Author: mixcspeedratings

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EXPLANATION

To see how your team has fared throughout the season:

WEEK ONE

WEEK FOUR

WEEK SIX

WEEK EIGHT

If you want to see some individual rankings, scroll down past these crews and charts. I’ve actually written some words. You should read them!

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		7:35.3	4×8	1813	Division 1 Champion, New Balance Champion, and State Record Holder
11	Brendan Herger	1:52.2	800m	504	2nd Place – Division 1 State
11	Brendan Herger	4:11.0	1600m	498	KLAA Champion
12	David Whitaker	1:53.9	800m	477	6th Place – Division 1 State
11	Brendan Herger	9:14.7	3200m	460	#7 time in Division 1
12	Brandon Latta	1:55.2	800m	457	2nd Place – Region 6
12	David Whitaker	4:17.9	1600m	446	3rd Place – Region 6
12	Brady Heron	1:57.4	800m	421	7+ sec. improvement
10	Ethan Powell	9:29.7	3200m	417	15th Place – Division 1 State
12	Brady Heron	4:21.7	1600m	417	3rd Place – KLAA
12	Raunak Chattopadhyay	1:58.0	800m	412	10+ sec. improvement
12	Brady Heron	9:31.5	3200m	411	3rd Place – Region 6
10	Ethan Powell	4:23.1	1600m	407	6+ sec. improvement
10	Ethan Powell	1:59.0	800m	396	5+ sec. improvement
11	Vincent Filipek	1:59.5	800m	388	11+ sec. improvement
12	Brock Malaikal	2:00.9	800m	364	9th Place – Region 6
11	Nicholas Yaquinto	9:52.9	3200m	349	15th Place – Region 6
12	Raunak Chattopadhyay	4:31.2	1600m	344	15+ sec. improvement
9	Benjamin Hartigan	4:31.4	1600m	343	#8 freshman in Michigan
10	Ishaan Kundapur	4:32.3	1600m	337	37 sec. improvement
11	Nicholas Yaquinto	4:32.9	1600m	332	14th Place – Region 6
11	Vincent Filipek	4:34.6	1600m	319	12+ sec. improvement

D1 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Northville	2270	1747	1637	1813	7467
2	Plymouth	1603	1688	1598	1537	6427
3	Saline	1660	1332	1543	1568	6104
4	Brighton	1520	1504	1621	1376	6021
5	Grand Haven	1329	1689	1410	1572	5999
6	Romeo	1209	1461	1480	1409	5559
7	Traverse City Central	1454	1589	1564	920	5527
8	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1547	1483	1125	1351	5506
9	Ann Arbor Skyline	1616	1579	796	1378	5369
10	Zeeland West	798	1482	1488	1368	5136
11	East Kentwood	1520	1095	775	1300	4690
12	Salem	1503	1035	691	1402	4631
13	Clarkston	1533	1108	676	1277	4594
14	Canton	1153	1017	1034	1187	4393
15	Rochester Adams	1258	872	703	1412	4244
16	Portage Central	759	1408	806	1210	4182
17	Highland-Milford	1076	711	1135	1160	4082
18	Troy	367	1087	1223	1373	4050
19	Livonia Churchill	354	1446	796	1358	3953
20	Forest Hills Central	809	1063	717	1355	3944
21	Novi	402	847	1475	1143	3867
22	Port Huron Northern	1129	675	770	1211	3785
23	Battle Creek Lakeview	501	1157	768	1341	3768
24	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	1294	711	349	1351	3705
25	Walled Lake Northern	461	1103	764	1298	3627
26	Lake Orion	358	1302	687	1228	3574
27	Jenison	804	757	787	1225	3573
28	Rockford	820	1167	455	1106	3548
29	Rochester	727	332	1347	1007	3413
30	Fraser	811	763	385	1416	3376
31	Grosse Pointe South	732	814	416	1291	3253
32	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	443	801	859	1082	3186
33	Traverse City West	899	840	383	1053	3176
34	Fenton	1065	368	448	1257	3138
35	St. Joseph	1156	602	0	1377	3135
36	Oxford	684	654	693	1046	3077
37	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	983	951	943	0	2877
38	Dexter	440	675	721	1000	2837
39	Davison	727	695	410	1004	2835
40	Farmington	469	441	1042	879	2830
41	Walled Lake Central	850	311	446	1206	2813
42	Saginaw Heritage	475	400	724	1113	2712
43	Macomb Dakota	0	987	722	968	2677
44	DeWitt	1057	367	0	1245	2669
45	Utica Eisenhower	371	657	348	1179	2555
46	East Lansing	673	642	0	1222	2537
47	Kalamazoo Central	334	666	420	1090	2511
48	Monroe	716	363	336	1013	2427
49	Byron Center	0	666	713	1000	2379
50	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	720	321	0	1307	2348

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		7:45.1	4×8	1604	2nd Place – Division 2 State
12	Aiden Sullivan	1:51.7	800m	512	Division 2 State Champion
12	Aiden Sullivan	9:13.1	3200m	465	#13 time in Michigan
10	Henry Dixon	9:20.0	3200m	445	6th Place – Division 2 State
12	Aiden Sullivan	4:18.9	1600m	438	Region 13 Champion
10	Henry Dixon	4:19.3	1600m	435	2nd Place – Region 13
11	Brendan Hoving	4:24.2	1600m	398	5th Place – Region 13
11	Liam Hinman	1:59.4	800m	389	15th Place – Division 2 State
11	Brendan Hoving	9:39.9	3200m	387	2nd Place – OK Gold
11	Liam Hinman	9:42.6	3200m	379	62 sec. improvement
11	Liam Hinman	4:27.4	1600m	373	4th Place – OK Gold
12	Alex Parker	2:00.4	800m	373	7th Place – Region 13
11	Cooper Jacobsen	2:02.4	800m	341	4+ sec. improvement
10	Tyler Endres	2:03.8	800m	319	9th Place – Region 13
11	Cooper Jacobsen	10:05.4	3200m	313	16th Place – Region 13
12	Alex Parker	10:06.0	3200m	311	39 sec. improvement
11	Cooper Jacobsen	4:39.4	1600m	282	8th Place – OK Gold

D2 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Forest Hills Eastern	1614	1644	1675	1604	6538
2	Pinckney	1267	2036	1619	1366	6288
3	Adrian	1711	1196	1180	1717	5803
4	Dearborn Divine Child	1509	834	1509	1484	5336
5	Freeland	1600	1394	469	1495	4958
6	Grand Rapids Christian	1019	1357	1462	1061	4898
7	Chelsea	1275	996	1413	1117	4800
8	Flint Powers Catholic	943	1291	1389	1098	4720
9	Sparta	1241	1278	1381	792	4692
10	Otsego	733	1370	1521	1050	4674
11	Petoskey	1348	1043	955	1271	4616
12	Frankenmuth	1342	1028	1130	1109	4609
13	Hamilton	1025	970	1175	1379	4549
14	Whitehall	1043	1294	1066	1143	4545
15	Clio	1135	1160	1161	1055	4512
16	East Grand Rapids	622	1386	1140	1107	4255
17	Yale	680	1204	701	1366	3951
18	Spring Lake	1148	1061	364	1260	3833
19	St. Clair	1063	625	890	1193	3771
20	St. Johns	719	694	1090	1172	3676
21	Mason	848	707	1017	1014	3586
22	Fremont	332	944	1156	1114	3546
23	Holland Christian	949	1117	584	877	3527
24	Big Rapids	1130	732	440	1139	3441
25	Marshall	1057	762	354	1249	3421
26	Corunna	798	794	407	1263	3262
27	Alma	671	625	685	1073	3055
28	Berrien Springs	626	910	624	873	3032
29	Battle Creek Harper Creek	581	662	985	796	3024
30	Allendale	0	741	1351	736	2828
31	Gladwin	427	652	838	904	2820
32	Monroe Jefferson	812	467	455	1058	2793
33	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	669	972	1042	0	2683
34	Paw Paw	563	677	777	646	2663
35	Wayland Union	666	573	275	1103	2617
36	Armada	756	453	413	978	2600
37	Detroit Country Day	707	270	549	948	2474
38	New Boston Huron	338	509	522	998	2367
39	Ortonville Brandon	810	564	0	962	2336
40	Ionia	436	361	636	894	2327
41	Ludington	852	254	290	910	2306
42	Linden	741	790	714	0	2245
43	Plainwell	360	258	608	944	2170
44	Howard City Tri-County	382	262	374	1011	2029
45	Shepherd	373	281	281	1065	2000
46	Charlotte	376	342	570	681	1968
47	Parma Western	656	389	269	643	1957
48	Lake Fenton	320	395	400	808	1923
49	Haslett	277	791	818	0	1885
50	Riverview	322	387	0	1154	1864

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		8:04.5	4×8	1229	Division 3 State Champion
12	Clayton Ackley	9:23.6	3200m	434	3rd Place – Division 3 State
12	Clayton Ackley	4:24.2	1600m	398	9th Place – Division 3 State
12	Wyatt Dean	1:59.1	800m	394	9th Place – Division 3 State
12	Seth Ackley	9:43.6	3200m	376	9th Place – Division 3 State
12	Clayton Ackley	2:01.3	800m	359	5+ sec. improvement
12	Wyatt Dean	4:30.1	1600m	353	#19 time in Division 3
12	Guillermo Ortega	2:01.8	800m	350	2nd Place – WMC Rivers
12	Seth Ackley	4:33.1	1600m	331	2nd Place – WMC Rivers
12	Caleb Bitely	2:03.9	800m	317	4th Place – WMC Rivers
12	Seth Ackley	2:03.9	800m	316	10+ sec. improvement
9	Jack Slotman	2:06.4	800m	276	#3 freshman in Division 3
10	Kaden Bond	2:08.8	800m	239	5th Place – WMC Rivers
12	Easton Vander Zwaag	2:10.1	800m	218	2+ sec. improvement
12	Josef Bromley	10:54.3	3200m	170	3rd Place – WMC Rivers
9	Jack Slotman	4:58.6	1600m	136	7th Place – WMC Rivers
12	Caleb Bitely	4:59.1	1600m	133	sub-5 in first year of HS track

D3 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Hart	1421	1217	981	1229	4848
2	Traverse City St. Francis	1428	1113	1163	1122	4826
3	Benzie Central	1255	1170	1131	1199	4755
4	Ithaca	1091	1049	1169	1025	4334
5	Hanover-Horton	1248	1107	976	982	4313
6	Reed City	784	1097	1103	1016	3999
7	Clare	1212	812	856	1033	3913
8	Erie Mason	1115	957	914	890	3875
9	Pewamo-Westphalia	1093	919	772	1000	3785
10	GR Covenant Christian	1026	417	788	843	3075
11	Constantine	1059	571	525	892	3047
12	Olivet	647	772	324	1131	2874
13	Grayling	1068	827	0	956	2851
14	Grandville Calvin Christian	458	925	923	384	2689
15	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	679	671	645	605	2600
16	Caro	885	580	520	577	2563
17	Kalkaska	480	653	433	960	2526
18	Adrian Madison	559	595	464	843	2461
19	Onsted	556	578	744	533	2411
20	Chesaning	960	365	181	879	2385
21	Hillsdale	624	404	448	726	2203
22	Jonesville	645	445	201	868	2159
23	Centreville	538	328	335	888	2090
24	Bath	561	533	502	446	2042
25	Bronson	802	391	0	836	2028
26	Saugatuck	344	416	837	384	1981
27	Bloomingdale	337	525	536	577	1974
28	Montague	796	461	0	707	1964
29	Remus Chippewa Hills	686	375	311	539	1910
30	St. Louis	241	428	676	477	1822
31	Sanford-Meridian	484	568	210	549	1810
32	Hudson	420	291	411	624	1747
33	Leslie	258	166	455	867	1747
34	Manton	644	595	492	0	1731
35	Union City	192	414	402	676	1684
36	Saranac	1071	272	335	0	1678
37	Stockbridge	0	364	634	646	1644
38	Bridgman	326	175	196	905	1602
39	Brooklyn Columbia Central	212	340	362	617	1531
40	Elk Rapids	257	274	603	391	1525
41	Kent City	268	353	402	439	1464
42	White Cloud	234	351	170	704	1459
43	Ovid-Elsie	438	137	201	677	1453
44	Stanton Central Montcalm	206	575	290	363	1434
45	Bad Axe	209	357	207	629	1403
46	Manistee	433	221	241	464	1358
47	Ann Arbor Greenhills	221	377	237	515	1350
48	North Muskegon	0	266	411	612	1289
49	Monroe St. Mary CC	407	319	0	554	1280
50	Lansing Catholic	321	147	165	646	1279

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		8:14.2	4×8	1061
12	Lezawe Osterink	9:06.9	3200m	483	Division 4 State Champion
12	Lezawe Osterink	4:15.3	1600m	466	2nd Place – Division 4 State
12	Lezawe Osterink	1:57.9	800m	413	#8 time in Division 4
11	Jackson Rodriguez	4:23.3	1600m	405	5th Place – Division 4 State
12	Logan Swiney	9:38.5	3200m	391	6th Place – Division 4 State
11	Jackson Rodriguez	1:59.4	800m	389	8th Place – Division 4 State
12	Logan Swiney	2:00.1	800m	378	#10 time in Division 4
11	Jackson Rodriguez	9:54.4	3200m	345	#11 time in Division 4
12	Logan Swiney	4:34.1	1600m	323	5th Place – Region 33
11	Noah Finton	10:16.9	3200m	279	52 sec. improvement
11	Noah Finton	2:06.6	800m	274	5th Place – Alliance Conference
9	Edward Mugisha	2:08.0	800m	252	Alliance Conference Champion
11	Ezra Hagedorn	10:33.3	3200m	232	5th Place – Region 33
11	Noah Finton	4:50.7	1600m	196	4th Place – Alliance Conference
11	Ezra Hagedorn	4:51.1	1600m	193	13 sec. improvement
9	Edward Mugisha	4:59.9	1600m	127	#22 freshman in Division 4
9	Isaac Struck-VanderHaak	11:25.9	3200m	79	#25 freshman in Division 4

D4 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	The Potter’s House	1455	1390	1729	1061	5635
2	Hillsdale Academy	1038	946	1029	995	4008
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	1107	990	891	989	3978
4	Petoskey St. Michael	1097	1057	866	946	3966
5	Johannesburg-Lewiston	1021	1229	801	265	3315
6	Harbor Springs	816	701	891	813	3222
7	Three Oaks River Valley	941	609	590	735	2876
8	East Jackson	725	465	622	739	2552
9	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	715	723	431	678	2547
10	Reading	695	393	483	956	2527
11	Maple City Glen Lake	576	636	210	873	2294
12	Mason County Eastern	566	552	357	778	2252
13	Frankfort	586	469	378	689	2122
14	Whitmore Lake	389	438	450	582	1859
15	Carson City-Crystal	181	365	576	700	1821
16	Lutheran Westland	631	327	140	687	1785
17	Adrian Lenawee Christian	195	549	499	529	1772
18	Buckley	565	153	78	923	1720
19	Detroit Frederick Douglass	582	287	200	588	1656
20	Petersburg-Summerfield	647	436	271	292	1647
21	Montabella	656	458	457	0	1571
22	Dansville	431	346	393	393	1563
23	Vestaburg	687	458	391	0	1536
24	Concord	627	140	139	548	1454
25	Riverview Gabriel Richard	436	297	135	574	1442
26	St Philip Catholic Central	334	175	92	823	1423
27	Pentwater	337	512	476	0	1325
28	Allen Park Cabrini	0	345	353	585	1282
29	Southfield Christian	192	282	264	510	1247
30	Potterville	486	295	126	284	1191
31	Fowler	333	255	151	409	1147
32	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	262	250	138	490	1139
33	Royal Oak Shrine	304	280	165	387	1136
34	Plymouth Christian Academy	213	413	261	203	1091
35	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	292	346	112	310	1060
36	Mayville	178	188	0	537	904
37	Birmingham Roeper	0	175	229	459	863
38	Martin	338	0	0	492	830
39	Eau Claire	367	132	0	292	790
40	Novi Christian Academy	0	226	257	257	740
41	Deckerville	160	67	0	486	713
42	Beal City	275	282	154	0	711
43	Kingston	0	238	258	208	704
44	Brown City	0	214	261	201	677
45	Morenci	156	178	0	339	672
46	Fairview	156	75	103	325	659
47	Muskegon Catholic Central	221	0	94	324	639
48	Harbor Beach	0	191	245	194	630
49	Flint Beecher	260	0	0	368	628
50	Marlette	265	0	0	357	622

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		8:14.6	4×8	1055	3rd Place – UP Division 1 State
12	Carson Vanderschaaf	4:25.5	1600m	388	2nd Place – UP Division 1 State
12	Colin Vanderschaaf	4:25.7	1600m	387	UP Division 1 State Champion
12	Carson Vanderschaaf	9:55.2	3200m	342	UP Division 1 State Champion
12	Colin Vanderschaaf	2:02.4	800m	342	UP Division 1 State Champion
11	Cullen Papin	2:02.9	800m	334	2nd Place – UP Division 1 State
12	Braden Ketzenberger	10:02.6	3200m	321	4th Place – UP Division 1 State
11	James Kraeg	10:03.3	3200m	319	GNC Conference Champion
12	Carson Vanderschaaf	2:04.6	800m	306	#4 time in the UP
10	Chase Thomsen	10:11.5	3200m	295	2nd Place – GNC Conference
12	Adam White	10:20.3	3200m	269	#7 time in the UP
9	Peter Argeropolous	10:29.2	3200m	243	#2 freshman in the UP
10	Chase Thomsen	4:44.6	1600m	243	#9 time in the UP
10	Evan Balko	2:08.9	800m	237	3rd Place – GNC Conference
11	James Kraeg	4:46.5	1600m	228	13 sec. improvement
12	Adam White	2:09.6	800m	226	5th Place – Region 41
12	Adam White	4:48.3	1600m	215	7th Place – GNC Conference
10	Evan Balko	4:48.4	1600m	213	50 sec. improvement
12	Brian Belkowski	2:10.4	800m	213	#21 time in the UP
12	Braden Ketzenberger	4:48.6	1600m	212	2nd Place – GNC Conference
10	Evan Balko	10:44.4	3200m	199	63 sec. improvement
11	James Kraeg	2:11.9	800m	190	#26 time in the UP
10	James Barch	10:52.6	3200m	176	#5 sophomore in the UP
10	James Barch	4:53.5	1600m	175	6th Place – Region 41
10	James Barch	2:13.0	800m	172	5th Place – GNC Conference
9	Beepsee Teeple	2:14.3	800m	151	4th Place – GNC Conference
12	Brian Belkowski	4:57.2	1600m	147	4th Place – GNC Conference
9	Peter Argeropolous	4:57.4	1600m	145	#2 freshman in the UP
12	Drew White	11:06.2	3200m	136	5th Place – GNC Conference
12	Drew White	5:02.4	1600m	108	25 sec. improvement
10	Marlow Quigley	5:04.4	1600m	92	19 sec. improvement
9	Ben Kuhl	5:05.0	1600m	87	5th Place – GNC Conference

UP Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Marquette	1217	1246	1790	1055	5307
2	Sault Ste. Marie	763	613	730	883	2989
3	Gladstone	717	601	248	831	2398
4	Houghton	442	676	565	603	2286
5	Negaunee	464	341	297	505	1607
6	Dollar Bay	545	302	233	434	1513
7	Munising	354	345	319	426	1444
8	Manistique	337	208	252	567	1364
9	Ironwood	371	412	149	358	1290
10	Pickford	214	167	169	440	990
11	Stephenson	423	183	0	280	886
12	Forest Park	223	272	131	0	627
13	Ishpeming	0	53	106	410	569
14	Kingsford	0	150	0	394	544
15	Newberry	233	0	0	275	508
16	Escanaba	0	0	0	467	467
17	Chassell	0	210	249	0	459
18	Rudyard	205	0	0	206	412
19	Engadine	0	94	216	0	310
20	Iron Mountain	0	0	84	199	283
21	Holy Name	0	133	105	0	238
22	St. Ignace	235	0	0	0	235
23	Calumet	211	0	0	0	211
24	Bark River-Harris	0	92	96	0	188
25	Bessemer	171	0	0	0	171

DISTANCE RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

For the individual rankings, I decided to use an athletes’ top-two events. There are some boys with range across the board, excelling in all three, but commonly someone will pick two distance events in which to concentrate. I wasn’t going to penalize someone for skipping the 3200m all year or knowing they didn’t have the requisite speed and bowing out of 800m training. The individual events contain marks listed on athletic.net at the end of the day Sunday.

Check out the chart here to see how times match up to scores, those scores formulated by looking at the national lists for the 2022 season.

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for the official lists for each event. Give him a few days to process everything from this incredible season, as many of our great athletes have hit marks that will stand the test of time.

Benne Anderson, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills

Year in, year out, Ottawa Hills produces runners ready to hit the college scene rolling. Benne has definitely been on a tear, a long one extending back to November. His state title in cross led to appearances and high finishes at NXN and CHAMPS. This spring, he dominated the elite races with wins at GR Elite and Shepherd. In the OK Gold Championship, he made a serious run at the 4 min. barrier, falling just short in a victory. Name any event and his prowess shines through, his 1:49 is a state leading time, his 8:40.9 3200m was closed in 27.7, and he won a state title in the 1600m. With his light racing schedule and rapid rise, the future looks very bright.

Hunter Jones, Benzie Central

Absorbing the lessons from the defeats at the past two Division 3 Finals, Hunter finally conquered a goal that had been gnawing at him for a bit, winning the distance triple. And with those 30 points (plus a contribution in the 4×8), he was a major help in bringing home a team trophy for the Huskies. A great cap on an historic career.

Seth Norder, Grand Haven

The patience paid off. After three second place finishes, two in the closing stretch, Seth outlasted the 3200m field at Division 1 State to capture his first state title. Earlier in the day, he closed in the low-1:50’s to bring home the silver for his Bucs squad. Other than winning, he showed tremendous growth, especially in the 3200m where his 8:46 ranks #3 amongst juniors in the entire nation.

Thomas Westphal, Anchor Bay

His attitude expressed in the 1600m at Division 1 State greatly encapsulates his junior year. Tom is not afraid of any challenge. On the grass, that was setting torrential paces and daring anyone to run with him, on the track it was more of the same. That attitude resulted in wins at the Barnyard, Macomb County, Region 10, and the MAC Red. And it surely had a part in his sub-9 at Shepherd.

Brendan Herger, Northville

Huge part of the national and state champion 4×8 squad for Northville. To win the national title, his split was under 1:50, looking effortless but surely putting it all on the line. Competing for the Mustangs, he won all but one race the entire year, grabbing KLAA and Region 6 titles in the 800m and 1600m.

Trent McFarland, Utica

Back to back 800m titles for Trent. Surprisingly, the race played out in the exact same fashion as 2022, but I’m guessing McFarland had something to do with that, strategically navigating through the first 500m before putting himself in position to unleash his devastating kick. Didn’t only excel in the mid-distance either, as he ended up dropping his 3200m best by 16 seconds and ran a 4:13 indoors.

Michael Hegarty, Dearborn Divine Child

In my mind, has always been a grinder, an endurance specialist. This spring, Mike did great work to expand his repertoire and nail down his specialty. He was one of five Michiganders to dip under 9:00 for the 3200m and he dropped his 1600m best from 4:18 to 4:14. With those improvements came CHSL Bishop titles in the 1600m and 3200m, a Wayne County title in the 800m, and two All-State honors.

Nolan Clark, Grand Haven

After missing a majority of the cross country season, Nolan had a nice comeback season. He set PB’s in all three distance events. In the 3200m, he claimed an OK Red title, in the 800m he was a teammate on a squad finishing 2^nd in Division 1.

Aiden Sullivan, Forest Hills Eastern

Another one flashing back to back 800m titles, claiming the title in the finishing stretch as well. Aiden’s 1:53.9 to win Division 2 State wasn’t his fastest time ever, but it may have been his gutsiest, as I believe he was under the weather that week. He’s not just a distance runner either, as he slipped under 50 seconds to win the OK Gold 400m. With him and Trent heading to Michigan next year, the Maize n’ Blue have a great chance at continuing that mid-distance tradition.

Solomon Kwartowitz, Cranbrook-Kingswood

Showed promise as a sophomore when he quietly ran a 9:22. Capitalized on that promise as a junior with personal bests across the board. Nearly broke 9:00 in the 3200m in a historic race at Shepherd, placed 2^nd in Oakland County’s 1600m, and claimed regional titles in the 1600m and 3200m. He’s now setting up for a senior year where he may be the Oakland County favorite in cross country.

Overall	Division	Grade	Name	Team	Score	800m	1600m	3200m
1	1	12	Benne Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	1128	544	570	558
2	3	12	Hunter Jones	Benzie Central	1099	508	530	559
3	1	11	Seth Norder	Grand Haven	1060	490	517	543
4	1	11	Thomas Westphal	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	1022	443	506	516
5	1	11	Brendan Herger	Northville	1002	504	498	460
6	1	12	Trent McFarland	Utica	988	528	455	460
7	2	12	Mike Hegarty	Dearborn Divine Child	982	434	469	512
8	1	12	Nolan Clark	Grand Haven	981	441	484	497
9	2	12	Aiden Sullivan	Forest Hills Eastern	977	512	438	465
10	2	11	Solomon Kwartowitz	Cranbrook Kingswood	971	392	470	501
11	1	12	Parker Orlowsky	Rochester Adams	967	494	473	0
12	4	12	Lezawe Osterink	The Potter’s House	949	413	466	483
13	2	10	TJ Hansen	Freeland	945	460	476	469
14	1	12	Jonah Hochstetler	Traverse City West	944	500	445	0
15	2	12	Owen Westerkamp	Big Rapids	944	489	455	440
16	1	12	Matthew Short	Berkley	941	434	470	472
17	3	10	Pol Molins	Benzie Central	938	470	468	430
18	2	12	Kyle Eberhard	Linden	936	460	472	463
19	2	11	Connell Alford	Chelsea	927	340	463	464
20	2	11	Paul Moore	Pinckney	926	0	455	471
21	1	12	David Whitaker	Northville	922	477	446	0
22	2	12	Carter McCalister	Monroe Jefferson	922	410	467	455
23	1	11	Logan Begeman	Portage Central	917	390	465	452
24	4	12	Dakota Dykhuis	Montabella	915	446	458	457
25	1	12	Gavin Steele	Farmington	909	469	441	357
26	1	12	Colin Graham	Rockford	907	452	444	455
27	1	11	Ty Parker	Walled Lake Northern	904	461	442	0
28	4	11	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	904	417	473	431
29	1	11	Sebastian Ramirez	Royal Oak	900	377	446	455
30	2	12	Braydon Honsinger	Freeland	894	468	426	0
31	1	12	Sean Byrnes	Plymouth	892	365	426	466
32	1	12	Ethan Pruzinsky	Auburn Hills Avondale	891	0	443	447
33	2	11	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	890	373	451	440
34	2	12	Camden Khon	Armada	887	434	453	413
35	3	12	William Winter	Parchment	886	473	413	0
36	1	11	Vincent Guaresimo	Romeo	883	455	427	400
37	1	12	Samuel Roberts	Dearborn	882	350	467	414
38	2	10	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	880	0	435	445
39	4	11	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	877	482	396	391
40	1	11	Kenny Lewis	Saginaw Heritage	875	475	400	348
41	1	12	Alex Bobak	Plymouth	870	436	434	394
42	1	11	Tyler Donovan	Fraser	865	441	424	0
43	1	12	Nathan Riddering	Novi	862	0	423	439
44	2	11	Nate Carmody	Haslett	859	277	396	463
45	2	11	Alex Thole	East Grand Rapids	859	292	406	453
46	1	11	Anirudh Krishnan	Plymouth	859	416	443	0
47	1	12	Nicolas Fry	Ann Arbor Skyline	857	440	418	0
48	2	11	Evan Loughridge	Pinckney	857	316	441	416
49	3	10	August Rohde	Reed City	854	438	417	355
50	1	10	Logan Mullan	Detroit U-D Jesuit	852	441	411	0

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BEST CREWS

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		9:01.2	4×8	1738	Division 1 State Champion
11	Rachel Forsyth	2:06.9	800m	535	Division 1 State Champion
11	Rachel Forsyth	4:44.2	1600m	531	Division 1 State Champion
11	Rachel Forsyth	10:17.5	3200m	523	#1 time in the State
12	Emily Cooper	10:33.8	3200m	495	3rd Place – Division 1 State
12	Emily Cooper	2:13.5	800m	474	3rd Place – SEC Red
12	Emily Cooper	4:57.6	1600m	474	SEC Red Champion
11	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	5:01.0	1600m	459	2nd Place – SEC Red
11	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	2:15.8	800m	453	17th Place – Division 1 State
11	Natalie Mello	2:19.7	800m	418	#14 junior in D1
11	Natalie Mello	11:19.1	3200m	416	4th Place – Region 5
11	Lydia Bowman	2:20.0	800m	416	#15 junior in D1
11	Lydia Bowman	5:11.3	1600m	415	5th Place – Region 5
9	Quincy Behm	2:20.1	800m	415	6th Place – SEC Red
11	Natalie Mello	5:14.2	1600m	403	#19 junior in D1
11	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	11:45.0	3200m	372	2nd straight year sub-12
11	Lydia Bowman	11:45.3	3200m	371	6th Place – Region 5
11	Katie Hume	11:46.8	3200m	369	9th Place – SEC Red
9	Hana Boggess	11:48.1	3200m	366	8th Place – Region 5
9	Ava Griffith	5:26.0	1600m	352	10th Place – SEC Red
12	Allison Nutt	11:56.7	3200m	352	First ever sub-12
11	Katie Hume	5:27.8	1600m	344	10 sec. PB
12	Allison Nutt	5:28.0	1600m	343	Best time since her freshman year
9	Amani Sanogo	5:31.5	1600m	328	49th fastest freshman in State

D1 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	2296	1879	1806	1738	7719
2	Saline	1696	1566	1627	1558	6446
3	Holland West Ottawa	1723	1742	1284	1562	6310
4	Brighton	1623	1543	1681	1414	6262
5	Romeo	1163	1668	1783	1364	5978
6	Northville	1582	1618	1186	1508	5894
7	Grand Haven	1641	1534	1087	1512	5773
8	Traverse City West	1651	1553	842	1461	5506
9	Rochester	1225	1304	1386	1531	5446
10	Ann Arbor Skyline	945	1637	1263	1458	5303
11	Zeeland East	1252	1217	1219	1605	5292
12	Jenison	837	1521	1607	1288	5253
13	Macomb Dakota	1103	1488	1299	1162	5052
14	Traverse City Central	1584	1113	836	1393	4927
15	St. Joseph	894	1304	1272	1447	4917
16	Zeeland West	776	1429	1153	1334	4692
17	Howell	1186	1112	773	1429	4500
18	DeWitt	1139	1100	796	1338	4373
19	Walled Lake Western	404	1227	1515	1062	4208
20	Forest Hills Central	422	1467	844	1311	4045
21	Grand Ledge	812	884	1172	1130	3998
22	Farmington	1233	1079	335	1340	3988
23	Midland Dow	736	1191	913	1118	3958
24	Highland-Milford	838	847	713	1513	3912
25	Okemos	720	1065	1180	898	3862
26	Oxford	412	1182	1197	1016	3807
27	Grand Blanc	1132	726	838	1106	3803
28	Lowell	842	937	966	1036	3782
29	East Kentwood	1223	683	354	1368	3628
30	Walled Lake Northern	867	810	336	1520	3533
31	Bay City Western	770	845	827	1087	3528
32	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	832	498	862	1217	3409
33	Livonia Stevenson	720	777	848	1044	3389
34	Fraser	790	1058	398	1085	3332
35	Grandville	1116	1126	859	0	3102
36	Rochester Adams	1128	412	426	1124	3089
37	Lake Orion	1127	429	403	1129	3087
38	Novi	407	771	781	1080	3040
39	Rockford	784	699	356	1175	3013
40	Kalamazoo Central	410	705	681	1072	2868
41	Portage Central	725	1022	0	1106	2853
42	Wyandotte Roosevelt	472	808	455	1095	2829
43	Livonia Franklin	704	321	417	1295	2736
44	Dexter	407	718	348	1176	2650
45	Ann Arbor Huron	385	685	349	1180	2600
46	Canton	460	494	466	1082	2502
47	Farmington Hills Mercy	453	444	353	1217	2467
48	South Lyon East	481	1166	802	0	2449
49	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	748	416	402	879	2444
50	Byron Center	692	364	358	995	2410

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		9:39.0	4×8	1274	9th Place – Division 2 State
11	Natalie VanOtteren	10:40.8	3200m	483	Division 2 State Champion
11	Natalie VanOtteren	4:58.7	1600m	469	5th Place – Division 2 State
11	Naomi Nelson	11:06.7	3200m	438	12th Place – Division 2 State
11	Natalie VanOtteren	2:19.2	800m	423	#11 in D2
11	Payton Holtz	2:21.0	800m	406	11th Place – Division 2 State
11	Naomi Nelson	5:13.7	1600m	405	7th Place – OK White
11	Payton Holtz	5:19.0	1600m	382	#22 underclassmen in D2
11	Naomi Nelson	2:24.4	800m	376	23rd underclassman in D2
9	Ellie Scholma	5:24.2	1600m	359	7th Place – Region 13
9	Annika TerBeek	11:58.0	3200m	349	6th Place – OK White
9	Ellie Scholma	12:01.2	3200m	344	10th fastest freshman in D2
12	Anna Triezenberg	2:30.2	800m	323	9th Place – OK White
12	Anna Triezenberg	5:35.5	1600m	311	18 sec. PB
12	Sarah Timmer	12:20.2	3200m	311	39 sec. PB
12	Sarah Timmer	5:36.2	1600m	308	20 sec. PB
11	Robyn Tatko	2:33.6	800m	291	20 sec. PB
9	Annika TerBeek	5:40.2	1600m	291	16th fastest freshman in D2

D2 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Grand Rapids Christian	1528	1615	1613	1274	6031
2	Otsego	1310	1602	1572	1237	5721
3	East Grand Rapids	1317	1286	1248	1400	5250
4	Monroe Jefferson	1067	1017	1033	1346	4463
5	Forest Hills Eastern	1111	1368	742	1132	4354
6	Frankenmuth	719	1124	1166	1066	4075
7	Spring Lake	1129	771	728	1323	3952
8	Freeland	994	941	939	1018	3893
9	Shepherd	1131	1070	376	1286	3863
10	Tecumseh	452	706	1082	1238	3479
11	Goodrich	787	737	725	1171	3419
12	St. Johns	1001	790	414	1181	3387
13	Detroit Country Day	1246	666	339	1043	3294
14	Petoskey	602	978	755	922	3258
15	Sparta	803	730	692	849	3075
16	Ludington	317	690	1035	1029	3071
17	Alma	1017	416	420	1163	3014
18	Cadillac	957	657	379	1009	3002
19	Croswell-Lexington	687	734	401	1110	2932
20	Sturgis	1075	406	392	1055	2928
21	Chelsea	667	644	772	829	2911
22	Adrian	680	717	362	1072	2831
23	GR West Mich. Aviation	1112	736	0	825	2673
24	Dearborn Divine Child	955	578	0	1095	2627
25	Whitehall	741	1102	707	0	2550
26	Grand Rapids South Christian	806	371	314	1014	2504
27	Haslett	684	562	298	912	2455
28	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	773	832	835	0	2440
29	Williamston	383	660	308	1047	2398
30	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	616	357	393	1008	2374
31	Armada	685	558	0	1130	2374
32	Mason	698	422	0	1233	2353
33	Warren Regina	304	345	623	946	2218
34	Gaylord	656	746	755	0	2157
35	Hudsonville Unity Christian	325	643	396	707	2071
36	Carleton Airport	350	691	348	665	2053
37	Stevensville Lakeshore	749	374	0	875	1998
38	Newaygo	321	303	375	724	1723
39	North Branch	623	283	0	771	1676
40	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	335	676	662	0	1674
41	Fruitport	0	363	296	856	1516
42	Paw Paw	370	344	0	784	1498
43	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	0	339	371	756	1466
44	Coopersville	323	290	0	845	1458
45	Edwardsburg	379	315	0	739	1433
46	Allendale	300	300	0	763	1363
47	Linden	0	629	634	0	1263
48	Wayland Union	378	0	0	803	1181
49	Coldwater	417	317	345	0	1079
50	Plainwell	0	356	619	0	976

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		9:35.5	4×8	1314	3rd Place – Division 3 State
10	Whitney Werner	11:12.0	3200m	429	#7 time in D3
10	Whitney Werner	2:18.9	800m	426	7th Place – Division 3 State
10	Whitney Werner	5:09.5	1600m	423	2nd Place – CMAC
12	Ella Kowatch	2:22.4	800m	393	2nd Place – Greater Lansing
12	Abby Arens	2:29.8	800m	326	6th Place – Greater Lansing
12	Lorelei George	2:30.9	800m	316	4th Place – CMAC
12	Abby Arens	5:35.7	1600m	310	3rd Place – CMAC
9	Allison Nurenberg	2:32.3	800m	303	9th Place – Region 30
9	Victoria Hengesbach	2:32.9	800m	298	#11 freshman in D3
9	Annika Platte	2:36.6	800m	265	15th fastest freshman in D3
11	Melanie Werner	12:51.7	3200m	257	4th Place – CMAC
11	Hayden Hengesbach	12:52.8	3200m	255	3rd Place – CMAC
10	Emma Wittenbach	12:56.9	3200m	248	11th Place – Region 30
9	Abbie Schneider	5:54.4	1600m	230	6th Place – CMAC
9	Lilly Anderson	5:56.3	1600m	222	19th fastest freshman in D3
9	Victoria Hengesbach	5:59.0	1600m	210	#25 freshman in D3
9	Emerie Smith	5:59.4	1600m	208	26th fastest freshman in D3
11	Hayden Hengesbach	6:01.7	1600m	199	#41 junior in D3

D3 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	1461	1185	1187	1314	5147
2	Hart	1408	1398	971	1309	5086
3	Lansing Catholic	1460	900	1129	1452	4941
4	Jackson Lumen Christi	1471	1313	776	1374	4934
5	Traverse City St. Francis	1260	1218	937	932	4346
6	Stanton Central Montcalm	689	1082	1078	691	3539
7	Caro	966	854	568	1084	3472
8	Benzie Central	848	986	743	879	3455
9	Blissfield	866	926	608	883	3283
10	Elk Rapids	924	854	609	828	3215
11	Reese	800	819	606	932	3157
12	Ithaca	908	591	622	967	3087
13	Kent City	577	882	736	886	3081
14	Boyne City	765	671	733	657	2825
15	Onsted	802	406	409	1169	2786
16	Erie Mason	902	674	0	1094	2670
17	Lawton	742	758	375	722	2598
18	Monroe St. Mary CC	660	690	270	965	2585
19	Remus Chippewa Hills	567	547	657	783	2555
20	Grandville Calvin Christian	614	687	670	413	2383
21	Ida	363	524	341	1039	2268
22	Ovid-Elsie	391	579	571	685	2225
23	Hanover-Horton	683	342	334	856	2215
24	St. Louis	341	632	643	536	2152
25	North Muskegon	920	261	0	806	1987
26	Grand Traverse Academy	386	345	338	785	1854
27	Leslie	265	690	261	615	1832
28	McBain	779	256	0	780	1816
29	Schoolcraft	498	255	287	672	1711
30	Manton	506	324	351	506	1687
31	Charlevoix	331	324	917	0	1572
32	Bridgman	295	250	311	699	1556
33	Kalamazoo Christian	237	645	0	617	1498
34	Manistee	333	391	271	448	1442
35	Ann Arbor Fr Gabriel Richard	259	260	0	856	1376
36	Saranac	442	464	470	0	1376
37	Olivet	352	264	0	754	1370
38	Napoleon	508	0	0	803	1312
39	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	532	222	0	506	1259
40	Union City	262	269	297	388	1216
41	Centreville	290	233	0	654	1177
42	Morley-Stanwood	356	396	392	0	1144
43	GR Covenant Christian	357	377	406	0	1140
44	Stockbridge	256	244	0	627	1128
45	GR NorthPointe Christian	258	552	294	0	1105
46	New Lothrop	233	416	0	453	1103
47	Montague	565	0	0	498	1063
48	Laingsburg	300	515	230	0	1045
49	Wixom St. Catherine	0	271	277	485	1033
50	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	588	0	0	417	1005

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		9:55.2	4×8	1097	Division 4 State Champion
12	Megan Roberts	2:18.9	800m	425	SCAA East Champion
12	Megan Roberts	5:24.5	1600m	358	SCAA East Champion
10	Caroline Roberts	2:26.5	800m	356	Hillsdale County Champion
12	Whitney Wilkinson	2:27.4	800m	348	3rd Place – SCAA
12	Whitney Wilkinson	5:29.9	1600m	335	14th Place – Division 4 State
10	Ella Walton	12:32.5	3200m	290	21st Place – Division 4 State
9	Abby Brownlee	5:41.4	1600m	286	5th Place – Hillsdale County
9	Georgia Whalen	2:34.6	800m	282	2nd Place – Hillsdale County
12	Whitney Wilkinson	12:37.5	3200m	281	18th Place – Division 4 State
10	Ella Walton	5:43.1	1600m	278	3rd Place – Hillsdale County
9	Abby Brownlee	12:42.4	3200m	273	5th Place – SCAA
9	Elizabeth Caspar	2:45.1	800m	187	4th Place – Hillsdale County
12	Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell	13:49.0	3200m	157	6th Place – SCAA

D4 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Hillsdale Academy	1412	1258	1001	1097	4767
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	886	1248	820	897	3851
3	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	1266	921	383	953	3523
4	Fowler	1277	614	447	1007	3345
5	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	873	826	576	943	3219
6	Pittsford	974	744	450	1034	3202
7	Whitmore Lake	901	738	526	929	3094
8	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	869	813	420	927	3029
9	Leland	473	730	825	813	2841
10	Harbor Springs	1053	251	304	976	2584
11	The Potter’s House	873	466	524	715	2579
12	Breckenridge	824	831	150	758	2563
13	Adrian Lenawee Christian	848	369	376	898	2491
14	Kalamazoo Hackett	712	619	395	682	2408
15	Petoskey St. Michael	1028	760	599	0	2388
16	Portland St. Patrick	1118	237	142	706	2203
17	Libertas Christian	746	658	0	687	2090
18	East Jordan	432	181	672	626	1911
19	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	408	267	506	707	1887
20	Unionville-Sebewaing	635	246	299	645	1825
21	Buckley	493	508	458	343	1801
22	Vestaburg	279	327	177	889	1672
23	Allen Park Cabrini	167	381	441	629	1618
24	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	566	380	285	383	1614
25	Morenci	446	214	0	896	1556
26	Beal City	689	326	187	336	1538
27	Gobles	557	312	0	634	1503
28	Farwell	427	305	293	465	1490
29	Athens	343	450	150	522	1465
30	Kingston	333	395	216	506	1450
31	Harbor Beach	229	277	294	638	1438
32	Deckerville	254	313	259	596	1422
33	Ubly	196	207	239	690	1332
34	Addison	493	291	288	230	1302
35	Sand Creek	573	137	168	383	1262
36	Mendon	290	320	332	243	1185
37	Brown City	234	271	256	412	1174
38	Indian River Inland Lakes	415	131	162	459	1166
39	Forest Area	335	385	0	425	1145
40	Fruitport Calvary Christian	635	254	250	0	1139
41	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	255	390	0	440	1085
42	Colon	0	239	298	512	1050
43	Gaylord St. Mary	323	339	360	0	1022
44	Reading	400	0	0	622	1022
45	Novi Christian Academy	468	163	0	332	963
46	Genesee	322	322	289	0	933
47	Fairview	270	319	339	0	928
48	Onekama	407	482	0	0	890
49	Frankfort	285	0	0	601	886
50	Potterville	231	389	220	0	840

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
		10:44.0	4×8	644	4th Place – UP Division 1 State
9	Ella Fure	11:50.3	3200m	363	UP Division 1 State Champion
11	Abigail Harma	12:11.3	3200m	326	2nd Place – UP Division 1 State
9	Ella Fure	2:32.2	800m	305	3rd Place – UP Division 1 State
9	Ella Fure	5:39.4	1600m	294	GNC Conference Champion
11	Abigail Harma	5:39.8	1600m	293	2nd Place – UP Division 1 State
10	Monet Argeropoulos	12:36.7	3200m	282	5th Place – UP Division 1 State
10	Monet Argeropoulos	5:51.1	1600m	244	5th Place – Region 41
10	Maija Maki-Warne	2:42.3	800m	213	7th Place – UP Division 1 State
11	Abigail Harma	2:43.3	800m	204	3rd Place – GNC Conference
12	Elodie Malherbe	13:28.1	3200m	193	6th Place – Region 41
10	Elisa Malherbe	2:46.1	800m	178	#37 in the UP
10	Claire Maskart	2:46.7	800m	173	5th Place – GNC Conference
12	Elodie Malherbe	6:16.8	1600m	134	6th Place – Region 41

UP Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Marquette	899	965	1164	644	3672
2	Houghton	943	981	677	952	3553
3	Negaunee	614	471	473	886	2444
4	Manistique	477	595	669	576	2317
5	Sault Ste. Marie	767	391	355	726	2238
6	Ishpeming	746	353	321	690	2111
7	Hancock	499	499	382	687	2066
8	Newberry	508	322	298	580	1707
9	Stephenson	561	358	189	598	1706
10	Munising	239	405	444	542	1630
11	Escanaba	216	563	240	412	1430
12	North Dickinson County	207	321	386	475	1388
13	Pickford	295	332	308	414	1348
14	Dollar Bay	362	179	0	423	963
15	Bark River-Harris	196	209	0	376	781
16	Ironwood	275	0	184	289	748
17	Bessemer	218	260	235	0	713
18	Gladstone	261	0	0	441	702
19	St. Ignace	183	0	0	310	493
20	Norway	270	0	197	0	467
21	Menominee	182	257	0	0	439
22	Ishpeming Westwood	0	144	200	0	343
23	Cedarville	0	121	175	0	296
24	Brimley	0	0	0	280	280
25	Engadine	0	0	0	246	246

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

For the individual rankings, I decided to use an athletes’ top-two events. There are some girls with range across the board, excelling in all three, but commonly someone will pick two distance events in which to concentrate. I wasn’t going to penalize someone for skipping the 3200m all year or knowing they didn’t have the requisite speed and bowing out of 800m training.

Check out the chart here to see how times match up to scores, those scores formulated by looking at the national lists for the 2022 season.

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for the official lists for each event. Give him a few days to process everything from this incredible season, as many of our great athletes have hit marks that will stand the test of time.

Rachel Forsyth, Ann Arbor Pioneer

It’s taken awhile, but she captured her first individual MHSAA titles on the track just a few weeks ago. After getting her bearings during indoor, Rachel kicked it up notch by notch as the season wore on, eventually ending on a 4:41 full mile to place 6^th at New Balance.

Jessica Jazwinski, Hart

Huge contributor to the Pirates state title team, contributing 24 points on her own and taking part in 5 more as a part of the 4×8. A week later, competing for herself individually, she rocked a 4:49 full mile.

Madison Osterberg, Jackson Lumen Christi

Opened some new horizons and expanded on the great traits she already had. The mid-distance specialist blasted her previous personal best at MITCA, her 2:08.87 ranking her #11 all-time in Michigan. A week earlier, she used the fear of her kick to make the final move en route to a victory in the D3 1600m.

Anna Delgado, East Lansing

Finished what she started way back in September. Before an injury derailed her senior cross season, Ann was on track to be a force in Division 1. Come June, she was that force and more, giving Rachel Forsyth all she could handle in the 1600m, then doubling back and outlasting the field in the 3200m.

Selma Anderson, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills

Had arguably the greatest improvement of anyone in this top-10. The event where she dropped the least amount of time was the 1600m, where Selma “only” placed 4^th in Division 1. All in all, she was great across the board, registering top-10 marks in the 800m – 3200m. Perhaps Jeff Hollobaugh knows, but I gotta imagine she’s one part of the fastest brother/sister combo in the same year in any distance event.

Aiden Harrand, Buckley

Raw talent beginning to show its way forward. Had one of the greater triples of the year in the early season, running 2:11/4:53/10:54 at Reed City. But she’s not all about times, this girl wins. Came through in cross and captured the distance triple on a scorcher of a day.

Annika Sandman, Lowell

An eight lap grinder, Annika reeled off seven straight sub-11’s to close the season. On State Finals day, she was unable to hang in there late, but I’m betting that disappointment played a major role in her success two weeks later. That success came in the form of an All-American honor, where she placed 4^th in the New Balance 5000m.

Lucy Cook, Rochester

Undefeated as an individual until State, where she placed 8^th in the 1600m. But in context, that 8^th is a bit more impressive considering it was hours after her 2:14 800m split that helped her Falcons grab 4^th in Division 1. This past weekend, she flashed that speed once more, closing in 68 at the end of her 10:26 3200m.

Taylor Pangburn, Grand Ledge

Talk about coming through on the big day, Taylor has done it two years in a row. In 2022, Taylor dropped a second from her previous best to grab 7^th in the 800m. A year later, she broke 4:50 for the first time ever, accelerating on the home straight to place 3^rd in the 1600m.

Arianne Olson, Holland West Ottawa

Senior year of track capped off a career full of honors, accomplishments, and memories. It was her third straight year in the top-2 of the 3200m. Altogether, 10 All-States in XC and track as an individual, a team state title on the grass, and an individual title of her own.

Overall	Division	Grade	Name	Team	Score	800m	1600m	3200m
1	1	11	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1066	535	531	523
2	3	10	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart	1015	461	504	511
3	3	11	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	1007	516	488	491
4	1	12	Anna Delgado	East Lansing	1006	476	511	495
5	1	11	Selma Anderson	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	1003	485	498	504
6	4	11	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	1001	493	508	458
7	1	12	Annika Sandman	Lowell	991	396	485	506
8	1	10	Lucy Cook	Rochester	983	431	493	490
9	1	12	Taylor Pangburn	Grand Ledge	971	447	510	461
10	1	12	Arianne Olson	Holland West Ottawa	969	398	478	492
11	1	12	Emily Cooper	Ann Arbor Pioneer	969	474	474	495
12	1	12	Cara Newman	Canton	960	460	494	466
13	1	12	Allison Arnsman	Grandville	958	410	467	491
14	1	10	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	954	440	496	459
15	1	11	Payton Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	952	480	472	342
16	2	11	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	952	410	477	475
17	2	11	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	952	423	469	483
18	1	11	Allison Kuzma	Zeeland East	949	390	464	484
19	1	11	Clara James-Heer	Forest Hills Central	948	0	468	480
20	1	12	Maya Guikema	Jenison	942	480	462	452
21	1	12	CJ Nixon	Rochester	941	361	454	487
22	1	12	Caroline Vance	Ann Arbor Skyline	939	473	450	466
23	1	10	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	938	357	451	487
24	1	12	Liliane Aittama	South Lyon East	935	481	454	0
25	3	12	Madeleine Hill	Saranac	934	442	464	470
26	1	12	Samantha Cost	Wyandotte Roosevelt	926	472	451	455
27	2	11	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	926	443	483	438
28	2	11	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	926	391	458	468
29	1	12	Allison Cornell	Forest Hills Northern	926	445	480	426
30	1	10	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	922	481	442	0
31	1	11	Ava King	Traverse City West	920	438	467	453
32	1	12	Katrina Sandman	Lowell	912	446	452	460
33	1	11	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	Ann Arbor Pioneer	912	453	459	372
34	2	11	Emma DeVries	GR West Mich. Aviation	909	445	465	0
35	1	12	Natalie Kessler	Ann Arbor Skyline	909	471	438	431
36	1	11	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	908	454	455	411
37	3	11	Alyson Enns	Hart	907	391	447	461
38	1	11	Kylee King	Oak Park	907	494	413	0
39	1	12	Madison Clor	Romeo	907	380	448	459
40	3	12	Ava Maginity	Boyne City	901	450	437	451
41	1	10	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford	901	412	450	451
42	1	11	Morgan Brown	Livonia Churchill	901	424	477	419
43	1	9	Nora Gerzema	Farmington Hills Mercy	896	453	444	0
44	1	11	Jayden Harberts	Macomb Dakota	896	378	406	490
45	1	10	Cassie Garcia	Northville	895	361	430	465
46	2	11	Megan Germain	Otsego	888	347	448	440
47	1	12	Megan Postma	Holland West Ottawa	883	458	425	0
48	3	11	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	882	407	455	427
49	2	12	Camryn Bodine	East Grand Rapids	881	492	388	0
50	1	11	Ava Kurczewski	Walled Lake Northern	877	431	446	0

For an explanation of what I’ve been doing here, click the link below:

Explanation

To see how your team has been ranked over the course of the season, hit the links below:

Week Three
Week Five
Week Seven

At the bottom, I’ve added some individual rankings. For Jumps and Vault, this wasn’t really a thing, but for everything else, it can be. With some exceptions of studs such as Annabelle Densmore, hurdlers are doing both the high and low hurdles. It just naturally follows that a guy like me who wants to analyze stats a bit deeper would want to know who is the best hurdler over the course of the year. Scroll to the end and find out!

BEST CREWS

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
11	Wallace Tupper II	14.48	110h	473	6th Place – Division 1 State
11	Wallace Tupper II	38.97	300h	468	8th Place – Division 1 State
9	Aaryn Stallworth	15.61	110h	386	#4 freshman in Michigan
11	Parker Kirschner	41.59	300h	386	4th Place – BNC
9	Aaryn Stallworth	41.86	300h	377	#4 freshman in Michigan
11	Parker Kirschner	15.79	110h	372	5th Place – Region 1
11	Sam Schutte	42.09	300h	370	5th Place – BNC
11	Sam Schutte	16.20	110h	341	6th Place – BNC

D1 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Traverse City West	1572	1600	3172
2	East Kentwood	1735	1287	3023
3	Ann Arbor Huron	1355	1668	3022
4	Rockford	1535	1178	2713
5	Rochester Adams	1238	826	2064
6	Temperance Bedford	1088	758	1847
7	Detroit U-D Jesuit	889	885	1774
8	Zeeland West	823	852	1675
9	Detroit Catholic Central	1232	364	1596
10	West Bloomfield	808	782	1591
11	Detroit Renaissance	736	803	1539
12	Zeeland East	378	1106	1484
13	Greenville	706	736	1443
14	Detroit Martin Luther King	419	835	1254
15	Caledonia	828	382	1210
16	Highland-Milford	748	457	1205
17	Grandville	791	401	1192
18	Battle Creek Lakeview	349	801	1150
19	Alpena	370	780	1150
20	Bay City Western	0	1135	1135
21	Portage Central	355	756	1111
22	Swartz Creek	711	377	1087
23	Kalamazoo Central	520	489	1009
24	Detroit Cass Tech	470	504	974

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
12	Mason Oaks	40.89	300h	408	3rd Place – I-8
12	Mason Oaks	15.60	110h	387	2nd Place – I-8
11	Joey DeRose	15.68	110h	381	15th Place – Division 2 State
11	Ethan Tabiadon	42.20	300h	366	4th Place – I-8
11	Joey DeRose	42.28	300h	364	7th Place – Region 15
9	DJ Wood	16.37	110h	328	5th Place – I-8
9	DJ Wood	43.76	300h	317	6th Place – I-8

D2 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Battle Creek Harper Creek	1095	1455	2550
2	Gladwin	1098	1144	2242
3	Grosse Ile	930	1051	1981
4	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	1137	778	1915
5	Frankenmuth	753	1102	1856
6	Hamilton	754	1058	1812
7	Whitehall	1076	702	1778
8	Mason	462	1249	1711
9	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	864	751	1614
10	Adrian	751	765	1516
11	Parma Western	745	769	1514
12	Fremont	406	1085	1491
13	Charlotte	783	684	1467
14	Wayland Union	715	692	1407
15	St. Clair	994	348	1342
16	Spring Lake	805	479	1283
17	Hopkins	586	665	1251
18	Vicksburg	375	822	1198
19	Owosso	712	425	1137
20	Hastings	694	398	1092
21	Hudsonville Unity Christian	717	317	1034
22	Berrien Springs	631	372	1003
23	Marysville	315	668	983
24	Ortonville Brandon	312	664	976
25	Cranbrook Kingswood	313	644	957

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
10	Caleb Walker	15.16	110h	421	4th Place – Division 3 State
12	Dominick Hernandez	40.50	300h	420	6th Place – Division 3 State
12	Dominick Hernandez	15.93	110h	362	2nd Place – Saginaw County
10	Caleb Walker	42.86	300h	346	#34 sophomore in the state
10	Truman Danek	43.45	300h	327	7th Place – Region 30
10	Truman Danek	16.51	110h	317	2nd Place – MMAC
12	Corbin Walker	44.37	300h	298	23rd Place – MITCA Team State
12	Corbin Walker	17.10	110h	272	4th Place – MMAC

D3 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Chesaning	1371	1391	2761
2	Clare	1178	1307	2485
3	Olivet	1140	1010	2150
4	Caro	1011	994	2005
5	Charyl Stockwell Academy	904	1083	1987
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	1036	941	1978
7	Napoleon	1131	739	1871
8	Erie Mason	1005	687	1693
9	Delton-Kellogg	799	775	1574
10	Ravenna	565	957	1521
11	Benzie Central	731	725	1456
12	Traverse City St. Francis	523	894	1417
13	Harrison	643	692	1335
14	Warren Michigan Collegiate	1011	278	1289
15	Reed City	559	715	1275
16	Hillsdale	619	650	1269
17	Bath	506	728	1234
18	Charlevoix	592	638	1230
19	Constantine	499	713	1212
20	Kalkaska	538	625	1164
21	Adrian Madison	691	376	1067
22	Kent City	750	308	1058
23	Burton Atherton	685	342	1028
24	Jonesville	372	649	1022
25	Stanton Central Montcalm	305	664	969

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
12	Max Cote	41.83	300h	378	6th Place – Division 4 State
12	Max Cote	16.33	110h	331	2nd Place – SCAA
9	Dawson Scharer	44.59	300h	291	3rd Place – Hillsdale County
9	Dawson Scharer	17.02	110h	278	3rd Place – SCAA
10	Alex Richards	45.03	300h	277	5th Place – Region 35
8	Evan Towne	45.33	300h	268	4th Place – Hillsdale County

D4 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Hillsdale Academy	608	1214	1823
2	Riverview Gabriel Richard	830	938	1768
3	Fowler	777	762	1539
4	Athens	527	1010	1537
5	Martin	587	681	1268
6	Reading	435	760	1195
7	Harbor Springs	578	597	1175
8	Morrice	560	541	1101
9	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	461	571	1032
10	Marcellus	378	542	920
11	The Potter’s House	587	313	900
12	Lutheran Westland	560	329	889
13	International Academy of Flint	558	321	879
14	Concord	323	533	856
15	Portland St. Patrick	283	564	847
16	Marion	468	374	842
17	East Jordan	486	345	831
18	Novi Christian Academy	401	346	747
19	Dansville	358	369	728
20	Flint Beecher	316	370	687
21	Kingston	322	354	676
22	Three Oaks River Valley	182	494	676
23	Manistee Catholic	156	505	661
24	Beal City	333	326	659
25	St. Charles	332	315	646

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Points	Info
12	David Kozisek	15.36	110h	405	UP Division 2 State Champ
12	David Kozisek	41.39	300h	392	UP Division 2 State Champ
12	Caden Awbrey	42.80	300h	347	3rd Place – UP Division 2 State
10	Tommy Storey	45.36	300h	267	2nd Place – EUP Conference
10	Owen McConkey	45.95	300h	248	#6 sophomore in UP
12	Caden Awbrey	17.61	110h	232	3rd Place – UP Division 2 State
9	John Anderson	18.25	110h	183	4th Plae – EUP Conference
10	Tommy Storey	18.33	110h	177	3rd Place – EUP Conference

UP Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Pickford	998	1255	2252
2	Houghton	801	855	1656
3	Ishpeming	638	683	1321
4	Negaunee	625	585	1210
5	Gladstone	431	667	1098
6	Iron Mountain	387	618	1004
7	Marquette	396	504	900
8	Munising	275	607	881
9	Forest Park	505	254	759
10	Newberry	188	512	700
11	St. Ignace	342	359	700
12	Kingsford	435	247	682
13	Sault Ste. Marie	316	301	617
14	Manistique	195	309	504
15	Bark River-Harris	157	292	449
16	Ishpeming Westwood	210	234	444
17	Port St Lucie	350	0	350
18	Menominee	122	225	347
19	Rapid River	271	0	271
20	Dollar Bay	0	259	259
21	Eben Jct. Superior Central	182	0	182
22	Lake Linden-Hubbell	158	0	158
23	Bessemer	151	0	151
24	Stephenson	135	0	135
25	Ironwood	124	0	124

HURDLERS OF THE YEAR

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for the OFFICIAL lists and rankings for each individual event. Jeff’s lists stand up to scrutiny, because for a historical record, a mark must be wind-legal and verifiable. These here rely on athletic.net and do not exclude if no wind gauge is present. My rankings are more of a fun exercise as everyone doesn’t have access to a wind gauge (but how do you not have one as a track coach?). Each set of rankings have their purpose.

The individual rankings are scored in the same format as the team rankings, with scores corresponding to times from each individual event. These scores were calculated based on the national lists from the 2022 season. Here is the table for each event.

Kayenn Mabin, Kalamazoo Central

Season Bests

110h – 13.87
300h – 38.31

Accomplishments

Division 1 State 300h Champ
2^nd Place – Division 1 State 110h
Region 3 110h & 300h Champ
SMAC 110h & 300h Champ

Braxton Brann, Ann Arbor Huron

Season Bests

110h – 13.77
300h – 38.74

Accomplishments

Division 1 State 110h Champ
Region 5 110h Champ
Division 1 State 200m Champ, a double last pulled off in 1895

Heading to Ohio State

Joshua Hurt, East Kentwood

Season Bests

110h – 13.92
300h – 39.01

Accomplishments

2^nd Place – Division 1 State 300h
3^rd Place – Division 1 State 110h
OK Red 110h & 300h Champ
2^nd Place – Region 3 110h & 300h

Michael Davis-Hawkins, Detroit Cass Tech

Season Bests

110h – 14.52
300h – 37.82

Accomplishments

Michigan Champion of Champions – 300h
Detroit City 110h & 300h Champ
Region 7 300h Champ

Wallace Tupper II, Traverse City West

Season Bests

110h – 14.48
300h – 38.97

Accomplishments

6^th Place – Division 1 State 110h
8^th Place – Division 1 State 300h
Record Eagle Honor Roll 110h & 300h Champ
Region 1 110h & Champ
Big North 110h & 300h Champ

Rank	Division	Grade	Name	Team	110h	300h	Score
1	1	12	Kayenn Mabin	Kalamazoo Central	520	489	1009
2	1	12	Braxton Brann	Ann Arbor Huron	528	475	1003
3	1	12	Joshua Hurt	East Kentwood	516	467	983
4	1	12	Michael Davis-Hawkins	Detroit Cass Tech	470	504	974
5	1	11	Wallace Tupper II	Traverse City West	473	468	941
6	1	10	Elijah Dotson	Detroit U-D Jesuit	474	465	939
7	2	12	Jaxson Tober	Spring Lake	457	479	936
8	1	12	Trevor Watts	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	467	466	933
9	1	12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	486	435	921
10	1	12	Seneca Moore	Holt	458	458	916
11	1	9	Schmar Gamble	Belleville	455	460	914
12	3	11	Torren Mapes	Delton-Kellogg	449	435	884
13	2	11	Mill Coleman	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	450	434	884
14	1	12	Liam McHugh	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	442	441	883
15	1	12	Camron Krebs	Walled Lake Northern	420	451	871
16	1	11	Brayden Kennedy	Highland-Milford	412	457	870
17	1	12	Liam Kinney	Brighton	428	441	868
18	3	11	Holden Van Poppel	Napoleon	473	391	865
19	2	11	Tyler Baker	Mason	462	399	861
20	1	11	Vincent Dancel	Rochester Adams	431	423	854
21	2	11	Aaron West	Paw Paw	423	425	849
22	1	12	Andrew Bradley	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	415	433	848
23	4	11	Landon Bennett	Athens	408	440	848
24	1	12	Trevor Wallar	Zeeland West	405	441	846
25	1	11	Owen Hager	Caledonia	458	382	840
26	4	10	Brady Feldpausch	Fowler	418	421	838
27	1	12	Teon Parks	Detroit Martin Luther King	419	416	835
28	1	12	Jaden Jennings	Detroit U-D Jesuit	415	419	835
29	2	11	Zach Taylor	Trenton	404	425	829
30	1	10	Keaton Hendricks	Zeeland West	418	411	828
31	1	12	Colin Bastuba	Clarkston	422	406	827
32	2	10	Charles (DJ) White	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	441	386	827
33	2	11	Michael Armetta	Monroe Jefferson	403	423	826
34	2	11	Daniel Romero	Fremont	406	418	824
35	1	10	Angelo Finnie Jr.	West Bloomfield	421	403	824
36	2	10	Aydan Mccarey	Niles	408	416	824
37	1	12	Josh Slimak	Troy Athens	398	422	820
38	1	11	George Brown	Rockford	442	375	817
39	2	11	Avery Snook	Vicksburg	375	440	815
40	4	11	Tayshawn Bester	Reading	435	380	814
41	1	11	Cashis Ruff	Grandville	408	401	808
42	UP	11	Luke Bracket	Gladstone	431	376	807
43	1	10	Michael Wilkerson	Rochester Adams	402	403	805
44	1	12	Christian Purchase	Warren Cousino	389	416	805
45	1	11	Collin Alexander	Okemos	378	426	804
46	1	12	DeAndre Westfall-Barger	Grand Blanc	403	400	803
47	2	12	Tyler Hufnagel	Owosso	378	425	803
48	1	11	Elyan Gregory	Beverly Hills Groves	355	445	800
49	1	11	Connor Curtis	Livonia Stevenson	385	414	799
50	1	11	Jackson Hayward	Ann Arbor Huron	417	382	799