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Best Women’s College Distance Crews: Week Three

Week One Rankings

The description from the above link was nice and concise, so here you go:

“Yeah, this is a bit of a dead zone in my coverage, and while I’m having fun going back through previous state meet ratings, I do want to throw a little something out there.

This type of track coverage on my end started two years ago and was really honed in on during last spring. Last spring’s version broke down groups by event category, assigned my own version of World Athletics Scores to each time, and then compiling all those to rank each crew.

These are calculated similarly. Thankfully, all the main collegiate events (800m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m) have World Athletics scores associated.

  • For each of those four events, a team’s top times are averaged
    • These are up to the top-4, depending on how many of their athletes have competed in the event
  • From those averages, the corresponding World Athletics Score is found, then that score is multiplied by the number of athletes from each event
  • A school’s top three events are added together and those sums are then ranked
  • These are all marks that were on TFRRS as of Sunday night and contain those running for their school (no unattached athletes).

These aren’t predictive in any way, just a calculation based on what has already occurred. Hopefully, they’re a way to show which distance crews punch above their division and highlight which schools specialize in certain events. I’ll be doing these each week, alternating between women and men.“

RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision800mMile3000m5000m
1Michigan1220814096406840440
2Michigan State1197214072404038600
3Grand Valley St.1192423708400439483972
4Eastern Michigan1152413864382038403588
5Central Michigan1137213680386438283608
6Oakland1092013576351237323612
7Western Michigan1083613396372037202676
8Saginaw Valley1058023576330435283476
9Wayne State1020023112346434203316
10Northern Michigan1001623280342833083260
11Hope981633204304033043308
12Northwood973221690334032643128
13Ferris State947222298329629803196
14Cornerstone9368NAIA2984314430883136
15Hillsdale933223528284029642172
16Detroit Mercy915211272306831002984
17Davenport905222892316429962091
18Calvin880432116332833600
19Aquinas8752NAIA3112279628440
20Siena Heights7960NAIA2528249627442688
21Spring Arbor7588NAIA2272259227241974
22Adrian750832412251625800
23Madonna7168NAIA305228081308785
24Albion660132108239620971998
25Alma623032280224017100
26Rochester6100NAIA1620262018601340
27Concordia5864NAIA210819161840836
28Lake Superior State50522218023365360
29Olivet450432440206400
30St. Clair County CC3531NJCAA143414506470
31Cleary2645NAIA76011187670
32SW Michigan2483NJCAA019645190
33Lawrence Tech2433NAIA852793788786
34Muskegon CC2362NJCAA157678600

RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Michigan122081
2Michigan State119721
3Eastern Michigan115241
4Central Michigan113721
5Oakland109201
6Western Michigan108361
7Detroit Mercy91521
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Grand Valley St.119242
2Saginaw Valley105802
3Wayne State102002
4Northern Michigan100162
5Northwood97322
6Ferris State94722
7Hillsdale93322
8Davenport90522
9Lake Superior State50522
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Hope98163
2Calvin88043
3Adrian75083
4Albion66013
5Alma62303
6Olivet45043
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Cornerstone9368NAIA
2Aquinas8752NAIA
3Siena Heights7960NAIA
4Spring Arbor7588NAIA
5Madonna7168NAIA
6Rochester6100NAIA
7Concordia5864NAIA
8Cleary2645NAIA
9Lawrence Tech2433NAIA
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1St. Clair County CC3531NJCAA
2SW Michigan2483NJCAA
3Muskegon CC2362NJCAA

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan800m42:08.00
Michigan State800m42:08.38
Eastern Michigan800m42:11.50
Grand Valley St.800m42:13.94
Central Michigan800m42:14.33
Oakland800m42:15.99
Saginaw Valley800m42:16.01
Hillsdale800m42:16.76
Lawrence Tech800m12:18.70
Western Michigan800m42:18.91
Northwood800m22:19.16
Northern Michigan800m42:20.81
Hope800m42:22.09
Aquinas800m42:23.63
Wayne State800m42:23.67
Ferris State800m32:24.47
Madonna800m42:24.66
Cornerstone800m42:25.83
Davenport800m42:27.48
St. Clair County CC800m22:27.92
Detroit Mercy800m22:33.86
Siena Heights800m42:34.17
Olivet800m42:35.82
Adrian800m42:36.39
Alma800m42:39.01
Spring Arbor800m42:39.14
Lake Superior State800m42:41.01
Rochester800m32:41.37
Calvin800m42:42.29
Albion800m42:42.44
Concordia800m42:42.48
Muskegon CC800m42:54.30
Cleary800m22:55.65
TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
MichiganMile44:44.54
Michigan StateMile44:45.59
Grand Valley St.Mile44:46.93
Central MichiganMile44:52.09
Eastern MichiganMile44:53.72
Western MichiganMile44:56.45
OaklandMile45:05.53
Wayne StateMile45:07.40
Northern MichiganMile45:08.75
NorthwoodMile45:12.23
CalvinMile45:12.72
Saginaw ValleyMile45:13.74
Ferris StateMile45:14.13
Lawrence TechMile15:19.09
DavenportMile45:19.41
CornerstoneMile45:20.27
Detroit MercyMile45:23.43
HopeMile45:24.58
St. Clair County CCMile25:30.52
HillsdaleMile45:33.17
MadonnaMile45:34.57
AquinasMile45:35.07
RochesterMile45:42.89
Spring ArborMile45:44.12
AdrianMile45:47.61
Siena HeightsMile45:48.65
AlbionMile45:53.32
Lake Superior StateMile45:56.18
AlmaMile46:00.69
ClearyMile26:00.92
OlivetMile46:09.50
SW MichiganMile46:14.68
ConcordiaMile46:17.27
Muskegon CCMile26:36.26
TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan3000m49:28.96
Grand Valley St.3000m49:36.42
Michigan State3000m49:43.50
Eastern Michigan3000m49:45.19
Central Michigan3000m49:46.11
Oakland3000m49:53.70
Western Michigan3000m49:54.72
Saginaw Valley3000m410:10.63
Wayne State3000m410:19.60
Calvin3000m410:24.69
Northern Michigan3000m410:29.30
Hope3000m410:29.61
Northwood3000m410:33.02
Lawrence Tech3000m110:43.07
Detroit Mercy3000m410:47.60
Cornerstone3000m410:48.50
Cleary3000m110:50.38
Davenport3000m410:56.95
Ferris State3000m410:58.25
Hillsdale3000m410:59.74
Aquinas3000m411:10.66
Albion3000m311:15.35
Siena Heights3000m411:20.27
Spring Arbor3000m411:22.15
Madonna3000m211:32.55
St. Clair County CC3000m111:35.32
Adrian3000m411:36.04
Alma3000m312:06.34
Lake Superior State3000m112:20.60
SW Michigan3000m112:28.03
Rochester3000m412:51.87
Concordia3000m412:54.21
TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Grand Valley St.5000m416:31.31
Oakland5000m417:22.72
Central Michigan5000m417:23.70
Eastern Michigan5000m417:26.43
Western Michigan5000m317:29.04
Saginaw Valley5000m417:42.94
Wayne State5000m418:06.99
Hope5000m418:08.16
Northern Michigan5000m418:15.95
Ferris State5000m418:25.68
Lawrence Tech5000m118:33.54
Madonna5000m118:34.53
Cornerstone5000m418:35.10
Northwood5000m418:36.50
Detroit Mercy5000m418:59.26
Hillsdale5000m319:13.09
Davenport5000m319:31.46
Siena Heights5000m419:47.71
Rochester5000m219:49.36
Albion5000m319:52.11
Spring Arbor5000m319:57.72
Concordia5000m223:00.82
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Best Men’s College Distance Crews: Week Two

I began last week with the women, now onto the men. I felt the explanation was nice and concise, so here you go:

“Yeah, this is a bit of a dead zone in my coverage, and while I’m having fun going back through previous state meet ratings, I do want to throw a little something out there.

This type of track coverage on my end started two years ago and was really honed in on during last spring. Last spring’s version broke down groups by event category, assigned my own version of World Athletics Scores to each time, and then compiling all those to rank each crew.

These are calculated similarly. Thankfully, all the main collegiate events (800m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m) have World Athletics scores associated.

  • For each of those four events, a team’s top times are averaged
    • These are up to the top-4, depending on how many of their athletes have competed in the event
  • From those averages, the corresponding World Athletics Score is found, then that score is multiplied by the number of athletes from each event
  • A school’s top three events are added together and those sums are then ranked
  • These are all marks that were on TFRRS as of Sunday night and contain those running for their school (no unattached athletes).

These aren’t predictive in any way, just a calculation based on what has already occurred. Hopefully, they’re a way to show which distance crews punch above their division and highlight which schools specialize in certain events. I’ll be doing these each week, alternating between women and men.

RankTeam800mMile3000m5000mTotal Points
1Michigan403642004172108912408
2Michigan State366041124120197411892
3Grand Valley St.381637323836373611388
4Saginaw Valley362835283576350810732
5Oakland325634203580345210452
6Eastern Michigan264337963212334810356
7Northwood316836123464314010244
8Aquinas31643368343631529968
9Hope32483172350429769924
10Hillsdale34923352294809792
11Cornerstone34203196300818309624
12Spring Arbor34203220289627329536
13Davenport30081692306029329000
14Ferris State19832936284028728648
15Lawrence Tech2956310423886898448
16Rochester23082872263225088012
17Siena Heights30042612220811487824
18Detroit Mercy15763160306413327800
19Adrian30002200140423287528
20Calvin02920310813967424
21Madonna24881494280411046786
22Lake Superior State2144262018035946567
23Olivet21882288193506411
24Albion20401828227220326344
25Alma2504246810206765992
26Concordia216024206367555335
27Central Michigan7510340004151
28Muskegon CC1244207281904135
29Cleary2096145244103989
30SW Michigan826774109802698
31St. Clair County CC000422422

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan800m41:50.6
Grand Valley St.800m41:52.6
Michigan State800m41:54.0
Saginaw Valley800m41:54.3
Hillsdale800m41:55.6
Cornerstone800m41:56.3
Spring Arbor800m41:56.3
Oakland800m41:57.9
Hope800m41:58.0
Northwood800m41:58.8
Aquinas800m41:58.8
Davenport800m42:00.4
Siena Heights800m42:00.4
Adrian800m42:00.4
Lawrence Tech800m42:00.9
Eastern Michigan800m31:55.3
Alma800m42:05.8
Madonna800m42:05.9
Rochester800m42:08.0
Olivet800m42:09.4
Concordia800m42:09.8
Lake Superior State800m42:10.0
Cleary800m42:10.5
Albion800m42:11.2
Ferris State800m32:04.2
Detroit Mercy800m21:58.9
Muskegon CC800m22:06.0
SW Michigan800m22:16.3
Central Michigan800m12:00.4

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
MichiganMile44:02.1
Michigan StateMile44:03.8
Eastern MichiganMile44:10.6
Grand Valley St.Mile44:12.0
NorthwoodMile44:14.6
Saginaw ValleyMile44:16.5
OaklandMile44:18.9
AquinasMile44:20.1
HillsdaleMile44:20.5
Spring ArborMile44:23.5
CornerstoneMile44:24.1
HopeMile44:24.7
Detroit MercyMile44:24.8
Lawrence TechMile44:26.3
Ferris StateMile44:30.4
CalvinMile44:30.8
RochesterMile44:31.9
Lake Superior StateMile44:38.4
Siena HeightsMile44:38.6
AlmaMile44:42.4
ConcordiaMile44:43.7
OlivetMile44:47.4
AdrianMile44:49.9
Muskegon CCMile44:53.5
AlbionMile45:01.0
DavenportMile24:19.7
MadonnaMile24:29.1
ClearyMile45:13.3
SW MichiganMile25:10.0

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan3000m48:02.2
Michigan State3000m48:04.9
Grand Valley St.3000m48:17.0
Oakland3000m48:28.7
Saginaw Valley3000m48:28.9
Hope3000m48:32.2
Northwood3000m48:34.1
Aquinas3000m48:35.3
Central Michigan3000m48:37.0
Eastern Michigan3000m48:46.1
Calvin3000m48:51.2
Detroit Mercy3000m48:53.5
Davenport3000m48:53.7
Cornerstone3000m48:56.3
Hillsdale3000m48:59.4
Spring Arbor3000m49:01.9
Ferris State3000m49:04.8
Madonna3000m49:06.8
Rochester3000m49:15.8
Lawrence Tech3000m49:29.3
Albion3000m49:35.9
Siena Heights3000m49:39.8
Olivet3000m39:18.7
Lake Superior State3000m39:28.4
Adrian3000m29:06.5
SW Michigan3000m29:40.5
Alma3000m29:49.9
Muskegon CC3000m18:43.1
Concordia3000m210:42.3
Cleary3000m110:07.5

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan5000m113:33.8
Michigan State5000m214:04.1
Grand Valley St.5000m414:20.2
Saginaw Valley5000m414:38.1
Oakland5000m414:42.7
Eastern Michigan5000m414:51.1
Aquinas5000m415:07.3
Northwood5000m415:08.4
Concordia5000m115:18.5
Hope5000m415:22.6
Davenport5000m415:26.1
Ferris State5000m415:31.6
Calvin5000m215:38.9
Lawrence Tech5000m115:41.9
Spring Arbor5000m415:44.1
Alma5000m115:46.9
Detroit Mercy5000m215:50.2
Rochester5000m416:05.0
Cornerstone5000m316:11.4
Lake Superior State5000m116:17.5
Adrian5000m416:22.3
Siena Heights5000m216:25.9
Madonna5000m216:34.2
Albion5000m416:52.6
St. Clair County CC5000m117:30.3
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Best Women’s College Distance Crews: Week One

What is this? College?!?

Yeah, this is a bit of a dead zone in my coverage, and while I’m having fun going back through previous state meet ratings, I do want to throw a little something out there.

This type of track coverage on my end started two years ago and was really honed in on during last spring. Last spring’s version broke down groups by event category, assigned my own version of World Athletics Scores to each time, and then compiling all those to rank each crew.

These are calculated similarly. Thankfully, all the main collegiate events (800m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m) have World Athletics scores associated.

  • For each of those four events, a team’s top times are averaged
    • These are up to the top-4, depending on how many of their athletes have competed in the event
  • From those averages, the corresponding World Athletics Score is found, then that score is multiplied by the number of athletes from each event
  • A school’s top three events are added together and those sums are then ranked

These aren’t predictive in any way, just a calculation based on what has already occurred. Hopefully, they’re a way to show which distance crews punch above their division and highlight which schools specialize in certain events. I’ll be doing these each week, alternating between women and men.

RankTeamDivision800mMile3000m5000mTeam Score
1Michigan1409639683920011984
2Michigan State1404040403860011940
3Grand Valley St.2346438721048397211308
4Eastern Michigan1382835963664358811088
5Central Michigan1345838643236355610878
6Western Michigan1331236083720010640
7Oakland1350034923644267610636
8CornerstoneNAIA29083120301616069044
9Northwood216903076279231288996
10Hope331323000136024788610
11Northern Michigan222403004323215748476
12Ferris State222683116296808352
13Wayne State 24293344304417728160
14Saginaw Valley24393032149634527980
15Davenport228922004291607812
16Spring ArborNAIA21562592262007368
17Siena HeightsNAIA2484241224045967300
18Detroit Mercy112702844300807122
19Adrian322802144147305897
20Alma322802012158405876
21ConcordiaNAIA21081876180805792
22Hillsdale229762788005764
23RochesterNAIA13652380167205417
24Lake Superior State22180230451805002
25MadonnaNAIA22141476122804918
26Albion317160019983714
27AquinasNAIA8342512003346
28Calvin30237386703240
29Olivet313681062002430
30Lawrence TechNAIA852078701639
31Muskegon CCNJCAA530786001316
32ClearyNAIA01006001006

TeamEventRunnersAvg. Time
Michigan800m42:08.0
Michigan State800m42:08.8
Eastern Michigan800m42:12.0
Oakland800m42:17.2
Grand Valley St.800m42:17.8
Central Michigan800m42:17.9
Lawrence Tech800m12:18.7
Northwood800m22:19.2
Aquinas800m12:19.9
Western Michigan800m42:20.3
Hope800m42:23.3
Ferris State800m32:25.2
Hillsdale800m42:26.0
Madonna800m32:26.4
Cornerstone800m42:27.2
Davenport800m42:27.5
Olivet800m22:30.3
Detroit Mercy800m22:33.9
Siena Heights800m42:35.0
Albion800m32:38.8
Alma800m42:39.0
Adrian800m42:39.0
Northern Michigan800m42:39.8
Lake Superior State800m42:41.0
Spring Arbor800m42:41.5
Muskegon CC800m12:42.2
Concordia800m42:42.5
Rochester800m32:48.7
Saginaw Valley800m12:50.1
Wayne State800m12:51.0
TeamEventRunnersAvg. Time
Michigan StateMile44:45.6
MichiganMile44:48.2
Grand Valley St.Mile44:51.8
Central MichiganMile44:52.1
Western MichiganMile45:01.7
Eastern MichiganMile45:02.2
OaklandMile45:06.3
Wayne StateMile45:12.1
CalvinMile35:19.4
CornerstoneMile45:21.3
Ferris StateMile45:21.4
NorthwoodMile45:23.1
Saginaw ValleyMile45:25.0
Northern MichiganMile45:26.1
HopeMile45:26.2
MadonnaMile25:28.3
Detroit MercyMile45:32.9
HillsdaleMile45:35.4
Spring ArborMile45:44.1
AquinasMile45:47.8
Siena HeightsMile45:52.4
RochesterMile45:54.0
Lake Superior StateMile45:57.6
AdrianMile46:05.5
OlivetMile26:06.5
AlmaMile46:12.2
ClearyMile26:12.3
DavenportMile46:12.7
ConcordiaMile46:19.3
Muskegon CCMile26:36.4
TeamEventRunnersAvg. Time
Grand Valley St.3000m19:17.6
Michigan3000m49:38.7
Michigan State3000m49:43.5
Western Michigan3000m49:54.7
Eastern Michigan3000m49:59.4
Oakland3000m410:01.1
Calvin3000m110:15.5
Central Michigan3000m410:35.6
Northern Michigan3000m410:35.8
Lawrence Tech3000m110:43.1
Wayne State3000m410:52.5
Cornerstone3000m410:54.9
Detroit Mercy3000m410:55.9
Saginaw Valley3000m210:57.4
Ferris State3000m410:59.2
Davenport3000m411:04.1
Northwood3000m411:15.7
Hope3000m211:22.5
Spring Arbor3000m411:32.1
Madonna3000m211:48.3
Siena Heights3000m411:53.4
Alma3000m312:23.9
Lake Superior State3000m112:28.5
Adrian3000m312:40.2
Concordia3000m412:58.0
Rochester3000m413:14.4
TeamEventRunnersAvg. Time
Grand Valley St.5000m416:31.3
Eastern Michigan5000m417:26.4
Oakland5000m317:29.2
Central Michigan5000m417:31.3
Wayne State5000m217:32.9
Saginaw Valley5000m417:46.7
Hope5000m318:09.1
Cornerstone5000m218:23.1
Northern Michigan5000m218:33.2
Northwood5000m418:36.5
Albion5000m319:52.1
Siena Heights5000m120:41.3