Hard to believe, but it’s over. Another track season, done. Time to reflect on the best crews and best individuals.
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:
BOYS TABLES
GIRLS TABLES
These contain results through the State Finals.

| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 11 | Raiden Kipfmiller | 12′ 9″ | Dexter | 510 |
| 11 | Debbie McCoy | 12′ 3″ | Dexter | 490 |
| 11 | Madelyn Simons | 9′ 6″ | Dexter | 380 |
| 12 | Tylee Jensen | 9′ 3″ | Dexter | 370 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 10 | Olivia Bagdasarian | 12′ 0″ | Lake Orion | 480 |
| 11 | Sabrina DiMaggio | 11′ 0″ | Lake Orion | 440 |
| 11 | Grace Carlson | 10′ 6″ | Lake Orion | 420 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Carmen Mannor | 10′ 0″ | Traverse City Central | 400 |
| 12 | Kathryn Clark | 9′ 6″ | Traverse City Central | 380 |
| 9 | Molly O’Keefe | 9′ 3″ | Traverse City Central | 370 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 1 | Dexter | 1381 |
| 2 | Lake Orion | 1341 |
| 3 | Traverse City Central | 1151 |
| 4 | Lowell | 940 |
| 5 | East Kentwood | 890 |
| 5 | Rockford | 890 |
| 7 | Grand Haven | 880 |
| 8 | Walled Lake Central | 834 |
| 9 | Plymouth | 790 |
| 10 | Northville | 760 |
| 11 | Jenison | 750 |
| 12 | Forest Hills Central | 510 |
| 12 | Grand Ledge | 510 |
| 14 | Davison | 460 |
| 14 | Okemos | 460 |
| 16 | Walled Lake Northern | 450 |
| 17 | Livonia Churchill | 430 |
| 17 | South Lyon East | 430 |
| 19 | Hartland | 424 |
| 20 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 420 |
| 20 | Clarkston | 420 |
| 20 | Traverse City West | 420 |
| 23 | Bay City Central | 410 |
| 24 | Battle Creek Lakeview | 400 |
| 24 | Zeeland East | 400 |

| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 11 | Evie Mathis | 12′ 6″ | Wayland Union | 500 |
| 9 | Bre Hoogewind | 9′ 0″ | Wayland Union | 360 |
| 11 | Megan Stack | 9′ 0″ | Wayland Union | 360 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 11 | Karlie VanRemortel | 9′ 9″ | Chelsea | 390 |
| 11 | Lissa Krueger | 9′ 0″ | Chelsea | 360 |
| 10 | Tessa Smith | 8′ 3″ | Chelsea | 330 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Maya VanSolkema | 9′ 9″ | Hudsonville Unity Christian | 390 |
| 11 | Ana Beimers | 8′ 6″ | Hudsonville Unity Christian | 340 |
| 10 | Ashley Binder | 8′ 6″ | Hudsonville Unity Christian | 340 |
| 11 | Ellie Vredevoogd | 8′ 6″ | Hudsonville Unity Christian | 340 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 1 | Wayland Union | 1221 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 1081 |
| 3 | Hudsonville Unity Christian | 1071 |
| 4 | Petoskey | 850 |
| 5 | Williamston | 780 |
| 6 | Owosso | 770 |
| 7 | Pinckney | 764 |
| 8 | Frankenmuth | 760 |
| 9 | Shepherd | 750 |
| 10 | Hastings | 740 |
| 11 | Stevensville Lakeshore | 730 |
| 12 | East Grand Rapids | 720 |
| 12 | Holland Christian | 720 |
| 12 | Sturgis | 720 |
| 15 | Clare | 710 |
| 16 | Coldwater | 700 |
| 17 | Fremont | 680 |
| 18 | Eaton Rapids | 470 |
| 19 | St. Clair Shores Lake Shore | 457 |
| 20 | Ionia | 450 |
| 21 | Forest Hills Eastern | 440 |
| 22 | Bay City John Glenn | 430 |
| 23 | Hamilton | 420 |
| 24 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 410 |
| 24 | Flint Powers Catholic | 410 |
| 24 | Three Rivers | 410 |
| 24 | Vicksburg | 410 |

| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Natalie Gibson | 10′ 9″ | Remus Chippewa Hills | 430 |
| 11 | Clara Vollmar | 10′ 6″ | Remus Chippewa Hills | 420 |
| 9 | Lexi Hatfield | 8′ 6″ | Remus Chippewa Hills | 340 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Lilly Hopkins | 9′ 6″ | Hart | 380 |
| 12 | Lexie Beth Nienhuis | 9′ 3″ | Hart | 370 |
| 11 | Lauren Hopkins | 9′ 0″ | Hart | 360 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Megan Robertson | 10′ 0″ | Lawton | 400 |
| 12 | Alyssa McNally | 8′ 6″ | Lawton | 340 |
| 9 | Daisy Karsen | 8′ 6″ | Lawton | 340 |
| 10 | Anika Weurding | 7′ 6″ | Lawton | 300 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 1 | Remus Chippewa Hills | 1191 |
| 2 | Hart | 1111 |
| 3 | Lawton | 1081 |
| 4 | Manton | 1071 |
| 5 | Kingsley | 1051 |
| 6 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 971 |
| 7 | McBain | 961 |
| 8 | Union City | 941 |
| 9 | Homer | 770 |
| 10 | Laingsburg | 750 |
| 11 | Benzie Central | 730 |
| 11 | Charyl Stockwell Academy | 730 |
| 11 | Sand Creek | 730 |
| 14 | Grass Lake | 710 |
| 15 | Otisville LakeVille | 680 |
| 15 | Charlevoix | 680 |
| 17 | Almont | 674 |
| 18 | Ida | 660 |
| 18 | Schoolcraft | 660 |
| 18 | Standish Sterling | 660 |
| 21 | Olivet | 650 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 640 |
| 22 | Michigan Center | 640 |
| 22 | Morley-Stanwood | 640 |
| 22 | Quincy | 640 |

| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Kate May | 9′ 9″ | Frankfort | 390 |
| 11 | Willa Roth | 9′ 6″ | Frankfort | 380 |
| 11 | Isabella Crompton | 8′ 6″ | Frankfort | 340 |
| 11 | Leah McRae | 7′ 0″ | Frankfort | 280 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Payton Haynes | 11′ 0″ | Mason County Eastern | 440 |
| 10 | Kasey Gaudette | 8′ 0″ | Mason County Eastern | 320 |
| 11 | Miley Kessel | 7′ 6″ | Mason County Eastern | 300 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Chloe Fowler | 10′ 2″ | Pittsford | 407 |
| 8 | Alivia Hoover | 8′ 0″ | Pittsford | 320 |
| 9 | Brielle Clark | 7′ 6″ | Pittsford | 300 |
| 9 | Tania Williams | 7′ 0″ | Pittsford | 280 |
| 8 | Ellie Bump | 6′ 6″ | Pittsford | 260 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 1 | Frankfort | 1111 |
| 2 | Mason County Eastern | 1061 |
| 3 | Pittsford | 1027 |
| 4 | White Cloud | 941 |
| 4 | Hillsdale Academy | 941 |
| 6 | Whitmore Lake | 884 |
| 7 | Webberville | 821 |
| 8 | Deckerville | 810 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo Hackett | 801 |
| 10 | Fowler | 745 |
| 11 | Brown City | 680 |
| 12 | Akron-Fairgrove | 660 |
| 12 | Marlette | 660 |
| 14 | Addison | 640 |
| 15 | Manchester | 620 |
| 16 | Marcellus | 610 |
| 17 | Athens | 610 |
| 18 | Petersburg-Summerfield | 590 |
| 19 | Adrian Lenawee Christian | 580 |
| 20 | Dansville | 560 |
| 20 | Fairview | 560 |
| 20 | Morrice | 560 |
| 23 | White Pigeon | 540 |
| 24 | Montabella | 340 |
| 25 | Fulton | 320 |
| 25 | Holton | 320 |
| 25 | Indian River Inland Lakes | 320 |
| 25 | Vestaburg | 320 |

| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 9 | Maggie Karl | 9′ 6″ | Gladstone | 380 |
| 12 | Chelsey Demeuse | 9′ 0″ | Gladstone | 360 |
| 12 | Lucy DeGroot | 8′ 6″ | Gladstone | 340 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 12 | Emilyn Fay | 10′ 1″ | Houghton | 404 |
| 9 | Lydia Williams | 7′ 6″ | Houghton | 300 |
| 10 | Reagan Aho | 7′ 6″ | Houghton | 300 |
| 10 | Rebecca Joyal | 7′ 0″ | Houghton | 280 |
| Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 11 | Nori Korsman | 9′ 8″ | Negaunee | 387 |
| 10 | Meah Kaye | 7′ 6″ | Negaunee | 300 |
| 10 | Harper Kumpula | 7′ 0″ | Negaunee | 280 |
| 9 | Adela Miller | 7′ 0″ | Negaunee | 280 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 1 | Gladstone | 1081 |
| 2 | Houghton | 1004 |
| 3 | Negaunee | 967 |
| 4 | Dollar Bay | 660 |
| 5 | Baraga | 640 |
| 5 | Lake Linden-Hubbell | 640 |
| 7 | Forest Park | 620 |
| 8 | Marquette | 580 |
| 9 | Stephenson | 560 |
| 10 | Escanaba | 540 |
| 11 | Ishpeming Westwood | 444 |
| 12 | St. Ignace | 400 |
| 13 | Brimley | 360 |
| 13 | Manistique | 360 |
| 15 | Bark River-Harris | 340 |
| 16 | Holy Name | 320 |
| 17 | Ironwood | 300 |
| 17 | Ishpeming | 300 |
| 17 | Munising | 300 |
| 17 | North Dickinson County | 300 |
| 17 | Rudyard | 300 |
| 17 | Sault Ste. Marie | 300 |
| 23 | Pickford | 280 |
| 24 | Bessemer | 260 |
| 24 | Hancock | 260 |
| 24 | West Iron County | 260 |
VAULTERS OF THE YEAR
No crazy math here. The Pole Vault combines many events into one – strength, speed, leaping ability, and agility. Then add a healthy dose of fearlessness and you’ve got a vaulter. The list below mimics what you’d see on athletic.net.

| Rank | Grade | Name | Height | Team | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Isabel German | 13′ 0″ | Lowell | 520 |
| 2 | 11 | Raiden Kipfmiller | 12′ 9″ | Dexter | 510 |
| 2 | 11 | Isabelle Robbins | 12′ 9″ | Grand Haven | 510 |
| 2 | 10 | Aubree Bowers | 12′ 9″ | Forest Hills Central | 510 |
| 2 | 11 | Katie Blue | 12′ 9″ | Grand Ledge | 510 |
| 6 | 11 | Evie Mathis | 12′ 6″ | Wayland Union | 500 |
| 7 | 11 | Debbie McCoy | 12′ 3″ | Dexter | 490 |
| 7 | 11 | Maiya Corrigan | 12′ 3″ | Rockford | 490 |
| 9 | 10 | Olivia Bagdasarian | 12′ 0″ | Lake Orion | 480 |
| 10 | 11 | Marra Collins | 11′ 9″ | Eaton Rapids | 470 |
| 11 | 12 | Shaylee McCain | 11′ 7″ | Walled Lake Central | 464 |
| 12 | 10 | Brooklyn Zylstra | 11′ 6″ | East Kentwood | 460 |
| 12 | 11 | Calie Griswold | 11′ 6″ | Davison | 460 |
| 12 | 11 | Rowan Smith | 11′ 6″ | Okemos | 460 |
| 15 | 12 | Megan Morell | 11′ 5″ | St. Clair Shores Lake Shore | 457 |
| 16 | 12 | Emma Wildt | 11′ 3″ | Homer | 450 |
| 16 | 12 | Mimi Wegener | 11′ 3″ | Ionia | 450 |
| 16 | 11 | Anna Weinberger | 11′ 3″ | Walled Lake Northern | 450 |
| 19 | 12 | Lexi Olson | 11′ 1″ | Ishpeming Westwood | 444 |
| 20 | 11 | Sabrina DiMaggio | 11′ 0″ | Lake Orion | 440 |
| 21 | 12 | Payton Haynes | 11′ 0″ | Mason County Eastern | 440 |
| 22 | 11 | Sarah Bailey | 11′ 0″ | Petoskey | 440 |
| 23 | 10 | Isla Lawton | 11′ 0″ | Williamston | 440 |
| 24 | 12 | Onalee Stehouwer | 11′ 0″ | Forest Hills Eastern | 440 |
| 25 | 11 | Mattie LaFreniere | 10′ 9″ | Manton | 430 |
| 25 | 12 | Natalie Gibson | 10′ 9″ | Remus Chippewa Hills | 430 |
| 25 | 11 | Hei ler Pwe | 10′ 9″ | East Kentwood | 430 |
| 25 | 10 | Annabelle Werner | 10′ 9″ | Bay City John Glenn | 430 |
| 25 | 12 | Sadie Yessler | 10′ 9″ | Livonia Churchill | 430 |
| 25 | 12 | Juliet Zink | 10′ 9″ | South Lyon East | 430 |
Isabel German, Lowell
13’ 0” – MI #1, US #238
Undefeated on the year
Division 1, Region 3, River Cities Champion
2x All-State career
Raiden Kipfmiller, Dexter
12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301
3rd Place – D1 State
SEC Red Champion
2nd Place – Region 4
2x All-State career
Isabelle Robbins, Grand Haven
12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301
2nd Place – D1 State
Region 2 & OK Red Champion
Aubree Bowers, Forest Hills Central
12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301
4th Place – D1 State
OK White Champion
2x All-State career
Katie Blue, Grand Ledge
12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301
5th Place – D1 State
Region 4 & MITS Champion
2x All-State career
Evie Mathis, Wayland Union
12’ 6” – MI #6, US #397
D2 State Champion
OK Gold Champion
3x All-State career
Debbie McCoy, Dexter
12’ 3” – MI #7, US #539
6th Place – D1 State
3rd Place – Region 4
3x All-State career
Maiya Corrigan, Rockford
12’ 3” – MI #7, US #539
7th Place – D1 State
2nd Place – Region 2 & OK Red
2x All-State career
Olivia Bagdasarian, Lake Orion
12’ 0” – MI #9, US #698
9th Place – D1 State
Oakland County Champion
Marra Collins, Eaton Rapids
11’ 9” – MI #10, US #894
2nd Place – D2 State
Greater Lansing, CAAC White, & Region 15 Champion
2x All-State career