Woah, didn’t think you’d see these this year, did you? I didn’t either. With the increasing amount of EQ’s, the amount of writing and research needed to announce Barnyard (I didn’t even get to do intros because of the weather delay), and overtime needed from working in a running shop in the spring, I didn’t think I’d have the time. Thus, cutting these out looked to be a necessary subtraction. But the increasing questions, pleading, and a bit of free time opening up has led to their return. I’ll have one ranking for each event area in these weeks prior to regionals and one after the season.
An explanation:
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 two things have changed for 2025 (and now, 2026).
the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad in 2024. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.
Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Sunday (5/3) morning.
These Jump Crews are the combination of High Jump, Long Jump, and Pole Vault. Previous years had the vault as a standalone category, but I didn’t like all the ties that came from that, and the jumps are the closest area of events.
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 12 Bennett Bing Zeeland East 6′ 6″ High Jump 462 12 Karson Lamer Zeeland East 6′ 4″ High Jump 434 12 Alex Stephens Zeeland East 5′ 10″ High Jump 349 12 Karson Lamer Zeeland East 21′ 1.75″ Long Jump 386 11 Isaiah Boonstra Zeeland East 21′ 0″ Long Jump 380 12 Alex Stephens Zeeland East 20′ 7.75″ Long Jump 365 11 Austin Lee Zeeland East 14′ 6″ Pole Vault 460 11 Andrew Macy Zeeland East 14′ 0″ Pole Vault 443
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Zeeland East 1244 1131 903 3279 2 Rockford 1188 782 1152 3122 3 East Kentwood 839 1225 954 3017 4 Salem 811 1164 460 2435 5 Jenison 910 357 849 2116 6 Novi 1301 373 384 2058 7 Hudsonville 1216 387 409 2013 8 Flushing 783 375 802 1959 9 Zeeland West 867 405 392 1664 10 Grandville 783 421 443 1646 11 Dexter 783 – 793 1576 12 Traverse City West 1132 – 392 1524 13 Macomb Dakota 1103 419 – 1522 14 Ann Arbor Huron 349 1161 – 1510 15 Holt 726 770 – 1496 16 Auburn Hills Avondale 1103 369 – 1473 17 Grand Ledge 698 765 – 1463 18 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 895 423 – 1318 19 Muskegon Mona Shores 1273 – – 1273 20 Saginaw Heritage 874 395 – 1269 21 Detroit Catholic Central 377 851 – 1228 22 Portage Central 1216 – – 1216 22 Saginaw United 1216 – – 1216 24 Beverly Hills Groves 811 394 – 1205 25 Byron Center 349 – 855 1204
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 11 Abak Lual East Kentwood 5′ 4″ High Jump 440 11 Anai Mach East Kentwood 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 10 Jazlynn Chisholm-humes East Kentwood 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 12 Kimiyah Vallar East Kentwood 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 11 Emani Armstrong East Kentwood 17′ 5″ Long Jump 415 12 Kimiyah Vallar East Kentwood 16′ 11″ Long Jump 394 12 Maely Guerrero East Kentwood 16′ 7″ Long Jump 380 11 Brooklyn Zylstra East Kentwood 16′ 5″ Long Jump 373 12 Samarie Roberts East Kentwood 15′ 10″ Long Jump 349 11 Brooklyn Zylstra East Kentwood 11′ 6″ Pole Vault 460 12 Hei ler Pwe East Kentwood 9′ 6″ Pole Vault 380
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 East Kentwood 1088 1189 840 3118 2 Rockford 973 771 1301 3045 3 DeWitt 973 742 1144 2859 4 Northville 1050 741 780 2571 5 Grand Haven 687 1160 527 2374 6 Lake Orion 363 1105 850 2318 7 Zeeland East 1127 707 424 2257 8 Okemos 802 757 440 2000 9 Woodhaven Brownstown 764 741 460 1965 10 Jenison 363 1069 420 1852 11 Battle Creek Lakeview 1107 704 – 1812 12 Dexter 324 – 1311 1635 13 Hudsonville 802 774 – 1576 14 Traverse City West 745 384 440 1568 15 Plymouth 324 390 820 1535 16 Macomb Dakota 363 748 380 1491 17 Holt 324 1147 – 1471 18 Brighton 401 687 380 1468 19 Novi 324 696 390 1410 20 Kalamazoo Central 344 1062 – 1405 21 Holland West Ottawa 649 375 380 1404 22 Grand Ledge 363 431 540 1333 23 Ypsilanti Lincoln 822 361 – 1183 24 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – – 1181 1181 25 Muskegon Mona Shores 440 342 370 1152
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 12 Ayden Mendoza Whitehall 6′ 8″ High Jump 490 11 Elijah Smith Whitehall 6′ 2″ High Jump 405 10 Ke’Andre Maybanks Whitehall 5′ 10″ High Jump 349 12 Cole Essebaggers Whitehall 20′ 1″ Long Jump 341 11 Elijah Smith Whitehall 19′ 11″ Long Jump 334 11 Graysen Olstrom Whitehall 13′ 0″ Pole Vault 409 11 Isaiah L Lewis Whitehall 12′ 0″ Pole Vault 375 12 Keegan Frees Whitehall 11′ 6″ Pole Vault 359
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Whitehall 1244 675 1143 3063 2 Clare 1132 1181 409 2722 3 Sturgis 1075 971 375 2421 4 Fruitport 349 702 1126 2177 5 Frankenmuth 377 1008 785 2171 6 Edwardsburg 1301 316 392 2009 7 Fowlerville 419 727 776 1923 8 Bay City John Glenn 349 1140 409 1898 9 Paw Paw 434 695 751 1879 10 Three Rivers 811 1052 – 1862 11 St. Joseph 1061 800 – 1861 12 Shepherd 1132 332 392 1856 13 Chelsea – 717 1135 1851 14 Dundee 434 1025 387 1845 15 Vicksburg 1047 334 359 1739 16 Stevensville Lakeshore 518 1204 – 1722 17 Williamston 783 469 392 1644 18 Berrien Springs 419 750 426 1596 19 Spring Lake 726 – 863 1590 20 Lansing Sexton 1244 327 – 1571 21 New Boston Huron 1132 – 426 1558 22 Hopkins 349 381 818 1548 23 Lake Fenton 377 368 802 1546 24 Parma Western 754 322 460 1536 25 Cedar Springs 349 811 367 1527
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 11 Camryn Siegers Holland Christian 5′ 4″ High Jump 440 9 Esther Vanderbilt Holland Christian 5′ 0″ High Jump 363 10 Sophie Jones Holland Christian 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 9 Abi Haak Holland Christian 4′ 8″ High Jump 286 11 Adelyn Halma Holland Christian 16′ 9.25″ Long Jump 388 10 Abby VanDusseldorp Holland Christian 16′ 5″ Long Jump 373 9 Harmoni Osterink Holland Christian 15′ 8″ Long Jump 342 10 Kensie Mulder Holland Christian 10′ 0″ Pole Vault 400 11 Lillian Stielstra Holland Christian 8′ 6″ Pole Vault 340
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Holland Christian 1127 1103 740 2970 2 Allendale 1088 1093 340 2522 3 Petoskey 572 1109 840 2521 4 Hudsonville Unity Christian 649 690 1041 2379 5 Edwardsburg 459 755 680 1894 6 Wayland Union 363 322 1201 1885 7 Coopersville 324 1084 460 1868 8 Sturgis 725 686 390 1802 9 Dearborn Divine Child 572 1217 – 1788 10 Stevensville Lakeshore 610 786 360 1757 11 Corunna 1050 310 340 1700 12 Ludington 1011 669 – 1681 13 Charlotte 649 663 340 1651 14 Pinckney 934 323 360 1617 15 Macomb Lutheran North 896 363 340 1599 16 Hastings 778 400 400 1579 17 Williamston 1011 – 444 1455 18 Three Rivers 324 328 800 1452 19 Vicksburg 382 680 390 1452 20 Remus Chippewa Hills 687 331 420 1438 21 Frankenmuth – 673 740 1413 22 Paw Paw 1050 357 – 1407 23 Owosso 286 – 1101 1386 24 Bay City John Glenn 610 356 420 1386 25 Grand Rapids West Catholic 687 355 340 1382
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 11 Peter Baker Clinton 6′ 0″ High Jump 377 11 Cole Hillegonds Clinton 6′ 0″ High Jump 377 12 Elijah Turner Clinton 6′ 0″ High Jump 377 12 Brenden Benschoter Clinton 22′ 1″ Long Jump 426 9 Wyatt Dehring Clinton 21′ 5.5″ Long Jump 400 12 Max Delphy Clinton 19′ 0.5″ Long Jump 297 11 Zach Taylor Clinton 12′ 0″ Pole Vault 375 11 Broden Manchester Clinton 11′ 0″ Pole Vault 342
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Clinton 1132 1123 717 2971 2 Sanford-Meridian 726 1032 1126 2884 3 Pewamo-Westphalia 783 1042 392 2217 4 Carrollton 1075 1054 – 2129 5 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 1132 992 – 2124 6 Cassopolis Ross Beatty 1216 742 – 1959 7 The Potter’s House 1146 663 – 1808 8 Constantine 321 302 1128 1750 9 Jackson Lumen Christi 1188 – 392 1580 10 Hillsdale 853 334 375 1562 11 Charlevoix 797 – 734 1531 12 Niles Brandywine 768 730 – 1499 13 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 712 – 776 1488 14 Adrian Madison 754 732 – 1486 15 Delton-Kellogg 726 311 446 1483 16 Perry 391 648 443 1483 17 Manton 768 656 – 1424 18 Napoleon 321 299 785 1404 19 Lake City 321 341 734 1396 20 Montrose 349 609 435 1393 21 Lakeview 377 636 375 1389 22 Blissfield 754 608 – 1362 23 Kent City – 671 683 1354 24 Centreville 1047 301 – 1348 25 Marine City 335 323 683 1341
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 12 Mara Smith Pewamo-Westphalia 5′ 2″ High Jump 401 9 Catherine Stump Pewamo-Westphalia 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 9 Monica Pung Pewamo-Westphalia 4′ 6″ High Jump 247 10 Sidney Thelen Pewamo-Westphalia 16′ 5.5″ Long Jump 375 11 Whitney Platte Pewamo-Westphalia 14′ 11.5″ Long Jump 312 12 Alonna Thelen Pewamo-Westphalia 14′ 8.5″ Long Jump 302 11 Whitney Platte Pewamo-Westphalia 9′ 0″ Pole Vault 360 11 Madeline George Pewamo-Westphalia 8′ 0″ Pole Vault 320 9 Mara Thelen Pewamo-Westphalia 7′ 6″ Pole Vault 300
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Pewamo-Westphalia 973 989 981 2942 2 Ida 1050 666 640 2356 3 Kingsley 896 1033 320 2249 4 Benzie Central 819 692 660 2172 5 Traverse City St. Francis 973 1120 – 2093 6 Grass Lake 649 316 981 1945 7 Napoleon 934 668 340 1942 8 Adrian Madison 572 971 300 1843 9 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 781 952 – 1733 10 Grandville Calvin Christian 764 937 – 1701 11 Lansing Catholic 954 387 360 1701 12 Chesaning 973 324 320 1617 13 Laingsburg 495 324 740 1559 14 Constantine 610 317 620 1548 15 Bath 819 300 420 1539 16 Centreville 915 303 300 1518 17 McBain 838 667 – 1505 18 Roscommon 1088 390 – 1478 19 Saranac 819 300 320 1439 20 Niles Brandywine 629 793 – 1423 21 Ithaca 324 675 420 1419 22 Cass City 687 321 340 1348 23 Schoolcraft 725 615 – 1341 24 Charyl Stockwell Academy 286 629 360 1275 25 Kalamazoo Christian 610 314 340 1264
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 11 Coal Otis Gobles 6′ 0″ High Jump 377 10 Maximus Sager Gobles 5′ 10″ High Jump 349 10 Noah Philley Gobles 5′ 6″ High Jump 293 12 Nathan Ray Gobles 19′ 3″ Long Jump 306 12 Jayden Otis Gobles 19′ 0″ Long Jump 295 10 Noah Philley Gobles 18′ 9″ Long Jump 284 9 Landon Gerould Gobles 11′ 0″ Pole Vault 342 11 Hunter Piper Gobles 10′ 0″ Pole Vault 308 12 Jayden Otis Gobles 9′ 6″ Pole Vault 291
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Gobles 1019 885 940 2844 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 1103 615 700 2418 3 Brown City 642 689 1025 2356 4 Manchester 670 898 599 2167 5 Frankfort 726 630 632 1988 6 Hillsdale Academy 991 – 991 1982 7 Montabella 321 664 700 1685 8 Maple City Glen Lake 419 867 325 1611 9 Detroit Frederick Douglass 698 911 – 1609 10 Kingston 670 635 302 1607 11 Vassar 349 1050 – 1399 12 Vandercook Lake 670 273 412 1355 13 Fowler 349 284 717 1350 14 Camden-Frontier 349 589 359 1297 15 Indian River Inland Lakes 1001 291 – 1293 16 Coleman 293 299 700 1291 17 Martin 684 585 – 1268 18 Alcona 293 568 342 1202 19 Hillman 783 340 – 1123 20 Buckley 321 288 451 1060 21 Concord 1047 – – 1047 22 Deckerville 991 – – 991 23 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 670 320 – 990 24 Hudson 321 295 359 974 25 Mason County Eastern 349 330 291 970
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 11 Kasey Gaudette Mason County Eastern 5′ 1″ High Jump 382 12 Miley Kessel Mason County Eastern 4′ 8″ High Jump 286 9 Niamh Gordon Mason County Eastern 4′ 6″ High Jump 247 11 Annabelle Zwagerman Mason County Eastern 15′ 6″ Long Jump 335 12 Miley Kessel Mason County Eastern 14′ 7″ Long Jump 296 10 Aubrey Myers Mason County Eastern 14′ 6.5″ Long Jump 295 8 Emma Whitaker Mason County Eastern 8′ 6″ Pole Vault 340 12 Miley Kessel Mason County Eastern 8′ 6″ Pole Vault 340 11 Kasey Gaudette Mason County Eastern 8′ 0″ Pole Vault 320 8 Lily Meaney Mason County Eastern 6′ 6″ Pole Vault 260
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Mason County Eastern 915 926 1001 2842 2 Hillsdale Academy 915 857 941 2713 3 Fowler 973 617 1044 2634 4 Webberville 324 954 821 2099 5 Buckley 1011 727 300 2038 6 Petersburg-Summerfield 857 283 881 2021 7 Marlette 1031 309 680 2020 8 Brown City 992 292 660 1945 9 Morrice 896 328 580 1804 10 Manchester 324 573 901 1798 11 Whitmore Lake 514 276 881 1670 12 Climax-Scotts 610 876 – 1486 13 Morenci 533 949 – 1483 14 Pittsford 495 – 941 1435 15 Mancelona 329 321 700 1350 16 Breckenridge 324 985 – 1309 17 Hudson 363 272 640 1275 18 Marion 247 343 620 1210 19 Beal City 591 600 – 1191 20 Central Lake / Ellsworth 572 582 – 1154 21 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 247 891 – 1138 22 Concord 822 – 260 1082 23 Frankfort – – 1021 1021 24 Gobles 687 – 300 987 25 Indian River Inland Lakes 697 – 280 977
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 12 Mason Peltin Gladstone 6′ 4″ High Jump 434 12 Carter Farnes Gladstone 6′ 0″ High Jump 377 10 Will Inghram Gladstone 5′ 8″ High Jump 321 9 Colton Chmurynski Gladstone 5′ 6″ High Jump 293 12 Mason Peltin Gladstone 18′ 8″ Long Jump 281 11 Andrew Karl Gladstone 14′ 5″ Pole Vault 457 9 Colton Chmurynski Gladstone 11′ 6″ Pole Vault 359
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Gladstone 1132 281 816 2228 2 Rapid River 698 286 325 1309 3 Houghton 642 – 616 1257 4 Escanaba 476 320 342 1137 5 Kingsford 754 377 – 1131 6 Pickford 462 347 308 1117 7 Rudyard 585 – 392 977 8 Rock Mid-Peninsula 405 533 – 939 9 Ojibwe 321 572 – 893 10 Ishpeming 293 – 582 874 11 Negaunee 613 259 – 873 12 Menominee 783 – – 783 13 Sault Ste. Marie 293 – 359 651 14 Ishpeming Westwood – – 649 649 15 Lake Linden-Hubbell 321 – 325 645 16 Brimley 349 274 – 623 17 Marquette – – 616 616 18 North Dickinson County 613 – – 613 19 Newberry 293 – 291 583 20 West Iron County 377 – – 377 21 Dollar Bay 349 – – 349 22 Norway 349 – – 349 23 Forest Park – – 325 325 24 Bessemer 321 – – 321 25 Stephenson – 316 – 316
Grade Name Team Mark Event Points 10 Elvera Coyne Negaunee 5′ 1″ High Jump 382 12 Clare O’Donnell Negaunee 5′ 0″ High Jump 363 12 Liliana Saunders Negaunee 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 12 Nori Korsman Negaunee 4′ 10″ High Jump 324 9 Lucy Rogers Negaunee 4′ 6″ High Jump 247 11 Riley Conklin Negaunee 4′ 6″ High Jump 247 11 Addie Dank Negaunee 4′ 6″ High Jump 247 12 Nori Korsman Negaunee 15′ 1.5″ Long Jump 319 11 Keira Waterman Negaunee 15′ 0″ Long Jump 314 12 Clare O’Donnell Negaunee 13′ 11.5″ Long Jump 270 12 Nori Korsman Negaunee 9′ 6″ Pole Vault 380 11 Meah Kaye Negaunee 7′ 0″ Pole Vault 280
Rank Team High Jump Long Jump Pole Vault Total 1 Negaunee 1069 903 660 2633 2 Escanaba 324 917 861 2102 3 Marquette 572 390 841 1803 4 Manistique 247 567 682 1496 5 Dollar Bay 649 342 300 1290 6 Bark River-Harris – 860 340 1200 7 Rudyard 572 – 620 1192 8 Brimley 533 – 600 1134 9 Gladstone 382 335 407 1124 10 Forest Park – – 974 974 11 Lake Linden-Hubbell – 282 620 903 12 Baraga – – 901 901 13 Stephenson 286 269 300 855 14 Big Bay De Noc 687 – – 687 15 North Dickinson County 363 – 320 683 16 Menominee – 631 – 631 17 St. Ignace 247 – 380 628 18 Houghton – – 580 580 18 Pickford – – 580 580 20 Carney-Nadeau 247 286 – 533 21 West Iron County 363 – – 363 22 Painesdale-Jeffers – 328 – 328 23 Ishpeming 324 – – 324 24 Sault Ste. Marie 324 – – 324 25 Kingsford – 316 – 316
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