glen Lake 645 575 371 503 2094 5 Harbor Beach 377 497 690 384 1949 6 Mesick 497 450 551 404 1901 7 Tri-unity Christian 402 578 751 – 1731 8 Three Oaks River Valley 544 468 357 257 1627 9 East Jordan 239 360 577 301 1477 10 Frankfort 560 412 210 242 1424 11 Dansville 148 518 375 347 1389 12 Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 220 459 332 370 1381 13 Concord 641 435 250 – 1325 14 Riverview Gabriel Richard 229 359 321 362 1270 15 Harbor Springs 171 485 289 321 1266 16 Mason County Eastern 276 487 483 – 1247 17 Lutheran Westland 494 397 – 147 1038 18 Manchester 376 129 161 325 990 19 Plymouth Christian Academy 319 202 184 258 963 20 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 241 136 170 384 931 21 Fowler 296 114 206 300 916 22 Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 564 327 – – 891 23 Petoskey St. Michael 466 418 – – 884 24 Marlette 236 91 85 455 866 25 Fairview 175 121 122 448 866
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 11 Ella Fure 5:23.7 Marquette 362 1600m 12 Maija Maki-Warne 5:28.7 Marquette 340 1600m 12 Chloe Miller 2:29.3 Marquette 331 800m 12 Maija Maki-Warne 2:30.6 Marquette 319 800m 11 Ella Fure 2:33.6 Marquette 291 800m 12 Monet Argeropoulos 13:01.0 Marquette 240 3200m 10 Eryn Veverka 5:52.4 Marquette 239 1600m 12 Monet Argeropoulos 5:52.5 Marquette 238 1600m 9 Evelyn Grant 6:00.3 Marquette 205 1600m 12 Claire Maskart 6:11.5 Marquette 157 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Marquette 942 940 240 – 2123 2 Pickford 321 410 604 310 1646 3 Newberry 320 374 375 484 1553 4 Escanaba 229 336 354 – 919 5 Ewen-Trout Creek – 358 202 321 881 6 Sault Ste. Marie 227 156 210 259 851 7 Stephenson 207 201 – 281 689 8 Ironwood 269 245 – – 514 9 Gladstone 258 – – 248 507 10 Kingsford – – 218 247 465 11 Manistique – – 192 214 406 12 Chassell – 183 215 – 398 13 Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer – 166 – – 166 14 Rapid River – – 145 – 145 15 Big Bay De Noc – – 130 – 130
Grade Name Time Team Points Event 10 Lucas Ballard 4:17.8 Marquette 447 1600m 12 James Barch 9:20.3 Marquette 444 3200m 10 Lucas Ballard 1:58.5 Marquette 403 800m 12 Evan Balko 1:58.7 Marquette 399 800m 12 Jacob MacPhee 1:59.5 Marquette 387 800m 12 Evan Balko 4:27.2 Marquette 375 1600m 12 James Barch 2:00.9 Marquette 365 800m 11 Rorik Holmquist 9:47.7 Marquette 364 3200m 12 Seppi Camilli 9:48.6 Marquette 362 3200m 11 Beepsee Teeple 2:02.0 Marquette 347 800m 12 Chase Thomsen 10:03.2 Marquette 319 3200m 11 Rorik Holmquist 4:34.6 Marquette 319 1600m 11 Peter Argeropolous 10:06.6 Marquette 309 3200m 12 Seppi Camilli 2:06.4 Marquette 277 800m 10 Brody Clements 2:08.0 Marquette 252 800m 12 Chase Thomsen 4:49.1 Marquette 209 1600m 10 Jack Grant 4:59.3 Marquette 131 1600m 10 Llewellyn Fillmore 5:04.5 Marquette 91 1600m 11 Olin Slette 5:06.6 Marquette 75 1600m 9 Ivan Neumann 5:07.0 Marquette 72 1600m
Rank Team 800m 1600m 3200m 4×8 Total 1 Marquette 1902 1141 1798 – 4840 2 Sault Ste. Marie 470 707 673 – 1850 3 Kingsford – 159 113 358 630 4 Munising 178 163 184 – 524 5 Escanaba 174 – – 213 387 6 Engadine – 172 192 – 364 7 Rudyard – 176 175 – 351 8 Ironwood – 156 – 147 303 9 Newberry – – – 297 297 10 Cedarville 176 96 – – 272 11 Manistique – – – 182 182 12 Gladstone 156 – – – 156 13 Bark River-Harris – 144 – – 144 14 Pickford – – 116 – 116 15 Rapid River – – 71 – 71