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.
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 Thursday (5/7) morning.
These Throw Crews are the combination of the Shot Put and Discus.
In summary, points are added for the top three athletes from a team, provided they hit the regional qualifier (the UP doesn’t have any regional qualifying marks, so I used D4’s figures). Don’t be reading this thinking you must qualify for regionals, those qualifiers are there to give teams more than two entries if they’ve got more than two quality throwers in each event. Those points are then added up across events and ranked.
Here are the regional qualifiers for each throwing discipline:
Division Gender Shot Put Discus 1 Boys 45′ 0″ 135′ 0″ 1 Girls 32′ 5″ 99′ 0″ 2 Boys 42′ 8″ 127′ 0″ 2 Girls 30′ 9″ 91′ 0″ 3 Boys 41′ 6″ 119′ 0″ 3 Girls 30′ 0″ 88′ 0″ 4 Boys 38′ 1″ 112′ 5″ 4 Girls 28′ 0″ 82′ 0″
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 11 Majd Mirza 167′ 3″ Walled Lake Central Discus 466 12 Dylan Akers 54′ 1″ Walled Lake Central Shot Put 454 10 Michael Lipinski 147′ 6″ Walled Lake Central Discus 416 10 Michael Lipinski 48′ 8.5″ Walled Lake Central Shot Put 412 12 Dylan Akers 143′ 10″ Walled Lake Central Discus 407 11 Jackson Akers 140′ 11″ Walled Lake Central Discus 399 11 Majd Mirza 45′ 3″ Walled Lake Central Shot Put 384
Rank Name Discus Shot Put Total 1 Walled Lake Central 1289 1250 2539 2 East Kentwood 1205 1219 2424 3 Grand Ledge 904 1264 2168 4 Detroit Catholic Central 848 1270 2118 5 Byron Center 817 1272 2089 6 Okemos 1219 799 2018 7 Temperance Bedford 789 1227 2016 8 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 940 901 1841 9 Port Huron Northern 450 1250 1701 10 Zeeland East 880 815 1696 11 Midland 424 1270 1694 12 Swartz Creek 436 1230 1666 13 Kalamazoo Central 835 817 1652 14 Caledonia 826 808 1634 15 Monroe 1227 402 1629 16 Novi 801 814 1615 17 Rochester 451 860 1311 18 Northville 437 861 1298 19 Plymouth 391 890 1281 20 Livonia Churchill 824 443 1267 21 Holland West Ottawa 827 429 1257 22 Rockford 453 803 1256 23 North Farmington 402 806 1208 24 Forest Hills Northern 399 789 1188 25 Farmington 799 382 1181
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 10 Lily Huizenga 39′ 9″ Zeeland East Shot Put 452 10 Lily Huizenga 121′ 10″ Zeeland East Discus 437 12 Laura Maartense 37′ 8″ Zeeland East Shot Put 429 12 Laura Maartense 109′ 11″ Zeeland East Discus 404 12 Libby Post 105′ 7″ Zeeland East Discus 392
Rank Team Discus Shot Put Total 1 Zeeland East 1233 882 2115 2 Mason 806 1188 1994 3 Grand Ledge 469 1180 1648 4 Macomb Dakota 826 797 1622 5 East Kentwood 767 815 1582 6 West Bloomfield 807 763 1569 7 Novi 766 783 1549 8 Farmington Hills Mercy 854 444 1299 9 Walled Lake Central 851 418 1269 10 North Farmington 839 415 1254 11 Dexter 809 422 1231 12 Clarkston 414 808 1222 13 Northville 430 776 1207 14 Livonia Stevenson 803 393 1196 15 Bay City Western 438 757 1195 16 Rockford 769 407 1175 17 Hudsonville 794 379 1173 18 Royal Oak 786 381 1167 19 Traverse City Central 564 591 1156 20 Woodhaven Brownstown 394 757 1151 21 Plymouth – 1124 1124 22 Forest Hills Central 473 505 978 23 Rochester 529 415 944 24 Holland West Ottawa 460 452 912 25 Portage Northern 469 402 870
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 Broden Biller 147′ 1″ Cadillac Discus 415 11 Deacon Bates 48′ 11″ Cadillac Shot Put 413 10 Cameron Kade 46′ 10.5″ Cadillac Shot Put 397 10 Cameron Kade 137′ 10″ Cadillac Discus 391 12 Broden Biller 44′ 8.25″ Cadillac Shot Put 380 11 Deacon Bates 130′ 8″ Cadillac Discus 373 12 Shawn Paszkowski 43′ 1.75″ Cadillac Shot Put 367 9 Laken Minnoy 43′ 1.5″ Cadillac Shot Put 367
Rank Name Discus Shot Put Total 1 Cadillac 1179 1190 2369 2 Midland Bullock Creek 1206 858 2064 3 Frankenmuth 781 1234 2015 4 Clare 805 1202 2007 5 Portland 1242 757 1999 6 Riverview 809 1174 1983 7 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 783 1151 1934 8 Coopersville 897 915 1812 9 Coldwater 438 1265 1703 10 Dearborn Divine Child 815 865 1680 11 Vicksburg 810 828 1638 12 Battle Creek Harper Creek 392 1230 1622 13 Alma 765 811 1576 14 Shepherd 803 772 1576 15 Gladwin 749 805 1554 16 Williamston 784 766 1550 17 Detroit Voyageur 376 1129 1504 18 Owosso 456 862 1318 19 Ludington 406 859 1266 20 Remus Chippewa Hills 782 440 1222 21 Cedar Springs 803 410 1213 22 Petoskey 783 430 1213 23 Linden 766 427 1193 24 Howard City Tri-County 783 397 1180 25 Niles 377 795 1172
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 Kate VanAppledorn 41′ 3″ Holland Christian Shot Put 469 12 Kate VanAppledorn 127′ 6″ Holland Christian Discus 453 12 Miya DeBlecourt 118′ 1″ Holland Christian Discus 427 12 Miya DeBlecourt 37′ 2.5″ Holland Christian Shot Put 424 11 Jordyn Huisenga 34′ 1.5″ Holland Christian Shot Put 391 10 Sophia Keen 100′ 8″ Holland Christian Discus 378 11 Charlee Keen 32′ 6″ Holland Christian Shot Put 373 11 Kyla Schippers 97′ 7″ Holland Christian Discus 369 11 Jordyn Huisenga 94′ 9″ Holland Christian Discus 362 11 Charlee Keen 94′ 7″ Holland Christian Discus 361 11 Kyla Schippers 31′ 3″ Holland Christian Shot Put 359
Rank Team Discus Shot Put Total 1 Holland Christian 1258 1284 2542 2 Coopersville 1200 1135 2336 3 North Branch 883 1244 2127 4 Vicksburg 858 1138 1997 5 Croswell-Lexington 757 1153 1910 6 Grosse Pointe North 1112 765 1878 7 Coldwater 810 887 1697 8 Cedar Springs 1247 391 1638 9 Otsego 762 808 1570 10 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 777 780 1557 11 Gladwin 850 484 1334 12 Freeland 451 848 1299 13 Shepherd 830 445 1275 14 Hopkins 811 382 1194 15 Hastings 784 401 1185 16 Frankenmuth 787 389 1176 17 Howard City Tri-County 391 760 1151 18 Petoskey 377 771 1148 19 Flint Powers Catholic 712 420 1132 20 Three Rivers 372 751 1124 21 Whitehall 356 739 1095 22 Cranbrook Kingswood 464 449 912 23 Detroit Southeastern Tech 390 435 825 24 Carleton Airport 382 407 789 25 Saginaw Swan Valley 384 394 778
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 McCoy Wernholm 49′ 2″ Stanton Central Montcalm Shot Put 415 12 Colton Kahler 44′ 8.5″ Stanton Central Montcalm Shot Put 380 10 Daniel Zableckis III 43′ 11″ Stanton Central Montcalm Shot Put 374 12 McCoy Wernholm 124′ 4″ Stanton Central Montcalm Discus 357 12 Colton Kahler 122′ 0″ Stanton Central Montcalm Discus 351 10 Daniel Zableckis III 122′ 0″ Stanton Central Montcalm Discus 351
Rank Name Discus Shot Put Total 1 Stanton Central Montcalm 1059 1169 2228 2 Quincy 1078 1145 2223 3 Bronson 829 1149 1978 4 Ovid-Elsie 1205 770 1974 5 Onsted 1149 786 1935 6 Charlevoix 1077 780 1857 7 Hillsdale 1084 736 1820 8 Benzie Central 790 809 1600 9 Ithaca 739 831 1570 10 Brooklyn Columbia Central 741 790 1531 11 Traverse City St. Francis 777 737 1514 12 Hartford 753 761 1514 13 Kent City 751 757 1508 14 Laingsburg 755 732 1487 15 Centreville 815 457 1272 16 Reed City 835 428 1263 17 Montague 748 444 1192 18 Caro 771 420 1191 19 Sanford-Meridian 770 419 1189 20 Durand 393 747 1140 21 Manistee 372 749 1122 22 Sand Creek 373 747 1120 23 Leslie 369 749 1118 24 Houghton Lake 729 386 1116 25 Belding 750 366 1115
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 Jenna Spitzley 148′ 11″ Pewamo-Westphalia Discus 513 12 Jenna Spitzley 36′ 4.25″ Pewamo-Westphalia Shot Put 415 10 Erin Smith 32′ 10.5″ Pewamo-Westphalia Shot Put 377 10 Erin Smith 98′ 0″ Pewamo-Westphalia Discus 371 12 Maria Klein 98′ 0″ Pewamo-Westphalia Discus 371 12 Maria Klein 30′ 11.75″ Pewamo-Westphalia Shot Put 357
Rank Team Discus Shot Put Total 1 Pewamo-Westphalia 1254 1149 2403 2 Adrian Madison 1126 1184 2310 3 McBain 1193 823 2015 4 Blissfield 771 1147 1918 5 Manton 764 1133 1897 6 Constantine 400 1126 1526 7 Sanford-Meridian 1123 400 1524 8 Centreville 1091 380 1472 9 Laingsburg 1104 360 1464 10 Kent City 709 751 1460 11 Reese 718 718 1435 12 Manistee 777 400 1178 13 Kingsley 763 410 1174 14 Ida 429 738 1167 15 Montrose 510 625 1136 16 Lawton 696 389 1086 17 Stanton Central Montcalm 345 740 1085 18 Union City 1046 – 1046 19 Roscommon 406 441 846 20 Hart 448 381 828 21 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 419 409 828 22 Harrison 451 374 824 23 Quincy 415 386 801 24 Mason County Central 411 386 797 25 Benzie Central 406 391 797
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 Gabe Walliczek 158′ 6″ Climax-Scotts Discus 444 12 Gabe Walliczek 49′ 8″ Climax-Scotts Shot Put 419 12 Hunter Lasala 41′ 5.5″ Climax-Scotts Shot Put 354 12 Liam Lasala 41′ 1″ Climax-Scotts Shot Put 351 12 Liam Lasala 119′ 2″ Climax-Scotts Discus 344
Rank Name Discus Shot Put Total 1 Climax-Scotts 788 1124 1912 2 Maple City Glen Lake 738 1061 1800 3 Britton Deerfield 1131 387 1518 4 Marlette 776 729 1505 5 Morenci 368 1109 1477 6 Morrice 416 817 1233 7 Breckenridge 411 776 1187 8 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 402 769 1171 9 Petersburg-Summerfield 720 378 1098 10 Potterville 385 711 1096 11 Royal Oak Shrine 342 702 1044 12 Manchester 698 337 1035 13 Unionville-Sebewaing 666 366 1032 14 Mesick 682 334 1016 15 Whitmore Lake 342 668 1010 16 Southfield Bradford Academy 406 412 818 17 Hudson 387 415 802 18 St. Louis – 786 786 19 Pentwater 407 371 778 20 Colon 400 365 765 21 Grand Traverse Academy 349 405 754 22 Vermontville Maple Valley 384 356 741 23 Harbor Beach 398 338 736 24 Marcellus 346 383 729 25 Marion 360 362 723
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 Laura LeMar 105′ 9″ Pittsford Discus 392 10 Madison Pickford 31′ 10.5″ Pittsford Shot Put 366 9 Raelynn Sawyer 30′ 0″ Pittsford Shot Put 346 10 Madison Pickford 86′ 4″ Pittsford Discus 338 12 Laura LeMar 29′ 2.5″ Pittsford Shot Put 337 9 Raelynn Sawyer 83′ 5″ Pittsford Discus 330
Rank Team Discus Shot Put Total 1 Pittsford 1060 1049 2110 2 Beal City 1172 760 1932 3 Addison 708 1066 1774 4 Hillsdale Academy 1028 650 1678 5 White Pigeon 746 785 1531 6 Bellevue 755 727 1482 7 Petersburg-Summerfield 765 700 1465 8 Britton Deerfield 688 771 1459 9 Lutheran Westland 391 1048 1439 10 Maple City Glen Lake 711 703 1414 11 Montabella 685 728 1414 12 Deckerville 1029 337 1366 13 Morenci 1004 347 1351 14 St. Louis 451 763 1214 15 Hudson 747 431 1178 16 Fairview 410 723 1133 17 Capac 1061 – 1061 18 Fowler – 1047 1047 19 Concord 677 350 1027 20 Royal Oak Shrine 697 328 1026 21 Ubly 663 341 1004 22 Reading 668 333 1001 23 Central Lake / Ellsworth 345 655 1000 24 Mesick 670 327 997 25 Decatur 388 414 802
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 11 Michael Solena 52′ 4.5″ Houghton Shot Put 441 11 Michael Solena 146′ 11″ Houghton Discus 414 11 Samuel Roth 138′ 8″ Houghton Discus 394 11 Samuel Roth 39′ 8.5″ Houghton Shot Put 340 11 Cale Ollanketo 39′ 3.25″ Houghton Shot Put 337
Rank Name Discus Shot Put Total 1 Houghton 808 1117 1925 2 Negaunee 704 1021 1725 3 Kingsford 344 1040 1384 4 Norway 414 376 790 5 Sault Ste. Marie 368 400 767 6 St. Ignace 405 351 756 7 Manistique 370 385 755 8 Gladstone 380 330 711 9 Marquette 355 342 698 10 Eben Jct. Superior Central 348 345 693 11 Pickford – 675 675 12 West Iron County – 396 396 13 Brimley 379 – 379 14 Escanaba – 369 369 15 Lake Linden-Hubbell – 353 353 16 Bark River-Harris – 345 345 17 Munising – 344 344 18 North Dickinson County 336 – 336 19 Stephenson – 331 331
Grade Name Distance Name Event Points 12 Izzy Niemi 96′ 9″ Negaunee Discus 367 11 Priya Morey 94′ 5″ Negaunee Discus 361 12 Alina Nelson 92′ 1″ Negaunee Discus 354 11 Priya Morey 29′ 9.5″ Negaunee Shot Put 344 10 Paige O’Donnell 29′ 8.5″ Negaunee Shot Put 343 12 Baylie Bourdeau 86′ 11″ Negaunee Discus 340 12 Baylie Bourdeau 28′ 7″ Negaunee Shot Put 330
Rank Team Discus Shot Put Total 1 Negaunee 1082 1017 2099 2 Brimley 771 701 1472 3 Stephenson 715 691 1406 4 Lake Linden-Hubbell 355 713 1068 5 Kingsford 383 663 1045 6 Marquette 365 676 1041 7 Rock Mid-Peninsula 401 358 759 8 Manistique 337 394 731 9 Newberry 350 349 700 10 Rudyard 354 343 697 11 Gladstone 339 357 696 12 Baraga 369 325 694 13 Ewen-Trout Creek 681 – 681 14 Gwinn 350 327 677 15 Powers North Central 332 338 669 16 Bark River-Harris 329 328 658 17 Hancock – 371 371 18 Rapid River 365 – 365 19 Big Bay De Noc – 359 359 20 Sault Ste. Marie – 349 349 21 Forest Park – 339 339 22 St. Ignace – 339 339 23 Ishpeming Westwood 337 – 337 24 Pickford – 327 327 25 West Iron County – 324 324
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