Headin’ towards regional time! With regionals in eleven days (or less) and following two weeks dedicated toward state previews, this will be the regular season’s last installment of these Best Crews. Past the State Finals, expect a little more thorough recap of our jumping season.
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.)
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 Monday (5/5) evening.
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Greta Caprathe 5′ 8″ Rockford 517 High Jump 12 Layla Visser 5′ 5″ Rockford 459 High Jump 12 Greta Caprathe 18′ 0.75″ Rockford 442 Long Jump 9 Drew Howell 17′ 1.5″ Rockford 403 Long Jump 12 Kierra Clum 16′ 7.25″ Rockford 381 Long 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 16′ 0.75″ Rockford 358 Long Jump 11 Riley Humphrey 15′ 11″ Rockford 352 Long Jump 12 Layla Visser 15′ 8.75″ Rockford 344 Long Jump 10 Sarah MacIntosh 15′ 8″ Rockford 342 Long Jump 10 Aubrie Noonan 15′ 7.5″ Rockford 340 Long Jump 12 Kierra Clum 4′ 10″ Rockford 324 High Jump 10 Lucy Mason 4′ 10″ Rockford 324 High Jump 9 Mj Obenauf 15′ 2″ Rockford 321 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Rockford 1338 1226 2564 2 Byron Center 1127 1130 2256 3 East Kentwood 1088 1147 2235 4 Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 973 1016 1989 5 Zeeland East 1165 802 1967 6 Okemos 764 1148 1912 7 Grand Haven 764 1114 1878 8 Macomb Dakota 802 1053 1855 9 Northville 687 1089 1776 10 Holland West Ottawa 1088 683 1771 11 Traverse City West 764 997 1761 12 Troy 687 1060 1747 13 Livonia Churchill 649 1074 1722 14 Saline 1011 708 1719 15 Salem 649 1060 1709 16 Rochester 401 1186 1588 17 Woodhaven Brownstown 802 728 1530 18 Ann Arbor Pioneer 1146 352 1498 19 Brighton 783 707 1490 20 Clarkston 1088 400 1488 21 Novi 363 1121 1484 22 Lake Orion 363 1102 1465 23 Highland-Milford 1050 354 1404 24 Howell 1050 351 1401 25 Hudsonville 1031 352 1383
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′ 3″ East Kentwood 391 Long Jump 10 Chris Parker 6′ 0″ East Kentwood 377 High Jump 12 Calvin King 20′ 8″ East Kentwood 366 Long Jump 12 Keaten Bouwhuis 5′ 10″ East Kentwood 349 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 East Kentwood 1132 1273 2405 2 Portage Central 1146 1198 2344 3 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 797 1199 1995 4 Hudsonville 1146 842 1987 5 Zeeland West 783 1195 1978 6 Novi 1160 806 1966 7 Grandville 1216 748 1964 8 Rockford 1230 706 1936 9 Brighton 1075 773 1848 10 Zeeland East 1103 723 1826 11 Ypsilanti Lincoln 726 1061 1788 12 Woodhaven Brownstown 1258 435 1694 13 Grand Haven 811 829 1640 14 Holland West Ottawa 860 756 1616 15 Walled Lake Central 839 773 1612 16 Muskegon Mona Shores 1244 354 1599 17 Highland-Milford 811 746 1557 18 Grand Ledge 783 773 1555 19 Beverly Hills Groves 726 825 1551 20 Macomb Dakota 1146 348 1494 21 Holt 349 1135 1484 22 Walled Lake Western 419 1048 1468 23 North Farmington 1103 339 1443 24 Clarkston 698 724 1422 25 Flushing 377 1041 1418
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Mya Karolak 5′ 2.5″ Pinckney 411 High Jump 12 Mya Karolak 15′ 4.75″ Pinckney 330 Long Jump 11 Zeva Hathaway 4′ 10″ Pinckney 324 High Jump 11 Emma Fesl 15′ 0.5″ Pinckney 316 Long Jump 10 Addison Wroblewski 14′ 11″ Pinckney 310 Long Jump 9 Claire Taube 4′ 8″ Pinckney 286 High Jump 11 Kayla Greene 4′ 8″ Pinckney 286 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Pinckney 1021 956 1977 2 Grand Rapids West Catholic 973 982 1955 3 Holland Christian 1088 811 1900 4 Gladwin 1107 685 1793 5 Petoskey 725 1060 1785 6 Stevensville Lakeshore 610 1093 1703 7 Coldwater 934 751 1685 8 Freeland 896 708 1604 9 Frankenmuth 687 700 1387 10 Detroit Country Day 992 375 1367 11 Sturgis 687 669 1357 12 Shepherd 649 685 1334 13 Hudsonville Unity Christian 649 683 1332 14 Allendale 896 321 1217 15 Hastings 478 730 1209 16 Dearborn Divine Child 706 443 1149 17 Charlotte 1127 – 1127 18 Battle Creek Harper Creek 764 310 1074 19 Lake Fenton 745 323 1068 20 East Grand Rapids 725 315 1040 21 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 668 354 1022 22 North Branch 649 368 1016 23 Williamston 649 360 1009 24 Forest Hills Eastern 324 677 1002 25 Berrien Springs 363 638 1001
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Tre’Quon Cotton 6′ 5″ BC Harper Creek 448 High Jump 10 Nolan Oaks 22′ 2″ BC Harper Creek 430 Long Jump 12 Kaden Sears 6′ 2″ BC Harper Creek 405 High Jump 12 Preston Welsh 6′ 2″ BC Harper Creek 405 High Jump 9 Gavin Chapman 20′ 10.5″ BC Harper Creek 375 Long Jump 12 Preston Welsh 19′ 5″ BC Harper Creek 313 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Battle Creek Harper Creek 1258 1117 2376 2 St. Joseph 1061 1074 2135 3 Stevensville Lakeshore 867 1143 2010 4 Holland Christian 1160 767 1927 5 Wayland Union 1174 693 1867 6 Berrien Springs 1103 725 1828 7 Saginaw Swan Valley 726 1029 1755 8 Bay City John Glenn 726 1025 1751 9 Parma Western 1061 680 1741 10 Whitehall 980 721 1701 11 Hamilton 698 943 1641 12 Gladwin 684 860 1543 13 Goodrich 839 634 1473 14 Wyoming Godwin Heights 783 681 1464 15 Sturgis 1103 327 1430 15 Lansing Sexton 1103 327 1430 17 Grosse Ile 377 1042 1419 18 Owosso 405 991 1397 19 Clare 335 1041 1376 20 Benton Harbor 377 988 1365 21 Lansing Waverly 349 1003 1352 22 Three Rivers 405 750 1155 23 Edwardsburg 839 309 1148 24 Coldwater 349 789 1138 25 Charlotte 391 734 1125
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 12 Maya Padisak 15′ 9″ Traverse City St. Francis 345 Long Jump 10 Mia Wildfong 14′ 7″ Traverse City St. Francis 296 Long Jump 10 Addie Lesinski 4′ 8″ Traverse City St. Francis 286 High Jump 11 Aubrey Lesinski 4′ 8″ Traverse City St. Francis 286 High Jump 11 Vivian Bramer 4′ 8″ Traverse City St. Francis 286 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 857 1127 1985 2 Pewamo-Westphalia 1011 960 1971 3 Ithaca 857 1026 1883 4 Olivet 1050 628 1677 4 Manton 1050 628 1677 6 Ida 1011 617 1629 7 Kingsley 954 648 1601 8 Adrian Madison 687 908 1595 9 Remus Chippewa Hills 973 603 1576 10 The Potter’s House 802 715 1517 11 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 764 649 1413 12 Galesburg-Augusta 401 1010 1412 13 McBain 649 684 1333 14 Saranac 687 640 1327 15 Grandville Calvin Christian 363 942 1304 16 Blissfield 992 303 1295 17 Coloma 324 965 1289 18 Centreville 973 300 1273 19 LeRoy Pine River 934 319 1253 20 Bath 857 385 1243 21 Vassar 934 305 1240 22 Grass Lake 857 370 1227 23 Laingsburg 877 330 1206 24 Ann Arbor Greenhills 819 328 1147 25 Napoleon 420 652 1073
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Ashton Thornsbury 6′ 2″ Hillsdale 405 High Jump 12 Hayden Handy 21′ 0.5″ Hillsdale 382 Long Jump 11 Robert Garcia 6′ 0″ Hillsdale 377 High Jump 10 Brookes Beckman 5′ 8″ Hillsdale 321 High Jump 12 John Petersen 5′ 7″ Hillsdale 307 High Jump 11 Marshay Harris 19′ 3″ Hillsdale 306 Long Jump 11 Robert Garcia 19′ 2″ Hillsdale 302 Long Jump 10 Oliver Heckel 5′ 6″ Hillsdale 293 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Hillsdale 1103 990 2093 2 Pewamo-Westphalia 1047 1037 2083 3 Reed City 754 1052 1807 4 North Muskegon 1047 721 1768 5 Evart 1019 672 1690 6 Olivet 1047 623 1670 7 Parchment 962 695 1657 8 Ithaca 1019 613 1632 9 Lake City 976 652 1628 10 Springport 642 933 1574 11 Warren Michigan Collegiate 867 647 1514 12 McBain 1188 312 1500 13 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 1103 384 1487 14 Clinton 1075 376 1451 15 Leslie 768 664 1433 16 East Jackson 1132 299 1430 17 Bath 1047 364 1411 18 Chesaning 768 636 1405 19 Adrian Madison 670 725 1394 20 Hanover-Horton 391 970 1361 21 Jonesville 321 1013 1333 22 Pigeon-Laker 613 682 1295 23 Traverse City St. Francis 906 316 1222 24 Kingsley 811 385 1196 25 Jackson Lumen Christi 1146 – 1146
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 9 Leah Thelen 5′ 2″ Fowler 401 High Jump 12 Ella Hufnagel 16′ 8.75″ Fowler 386 Long Jump 12 Ella Hufnagel 5′ 0″ Fowler 363 High Jump 9 Sydney Rehmann 4′ 10″ Fowler 324 High Jump 11 Skylar Fowler 4′ 8″ Fowler 286 High Jump 11 Skylar Fowler 14′ 3″ Fowler 282 Long Jump 9 Myah Rademacher 14′ 2.5″ Fowler 281 Long Jump 9 Eva Thelen 14′ 2″ Fowler 279 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Fowler 1088 949 2038 2 Webberville 857 997 1855 3 Breckenridge 610 1022 1632 4 Mason County Eastern 706 878 1584 5 Petersburg-Summerfield 857 622 1480 6 New Buffalo 915 396 1311 7 Marlette 706 598 1304 8 Gobles 649 645 1294 9 Brown City 1011 272 1283 10 Central Lake / Ellsworth 824 303 1127 11 Concord 783 289 1073 12 Hillsdale Academy 761 280 1041 13 Lincoln-Alcona 687 289 976 14 Buckley 649 292 941 15 Morrice 610 309 920 16 Kalamazoo Hackett 591 269 859 17 Pittsford 857 – 857 18 Brethren 533 310 844 19 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 247 588 835 20 Fairview 495 291 786 21 Adrian Lenawee Christian 435 317 752 22 Harbor Springs 742 – 742 23 St. Charles 401 314 715 24 Byron 363 331 694 25 Sterling Heights Parkway 324 352 676
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Bryce White 6′ 3″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 419 High Jump 10 Brady Begeman 5′ 10″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 349 High Jump 9 Andrew Frazier 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′ 6″ Riverview Gabriel Richard 274 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Riverview Gabriel Richard 1089 873 1963 2 Kingston 1075 618 1693 3 Kalamazoo Hackett 1089 537 1626 4 Maple City Glen Lake 1033 569 1601 5 Concord 962 569 1531 6 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 613 906 1519 7 Fowler 1075 330 1406 8 Potterville 1047 277 1324 9 Brown City 335 982 1316 10 Manchester 670 599 1269 11 International Academy of Flint 670 558 1228 12 Pittsford 307 859 1166 13 Muskegon Heights 698 297 995 14 Camden-Frontier 349 640 989 15 Fairview 293 678 970 16 Montabella 585 364 949 17 Climax-Scotts 670 274 943 18 Deckerville 670 267 936 19 Vermontville Maple Valley 405 526 931 20 Mt Clemens – 910 910 21 Mason County Eastern 613 288 901 22 White Cloud 462 317 779 23 Muskegon Catholic Central 476 275 750 24 East Jordan 740 – 740 25 Holland Calvary Christian 363 375 738
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Kiera Isaacson 5′ 2″ Dollar Bay 401 High Jump 9 Ava Nye 14′ 3.5″ Dollar Bay 284 Long Jump 12 Nora Keranen 14′ 2″ Dollar Bay 279 Long Jump 9 Ava Nye 4′ 6″ Dollar Bay 247 High Jump 12 Nora Keranen 4′ 6″ Dollar Bay 247 High Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Dollar Bay 896 563 1459 2 Gladstone 687 352 1039 3 Menominee 363 560 922 4 Escanaba 286 621 907 5 Manistique 247 621 868 6 Calumet 533 276 809 7 Big Bay De Noc 764 – 764 8 Forest Park – 648 648 9 Marquette 305 316 621 10 Kingsford – 595 595 11 Ironwood 591 – 591 12 Iron Mountain 247 331 579 13 L’Anse 286 284 570 14 Brimley 533 – 533 15 Baraga 495 – 495 15 Sault Ste. Marie 495 – 495 17 North Dickinson County 363 – 363 18 Painesdale-Jeffers – 335 335 19 West Iron County 324 – 324 20 Norway 286 – 286 20 Pickford 286 – 286 20 St. Ignace 286 – 286 20 Stephenson 286 – 286 24 Engadine – 281 281 25 Bark River-Harris – 279 279 25 Carney-Nadeau – 279 279
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Kyler Sager 21′ 0″ Marquette 380 Long Jump 11 David Williams 5′ 10″ Marquette 349 High Jump 12 Seamus Waite 5′ 10″ Marquette 349 High Jump 11 David Williams 19′ 0″ Marquette 295 Long Jump 12 Micheal Cattoor 5′ 6″ Marquette 293 High Jump 10 Kyan Jenshak 18′ 5″ Marquette 270 Long Jump
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Total 1 Marquette 991 945 1936 2 Gladstone 1047 618 1665 3 Menominee 1132 309 1441 4 Pickford 754 572 1327 5 Newberry 349 322 671 6 Escanaba 405 265 670 7 Holy Name 307 316 623 8 Iron Mountain – 622 622 9 Sault Ste. Marie 293 297 589 10 Brimley 585 – 585 11 Republic-Michigamme – 547 547 12 Forest Park 377 – 377 13 Manistique 349 – 349 13 North Dickinson County 349 – 349 13 Rock Mid-Peninsula 349 – 349 16 Ironwood 321 – 321 16 Lake Linden-Hubbell 321 – 321 16 West Iron County 321 – 321 19 Houghton 307 – 307 20 Baraga 293 – 293 20 Engadine 293 – 293 20 L’Anse 293 – 293 20 Rapid River 293 – 293 20 Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer 293 – 293 25 Ojibwe – 274 274 26 Norway – 273 273 27 Bark River-Harris – 270 270
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