Author: mixcspeedratings

And now we’re done. All events, both genders are covered. It’ll be such a fast weekend and there’s plenty of meets to lay down some blazin’ marks.

To review, these “best crews” were started last year to try to recognize the best teams in each event area, whether that’s the jumps here, or sprints or throws elsewhere. Last year’s version was more complex and relied on having three participants in each event. I’ve changed things a bit this year, mostly to ease the process on my end and have the ability to include more teams.

Here’s the process:

Over the winter, I created my own version of World Athletics Tables, but for Michigan athletes. These are based on times/marks from the 2022 Outdoor Season throughout the US. Their purpose is to compare across events. Here are the boys tables:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

There are two guidelines for being included. Your mark has to be from this outdoor season and it has to be better than the Regional Additional Qualifying Mark. Marks from this season are taken from the athletic.net performance lists. There will likely be some instances where someone has run a time, but it’s not included on that list. I can’t help that! Please contact the necessary folks to get your name on there.

For each event, with a maximum of four athletes, those scores are added together. Then within a category, those events are added together. Relays are scaled to match their importance within a meet. Often, at the state level, teams score more points from a relay than they would with four individuals running that event, so they’re given a bit more importance here.

Here’s an example of one of the better early season crews, the Traverse City West high hurdlers, with their varied mix of seniors and freshmen:

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Score
11	Wally Tupper	15.41	Traverse City West	402	1096
11	Parker Kirschner	16.00	Traverse City West	356
9	Aaryn Stallworth	16.23	Traverse City West	338

These three combined for 14 points in the 110s at Davison’s Shake off the Rust Invite and on Wednesday, swept Gaylord.

The times and results for these rankings are anything that was on athleticnet before THURSDAY NIGHT.

Whichever event he lays his hands on, he finds success. Beyond his two All-State finishes in the short sprints at the 2022 D1 State Finals, Braxton Brann also flashed some hurdling magnificence. He placed 2^nd in the SEC Red with a 14.70 in the 110s and went undefeated in three duals in the 300s. His first meet out in 2023, a tri against Lincoln and Monroe, showed even more explosion than last year. Personal bests in both events, including a 14.15 in the high hurdles. The 60h work over the winter has certainly paid off, leading to great accomplishments indoors (MITS title) and a high possibility of great accomplishments outdoors.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Joshua Hurt	15.01	East Kentwood	432	110h
12	Nakia Willis	41.00	East Kentwood	404	300h
12	Nakia Willis	15.47	East Kentwood	397	110h
12	Joshua Hurt	41.23	East Kentwood	397	300h

D1 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	East Kentwood	829	801	1630
2	Traverse City West	1096	397	1493
3	Rochester Adams	1055	389	1444
4	Detroit Cass Tech	868	459	1327
5	Ann Arbor Huron	498	449	948
6	Kalamazoo Central	446	418	864
7	Holt	429	417	846
8	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	437	401	838
9	Detroit U-D Jesuit	827	0	827
10	Walled Lake Northern	382	421	803
11	West Bloomfield	361	403	764
12	Grandville	354	369	723
13	Zeeland West	333	380	713
14	Temperance Bedford	699	0	699
15	Caledonia	422	0	422
16	Belleville	415	0	415
17	Brighton	408	0	408
18	Detroit Catholic Central	407	0	407
19	Beverly Hills Groves	0	404	404
20	Rockford	0	383	383

Coming in first for my 2022 D2 All Around Athlete was Spring Lake’s Jaxson Tober. He attained that honor largely thanks to his hurdling prowess, and it appears he’s improved from last year. At this date in 2022, he had season bests of 15.68 and 43.57. As of now, he’s at 15.42 and 41.31. Don’t be shocked if he busts through some major barriers in the coming months and scores considerable points at the state level.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Tyler Hufnagel	16.06	Owosso	352	110h
12	Tyler Hufnagel	43.29	Owosso	332	300h
11	Gavin Mecomber	16.42	Owosso	324	110h

D2 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Owosso	675	332	1007
2	Hamilton	645	343	988
3	Spring Lake	401	394	795
4	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	701	0	701
5	Adrian	687	0	687
6	Monroe Jefferson	307	359	666
7	Whitehall	665	0	665
8	Paw Paw	308	348	657
9	Battle Creek Harper Creek	316	330	646
10	Fremont	292	342	634
11	Gladwin	292	340	631
12	Goodrich	307	310	617
13	Mason	383	0	383
14	Charlotte	343	0	343
15	Kingsley	0	338	338
16	Macomb Lutheran North	338	0	338
17	Frankenmuth	332	0	332
18	Ludington	326	0	326
19	Allendale	324	0	324
20	Vicksburg	0	321	321

His freshman year was the standard for any freshman. Throw them in a ton of events, a few relays, show some potential, and then… win a dang conference title. Caleb Walker has taken his high hurdle conference title and ran with it. His first two 110h efforts of the year were both victories and both considerable personal bests. It’s not as if this is a one off thing, his 200m/400m races also produced 2-3 second bests.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Riley Parker	43.47	Caro	326	300h
11	Trace Englemann	16.57	Caro	312	110h
12	John Reyes	44.27	Caro	301	300h
11	Trace Englemann	44.62	Caro	290	300h
12	Riley Parker	17.14	Caro	268	110h
12	John Reyes	17.41	Caro	248	110h

D3 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Caro	828	918	1746
2	Chesaning	898	626	1523
3	Clare	535	696	1231
4	Napoleon	928	0	928
5	Hillsdale	568	319	888
6	Olivet	553	311	864
7	Erie Mason	538	279	817
8	Delton-Kellogg	375	373	748
9	Lakeview	334	328	662
10	Warren Michigan Collegiate	636	0	636
11	Almont	325	309	635
12	Hart	306	322	628
13	Pewamo-Westphalia	276	339	615
14	Bangor	299	315	614
15	Burton Atherton	611	0	611
16	Hemlock	265	335	600
17	Montague	236	331	568
18	Bath	269	295	564
19	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	224	308	532
20	Saugatuck	213	288	501

There are names you see over and over. Mid-Michigan has a ton of Feldpausch’s, and it seems every last one runs track or cross country. Brady Feldpausch is one of many with that surname and one of many in the Fowler tradition. His sophomore year has seen quite a leap, progressing from 17.7 to 16.3 in the high hurdles and 45.3 to 42.6 in the 300s. Both times would’ve ranked in the top-20 in 2022 and we still have six+ weeks left. I’m excited to see how he builds upon the gains he’s already made.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
10	Brady Feldpausch	42.65	Fowler	352	300h
10	Brady Feldpausch	16.39	Fowler	326	110h
11	Tristan Smith	45.44	Fowler	264	300h
11	Tristan Smith	17.56	Fowler	236	110h

D4 Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Fowler	562	617	1179
2	Marion	418	326	744
3	Morrice	451	283	733
4	Portland St. Patrick	189	472	661
5	Beal City	250	295	545
6	Dansville	277	259	536
7	International Academy of Flint	225	290	514
8	Concord	238	222	460
9	Mio Ausable	236	222	458
10	Martin	137	317	454
11	Marcellus	192	255	447
12	Morenci	138	268	405
13	Onaway	0	261	261
14	Birmingham Roeper	0	232	232
15	Fairview	0	229	229
16	Bellaire	222	0	222
17	Brethren	207	0	207
18	Mason County Eastern	177	0	177
19	Kingston	169	0	169
20	Petersburg-Summerfield	167	0	167

And look at this – TWO Upper Peninsula teams, getting work in before another snow storm hits early next week.

UP Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Gladstone	491	340	831
2	Sault Ste. Marie	119	0	119

Finally here with the last of the event area. Now I should be able to establish a consistent rhythm. Jumps, Vault, Hurdles, Distance, Throws, Sprints – on a two week cycle.

To review, these “best crews” were started last year to try to recognize the best teams in each event area, whether that’s the jumps here, or sprints or throws elsewhere. Last year’s version was more complex and relied on having three participants in each event. I’ve changed things a bit this year, mostly to ease the process on my end and have the ability to include more teams.

Here’s the process:

Over the winter, I created my own version of World Athletics Tables, but for Michigan athletes. These are based on times/marks from the 2022 Outdoor Season throughout the US. Their purpose is to compare across events. Here are the boys tables:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

There are two guidelines for being included. Your mark has to be from this outdoor season and it has to be better than the Regional Additional Qualifying Mark. Marks from this season are taken from the athletic.net performance lists. There will likely be some instances where someone has run a time, but it’s not included on that list. I can’t help that! Please contact the necessary folks to get your name on there.

For each event, with a maximum of four athletes, those scores are added together. Then within a category, those events are added together. Relays are scaled to match their importance within a meet. Often, at the state level, teams score more points from a relay than they would with four individuals running that event, so they’re given a bit more importance here. Here’s an example of (no shocker) one of the better early season crews:

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
12	Nonah Waldron	13.71	Oak Park	100h	528
11	Morgan Roundtree	14.56	Oak Park	100h	477
10	Carrie VanNoy	15.25	Oak Park	100h	435

These include anything listed on athleticnet as of 10pm WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

As told in Jeff Hollobaugh’s excellent Michtrack Newsletter (which also features an interview from Nonah Waldron), Maya Rollins has hurdling genes. Her father competed for Barbados and was a MAC Champion at Eastern Michigan. So it’s no shocker when she opens with a 14.53, a two year PB in the making. She was running similar times at 2021’s Regionals, where she captured a Regional Championship. It didn’t work out at the state level, but I’m sure that fire runs deep to make a dent in the D1 standings.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
12	Nonah Waldron	13.71	Oak Park	100h	528
11	Morgan Roundtree	42.64	Oak Park	300h	518
11	Morgan Roundtree	14.56	Oak Park	100h	477
10	Carrie VanNoy	15.25	Oak Park	100h	435

D1 Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Oak Park	1440	518	1958
2	Ypsilanti Lincoln	698	820	1518
3	East Kentwood	714	731	1445
4	Detroit Cass Tech	442	425	866
5	Plymouth	364	397	761
6	Oxford	362	389	751
7	Portage Central	364	363	727
8	Northville	357	363	720
9	Byron Center	328	362	690
10	Ann Arbor Pioneer	478	0	478
11	Port Huron Northern	426	0	426
12	Walled Lake Central	410	0	410
13	Highland-Milford	0	385	385
14	Jackson	0	383	383
15	Traverse City West	0	351	351
16	Caledonia	351	0	351
17	East Lansing	0	341	341
18	Auburn Hills Avondale	338	0	338
19	Zeeland East	337	0	337
20	Lake Orion	334	0	334

It’s been a career of steady improvement, dropping time down into the 48’s as a freshman, the 47’s as a sophomore, and now opening with a 47.64. Annabelle Densmore has shown her April form is not her June form, and if that’s the case in 2023, she’ll make some serious noise. The two-time CAAC White Champ finished 9^th at the D2 State Finals last year and early returns suggest she’s capable of graduating to that medal stand.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
11	Leila Wells	16.29	Chelsea	100h	372
11	Leila Wells	51.16	Chelsea	300h	318
9	India Barney	17.22	Chelsea	100h	315

D2 Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Chelsea	687	318	1006
2	Freeland	592	366	958
3	Grand Rapids Christian	646	298	944
4	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	371	372	743
5	Charlotte	285	401	686
6	Mason	358	302	659
7	Hopkins	318	314	632
8	Hastings	308	306	613
9	Kingsley	570	0	570
10	Vicksburg	376	0	376
11	Clio	350	0	350
12	Wayland Union	340	0	340
13	Three Rivers	337	0	337
14	Ogemaw Heights	335	0	335
15	Tecumseh	329	0	329
16	Shepherd	323	0	323
17	Portland	318	0	318
18	Frankenmuth	317	0	317
19	Gaylord	0	314	314
20	Grand Rapids South Christian	0	310	310

Undefeated as an 8^th grade hurdler, Greater Lansing Champ, GLAC Champ, the question is how would it translate to higher barriers and longer distances? Thus far, no difference for Olivet’s Emily Peters. She’s had two efforts in the 300s, both sub-50, her best being a 47.66. Looking back to 2022, a comparable mark would likely place at D3 State. Obviously there’s much time between now and then, but the intrigue is high here.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
9	Emily Peters	47.66	Olivet	300h	401
9	Emily Peters	17.22	Olivet	100h	315
10	Sophia Pell	52.19	Olivet	300h	294
12	Alyssa Kennedy	18.17	Olivet	100h	258
12	Megan Neitzel	18.36	Olivet	100h	246
10	Sophia Pell	18.39	Olivet	100h	245

D3 Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Olivet	1064	695	1759
2	Clare	857	512	1369
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	663	698	1361
4	Remus Chippewa Hills	300	309	608
5	Erie Mason	288	319	608
6	Hillsdale	598	0	598
7	Hanover-Horton	264	326	590
8	Quincy	265	301	566
9	Lansing Catholic	257	307	564
10	Saugatuck	265	257	522
11	Bath	309	0	309
12	Grand Traverse Academy	277	0	277
13	Lawton	276	0	276
14	Manistee	0	267	267
15	Caro	264	0	264
16	Bronson	0	264	264
17	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	0	257	257
18	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	0	256	256
19	Mason County Central	0	251	251
20	Ida	0	250	250

Molly Brown was in the same boat as Peters last year. She qualified for D4 State in both the high and low hurdles, grabbing 4 points in the 300h. Molly had a string of 2^nd place finishes – Cascades Conference, Region 36, Lenawee County. If April is any indicator, she’s primed to turn a few of those into victories. Her 16.23 opener is a half second faster than any mark in 2022.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
10	Rebecca Moeller	53.65	Deckerville	300h	260
10	Aubree Moeller	18.21	Deckerville	100h	255
10	Rebecca Moeller	18.24	Deckerville	100h	254
10	Aubree Moeller	54.71	Deckerville	300h	235

D4 Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Deckerville	509	495	1004
2	Morenci	380	556	936
3	Mason County Eastern	514	244	758
4	Fowler	404	349	753
5	Addison	375	352	728
6	Portland St. Patrick	323	351	674
7	Dryden	257	294	551
8	Mayville	272	242	514
9	St. Charles	234	238	472
10	Frankfort	222	237	458
11	Fulton	229	209	438
12	Indian River Inland Lakes	0	347	347
13	Pittsford	302	0	302
14	Mio Ausable	0	269	269
15	The Potter’s House	0	256	256
16	Fairview	255	0	255
17	Brethren	0	253	253
18	International Academy of Flint	0	244	244
19	Genesee	0	225	225
20	Marcellus	217	0	217

And as the only Upper Peninsula team to qualify…

UP Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	511	285	796

Ah, finally a new event category! The pole vaulters get their own, which they deserve. The event uses combination of strength, speed, agility, and most importantly – fearlessness. And it’s truly like no other. You’ll get a few crossovers with vaulters that sprint or jump (or if you’re Lilliane Aittama, you do every event), but for the most part, they do their own thing.

To review, these “best crews” were started last year to try to recognize the best teams in each event area, whether that’s the jumps here, or sprints or throws elsewhere. Last year’s version was more complex and relied on having three participants in each event. I’ve changed things a bit this year, mostly to ease the process on my end and have the ability to include more teams.

Here’s the process:

Over the winter, I created my own version of World Athletics Tables, but for Michigan athletes. These are based on times/marks from the 2022 Outdoor Season throughout the US. Their purpose is to compare across events. Here are the boys tables:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

There are two guidelines for being included. Your mark has to be from this outdoor season and it has to be better than the Regional Additional Qualifying Mark. Marks from this season are taken from the athletic.net performance lists. There will likely be some instances where someone has run a time, but it’s not included on that list. I can’t help that! Please contact the necessary folks to get your name on there.

For each event, with a maximum of four athletes, those scores are added together. Then within a category, those events are added together. Relays are scaled to match their importance within a meet. Often, at the state level, teams score more points from a relay than they would with four individuals running that event, so they’re given a bit more importance here.

Both the boys and girls contain meets that were posted to athleticnet as of Tuesday Night. I went five deep on the images, ten deep on the charts, with a few ties for different spots.

Since this is the singular event in the event category, I’m experimenting with the writeups. First I’ll set a baseline with some basic facts about who’s returning, then try to find different stories building up towards the State Finals.

2022 Winner	Sophia Mettes – 13′ 0″
Top 8 Returning	5 of 8
Best Returner (Place)	Brooke Bowers – 3rd
Best Returner (Height)	Brooke Bowers – 12′ 9″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
9	Raiden Kipfmiller	11′ 6″	Dexter	460	1221
9	Debbie McCoy	10′ 0″	Dexter	400
12	Mikala Sposito	9′ 0″	Dexter	360

D1 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Dexter	1221
2	Rockford	1181
3	Salem	880
4	East Kentwood	840
4	Plymouth	840
6	Zeeland West	760
7	Oxford	740
8	Cedar Springs	460
8	Forest Hills Central	460
10	Lowell	440
10	St. Joseph	440

2022 Winner	Ethan Lingle – 15′ 9″
Top 8 Returning	4 of 8
Best Returner (Place)	Joey Bonacci – 4th
Best Returner (Height)	Dolan Gonzales – 15′ 6″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
11	Clark Sheldon	13′ 6″	Dexter	426	1245
11	Benjamin Sackman	13′ 0″	Dexter	409
11	Kaden Korcek	13′ 0″	Dexter	409

D1 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Dexter	1245
2	Brighton	477
3	Saline	409
4	Grand Haven	392
4	Greenville	392
4	Howell	392
4	Lowell	392
4	Walled Lake Central	392

2022 Winner	Jordyn Wright – 12′ 0″
Top 8 Returning	6 of 8
Best Returner (Place)	Jordyn Wright – CHAMPION
Best Returner (Height)	Jordyn Wright – 12′ 0″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
9	Evie Mathis	11′ 6″	Wayland Union	460	880
10	Kennedy Jasinski	10′ 6″	Wayland Union	420

D2 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Wayland Union	880
2	Owosso	840
3	Ortonville Brandon	447
4	Tecumseh	420
5	Hastings	390
6	Grand Rapids Christian	380
7	Allendale	360
7	Belding	360
7	Pinckney	360
10	Chelsea	344

2022 Winner	Landon Cosby – 15′ 9″
Top 8 Returning	3 of 9 (tie for 8th)
Best Returner (Place)	Sam Vesperman – 14′ 4″
Best Returner (Height)	David Conrad – 15′ 7″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
12	Conor Trotter	12′ 6″	Pinckney	392	768
11	Colton Spinelli	12′ 0″	Pinckney	375

D2 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Pinckney	768
2	Ludington	734
3	Hastings	426
4	Eaton Rapids	409
5	Dundee	392
5	Whitehall	392
7	Coldwater	375
7	Hamilton	375
7	Sparta	375
10	Mason	359

2022 Winner	Ally Olszewski – 11′ 0″
Top 8 Returning	6 of 8
Best Returner (Place)	Ally Olszewski – CHAMPION
Best Returner (Height)	Ally Olszewski – 11′ 0″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
12	Rylee Oxley	8′ 6″	Lawton	340	941
10	Megan Robertson	7′ 6″	Lawton	300
10	Alyssa McNally	7′ 6″	Lawton	300

D3 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Lawton	941
2	Hart	901
3	Almont	841
4	Grand Rapids West Catholic	700
5	St. Louis	640
6	Clare	620
6	Hudson	620
6	Quincy	620
9	Erie Mason	600
10	Chesaning	560
10	Lake City	560

2022 Winner	Tryce Tokar – 14′ 3″
Top 8 Returning	3 of 8
Best Returner (Place)	Tryce Tokar – CHAMPION
Best Returner (Height)	Jack Borgman – 14′ 7″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
10	Corey Turner	11′ 6″	Quincy	359	701
10	Kaleb Handy	11′ 0″	Quincy	342

D3 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Quincy	701
2	Ovid-Elsie	446
3	Grandville Calvin Christian	435
4	Harrison	392
4	Chesaning	392
6	Almont	375
6	Erie Mason	375
6	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	375
6	White Cloud	375
10	Bad Axe	359
10	Hudson	359
10	Ida	359
10	Lake City	359

2022 Winner	Tara Townsend – 11′ 6″
Top 8 Returning	7 of 9 (three way tie for 7th)
Best Returner (Place)	Addisyn Rudd – 2nd
Best Returner (Height)	Addisyn Rudd – 9′ 6″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
10	Aubree Moeller	8′ 0″	Deckerville	320	901
10	Rebecca Moeller	7′ 6″	Deckerville	300
11	Maryanne Sanford	7′ 0″	Deckerville	280

D4 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Deckerville	901
2	Marlette	650
3	Fulton	600
3	Pittsford	600
5	Marcellus	590
6	Mason County Eastern	340
7	East Jackson	320
8	Frankfort	300
8	Sand Creek	300
8	Wyoming Potter’s House	300

2022 Winner	Isaiah Biers – 13′ 4″
Top 8 Returning	6 of 9 (tie for 8th)
Best Returner (Place)	Isaiah Biers – CHAMPION
Best Returner (Height)	Isaiah Biers – 13′ 4″

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points	Team Score
11	Logan Malloy	13′ 0″	Marlette	409	785
11	Tyler Izydorek	12′ 0″	Marlette	375

D4 Rank	Team	Team Score
1	Marlette	785
2	Brown City	683
3	Frankfort	649
4	Coleman	409
5	Britton Deerfield	375
6	Lincoln-Alcona	344
7	Montabella	342
8	Sand Creek	325
9	New Buffalo	316
10	Akron-Fairgrove	308
10	Manistee Catholic	308
10	Marion	308
10	Morrice	308
10	Pittsford	308