Author: mixcspeedratings

Hard to believe, but it’s over. Another track season, done. Time to reflect on the best crews and best individuals.

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 here’s a brief summary:

• an athlete qualifies by hitting a regional qualifying mark in an event
• those times from the athletes are converted into points
• at a maximum of three athletes (with an exception for teams that have more athletes under the state qualifying mark), team scores are tallied up
• then team scores are added across all events of a certain area (hurdles, distance, etc.)

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results through the State Finals.

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Asher Paul	15′ 6″	Traverse City Central	494
12	Jace Rowell	14′ 0″	Traverse City Central	443
10	Nathan Stawski	13′ 6″	Traverse City Central	426
11	Adrian DeBruyn	13′ 3″	Traverse City Central	418
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Benjamin Moss	13′ 6″	Caledonia	426
12	David Potgeter	13′ 3″	Caledonia	418
12	Peter Paarlberg	12′ 3″	Caledonia	384
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
10	Wyatt VanAssen	13′ 0″	Hudsonville	409
12	Leighton Brechting	12′ 9″	Hudsonville	401
12	Will Massom	12′ 3″	Hudsonville	384

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City Central	1780
2	Caledonia	1228
3	Hudsonville	1194
4	East Kentwood	920
4	Greenville	920
6	Lake Orion	897
7	Plymouth	886
8	Novi	869
9	Jenison	861
10	Salem	852
11	GR Northview	847
12	Temperance Bedford	827
13	Zeeland East	818
14	Highland-Milford	802
14	South Lyon East	802
14	Byron Center	802
17	FHN GR Forest Hills Northern	485
18	GR Kenowa Hills	466
19	Holland West Ottawa	460
19	Okemos	460
21	Walled Lake Central	426
21	Walled Lake Northern	426
21	Zeeland West	426
24	Flushing	418
24	Rockford	418
24	White Lake Lakeland	418

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Nickolas Savoie	13′ 6″	Gaylord	426
9	Calvin Cosby	12′ 8″	Gaylord	398
12	Dominic Signorello	12′ 2″	Gaylord	381
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Ethan Reeves	14′ 6.75″	Clare	462
10	Marek Michalski	12′ 0″	Clare	375
9	Marshal Strouse	11′ 6″	Clare	359
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Johnny Lipchik	13′ 4″	Petoskey	420
10	Isaac Stebelton	12′ 6″	Petoskey	392
12	Adam Lipchik	12′ 2″	Petoskey	381

Rank	Team	Score
1	Gaylord	1205
2	Clare	1196
3	Petoskey	1194
4	Parma Western	1174
5	Hastings	1140
6	Chelsea	1121
7	Frankenmuth	1084
8	Sparta	861
9	Howard City Tri-County	858
10	Adrian	852
11	Berrien Springs	802
12	Fowlerville	790
13	Stevensville Lakeshore	787
13	Whitehall	787
15	Williamston	773
16	Hopkins	768
17	Eaton Rapids	756
17	Lake Fenton	756
19	Battle Creek Harper Creek	751
20	Forest Hills Eastern	717
20	Grand Rapids West Catholic	717
20	Grosse Ile	477
20	Spring Lake	477
24	Grand Rapids Christian	463
25	Gladwin	452

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Jaxon Bolster	14′ 9″	Ida	468
11	Braden Bydlowski	12′ 9″	Ida	401
9	Brandon Tross	12′ 0″	Ida	375
9	Jackson Rose	11′ 0″	Ida	342
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Luke Skidmore	14′ 9″	Bath	468
12	Bram Derksen	13′ 6″	Bath	426
12	Loren Ojerio	11′ 0″	Bath	342
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Brody Jones	14′ 0″	Constantine	443
10	Aaron Hochstetler	12′ 6″	Constantine	392
11	Bear Geibe	12′ 0″	Constantine	375

Rank	Team	Score
1	Ida	1245
2	Bath	1236
3	Constantine	1211
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	1146
5	Erie Mason	1135
6	Chesaning	1059
7	Kalamazoo Christian	858
8	Quincy	852
9	Ovid-Elsie	835
10	Kingsley	818
11	Standish Sterling	785
12	Buchanan	768
12	Michigan Center	768
12	Napoleon	768
15	Lake City	759
15	Saranac	759
17	Delton-Kellogg	742
18	Grass Lake	734
18	Laingsburg	734
18	Mason County Central	734
21	Centreville	717
21	Clinton	717
23	Sanford-Meridian	683
24	Manistee	468
24	Springport	468

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Lucas Smith	13′ 0″	Brown City	409
10	Spencer Kolp	11′ 0″	Brown City	342
11	Josh Eager	10′ 0″	Brown City	308
10	Aedyn Pasco	10′ 0″	Brown City	308
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
10	Alex Lyon	11′ 6″	Coleman	359
9	Gage Lawrence	10′ 6″	Coleman	325
12	Kable Miller	10′ 0″	Coleman	308
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Brandon Schmidtfranz	11′ 6″	Morrice	359
9	Remington McKean	9′ 6″	Morrice	291
10	Jacob Claflin	9′ 6″	Morrice	291

Rank	Team	Score
1	Brown City	1059
2	Coleman	991
3	Morrice	940
4	Pittsford	751
5	East Jordan	717
5	Hillsdale Academy	717
5	Petersburg-Summerfield	717
8	Lutheran Westland	700
8	Indian River Inland Lakes	700
8	Manchester	700
11	Camden-Frontier	683
11	Lincoln-Alcona	683
13	Marlette	666
14	Frankfort	649
15	Johannesburg-Lewiston	632
15	Kingston	632
15	Montabella	632
18	Mesick	616
19	Gobles	599
20	North Huron	573
21	Beal City	412
22	Addison	392
22	Mio Ausable	392
22	Morenci	392
22	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	392
22	Vandercook Lake	392

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Micheal Cattoor	14′ 7″	Marquette	463
12	Drew Bradley	14′ 3″	Marquette	451
10	Thomas Matthews	11′ 0″	Marquette	342
9	Will Bradley	11′ 0″	Marquette	342
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Louis Salmi	13′ 0″	Ishpeming Westwood	409
11	Gavin Comero	10′ 6″	Ishpeming Westwood	325
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Jaydon Niemi-Alcorn	12′ 0″	Rudyard	375
12	Aiden Golladay	9′ 6″	Rudyard	291

Rank	Team	Score
1	Marquette	1256
2	Ishpeming Westwood	734
3	Rudyard	666
4	Gwinn	632
4	Lake Linden-Hubbell	632
6	Houghton	616
6	Pickford	616
8	Gladstone	451
9	Brimley	344
10	Escanaba	342
11	Calumet	325
12	Bark River-Harris	308
13	Bessemer	308
14	Forest Park	308
15	Negaunee	308
16	Newberry	308
17	Rapid River	308
18	Sault Ste. Marie	308
19	North Dickinson County	291
20	Dollar Bay	282

VAULTERS OF THE YEAR

No crazy math here. The Pole Vault combines many events into one – strength, speed, leaping ability, and agility. Then add a healthy dose of fearlessness and you’ve got a vaulter. The list below mimics what you’d see on athletic.net.

Reece Emeott, East Kentwood

16’ 0” – MI #1, US #434

2024 & 2025 D1 State Champion
Region 3 & OK Red Champion
3x State Qualifier

Asher Paul, Traverse City Central

15’ 6” – MI #2, US #634

4^th Place – D1 State
MITS Champion
3x State Qualifier
Region 1 & Big North Champion

Odin Gulledge, Novi

15’ 3” – MI #3, US #776

6^th Place – D1 State

Oakland County & KLAA Champion
4’ improvement from sophomore year

Sean Cinzori, Plymouth

15’ 3” – MI #3, US #776

3^rd Place – D1 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
Region 6 Champion

Grady Myers, Forest Hills Northern

15’ 3” – MI #3, US #776 (#13 sophomore)

2^nd Place – D1 State
OK White Champion
2’+ improvement from freshman year

Tryce Tokar, Ovid-Elsie

15’ 0” – MI #6, US #891

4x D3 State Champion
4x MMAC & Region 30 Champion

Sam Vesperman, Grosse Ile

15’ 0” – MI #6, US #891

Ben Goran, Spring Lake

15’ 0” – MI #6, US #891 (#6 freshman)

3^rd Place – D2 State
Region 12 & OK Black Champion

Jaxon Bolster, Ida

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

2^nd Place – D3 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
Region 26 & LCAA Champion

Luke Skidmore, Bath

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

2^nd Place – D3 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
CMAC Champion

Ben Lievense, Salem

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

5^th Place – D1 State
2x State Qualifier
5’+ improvement from freshman year

Damien McEntaffer, Manistee

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138

4^th Place – D3 State
2x All-State
3x State Qualifier
WMC Lakes Champion

Tucker Wiginton, Springport

14’ 9” – MI #9, US #1138 (#31 sophomore)

7^th Place – D3 State
2x State Qualifier

Rank	Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
1	11	Reece Emeott	16′ 0″	East Kentwood	511
2	12	Asher Paul	15′ 6″	Traverse City Central	494
3	12	Odin Gulledge	15′ 3″	Novi	485
3	11	Sean Cinzori	15′ 3″	Plymouth	485
3	10	Grady Myers	15′ 3″	Forest Hills Northern	485
6	12	Tryce Tokar	15′ 0″	Ovid-Elsie	477
6	12	Sam Vesperman	15′ 0″	Grosse Ile	477
6	9	Ben Goran	15′ 0″	Spring Lake	477
9	11	Jaxon Bolster	14′ 9″	Ida	468
9	12	Luke Skidmore	14′ 9″	Bath	468
9	11	Ben Lievense	14′ 9″	Salem	468
9	12	Damien McEntaffer	14′ 9″	Manistee	468
9	10	Tucker Wiginton	14′ 9″	Springport	468
14	12	Brady Lewis	14′ 8″	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	466
15	12	Micheal Cattoor	14′ 7″	Marquette	463
15	12	Zach Hartemink	14′ 7″	Grand Rapids Christian	463
17	12	Ethan Reeves	14′ 6.75″	Clare	462
18	11	Chandler Webb	14′ 6.5″	Perry	461
19	12	Daniel Scott	14′ 6″	Greenville	460
19	12	Trevor Boyer	14′ 6″	Greenville	460
19	12	Corey Turner	14′ 6″	Quincy	460
19	12	Jackson Rowe	14′ 6″	Holland West Ottawa	460
19	12	Adam Cohoon	14′ 6″	Okemos	460
24	12	Drake Ross	14′ 3.25″	Gladwin	452
25	12	Drew Bradley	14′ 3″	Marquette	451
25	11	Brezlyn Post	14′ 3″	Jenison	451
25	12	JaLonn Borders	14′ 3″	Adrian Madison	451
25	12	Chase Battani	14′ 3″	Almont	451
25	10	Andrew Karl	14′ 3″	Gladstone	451

Hard to believe, but it’s over. Another track season, done. Time to reflect on the best crews and best individuals.

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 here’s a brief summary:

• an athlete qualifies by hitting a regional qualifying mark in an event
• those times from the athletes are converted into points
• at a maximum of three athletes (with an exception for teams that have more athletes under the state qualifying mark), team scores are tallied up
• then team scores are added across all events of a certain area (hurdles, distance, etc.)

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results through the State Finals.

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Raiden Kipfmiller	12′ 9″	Dexter	510
11	Debbie McCoy	12′ 3″	Dexter	490
11	Madelyn Simons	9′ 6″	Dexter	380
12	Tylee Jensen	9′ 3″	Dexter	370
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
10	Olivia Bagdasarian	12′ 0″	Lake Orion	480
11	Sabrina DiMaggio	11′ 0″	Lake Orion	440
11	Grace Carlson	10′ 6″	Lake Orion	420
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Carmen Mannor	10′ 0″	Traverse City Central	400
12	Kathryn Clark	9′ 6″	Traverse City Central	380
9	Molly O’Keefe	9′ 3″	Traverse City Central	370

Rank	Team	Score
1	Dexter	1381
2	Lake Orion	1341
3	Traverse City Central	1151
4	Lowell	940
5	East Kentwood	890
5	Rockford	890
7	Grand Haven	880
8	Walled Lake Central	834
9	Plymouth	790
10	Northville	760
11	Jenison	750
12	Forest Hills Central	510
12	Grand Ledge	510
14	Davison	460
14	Okemos	460
16	Walled Lake Northern	450
17	Livonia Churchill	430
17	South Lyon East	430
19	Hartland	424
20	Ann Arbor Skyline	420
20	Clarkston	420
20	Traverse City West	420
23	Bay City Central	410
24	Battle Creek Lakeview	400
24	Zeeland East	400

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Evie Mathis	12′ 6″	Wayland Union	500
9	Bre Hoogewind	9′ 0″	Wayland Union	360
11	Megan Stack	9′ 0″	Wayland Union	360
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Karlie VanRemortel	9′ 9″	Chelsea	390
11	Lissa Krueger	9′ 0″	Chelsea	360
10	Tessa Smith	8′ 3″	Chelsea	330
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Maya VanSolkema	9′ 9″	Hudsonville Unity Christian	390
11	Ana Beimers	8′ 6″	Hudsonville Unity Christian	340
10	Ashley Binder	8′ 6″	Hudsonville Unity Christian	340
11	Ellie Vredevoogd	8′ 6″	Hudsonville Unity Christian	340

Rank	Team	Score
1	Wayland Union	1221
2	Chelsea	1081
3	Hudsonville Unity Christian	1071
4	Petoskey	850
5	Williamston	780
6	Owosso	770
7	Pinckney	764
8	Frankenmuth	760
9	Shepherd	750
10	Hastings	740
11	Stevensville Lakeshore	730
12	East Grand Rapids	720
12	Holland Christian	720
12	Sturgis	720
15	Clare	710
16	Coldwater	700
17	Fremont	680
18	Eaton Rapids	470
19	St. Clair Shores Lake Shore	457
20	Ionia	450
21	Forest Hills Eastern	440
22	Bay City John Glenn	430
23	Hamilton	420
24	Cranbrook Kingswood	410
24	Flint Powers Catholic	410
24	Three Rivers	410
24	Vicksburg	410

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Natalie Gibson	10′ 9″	Remus Chippewa Hills	430
11	Clara Vollmar	10′ 6″	Remus Chippewa Hills	420
9	Lexi Hatfield	8′ 6″	Remus Chippewa Hills	340
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Lilly Hopkins	9′ 6″	Hart	380
12	Lexie Beth Nienhuis	9′ 3″	Hart	370
11	Lauren Hopkins	9′ 0″	Hart	360
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Megan Robertson	10′ 0″	Lawton	400
12	Alyssa McNally	8′ 6″	Lawton	340
9	Daisy Karsen	8′ 6″	Lawton	340
10	Anika Weurding	7′ 6″	Lawton	300

Rank	Team	Score
1	Remus Chippewa Hills	1191
2	Hart	1111
3	Lawton	1081
4	Manton	1071
5	Kingsley	1051
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	971
7	McBain	961
8	Union City	941
9	Homer	770
10	Laingsburg	750
11	Benzie Central	730
11	Charyl Stockwell Academy	730
11	Sand Creek	730
14	Grass Lake	710
15	Otisville LakeVille	680
15	Charlevoix	680
17	Almont	674
18	Ida	660
18	Schoolcraft	660
18	Standish Sterling	660
21	Olivet	650
22	Ithaca	640
22	Michigan Center	640
22	Morley-Stanwood	640
22	Quincy	640

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Kate May	9′ 9″	Frankfort	390
11	Willa Roth	9′ 6″	Frankfort	380
11	Isabella Crompton	8′ 6″	Frankfort	340
11	Leah McRae	7′ 0″	Frankfort	280
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Payton Haynes	11′ 0″	Mason County Eastern	440
10	Kasey Gaudette	8′ 0″	Mason County Eastern	320
11	Miley Kessel	7′ 6″	Mason County Eastern	300
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Chloe Fowler	10′ 2″	Pittsford	407
8	Alivia Hoover	8′ 0″	Pittsford	320
9	Brielle Clark	7′ 6″	Pittsford	300
9	Tania Williams	7′ 0″	Pittsford	280
8	Ellie Bump	6′ 6″	Pittsford	260

Rank	Team	Score
1	Frankfort	1111
2	Mason County Eastern	1061
3	Pittsford	1027
4	White Cloud	941
4	Hillsdale Academy	941
6	Whitmore Lake	884
7	Webberville	821
8	Deckerville	810
9	Kalamazoo Hackett	801
10	Fowler	745
11	Brown City	680
12	Akron-Fairgrove	660
12	Marlette	660
14	Addison	640
15	Manchester	620
16	Marcellus	610
17	Athens	610
18	Petersburg-Summerfield	590
19	Adrian Lenawee Christian	580
20	Dansville	560
20	Fairview	560
20	Morrice	560
23	White Pigeon	540
24	Montabella	340
25	Fulton	320
25	Holton	320
25	Indian River Inland Lakes	320
25	Vestaburg	320

Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
9	Maggie Karl	9′ 6″	Gladstone	380
12	Chelsey Demeuse	9′ 0″	Gladstone	360
12	Lucy DeGroot	8′ 6″	Gladstone	340
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
12	Emilyn Fay	10′ 1″	Houghton	404
9	Lydia Williams	7′ 6″	Houghton	300
10	Reagan Aho	7′ 6″	Houghton	300
10	Rebecca Joyal	7′ 0″	Houghton	280
Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
11	Nori Korsman	9′ 8″	Negaunee	387
10	Meah Kaye	7′ 6″	Negaunee	300
10	Harper Kumpula	7′ 0″	Negaunee	280
9	Adela Miller	7′ 0″	Negaunee	280

Rank	Team	Score
1	Gladstone	1081
2	Houghton	1004
3	Negaunee	967
4	Dollar Bay	660
5	Baraga	640
5	Lake Linden-Hubbell	640
7	Forest Park	620
8	Marquette	580
9	Stephenson	560
10	Escanaba	540
11	Ishpeming Westwood	444
12	St. Ignace	400
13	Brimley	360
13	Manistique	360
15	Bark River-Harris	340
16	Holy Name	320
17	Ironwood	300
17	Ishpeming	300
17	Munising	300
17	North Dickinson County	300
17	Rudyard	300
17	Sault Ste. Marie	300
23	Pickford	280
24	Bessemer	260
24	Hancock	260
24	West Iron County	260

VAULTERS OF THE YEAR

No crazy math here. The Pole Vault combines many events into one – strength, speed, leaping ability, and agility. Then add a healthy dose of fearlessness and you’ve got a vaulter. The list below mimics what you’d see on athletic.net.

Rank	Grade	Name	Height	Team	Points
1	12	Isabel German	13′ 0″	Lowell	520
2	11	Raiden Kipfmiller	12′ 9″	Dexter	510
2	11	Isabelle Robbins	12′ 9″	Grand Haven	510
2	10	Aubree Bowers	12′ 9″	Forest Hills Central	510
2	11	Katie Blue	12′ 9″	Grand Ledge	510
6	11	Evie Mathis	12′ 6″	Wayland Union	500
7	11	Debbie McCoy	12′ 3″	Dexter	490
7	11	Maiya Corrigan	12′ 3″	Rockford	490
9	10	Olivia Bagdasarian	12′ 0″	Lake Orion	480
10	11	Marra Collins	11′ 9″	Eaton Rapids	470
11	12	Shaylee McCain	11′ 7″	Walled Lake Central	464
12	10	Brooklyn Zylstra	11′ 6″	East Kentwood	460
12	11	Calie Griswold	11′ 6″	Davison	460
12	11	Rowan Smith	11′ 6″	Okemos	460
15	12	Megan Morell	11′ 5″	St. Clair Shores Lake Shore	457
16	12	Emma Wildt	11′ 3″	Homer	450
16	12	Mimi Wegener	11′ 3″	Ionia	450
16	11	Anna Weinberger	11′ 3″	Walled Lake Northern	450
19	12	Lexi Olson	11′ 1″	Ishpeming Westwood	444
20	11	Sabrina DiMaggio	11′ 0″	Lake Orion	440
21	12	Payton Haynes	11′ 0″	Mason County Eastern	440
22	11	Sarah Bailey	11′ 0″	Petoskey	440
23	10	Isla Lawton	11′ 0″	Williamston	440
24	12	Onalee Stehouwer	11′ 0″	Forest Hills Eastern	440
25	11	Mattie LaFreniere	10′ 9″	Manton	430
25	12	Natalie Gibson	10′ 9″	Remus Chippewa Hills	430
25	11	Hei ler Pwe	10′ 9″	East Kentwood	430
25	10	Annabelle Werner	10′ 9″	Bay City John Glenn	430
25	12	Sadie Yessler	10′ 9″	Livonia Churchill	430
25	12	Juliet Zink	10′ 9″	South Lyon East	430

Isabel German, Lowell

13’ 0” – MI #1, US #238

Undefeated on the year
Division 1, Region 3, River Cities Champion
2x All-State career

Raiden Kipfmiller, Dexter

12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301

3^rd Place – D1 State
SEC Red Champion
2^nd Place – Region 4
2x All-State career

Isabelle Robbins, Grand Haven

12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301

2^nd Place – D1 State
Region 2 & OK Red Champion

Aubree Bowers, Forest Hills Central

12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301

4^th Place – D1 State
OK White Champion
2x All-State career

Katie Blue, Grand Ledge

12’ 9” – MI #2, US #301

5^th Place – D1 State
Region 4 & MITS Champion
2x All-State career

Evie Mathis, Wayland Union

12’ 6” – MI #6, US #397

D2 State Champion
OK Gold Champion
3x All-State career

Debbie McCoy, Dexter

12’ 3” – MI #7, US #539

6^th Place – D1 State
3^rd Place – Region 4
3x All-State career

Maiya Corrigan, Rockford

12’ 3” – MI #7, US #539

7^th Place – D1 State
2^nd Place – Region 2 & OK Red
2x All-State career

Olivia Bagdasarian, Lake Orion

12’ 0” – MI #9, US #698

9^th Place – D1 State
Oakland County Champion

Marra Collins, Eaton Rapids

11’ 9” – MI #10, US #894

2^nd Place – D2 State
Greater Lansing, CAAC White, & Region 15 Champion
2x All-State career

STATE RECORDS

Lightly Stressed

Boys 800m – 1:47.55

Probably not in the cards this year, but watch for Wendell Childs and Greg Myers to give this a good challenge in the coming years. Childs’ 1:51.7 at Oakland was a second off the sophomore class record.

Boys 4×2 – 1:25.0

One of the older records in the book, a 1:25.0 held by Detroit Cass Tech. At the KLAA Championships, Belleville popped a 1:26.01. You gotta imagine they have more in tank when a Grand Haven comes challenging.

Feeling Pressure

On paper, Holland West Ottawa can have enough to give this some heat. The Wierks twins, Emma Gunnett, and Helen Sachs all have sub-2:15 capability.

Boys 300h – 35.90

In a low-key, mid-April dual, Will Jaiden Smith ripped a 36.87. If he can do that on a sleepy weekday night, what’s he got in store for a hype-filled Saturday?

Boys 4×1 – 41.11

Grand Haven has scary depth in the sprints, three under 10.8. They’ve combined that for a clutch relay performance, narrowly winning their region over Hudsonville, and also roaring to a 41.69 in mid-April.

Under Duress

Boys 110h – 13.48

In early April, we were treated to one of the better hurdle shows Michigan has ever seen. Will Jaiden Smith, Schmar Gamble, and Zacchaeus Brocks all hitting the line in 13.7 and under. Smith’s 13.53 was good for #2 all-time in Michigan history, a mere 0.05 off the long-time record. It appears we’ll have a tailwind and the warmest temperatures in some time…

Girls Shot Put – 52’ 10.75”

Girls Discus – 166’ 11”

Barreling toward these throws is Lorelai Zielinski. The Traverse City Central sophomore is rapidly improving, gaining 5’ in the shot and 21’ in the disc since her freshman year. We could have a wild scenario where both Lorelai and Addyson Stiverson hold the shot put record on the same day.

Boys Long Jump – 25′ 2.5″

Another long-standing record, this one from 1988. Quincy Isaac has tied this. Now he has the chance to break through and make it all his own (*edit is thanks to Jeff Hollobaugh. I guess there were wind gauges in both occasions. This is another reason I’m not super invested in records, I’m not detail oriented enough) Anyhow, given the warmer temps, heightened stakes, and Isaac’s experience, I expect big things.

STATE MEET RECORDS

Lightly Stressed

Girls 200m – 23.51

Girls 800m – 2:06.35

Girls High Jump – 5’ 11”

Boys 800m – 1:48.98

Many of these are a look toward the future, where youngsters such as Caylin Ivy, Janae Coleman, or Wendell Childs will be in giving them a bit more heat. For now, we view the seeds, such as Ivy’s 24.02 or Janae’s 2:09 win at the Brooks PR meet last June. We saw the seeds early for Greta Caprathe, who found 5’ 7” as a sophomore, had a bit of a downturn as a junior, then has been on the comeback trail as a senior, her 5’ 9” ranking #1 in D1.

Feeling Pressure

Girls 100m – 11.54

Girls 4×4 – 3:45.13

Girls 4×8 – 8:48.29

Girls Pole Vault – 13’ 4”

Boys 300h – 35.90

Boys 4×1 – 41.20

The relays look to be challenged on paper, but run into factors of tired legs, conserved energy, and tight precision. Kamryn Tatum has found her way back into the 11’s and we have two years of experience knowing she can handle state meet pressure. The girls vault has four girls that have hit 12’ 6” or higher and it’s easy to envision a scenario where a few get to 13’. From then on, record attempts could be in the cards.

Under Duress

Girls 3200m – 10:08.07

Girls Shot Put – 49’ 11.75”

Girls Discus – 163’ 9”

Boys 100m – 10.53

Boys 200m – 21.01

Boys 110h – 13.65

Boys 4×2 – 1:25.53

Boys Long Jump – 24’ 2.75”

These have all either been hit this year (Natasza Dudek, Lorelai Zielinski, Will Jaiden Smith, Quincy Isaac) or have enough candidates nearby that there are high odds that one will rise to the occasion tomorrow.

Intriguing Events and Happenings

Here’s what I’m looking forward to the most:

The Northville coaches always love when I light the match and fuel the fire, but I think this may be the year they’re challenged. The Clarkston team consists of a few of the kids that won the DMR indoors and they add in Wendell Childs. Gonna be a battle of a team that’s been there before vs. one that has the pieces, but has yet to prove it on the outdoor state stage.

The strategies at play during the Boys 3200m. Kyle O’Rourke has seemingly run each race with intention. That has worked out in terms of time (#1 seed) and at various instances during XC (Jackson, Oakland County). At MIS, Seth Conner imposed his will during the finishing stretch, he’ll look to come in clutch in the final laps again tomorrow.

Getting to the field area early and watching Quincy Isaac long jump. He’s a familiar face at this stage and hopes to firmly etch his name in history.

Seeing a repeat of the race in the graphic. Just watch the video here.

Viewing another version of the Barnyard Mile. D3’s Emmry Ross sped ahead for the win, but she was followed by a host of D1 girls. Valerie Beeck and Lucy Cook have superb closing speed, Natasza Dudek holds the quickest 3200m on the year, Helen Sachs and Victoria Garces are XC state champions.

While not watching Isaac jump, heading over to see Lorelai Zielinski throw. She adds considerable feet to her throws on a weekly basis. The latest version was a 4’ jump in the disc, placing her within 3’ of all-time state supremacy.

Sleeping soundly for more than 6 hours tonight.

Catching up with you all tomorrow. I’ll be in East Kentwood all day. Come say hi.

Potential Girls Team Champions

Generally, I tend to think this is pretty simple. One needs elite athletes, the advantage being more of them. Those elite athletes need to score what they’re capable of, buoyed by those who would be stepping up when less expected.

Oak Park – since Brandon Jiles took over the Knight program and got it humming, there have been two teams and one pandemic that have prevented them from winning a title. They’ve stuck to their tried and true formula, hoping to dominate the hurdles by a significant margin, be on top in the sprints, and find points elsewhere. The hurdle gap likely won’t be as enormous, but they’ve mitigated that by throwing down one of the better 4×8 squads this year.

Beyond Oak Park, it’ll probably be Detroit Renaissance and Detroit Cass Tech coming in for second place. The teams have similar characteristics, with one major difference, the Phoenix having one of the better long jumpers in the state. An early 10-spot may vault Renni toward trophy land.

Potential Boys Team Champions

Belleville – taking what Candace Price learned from her days at Pioneer. Turn your kids into hurdlers and watch them blossom in an event that some ignore. Will Jaiden Smith, Schmar Gamble, Timothy Pinard all can be point getters for the Tigers. Those guys don’t just have excellent technique, they can roar through the short sprints too, being in contention for the 4×2 and individual glory in that same distance.

Grand Haven – takes incredible depth in the short sprints (4 under 10.8 and 22.3) and hopes to turn that into points. Differing from Belleville, rapidly improving sophomore Luka Hammond can gain points in distance races and perhaps anchor a podium worthy 4×8 in the morning.

With the 4×8, hurdle & short sprint prelims, high hurdle, and 100m finals early, we’ll know before 1pm how the day might turn.

GIRLS TEAM PREDICTIONS

BOYS TEAM PREDICTIONS

Girls Event Predictions

Place	Team	Event
1st	Detroit Renaissance	4×1
2nd	Oak Park	4×1
3rd	West Bloomfield	4×1
4th	East Kentwood	4×1
5th	Belleville	4×1
6th	Troy Athens	4×1
7th	Rockford	4×1
8th	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	4×1
Place	Team	Event
1st	Saginaw Heritage	4×2
2nd	Oak Park	4×2
3rd	Detroit Cass Tech	4×2
4th	Detroit Renaissance	4×2
5th	East Kentwood	4×2
6th	Romeo	4×2
7th	West Bloomfield	4×2
8th	Forest Hills Central	4×2
Place	Team	Event
1st	Oak Park	4×4
2nd	Detroit Cass Tech	4×4
3rd	Detroit Renaissance	4×4
4th	Holland West Ottawa	4×4
5th	Ann Arbor Huron	4×4
6th	Romeo	4×4
7th	Grand Haven	4×4
8th	Belleville	4×4
Place	Team	Event
1st	Holland West Ottawa	4×8
2nd	Romeo	4×8
3rd	Oak Park	4×8
4th	Grand Haven	4×8
5th	Rochester	4×8
6th	Zeeland East	4×8
7th	Ann Arbor Huron	4×8
8th	Ann Arbor Pioneer	4×8

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Lorelai Zielinski	Traverse City Central	Discus
2nd	Jada Ewell	Royal Oak	Discus
3rd	Leigha Stoepker	Jenison	Discus
4th	Olivia Hosford	Rockford	Discus
5th	Ellie Mendoza	Rochester	Discus
6th	Edimari King	Farmington	Discus
7th	Charlotte Minor	Livonia Churchill	Discus
8th	Melody Kauffman	Alpena	Discus
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Lorelai Zielinski	Traverse City Central	Shot Put
2nd	Leigha Stoepker	Jenison	Shot Put
3rd	Izzy Krause	Plymouth	Shot Put
4th	Abigail Shealy	Midland	Shot Put
5th	Emma Kanka	Howell	Shot Put
6th	Elizabeth Watkin	Holland West Ottawa	Shot Put
7th	Olivia Hosford	Rockford	Shot Put
8th	Charlotte Martin	Warren Cousino	Shot Put
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Katie Blue	Grand Ledge	Pole Vault
2nd	Izzy Robbins	Grand Haven	Pole Vault
3rd	Isabel German	Lowell	Pole Vault
4th	Raiden Kipfmiller	Dexter	Pole Vault
5th	Olivia Bagdasarian	Lake Orion	Pole Vault
6th	Aubree Bowers	Forest Hills Central	Pole Vault
7th	Maiya Corrigan	Rockford	Pole Vault
8th	Debbie McCoy	Dexter	Pole Vault
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Greta Caprathe	Rockford	High Jump
2nd	Natalie Formsma	Byron Center	High Jump
3rd	Nadia Hill	Muskegon	High Jump
4th	Rocsi Ferguson	Woodhaven Brownstown	High Jump
5th	Tori Lator	Mason	High Jump
6th	Abak Lual	East Kentwood	High Jump
7th	Tessa White	Livonia Franklin	High Jump
8th	Layla Visser	Rockford	High Jump
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Celeste Davis	Detroit Renaissance	Long Jump
2nd	Maya Justice	Woodhaven Brownstown	Long Jump
3rd	Fiona Kane	Dearborn Edsel Ford	Long Jump
4th	Greta Caprathe	Rockford	Long Jump
5th	Raquel Walker	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	Long Jump
6th	Natalie Formsma	Byron Center	Long Jump
7th	Mirra Fenlon	Zeeland East	Long Jump
8th	Kyleigh Peacock	Troy	Long Jump

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Kamryn Tatum	West Bloomfield	100m
2nd	Jayla Dace	Detroit Renaissance	100m
3rd	Jordynn Young	Saginaw Heritage	100m
4th	Taryn Henderson	Farmington Hills Mercy	100m
5th	Willow Mason	Saginaw Heritage	100m
6th	Madelyn Piotrowski	Troy Athens	100m
7th	Asia Elder	Oak Park	100m
8th	Nahya Daza	Forest Hills Northern	100m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Kamryn Tatum	West Bloomfield	200m
2nd	Nevaeh Burns	Oak Park	200m
3rd	Malise Brown	Detroit Cass Tech	200m
4th	Caylin Ivy	Detroit Cass Tech	200m
5th	Taryn Henderson	Farmington Hills Mercy	200m
6th	Willow Mason	Saginaw Heritage	200m
7th	Jayla Dace	Detroit Renaissance	200m
8th	Emma Nicholson	Utica Ford	200m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Nevaeh Burns	Oak Park	400m
2nd	Malise Brown	Detroit Cass Tech	400m
3rd	Caylin Ivy	Detroit Cass Tech	400m
4th	Mauriel Seeburger	Portage Northern	400m
5th	Janae Coleman	Oak Park	400m
6th	Maya Justice	Woodhaven Brownstown	400m
7th	Dayshana Kellogg	Oak Park	400m
8th	Sydney Roberts	Midland Dow	400m

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	800m
2nd	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	800m
3rd	Janae Coleman	Oak Park	800m
4th	Meredith Cook	Zeeland East	800m
5th	Addy Smith	Grand Haven	800m
6th	Ella Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	800m
7th	Reese Smith	Traverse City West	800m
8th	Emma Gunnett	Holland West Ottawa	800m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	1600m
2nd	Natasza Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1600m
3rd	Valerie Beeck	Grand Haven	1600m
4th	Lucy Cook	Rochester	1600m
5th	Ella Goodsell	Romeo	1600m
6th	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	1600m
7th	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	1600m
8th	Kaelin Hughes	Livonia Stevenson	1600m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Natasza Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m
2nd	Victoria Garces	Midland Dow	3200m
3rd	Helen Sachs	Holland West Ottawa	3200m
4th	Lucy Cook	Rochester	3200m
5th	Kaelin Hughes	Livonia Stevenson	3200m
6th	Ella Goodsell	Romeo	3200m
7th	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	3200m
8th	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	3200m

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Carrie VanNoy	Oak Park	100h
2nd	Laila Hawkins	Detroit Cass Tech	100h
3rd	Jada Wilson	Belleville	100h
4th	Jayda Watson	Oak Park	100h
5th	Mia Barnett	Chippewa Valley	100h
6th	Celeste Davis	Detroit Renaissance	100h
7th	Payton Gee	Oak Park	100h
8th	Brooklyn Cotton	Royal Oak	100h
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Jada Wilson	Belleville	300h
2nd	Carrie VanNoy	Oak Park	300h
3rd	Rylie Bacon	Detroit Renaissance	300h
4th	Laila Hawkins	Detroit Cass Tech	300h
5th	Aliyah Ferguson	Ann Arbor Huron	300h
6th	Brooklyn Harmon	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	300h
7th	Natalia Bohn	Salem	300h
8th	Lauren Bickerdt	Detroit Renaissance	300h

Boys Event Predictions

Place	Team	Event
1st	Grand Haven	4×1
2nd	Detroit Catholic Central	4×1
3rd	Walled Lake Western	4×1
4th	Sterling Heights Stevenson	4×1
5th	Warren DeLaSalle	4×1
6th	Hudsonville	4×1
7th	Portage Northern	4×1
8th	Saline	4×1
Place	Team	Event
1st	Belleville	4×2
2nd	Grand Haven	4×2
3rd	Kalamazoo Central	4×2
4th	Walled Lake Western	4×2
5th	Canton	4×2
6th	Oak Park	4×2
7th	East Kentwood	4×2
8th	Saginaw Heritage	4×2
Place	Team	Event
1st	Oak Park	4×4
2nd	Detroit Cass Tech	4×4
3rd	Ann Arbor Huron	4×4
4th	Clarkston	4×4
5th	Troy Athens	4×4
6th	Grand Haven	4×4
7th	Northville	4×4
8th	Detroit Catholic Central	4×4
Place	Team	Event
1st	Clarkston	4×8
2nd	Northville	4×8
3rd	Grand Haven	4×8
4th	Ann Arbor Pioneer	4×8
5th	Plymouth	4×8
6th	Ann Arbor Skyline	4×8
7th	Saline	4×8
8th	Utica	4×8

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Ray Glory Ejoyokah	Beverly Hills Groves	Discus
2nd	Carl Flinton	Holt	Discus
3rd	Maxwell Stoecker	Midland	Discus
4th	Andre Neumann	White Lake Lakeland	Discus
5th	Ty Ellis	Grand Ledge	Discus
6th	Ja’Mari Taylor	Muskegon Mona Shores	Discus
7th	Conrad Squitieri	Grosse Pointe South	Discus
8th	Cameron Gramzow	Anchor Bay	Discus
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Maxwell Stoecker	Midland	Shot Put
2nd	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	Shot Put
3rd	Dominic Weatherly	L’Anse Creuse	Shot Put
4th	Andre Neumann	White Lake Lakeland	Shot Put
5th	Spencer Beckeman	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	Shot Put
6th	Grayson Byam	Saginaw Heritage	Shot Put
7th	Hudson Pant	Cedar Springs	Shot Put
8th	Evan Woodruff	Midland	Shot Put
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Reece Emeott	East Kentwood	Pole Vault
2nd	Asher Paul	Traverse City Central	Pole Vault
3rd	Grady Myers	Forest Hills Northern	Pole Vault
4th	Sean Cinzori	Plymouth	Pole Vault
5th	Odin Gulledge	Novi	Pole Vault
6th	Brady Lewis	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	Pole Vault
7th	Brezlyn Post	Jenison	Pole Vault
8th	Adam Cohoon	Okemos	Pole Vault
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Giovanni Charles	Walled Lake Central	High Jump
2nd	Liam Reynolds	Salem	High Jump
3rd	Billy Drake	Lapeer	High Jump
4th	Deon Robertson	Woodhaven Brownstown	High Jump
5th	Jayden Kulhanek	Grandville	High Jump
6th	Zechariah Jones	Grand Ledge	High Jump
7th	Brandon Berry	Holland West Ottawa	High Jump
8th	Sam Abdalla	Forest Hills Northern	High Jump
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Quincy Isaac	Canton	Long Jump
2nd	Davarion Phillips	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	Long Jump
3rd	Zay McGinnis	Mount Pleasant	Long Jump
4th	Lorenzo Reynolds	East Kentwood	Long Jump
5th	Jordan Paige	Novi	Long Jump
6th	Jhavon Alexander	East Kentwood	Long Jump
7th	Paul Hubbard	Beverly Hills Groves	Long Jump
8th	Keaton Hendricks	Zeeland West	Long Jump

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Jeremy Dixon	Kalamazoo Central	100m
2nd	Devin James	West Bloomfield	100m
3rd	Samson Gash	Detroit Catholic Central	100m
4th	Kamren Flowers	West Bloomfield	100m
5th	Quincy Isaac	Canton	100m
6th	Chance McNeill	Novi	100m
7th	Noah Sanders	Beverly Hills Groves	100m
8th	Kane Morris	Portage Northern	100m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Chance McNeill	Novi	200m
2nd	Will Jaiden Smith	Belleville	200m
3rd	Devin James	West Bloomfield	200m
4th	Rodney Endsley	Walled Lake Western	200m
5th	Rondre Austion	Oak Park	200m
6th	Samson Gash	Detroit Catholic Central	200m
7th	Andrew Willemsen	Grand Haven	200m
8th	Jeremy Dixon	Kalamazoo Central	200m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Jaelyn Martin	Detroit Cass Tech	400m
2nd	Kinley Poole	Ann Arbor Huron	400m
3rd	Demari Caldwell	Oak Park	400m
4th	Rodney Endsley	Walled Lake Western	400m
5th	Ahmad Ameen	Jackson	400m
6th	Rondre Austion	Oak Park	400m
7th	Brody Leyendecker	Byron Center	400m
8th	Aydan Myers	Detroit Cass Tech	400m

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Wendell Childs	Clarkston	800m
2nd	Greg Myers	Ypsilanti Lincoln	800m
3rd	Ryan Stojov	Northville	800m
4th	Collin McLaughlin	Rochester	800m
5th	Adam Dicken	Canton	800m
6th	Cameron Cochran	Midland	800m
7th	Maddi Duke	Temperance Bedford	800m
8th	Rece Grezak	Northville	800m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	1600m
2nd	Samuel Baker	Kalamazoo Central	1600m
3rd	Caden Livermore	Grandville	1600m
4th	Jackson Lam	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	1600m
5th	Ben Hartigan	Northville	1600m
6th	Ryan Stojov	Northville	1600m
7th	Jack Chadwick	Plymouth	1600m
8th	Ben Mussen	Plymouth	1600m
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Seth Conner	Jenison	3200m
2nd	Kyle O’Rourke	Milford	3200m
3rd	Taye Levenson	Bloomfield Hills	3200m
4th	Beckett Crooks	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m
5th	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	3200m
6th	Jack MacGregor	Howell	3200m
7th	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	3200m
8th	Caden Livermore	Grandville	3200m

Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Will Jaiden Smith	Belleville	110h
2nd	Schmar Gamble	Belleville	110h
3rd	Michael Wilkerson	Rochester Adams	110h
4th	Timothy Pinard	Belleville	110h
5th	Keaton Hendricks	Zeeland West	110h
6th	Michael Piggee Jr.	Muskegon	110h
7th	Kayson Legg	Walled Lake Western	110h
8th	Mason Darke	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	110h
Place	Name	Team	Event
1st	Will Jaiden Smith	Belleville	300h
2nd	Angelo Finnie Jr.	West Bloomfield	300h
3rd	Mason Darke	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	300h
4th	Caleb Washington	Detroit Catholic Central	300h
5th	Ashton Brann	Ann Arbor Huron	300h
6th	Keaton Hendricks	Zeeland West	300h
7th	Timothy Pinard	Belleville	300h
8th	Michael Wilkerson	Rochester Adams	300h