These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by 9PM Tuesday (5/14), which *should* represent the last of the varsity-type marks before Regional Weekend.
If you’d like to delve more into how individual performances relate in a historical sense, please subscribe to Jeff Hollobaugh’s MichTrack Newsletter. Jeff always does an excellent job of recapping our athletes and their individual greatness, along with providing stories and thoughtful anecdotes. These rankings attempt to capture the here and now, but it’s tough for me to do this and shoutout to the great individual marks. So check out the newsletter and learn more about the superb athletes from our state.
Have you noticed that I’m copy/pasting the same intro each time? Well I haven’t had any complaints just yet…
Top Individuals – Best Races
The overall best races of the season for each individual from either the 110’s or 300s.
Grade
Name
Time
Team
Points
Event
Ranks
11
Will Jaiden Smith
14.01
Belleville
509
110h
Michigan #1, US #63
10
Zacchaeus Brocks
14.09
Detroit Catholic Central
503
110h
Michigan #2, US #88
11
Elijah Dotson
14.13
Belleville
500
110h
Michigan #3, US #100
Top Individuals – Combined
The top athletes if you combined the two hurdle races.
Took Monday off from posting here and it turns out we’re 2(!!!) days out from the start of Regionals. Best of luck to all as you start on your journey toward the State Finals. This is the final ranking of the regular season, after I wrap up Hurdles, Vault, and Distance this week, I’ll move onto State Previews and Predictions.
As there are no additional regional qualifying standards for relays (everyone gets to run theirs), I did a little math to find what the equivalent would be. For instance, the state qualifier for the D1 100m is 11.1 and the regional qualifier is 11.5, 3.6% slower. The state qualifying standard for the 4×1 is 43.5, and 45.06 (rounding up to 45.1 to be generous) is 3.6% slower. Here is a chart with an estimated regional qualifier for each relay:
Est. RQ
D1 Boys
D2 Boys
D3 Boys
D4 Boys
4×1
45.10
46.30
47.30
48.80
4×2
1:34.5
1:36.6
1:38.6
1:41.5
4×4
3:35.6
3:41.0
3:45.1
3:56.4
4×8
8:27.5
8:42.8
9:09.4
9:32.1
Est. RQ
D1 Girls
D2 Girls
D3 Girls
D4 Girls
4×1
52.50
54.20
55.50
57.50
4×2
1:52.8
1:54.8
1:57.6
2:04.4
4×4
4:20.0
4:31.1
4:39.4
4:51.8
4×8
10:20.5
10:50.9
11:26.1
11:51.4
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by 9PM Saturday (5/12).
If you’d like to delve more into how individual performances relate in a historical sense, please subscribe to Jeff Hollobaugh’s MichTrack Newsletter. Jeff always does an excellent job of recapping our athletes and their individual greatness, along with providing stories and thoughtful anecdotes. These rankings attempt to capture the here and now, but it’s tough for me to do this and shoutout to the great individual marks. So check out the newsletter and learn more about the superb athletes from our state.
Have you noticed that I’m copy/pasting the same intro each time? Well I haven’t had any complaints just yet…
Top Individuals – Best Sprint
Thought I’d throw this in here for additional flavor. Using the tables which convert a time from each event into points, then comparing the three events, the best sprints of the year thus far:
Rank
Grade
Name
Time
Team
Event
Points
Rank
1
10
Kamryn Tatum
24.10
West Bloomfield
200m
497
Michigan #1, US #100
2
10
Kamryn Tatum
55.42
West Bloomfield
400m
495
Michigan #2, US #107
3
9
Nevaeh Burns
55.75
Oak Park
400m
488
Michigan #3, US #10 freshman
Top Individuals – Combined Sprints
And this one combines two sprints. I realize that you could combine all three, but most sprinters tend to specialize between the 1 & 2 or 2 & 4. Then you have the crazy kids doing the 4 & 8, but we’ll get to them by the end of the year.
As there are no additional regional qualifying standards for relays (everyone gets to run theirs), I did a little math to find what the equivalent would be. For instance, the state qualifier for the D1 100m is 11.1 and the regional qualifier is 11.5, 3.6% slower. The state qualifying standard for the 4×1 is 43.5, and 45.06 (rounding up to 45.1 to be generous) is 3.6% slower. Here is a chart with an estimated regional qualifier for each relay:
Est. RQ
D1 Boys
D2 Boys
D3 Boys
D4 Boys
4×1
45.10
46.30
47.30
48.80
4×2
1:34.5
1:36.6
1:38.6
1:41.5
4×4
3:35.6
3:41.0
3:45.1
3:56.4
4×8
8:27.5
8:42.8
9:09.4
9:32.1
Est. RQ
D1 Girls
D2 Girls
D3 Girls
D4 Girls
4×1
52.50
54.20
55.50
57.50
4×2
1:52.8
1:54.8
1:57.6
2:04.4
4×4
4:20.0
4:31.1
4:39.4
4:51.8
4×8
10:20.5
10:50.9
11:26.1
11:51.4
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by 9PM Saturday (5/11).
If you’d like to delve more into how individual performances relate in a historical sense, please subscribe to Jeff Hollobaugh’s MichTrack Newsletter. Jeff always does an excellent job of recapping our athletes and their individual greatness, along with providing stories and thoughtful anecdotes. These rankings attempt to capture the here and now, but it’s tough for me to do this and shoutout to the great individual marks. So check out the newsletter and learn more about the superb athletes from our state.
Have you noticed that I’m copy/pasting the same intro each time? Well I haven’t had any complaints just yet…
Top Individuals – Best Sprint
Thought I’d throw this in here for additional flavor. Using the tables which convert a time from each event into points, then comparing the three events, the best sprints of the year thus far:
Shamar Heard, Chippewa Valley – 47.18 400m, 519 points (Michigan #1, US #41) Evan Watson, Troy Athens – 47.34 400m, 513 points (Michigan #2, US #52) Malachi Mosley, East Kentwood – 47.79 400m, 497 points (Michigan #3, US #104)
Top Individuals – Combined Sprints
This takes the two best races of any athlete. Of course, it could contain all three, but I realize some are specialized into short sprints or long sprints.
