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Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Kayla Harris	142′ 5″	East Kentwood	495	Discus
12	Makayla Porter	138′ 9″	East Kentwood	485	Discus
12	Kayla Harris	42′ 6″	East Kentwood	482	Shot Put
12	Kaleaha Golden	35′ 1″	East Kentwood	401	Shot Put
12	Madison Tucker	34′ 1.25″	East Kentwood	391	Shot Put
12	Dajah Owens	103′ 5″	East Kentwood	386	Discus
12	Kaleaha Golden	101′ 5″	East Kentwood	380	Discus
12	Makayla Porter	33′ 0″	East Kentwood	379	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	East Kentwood	1653	1746	3398
2	Zeeland East	1210	1254	2464
3	Livonia Churchill	800	1329	2129
4	Novi	816	1217	2033
5	Alpena	827	1184	2010
6	Jenison	882	887	1768
7	Rockford	859	879	1738
8	Zeeland West	819	870	1690
9	Salem	778	869	1647
10	Rochester	439	1198	1637
11	Dexter	829	804	1633
12	Plymouth	1237	387	1624
13	Allen Park	926	558	1484
14	Walled Lake Central	477	907	1385
15	Royal Oak	425	877	1302
16	Wyandotte Roosevelt	396	902	1298
17	Belleville	813	449	1262
18	Hartland	861	398	1260
19	Grand Ledge	801	424	1225
20	Grand Blanc	775	444	1220
21	Grosse Pointe South	399	815	1215
22	Brownstown Woodhaven	792	405	1198
23	Clarkston	773	422	1195
24	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	390	796	1186
25	Forest Hills Northern	793	381	1173
26	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	402	756	1158
27	Ypsilanti Lincoln	770	387	1158
28	Beverly Hills Groves	389	768	1157
29	Northville	392	749	1142
30	Traverse City Central	507	497	1004
31	Midland	457	442	899
32	Traverse City West	458	436	895
33	Farmington	446	408	854
34	Grosse Pointe North	399	442	841
35	Muskegon Mona Shores	387	437	824
36	White Lake Lakeland	386	434	820
37	Warren Cousino	818	–	818
38	Midland Dow	416	402	818
39	Howell	401	417	818
40	Lake Orion	391	426	817
41	Byron Center	385	431	816
42	Utica Ford	391	401	792
43	Ann Arbor Pioneer	410	380	790
44	Forest Hills Central	378	409	787
45	Saline	379	404	783
46	Portage Central	–	781	781
47	Bay City Western	379	401	780
48	Detroit Renaissance	385	394	778
49	Hudsonville	398	376	774
50	Livonia Franklin	–	773	773

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Savanna Rickli	36′ 1″	Paw Paw	412	Shot Put
12	Savanna Rickli	112′ 6″	Paw Paw	411	Discus
11	AJ Rickli	35′ 0″	Paw Paw	400	Shot Put
10	Abigail Chambers	34′ 2.5″	Paw Paw	392	Shot Put
11	AJ Rickli	104′ 3″	Paw Paw	388	Discus
11	Angel Miller	94′ 4″	Paw Paw	360	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Paw Paw	1204	1160	2364
2	Otsego	823	1502	2325
3	Gladwin	1142	1167	2310
4	Cadillac	849	1274	2123
5	Hamilton	802	1233	2035
6	Portland	363	1501	1863
7	Ionia	739	1102	1841
8	Wayland Union	730	1091	1821
9	Marysville	927	888	1815
10	Monroe Jefferson	848	867	1714
11	Battle Creek Harper Creek	859	852	1711
12	North Branch	463	1208	1670
13	Coldwater	1227	407	1634
14	Hudsonville Unity Christian	839	775	1614
15	Frankenmuth	765	836	1601
16	Owosso	791	794	1585
17	Shepherd	806	778	1583
18	Mason	731	763	1495
19	St. Johns	432	832	1264
20	Richland Gull Lake	418	826	1244
21	Flat Rock	379	794	1173
22	Alma	394	778	1172
23	Milan	771	386	1157
24	Petoskey	782	373	1155
25	Croswell-Lexington	746	407	1153
26	Berrien Springs	381	772	1152
27	South Haven	757	383	1140
28	Allegan	759	363	1122
29	Plainwell	713	407	1120
30	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	744	370	1115
31	Whitehall	382	730	1112
32	Allendale	–	1108	1108
33	Three Rivers	356	750	1106
34	Clio	365	719	1084
35	Eastpointe	515	464	979
36	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	427	485	912
37	Freeland	434	442	876
38	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	467	387	853
39	Hamady	441	404	845
40	St. Clair Shores South Lake	428	416	844
41	Chelsea	443	387	830
42	Lansing Sexton	423	378	801
43	Birch Run	416	380	796
44	Richmond	397	398	795
45	Grand Rapids Christian	439	356	795
46	Dearborn Divine Child	382	395	777
47	Hopkins	356	418	773
48	Spring Lake	383	389	771
49	Gaylord	382	385	767
50	Lake Odessa Lakewood	–	766	766

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
10	Allison Gladu	39′ 7″	McBain	450	Shot Put
11	Isabel Rozeveld	125′ 8″	McBain	448	Discus
10	Allison Gladu	118′ 4″	McBain	428	Discus
11	Isabel Rozeveld	37′ 4.75″	McBain	427	Shot Put
12	Brekken Cotter	31′ 4.5″	McBain	361	Shot Put
9	Adria Rozeveld	93′ 0″	McBain	357	Discus
9	Adria Rozeveld	29′ 8.5″	McBain	343	Shot Put
12	Brekken Cotter	87′ 7″	McBain	342	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	McBain	1580	1574	3154
2	Standish Sterling	1492	1085	2577
3	Adrian Madison	1076	1392	2468
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	766	1163	1929
5	Kingsley	752	1173	1925
6	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	768	1123	1891
7	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	759	1077	1836
8	Chesaning	1077	744	1821
9	Manistee	814	837	1652
10	Springport	795	820	1615
11	Manton	779	764	1543
12	Ann Arbor Greenhills	714	743	1457
13	Benzie Central	397	1046	1444
14	Hemlock	1105	338	1443
15	Quincy	725	703	1428
16	Lawton	1045	360	1406
17	New Lothrop	690	710	1400
18	Grayling	502	880	1381
19	Watervliet	425	843	1268
20	Schoolcraft	443	820	1263
21	St. Louis	760	409	1169
22	Stockbridge	383	785	1167
23	Ithaca	773	389	1162
24	Grandville Calvin Christian	776	367	1143
25	Hudson	733	409	1142
26	Clare	403	727	1130
27	Stanton Central Montcalm	778	345	1124
28	Morley-Stanwood	748	357	1105
29	Buchanan	394	706	1100
30	Bloomingdale	398	698	1096
31	Kent City	717	376	1093
32	Ida	372	718	1091
33	Jonesville	732	348	1079
34	Bridgman	728	341	1069
35	Harrison	349	707	1056
36	Sanford-Meridian	350	704	1054
37	Midland Bullock Creek	359	691	1050
38	Montrose	555	470	1025
39	Cass City	427	442	869
40	Homer	403	451	854
41	Tawas	353	434	787
42	Hart	346	431	778
43	Hartford	380	394	774
44	Sand Creek	–	765	765
45	Ravenna	390	374	765
46	Bangor	375	384	759
47	Clawson	361	383	744
48	Montague	345	387	732
49	Kalamazoo Christian	371	350	721
50	Galesburg-Augusta	376	341	717

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Avery Wilson	104′ 9″	Beal City	390	Discus
9	Bryn Gilde	33′ 10.25″	Beal City	388	Shot Put
12	Avery Wilson	32′ 9.75″	Beal City	377	Shot Put
9	Bryn Gilde	98′ 8″	Beal City	373	Discus
9	Katelyn Schultz	32′ 4″	Beal City	371	Shot Put
11	Brianna Stack	92′ 6″	Beal City	355	Discus
12	Mackenna Sellers	30′ 9.25″	Beal City	354	Shot Put
10	Jaylyn Sisco	90′ 2″	Beal City	349	Discus
9	Mari Tovar	87′ 9″	Beal City	342	Discus
9	Katelyn Schultz	82′ 9″	Beal City	328	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beal City	1490	1466	2956
2	Brethren	1139	1116	2255
3	White Pigeon	1130	1023	2153
4	Addison	1394	728	2122
5	East Jordan	1225	822	2047
6	Saugatuck	723	1127	1849
7	Morrice	737	1079	1816
8	Morenci	364	1416	1780
9	Indian River Inland Lakes	1046	660	1706
10	Reading	718	773	1492
11	Unionville-Sebewaing	658	788	1446
12	Montabella	738	689	1426
13	Decatur	742	677	1418
14	Athens	1055	362	1417
15	Deckerville	682	724	1406
16	Fowler	702	703	1405
17	Concord	679	722	1401
18	Fairview	671	724	1395
19	Portland St. Patrick	675	701	1375
20	Bellevue	678	683	1361
21	Fruitport Calvary Christian	658	642	1300
22	Marion	372	775	1147
23	Maple City Glen Lake	702	435	1137
24	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	723	406	1129
25	Kingston	369	744	1113
26	Lawrence	354	738	1092
27	Hillsdale Academy	360	723	1083
28	Frankfort	361	712	1073
29	Dryden	341	720	1061
30	Fulton	659	400	1059
31	Mayville	361	689	1050
32	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	685	359	1044
33	Lutheran Westland	668	358	1026
34	Petersburg-Summerfield	662	354	1016
35	Pittsford	330	675	1005
36	Baldwin	653	339	992
37	Mesick	646	326	971
38	Austin Catholic	449	432	882
39	East Jackson	408	402	810
40	Kalamazoo Hackett	402	379	781
41	Forest Area	414	335	749
42	Southfield Christian	391	358	749
43	Carson City-Crystal	380	365	745
44	Britton Deerfield	366	370	736
45	Buckley	365	370	735
46	Adrian Lenawee Christian	339	395	733
47	Onaway	364	356	720
48	Harbor Beach	365	354	719
49	Webberville	387	328	715
50	Colon	706	–	706

Grade	Name	Distance	Team	Points	Event
12	Katie Anderson	119′ 2″	Sault Ste. Marie	430	Discus
11	Annabelle Fazzari	35′ 1″	Sault Ste. Marie	401	Shot Put
12	Katie Anderson	34′ 1.75″	Sault Ste. Marie	391	Shot Put
11	Annabelle Fazzari	101′ 0″	Sault Ste. Marie	379	Discus
9	Thelma Osumili	30′ 10.25″	Sault Ste. Marie	355	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	1148	809	1956
2	Ishpeming	740	1058	1797
3	Calumet	747	1040	1787
4	Negaunee	363	1412	1775
5	Carney-Nadeau	771	785	1556
6	Pickford	726	792	1519
7	Stephenson	670	729	1399
8	Manistique	844	401	1245
9	St. Ignace	334	687	1021
10	Kingsford	341	673	1015
11	Escanaba	344	662	1006
12	Ironwood	394	365	759
13	Brimley	361	386	747
14	Lake Linden-Hubbell	371	357	728
15	Menominee	335	368	703
16	Gladstone	351	352	703
17	Munising	327	367	694
18	Rock Mid-Peninsula	327	367	693
19	Gwinn	324	355	679
20	Forest Park	675	–	675
21	Houghton	324	349	673
22	Baraga	–	405	405
23	Ewen-Trout Creek	–	369	369
24	Dollar Bay	–	341	341
25	Rudyard	331	–	331
26	North Dickinson County	–	330	330
27	Bessemer	330	–	330
28	West Iron County	–	322	322
29	Newberry	322	–	322
30	Cedarville	–	321	321

THROWERS OF THE YEAR

A list combining the best Discus AND Shot Put throwers this season. As always, purely number-based. As such, there are some left out who won state titles or excelled in one event much more than the other. Luckily, these are just some fun rankings and what really matters is what you accomplished this spring.

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for how the marks from this year relate in a historical sense. And also, his newsletter for an immediate recap of June 1st’s events.

Abigail Russell, Allen Park

Shot Put

47’ 6.5”, #2 in Michigan, #14 in US

D1 State Champion
Unbeaten in 2024
2x State Champion
3x All-State
4x State Qualifier

Discus

165’ 0”, #1 in Michigan, #7 in US

D1 State Champion
3x D1 State Champion
Unbeaten in last three years

Addyson Stiverson, Montrose

Shot Put

49’ 2”, #1 in Michigan, #1 freshman in US, #7 in US

D3 State Champion
Unbeaten in 2024
Region 29 & MMAC Champion

Discus

137′ 6”, #10 in Michigan, #10 freshman in US

2^ndPlace – D3 State
MMAC & Region 29 Champion

Janae Hudson, Marysville

Shot Put

45’ 4”, #4 in Michigan

2^nd Place – D2 State
2023 D2 State Champion
4x State Qualifier
3x Regional Champion

Discus

146’ 10”, #3 in Michigan

D2 State Champion
3x All-State
3x Regional Champion

Rylan Finstrom, Grayling

Shot Put

44’ 3.25”, #6 in Michigan

2^nd Place – D3 State
2x All-State
2x Regional & LMC Champion

Discus

148’ 8”, #2 in Michigan

D3 State Champion
2x State Champion
3x All-State
4x State Qualifier

Lorelai Zielinski, Traverse City Central

Shot Put

44’ 9”, #5 in Michigan, #6 freshman in US

2^ndPlace – D1 State
Region 1 & Big North Champion

Discus

143’ 3”, #4 in Michigan, #4 freshman in US

2^nd Place – D1 State
Region 1 & Big North Champion

Kalia Monroe, Eastpointe

Shot Put

45’ 6, #3 in Michigan

D2 State Champion
2x All-State
3x Macomb County Champion
2x Regional Champion

Discus

131’ 3”, #21 in Michigan

7^th Place – D2 State
2x Macomb County Champion
Region 18 Champion

Kayla Harris, East Kentwood

Shot Put

42’ 5.75”, #7 in Michigan

3^rd Place – D1 State
2x All-State
2x Region 3 & OK Red Champion
2x Team State Winner

Discus

142’ 5”, #5 in Michigan 7^th Place – D1 State
2x Region 3 & OK Red Champion
2x Team State Winner

Jordyn Harris, Walled Lake Central

Shot Put

42’ 0.75”, #10 in Michigan

4^th Place – D1 State
Region 9 & Lakes Valley Champion

Discus

141’ 6”, #6 in Michigan

9^th Place – D1 State
Oakland County, Region 9, & Lakes Valley Champion
2x State Qualifier

Makenzie Johns, Cadillac

Shot Put

42’ 5.5”, #8 in Michigan

10^th Place – D2 State
2x Regional Champion
3x Big North Champion
2023 All-State

Discus

134’ 7”, #13 in Michigan

10^th Place – D2 State
2x State Qualifier

Izzie Miller, Battle Creek Harper Creek

Shot Put

41’ 7”, #12 in Michigan

3^rd Place – D2 State

Discus

135’ 7”, #11 in Michigan

17^th Place – D2 State
I-8 & Region 15 Champion
Team State Winner
2x Regional Champion

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	12	Abigail Russell	Allen Park	1	537	558	1095
2	9	Addyson Stiverson	Montrose	3	555	481	1036
3	12	Janae Hudson	Marysville	2	513	507	1020
4	12	Rylan Finstrom	Grayling	3	502	512	1014
5	9	Lorelai Zielinski	Traverse City Central	1	507	497	1004
6	11	Kalia Monroe	Eastpointe	2	515	464	979
7	12	Kayla Harris	East Kentwood	1	482	495	977
8	12	Jordyn Harris	Walled Lake Central	1	477	492	970
9	12	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	2	482	473	955
10	11	Izzie Miller	Battle Creek Harper Creek	2	472	476	948
11	11	Leigha Stoepker	Jenison	1	476	464	940
12	12	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	1	442	486	928
13	10	Aubree Deshetsky	North Branch	2	463	452	915
14	12	Allyson Broaddus	GR Catholic Central	2	427	485	912
15	10	Olivia Hosford	Rockford	1	463	448	911
16	12	Aliyah Springer	Hamilton	2	424	483	907
17	11	Jada Ewell	Royal Oak	1	425	476	901
18	12	Ella Schafer	St. Johns	2	432	468	900
19	11	Abigail Shealy	Midland	1	457	442	899
20	12	Layla Tahmouch	Monroe Jefferson	2	434	463	897
21	11	Brenna McDonald	Schoolcraft	3	443	452	895
22	12	Avery Lahti	Traverse City West	1	458	436	895
23	12	Anya Sexton	Watervliet	3	425	464	890
24	11	Iyana Stephens	Belleville	1	440	449	889
25	12	Isabel Assink	Zeeland West	1	429	456	885
26	12	Sophia Mattioli	Richland Gull Lake	2	418	467	885
27	12	Lyla Mullins	Austin Catholic	4	449	432	882
28	12	Aubree Meyer	Hartland	1	480	398	879
29	10	Allison Gladu	McBain	3	450	428	878
30	11	Isabel Rozeveld	McBain	3	427	448	875
31	12	Audrey Wisniewski	Novi	1	434	439	873
32	9	Shayler McIntyre	Cass City	3	427	442	869
33	11	Ellianna Foley	Coldwater	2	461	407	868
34	11	Charlotte Minor	Livonia Churchill	1	417	451	868
35	9	Ellie Mendoza	Rochester	1	439	427	866
36	12	Ania Toboy	Wyandotte Roosevelt	1	396	468	864
37	12	Makayla Porter	East Kentwood	1	379	485	863
38	10	MaKenzie Price	Gladwin	2	419	439	858
39	12	Maddy Biller	Brethren	4	449	407	856
40	10	Madalyn Wayward	Manistee	3	412	444	856
41	12	Jaylyn Perkins	Homer	3	403	451	854
42	11	Cora Williams	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	2	467	387	853
43	10	Jenna Spitzley	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	400	448	848
44	12	Jayla Evans	Hamady	2	441	404	845
45	11	Mahogany Pettaway	St. Clair Shores South Lake	2	428	416	844
46	12	Danielle Lund	Manistique	UP	440	401	841
47	12	Bailey Hopko	Grosse Pointe North	1	399	442	841
48	11	Olivia Barba	Grosse Pointe South	1	399	440	840
49	12	Laila Bates	Grand Blanc	1	393	444	837
50	11	Emma Young	Livonia Churchill	1	383	453	836
51	12	Izzy Boyer	East Jordan	4	409	421	830
52	11	Anna Brant	Chelsea	2	443	387	830
53	12	Claire Flynn	Jenison	1	406	422	828
54	12	Lily Burns	Dexter	1	428	400	828
55	12	Jovie Whitford	Rockford	1	396	431	828
56	12	Grace Nemecek	East Jordan	4	425	401	826
57	12	Katie Stewart	Salem	1	402	424	826
58	12	Jayda Trigg	Muskegon Mona Shores	1	387	437	824
59	12	Savanna Rickli	Paw Paw	2	412	411	823
60	10	Catherine Retberg	Frankenmuth	2	396	427	823
61	12	Katie Anderson	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	391	430	821
62	12	Susan Kish	Salem	1	376	445	821
63	12	Abby Hasenfratz	Clarkston	1	399	422	821
64	11	Keola Botts	Flat Rock	2	379	442	821
65	11	Kiera Prue	Alpena	1	410	411	820
66	12	Emilee Bonter	Midland Dow	1	416	402	818
67	10	Emma Kanka	Howell	1	401	417	818
68	12	Hannah Fitzpatrick	Otsego	2	429	388	817
69	12	Isabella Delong	Lake Orion	1	391	426	817
70	12	Madison Leifer	Byron Center	1	385	431	816
71	12	Emily O’Dell	Standish Sterling	3	425	390	815
72	12	Eleanor Valkner	Maple City Glen Lake	4	379	435	815
73	11	Mariska Laurila	Carney-Nadeau	UP	399	416	814
74	10	Rissa Florian	Shepherd	2	437	377	814
75	11	Kaylee Kopulos	Springport	3	393	419	812
76	9	Tess Farkas	St. Louis	3	403	409	811
77	11	Megan Mackinder	Stockbridge	3	383	428	811
78	11	Melody Kauffman	Alpena	1	417	394	810
79	11	Mariah Kerley	East Jackson	4	408	402	810
80	11	Ellie Anama	Hudsonville Unity Christian	2	429	378	808
81	10	Kera Root	Dexter	1	401	404	806
82	12	Lee Ramirez	Zeeland West	1	390	415	805
83	12	McKayla Cruson	Marion	4	372	433	804
84	12	Hope Overweg	Springport	3	402	401	803
85	12	Raine Redding	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	1	390	412	802
86	12	Peyton Spicer	Owosso	2	382	420	802
87	12	Zionae White	Lansing Sexton	2	423	378	801
88	10	Mya Hemmer	Ishpeming	UP	383	417	800
89	11	Marissa Beck	Milan	2	413	386	799
90	10	Cailynn Jones	Alma	2	394	404	798
91	11	Christina Jarbou	Birch Run	2	416	380	796
92	12	Brooke Jankwietz	Manistee	3	403	393	795
93	12	Lainee Wagner	Richmond	2	397	398	795
94	12	Alyssa Thomas	Marysville	2	414	381	795
95	11	Ifeoluwa Ayoola	Grand Rapids Christian	2	439	356	795
96	12	Claire Boomstra	Grandville Calvin Christian	3	427	367	794
97	11	Annabelle Bower	Portland	2	363	431	794
98	10	Claire O’Brien	Utica Ford	1	391	401	792
99	10	Mattie LaFreniere	Manton	3	400	392	792
100	11	Niki McNeil	Saugatuck	4	369	423	791

Uncategorized

2024 Regional Assignments & Thoughts

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 mixcspeedratings

I write all this to help both myself and others understand why regionals are the way that they are. In the past, this was bending a little too far towards criticism, this year, it’s all about learning why the assignments are made. As always, I wish the MHSAA was a bit more transparent on their processes, but perhaps this can shed some light on what those processes may be. The work to write this post took some serious time, I can hardly imagine what it took for those that made the decisions.

But those who know me know this: there aren’t many that love maps and running more than I… this was really fun. Hopefully one day, I can assist the MHSAA in these selections.

2023 Regional Assessments

Below are some charts I created to assess 2023’s regionals. The first set contains boys regionals, the second set contains the girls. The first chart in each set are top 27 teams from my 2023 pre-regional rankings. The second chart shows the State Finals places for each team from their respective region. I’m not sure how the MHSAA computes the previous year’s regional strength, but this is what I think would be a quality review. My rankings aren’t perfect, but they take the entire season into account, not just one meet. The State Finals are the only stage where every top team in a division is competing, but it’s a sample size of one. Two imperfect methods, that hopefully when combined, indicate which regionals were stronger or weaker.

Based on these charts, I would conclude that:

Stronger Boys Regions: 6, 11, 19, 31
Stronger Girls Regions: 1, 11, 15, 21, 29

Weaker Boys Regions: 17, 18, 22, 26, 33, 35
Weaker Girls Regions: 6, 7, 10, 18, 22, 26, 30, 32, 34

Overall Stronger Regions: 11
Overall Weaker Regions: 18, 22, 26

Based on this strength, the logical moves would be to:

Split up the strong Region 11 – which is much easier than other areas of the state. Being that the West Side of the state is heavy in Division 2 teams, those teams can go North (10), West (14), South (12), or further South (13).

Move stronger teams into Region 22 – a move made a bit simpler through a traditionally strong Saugatuck team moving back into D3. You can also bring teams from the East (23) or North (21).

Move stronger teams into Region 18 & 26 – geographically difficult. Region 18 is cornered in the SE portion of the state, so they could possibly bring teams from 16 & 17, but neither region was stacked with top teams last year. Same for Region 26, consisting of smaller schools stretching from Lansing to Lake St. Clair. Region 25 is the only choice to strengthen that doesn’t involve teams driving an impossible distance. But Region 25 was about as balanced as you’ll get, so why mess up a perfectly good region?

Division Switches

The chart below shows the teams that are switching divisions and the regions that they are leaving.

How does this help smoothing out the Stronger/Weaker Regions?

Uhhh, not much. You want to move teams out of Region 11. No teams moving up/down divisions from 11. You’ve got a Cedar Springs, which is now a top-20ish D2 team, but you definitely ain’t moving them into there. Well at least you can strengthen 18! Nope, no moves into Division 2 from teams in that area. 26 gains a bit of strength with Marine City. 22 gets bolstered the most with Bauer’s Trailblazers.

In conclusion, due to geographical and enrollment factors, balancing out the regions is a tough task, and will have to result in teams driving a considerable distance. It’ll look like gerrymandering. People won’t be happy. And this is what makes it a tough job.

2024 Assignments and Switches

BOYS ASSIGNMENTS
GIRLS ASSIGNMENTS

What occurred in order to balance Regions?

Region 11: lost Grand Rapids Christian and Spring Lake, moving to 10 and 12 respectively. When teams move out, someone has to move in, and that’s Hopkins.

Region 18: remains almost the same.

Region 22: gains Fennville (who qualified for State from Region 21) and Saugatuck.

Region 26: gains Ann Arbor Greenhills, Almont, and Marine City. All fit in geographically (even if it’s latitudinally long), all have fielded solid teams in recent history.

I cannot argue with many of these moves, with one exception. They may have went a little overboard in the shift from 11. But more on that in the next section.

Regions That Appear Fair

Everything from here on out is based on my pre-track projections. These include incoming freshmen, added to the best of my ability. This part will always devalue the PCEP schools (no clue who gets picked for which school), private schools (other than Traverse City, Divine Child, and Lansing Area Catholic schools), and Ann Arbor (whose middle schools aren’t on athleticnet – probably a really good thing).

Region 1: 4 top-27 boys, with #24 Holland West Ottawa, #27 Zeeland West, #28 Rockford, and #31 Grandville coming for the 3^rd spot. 4 top-27 girls, but with three top-10 teams in Holland West Ottawa, Rockford, and Grand Haven

Region 2: 3 top-27 boys, but 5 top-27 girls. Girls strength mitigated by the fact that 3 of those top-27 are ranked from 20-27

Region 5: 2 top-27 boys, 3 top-27 girls. Boys are slightly weak but have two powerhouses, Saline and Pioneer.

Region 8: 3 top-27 boys, 2 top-27 girls. Girls slightly weaker with the loss of Utica, but Clarkston sitting outside of the top-27 always outperforms early rankings.

Region 9: About as optimal as you’ll get on the girls side, a little weak for the boys. Romeo being ranked #34 will change. The Utica and Stoney swap makes perfect sense. I never understood why Utica is in the MAC and Macomb County, but goes to a majority Oakland County regional, then Stoney is in the OAA and Oakland County, but goes to a Macomb County regional.

Region 11: Split, chopped, diced, and apportioned correctly. 3 top-27 boys squads, 4 top-27 girls squads, with Coopersville being the 4^th best team in the region, ranked #25.

Region 13: 3 top-27’s on both, but could have taken on a Plainwell. More on that later.

Region 14: 4 top-27’s each way, but two teams ranked 20^th and above for each gender.

Region 15: 3 top-27’s each way, helped by the loss of Alma. But we’re still wondering why Goodrich is here instead of 16.

Region 19: 2 top-10 boys squads, 2 top-10 girls squads. Clare and Grayling boys come in at #28 and #29. Boyne City ranked as 4^th best girls team at #27.

Region 22: Addition of Saugatuck worked well for the boys, three top-27 teams. Girls now have four top-27’s, but all range from 17^th to 26^th.

Region 23: 4 top-27 boys teams, but not unusually strong at the top. 3 top-27’s for the girls.

Region 24: 3 top-10 boys teams, but (I hope I don’t offend anyone) no one else that looks like they can crack that. 4 top-27 girls, with 2 of those above #20.

Region 25: 3 top-27 boys, 3 top-28 girls. I don’t think anyone will lose sleep that #28 Caro isn’t in the top-27.

Region 26: 3 top-27’s on each side. Good work, committee, even if geography is a challenge.

Region 28: One top-5 boys team and that’s it. But Johannesburg-Lewiston and Petoskey St. Michael aren’t that team and each of those squads will add people, they always do. 3 top-27 girls teams.

Region 30: Solid on the girls end, a little weaker for boys, BUT traditional powers such as Breckenridge and Sacred Heart lurk just outside the top-27.

Region 32: A bit weak for girls, with only two top-27 squads, but I don’t mind this because you’re dealing with a SW corner of the state and less options to draw from. Three top-27 boys teams though.

Region 33: Four top-27 girls crews, but three of those range from #20 to #26. Two boys in the top-27, with #32 Potterville and #34 Webberville just on the outskirts.

Region 35: Pretty fair and pretty hemmed in by geography. Region 30 would be a candidate to grab USA, but that makes their girls side a bit strong. Each have four in the top-27, but one at #25 and the other at #27.

Regions That Appear Weaker

Always have to put this caveat in here, because people have a habit of twisting my words. This doesn’t mean the athletes here stink, this just means the rankings don’t have them as high. Go out and prove them wrong!

Region 7: No top-10 teams, and only one top-27 girls team. But it kinda makes sense, because the strength of D1 now appears to lie more on the west side, so in order to make this stronger, you’re taking you’re creating another weaker regional.

Region 16: Girls is fine, but has #21 Divine Child and #23 Notre Dame Prep. Boys only really has Pinckney, then the next highest is in the 40’s. The Goodrich conundrum from last year really doesn’t apply, as their girls are very strong, but guys will need some work. Options are limited on who could come down, because if you bring a Flint Powers, then you have to bring Goodrich, and bringing Goodrich down probably eliminates a deserving team.

Region 17: No top-27’s at all. Once again, Goodrich might be a solid option. With them, you probably have to bring Imlay City. Then perhaps Lamphere to 16 and a team from 16 to 15? See the moving parts that have to happen? But anyhow, given the lack of firepower here, it might be warranted.

Region 18: One top-27 boys team, two top-27 girls teams. Geography again, who are you drawing from? 16 and 17 are closer, but already on the weaker side.

Region 27: Again, the issue of geography. 26’s teams are a bit far north for these folks. 23 is probably the best option, but 23’s looking decently assigned this year. A positive is that although only 2 top-27 boys teams exist, 5 are ranked from #33 to #39. Girls only have one top-27 team, but three from #29 to #35.

Region 31: Two top-27 squads for each, including the #1 team right now for both genders. The loss of WMC particularly hurts and there’s really no one you can bring down. I mean, maybeee a Bear Lake, but that’s a little bit of a trek.

Region 34: Two top-20 teams, then a few just beyond the 27^th rank cutoff. Once again, no real good options to bring down. Region 32 looks good, Region 36 is on the other side of an already far away Metro area. Maybe a Whitmore Lake from 33, but I don’t love that either, as that takes a ton of strength from 33’s boys.

Stronger in one, Weaker in the other

Region 3: Okay, the girls aren’t actually *that* weak, with three top-27 teams. But the guys are a bit stronger. Four top-20 teams, all with strong western ties. In the past, I know that a Lakeview has been in Region 4. But with that region at Holly, an impossible ask.

Region 4: Four top-27 girls teams, two in the top-10, and a 5^th of Grand Blanc sitting at #31. Brighton looks to hold down the fort for boys, but beyond them, only one in the top-27. The logical move to bolster the boys side would be to take a western team from 7, particularly one that appears stronger as a boys team (or doesn’t have a girls team). Right now that appears to be Milford or Catholic Central. Then move a Lapeer/Davison to Clarkston and another Oakland County team into 7.

Region 6: Three top-10 boys teams and you know Plymouth will be better than I have them. Two top-27 girls teams, with one of those sitting at #26. Strengthening Region 4 from 7 had a scenario that worked, sadly I can’t say the same for the girls here.

Region 20: This is perfectly on the fence of a little strong and a little fair. Boys are good, one in the top-10, one in the teens, one in the twenties. The girls have four in the top-27, three of those between #11 and #19. Chippewa Hills is the logical move and perhaps they could go to 25, although a region stretching from Cass City to Canadian Lakes is a strettttch. Literally.

Region 21: Probably should’ve been in the fair category. Three top-27 girls, four boys. But those boys are ranked #18, #19, and #20. I don’t mind it.

Region 36: Three boys teams ranging from #14 to #19, then a top-5 team in Shrine. But the girls only contains a #15 Shrine. Kinda wonder if a Novi Christian or an Everest Collegiate could’ve been placed here. Dryden moving from 35 would make sense for girls, but overcorrects for the boys.

The Strongest of the Strong

Before I get into these regions, note that these are just Divisions 2 & 4 regions. Division 1 and Division 3 are pretty close to optimal. And there’s only three regions listed.

Region 10: The girls side is okay, was really great until Cedar Springs moved down into the muddy middle. For the guys, now we’re faced with 7(!!!) teams from #12 to #27. And then Ludington at #28. Which is great and wide open. With the region now at Benzie, a bit of an oddball in terms of geography is Gladwin. With their proximity to Shepherd, conference ties, and a stronger boys team, this could’ve made a less convoluted Region 10 without making 15 too strong.

Region 12: Poor Plainwell. The boys win their region in 2023, then as a #9 returning team, get placed in a region with the defending champs, 2022’s champs, and Grand Rapids Christian. Four top-10 teams. Ain’t like the girls are weak either. Four top-20 squads. The Grand Rapids area is tough to split up, but this may have been an overcorrection from last year’s Region 11.

Region 29: Have you ever run in this area? Very understandable why it’s a hotbed for distance talent. Hills, dirt roads, and all the scenery. Six top-27 squads on each side. With Chippewa Hills no longer hosting a regional, that eliminates the thought of Mason County Eastern heading to Region 30. Most of these squads are in close proximity to Benzie, so I don’t like many moves other perhaps GTA to Region 28.

If you’ve made it this far, here are the pre-track rankings

Once I get through the best crews and best athletes, I’ll get started on the summer preview.

All this said, go out and prove these rankings wrong!

Uncategorized

Best Throw Crews: Boys Final Rankings

June 10, 2024June 10, 2024 mixcspeedratings

Real quick:

Explanation
Week Three
Week Five
League Week
BOYS TABLES
GIRLS TABLES

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Brycen Anderson	Walled Lake Central	194′ 1″	534	Discus
12	Tyler Marrogy	Walled Lake Central	58′ 2.5″	487	Shot Put
11	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	57′ 6.25″	482	Shot Put
12	Tyler Marrogy	Walled Lake Central	171′ 3″	476	Discus
12	Nathan Cody	Walled Lake Central	171′ 2″	476	Discus
12	Brycen Anderson	Walled Lake Central	56′ 9″	476	Shot Put
12	Nathan Cody	Walled Lake Central	55′ 3.5″	464	Shot Put
11	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	161′ 2″	451	Discus
12	Robert Smiley	Walled Lake Central	157′ 11″	442	Discus
10	Dylan Akers	Walled Lake Central	48′ 4.25″	409	Shot Put
10	Dylan Akers	Walled Lake Central	127′ 5″	365	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Walled Lake Central	2317	2380	4697
2	Midland	1745	1715	3460
3	Grand Ledge	1173	1711	2884
4	Byron Center	1227	1649	2876
5	Monroe	1207	1610	2818
6	Zeeland East	1346	1277	2623
7	Grosse Pointe North	1271	1335	2607
8	Caledonia	828	1638	2466
9	Cedar Springs	1246	1176	2422
10	Warren DeLaSalle	1212	1161	2373
11	East Kentwood	1197	1138	2335
12	Detroit Catholic Central	1269	815	2084
13	Livonia Churchill	1218	794	2012
14	Macomb Dakota	1200	774	1975
15	Rochester Adams	373	1569	1942
16	Portage Central	844	817	1661
17	Hudsonville	781	851	1632
18	Fraser	812	794	1606
19	Swartz Creek	1221	376	1597
20	Rochester	385	1208	1592
21	Zeeland West	776	814	1590
22	Jenison	769	804	1573
23	Hartland	785	773	1559
24	Muskegon	770	775	1545
25	Warren Woods Tower	773	748	1521
26	Brownstown Woodhaven	756	758	1514
27	Walled Lake Western	488	879	1366
28	Beverly Hills Groves	892	472	1364
29	White Lake Lakeland	884	470	1354
30	Plymouth	850	401	1251
31	Traverse City West	412	834	1246
32	Portage Northern	–	1237	1237
33	Lake Orion	405	828	1232
34	Saline	800	432	1232
35	Muskegon Mona Shores	794	407	1201
36	Temperance Bedford	797	399	1196
37	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	380	814	1194
38	Port Huron Northern	788	400	1189
39	Livonia Stevenson	394	791	1186
40	Rockford	769	416	1185
41	West Bloomfield	787	390	1177
42	Warren Mott	800	375	1175
43	Clarkston	391	784	1175
44	Grosse Pointe South	376	799	1175
45	Novi	381	792	1173
46	Belleville	393	773	1166
47	Lapeer	383	771	1154
48	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	770	379	1149
49	Grandville	759	378	1136
50	Canton	377	740	1117

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
11	Brennan Faber	Parma Western	59′ 10.5″	500	Shot Put
12	Noah Shaw	Parma Western	56′ 2″	471	Shot Put
12	Noah Shaw	Parma Western	166′ 1″	463	Discus
11	AJ Scutt	Parma Western	148′ 9″	419	Discus
11	Ronald London	Parma Western	47′ 1.25″	399	Shot Put
11	Brennan Faber	Parma Western	140′ 7″	398	Discus
11	AJ Scutt	Parma Western	46′ 0″	390	Shot Put
11	Ronald London	Parma Western	130′ 1″	372	Discus
12	JJ Stewart	Parma Western	43′ 1″	367	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Parma Western	1760	1652	3413
2	Coopersville	1644	1647	3292
3	Frankenmuth	1316	1745	3061
4	Hamilton	1550	1151	2701
5	Corunna	1224	1230	2454
6	Stevensville Lakeshore	1181	1215	2396
7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	1198	1192	2390
8	Whitehall	1131	1192	2323
9	Howard City Tri-County	779	1541	2320
10	Otsego	1560	751	2311
11	Freeland	901	1234	2135
12	Petoskey	826	1236	2061
13	Clio	787	1160	1947
14	Shepherd	771	1156	1927
15	Ionia	778	1140	1918
16	Three Rivers	1169	743	1912
17	Riverview	1118	762	1880
18	Hudsonville Unity Christian	762	1101	1863
19	Croswell-Lexington	744	1075	1819
20	Wayland Union	1218	499	1717
21	Carleton Airport	840	852	1692
22	Gladwin	878	779	1657
23	Coldwater	850	787	1638
24	East Grand Rapids	820	813	1633
25	Macomb Lutheran North	805	819	1624
26	Edwardsburg	808	815	1623
27	Berrien Springs	804	783	1588
28	Paw Paw	411	1161	1572
29	Lansing Sexton	1563	–	1563
30	Forest Hills Eastern	370	1178	1548
31	Allendale	387	1145	1532
32	DeWitt	750	764	1514
33	Vicksburg	742	761	1504
34	Cadillac	1130	364	1494
35	Sparta	465	835	1300
36	Essexville Garber	430	832	1262
37	Niles	1198	–	1198
38	Fowlerville	396	786	1182
39	Gaylord	767	410	1177
40	Marshall	425	752	1177
41	Dearborn Divine Child	410	760	1170
42	Mason	–	1141	1141
43	Marine City	1129	–	1129
44	Haslett	399	727	1126
45	Hopkins	771	352	1123
46	St. Clair	363	756	1120
47	Alma	374	744	1118
48	Spring Lake	366	722	1088
49	Comstock Park	460	370	830
50	Owosso	410	415	826

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	60′ 5″	505	Shot Put
12	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	169′ 3″	471	Discus
12	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	54′ 7.5″	459	Shot Put
12	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	150′ 0″	422	Discus
12	Collin Schneider	Pewamo-Westphalia	42′ 0″	358	Shot Put
12	Collin Schneider	Pewamo-Westphalia	123′ 6″	355	Discus
11	Ayden Fox	Pewamo-Westphalia	121′ 8″	350	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	1322	1599	2920
2	Lawton	911	1599	2510
3	Standish Sterling	1251	1189	2440
4	Midland Bullock Creek	1204	1229	2433
5	Detroit Voyageur	1431	699	2131
6	Constantine	865	1252	2117
7	Kingsley	789	1202	1991
8	Chesaning	1139	740	1879
9	Leslie	426	1449	1875
10	Stanton Central Montcalm	1142	731	1873
11	Mason County Central	850	872	1722
12	Brooklyn Columbia Central	800	799	1599
13	Caro	785	784	1569
14	Benzie Central	798	733	1531
15	McBain	764	749	1513
16	Manchester	738	775	1513
17	Jonesville	1117	347	1464
18	Ithaca	1111	350	1460
19	Sand Creek	751	701	1452
20	Reese	352	1081	1433
21	Clare	791	436	1227
22	Union City	416	804	1220
23	Manistee	784	426	1210
24	GR NorthPointe Christian	383	820	1203
25	Roscommon	773	368	1141
26	University Liggett	762	370	1131
27	Hillsdale	378	745	1123
28	Lakeview	374	749	1122
29	Charlevoix	744	358	1102
30	Remus Chippewa Hills	351	749	1099
31	Kent City	375	721	1096
32	Springport	362	732	1094
33	Lansing Catholic	399	691	1090
34	Napoleon	361	722	1083
35	North Muskegon	737	340	1076
36	Parchment	729	347	1075
37	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	715	359	1074
38	Quincy	353	685	1038
39	Clinton	449	444	892
40	Manton	456	394	851
41	Reed City	390	455	846
42	Bangor	413	395	808
43	Jackson Lumen Christi	374	424	798
44	Grayling	373	398	771
45	Erie Mason	397	370	767
46	Sanford-Meridian	–	765	765
47	Olivet	366	395	762
48	Ovid-Elsie	352	402	754
49	Comstock	373	379	752
50	Vassar	369	380	749

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Dominic Scharer	Hillsdale Academy	165′ 8″	462	Discus
12	Dominic Scharer	Hillsdale Academy	46′ 5″	393	Shot Put
12	Magnus Heckel	Hillsdale Academy	133′ 2″	380	Discus
12	Magnus Heckel	Hillsdale Academy	44′ 6.5″	378	Shot Put
11	Joel Miller	Hillsdale Academy	129′ 6″	370	Discus
11	Joel Miller	Hillsdale Academy	41′ 1″	351	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Hillsdale Academy	1123	1212	2335
2	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	1517	742	2259
3	Beal City	1448	809	2258
4	White Pigeon	1494	706	2200
5	Fowler	1453	734	2186
6	Frankfort	1106	1034	2139
7	Potterville	1307	698	2005
8	Riverview Gabriel Richard	710	1092	1802
9	Breckenridge	816	773	1590
10	Morrice	779	747	1526
11	Detroit Frederick Douglass	730	772	1502
12	Saginaw Nouvel	760	715	1475
13	Maple City Glen Lake	742	722	1465
14	East Jordan	694	699	1393
15	Charlton Heston Academy	713	662	1376
16	Onaway	345	1027	1371
17	Unionville-Sebewaing	670	684	1353
18	Britton Deerfield	323	1020	1343
19	Deckerville	1009	333	1342
20	Marion	375	758	1133
21	Climax-Scotts	746	356	1102
22	Marcellus	729	373	1101
23	Centreville	391	708	1099
24	Mason County Eastern	333	744	1078
25	Kalamazoo Hackett	328	740	1069
26	Allen Park Cabrini	654	404	1058
27	Indian River Inland Lakes	349	708	1057
28	Kingston	700	351	1051
29	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	680	361	1041
30	Sterling Heights Parkway	362	672	1034
31	Saugatuck	330	691	1021
32	White Cloud	436	410	846
33	Fruitport Calvary Christian	355	426	781
34	Adrian Lenawee Christian	362	395	757
35	Bellaire	380	365	745
36	Eau Claire	–	735	735
37	Gobles	382	350	731
38	Lincoln-Alcona	325	388	713
39	Reading	334	370	704
40	Carson City-Crystal	341	361	702
41	Southfield Christian	365	336	701
42	Lansing Christian	359	340	699
43	Concord	–	698	698
44	Webberville	696	–	696
45	Three Oaks River Valley	333	357	690
46	Pentwater	352	326	678
47	Waldron	329	346	675
48	Lutheran Westland	345	330	675
49	St. Charles	352	322	673
50	Martin	332	336	669

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	165′ 9″	462	Discus
12	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	52′ 5″	441	Shot Put
12	Garrett Veale	Kingsford	47′ 4.5″	401	Shot Put
12	Grayson Palmer	Kingsford	132′ 4″	377	Discus
12	Grayson Palmer	Kingsford	41′ 10.25″	357	Shot Put
12	Garrett Veale	Kingsford	122′ 5″	352	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Kingsford	1199	1192	2391
2	Marquette	1064	1068	2132
3	Gladstone	1404	685	2089
4	Bessemer	1031	1048	2079
5	Lake Linden-Hubbell	694	1114	1808
6	Rudyard	1004	691	1695
7	Newberry	1077	387	1464
8	Sault Ste. Marie	1074	373	1448
9	St. Ignace	366	1074	1440
10	Houghton	660	660	1320
11	Ishpeming	708	356	1064
12	Baraga	351	710	1061
13	Rapid River	343	709	1051
14	Rock Mid-Peninsula	331	653	984
15	Forest Park	355	379	735
16	Calumet	386	314	699
17	Escanaba	355	317	672
18	Ironwood	336	334	671
19	West Iron County	353	318	671
20	Gwinn	332	334	666
21	Manistique	335	324	658
22	Powers North Central	345	312	657
23	Pickford	322	311	633
24	Pickford	322	311	633
25	Hancock	386	–	386
26	L’Anse	334	–	334
27	Dollar Bay	–	327	327
28	Engadine	–	327	327
29	Menominee	325	–	325
30	Brimley	324	–	324
31	Ontonagon Area	–	315	315

THROWERS OF THE YEAR

As always, check out Jeff Hollobaugh’s michtrack.org for how the marks from this year relate in a historical sense. And also, his newsletter for an immediate recap of June 1st’s events.

Brycen Anderson, Walled Lake Central

Shot Put

56’ 9”, #12 in Michigan

5^th Place – D1 State
Region 9 Champion

Discus

194’ 1”, #1 in Michigan (#10 All-Time), #23 in US

2x Lakes Valley Champion
2x Oakland County Champion
2023 All-State

Mason Mayne, Lawton

Shot Put

60’ 9”, #2 in Michigan, #69 in US

2^nd Place – D3 State
Region 24 Champion
3x All-State

Discus

178’ 0”, #3 in Michigan, #150 in US

D3 State Champion
Unbeaten in 2024
2x All-State

Derrick Simmons, Frankenmuth

Shot Put

59’ 4.25”, #5 in Michigan, #122 in US

3^rdPlace – D2 State
Region 20 & TVC Red Champion
2x State Qualifier

Discus

173’ 0”, #6 in Michigan

3^rd Place – D2 State
Region 20 Champion

Gavin Nurenberg, Pewamo-Westphalia

Shot Put

60’ 5”, #3 in Michigan, #82 in US

2023 & 2024 D3 State Champion
4x All-State
4x Regional Champion
3x CMAC Champion

Discus

169’ 3”, #13 in Michigan

2^nd Place – D3 State
4x All-State
4x Regional Champion
4x CMAC Champion

Garrett Weeden, Zeeland East

Shot Put

59’ 0.25”, #6 in Michigan, #143 in US
D1 State Champion
Unbeaten in 2024
2x State Qualifier

Discus

171’ 3”, #8 in Michigan

2^nd Place – D1 State
Region 2 & OK Green Champion
Team State Winner
6^th Place – 2023 D1 State

Adam Huff, Wayland Union

Shot Put

55’ 11”, #15 in Michigan

10^th Place – D2 State
OK Gold Champion
2x State Qualifier

Discus

180’ 4”, #2 in Michigan, #116 in US

D2 State Champion
Unbeaten in 2024
2^nd Place – 2023 D2 State

Tyler Marrogy, Walled Lake Central

Shot Put

58’ 2.5”, #8 in Michigan

2^nd Place – D1 State
2^nd Place – Oakland County

Discus

171’ 3”, #8 in Michigan

Region 9 Champion
2^nd Place – Oakland County
18^th Place – D1 State
2023 All-State

Andre Neumann, White Lake Lakeland

Shot Put

57’ 8”, #9 in Michigan

Oakland County Champion
20^th Place – D1 State

Discus

168’ 8”, #16 in Michigan

5^th Place – D1 State
2x State Qualifier

Matt Foor, Carleton Airport

Shot Put

54’ 0”, #28 in Michigan

5^th Place – D2 State
Huron League & Region 16 Champion
2x All-State

Discus

177’ 1”, #5 in Michigan
13^th Place – D2 State
Huron League & Region 16 Champion
2x State Qualifier

Nathan Cody, Walled Lake Central

Shot Put

55’ 3.5”, #20 in Michigan

7^th Place – D1 State

Discus

171’ 2”, #10 in Michigan

3^rd Place – D1 State
3^rd Place – Oakland County
2x State Qualifier

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	12	Brycen Anderson	Walled Lake Central	1	476	534	1010
2	11	Mason Mayne	Lawton	3	507	493	1001
3	11	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	2	496	481	977
4	12	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	505	471	976
5	12	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	1	494	476	970
6	11	Adam Huff	Wayland Union	2	469	499	968
7	12	Tyler Marrogy	Walled Lake Central	1	487	476	963
8	10	Andre Neumann	White Lake Lakeland	1	483	470	953
9	12	Matt Foor	Carleton Airport	2	454	491	945
10	12	Nathan Cody	Walled Lake Central	1	464	476	940
11	11	Liam Vaughan	Walled Lake Western	1	488	452	940
12	12	Bennett VandenBerg	Constantine	3	462	476	939
13	12	Samuel Talaga	Freeland	2	468	471	938
14	12	Gabe Vansickle	Coopersville	2	511	425	936
15	12	Noah Shaw	Parma Western	2	471	463	934
16	11	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	1	482	451	932
17	12	Merrick Hocking	Midland	1	471	460	930
18	12	Robbie Schuckel	Northville	1	456	471	928
19	11	Dominic Weatherly	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	1	476	450	926
20	11	Teegan Simmons	Monroe	1	440	476	916
21	11	Maxwell Stoecker	Midland	1	456	450	907
22	12	Clintin Allen	Grosse Pointe North	1	415	491	906
23	12	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	UP	441	462	903
24	12	Clay Leestma	East Grand Rapids	2	450	453	903
25	11	Dustin Warner	Sparta	2	465	438	903
26	11	Brennan Faber	Parma Western	2	500	398	899
27	12	Matthew Gurwin	Walled Lake Northern	1	430	467	897
28	11	Nolan Stubblefield	Byron Center	1	446	451	897
29	12	Logan Klein	Gladwin	2	464	431	895
30	11	Mason Brodie	Clinton	3	449	444	892
31	11	Case Johnson	Greenville	1	444	447	891
32	12	Ian Fedewa	Caledonia	1	439	450	889
33	11	Gradyn Wilson	Mason County Central	3	446	442	888
34	12	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	1	462	426	888
35	11	Rusty Klaer	St. Joseph	1	443	444	887
36	12	Matt Vaughn	Stevensville Lakeshore	2	429	457	886
37	12	Brady McGee	Essexville Garber	2	430	454	884
38	11	Chase Bott	Kingsley	3	421	463	884
39	12	Maddox Gonzalez	Standish Sterling	3	447	435	883
40	12	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	459	422	881
41	12	Logan Cole	Union City	3	416	460	876
42	12	Larson Fessenden	Edwardsburg	2	421	454	874
43	10	Jackson Reilly	Coldwater	2	433	438	871
44	11	Hudson Pant	Cedar Springs	1	466	405	871
45	12	Jake Punches	Clare	3	432	436	868
46	10	Paxton Heitsch	Detroit Catholic Central	1	448	418	866
47	11	Niko Mamaladze	Frankenmuth	2	397	467	864
48	12	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	4	425	439	863
49	11	Reinaldo Williams	Grosse Pointe North	1	453	410	863
50	11	Darrin Strey	Paw Paw	2	411	451	862
51	11	Camden Pawlick	Saline	1	427	432	859
52	11	Liam Takace	Portage Central	1	442	416	858
53	12	Conner Cherney	Davison	1	420	436	857
54	12	Dominic Scharer	Hillsdale Academy	4	393	462	855
55	12	Brody Shaw	Petoskey	2	425	430	854
56	10	Carl Flinton	Holt	1	419	433	852
57	10	Oliver Long	Morrice	4	444	408	852
58	11	Ricky Johnson	Battle Creek Harper Creek	2	414	438	851
59	11	Carter Helsel	Manton	3	456	394	851
60	12	Alex Pranger	GR NorthPointe Christian	3	383	467	850
61	12	Idrys Cotton	Plymouth	1	449	401	850
62	11	Zander Mapes	Breckenridge	4	425	424	849
63	11	Korbin Sulitis	Petoskey	2	401	447	848
64	10	Tyler Woodside	Reed City	3	390	455	846
65	12	Lloyd Sebright-Johnson	White Cloud	4	436	410	846
66	12	Caius Johns	Manistee	3	416	426	842
67	11	Alan Mrva	Corunna	2	398	442	840
68	10	Jackson Shaltry	Grand Ledge	1	379	458	838
69	11	Maxwell Richardson	Forest Hills Central	1	421	417	837
70	12	Marcus Robinson	Grosse Pointe North	1	404	434	837
71	12	Lawrence Harding	Midland Bullock Creek	3	399	439	837
72	10	Alex Robbins	Otsego	2	440	397	837
73	11	Devin Lamar	Livonia Churchill	1	425	411	835
74	11	Bobby Kanka	Howell	1	397	438	835
75	12	Brogan Dodge	Leslie	3	426	409	835
76	11	Alex O’Dell	Berrien Springs	2	406	428	833
77	12	Jacob Esch	Fowlerville	2	396	436	832
78	11	Riley Gelderbloom	Comstock Park	2	460	370	830
79	11	Zach Buschlen	Midland	1	408	421	829
80	12	Zach DeLeeuw	Freeland	2	433	395	829
81	11	Rashawn Rogers	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	1	380	448	828
82	11	Zach Rye	Owosso	2	410	415	826
83	10	Eli Bickel	North Branch	2	406	420	825
84	12	Tyler Lopez	Jenison	1	392	431	823
85	12	Kaiden Long	Fenton	1	408	414	822
86	11	Canon Manley	Constantine	3	403	420	822
87	12	Mason Shultz	Temperance Bedford	1	423	399	822
88	12	Andrew Miller	Utica Ford	1	391	430	821
89	11	Lucas Sidlauskas	Cheboygan	2	389	432	821
90	12	Kyler Brunan	Traverse City West	1	412	407	819
91	9	Chris Tetloff	Midland Bullock Creek	3	444	374	818
92	10	Theodore Ciarelli	Dearborn Divine Child	2	410	407	817
93	11	Jayden Jones	Livonia Stevenson	1	394	422	817
94	12	Bryce Porter	Detroit Catholic Central	1	420	396	816
95	11	Andrew Starrs	Macomb Lutheran North	2	403	413	816
96	12	Logan McGarry	Caro	3	412	400	812
97	12	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	2	423	390	812
98	12	Mason Dunn	Ogemaw Heights	2	380	432	812
99	11	AJ Scutt	Parma Western	2	390	419	809
100	10	Lincoln Watkins	Port Huron Northern	1	409	400	809