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2026’s Best Sprint Crews: Mid-Season Edition

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:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Saturday (5/9) evening.

These Sprint Crews are the combination of the 100m, 4×1, 200m, 4×2, 400m, and 4×4.

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). As everyone gets a spot in the regional relays, there are no regional qualifiers for that event, so I calculated an equivalent based on the 100m-400m qualifiers (last year’s numbers, as these rankings are spur of the moment and I’m lazy). Also, don’t be reading this thinking you must qualify for regionals, those qualifiers are there to give teams more than two competitors if they’ve got some fast kids. Anyhow, here are the regional qualifying marks for each gender and division (plus my extrapolated relay figures):

Est. RQD1 BoysD2 BoysD3 BoysD4 Boys
4×145.1046.3047.3048.80
4×21:34.51:36.61:38.61:41.5
4×43:35.63:41.03:45.13:56.4
Est. RQD1 GirlsD2 GirlsD3 GirlsD4 Girls
4×152.5054.2055.5057.50
4×21:52.81:54.81:57.62:04.4
4×44:20.04:31.14:39.44:51.8

EventGenderD1D2D3D4
100mBoys11.4511.6011.8012.10
100mGirls13.1013.5013.7014.00
200mBoys23.2523.9024.0024.90
200mGirls27.2528.2028.4029.20
400mBoys52.0053.7054.2056.20
400mGirls62.5064.7066.6068.50

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
3:15.214×4Oak Park1214
1:27.384×2Oak Park1068
42.944×1Oak Park775
12Rondre Austion47.81400mOak Park497
12Rondre Austion21.41200mOak Park480
11Alex Patterson49.75400mOak Park428
12Shondell Warren50.13400mOak Park414
12Quinton Blakely50.35400mOak Park406
9Lorenzo Pruitt10.96100mOak Park400
11Aidyen High50.72400mOak Park393
12Quinton Blakely11.05100mOak Park383
9Kharon Thompson51.14400mOak Park378
12Quinton Blakely22.57200mOak Park376
11Alex Patterson22.61200mOak Park372
11Aidyen High22.62200mOak Park371
11Sterling Diop22.94200mOak Park342
11Alex Patterson11.27100mOak Park340
9Lorenzo Pruitt22.97200mOak Park340
11Sterling Diop11.28100mOak Park338
11Tamaj Sykes23.14200mOak Park324

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Oak Park112312271338775106812146745
2East Kentwood1319131188693811199886561
3Ann Arbor Huron1196121613397439519516397
4Novi1244120711878669619146379
5Grand Haven12271215112910289216866206
6Kalamazoo Central1021103212637739918985979
7Rockford1206109273984010408445761
8Traverse City Central121712917918196619295708
9Saginaw Heritage125612894868848948515660
10Detroit Renaissance3651211136275210029315622
11Walled Lake Western110411858347119598285621
12Grand Ledge109210667839238758625602
13Detroit Catholic Central1283128112837349475528
14Chippewa Valley113811557776828837085343
15Forest Hills Northern86011917487639677585288
16Jenison104411364158178909125214
17Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills11988058008108017815195
18Utica Eisenhower120811977617115876655129
19Romeo109010794067879057224990
20Hudsonville110210144007348538454948
21Zeeland West66170011596989037634884
22Holt6737988268289587574839
23Grandville10587057547937687554833
24Northville66367111426478079004830
25Macomb Dakota74010487366977867114718

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
1:38.624×2Oak Park1208
3:52.964×4Oak Park1100
47.264×1Oak Park1094
11Nevaeh Burns54.21400mOak Park524
11Nevaeh Burns24.39200mOak Park480
9Aubrey Douglas11.87100mOak Park476
10Payton Gee56.93400mOak Park460
9Aubrey Douglas24.90200mOak Park449
10Payton Gee25.03200mOak Park441
11Nevaeh Burns12.19100mOak Park432
10Payton Gee12.20100mOak Park431
9Jordan McNeely25.25200mOak Park428
9Jordan McNeely12.31100mOak Park416
12Rhian Jeffries58.87400mOak Park415
11Leah Thomas58.89400mOak Park415
9Jordan McNeely59.40400mOak Park403
11Londyn James59.51400mOak Park400
10Brooke Pettway59.96400mOak Park390
11Londyn James12.54100mOak Park385
9Sophie Menker60.18400mOak Park385
9Brooklyn Chandler60.32400mOak Park381
12Mekhi Thompson60.99400mOak Park366
12Jaida Wilson26.37200mOak Park360
11India Moultrie26.37200mOak Park360
12Jaida Wilson12.73100mOak Park359
10Kahlia Hart12.77100mOak Park354
11India Moultrie12.79100mOak Park351
9Melody Dukes62.47400mOak Park331

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Oak Park1339137013991094120811007510
2Detroit Cass Tech122713711367103710488176867
3East Kentwood121511531162106411109036608
4Rockford11081123125588695710006329
5West Bloomfield1266122784110179407226013
6East Lansing1137115690889810015665666
7Ann Arbor Pioneer1108101811147138218495624
8DeWitt973105511017918837375541
9Holland West Ottawa6811017121379775010225481
10Traverse City West730102811666988248835328
11Northville647101812065838478805181
12Saginaw Heritage809121884668210075895152
13Detroit Renaissance74510487797779508285126
14Lake Orion364102311487259308965085
15Grand Haven11597834018469827324903
16Brownstown Woodhaven68910087407968427794853
17Romeo7317648448089107934850
18Grand Blanc372104710766419107424788
19Bay City Western70876111155229497274782
20Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg35970110707277869514596
21Caledonia7197137058248737104543
22Rochester7554187875959148904359
23Battle Creek Lakeview3189597227118367554302
24Ypsilanti Lincoln38134311248207956584121
25Troy Athens69310003775537806564059

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
3:24.794×4St. Joseph859
1:30.004×2St. Joseph858
43.014×1St. Joseph763
11Seth Randall50.45400mSt. Joseph403
9Josh Scharich50.66400mSt. Joseph395
11Kavion Buchanan10.99100mSt. Joseph394
11Reece Crawford11.04100mSt. Joseph385
11Reece Crawford23.02200mSt. Joseph335
11Kavion Buchanan23.12200mSt. Joseph326
12Phoenix Lignell11.35100mSt. Joseph325
12Henry Robinson11.35100mSt. Joseph325
11Chase Bingaman23.27200mSt. Joseph313
12Henry Robinson23.31200mSt. Joseph309
12Henry Robinson53.44400mSt. Joseph296
11Andrew Martinez11.54100mSt. Joseph288
12Geovonnie Walker23.68200mSt. Joseph276
12Phoenix Lignell23.77200mSt. Joseph268

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1St. Joseph110497410947638588595652
2Portland95099011687459106415404
3Berrien Springs10889699948598775955382
4Three Rivers965101910247148717745368
5Orchard Lake St. Mary’s1036105610656178916335297
6Detroit Country Day109297210776927736545260
7Harper Woods1229126067699610975258
8Wayland Union101911237546579137905257
9Flint Powers Catholic122510476297638836285174
10Saginaw Swan Valley109470111067556367865078
11Battle Creek Harper Creek98810049617436895604945
12Edwardsburg113859611016826118004929
13Williamston111710684118417996164853
14Niles10549889037065455364731
15Frankenmuth277100511755708718194716
16Redford Union10589814016368276164519
17Coldwater36968910146579138684511
18Otsego62771411585258985474469
19Grand Rapids Christian88258710645066208074465
20Charlotte6389269886026106244387
21Vicksburg9819156105385487414332
22Wyoming Kelloggsville36010208184898517424280
23Marshall9796423767178476994261
24Parma Western28555911175966968534106
25Chelsea6989396135866366104082

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
4:01.164×4Stevensville Lakeshore914
1:45.484×2Stevensville Lakeshore863
51.504×1Stevensville Lakeshore610
12Kate Ort56.60400mStevensville Lakeshore468
11Lucy Cross25.42200mStevensville Lakeshore418
11Lucy Cross12.41100mStevensville Lakeshore403
12Kate Ort25.82200mStevensville Lakeshore393
11Lucy Cross60.95400mStevensville Lakeshore367
9Addison Marquardt27.41200mStevensville Lakeshore298
11Leigha Whitman27.56200mStevensville Lakeshore289
10Leah Garrity64.44400mStevensville Lakeshore286
10Leah Garrity13.28100mStevensville Lakeshore285
9Addison Marquardt13.29100mStevensville Lakeshore284
10Leah Garrity27.73200mStevensville Lakeshore278

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Stevensville Lakeshore972110911216108639145588
2Spring Lake961101712043849589225446
3Orchard Lake St. Mary’s87799510866158088045185
4Detroit Country Day9788969915806335874666
5Holland Christian62688610716005308654578
6Summit Academy North103910203016668464364307
7St. Joseph43072610886127516464253
8Lansing Eastern8478705875697456044222
9Sturgis2999127036948207664193
10Grand Rapids South Christian57759111604105028994138
11Tecumseh9238463107157375324062
12Plainwell10206135786716735054059
13Coopersville8555625977186606424034
14Grand Rapids Christian10779836988893824030
15Goodrich5438567564776527254009
16Berrien Springs9626343088258913884008
17Shepherd5936157406416486453884
18Cadillac28960610474947097163862
19Battle Creek Harper Creek2698676606607635553774
20Vicksburg8507823295815935403674
21Hudsonville Unity Christian6532537225797396623607
22Pinckney6009205797207293549
23Fruitport3973628514327876473477
24Linden6012849005045625903442
25Remus Chippewa Hills6326344154377075553379

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
3:30.644×4Olivet682
43.584×1Olivet681
1:32.464×2Olivet672
12Max McDowell22.50200mOlivet382
12Max McDowell51.04400mOlivet382
12Max McDowell11.12100mOlivet369
10Ethan Myers11.18100mOlivet358
12Ethan Schaefer22.84200mOlivet351
12Ethan Schaefer11.23100mOlivet348
10Andrew Weaver52.83400mOlivet318
10Ethan Myers23.22200mOlivet317
12Dawson Feldpausch53.08400mOlivet309
12Ethan Schaefer53.67400mOlivet288
11Caleb Frazier11.62100mOlivet273
11Caleb Frazier23.98200mOlivet249

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Olivet1075105010086716826725159
2Ottawa Lake-Whiteford81988410175336277634642
3Elk Rapids8469968184075688014435
4Hanover-Horton64261810616097457514427
5Manton8868859685006854934417
6Saginaw Valley Lutheran5299548284717497774308
7Buchanan9258676425076606544255
8Clinton10619673646626175594231
9Pewamo-Westphalia6178487435846676604118
10Hart64070110395464367304092
11Ithaca5258766174596797983955
12Dearborn Advanced Technology10298683885327563423914
13Adrian Madison63110073205557616053879
14Ann Arbor Greenhills57965011882784147433852
15Cass City9239953007005283613806
16Tawas8756336284145056253679
17Lansing Catholic6526446294645606753623
18Monroe St. Mary CC9028387537663603619
19Sanford-Meridian3586679225225215573546
20Hillsdale8969116814865573531
21Saugatuck6586196494105116413487
22North Muskegon9365566194294283973364
23Traverse City St. Francis8966696285156453352
24Kent City7752566145125865923335
25Reed City6949693935966513302

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
1:47.284×2Olivet782
50.784×1Olivet682
4:13.824×4Olivet661
12Celina Sinclair58.82400mOlivet416
12Celina Sinclair12.39100mOlivet405
12Celina Sinclair25.99200mOlivet383
12Emily Peters61.12400mOlivet363
12Emily Peters12.77100mOlivet354
9Lily Britton62.11400mOlivet340
10Lola Miars12.94100mOlivet331
12Emily Peters27.43200mOlivet296
12Kendall Eggerstedt27.75200mOlivet277
10Tiya Feldpausch64.98400mOlivet273
10Lola Miars27.99200mOlivet263
11Bailey Powell28.30200mOlivet244

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Olivet109195711196827826615292
2Newaygo8669559047567377174935
3Traverse City St. Francis108710088646767824974915
4Pewamo-Westphalia80782610306146417814698
5Lansing Catholic28589811524247108264295
6Kingsley9729243336587213303938
7Monroe St. Mary CC8378742456644845803684
8Charyl Stockwell Academy6706536645306165153650
9Grandville Calvin Christian9118562675667513350
10Niles Brandywine4887743115486715463339
11Ida5146135785674505863307
12Hart5995565754715864733260
13Caro2995386285006516103225
14Harbor Springs6055392725126455293102
15Chesaning3013128873995965993094
16Grass Lake3325253425927415533086
17Clinton5615899623136353060
18Adrian Madison7647445475484053007
19McBain5923482865306095612927
20Manton5702966134544724692874
21Rochester Hills Lutheran NW6999483344223862790
22The Potter’s House8165472495096252746
23Stanton Central Montcalm5282575523325604862715
24Erie Mason4246694025985722666
25Napoleon7825695497172617

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
1:30.784×2Eau Claire800
43.814×1Eau Claire686
11Elijah Marlowe11.06100mEau Claire381
11Elijah Marlowe22.54200mEau Claire378
3:43.494×4Eau Claire342
10Melvin Davis52.81400mEau Claire319
11Devin Hill11.57100mEau Claire283
12Daquarius Travis54.06400mEau Claire274
11Devin Hill23.72200mEau Claire272
12A’darion Fort11.67100mEau Claire263
12A’darion Fort23.86200mEau Claire260

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Eau Claire9279105936368003424208
2Royal Oak Shrine8158666904756735104030
3Maple City Glen Lake8777547904555254303831
4Reading7367598384965484413818
5Portland St. Patrick6046668453315796313657
6Hillsdale Academy5737498494024695763617
7Manchester5218218513566144203584
8Kingston7887797423995701633441
9Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary7887035644284234763382
10Kalamazoo Hackett3337858866586873348
11Southfield Christian5278307602645063963282
12Climax-Scotts8528303202495253083083
13Lutheran Westland4481708183795605492924
14Jackson Preparatory7815846884542152721
15Lansing Christian8447773323673842705
16Gobles3063046134285145112674
17Concord1864865573415784952643
18Mendon4583944402594505422541
19Fowler4334415042794163842456
20Brown City3255524743063484172421
21Frankfort6594312182954572842344
22St. Charles7117074184532290
23Marlette5544643291753394272288
24Dansville3846034781364252472274
25Allen Park Cabrini4522395802073574332268

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
4:14.194×4Kalamazoo Hackett654
1:51.094×2Kalamazoo Hackett624
52.064×1Kalamazoo Hackett556
11Clara Slattery25.01200mKalamazoo Hackett442
11Clara Slattery58.12400mKalamazoo Hackett433
11Clara Slattery12.49100mKalamazoo Hackett392
12Bethany Carpenter63.89400mKalamazoo Hackett298
11Yshael Obias13.31100mKalamazoo Hackett281
12Ali Johansson27.81200mKalamazoo Hackett274
11Yshael Obias27.82200mKalamazoo Hackett273
9Grace Slattery13.52100mKalamazoo Hackett253
12Ali Johansson13.62100mKalamazoo Hackett239
9Dominika Husovska67.64400mKalamazoo Hackett211
12Bethany Carpenter28.98200mKalamazoo Hackett203
9Dominika Husovska13.91100mKalamazoo Hackett200
9Grace Slattery29.12200mKalamazoo Hackett195
9Dominika Husovska29.20200mKalamazoo Hackett190

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Kalamazoo Hackett9269899425566246544691
2Fowler7688869196236776174489
3Frankfort4019779026308235394273
4Buckley6418808525716945624201
5Portland St. Patrick7457818704867035784162
6Southfield Christian8538628456375344144145
7Concord3195348724626216633470
8Hillsdale Academy6974349182675136103440
9Gobles2324698353896096083143
10Grand Traverse Academy6034546533815065013098
11Kingston5082687183132986082713
12St. Charles4034475155296092503
13St Joseph Michigan Lutheran6697352514803602495
14Breckenridge5595432885914332415
15Indian River Inland Lakes2314274733624804312405
16Marlette3035486811663203362353
17Central Lake / Ellsworth3924362813234583492240
18Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary2742695103504104122226
19Royal Oak Shrine3083274996114682213
20Maple City Glen Lake2242155253644873982212
21Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart5155625555792211
22Petersburg-Summerfield1882274783493834122037
23Vermontville Maple Valley2002217394404072006
24Beal City7111992103682591731920
25Whitmore Lake2202776632574621880

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
1:33.954×2Sault Ste. Marie585
3:33.984×4Sault Ste. Marie576
45.144×1Sault Ste. Marie450
9Kyan Hemenway23.23200mSault Ste. Marie316
10Ian Southwell53.05400mSault Ste. Marie310
12Javonte Bellamy11.44100mSault Ste. Marie308
9Kyan Hemenway11.51100mSault Ste. Marie294
10Dane Armentrout11.52100mSault Ste. Marie292
12Caleb Klier53.58400mSault Ste. Marie291
12Adam Brandt53.78400mSault Ste. Marie284
9Luke Roe23.59200mSault Ste. Marie284
9Luke Roe11.78100mSault Ste. Marie242
12Javonte Bellamy24.18200mSault Ste. Marie231
10Dane Armentrout24.35200mSault Ste. Marie216
11Dean Roe12.03100mSault Ste. Marie194
12Isaac Niebuhr24.69200mSault Ste. Marie185

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Sault Ste. Marie8948318854505855764222
2Marquette9408659364385143964088
3Houghton9115187394532903893300
4Gladstone9347982275802131802932
5Pickford5215157461353802942591
6Escanaba4584565873445062282578
7Menominee7023933252915363012548
8Kingsford8544803924912217
9Negaunee2424815392113231561951
10Rapid River2015931352411911361
11Stephenson1702471852862501138
12Ishpeming Westwood367225220176988
13Lake Linden-Hubbell196438170160964
14Brimley198253413864
15Bark River-Harris200424224848
16Manistique194204187257842
17Ironwood333253208793
18Norway229225311765
19Eben Jct. Superior Central217280259757
20Munising227249266742
21Rudyard415175130721
22Gwinn185205314703
23Bessemer283216111609
24Calumet394172566
25West Iron County229223453

GradeNameTimeEventTeamPoints
1:51.104×2Negaunee623
4:16.374×4Negaunee615
52.084×1Negaunee554
11Keira Waterman58.50400mNegaunee424
11Sadie Rogers59.84400mNegaunee393
10Elvera Coyne12.88100mNegaunee339
11Izzy Francisco12.97100mNegaunee327
9Brynn Wieciech62.88400mNegaunee322
11Keira Waterman27.02200mNegaunee321
11Riley Conklin63.91400mNegaunee298
11Sadie Rogers27.48200mNegaunee293
11Sadie Rogers13.30100mNegaunee282
11Izzy Francisco27.76200mNegaunee277
11Keira Waterman13.57100mNegaunee246
9Brynn Wieciech28.49200mNegaunee233
10Elvera Coyne28.63200mNegaunee224
9Brynn Wieciech13.76100mNegaunee220
12Nori Korsman67.89400mNegaunee205

RankTeam100m200m400m4×14×24×4Total
1Negaunee94989111385546236154771
2Marquette8896417695255801983601
3Manistique4474126554485122742748
4Bark River-Harris3994342064414551462080
5Stephenson4584565781673181977
6Calumet5722772754553831961
7Sault Ste. Marie4662502844354241860
8Gladstone2843413872952422951845
9Houghton2242026483663731814
10Ontonagon Area2622963153583162181766
11Lake Linden-Hubbell2652462293613912571749
12Kingsford4183554972131483
13Escanaba4472093152951265
14Dollar Bay4283412782101258
15Menominee2032683582441074
16Big Bay De Noc3203483971065
17Forest Park2662212713021061
18Pickford4131672811491010
19Eben Jct. Superior Central188218216302923
20Newberry499385885
21Rudyard243265338847
22Norway258278304840
23Gwinn229252355836
24Ishpeming Westwood209228203190830
25Brimley294298157750