Can’t believe we’re AT REGIONAL WEEK. With regional meets this weekend, then the 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 hurdling 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:
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Sunday (5/11) evening.
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 12 Carrie VanNoy 13.99 Oak Park 100h 511 12 Carrie VanNoy 43.14 Oak Park 300h 507 9 Payton Gee 14.18 Oak Park 100h 500 12 Jayda Watson 14.24 Oak Park 100h 496 9 Payton Gee 45.13 Oak Park 300h 460 11 Mekhi Thompson 15.27 Oak Park 100h 434 12 Jayda Watson 46.71 Oak Park 300h 423 11 Mekhi Thompson 47.93 Oak Park 300h 394
Rank Team 100h 300h Total 1 Oak Park 1941 1390 3330 2 East Kentwood 1782 1292 3074 3 Belleville 1249 1298 2548 4 Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 1198 1279 2477 5 Detroit Cass Tech 1311 892 2204 6 Okemos 1212 839 2050 7 Ann Arbor Pioneer 1043 771 1815 8 Ann Arbor Huron 863 861 1724 9 Salem 862 791 1653 10 Grand Haven 765 803 1568 11 Lake Orion 784 750 1534 12 Holland West Ottawa 371 1146 1517 13 Grand Ledge 765 735 1501 14 Zeeland East 675 809 1483 15 Detroit Renaissance 494 951 1444 16 Clarkston 442 790 1232 17 Rockford 440 777 1217 18 Romeo 409 794 1203 19 Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley 1192 – 1192 20 Kalamazoo Central 402 782 1183 21 Oxford 386 797 1183 22 Bay City Western 397 781 1178 23 East Lansing 765 394 1159 24 Woodhaven Brownstown 734 412 1146 25 Novi 790 353 1143
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 12 Will Jaiden Smith 13.53 Belleville 110h 546 12 Will Jaiden Smith 36.87 Belleville 300h 534 11 Schmar Gamble 13.69 Belleville 110h 534 12 Timothy Pinard 14.15 Belleville 110h 498 12 Timothy Pinard 38.99 Belleville 300h 467 11 Jaiden Rutley 14.80 Belleville 110h 448 9 Keymani Tally 15.11 Belleville 110h 425 11 Jaiden Rutley 41.37 Belleville 300h 392
Rank Team 110h 300h Total 1 Belleville 2451 1394 3845 2 Detroit Catholic Central 1383 1446 2829 3 Rochester Adams 1371 1300 2671 4 Temperance Bedford 1351 1265 2616 5 East Kentwood 1251 1242 2493 6 Greenville 1229 819 2048 7 Saline 1113 851 1964 8 Kalamazoo Central 1163 786 1949 9 Portage Central 1170 771 1941 10 Detroit Cass Tech 1188 735 1923 11 Walled Lake Central 1115 740 1854 12 Muskegon Mona Shores 820 880 1700 13 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 850 830 1680 14 Holland West Ottawa 826 842 1668 15 Grosse Pointe South 797 786 1583 16 Traverse City West 1098 449 1547 17 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 841 472 1312 18 Oak Park 804 481 1285 19 Macomb Dakota 439 812 1251 20 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 442 795 1238 21 Grand Ledge 815 397 1212 22 Rockford 405 802 1207 23 Farmington 760 412 1172 24 Beverly Hills Groves 355 753 1107 25 Caledonia 701 396 1098
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 12 Ava Gary 44.92 Gladwin 300h 465 12 Ava Gary 15.01 Gladwin 100h 449 11 Bree Visser 48.40 Gladwin 300h 383 11 Bree Visser 16.59 Gladwin 100h 354 10 Elizabeth Huisjen 52.02 Gladwin 300h 298 10 Elizabeth Huisjen 17.93 Gladwin 100h 272
Rank Team 100h 300h Total 1 Gladwin 1075 1146 2222 2 Sturgis 915 996 1911 3 Hopkins 699 770 1469 4 Alma 863 606 1469 5 Petoskey 1070 363 1433 6 St. Joseph 744 670 1414 7 Dearborn Divine Child 669 736 1405 8 Trenton 678 681 1358 9 Coopersville 595 678 1273 10 Saginaw Swan Valley 329 936 1265 11 Owosso 787 437 1224 12 Wyoming Godwin Heights 705 373 1078 13 Berrien Springs 740 330 1070 14 Forest Hills Eastern 705 358 1063 15 Cadillac 323 694 1017 16 Holland 710 303 1013 17 Detroit Country Day 714 289 1003 18 Portland 638 364 1002 19 Gaylord 331 652 983 20 Chelsea 631 342 973 21 Fruitport 657 307 964 22 Monroe Jefferson 585 362 947 23 Big Rapids 616 326 943 24 Grosse Ile 556 361 918 25 Freeland 278 630 909
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 11 Conan Weeks 39.91 Clare 300h 438 12 Logan Carstensen 15.44 Clare 100h 399 11 Conan Weeks 15.66 Clare 100h 382 12 Logan Carstensen 42.72 Clare 300h 350 12 Ty Allbee 16.31 Clare 100h 332 11 Silas Donaldson 43.37 Clare 300h 330 12 Ty Allbee 43.55 Clare 300h 324 10 Donavan Hoogerhyde 43.78 Clare 300h 317
Rank Team 110h 300h Total 1 Clare 1114 1118 2232 2 Battle Creek Harper Creek 1205 826 2031 3 Whitehall 1201 786 1987 4 Alma 1155 771 1925 5 Hamilton 1126 782 1908 6 Coldwater 1169 722 1891 7 Corunna 1164 725 1889 8 Parma Western 1037 819 1856 9 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 988 787 1775 10 Lansing Sexton 665 1090 1754 11 Charlotte 915 665 1579 12 Shepherd 699 852 1551 13 Saginaw Swan Valley 345 1084 1429 14 Gladwin 1013 330 1343 15 Frankenmuth 971 364 1335 16 Freeland 758 433 1192 17 Petoskey 357 812 1169 18 Ludington 436 689 1125 19 Milan 382 728 1110 20 Stevensville Lakeshore 702 374 1076 21 Hopkins 666 407 1073 22 Harper Woods 342 725 1067 23 St. Joseph 730 326 1056 24 Macomb Lutheran North 709 344 1053 25 Wayland Union 693 342 1035
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 11 Emily Peters 45.60 Olivet 300h 449 12 Sophia Pell 15.52 Olivet 100h 418 11 Emily Peters 15.81 Olivet 100h 401 12 Sophia Pell 48.70 Olivet 300h 376 9 Briella Boswell 52.30 Olivet 300h 292 10 Lyla LaPaugh 18.44 Olivet 100h 242
Rank Team 100h 300h Total 1 Olivet 1061 1117 2178 2 Lansing Catholic 906 1097 2004 3 Pewamo-Westphalia 931 981 1911 4 Remus Chippewa Hills 929 953 1882 5 Ida 1041 752 1793 6 Traverse City St. Francis 788 904 1693 7 Standish Sterling 826 626 1452 8 Erie Mason 714 721 1435 9 Kingsley 709 699 1408 10 Adrian Madison 527 872 1399 11 Cass City 846 548 1394 12 Elk Rapids 598 786 1385 13 Chesaning 501 876 1377 14 Lawton 593 650 1243 15 Newaygo 585 632 1217 16 Marine City 561 641 1202 17 Schoolcraft 886 307 1193 18 Quincy 424 740 1164 19 Union City 587 575 1162 20 Blissfield 569 591 1160 21 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 397 635 1033 22 Constantine 601 400 1001 23 Ravenna 369 589 958 24 Houghton Lake 300 635 935 25 Hart 294 622 915
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 12 Caleb Walker 14.30 Chesaning 110h 487 12 Caleb Walker 38.94 Chesaning 300h 469 12 Truman Danek 15.17 Chesaning 110h 420 12 Truman Danek 41.05 Chesaning 300h 403 10 Danny Tijerina 43.36 Chesaning 300h 330 10 Danny Tijerina 17.64 Chesaning 110h 230
Rank Team 110h 300h Total 1 Chesaning 1137 1201 2338 2 Warren Michigan Collegiate 1168 1017 2185 3 Erie Mason 996 1095 2091 4 Olivet 905 1085 1990 5 Hillsdale 949 683 1632 6 Jonesville 761 816 1578 7 Bath 797 752 1549 8 Elk Rapids 713 814 1527 9 Ravenna 708 805 1513 10 Schoolcraft 719 713 1432 11 Adrian Madison 1055 353 1408 12 Almont 730 652 1381 13 Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 662 719 1381 14 Lakeview 403 710 1113 15 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 306 691 998 16 Constantine 606 386 992 17 Benzie Central 290 689 979 18 Pigeon-Laker 368 604 971 19 Blissfield 278 669 947 20 Pewamo-Westphalia 585 332 917 21 Lansing Catholic 465 439 904 22 Stockbridge 534 328 862 23 Kingsley 548 295 843 24 Quincy 414 418 832 25 Ithaca 491 339 830
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 11 Maria Wieber 48.04 Fowler 300h 392 9 Leah Thelen 48.70 Fowler 300h 376 11 Paige Thelen 48.96 Fowler 300h 370 10 Nadia Schafer 49.45 Fowler 300h 359 9 Leah Thelen 16.69 Fowler 100h 348 11 Maria Wieber 16.77 Fowler 100h 343 11 Paige Thelen 18.64 Fowler 100h 229
Rank Team 100h 300h Total 1 Fowler 920 1497 2416 2 Mason County Eastern 977 840 1817 3 Hillsdale Academy 852 950 1802 4 Kalamazoo Hackett 658 1016 1674 5 Petersburg-Summerfield 718 772 1490 6 Frankfort 702 550 1252 7 Deckerville 633 594 1226 8 Pittsford 512 594 1106 9 Vestaburg 475 562 1037 10 Gobles 345 660 1004 11 Addison 474 469 943 12 Manchester 332 602 935 13 Buckley 356 564 920 14 Breckenridge 606 297 903 15 Central Lake / Ellsworth 489 384 873 16 Lansing Christian 413 451 864 17 Birmingham Roeper 554 272 826 18 Whittemore-Prescott 407 418 824 19 White Cloud 450 314 764 20 Marlette 220 537 757 21 Brown City 478 275 753 22 Harbor Springs 194 546 740 23 Southfield Christian 439 278 718 24 St Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic 319 315 634 25 Lutheran Westland 298 325 624
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 11 Dawson Scharer 38.31 Hillsdale Academy 300h 489 11 Dawson Scharer 15.53 Hillsdale Academy 100h 392 12 Alex Richards 41.83 Hillsdale Academy 300h 378 12 Alex Richards 16.18 Hillsdale Academy 100h 342 10 Andrew Richards 46.91 Hillsdale Academy 300h 218 11 Connor Hill 18.77 Hillsdale Academy 100h 143
Rank Team 110h 300h Total 1 Hillsdale Academy 878 1085 1962 2 Lutheran Westland 902 853 1755 3 Riverview Gabriel Richard 716 1029 1745 4 Fowler 690 1025 1715 5 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 693 822 1515 6 Manchester 721 793 1515 7 Kalamazoo Hackett 653 720 1373 8 Concord 688 663 1352 9 Southfield Christian 545 779 1323 10 East Jordan 697 593 1290 11 Harbor Springs 595 618 1212 12 Central Lake / Ellsworth 544 564 1108 13 Grand Traverse Academy 485 561 1045 14 Morenci 276 678 954 15 Detroit Frederick Douglass 326 624 950 16 Portland St. Patrick 355 585 939 17 Mt Clemens 322 605 927 18 Reading 297 610 907 19 Climax-Scotts 507 397 904 20 Petersburg-Summerfield 578 278 856 21 Montabella 509 317 826 22 Deckerville 449 359 808 23 Lincoln-Alcona 351 402 753 24 Mio Ausable 362 374 736 25 Frankfort 443 267 710
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 10 Sadie Rogers 48.83 Negaunee 300h 373 10 Sadie Rogers 16.38 Negaunee 100h 366 12 Madison Pekrul 49.63 Negaunee 300h 354 12 Madison Pekrul 16.86 Negaunee 100h 337 11 Josie Mechling 50.82 Negaunee 300h 326 11 Josie Mechling 18.37 Negaunee 100h 246
Rank Team 100h 300h Total 1 Negaunee 949 1054 2003 2 Marquette 762 587 1349 3 Sault Ste. Marie 762 524 1285 4 Lake Linden-Hubbell 573 657 1231 5 St. Ignace 536 546 1082 6 Munising 489 591 1080 7 Escanaba 309 623 932 8 Newberry 235 592 828 9 Forest Park 499 317 816 10 Dollar Bay 195 565 760 11 Houghton 331 318 648 12 West Iron County 245 311 556 13 Chassell 238 312 551 14 Gladstone 549 – 549 15 Ontonagon Area 251 257 508 16 North Dickinson County 213 283 496 17 Ishpeming 211 262 473 18 L’Anse 177 226 404 19 Bark River-Harris – 340 340 20 Cedarville – 276 276 21 Big Bay De Noc – 252 252 22 Stephenson – 240 240 23 Ewen-Trout Creek – 234 234 24 Carney-Nadeau 233 – 233 25 Manistique – 213 213
Grade Name Time Team Event Points 11 Ford Richardson 41.17 Marquette 300h 399 11 Jacob Norman 15.90 Marquette 110h 364 11 Oliver Kudej 43.83 Marquette 300h 315 11 Ben Rayhorn 44.21 Marquette 300h 303 10 Clayton Edwards 44.42 Marquette 300h 297 10 Braylon Zdunek 45.07 Marquette 300h 276 12 Seamus Waite 17.29 Marquette 110h 257 11 Oliver Kudej 17.54 Marquette 110h 238 10 Braylon Zdunek 17.84 Marquette 110h 215 10 Tyler Hendrickson 18.68 Marquette 110h 150
Rank Team 110h 300h Total 1 Marquette 858 1017 1875 2 Negaunee 858 1000 1858 3 Pickford 619 714 1333 4 Lake Linden-Hubbell 487 836 1323 5 Sault Ste. Marie 631 632 1264 6 Kingsford 528 374 902 7 Houghton 367 311 678 8 Ironwood 343 312 655 9 Bark River-Harris 314 317 631 10 L’Anse 288 318 606 11 Brimley 231 220 451 12 Ishpeming Westwood 159 288 448 13 Forest Park 193 233 426 14 Rapid River 203 216 419 15 Ontonagon Area 159 210 369 16 Norway 140 213 353 17 Chassell – 255 255 18 Manistique – 221 221 19 Escanaba 199 – 199 20 St. Ignace 158 – 158 21 North Dickinson County 142 – 142 22 Stephenson 137 – 137
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