2026’s Best Hurdle Crews: Final Rankings

Hitting you early with the post-season rankings!

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 through the State Finals.

Very simply, one had to have hit a regional qualifier to earn points. If a team had three regional qualifiers, all three earn points. And so on with two and one. For these hurdle crews, the 100/110h and 300h are included.

D1 Qualifiers
D2 Qualifiers
D3 Qualifiers
D4 Qualifiers – which I used for Upper Peninsula athletes and teams

Scroll to the bottom to see which programs have made the top-10 all four years.

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
11	Shukuru Makechi	300h	36.99	East Kentwood	530
11	Shukuru Makechi	110h	13.74	East Kentwood	530
11	Major Barnes	300h	39.21	East Kentwood	460
11	Clinton Mucyo	110h	14.89	East Kentwood	442
11	Clinton Mucyo	300h	39.82	East Kentwood	441
11	Major Barnes	110h	14.92	East Kentwood	439
12	Zacchaeus Goree	110h	15.12	East Kentwood	424
10	Kenneth Harris	110h	15.72	East Kentwood	378
11	Moracen Brown	110h	15.88	East Kentwood	365
10	DeSharion Bass-Hughes	110h	15.92	East Kentwood	362

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	East Kentwood	1411	1432	2842
2	Detroit Catholic Central	1041	1528	2569
3	Kalamazoo Central	948	1275	2222
4	Traverse City West	1265	906	2172
5	Ann Arbor Huron	1218	885	2104
6	Detroit Renaissance	750	1168	1918
7	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	907	907	1814
8	Farmington	907	870	1777
9	Beverly Hills Groves	800	841	1641
10	Portage Central	860	767	1627
11	Temperance Bedford	1222	401	1623
12	Rockford	805	814	1618
13	Grosse Pointe South	773	820	1593
14	Saline	863	509	1372
15	East Lansing	456	892	1348
16	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	457	889	1346
17	Saginaw Heritage	885	442	1327
18	Muskegon Mona Shores	826	466	1292
19	Bay City Western	873	409	1282
20	Woodhaven Brownstown	879	396	1275
21	Brighton	397	857	1254
22	Royal Oak	779	465	1245
23	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	804	440	1243
24	Caledonia	415	803	1218
25	Dexter	381	782	1162
26	Zeeland West	–	1153	1153
27	Byron Center	728	395	1123
28	Dearborn	736	376	1113
29	Midland Dow	474	504	978
30	Belleville	515	441	956
31	Sterling Heights Stevenson	457	479	936
32	Greenville	442	483	924
33	Westland John Glenn	432	491	923
34	Utica	441	449	889
35	Plymouth	448	439	887
36	Oak Park	453	430	883
37	Battle Creek Lakeview	444	419	863
38	Detroit Mumford	452	396	847
39	Warren Mott	406	438	844
40	West Bloomfield	445	398	843
41	Anchor Bay	455	383	838
42	Detroit Cass Tech	828	–	828
43	Canton	421	403	824
44	Novi	414	407	821
45	Walled Lake Central	395	424	819
46	Salem	405	411	816
47	Chippewa Valley	386	412	798
48	Grand Haven	385	413	797
49	Ypsilanti Lincoln	–	792	792
50	Forest Hills Northern	387	403	790

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
10	Aaliyah Bailey	100h	14.25	East Kentwood	495
10	Aaliyah Bailey	300h	43.70	East Kentwood	494
12	Alana Bracey	100h	14.44	East Kentwood	484
12	Alana Bracey	300h	45.14	East Kentwood	460
12	Journey Cottle	100h	15.24	East Kentwood	435
10	Jazlynn Chisholm-humes	300h	48.42	East Kentwood	383
9	Nyomi Wilson	100h	16.26	East Kentwood	374
10	Jazlynn Chisholm-humes	100h	16.28	East Kentwood	372
12	Journey Cottle	300h	49.36	East Kentwood	361

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	East Kentwood	1415	1336	2751
2	Grand Haven	1254	1290	2544
3	Detroit Cass Tech	1360	918	2278
4	Okemos	1185	775	1960
5	Rockford	778	1152	1929
6	Oak Park	892	877	1769
7	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	809	870	1678
8	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	873	774	1648
9	Ann Arbor Skyline	789	835	1624
10	Bay City Western	765	822	1587
11	Holland West Ottawa	755	780	1534
12	Salem	450	809	1259
13	Caledonia	451	800	1250
14	Lake Orion	479	763	1242
15	Belleville	431	798	1229
16	Battle Creek Lakeview	395	809	1204
17	Chippewa Valley	839	353	1192
18	Zeeland East	390	793	1183
19	Livonia Churchill	404	778	1182
20	Rochester Adams	391	767	1157
21	Ann Arbor Pioneer	773	369	1141
22	Romeo	406	732	1139
23	Troy	378	747	1125
24	Zeeland West	–	1119	1119
25	Port Huron	359	754	1113
26	Detroit Martin Luther King	1041	–	1041
27	Novi	690	349	1039
28	Royal Oak	474	492	966
29	Grand Ledge	452	507	959
30	Sterling Heights Stevenson	476	454	930
31	Wayne Memorial	458	446	904
32	East Lansing	440	459	898
33	Traverse City Central	466	415	880
34	Saginaw Heritage	415	439	854
35	Farmington Hills Mercy	428	425	853
36	North Farmington	844	–	844
37	Kalamazoo Central	389	433	822
38	Forest Hills Northern	–	807	807
39	Flushing	395	408	803
40	Portage Northern	796	–	796
41	Westland John Glenn	346	438	784
42	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	373	400	773
43	West Bloomfield	371	395	767
44	Holt	416	350	766
45	Waterford Kettering	400	365	765
46	Forest Hills Central	365	392	757
47	Saline	–	754	754
48	DeWitt	–	752	752
49	Clarkston	342	385	727
50	Grand Blanc	–	726	726

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
12	DJ Wood	110h	14.03	Battle Creek Harper Creek	508
12	DJ Wood	300h	38.44	Battle Creek Harper Creek	485
10	Cash Simpson	110h	15.05	Battle Creek Harper Creek	429
11	TJ Ruble	300h	41.78	Battle Creek Harper Creek	380
12	Antoine Westry	110h	15.71	Battle Creek Harper Creek	378
10	Josh Ilgenfritz	300h	42.46	Battle Creek Harper Creek	358

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Battle Creek Harper Creek	1315	1222	2538
2	Lansing Sexton	1105	1155	2260
3	Vicksburg	1035	1210	2246
4	Clare	1039	1162	2201
5	Three Rivers	1195	858	2053
6	Hopkins	1029	810	1840
7	Wayland Union	731	1081	1812
8	Freeland	860	885	1745
9	Coldwater	870	822	1692
10	Hamilton	895	766	1661
11	Grand Rapids South Christian	668	991	1658
12	Pinckney	775	850	1625
13	Marshall	1115	453	1567
14	Croswell-Lexington	772	748	1520
15	Berrien Springs	688	806	1495
16	St. Joseph	739	729	1468
17	Frankenmuth	709	736	1446
18	Williamston	1078	359	1437
19	Lake Odessa Lakewood	669	758	1428
20	Corunna	472	936	1407
21	Parma Western	679	707	1386
22	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	327	1056	1383
23	East Grand Rapids	688	691	1379
24	Tecumseh	602	705	1308
25	Warren Fitzgerald	917	325	1241
26	Detroit Country Day	428	751	1179
27	Alma	778	393	1171
28	Paw Paw	385	783	1168
29	Saginaw Swan Valley	323	839	1162
30	Hazel Park	453	706	1159
31	Harper Woods	344	814	1158
32	Milan	703	407	1110
33	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	681	407	1088
34	Charlotte	674	413	1087
35	Whitehall	745	318	1062
36	Remus Chippewa Hills	294	739	1033
37	Ogemaw Heights	320	700	1020
38	Wyoming Kelloggsville	992	–	992
39	Portland	637	338	975
40	Birch Run	930	–	930
41	St. Johns	430	463	893
42	Shepherd	419	453	872
43	Flint Kearsley	420	432	852
44	Dearborn Divine Child	414	433	847
45	St. Clair	410	369	779
46	Wyoming Godwin Heights	–	778	778
47	Ferndale University	333	384	717
48	Trenton	327	390	717
49	Cedar Springs	300	404	704
50	Big Rapids	340	347	687

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
11	Kenadi Stevens	300h	45.92	Coopersville	441
12	Lena Brochard	300h	46.95	Coopersville	417
12	Lena Brochard	100h	15.82	Coopersville	400
9	Tala Sellon	100h	16.63	Coopersville	351
9	Tala Sellon	300h	50.45	Coopersville	335
11	Kenadi Stevens	100h	16.98	Coopersville	330
11	Hayley Dusendang	300h	51.60	Coopersville	308
11	Hayley Dusendang	100h	17.94	Coopersville	272

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Coopersville	1082	1194	2275
2	Berrien Springs	765	1170	1935
3	Gladwin	1006	708	1714
4	Coldwater	709	945	1654
5	Holland Christian	805	801	1606
6	Remus Chippewa Hills	631	965	1596
7	Hamilton	579	892	1471
8	Portland	1049	366	1415
9	Sturgis	637	776	1413
10	Petoskey	726	611	1337
11	Marshall	619	706	1326
12	Spring Lake	757	514	1271
13	Grosse Ile	588	682	1270
14	Owosso	454	809	1263
15	Charlotte	358	766	1124
16	Detroit Country Day	752	343	1095
17	Fremont	749	327	1076
18	Summit Academy North	457	611	1069
19	Milan	317	692	1009
20	Paw Paw	678	296	974
21	Grand Rapids West Catholic	335	630	966
22	Stevensville Lakeshore	337	609	947
23	Yale	469	472	942
24	Dundee	636	302	938
25	Battle Creek Harper Creek	295	637	932
26	Allegan	471	438	909
27	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	598	293	890
28	Pinckney	413	465	878
29	Dearborn Henry Ford Academy	452	419	871
30	Detroit University Prep	419	437	856
31	Trenton	386	441	828
32	Otsego	417	399	816
33	St. Joseph	374	421	795
34	Ortonville Brandon	380	407	788
35	Williamston	342	428	770
36	Dowagiac Union	386	381	767
37	Riverview	355	410	765
38	Garden City	350	408	758
39	Hopkins	352	406	758
40	Saginaw Swan Valley	337	415	752
41	Harper Woods	402	334	736
42	Alma	348	381	728
43	Cadillac	343	385	727
44	Chelsea	345	373	717
45	Sparta	371	346	717
46	Fruitport	333	382	715
47	Ferndale University	311	388	699
48	Ludington	356	341	697
49	Ogemaw Heights	358	320	678
50	Adrian	337	338	675

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
12	Drew Enright	110h	14.58	Schoolcraft	465
12	Drew Enright	300h	40.10	Schoolcraft	432
10	Langston Richardson	300h	40.24	Schoolcraft	428
10	Langston Richardson	110h	15.12	Schoolcraft	424
12	Brayden Boyes	110h	17.19	Schoolcraft	265

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Schoolcraft	1154	860	2014
2	Blissfield	785	1157	1941
3	Hillsdale	1023	815	1838
4	Elk Rapids	647	1013	1660
5	Constantine	955	672	1626
6	Adrian Madison	881	726	1608
7	Delton-Kellogg	754	789	1542
8	Manton	791	729	1521
9	Jonesville	721	789	1511
10	University Liggett	650	820	1470
11	Ithaca	692	756	1448
12	Erie Mason	655	780	1434
13	Sanford-Meridian	678	687	1365
14	Saugatuck	546	781	1327
15	Kent City	638	671	1309
16	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	619	659	1278
17	Ida	585	631	1216
18	The Potter’s House	375	766	1141
19	Hart	345	743	1088
20	Bronson	385	696	1080
21	Kingsley	680	391	1071
22	Ovid-Elsie	328	703	1030
23	Chesaning	579	403	982
24	Pewamo-Westphalia	312	670	982
25	Lansing Catholic	496	467	963
26	Cass City	614	341	955
27	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	564	364	927
28	Kalamazoo Christian	465	454	919
29	Pigeon-Laker	591	325	917
30	Warren Michigan Collegiate	452	453	905
31	Hanover-Horton	477	424	901
32	Quincy	465	427	892
33	Mason County Central	446	428	874
34	Brooklyn Columbia Central	432	429	861
35	Lawton	388	447	836
36	McBain	438	385	822
37	Bath	422	357	779
38	Burton Atherton	448	299	747
39	Belding	368	375	743
40	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	372	359	731
41	North Muskegon	371	353	724
42	Monroe St. Mary CC	361	354	715
43	Perry	401	296	697
44	Charlevoix	329	365	695
45	Standish Sterling	388	305	693
46	Tawas	382	298	680
47	Laingsburg	292	385	677
48	Detroit Edison PSA	–	675	675
49	Caro	329	340	669
50	Leslie	324	341	665

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
12	Julia Hughes	100h	14.42	Ida	485
12	Julia Hughes	300h	44.90	Ida	465
9	Lana Benware	100h	16.64	Ida	351
9	Lana Benware	300h	51.78	Ida	304
12	Grace May	100h	17.74	Ida	284
12	Kaidence Weaver	300h	53.49	Ida	264

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Ida	1120	1033	2153
2	Traverse City St. Francis	1020	1061	2082
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	983	985	1968
4	Lansing Catholic	655	1089	1744
5	Benzie Central	652	976	1628
6	Chesaning	614	1002	1616
7	Cass City	969	611	1580
8	Olivet	753	814	1567
9	Elk Rapids	647	894	1542
10	Caro	673	620	1293
11	Blissfield	624	669	1293
12	Adrian Madison	616	667	1283
13	White Cloud	596	645	1241
14	Marine City	856	337	1193
15	Niles Brandywine	762	400	1162
16	Kingsley	580	574	1154
17	Standish Sterling	655	469	1123
18	Constantine	710	405	1115
19	Saugatuck	460	625	1085
20	Union City	632	383	1015
21	Sanford-Meridian	349	651	1000
22	Stanton Central Montcalm	570	397	967
23	Newaygo	621	344	965
24	New Lothrop	283	663	945
25	Harrison	305	601	907
26	Mason County Central	440	456	896
27	Grass Lake	261	623	884
28	Quincy	431	427	858
29	Lakeview	458	361	819
30	Houghton Lake	403	409	812
31	Perry	358	410	768
32	Clawson	360	391	752
33	Charyl Stockwell Academy	370	362	732
34	Delton-Kellogg	318	381	699
35	Warren Michigan Collegiate	676	–	676
36	Burton Atherton	349	325	674
37	Saranac	314	359	673
38	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	294	360	654
39	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	300	334	634
40	Schoolcraft	330	286	616
41	Morley-Stanwood	349	265	614
42	Hemlock	310	297	607
43	Laingsburg	340	257	597
44	Watervliet	314	283	597
45	Hart	295	301	596
46	Roscommon	282	305	586
47	Kent City	286	298	584
48	Ravenna	569	–	569
49	Ithaca	291	262	553
50	Clinton	255	287	541

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
12	Dawson Scharer	300h	38.52	Hillsdale Academy	482
12	Dawson Scharer	110h	14.63	Hillsdale Academy	462
8	Jack Huffman	300h	44.05	Hillsdale Academy	308
11	Andrew Richards	300h	44.15	Hillsdale Academy	305
8	Jack Huffman	110h	17.17	Hillsdale Academy	266
12	Connor Hill	110h	17.70	Hillsdale Academy	225

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Hillsdale Academy	953	1095	2048
2	Royal Oak Shrine	934	930	1864
3	Maple City Glen Lake	631	1026	1657
4	Vermontville Maple Valley	781	757	1538
5	Manchester	757	724	1481
6	Portland St. Patrick	821	644	1465
7	Concord	574	881	1455
8	Grand Traverse Academy	693	699	1392
9	Marlette	496	881	1377
10	Lutheran Westland	987	371	1358
11	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	600	725	1325
12	Vassar	671	586	1258
13	Central Lake / Ellsworth	711	420	1131
14	Fowler	549	580	1129
15	Frankfort	410	682	1092
16	Detroit Frederick Douglass	399	678	1077
17	Kalamazoo Hackett	446	619	1065
18	Dryden	552	465	1017
19	Alcona	446	482	928
20	Hudson	348	574	923
21	Mendon	318	551	869
22	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	404	407	811
23	Morrice	275	511	786
24	St Joseph Michigan Lutheran	218	551	769
25	St Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	–	763	763
26	Montabella	360	378	738
27	Decatur	429	293	722
28	Dansville	392	328	719
29	Coleman	406	265	672
30	Southfield Christian	287	323	610
31	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	358	248	607
32	Mason County Eastern	335	250	584
33	Pentwater	206	369	576
34	Deckerville	248	289	537
35	Jackson Preparatory	223	304	527
36	Potterville	292	228	520
37	Kingston	222	264	486
38	Unionville-Sebewaing	141	337	478
39	Mesick	248	229	478
40	Petersburg-Summerfield	208	268	476
41	St. Charles	210	251	461
42	Johannesburg-Lewiston	–	451	451
43	Brown City	167	284	451
44	Fairview	412	–	412
45	Buckley	398	–	398
46	Climax-Scotts	145	235	380
47	Mayville	141	230	370
48	East Jackson	–	348	348
49	Pellston	–	334	334
50	Novi Christian Academy	–	314	314

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
11	Lucy Cote	100h	15.18	Hillsdale Academy	439
11	Lucy Cote	300h	46.88	Hillsdale Academy	419
9	Amelia Heath	100h	16.32	Hillsdale Academy	370
9	Amelia Heath	300h	49.38	Hillsdale Academy	360
11	Zoe Plemmons	100h	17.43	Hillsdale Academy	303
11	Zoe Plemmons	300h	53.10	Hillsdale Academy	273
9	Heather Morris	300h	54.33	Hillsdale Academy	244
10	Iris Perry	300h	55.32	Hillsdale Academy	221
10	Iris Perry	100h	19.30	Hillsdale Academy	189

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Hillsdale Academy	1112	1052	2164
2	Fowler	765	1220	1985
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	799	1132	1931
4	Manchester	967	724	1691
5	Frankfort	800	872	1673
6	Mason County Eastern	843	671	1514
7	Petersburg-Summerfield	671	828	1499
8	Breckenridge	709	738	1447
9	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	688	678	1366
10	Indian River Inland Lakes	539	769	1308
11	Concord	464	822	1286
12	Morenci	607	561	1168
13	Buckley	472	624	1096
14	Reading	512	559	1071
15	Central Lake / Ellsworth	600	420	1020
16	Southfield Christian	323	655	977
17	Harbor Beach	640	229	869
18	Marlette	285	583	868
19	Brown City	321	526	847
20	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	373	451	824
21	Whittemore-Prescott	507	313	820
22	Morrice	291	524	816
23	Ubly	278	509	787
24	Colon	279	502	782
25	Pittsford	283	494	776
26	Vestaburg	426	342	768
27	Montabella	512	230	742
28	St. Charles	349	378	726
29	Deckerville	339	370	709
30	Mendon	459	222	681
31	Fulton	314	353	667
32	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	208	438	647
33	Mancelona	313	271	584
34	Caseville	298	278	576
35	Fairview	268	250	518
36	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	185	318	502
37	Mesick	269	222	491
38	Hesperia	207	284	491
39	Pentwater	245	203	447
40	St Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	205	220	425
41	Dryden	–	354	354
42	Vermontville Maple Valley	–	304	304
43	Birmingham Roeper	290	–	290
44	Marion	–	288	288
45	Jackson Preparatory	–	287	287
46	Johannesburg-Lewiston	287	–	287
47	Grand Traverse Academy	–	282	282
48	White Pigeon	257	–	257
49	Bellaire	–	249	249
50	Petoskey St. Michael	–	249	249

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
12	Ford Richardson	300h	40.99	Marquette	404
12	Jacob Norman	110h	15.81	Marquette	371
11	Clayton Edwards	300h	45.10	Marquette	275
11	Braylon Zdunek	300h	46.34	Marquette	236
11	Braylon Zdunek	110h	17.90	Marquette	210
11	Clayton Edwards	110h	18.76	Marquette	144

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Marquette	725	916	1640
2	Kingsford	877	632	1509
3	Negaunee	743	563	1306
4	Pickford	617	635	1252
5	Bark River-Harris	549	542	1091
6	Lake Linden-Hubbell	435	627	1062
7	Menominee	660	333	993
8	Sault Ste. Marie	586	381	967
9	St. Ignace	314	603	917
10	Rapid River	638	268	906
11	Brimley	467	383	850
12	Escanaba	378	437	815
13	L’Anse	328	351	679
14	Houghton	321	331	652
15	Ishpeming Westwood	295	298	593
16	Stephenson	270	300	570
17	Cedarville	292	274	566
18	Forest Park	218	336	554
19	Rudyard	148	258	406
20	North Dickinson County	156	249	405
21	Ironwood	375	–	375
22	Ishpeming	–	332	332
23	Eben Jct. Superior Central	–	326	326
24	Gladstone	219	–	219
25	Calumet	–	219	219
26	Engadine	190	–	190
27	Copper Island Academy	183	–	183
28	Rock Mid-Peninsula	148	–	148

Grade	Name	Event	Mark	Team	Points
11	Sadie Rogers	300h	45.04	Negaunee	462
11	Sadie Rogers	100h	15.96	Negaunee	392
12	Josie Mechling	300h	49.85	Negaunee	349
10	Adela Miller	300h	50.63	Negaunee	331
12	Josie Mechling	100h	17.59	Negaunee	293
11	Addie Dank	100h	17.79	Negaunee	281
9	Ayla Reichel	300h	54.40	Negaunee	242
10	Adela Miller	100h	18.67	Negaunee	228

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Negaunee	966	1142	2108
2	Marquette	768	868	1636
3	Brimley	803	816	1619
4	Dollar Bay	277	882	1159
5	Forest Park	698	423	1121
6	North Dickinson County	426	583	1010
7	Bark River-Harris	385	568	953
8	St. Ignace	580	334	914
9	Manistique	276	581	857
10	Chassell	393	427	820
11	Lake Linden-Hubbell	518	282	799
12	West Iron County	340	381	721
13	Gladstone	348	347	694
14	Munising	306	338	643
15	Carney-Nadeau	293	316	609
16	Ontonagon Area	284	264	547
17	Calumet	215	256	472
18	Pickford	243	218	462
19	Ishpeming	207	242	449
20	Ewen-Trout Creek	207	232	439
21	Stephenson	205	232	437
22	Rudyard	217	211	428
23	Big Bay De Noc	–	354	354
24	Rapid River	285	–	285
25	Holy Name	–	253	253
26	Ironwood	–	251	251
27	Hancock	–	246	246
28	Sault Ste. Marie	246	–	246
29	Iron Mountain	223	–	223
30	Gwinn	222	–	222
31	Engadine	–	210	210

The Past Four Years

The Best Crews have been around for five seasons, four in the current format and methodology. I thought I’d look back and see how many crews have made it into the top-10 all four years and who has been ranked #1 more than once. A single year is a great piece of evidence. Multiple years of success and high achievement definitely speak highly of a program’s culture.

Boys

Only four sets of crews have occupied the top rank in all four years. Marquette’s Boys and Girls Distance Crews, Wayland Union’s Girls Vault Crew, and Harper Creek’s Boys Hurdle Crew. Is it just DJ Wood, Evie Mathis, Ella Fure, and Luke Ballard? I think not, it’s the depth, coaching, and culture.