2025’s Best Vault Crews: Boys Final Rankings

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
12	Asher Paul	15′ 6″	Traverse City Central	494
12	Jace Rowell	14′ 0″	Traverse City Central	443
10	Nathan Stawski	13′ 6″	Traverse City Central	426
11	Adrian DeBruyn	13′ 3″	Traverse City Central	418
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Benjamin Moss	13′ 6″	Caledonia	426
12	David Potgeter	13′ 3″	Caledonia	418
12	Peter Paarlberg	12′ 3″	Caledonia	384
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
10	Wyatt VanAssen	13′ 0″	Hudsonville	409
12	Leighton Brechting	12′ 9″	Hudsonville	401
12	Will Massom	12′ 3″	Hudsonville	384

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City Central	1780
2	Caledonia	1228
3	Hudsonville	1194
4	East Kentwood	920
4	Greenville	920
6	Lake Orion	897
7	Plymouth	886
8	Novi	869
9	Jenison	861
10	Salem	852
11	GR Northview	847
12	Temperance Bedford	827
13	Zeeland East	818
14	Highland-Milford	802
14	South Lyon East	802
14	Byron Center	802
17	FHN GR Forest Hills Northern	485
18	GR Kenowa Hills	466
19	Holland West Ottawa	460
19	Okemos	460
21	Walled Lake Central	426
21	Walled Lake Northern	426
21	Zeeland West	426
24	Flushing	418
24	Rockford	418
24	White Lake Lakeland	418

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Nickolas Savoie	13′ 6″	Gaylord	426
9	Calvin Cosby	12′ 8″	Gaylord	398
12	Dominic Signorello	12′ 2″	Gaylord	381
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Ethan Reeves	14′ 6.75″	Clare	462
10	Marek Michalski	12′ 0″	Clare	375
9	Marshal Strouse	11′ 6″	Clare	359
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Johnny Lipchik	13′ 4″	Petoskey	420
10	Isaac Stebelton	12′ 6″	Petoskey	392
12	Adam Lipchik	12′ 2″	Petoskey	381

Rank	Team	Score
1	Gaylord	1205
2	Clare	1196
3	Petoskey	1194
4	Parma Western	1174
5	Hastings	1140
6	Chelsea	1121
7	Frankenmuth	1084
8	Sparta	861
9	Howard City Tri-County	858
10	Adrian	852
11	Berrien Springs	802
12	Fowlerville	790
13	Stevensville Lakeshore	787
13	Whitehall	787
15	Williamston	773
16	Hopkins	768
17	Eaton Rapids	756
17	Lake Fenton	756
19	Battle Creek Harper Creek	751
20	Forest Hills Eastern	717
20	Grand Rapids West Catholic	717
20	Grosse Ile	477
20	Spring Lake	477
24	Grand Rapids Christian	463
25	Gladwin	452

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Jaxon Bolster	14′ 9″	Ida	468
11	Braden Bydlowski	12′ 9″	Ida	401
9	Brandon Tross	12′ 0″	Ida	375
9	Jackson Rose	11′ 0″	Ida	342
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Luke Skidmore	14′ 9″	Bath	468
12	Bram Derksen	13′ 6″	Bath	426
12	Loren Ojerio	11′ 0″	Bath	342
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Brody Jones	14′ 0″	Constantine	443
10	Aaron Hochstetler	12′ 6″	Constantine	392
11	Bear Geibe	12′ 0″	Constantine	375

Rank	Team	Score
1	Ida	1245
2	Bath	1236
3	Constantine	1211
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	1146
5	Erie Mason	1135
6	Chesaning	1059
7	Kalamazoo Christian	858
8	Quincy	852
9	Ovid-Elsie	835
10	Kingsley	818
11	Standish Sterling	785
12	Buchanan	768
12	Michigan Center	768
12	Napoleon	768
15	Lake City	759
15	Saranac	759
17	Delton-Kellogg	742
18	Grass Lake	734
18	Laingsburg	734
18	Mason County Central	734
21	Centreville	717
21	Clinton	717
23	Sanford-Meridian	683
24	Manistee	468
24	Springport	468

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Lucas Smith	13′ 0″	Brown City	409
10	Spencer Kolp	11′ 0″	Brown City	342
11	Josh Eager	10′ 0″	Brown City	308
10	Aedyn Pasco	10′ 0″	Brown City	308
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
10	Alex Lyon	11′ 6″	Coleman	359
9	Gage Lawrence	10′ 6″	Coleman	325
12	Kable Miller	10′ 0″	Coleman	308
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Brandon Schmidtfranz	11′ 6″	Morrice	359
9	Remington McKean	9′ 6″	Morrice	291
10	Jacob Claflin	9′ 6″	Morrice	291

Rank	Team	Score
1	Brown City	1059
2	Coleman	991
3	Morrice	940
4	Pittsford	751
5	East Jordan	717
5	Hillsdale Academy	717
5	Petersburg-Summerfield	717
8	Lutheran Westland	700
8	Indian River Inland Lakes	700
8	Manchester	700
11	Camden-Frontier	683
11	Lincoln-Alcona	683
13	Marlette	666
14	Frankfort	649
15	Johannesburg-Lewiston	632
15	Kingston	632
15	Montabella	632
18	Mesick	616
19	Gobles	599
20	North Huron	573
21	Beal City	412
22	Addison	392
22	Mio Ausable	392
22	Morenci	392
22	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	392
22	Vandercook Lake	392

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Micheal Cattoor	14′ 7″	Marquette	463
12	Drew Bradley	14′ 3″	Marquette	451
10	Thomas Matthews	11′ 0″	Marquette	342
9	Will Bradley	11′ 0″	Marquette	342
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Louis Salmi	13′ 0″	Ishpeming Westwood	409
11	Gavin Comero	10′ 6″	Ishpeming Westwood	325
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Jaydon Niemi-Alcorn	12′ 0″	Rudyard	375
12	Aiden Golladay	9′ 6″	Rudyard	291

Rank	Team	Score
1	Marquette	1256
2	Ishpeming Westwood	734
3	Rudyard	666
4	Gwinn	632
4	Lake Linden-Hubbell	632
6	Houghton	616
6	Pickford	616
8	Gladstone	451
9	Brimley	344
10	Escanaba	342
11	Calumet	325
12	Bark River-Harris	308
13	Bessemer	308
14	Forest Park	308
15	Negaunee	308
16	Newberry	308
17	Rapid River	308
18	Sault Ste. Marie	308
19	North Dickinson County	291
20	Dollar Bay	282

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.

Reece Emeott, East Kentwood

16’ 0” – MI #1, US #434

2024 & 2025 D1 State Champion
Region 3 & OK Red Champion
3x State Qualifier

Asher Paul, Traverse City Central

15’ 6” – MI #2, US #634

4^th Place – D1 State
MITS Champion
3x State Qualifier
Region 1 & Big North Champion

Odin Gulledge, Novi

15’ 3” – MI #3, US #776

6^th Place – D1 State

Oakland County & KLAA Champion
4’ improvement from sophomore year

Sean Cinzori, Plymouth

15’ 3” – MI #3, US #776

3^rd Place – D1 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
Region 6 Champion

Grady Myers, Forest Hills Northern

15’ 3” – MI #3, US #776 (#13 sophomore)

2^nd Place – D1 State
OK White Champion
2’+ improvement from freshman year

Tryce Tokar, Ovid-Elsie

15’ 0” – MI #6, US #891

4x D3 State Champion
4x MMAC & Region 30 Champion

Sam Vesperman, Grosse Ile

15’ 0” – MI #6, US #891

Ben Goran, Spring Lake

15’ 0” – MI #6, US #891 (#6 freshman)

3^rd Place – D2 State
Region 12 & OK Black Champion

Jaxon Bolster, Ida

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

2^nd Place – D3 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
Region 26 & LCAA Champion

Luke Skidmore, Bath

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

2^nd Place – D3 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
CMAC Champion

Ben Lievense, Salem

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

5^th Place – D1 State
2x State Qualifier
5’+ improvement from freshman year

Damien McEntaffer, Manistee

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

4^th Place – D3 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
WMC Lakes Champion

Tucker Wiginton, Springport

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138 (#31 sophomore)

7^th Place – D3 State
2x State Qualifier

Rank	Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
1	11	Reece Emeott	16′ 0″	East Kentwood	511
2	12	Asher Paul	15′ 6″	Traverse City Central	494
3	12	Odin Gulledge	15′ 3″	Novi	485
3	11	Sean Cinzori	15′ 3″	Plymouth	485
3	10	Grady Myers	15′ 3″	Forest Hills Northern	485
6	12	Tryce Tokar	15′ 0″	Ovid-Elsie	477
6	12	Sam Vesperman	15′ 0″	Grosse Ile	477
6	9	Ben Goran	15′ 0″	Spring Lake	477
9	11	Jaxon Bolster	14′ 9″	Ida	468
9	12	Luke Skidmore	14′ 9″	Bath	468
9	11	Ben Lievense	14′ 9″	Salem	468
9	12	Damien McEntaffer	14′ 9″	Manistee	468
9	10	Tucker Wiginton	14′ 9″	Springport	468
14	12	Brady Lewis	14′ 8″	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	466
15	12	Micheal Cattoor	14′ 7″	Marquette	463
15	12	Zach Hartemink	14′ 7″	Grand Rapids Christian	463
17	12	Ethan Reeves	14′ 6.75″	Clare	462
18	11	Chandler Webb	14′ 6.5″	Perry	461
19	12	Daniel Scott	14′ 6″	Greenville	460
19	12	Trevor Boyer	14′ 6″	Greenville	460
19	12	Corey Turner	14′ 6″	Quincy	460
19	12	Jackson Rowe	14′ 6″	Holland West Ottawa	460
19	12	Adam Cohoon	14′ 6″	Okemos	460
24	12	Drake Ross	14′ 3.25″	Gladwin	452
25	12	Drew Bradley	14′ 3″	Marquette	451
25	11	Brezlyn Post	14′ 3″	Jenison	451
25	12	JaLonn Borders	14′ 3″	Adrian Madison	451
25	12	Chase Battani	14′ 3″	Almont	451
25	10	Andrew Karl	14′ 3″	Gladstone	451