Headin’ towards regional time! With regionals in a week (more 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 throwing 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 Thursday (5/8) evening.
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Libby Post 35′ 4″ Zeeland East 404 Shot Put 11 Laura Maartense 35′ 3″ Zeeland East 403 Shot Put 9 Lily Huizenga 35′ 0″ Zeeland East 400 Shot Put 11 Libby Post 105′ 1″ Zeeland East 390 Discus 11 Megan Kuzma 33′ 6″ Zeeland East 384 Shot Put 9 Lily Huizenga 100′ 6″ Zeeland East 378 Discus 11 Laura Maartense 100′ 2″ Zeeland East 377 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Zeeland East 1208 1145 2352 2 Livonia Churchill 803 1277 2080 3 Rochester 432 1273 1705 4 Plymouth 869 787 1657 5 Royal Oak 804 849 1653 6 Anchor Bay 768 832 1600 7 Northville 1176 404 1580 8 Farmington 414 832 1246 9 Walled Lake Central 407 829 1237 10 North Farmington 783 442 1225 11 Grand Ledge 763 419 1183 12 Cedar Springs 373 790 1163 13 Mason 758 402 1160 14 East Kentwood 765 392 1156 15 Traverse City Central 565 534 1099 16 Jenison 500 513 1013 17 Rockford 448 456 904 18 Midland 458 429 887 19 Forest Hills Central 415 439 854 20 Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse 414 430 845 21 Warren Cousino 452 385 837 22 East Lansing 429 405 834 23 Utica Ford 421 411 832 24 Detroit Renaissance 423 409 832 25 Davison 392 432 824
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Maxwell Stoecker 60′ 8″ Midland 507 Shot Put 12 Maxwell Stoecker 178′ 7″ Midland 495 Discus 12 Evan Woodruff 54′ 10″ Midland 460 Shot Put 11 Gabe Newkirk 158′ 9″ Midland 445 Discus 12 Zach Buschlen 147′ 6″ Midland 416 Discus 11 Gabe Newkirk 48′ 11.5″ Midland 414 Shot Put 12 Tristan Deal 131′ 10″ Midland 376 Discus 12 Evan Woodruff 131′ 9″ Midland 376 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Midland 1381 1355 2736 2 Grand Ledge 1265 1353 2618 3 Byron Center 1248 1349 2597 4 Beverly Hills Groves 1191 1372 2564 5 East Kentwood 1200 1179 2380 6 Walled Lake Central 929 1294 2223 7 Monroe 872 1331 2203 8 North Farmington 798 1238 2036 9 Dexter 804 1167 1970 10 Warren DeLaSalle 844 867 1711 11 Livonia Churchill 833 876 1710 12 Saginaw Heritage 851 856 1707 13 Hudsonville 836 865 1701 14 Anchor Bay 418 1282 1700 15 Muskegon Mona Shores 394 1286 1680 16 Cedar Springs 852 808 1661 17 Portage Central 450 1208 1658 18 Rochester 802 837 1639 19 Port Huron Northern 800 826 1626 20 Macomb Dakota 836 777 1613 21 Hartland 806 781 1588 22 West Bloomfield 382 1190 1572 23 Woodhaven Brownstown 766 762 1529 24 Detroit Catholic Central 825 431 1256 25 Kalamazoo Central 410 828 1237
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Catherine Retberg 117′ 6″ Frankenmuth 425 Discus 12 Raquel Hernandez 108′ 7″ Frankenmuth 400 Discus 11 Catherine Retberg 34′ 7″ Frankenmuth 396 Shot Put 12 Raquel Hernandez 33′ 8.75″ Frankenmuth 387 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 1152 1180 2331 2 Coldwater 1332 810 2142 3 Gladwin 821 1182 2003 4 Hudsonville Unity Christian 821 1158 1980 5 Milan 769 1185 1954 6 Holland Christian 789 1113 1902 7 Coopersville 745 1150 1895 8 Croswell-Lexington 1129 753 1882 9 Howard City Tri-County 1102 762 1864 10 North Branch 824 879 1703 11 Battle Creek Harper Creek 853 824 1677 12 Flat Rock 796 819 1615 13 Chelsea 796 758 1555 14 Otsego 802 732 1534 15 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 743 775 1518 16 Hastings 385 1125 1510 17 Allegan 777 732 1509 18 Berrien Springs 735 770 1506 19 Cadillac 1087 401 1488 20 Petoskey 784 404 1189 21 Freeland 821 363 1184 22 Wayland Union 361 806 1168 23 Hopkins 369 796 1166 24 Paw Paw 413 744 1157 25 Parma Western 715 400 1115
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Adam Huff 167′ 4″ Wayland Union 466 Discus 12 Adam Huff 52′ 6″ Wayland Union 442 Shot Put 11 Ashton Kuhlman 152′ 3″ Wayland Union 428 Discus 11 Ashton Kuhlman 49′ 9″ Wayland Union 420 Shot Put 12 Ashton Kasprowicz 129′ 6″ Wayland Union 370 Discus 12 Ashton Kasprowicz 43′ 0″ Wayland Union 366 Shot Put 12 Lucas Vanpopering 42′ 11.5″ Wayland Union 366 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Wayland Union 1228 1265 2492 2 Battle Creek Harper Creek 1223 1232 2455 3 Hudsonville Unity Christian 1160 1206 2367 4 Frankenmuth 1178 1174 2352 5 Stevensville Lakeshore 1179 1071 2249 6 Gaylord 1294 905 2199 7 Parma Western 1288 869 2157 8 Coopersville 1234 879 2113 9 Coldwater 1276 780 2056 10 Haslett 831 1138 1968 11 Cadillac 1152 745 1897 12 Sparta 478 1282 1760 13 St. Joseph 853 906 1759 14 Berrien Springs 850 877 1727 15 Otsego 1219 440 1659 16 Three Rivers 853 779 1632 17 Owosso 797 810 1607 18 Whitehall 770 830 1600 19 Riverview 776 794 1569 20 Corunna 413 1150 1563 21 Niles 1171 378 1549 22 Tecumseh 779 762 1541 23 Detroit Voyageur 771 768 1539 24 Alma 756 772 1528 25 St. Clair 373 1140 1513
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Isabel Rozeveld 126′ 7″ McBain 451 Discus 12 Isabel Rozeveld 36′ 8″ McBain 419 Shot Put 10 Adria Rozeveld 100′ 11″ McBain 379 Discus 10 Grace Bronkema 32′ 2″ McBain 369 Shot Put 10 Grace Bronkema 95′ 4″ McBain 363 Discus 10 Adria Rozeveld 30′ 10″ McBain 355 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 McBain 1143 1193 2336 2 Adrian Madison 1147 1110 2257 3 Kingsley 763 1150 1913 4 Blissfield 1124 723 1847 5 Quincy 725 1054 1779 6 Pewamo-Westphalia 798 877 1675 7 Galesburg-Augusta 776 720 1496 8 Ida 720 752 1472 9 Hart 698 767 1465 10 Mason County Central 703 735 1439 11 New Lothrop 1079 357 1436 12 Hemlock 1064 368 1432 13 Midland Bullock Creek 716 715 1431 14 Standish Sterling 719 707 1426 15 St. Louis 763 437 1201 16 Manton 749 397 1146 17 Brooklyn Columbia Central 755 378 1133 18 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 347 772 1119 19 Kent City 723 390 1112 20 Montrose 584 526 1109 21 Buchanan 388 705 1093 22 Jonesville 361 717 1078 23 Schoolcraft 491 475 967 24 Springport 433 460 894 25 Manistee 399 450 848
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 12 Seth Schlicht 51′ 4″ Chesaning 432 Shot Put 11 Braden Burtch 49′ 1″ Chesaning 415 Shot Put 12 Brayden Florian 47′ 7″ Chesaning 403 Shot Put 12 Seth Schlicht 135′ 8″ Chesaning 386 Discus 11 Braden Burtch 133′ 6″ Chesaning 380 Discus 12 John Talbot 121′ 6″ Chesaning 350 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Chesaning 1250 1116 2366 2 Ovid-Elsie 1117 1199 2316 3 Stanton Central Montcalm 1150 1117 2267 4 Constantine 1147 1119 2267 5 Quincy 1076 1086 2162 6 Standish Sterling 819 1188 2007 7 Montague 1129 695 1824 8 Lawton 893 905 1798 9 Kingsley 421 1258 1678 10 Midland Bullock Creek 861 802 1663 11 Centreville 426 1148 1574 12 Mason County Central 425 1127 1552 13 Napoleon 782 743 1525 14 Ithaca 1136 347 1484 15 Manton 810 392 1202 16 Jonesville 387 783 1170 17 Bronson – 1129 1129 18 Laingsburg 371 758 1128 19 McBain 763 363 1126 20 Sanford-Meridian 364 759 1123 21 Pewamo-Westphalia – 1116 1116 22 Onsted 384 726 1110 23 Hartford 364 729 1093 24 Reese 385 707 1092 25 North Muskegon 745 342 1087
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 10 Bryn Gilde 34′ 10″ Beal City 399 Shot Put 11 Jaylyn Sisco 107′ 2″ Beal City 396 Discus 10 Bryn Gilde 103′ 5″ Beal City 386 Discus 10 Mady Stack 97′ 10″ Beal City 370 Discus 10 Katelyn Schultz 32′ 0″ Beal City 368 Shot Put 12 Brianna Stack 91′ 9″ Beal City 353 Discus 10 Katelyn Schultz 86′ 5″ Beal City 338 Discus 12 Brianna Stack 28′ 9.5″ Beal City 333 Shot Put 11 Jaylyn Sisco 28′ 9.25″ Beal City 332 Shot Put 10 Mari Tovar 82′ 11″ Beal City 328 Discus
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Beal City 1099 1152 2251 2 Reading 1040 735 1775 3 Bellevue 1055 706 1760 4 Pittsford 1017 674 1691 5 Fulton 702 794 1496 6 White Pigeon 770 702 1472 7 Portland St. Patrick 697 757 1454 8 Brethren 690 760 1450 9 Fairview 682 767 1449 10 Morenci 338 1081 1418 11 Petersburg-Summerfield 683 700 1383 12 Concord 998 348 1346 13 Potterville 761 378 1139 14 Montabella 763 333 1096 15 White Cloud 320 762 1082 16 Addison 693 371 1064 17 Decatur 698 353 1051 18 Athens 706 336 1042 19 Lake Leelanau St. Mary 329 700 1029 20 Unionville-Sebewaing 381 442 823 21 Carson City-Crystal 393 402 795 22 Bridgman 404 342 747 23 Southfield Christian 402 340 742 24 Lawrence 349 393 742 25 Morrice 393 329 722
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Oliver Long 56′ 6.25″ Morrice 474 Shot Put 11 Oliver Long 139′ 0″ Morrice 394 Discus 10 Joe Galloway 135′ 10″ Morrice 386 Discus 10 Joe Galloway 40′ 7″ Morrice 347 Shot Put 10 Braden Hart 112′ 6″ Morrice 327 Discus 12 Travis Smith 37′ 10.5″ Morrice 325 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Morrice 1146 1108 2254 2 Climax-Scotts 1113 1133 2246 3 Marion 1082 1107 2189 4 Colon 1036 1086 2122 5 Potterville 1069 774 1843 6 Britton Deerfield 656 1102 1758 7 Breckenridge 851 809 1659 8 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 1170 417 1588 9 Fowler 718 749 1467 10 Detroit Frederick Douglass 1074 344 1417 11 Allen Park Cabrini 691 715 1406 12 Camden-Frontier 670 694 1364 13 Frankfort 1013 333 1346 14 Southfield Christian 670 675 1345 15 St Philip Catholic Central 694 396 1090 16 Grand Traverse Academy 740 321 1060 17 East Jordan 357 696 1052 18 Morenci 339 707 1046 19 Kingston 705 334 1039 20 Bellevue 687 338 1025 21 Riverview Gabriel Richard – 1024 1024 22 Deckerville 677 336 1012 23 Manchester 413 415 828 24 Marlette 384 439 824 25 Hillsdale Academy 389 379 768
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 11 Baylie Bourdeau 96′ 10″ Negaunee 367 Discus 11 Alina Nelson 95′ 7″ Negaunee 364 Discus 10 Priya Morey 95′ 2″ Negaunee 363 Discus 9 Paige O’Donnell 29′ 6″ Negaunee 340 Shot Put 10 Priya Morey 28′ 8.5″ Negaunee 332 Shot Put 11 Izzy Niemi 28′ 1″ Negaunee 325 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Negaunee 997 1094 2091 2 Lake Linden-Hubbell 1040 680 1720 3 Stephenson 732 731 1463 4 Calumet 716 690 1406 5 Sault Ste. Marie 748 379 1127 6 St. Ignace 336 672 1008 7 Carney-Nadeau 381 391 773 8 Brimley 360 388 748 9 Pickford 362 382 744 10 Rock Mid-Peninsula 354 368 722 11 Engadine 329 353 682 12 Houghton 673 – 673 13 Munising 329 336 665 14 Newberry 665 – 665 15 Ishpeming 416 – 416 16 Manistique 389 – 389 17 Ironwood 380 – 380 18 Kingsford – 357 357 19 Rudyard 349 – 349 20 Powers North Central 346 – 346 21 Big Bay De Noc 343 – 343 22 North Dickinson County 339 – 339 23 Gladstone 331 – 331 24 Bessemer 323 – 323 25 Marquette 322 – 322
Grade Name Mark Team Points Event 10 Michael Solena 49′ 9.5″ Houghton 420 Shot Put 10 Mason Joyal 138′ 0″ Houghton 392 Discus 10 Michael Solena 127′ 3″ Houghton 365 Discus 12 Ryder Kemppainen 41′ 2.25″ Houghton 352 Shot Put 12 Ruebyn Mensah 40′ 9″ Houghton 348 Shot Put
Rank Team Shot Put Discus Total 1 Houghton 1120 756 1877 2 Manistique 697 676 1372 3 Gladstone 727 385 1112 4 West Iron County 744 344 1088 5 Rudyard 346 726 1072 6 Rapid River 331 714 1045 7 Marquette 353 683 1036 8 Baraga 345 678 1023 9 Negaunee 336 659 995 10 Calumet 406 402 808 11 Forest Park 350 398 748 12 Norway 353 395 748 13 Sault Ste. Marie 385 338 723 14 Chassell 358 351 708 15 Lake Linden-Hubbell 336 367 703 16 Gwinn 351 341 692 17 Bessemer 681 – 681 18 Kingsford 677 – 677 19 Rock Mid-Peninsula 346 328 675 20 Dollar Bay – 371 371 21 Iron Mountain 364 – 364 22 Powers North Central 356 – 356 23 St. Ignace – 349 349 24 Newberry 349 – 349 25 Escanaba 344 – 344
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