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EXPLANATION

WEEK ONE RANKINGS

These rankings contain anything loaded to the athleticnet lists by 6pm WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

He ended his junior year on a high note, a Wayne County title after a successful initial season of throwing. In 2022, Demarrio Roetherford finished 4^th in both the Downriver League and Region 5. A year later, he’s showed signs of significant improvement. Both of his throws at the Tiger Relays were significant PRs, the most impressive of which was his 155’ launch of the discus. Not only a 10+ foot personal best, the 2^nd best mark in Division 1.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
11	Brycen Anderson	Walled Lake Central	Discus	155′ 5	436
10	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	Discus	149′ 7	421
11	Tyler Marrogy	Walled Lake Central	Shot Put	47′ 6	402
11	Nathan Cody	Walled Lake Central	Discus	140′ 3	398
11	Robert Smiley	Walled Lake Central	Discus	137′ 9	391
10	Garrod Alexander	Walled Lake Central	Shot Put	45′ 3	384
11	Nathan Cody	Walled Lake Central	Shot Put	44′ 0	374

D1 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Walled Lake Central	1160	1646	2806
2	Zeeland East	1581	1212	2793
3	Cedar Springs	780	1118	1898
4	Midland	796	796	1593
5	Rockford	1143	396	1539
6	St. Joseph	840	441	1281
7	Wyandotte Roosevelt	452	826	1278
8	Utica	416	784	1201
9	East Kentwood	785	404	1189
10	Monroe	402	782	1184
11	Walled Lake Western	381	756	1138
12	Macomb Dakota	388	743	1132
13	Mount Pleasant	381	746	1128
14	Battle Creek Lakeview	492	407	899
15	Holland West Ottawa	395	421	816
16	Warren DeLaSalle	813	0	813
17	Clarkston	448	364	812
18	Berkley	432	376	807
19	Novi	384	409	793
20	Lake Orion	383	407	790
21	Brighton	0	783	783
22	Saline	398	382	780
23	Detroit Catholic Central	392	382	774
24	Grosse Pointe North	767	0	767
25	Portage Central	397	369	766

What is the Lebron family feeding those Alma boys? Last week’s tri meet against Frankenmuth and Bridgeport produced some huge performances from Michael Howey and Devin Dennison. Howey set the school record with his 54’9 hoist. Unfortunately, Dennison was a few feet short of the Alma record, but he can take solace in his defeat of the defending D2 State Champ. The top two D2 throws crews reside in the TVC. Alma won the first battle 10-8, we’ll wait three more weeks for another duel in the TVC8 Championship.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
12	Devin Dennison	Alma	Discus	169′ 0	471
12	Michael Howey	Alma	Shot Put	54′ 9.5	460
12	Michael Howey	Alma	Discus	141′ 10	402
12	Devin Dennison	Alma	Shot Put	47′ 0	398
12	Carlos Martinez-Medina	Alma	Discus	134′ 3	382
12	Carlos Martinez-Medina	Alma	Shot Put	44′ 0.5	375
11	Santiago Rodriguez	Alma	Discus	127′ 11	366

D2 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Alma	1233	1621	2853
2	Frankenmuth	834	1562	2396
3	Coopersville	1203	803	2006
4	Portland	765	1208	1973
5	Parma Western	1143	769	1911
6	Midland Bullock Creek	1146	720	1866
7	Edwardsburg	740	839	1578
8	Wayland Union	753	801	1554
9	Allendale	386	1085	1471
10	Monroe Jefferson	374	1090	1464
11	Whitehall	460	731	1191
12	Grand Rapids South Christian	373	816	1188
13	Berrien Springs	402	781	1183
14	Gladwin	778	367	1146
15	Cadillac	378	743	1121
16	Ionia	368	745	1114
17	Plainwell	424	445	869
18	Dearborn Divine Child	400	444	844
19	Essexville Garber	393	406	799
20	Williamston	421	376	797
21	Milan	780	0	780
22	Madison Heights Lamphere	403	370	772
23	Dundee	379	389	769
24	Sparta	0	758	758
25	Mason	384	364	748

Kellen Kimes has been doing his thing and is easily the D3 favorite in both events. But who could be a contender to knock him off? Mason Mayne is a great candidate. As a freshman, he was one of two to get to the State Finals in the Shot. As a sophomore, he’s added 6’ to his furthest freshman fling.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
11	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	Shot Put	54′ 1	454
11	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	Discus	151′ 6	426
11	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	Shot Put	50′ 1.5	423
11	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	Discus	130′ 3	372

D3 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	877	798	1675
2	White Cloud	808	369	1177
3	Standish Sterling	764	384	1148
4	Quincy	382	754	1136
5	Clare	731	354	1085
6	Leslie	356	720	1076
7	Hart	478	457	934
8	Lawton	467	412	879
9	Union City	406	441	847
10	Clinton	407	399	806
11	Montague	408	358	766
12	Adrian Madison	391	367	759
13	Durand	357	401	758
14	Manistee	380	374	754
15	Montrose	397	349	746
16	Watervliet	368	374	742
17	Olivet	396	343	739
18	Chesaning	372	366	738
19	Mason County Central	367	350	717
20	Lansing Catholic	370	345	715
21	Hanover-Horton	357	343	699
22	Jackson Lumen Christi	357	341	698
23	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	690	0	690
24	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	352	339	691
25	Almont	0	399	399

A one-man wrecking crew, Kylis Fletcher, has led Beal City to the top spot (okay, he’s had a little help from Ben Straus, Parker McDonald, and Justin Recker). Throughout his career, he’s been able to continually progress. Look back two years and you have a guy who couldn’t spin it more than 100’. Look back one year and you see the trajectory from 110’s to the 130’s. Now, he’s begun his junior year with a 140’+ catapult.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	Shot Put	47′ 8.5	404
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	Discus	140′ 7	398
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	Shot Put	40′ 6	346
11	Parker McDonald	Beal City	Discus	114′ 5	332
12	Justin Recker	Beal City	Discus	110′ 0	321

D4 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beal City	750	1051	1801
2	Marion	726	682	1408
3	Deckerville	701	369	1070
4	Fowler	694	321	1015
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	326	685	1010
6	White Pigeon	689	312	1001
7	Marlette	361	637	999
8	Petersburg-Summerfield	374	397	770
9	Britton Deerfield	363	392	755
10	Morrice	715	0	715
11	Hillsdale Academy	0	696	696
12	Brown City	361	328	689
13	Pittsford	353	336	689
14	Fruitport Calvary Christian	323	360	683
15	Tekonsha	327	356	683
16	Reading	680	0	680
17	Sand Creek	332	343	675
18	Buckley	358	315	673
19	Lawrence	329	326	656
20	Concord	0	640	640
21	Morenci	0	632	632
22	Mason County Eastern	0	365	365
23	Bellaire	364	0	364
24	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	0	361	361
25	Breckenridge	356	0	356

Only two of the top eight finishers from the UP Division 1 Shot Put return, leaving the door open for new competitors to find their way to an All-State honor. And by new, I mean really new. A Northern Michigan’s Superior Dome Invitational (a major reason for many Upper Peninsula teams ranking), Nico Lukkarinen ripped a 43’10, tops amongst all UP divisions. With further experience in the event, I expect further gains, but if you were to place that throw in June’s state finals, he’s sure to compete for a title.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
12	Nico Lukkarinen	Negaunee	Shot Put	43′ 10.25	373
12	Brayden Dunstan	Negaunee	Shot Put	40′ 1.5	343
12	Drake Spickerman	Negaunee	Shot Put	38′ 6	330

UP Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Negaunee	1047	0	1047
2	Gladstone	342	628	970
3	Sault Ste. Marie	639	312	951
4	Ishpeming	669	0	669
5	Kingsford	653	0	653
6	Menominee	350	0	350
7	Norway	337	0	337
8	Marquette	334	0	334

EXPLANATION

WEEK ONE RANKINGS

Use the above link if you’d like an explanation. These rankings contain throws through MONDAY NIGHT.

She’s back baby! I’m getting my obligatory writeup out for the MIXCSR hometown favorite, Abby Russell. Her 46’7 toss at Allen Park’s Co-Ed Relays is far and away the furthest D1 has seen yet this year. Almost 5’ further than her state championship winning throw and a 2’ beyond her 2022 best. But she has no reason to get complacent with these great distances. Division 1 as a whole has improved, with 6 girls over 39’ already, a length only hit at the end of last season.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
12	Mariah Sackett	Zeeland East	Discus	119′ 6	431
12	Mariah Sackett	Zeeland East	Shot Put	36′ 7.5	418
12	Faith Bonnema	Zeeland East	Shot Put	35′ 11	410
12	Kallie Taylor	Zeeland East	Discus	110′ 9	406
11	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	Shot Put	34′ 7	396
11	Anna Tilden	Zeeland East	Discus	103′ 3	385
12	Jenna Klein	Zeeland East	Shot Put	33′ 4	382
12	Jenna Klein	Zeeland East	Discus	99′ 6	375

D1 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Zeeland East	1607	1597	3204
2	Walled Lake Central	861	1285	2146
3	East Kentwood	852	845	1697
4	Midland	762	834	1596
5	Bloomfield Hills	387	840	1227
6	Farmington	820	401	1221
7	Byron Center	376	808	1185
8	Novi	397	769	1166
9	Royal Oak	466	466	932
10	Allen Park	527	396	922
11	Zeeland West	413	414	827
12	Muskegon Mona Shores	419	396	815
13	Swartz Creek	427	383	810
14	Ann Arbor Pioneer	417	380	796
15	East Lansing	793	0	793
16	Northville	377	388	765
17	Port Huron Northern	764	0	764
18	Livonia Churchill	0	764	764
19	Salem	372	374	746
20	Livonia Stevenson	488	0	488
21	Traverse City West	447	0	447
22	Ann Arbor Huron	446	0	446
23	Hartland	442	0	442
24	Howell	441	0	441
25	Belleville	0	411	411

Each of the past two years, four inches have separated Haley Guerrant and a state meet medal. Averaging mid-30’s on her shot puts has made for two state qualifiers, 11^th and 9^th place finishes. In 2023, she’s added a few feet to her throws, breaking the 40’ barrier, and snatching nothing but victories along the way. She’s undefeated this year and that growth shifts the conversation from medaling to winning. And I’m sure those state meet experiences will be helpful.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
11	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	Discus	118′ 3.25	427
11	Makenzie Johns	Cadillac	Shot Put	36′ 3	414
12	Olivia Smith	Cadillac	Discus	110′ 9	406
11	Berkley Oberhaus	Cadillac	Discus	97′ 4	369
12	Olivia Smith	Cadillac	Shot Put	32′ 0	368

D2 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Cadillac	782	1202	1984
2	Otsego	818	441	1260
3	Hudsonville Unity Christian	759	379	1138
4	Hamilton	726	408	1134
5	Paw Paw	729	397	1127
6	East Grand Rapids	736	365	1101
7	Whitehall	462	525	987
8	Dearborn Divine Child	408	398	806
9	North Branch	387	418	805
10	Battle Creek Harper Creek	795	0	795
11	Coldwater	416	365	781
12	St. Johns	372	404	776
13	Monroe Jefferson	397	377	774
14	Portland	0	759	759
15	Summit Academy North	374	385	759
16	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	375	377	752
17	Freeland	364	383	747
18	Richland Gull Lake	369	376	745
19	Milan	375	365	740
20	Charlotte	366	371	736
21	Warren Regina	731	0	731
22	Niles	370	358	728
23	Marysville	446	0	446
24	Marshall	389	0	389
25	Gaylord	386	0	386

It’s been all domination thus far for Sophia Snellenberger. In late February at the MITS Championship, she won the discus by 10+ feet. That has continued into outdoor, where she’s been victorious by even greater margins against some pretty good competition. And given how her teammate, Raigen Horsfall, has progressed, it wouldn’t be out of the question if these Orioles go 1-2 in both events at the championship level.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
12	Sophia Snellenberger	Quincy	Discus	141′ 8	493
12	Sophia Snellenberger	Quincy	Shot Put	38′ 9	441
12	Raigen Horsfall	Quincy	Discus	119′ 3	430
12	Raigen Horsfall	Quincy	Shot Put	36′ 10	420
11	Emyleigh Burlew	Quincy	Discus	87′ 5	341

D3 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Quincy	862	1264	2126
2	Olivet	825	1181	2006
3	Constantine	752	740	1492
4	Manistee	728	763	1491
5	Perry	722	762	1484
6	Springport	718	753	1471
7	McBain	784	388	1173
8	Stanton Central Montcalm	755	368	1123
9	Watervliet	350	765	1116
10	Clare	744	365	1109
11	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	730	370	1100
12	Ithaca	379	679	1058
13	Reese	423	361	784
14	Stockbridge	380	402	782
15	Schoolcraft	399	373	771
16	White Cloud	349	421	769
17	Caro	380	388	768
18	Homer	361	404	765
19	Grand Rapids West Catholic	350	408	758
20	Pewamo-Westphalia	378	378	756
21	LeRoy Pine River	379	373	752
22	Evart	388	355	742
23	Standish Sterling	368	365	733
24	Chesaning	723	0	723
25	Hudson	356	354	710

Her young career has contained three Ski Valley titles, two Regional crowns, and even an All-State honor, but never an awe-inspiring toss such as her 130’9 at the Ram Scram Invite. That’s a 20’+ PR for Natalie Wandrie, who now ranks #1 in Division 4 and #6 in the entire state in that event.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
12	Clarissa Berger	Morenci	Discus	93′ 11	359
10	Zoey Martinez	Morenci	Shot Put	29′ 5	339
11	Lauren Harsh	Morenci	Shot Put	28′ 2	326
10	Makayla Nieman	Morenci	Discus	81′ 2	324
11	Lauren Harsh	Morenci	Discus	79′ 6	319

D4 Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Morenci	665	1002	1667
2	Marion	787	772	1559
3	Fulton	393	1102	1495
4	Brethren	709	723	1432
5	Frankfort	708	714	1421
6	Indian River Inland Lakes	751	462	1214
7	Sand Creek	732	407	1139
8	Mendon	707	370	1077
9	St. Charles	693	346	1039
10	Deckerville	345	682	1027
11	Reading	1014	0	1014
12	Mason County Eastern	329	675	1004
13	Lutheran Westland	668	328	996
14	Addison	661	332	993
15	Marlette	424	439	863
16	Lincoln-Alcona	422	394	815
17	East Jackson	381	369	750
18	The Potter’s House	376	361	736
19	Kalamazoo Hackett	391	341	731
20	East Jordan	359	352	711
21	Manistee Catholic	338	351	689
22	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	365	323	689
23	Mayville	329	358	686
24	Kingston	335	342	677
25	Portland St. Patrick	349	325	674

Here, the shoutout goes to Lake Superior State, Northern Michigan, Gladstone, Harbor Springs, and Alpena. As of 10 days ago, these were the track conditions in Marquette:

I can’t even imagine how deep the drifts were in the Keewenaw. I’m also betting this recent cold snap wasn’t too kind. But kudos to those hosting meets that our UP brothers and sisters can attend.

Grade	Name	Team	Event	Distance	Points
12	Hannah Maurer	Sault Ste. Marie	Shot Put	35′ 11	410
12	Ava Donmyer	Sault Ste. Marie	Shot Put	33′ 2	380
10	Annabelle Fazzari	Sault Ste. Marie	Shot Put	32′ 4.75	372
12	Hannah Maurer	Sault Ste. Marie	Discus	93′ 7.5	358
11	Katie Anderson	Sault Ste. Marie	Shot Put	31′ 1	358
11	Katie Anderson	Sault Ste. Marie	Discus	91′ 8	353
12	Ava Donmyer	Sault Ste. Marie	Discus	91′ 5	352
12	Iris Butler	Sault Ste. Marie	Shot Put	28′ 8.75	332

UP Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	1520	1064	2584
2	Negaunee	1099	0	1099
3	Manistique	741	0	741
4	Marquette	709	0	709
5	Pickford	674	0	674
6	Ishpeming	372	0	372
7	Bark River-Harris	359	0	359
8	Gladstone	338	0	338
9	Kingsford	320	0	320

Come down from the Boston high yet? What a day for distance running. Upsets, heartbreak, gutsy races. A few right off the top of my head in relation to Michigan cross country: Tarn Leach, former East Jordan star was (I believe) 3rd in the Masters. And of course Zach Ornelas, with his incredible balance of teaching, raising children, and competitively running, was 29th Overall and 16th American.

I’m actually feeling motivated to run again. But first, your best boys distance crews through four weeks of the 2023 season.

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

Here’s the process:

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

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

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

For each event, with a maximum of four athletes, those scores are added together. Then within a category, those events are added together. Relays are scaled to match their importance within a meet. Often, at the state level, teams score more points from a relay than they would with four individuals running that event (unless you’re elite, in that case you’re limited to 10 points from that event), so they’re given a bit more importance here.

Here’s an example of one of the better early season crews, the Northville milers. Always a deep team, it’s no shock the Mustangs have six(!!!) under 4:37 at this point in the year. I only take the top 4 from a school for each event – with one exception, if you can put 5 under the STATE qualifier, which for Division 1, which is 4:25. If anyone can do it, it’s these Northville boys:

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Score
11	Brendan Herger	4:19.7	Northville	432	1588
12	David Whitaker	4:22.9	Northville	408
12	Brady Heron	4:25.7	Northville	386
10	Ethan Powell	4:29.0	Northville	362
12	Raunak Chattopadhyay	4:36.5	Northville	304
11	Vincent Filipek	4:36.9	Northville	301

These rankings are composed of any time thrown on athleticnet through SUNDAY NIGHT.

Back to the 800m, this time a bit more gradual route that I’m hoping pays off come June. Jake Eagling has been a mainstay in the Adrian distance program. Has always contributed in cross country and has found his niche in the mid-distances on the track. He’s been a 2x state qualifier in the 800m, each time falling a little short of the podium. But he’s never opened his season like he did at the Lincoln Indoor Classic. His 1:57 was his second time under 2:00 and best opener by 8+ seconds.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points
		7:59.8	Northville	1316
11	Brendan Herger	1:53.6	Northville	482
11	Brendan Herger	4:19.7	Northville	432
12	Brandon Latta	1:58.0	Northville	411
12	David Whitaker	4:22.9	Northville	408
12	Brady Heron	9:34.0	Northville	404
10	Ethan Powell	9:36.9	Northville	395
12	David Whitaker	1:59.0	Northville	395
12	Brady Heron	4:25.7	Northville	386
12	Brady Heron	2:00.8	Northville	367
10	Ethan Powell	4:29.0	Northville	362
12	Raunak Chattopadhyay	4:36.5	Northville	304
11	Vincent Filipek	4:36.9	Northville	301

D1 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Northville	1655	1588	799	1316	5358
2	Plymouth	774	1520	348	1232	3874
3	Grand Haven	788	1228	492	1057	3565
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	0	1006	405	1155	2566
5	Saline	354	659	405	1117	2534
6	Zeeland West	694	698	0	889	2281
7	Battle Creek Lakeview	459	324	331	1158	2273
8	Rochester Adams	411	347	0	1007	1765
9	Fraser	0	730	0	1004	1733
10	Portage Central	349	398	0	914	1661
11	Traverse City West	411	689	366	0	1466
12	Ann Arbor Pioneer	733	726	0	0	1459
13	St. Joseph	363	0	0	1096	1459
14	Livonia Churchill	0	985	388	0	1373
15	East Kentwood	0	660	700	0	1360
16	Jenison	0	329	0	997	1326
17	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	363	0	0	887	1250
18	Portage Northern	0	337	0	909	1246
19	East Lansing	0	321	0	866	1187
20	Oxford	0	306	0	865	1172
21	Rockford	408	705	0	0	1113
22	Brighton	331	367	350	0	1048
23	Port Huron Northern	0	317	730	0	1047
24	Traverse City Central	0	1044	0	0	1044
25	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	0	486	429	0	915

Back to the 800m, this time a bit more gradual route that I’m hoping pays off come June. Jake Eagling has been a mainstay in the Adrian distance program. Has always contributed in cross country and has found his niche in the mid-distances on the track. He’s been a 2x state qualifier in the 800m, each time falling a little short of the podium. But he’s never opened his season like he did at the Lincoln Indoor Classic. His 1:57 was his second time under 2:00 and best opener by 8+ seconds.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points
	4x800m	8:03.1	Adrian	1256
12	Jake Eagling	1:57.1	Adrian	425
11	Braylon Petty	9:37.3	Adrian	394
11	Braylon Petty	2:00.1	Adrian	378
12	Aiden Smith	4:27.0	Adrian	377
11	Matthew Canales	2:01.3	Adrian	359
9	Moises Salazar	2:05.9	Adrian	286
9	Moises Salazar	4:39.5	Adrian	281

D2 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Adrian	1448	658	394	1256	3757
2	Otsego	674	600	909	1050	3232
3	Chelsea	605	391	1220	911	3127
4	Pinckney	316	1172	663	963	3115
5	Clio	713	1013	344	905	2975
6	Freeland	411	697	464	1200	2772
7	Hamilton	1209	510	0	961	2680
8	Corunna	657	628	352	1001	2637
9	Forest Hills Eastern	599	1040	0	959	2598
10	Dearborn Divine Child	280	308	1090	661	2339
11	Whitehall	901	543	610	0	2054
12	East Grand Rapids	267	925	0	853	2045
13	Sparta	311	634	927	0	1872
14	Monroe Jefferson	661	410	0	787	1857
15	Marshall	295	541	266	746	1848
16	Grand Rapids Christian	315	528	0	843	1687
17	Alma	270	258	248	788	1564
18	Holland Christian	0	509	297	750	1557
19	Yale	0	255	292	878	1426
20	Linden	0	400	441	576	1417
21	Ionia	299	0	290	682	1271
22	St. Johns	315	0	0	945	1261
23	Spring Lake	363	759	0	0	1123
24	Paw Paw	0	596	519	0	1115
25	Mason	267	550	296	0	1114

Hunter Jones can do a lot, place at the State Finals in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m (and I’m sure if he wanted to do the 400m, he could compete there too). But are you used to seeing another Benzie name on the starting line with him? Pol Molins was a crucial addition to the Huskies cross country program, solidly in the 16’s for much of the fall. In 2023, he’s shown to be a competitor at the shorter distance events. His 4:22 at Nike Indoor Nationals was an eye opener, with 2-3 more months of Coach Kelly’s training, he could easily contend for the second spot at the D3 Finals.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points
	4x800m	8:32.3	Hart	779
12	Clayton Ackley	4:30.9	Hart	347
12	Wyatt Dean	2:04.0	Hart	315
12	Clayton Ackley	2:06.4	Hart	277
9	Jack Slotman	2:08.8	Hart	238
12	Seth Ackley	10:34.1	Hart	229
12	Easton Vander Zwaag	2:10.1	Hart	218
12	Caleb Bitely	2:10.2	Hart	217
12	Wyatt Dean	4:48.9	Hart	210
12	Seth Ackley	4:54.6	Hart	166
12	Josef Bromley	11:01.9	Hart	148

D3 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Hart	1049	723	378	779	2928
2	Clare	835	689	616	442	2582
3	Traverse City St. Francis	1076	732	473	0	2280
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	950	305	544	459	2258
5	Hanover-Horton	347	460	744	662	2213
6	Reed City	665	471	197	639	1972
7	Remus Chippewa Hills	487	240	311	539	1576
8	Benzie Central	361	773	368	0	1501
9	Caro	535	523	330	0	1388
10	Olivet	283	157	192	635	1268
11	Saranac	917	190	150	0	1257
12	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	0	268	494	462	1224
13	Hillsdale	468	184	0	518	1171
14	Chesaning	357	320	0	415	1091
15	Constantine	219	306	142	404	1071
16	Adrian Madison	224	199	208	429	1061
17	Centreville	474	312	226	0	1012
18	Erie Mason	440	506	0	0	946
19	Grandville Calvin Christian	0	344	462	0	807
20	Parchment	397	407	0	0	804
21	Kent City	204	314	250	0	767
22	Hudson	0	0	345	412	757
23	Kalkaska	0	294	452	0	746
24	Leslie	219	166	0	329	715
25	Ithaca	0	157	534	0	691

I’ll let this excellent article do much of the talking, but just wanted to give a shoutout to Johannesburg-Lewiston’s Blake Fox. His 1:59.36 wasn’t only his first sub-2, it was his first sub-2:10, and it was also his first sub-2:15. Blake hadn’t run an official 800m since his sophomore year, but it appears he retained all the knowledge of how to handle the pain. Whereas Moses Osterink may control the 1600m and 3200m, the 800m could be up for grabs. Along with Fox, there are plenty of returners that will look to seize a state title.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points
	4x800m	8:17.4	The Potter’s House	1008
12	Lezawe Osterink	4:26.5	The Potter’s House	380
11	Jackson Rodriguez	4:39.0	The Potter’s House	286
12	Logan Swiney	4:42.4	The Potter’s House	260
9	Edward Mugisha	2:12.5	The Potter’s House	180
11	Ezra Hagedorn	5:02.0	The Potter’s House	110

D4 Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	The Potter’s House	180	1036	0	1008	2224
2	Kalamazoo Hackett	226	504	312	596	1639
3	Mason County Eastern	479	404	265	182	1330
4	Three Oaks River Valley	148	394	284	408	1234
5	Johannesburg-Lewiston	389	745	0	0	1135
6	Hillsdale Academy	246	243	265	347	1100
7	East Jackson	0	310	400	314	1025
8	Petoskey St. Michael	219	437	252	0	908
9	Dansville	0	294	217	368	879
10	Buckley	447	0	0	412	860
11	Pentwater	188	274	352	0	814
12	Montabella	0	383	420	0	803
13	Reading	347	252	154	0	754
14	Frankfort	216	73	84	308	681
15	Carson City-Crystal	0	0	269	356	625
16	Petersburg-Summerfield	439	152	0	0	591
17	Vestaburg	379	0	207	0	587
18	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	179	387	0	0	566
19	Adrian Lenawee Christian	0	86	188	213	487
20	Fowler	0	53	198	233	484
21	Harbor Springs	0	299	174	0	473
22	Allen Park Cabrini	0	121	315	0	436
23	Beal City	185	224	0	0	409
24	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	0	176	0	226	402
25	Genesee	0	133	226	0	359

And last but not least, the UP:

UP Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×8	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	411	585	609	0	1606
2	Gladstone	320	393	149	0	861