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The 2022 track season was my first real effort to get involved covering all events. Taking influence from USTFCCCA’s event squads, I attempted to do the same thing for Michigan HS track teams. Very time consuming, but I was able to get a good reading of the top teams. Linked are the various iterations for Distance, Sprint, Throws, Vault, Jumps, and Hurdles. The basic method of calculating these rankings was the average time/distance of any team that had three contestants in an event. Then ranking those from the best to worst average, then adding the rankings from various events. Many steps, a ton of work, improvement needed.

Other than the time-consuming nature, the main drawback to last year’s version was the requirement of three athletes from each event. For the small schools, that may have eliminated them from the rankings. If you had two All-State throwers and that’s it, you wouldn’t make the list. The other issue was that there was less emphasis on great performances.

This past month, the project has been to create my own version of World Athletic Scoring Tables. What these do is give a point total for a mark in each event, comparable across events. For instance, a 12.4 in the girls 100m may be equivalent to a 11:30 3200m, which might be similar to a height in the high jump or discus throw. My methodologies are different from what I understand World Athletics uses. From what I gather, those use a reference point, then the calculate the difference from that reference point. What I did instead was an analysis of the top 1000 marks in the country from last year, graphed that out, and created some formulas. Future versions might include a greater sample from history or just marks attained by Michigan athletes.

In order to determine the “best crews”, here are the guidelines:

• To be included, a team has to have an athlete attain the additional qualifier for Regionals, listed here
  • For each division, this is a different mark, but in doing so, this allows for relatively equal numbers across divisions
  • For the Upper Peninsula, I used Division 4’s regional qualifying standard. Sure there are some bigger schools than Division 4, but it snows year-round up there
• With a max of four athletes per event, the marks from each event are converted into points, then added into a grand total
  • The only exception to the four athletes is if a school has more than four under the State qualifying standard (if you’re as dominant as Oak Park’s hurdles or Renaissance’s 200m, you must be rewarded)
• The points from each event within a crew are then added together to create the rankings
• The breakdown of each category is:
  • Sprint – 100m, 200m, 400m, 4×1, 4×2, 4×4
  • Distance – 800m, 1600m, 3200m, 4×8
  • Hurdles – 100/110, 300
  • Throws – Discus, Shot Put
  • Jumps – Long Jump, High Jump
  • Vault

There are many pros to this year’s version.

• Using only regional qualifiers will cut down the painstaking process of gathering all the marks from an event
• Other than maybe the pole vault, there is very little chance for a tie
• Now I can do individual awards for various categories – Best Sprinter, All Around Athlete, Best Individual Performance, Best Division 4 Athlete, and so on.

Are there negatives? Of course:

• Compared to the United States as a whole, Michigan may tend to do better in one event area vs. another. Look at the national XC events, Michigan always performs above its weight in those. But compared to Texas or Florida in sprints, we lag a bit behind. So compared to the nationwide best times, Michigan sprinters may be undervalued because of weather constraints. For these charts, a 5:00 1600m is roughly equivalent to a 12.00 100m. 5:00 might not get you in the fast heat of Division 1, 12.00 is a guaranteed medal. From our Michigan eyes, these are vastly different, nationally they’re quite comparable. I’m sure you could make similar comparisons between other event areas.
• Boys can’t be compared to girls. I’ll defer to this twitter thread on why elite girls tend to deviate more from the bulk of girls compared to elite boys. If you’d like to compare boys to girls, check out the Mercier Scoring Tables.
• Because of the different regional qualifying standards per division, comparing across divisions isn’t the greatest, but should work for the very top teams
• With the sheer volume of analysis, I can’t vet every time. If you’re entering fake times on athleticnet, joke’s on you. Keep lying and it’ll catch up to you in some way.
• These are just based on times, 2022’s Best Sprinter just based on times was not Shamar Heard. Guy went out and dominated in early June, then set age group records for the 400m in the summer. Perhaps the awards I’ll hand out will come with discretion for State Champions. We’ll see.

Confused enough? Here’s an example of how these are created:

Here are Brighton, Pioneer, Saline, and West Ottawa with their 800m runners with faster times than 2023’s Regional Qualifying Standard (2:28.0).

Here are those times converted to scores for each event. The scores range from 600 points, which is about as good as you’ll get for a HSer across the nation to 100 points, which is close to the Division 4 Regional Qualifying Standard.

For one singular event, this is nothing extraordinarily complex, just a show of the top 4’s average, ranging from fastest to slowest. But what separates it from last year’s rankings is the ability to score teams with various amounts of qualifying runners AND the ability to compare across events.

Here are the same four schools in the 1600m:

That’s the basic summary of what I’ll be doing this spring. I have a program that makes it easy for me (just kidding, still in Excel, I ain’t smart enough for no program), but you get two charts:

GIRLS TABLES

BOYS TABLES

Next week, I’ll have a post of how 2022’s athletes and teams would’ve fared with these numbers.

Also, depending on how much time I have available, I want to start promoting the events with a ton of intrigue. For example, that D1 Boys 800 is already shaping up to have a great story. McFarland defending his title, running a 4:13 this past week in the middle of basketball season. Herger, blasting a 1:51, showing all the potential in the world. Caleb Bost atoning for last year’s final stretch, in considerably better shape than he was at this point last spring. That’s just one division and one gender, there are plenty of other battles that’ll emerge in the coming months. Can you tell I’m getting amped up? We’re less than 10 days out. Can’t wait.

State Finish	Team	Summer	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Champ. Season	County Week	League Week	State Projection
1	Otsego	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	3
2	East Grand Rapids	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
3	Grand Rapids Christian	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
4	St. Joseph	11	9	5	6	7	6	5	6
5	Forest Hills Eastern	4	5	6	4	5	7	7	4
6	Spring Lake	7	15	14	7	6	4	4	5
7	Goodrich	2	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
8	Zeeland East	15	3	4	5	4	5	6	7
9	St. Johns	12	14	12	15	10	10	10	10
10	Adrian	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	23	22	16

Otsego: A prime example of every runner having importance and playing a role. A common downfall of any team with a tremendously strong top four and a “weaker” fifth (quotations are necessary, Rebekah Stachura  would be varsity on 98% of teams in the state) is that the pressure is too much for the first four to perform and one falls apart. The Bulldogs embraced the stakes, didn’t fold, and a few of their girls were able to reach their best efforts of the season. Emma Hoffman was the major surprise, the freshman moving all the way into 2^nd place. Logan Brazee, Taylor Mitchell, and Stachura all ran close to their season best. And I should mention that they return their entire top 5…

Drew Muller, East Grand Rapids: Drew faced the battle of being the leader of a team in contention and the favorite to win it all, and with this victory, girl came through in all the necessary ways. Her season began with a slow start – her first victory coming at Cougar Falcon, but after that, it was first after first. Six straight victories to close out the year, three sub-18’s, and a decisive 10 second margin in her championship win here. The benefit of taking my time getting to these is that I get to display a characteristic that aids Drew’s greatness:

I don’t think it’s any coincidence that she finds success on the course and track, then is a kind person on top of it all.

Emily Tomes, Grand Rapids Catholic Central: Emily has always had a penchant for bringing her best when it counts. That was apparent as a freshman, shocking the world on the way to a 8^th place finish. Heading down the finishing stretch, she was in 8^th place, but apparently not satisfied with just another top-10 placing. From the 3 mile mark to the finish, she had the second fastest split of anyone in D2 (31.4 seconds, 4:53 pace), catapulting into the top-5.

Summer Brower, Ludington: Only beat her projections by, idk, 40 spots? The State Meet capped a three week stretch where Summer hit sub-20 on three consecutive efforts. Two of those were at Chippewa Hills, always a tough track, and those Remus mountains prepared her for a 20+ second personal best at MIS.

Alisa Mason, Holland: Senior season contained one of the more precipitous drops you’ll see. Alisa’s personal best as a junior was above 22:00. As a sophomore, almost at 26:00. With these dramatic drops, Alisa’s senior year was a fall of firsts. First top-10 placing in the OK Green, first state qualifier, first time under 20 and 19:00, and first All-State effort. And even with all those firsts, she still was able to conjure up enough motivation to subtract an additional 30 seconds off her best the following week at Shepherd.

Adrian: Unranked for much of the year, the Maples used their championship season to show they belonged on the D2 map. The Adrian girls nabbed three straight wins at Lenawee County, SEC White, and Region 18, that Milan Regional being a PR fest (seven of the nine girls that competed attained a lifetime best). The confidence from that late October stretch led to a masterful performance, the Maples moving up six spots in the final 1.1 miles to grab the final spot in the top-10.

Adjustment: +5

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	Drew Muller	18:18.5	East Grand Rapids	152.2
9	Emma Hoffman	18:27.8	Otsego	149.1
11	Mary Richmond	18:32.1	Frankenmuth	147.6
11	Natalie VanOtteren	18:38.0	GR_Christian	145.7
11	Emily Tomes	18:39.8	GR_Catholic Central	145.1
11	Allison Kuzma	18:41.6	Zeeland East	144.5
11	Logan Brazee	18:43.0	Otsego	144.0
11	Megan Germain	18:47.6	Otsego	142.5
12	Camryn Bodine	18:53.8	East Grand Rapids	140.4
12	Alisa Mason	18:54.1	Holland	140.3
11	Jenna Pilachowski	18:54.8	Monroe Jefferson	140.1
11	Gail Vaikutis	18:56.3	St. Joseph	139.6
11	Clara Fletcher	18:56.7	St. Johns	139.4
10	Taylor Mitchell	18:57.1	Otsego	139.3
10	Sadey Seyferth	19:02.0	East Grand Rapids	137.7
10	Elena Figueroa	19:05.3	St. Joseph	136.6
11	Addison Washler	19:08.6	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	135.5
10	Summer Brower	19:09.5	Ludington	135.2
12	Lily Parker	19:10.1	Spring Lake	135.0
11	Meghan Ford	19:10.2	Mason	134.9
12	Sarah Dixon	19:10.4	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	134.9
11	CamBrie Corey	19:10.5	Petoskey	134.8
12	Emma Janesak	19:10.6	Sparta	134.8
11	Abby Young	19:11.4	St. Johns	134.5
9	Lilah Poel	19:11.5	GR_Christian	134.5
12	Sophie Endrud	19:12.1	Detroit Country Day	134.3
11	Payton Holtz	19:12.1	GR_Christian	134.3
12	Kaylee Pesta	19:12.3	Tecumseh	134.2
12	Olivia Ippel	19:13.3	St. Joseph	133.9
10	Kamryn Lauinger	19:14.2	Goodrich	133.6
10	Jaiden Griffith	19:17.5	Williamston	132.5
10	Nicole Schafer	19:19.2	Williamston	131.9
11	Ashlyn Smith	19:20.3	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	131.6
11	Remington Arney	19:26.8	Newaygo	129.4
9	Alexis Kotkowicz	19:28.5	Spring Lake	128.8
11	Anastee Davis	19:30.0	Adrian	128.3
11	Yoselin Fermin-Campos	19:30.0	Adrian	128.3
10	Kayla Williams	19:33.6	DeWitt	127.1
11	Sophia Lado	19:35.8	East Grand Rapids	126.4
9	Natalie Foltz	19:36.3	Frankenmuth	126.2
10	Sophy Skeels	19:38.6	Adrian	125.5
10	Eva Thompson	19:39.3	Croswell-Lexington	125.2
9	Brooklynn Brown	19:39.4	Cadillac	125.2
11	Libby Summerland	19:40.1	Owosso	125.0
9	Linnea Paige	19:40.3	Fremont	124.9
11	Emma Steele	19:43.0	Vicksburg	124.0
9	Katie Berkshire	19:43.4	Gaylord	123.9
10	Natalia DeMea	19:43.5	Chelsea	123.8
10	Joy Evans	19:44.7	Alma	123.4
11	Nora O’Leary	19:44.8	Petoskey	123.4
10	Lexie Ruffing	19:45.4	Spring Lake	123.2
10	Maria Nunning	19:47.1	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	122.6
10	Layla Jordan	19:47.9	Goodrich	122.4
12	Olivia Barabas	19:49.5	Wayland Union	121.8
12	Abigail Petr	19:51.8	East Grand Rapids	121.1
11	Emma DeVries	19:52.6	GR_West Michigan Aviation	120.8
12	Ariana Treat	19:52.8	Whitehall	120.7
10	Ava Crews	19:55.6	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	119.8
10	Josie Jenkinson	19:55.6	Owosso	119.8
10	Desiree Duque-Rico	19:58.8	GR_West Michigan Aviation	118.7
10	Brooklyn Khon	19:59.3	Armada	118.6
12	Ellory Clason	19:59.5	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	118.5
10	Madeline Loe	19:59.8	Petoskey	118.4
10	Marisa Chuey	20:00.1	Trenton	118.3
12	Sarah Timmer	20:00.4	GR_Christian	118.2
12	Abby O’Brien	20:01.5	Comstock Park	117.8
9	Meredith Cook	20:01.7	Zeeland East	117.8
11	Camille DeCola	20:02.7	Marshall	117.4
9	Chloe Rinzema	20:02.7	GR_South Christian	117.4
11	Hannah Raglin	20:04.6	Alma	116.8
9	Berkley Holtz	20:05.2	Sturgis	116.6
10	Elizabeth Ambroggio	20:05.7	Warren Regina	116.4
10	Avery Byrne	20:05.8	Goodrich	116.4
11	Alexis Waring	20:06.9	Goodrich	116.0
10	Emma Drnek	20:07.1	Zeeland East	116.0
11	Cecilia Ruchti	20:07.4	St. Joseph	115.9
12	Ariel Warner	20:08.1	Shepherd	115.6
12	Kayla Barna	20:08.4	GR_West Michigan Aviation	115.5
10	Molly Johnston	20:08.5	New Boston Huron	115.5
11	Adia Sikkema	20:08.7	GR_Christian	115.4
9	Emma Crandell	20:08.8	Owosso	115.4
10	Kathryn Kurtinaitis	20:09.2	Dearborn Divine Child	115.3
9	Gracie Lynn	20:10.1	East Grand Rapids	115.0
12	Alyssa Gerritsma	20:10.7	Holland Christian	114.8
12	Lauren Hunter	20:10.7	Haslett	114.8
9	Rebekah Stachura	20:12.6	Otsego	114.1
11	Bea Reeser	20:13.7	Spring Lake	113.8
10	Autumn Thompson	20:13.8	DeWitt	113.7
11	Ellia Agar	20:14.7	GR_South Christian	113.4
10	Madison Johnson	20:19.4	Paw Paw	111.9
9	CC Kuras	20:20.4	Zeeland East	111.5
9	Josie Longcore	20:20.6	Plainwell	111.5
10	Maddie Bruxvoort	20:20.7	Hudsonville Unity Christian	111.4
11	Morgan Newton	20:24.9	Croswell-Lexington	110.0
10	Madison Morris	20:25.4	Tecumseh	109.9
12	Ava Buhlman	20:27.4	Allendale	109.2
12	Catrina Farris	20:27.8	Hamilton	109.1
9	Elise Barden	20:28.4	Frankenmuth	108.9
12	Gianna-Marie Schubert	20:29.3	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	108.6
9	Jada Prescott	20:31.5	Freeland	107.8
10	Karie Keefer	20:31.6	Freeland	107.8
10	Mea D’Agostino	20:32.6	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	107.5
12	Veronica Fitzgerald	20:32.8	Monroe Jefferson	107.4
9	Reese Supianoski	20:32.9	Williamston	107.4
12	Ava Pergitone	20:33.4	St. Clair	107.2
12	Eleanor Cool	20:35.2	Cadillac	106.6
10	Jenna Overla	20:35.9	Alma	106.4
10	Natalie Steward	20:36.3	Goodrich	106.2
9	Meghan Guczwa	20:36.5	Spring Lake	106.2
11	Riley Peer	20:37.7	Monroe Jefferson	105.8
9	Chloe Khon	20:37.7	Jackson Northwest	105.8
10	Skylee Ames	20:38.5	Gaylord	105.5
11	Naomi Nelson	20:39.1	GR_Christian	105.3
11	Addie Grill	20:40.3	Zeeland East	104.9
10	Megan Woelkers	20:40.4	Flat Rock	104.9
12	Elleah Berger	20:41.2	Williamston	104.6
9	Samantha Brown	20:41.2	Clio	104.6
11	Jennifer Hernandez	20:41.5	Three Rivers	104.5
9	Miriam Kloha	20:41.7	St. Johns	104.4
11	Ava Boggs	20:44.7	Flint Kearsley	103.4
10	Autumn Brower	20:44.7	Ludington	103.4
12	Sa’Nyah Wilkes	20:45.9	Redford Westfield Prep	103.0
11	Sylvia Thomas	20:46.0	St. Johns	103.0
11	Katie Riemersma	20:46.8	Spring Lake	102.7
11	Brooklyn Springvloed	20:46.9	GR_South Christian	102.7
9	Gabby Cleveland	20:47.0	Frankenmuth	102.7
10	Abby Robinson	20:50.5	Gladwin	101.5
9	Abby Russel	20:50.5	Haslett	101.5
9	Isabella Dunn	20:50.7	Goodrich	101.4
12	Brooke Matusik	20:51.5	Chelsea	101.2
11	Paige Kloha	20:51.6	Freeland	101.1
9	Mavee Clark	20:52.4	Adrian	100.9
12	Claire Ritchey	20:53.1	Edwardsburg	100.6
11	Brianna Albers	20:53.3	Richmond	100.6
12	Megan Leneman	20:53.3	Ionia	100.6
12	Erica Feldpausch	20:54.0	St. Johns	100.3
9	Avery Turk	20:54.4	New Boston Huron	100.2
10	Lauren Thompson	20:56.1	Chelsea	99.6
10	Lillian Rutallie	20:56.6	Marysville	99.5
10	Nadia Grierson	20:57.0	Ludington	99.3
9	Mattie Gagne	20:57.2	Midland Bullock Creek	99.3
11	Jade Murdoch	20:59.8	St. Joseph	98.4
12	Katelyn LaRue	21:01.3	GR_Christian	97.9
10	Taylor Klimp	21:02.9	Otsego	97.4
12	Claire Agnew	21:03.7	Owosso	97.1
10	Lainey Yearling	21:03.9	Coldwater	97.0
11	Abagayle Barkley	21:04.0	Croswell-Lexington	97.0
12	Hayley Heinrich	21:04.1	Zeeland East	97.0
12	Madyson Oudbier	21:06.2	Sparta	96.3
12	Regan Hill	21:06.8	Cadillac	96.1
11	Seren Angus	21:07.2	Chelsea	95.9
12	Kate Laidlaw	21:07.2	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	95.9
12	Amanda Laughery	21:07.8	Vicksburg	95.7
12	Halle Overmire	21:07.8	GR_South Christian	95.7
12	Elle Himebaugh	21:08.1	Shepherd	95.6
11	Ava Fahrenkopf	21:10.0	Linden	95.0
12	Madison Duvall	21:13.7	Monroe Jefferson	93.8
12	Anne May	21:13.8	Macomb Lutheran North	93.7
10	Nell Stover	21:14.1	Detroit Country Day	93.6
11	Reagan Brooks	21:17.8	Linden	92.4
10	Kim Miller	21:19.6	Monroe Jefferson	91.8
11	Casidhe Flesher	21:20.1	Marine City	91.6
12	Brigit Foley	21:20.7	Wixom St. Catherine	91.4
9	Sam Bieber	21:21.2	Chelsea	91.3
9	Jillian Clason	21:21.4	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	91.2
9	Madeline Dunn	21:21.4	Goodrich	91.2
12	Olivia Ebel	21:21.8	Macomb Lutheran North	91.1
12	Katie Fischer	21:24.3	Adrian	90.2
9	Megan Kuzma	21:25.0	Zeeland East	90.0
12	Samantha Sweeney	21:25.5	Williamston	89.8
10	Ezgi Kurt	21:25.8	Alma	89.7
11	Lilyana Bratt	21:29.1	St. Clair	88.6
9	Hannah Wier	21:30.3	St. Joseph	88.2
12	Marie Schafer	21:30.3	Williamston	88.2
10	Rachel Berkenpas	21:32.1	GR_South Christian	87.6
12	Maeline Dehanne	21:35.1	Otsego	86.6
11	Trilian Krug	21:37.4	Chelsea	85.9
10	Vivian Wickes	21:37.7	Alma	85.8
11	Gabby Fernandez	21:38.2	Warren Regina	85.6
10	Skylar Vanhecke	21:38.5	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	85.5
12	Jordan Cleveland	21:39.5	Alma	85.2
12	McKenzie Betts	21:40.1	Alma	85.0
12	Annie Kline	21:40.9	Ludington	84.7
10	Natalie Lentine	21:41.5	Warren Regina	84.5
12	Evie DeBlaay	21:42.1	GR_South Christian	84.3
12	Jolie Fisher	21:43.2	Shepherd	83.9
10	Bethany Zimmerman	21:43.4	Spring Lake	83.9
11	Marisa Mazza	21:44.4	Cadillac	83.5
11	Olivia Andersen	21:45.6	Ludington	83.1
10	Tamara Stoner-Sleight	21:46.7	Williamston	82.8
10	Julionna West	21:47.0	Owosso	82.7
10	Fiona Scott	21:48.6	Petoskey	82.1
10	Kaitlyn Harris	21:49.2	St. Joseph	81.9
10	Brynn Hurley	21:49.8	Croswell-Lexington	81.7
10	Allie Komarowski	21:50.2	St. Clair	81.6
11	Stellah Strauss	21:51.1	Linden	81.3
12	Karlie Schlaud	21:51.9	North Branch	81.0
12	Molly Young	21:52.1	Vicksburg	81.0
12	Aubrey Connelly	21:54.7	Croswell-Lexington	80.1
10	Madalynn Karsies	21:57.9	Pinckney	79.0
9	Aubrey Sargent	21:58.0	St. Clair	79.0
11	Madelyn Strauss	21:58.6	Linden	78.8
12	Julia Kause	21:59.0	Chelsea	78.7
9	Reese Lynn	21:59.6	East Grand Rapids	78.5
10	Clare Conzelmann	21:59.8	Frankenmuth	78.4
9	Cessaly Fichtner	22:01.6	Freeland	77.8
10	Addison Hartley	22:04.9	Detroit Country Day	76.7
10	Claire Heller	22:05.7	Detroit Country Day	76.4
10	Evie Culver	22:11.1	Frankenmuth	74.6
12	Katelynn Jalosky	22:11.5	St. Clair	74.5
11	Avery Mickelson	22:23.8	Cadillac	70.4
11	Mackenzie Keillor	22:25.7	Ludington	69.8
12	Haven Vasold	22:25.7	Freeland	69.8
9	Maya Grossman	22:26.0	Vicksburg	69.7
10	Addison Wurfel	22:26.0	Vicksburg	69.7
10	Natalie Summerland	22:27.5	Owosso	69.2
10	Mia Schroeder	22:28.1	Monroe Jefferson	69.0
11	Lilly Dood	22:30.8	GR_South Christian	68.1
11	Lauren Cole	22:36.2	Petoskey	66.3
10	Isabella Morris	22:37.9	Adrian	65.7
11	Lily Sackrider	22:40.6	St. Johns	64.8
11	Zane Sandelin	22:41.1	Vicksburg	64.6
9	Sydney Bir	22:43.5	Sturgis	63.8
9	Christina Theis	22:44.9	Ludington	63.4
11	Alyssa Masserant	22:51.8	Monroe Jefferson	61.1
9	Madeline Pacola	22:57.2	Petoskey	59.3
10	Lily Roossien	22:58.9	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	58.7
10	Emily Zemitans	23:07.0	Vicksburg	56.0
9	Molly McNabb	23:08.5	St. Clair	55.5
10	Ella Schueller	23:10.8	Detroit Country Day	54.7
10	Jenna Kowalski	23:18.1	Freeland	52.3
11	Kaitlyn Miller	23:32.8	Frankenmuth	47.4
10	Abby Walton	23:35.4	Marian (Bloomfield Hills)	46.5
9	Cate (Catherine) Brown	23:36.9	Cadillac	46.0
11	Eliza Nelson	23:37.8	Croswell-Lexington	45.7
9	Maria Narduzzi	23:39.7	Warren Regina	45.1
9	Sydney Ferguson	23:43.9	DeWitt	43.7
9	Rylee Lahring	23:45.1	Adrian	43.3
12	Ainsley Miller	23:46.7	Freeland	42.8
11	Sydney Hoffman	23:47.7	Petoskey	42.4
12	Paris Parraghi	24:00.1	Croswell-Lexington	38.3
12	Ruth Adewusi	24:05.9	Warren Regina	36.4
10	Clair Bacon	24:06.9	St. Clair	36.0
12	Emma Johnson	24:07.3	Owosso	35.9
11	Hanah Johnson	24:31.0	Cadillac	28.0
12	Han Zhang	24:46.1	Detroit Country Day	23.0
11	Maizy Aeschliman	24:47.6	Linden	22.5
10	Jorie Mayes	24:52.8	Linden	20.7
10	Sofia Switalski	24:57.1	Warren Regina	19.3
10	Evangeline Greenwald	25:12.5	Detroit Country Day	14.2

WEEKLY RANKINGS

Place	Team	Summer	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Champ. Season	County Week	League Week	State Proj.
1	East Grand Rapids	4	1	1	3	1	1	1	3
2	Chelsea	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Pinckney	3	18	17	5	5	3	3	1
4	Adrian	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5
5	Forest Hills Eastern	19	4	4	1	3	4	4	4
6	Otsego	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
7	Dearborn Divine Child	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
8	Grand Rapids Christian	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
9	St. Johns	16	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
10	Freeland	12	9	9	11	10	10	10	10

QUITE THE D2 CREW

Connell Alford, Chelsea: Entering the season, Connell was a contender for the D2 crown, but early on, unequivocally cemented the favorite position. At Spartan, he was able to break Chelsea’s school record, one of many low-15/high-14 efforts. In our regular season, that race at Forest Akers was his only defeat of the year. During the postseason, he was able to place in the top-10 at both NXR Midwest and the Champs Midwest Regional, the latter of which qualifying him for Nationals, where he placed 14^th (5^th amongst underclassmen).

Davis Christy, East Grand Rapids: As stated in the State Preview (what, 3 months ago?), Davis was a consistently solid 5^th runner for the Pioneers. He was a sub-17 marksman in each major race during championship season. Moving up in the field throughout the race, Davis finished as the fastest fifth, clinching another state trophy to throw in the most massive display case in the state.

Paul Moore, Pinckney: Paul’s late season emergence played a major role in the Pirates rise up in the D2 ranks. In early October, a breakout race occurred at Portage, which then led into three sub-16’s and an 11^th place here. All in all, Paul was able to drop over a minute from his sophomore best.

Landen Wise, Frankenmuth: Young in the game, wisdom beyond his years. Landen didn’t come out for XC as a freshman, his freshman track season his first real debut into high school distance running. At season’s end, his 4:32 in the 1600m was top-5 time amongst all freshman. Landen’s first forays at the 5k distance were immediate successes, in the 16:20’s both at Benzie and St. Johns. After a bit of a mid-season lull, he was back to his old self during championship season. His last three races were all personal bests, dropping from a 16:19 at the Shepherd Regional to a 16:06 here and finally a 15:50 at MITCA.

Tyler Dohm, St. Johns: Just as he had his entire career, Tyler improved until his very last race. In 2019, he ran his first race ever, finishing above 21:00. He progressed from a freshman year full of 20+ minute efforts to a sophomore able to break 19, then a junior able to break 17. Projected to finish 57^th, he placed 22^nd, helping his Redwings secure a top-10 finish.

Moises Salazar, Adrian: Had perhaps the best day of any freshman boy out there. Over the winter, I’ve been doing some historical work, and his effort at MIS is equivalent to many of our former greats. The fashion in which Moises’s season progressed, one can see why I’m excited about his future. Dropping time as the racing wore on, he was able to break 16:00 late and compete with the SEC’s best, never folding or shying away from the moment. In fact, his 16:18 here is equal to what a youthful Connell Alford ran as a freshman.

Adjustment: -3

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	Connell Alford	15:12.6	Chelsea	216.8
12	Carter McCalister	15:37.5	Monroe Jefferson	208.5
12	Aiden Sullivan	15:40.7	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	207.4
12	Michael Hegarty	15:41.8	Dearborn Divine Child	207.1
10	TJ Hansen	15:45.9	Freeland	205.7
12	Aiden Smith	15:47.0	Adrian	205.3
12	Kyle Eberhard	15:48.8	Linden	204.8
12	Joey Bowman	15:52.4	St. Johns	203.5
11	Solomon Kwartowitz	16:01.8	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	200.4
11	Evan Loughridge	16:04.4	Pinckney	199.5
11	Paul Moore	16:05.2	Pinckney	199.3
10	Landen Wise	16:06.3	Frankenmuth	198.9
11	Nolan Nixon	16:09.1	Cadillac	198.0
10	Simon Triezenberg	16:09.3	GR_Christian	197.9
12	Camden Khon	16:09.7	Armada	197.8
12	Colin Wesseldyk	16:09.8	Otsego	197.7
11	Elliott Sirianni	16:11.0	Clio	197.3
10	Dominic Lowrie	16:12.1	BC Harper Creek	197.0
11	Logan Ruffner	16:12.7	Riverview	196.8
12	Camden Johnecheck	16:13.7	Williamston	196.4
11	Braylon Petty	16:14.7	Adrian	196.1
12	Tyler Dohm	16:15.1	St. Johns	196.0
11	Nate Carmody	16:16.0	Haslett	195.7
11	Nolan Pinion	16:16.4	Lake Fenton	195.5
10	Colin Murray	16:16.4	Dearborn Divine Child	195.5
10	Abatu Dykstra	16:16.7	Hamilton	195.4
9	Moises Salazar	16:18.7	Adrian	194.8
11	Ryan Brinker	16:19.0	East Grand Rapids	194.7
11	Sean Pettis	16:19.6	Fremont	194.5
10	Jack Bidwell	16:20.1	Marshall	194.3
10	Nolan Inglis	16:22.3	DeWitt	193.6
12	Carter McIlroy	16:24.7	Whitehall	192.8
11	Alex Thole	16:28.8	East Grand Rapids	191.4
10	Caleb Wesseldyk	16:29.7	Otsego	191.1
12	Bram Hartsuff	16:29.8	Chelsea	191.1
12	Elijah Robinson	16:30.5	East Grand Rapids	190.8
12	Braydon Honsinger	16:31.8	Freeland	190.4
10	Henry Dixon	16:32.2	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	190.3
12	Zebedee Swager	16:32.2	Chelsea	190.3
12	Nick Spruce	16:32.5	Chelsea	190.2
12	Owen Westerkamp	16:32.7	Big Rapids	190.1
11	Gregory Janesak	16:32.7	Sparta	190.1
12	Pierce Bentley	16:34.0	Otsego	189.7
11	Caleb Palmreuter	16:34.7	Gladwin	189.4
9	Jonah Workman	16:38.1	East Grand Rapids	188.3
11	Davis Christy	16:40.8	East Grand Rapids	187.4
10	Will Engbers	16:41.0	Holland Christian	187.3
12	Caleb Boes	16:41.5	GR_South Christian	187.2
12	Ryan Blackwood	16:42.8	Linden	186.7
12	Ben Richards	16:45.2	Pinckney	185.9
12	Carter Boullard	16:46.0	St. Clair	185.7
12	Ryan Morris	16:46.4	New Boston Huron	185.5
11	Ethan Sandula	16:46.5	Pinckney	185.5
10	Parker Tiethof	16:46.6	Allendale	185.5
11	Isaac Staib	16:46.9	St. Johns	185.4
12	Nik Shilling	16:47.1	Ortonville Brandon	185.3
11	Dylan Clark	16:48.8	GR_Christian	184.7
9	Ronnie Silveira	16:50.5	Allendale	184.2
12	Andre Richmond	16:50.9	Whitehall	184.0
9	Owen Metzger	16:51.1	Sparta	184.0
11	Andrew Yax	16:51.3	Clio	183.9
10	Isaak Rubley	16:51.5	Dundee	183.8
12	Max VanHuis	16:51.6	Hamilton	183.8
11	Brendan Hoving	16:51.7	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	183.8
9	Jacob Stanislawski	16:51.9	Flat Rock	183.7
12	Koda Brandt	16:52.2	Charlotte	183.6
10	Alex Doneth	16:52.4	Mason	183.5
11	Peter Kuperus	16:52.6	GR_Christian	183.5
9	Thomas Larson	16:52.8	Alma	183.4
12	Zach Debeauclair	16:55.1	Pinckney	182.6
9	Aden Ashworth	16:55.5	Allendale	182.5
12	Ben Schefka	16:57.0	Adrian	182.0
11	Blake Ferguson	16:57.5	Yale	181.8
12	Austin Williford	16:57.6	Paw Paw	181.8
12	Nathan Ulcak	16:57.6	Dearborn Divine Child	181.8
12	Adrian Castillo	16:59.7	Holland	181.1
10	Seth Mead	17:00.3	Gladwin	180.9
10	Leo Swager	17:00.9	Chelsea	180.7
11	Joe Waalkes	17:01.0	GR_Christian	180.7
11	Acer Campbell	17:02.1	Yale	180.3
12	David Harris	17:03.8	St. Clair	179.7
12	Joseph VanderKooi	17:03.9	GR_South Christian	179.7
11	Liam Hinman	17:04.1	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	179.6
12	Will Vanderbor	17:04.2	Paw Paw	179.6
12	Will Fiesbeck	17:05.5	St. Joseph	179.2
11	William O’Dell	17:05.6	BC Harper Creek	179.1
11	John Christensen	17:05.8	Fremont	179.1
12	Logan Roka	17:06.0	Corunna	179.0
12	Luke Aldrich	17:07.0	Otsego	178.7
11	Shane Izzard	17:07.4	Petoskey	178.5
11	Lucas Hopkins	17:07.7	Olivet	178.4
11	Cooper Singleton	17:09.7	Parma Western	177.8
12	Elijah Jorgensen	17:09.9	Dearborn Divine Child	177.7
10	Keegan Hoekstra	17:10.8	GR_Christian	177.4
11	Cooper Jacobsen	17:14.3	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	176.2
12	Bryce Husen	17:14.9	Birch Run	176.0
12	Reuben Wiering	17:15.0	GR_Christian	176.0
12	Dylan McGrath	17:15.3	Dearborn Divine Child	175.9
10	Carter Sherman	17:16.3	Fremont	175.6
10	Dylan Pallett	17:17.6	Wayland Union	175.1
11	Tommy Farley	17:17.8	Petoskey	175.1
12	Ramon Hernandez	17:17.8	Howard City-Tri-County	175.1
12	Jake Eagling	17:17.9	Adrian	175.0
12	Ben Knuth	17:18.3	Big Rapids	174.9
12	Noah Momber	17:18.6	Sparta	174.8
12	Gavin Wiersma	17:18.9	Zeeland East	174.7
12	Braden Klein	17:19.3	Freeland	174.6
12	Clayton Akerman	17:19.6	Linden	174.5
11	Noah Lambers	17:20.1	Holland	174.3
9	Kenny Sheffer	17:20.3	Otsego	174.3
11	Sunishthh Singh	17:21.1	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	174.0
11	Liam Collins	17:21.7	Brother Rice	173.8
10	Sam Nemeth	17:22.6	Freeland	173.5
11	Jose Flores	17:22.6	Ludington	173.5
10	Henry Cox	17:23.0	Plainwell	173.3
11	Shay White	17:23.2	St. Joseph	173.3
12	Noah Walters	17:23.4	Redford Union	173.2
11	Isaac Veen	17:23.6	Plainwell	173.1
12	Davis Head	17:23.9	East Grand Rapids	173.0
10	Ben Gross	17:24.9	Allendale	172.7
12	Luke Morrison	17:24.9	Berrien Springs	172.7
11	Tate Miller	17:24.9	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	172.7
11	Matthew Canales	17:25.1	Adrian	172.6
9	Nolan Collins	17:25.3	Brother Rice	172.6
11	Jackson Dell	17:27.2	Chelsea	171.9
12	Alex Parker	17:28.1	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	171.6
10	Elijah Christensen	17:28.6	Gladwin	171.5
10	Vincent Pollock	17:29.0	Fruitport	171.4
11	Lucas Ruffing	17:29.0	Spring Lake	171.3
11	Jacob Montgomery	17:30.1	Ionia	171.0
11	Giovanni Pardo-Keegan	17:31.2	Yale	170.6
12	Austin Rybolt	17:31.7	Eaton Rapids	170.4
11	Matthew Schrauben	17:32.4	St. Johns	170.2
12	Brayden Humes	17:32.4	Milan	170.2
10	Sulley Zietlow	17:32.4	Three Rivers	170.2
11	Josh Langeland	17:32.9	Hamilton	170.0
10	Aidan Brinks	17:33.4	Holland Christian	169.9
11	Jack Lindwall	17:33.5	Petoskey	169.8
10	Bodie Heiss	17:33.6	Alma	169.8
12	Henrik Quist	17:34.4	Fremont	169.5
10	Noah Jarvis	17:36.1	Berrien Springs	169.0
12	Peter Vitale	17:37.8	St. Clair	168.4
11	Elliot Whitney	17:39.4	Imlay City	167.9
11	Kenny Evans	17:41.2	Corunna	167.3
12	Ben Yu	17:41.2	Detroit Country Day	167.3
11	Gabe Outman	17:41.4	Cadillac	167.2
10	Landyn Soule	17:41.6	Adrian	167.1
10	Camden McLeod	17:42.7	Freeland	166.8
12	Devin Weaver	17:43.0	Wayland Union	166.7
9	Brett Magnus	17:43.1	Frankenmuth	166.6
11	Conner Fountain	17:43.5	Olivet	166.5
10	Peyton Ruel	17:43.5	Muskegon Oakridge	166.5
11	Riley Shults	17:43.6	Hastings	166.5
10	Parker Fettig	17:43.7	Petoskey	166.4
10	Aidan Goodwin	17:43.9	Otsego	166.4
12	Haroon Omar	17:44.1	Coldwater	166.3
12	Joe Edgemon	17:44.1	St. Clair	166.3
9	Cole Wisniewski	17:45.6	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	165.8
12	Tyler Heath	17:46.6	Clio	165.5
11	Aiden Kruger	17:47.2	Niles	165.3
12	Alex Redman	17:47.9	Mason	165.0
12	Gabe Verlin	17:48.3	GR_South Christian	164.9
10	Noah Hernandez	17:48.9	Hamilton	164.7
9	Luca Lebron	17:49.2	Alma	164.6
11	Dylan Distelrath	17:49.9	St. Clair	164.4
10	Holten Mulherin	17:50.0	Otsego	164.3
11	Ali Kudmani	17:50.3	Alma	164.2
10	Dylan Lydic	17:51.4	Haslett	163.9
11	David Murphy	17:52.5	Flint Powers Catholic	163.5
11	Eric Shan	17:52.9	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	163.4
11	Vinny Schweihofer	17:54.8	St. Clair	162.7
10	Eli Johansen	17:54.9	St. Joseph	162.7
12	Parker Matheny	17:55.5	Hamilton	162.5
12	Thai Nguyen	17:55.5	Plainwell	162.5
12	Ryan McMahon	17:56.2	East Grand Rapids	162.3
9	Carson Wood	17:57.0	Sparta	162.0
12	Adam Ogg	17:59.7	Sparta	161.1
9	Simon Licata	18:01.0	Petoskey	160.7
12	James Meninga	18:01.2	Mason	160.6
10	Conner McCormick	18:01.8	Mason	160.4
9	Thad VanderLaan	18:03.5	GR_South Christian	159.8
10	Xander Maliska	18:06.1	St. Johns	159.0
12	Lance Kowalski	18:06.5	Marysville	158.8
12	Tucker Radgens	18:06.7	Vicksburg	158.8
10	Zach Newman	18:07.4	Pinckney	158.5
9	Xaiver Roman	18:10.2	Macomb Lutheran North	157.6
10	Nolan Longuski	18:11.9	Shepherd	157.0
10	Calvin Brinks	18:12.4	GR_Christian	156.9
11	Brody Crandall	18:12.6	Hamilton	156.8
9	Issac Romero	18:12.7	Fremont	156.8
10	Kilian Whalen	18:13.4	Allendale	156.5
10	Isaac Meyers	18:14.0	Sparta	156.4
12	Anthony Condron	18:14.1	Clio	156.3
11	Ian Martin	18:14.8	Linden	156.1
11	Anthony Goatley	18:15.4	Madison Heights Lamphere	155.9
11	Mason Brewer	18:15.6	Clio	155.8
11	Evan Yax	18:15.9	Clio	155.7
11	Caleb Monaghan	18:16.1	Linden	155.6
11	Blake Mathews	18:16.6	Mason	155.5
12	Sebastian Erbe	18:17.4	Mason	155.2
10	Blaise Gooding	18:18.8	Linden	154.7
11	Jamison Snay	18:19.2	Macomb Lutheran North	154.6
11	Liam Troutner	18:23.6	Plainwell	153.1
10	Caleb Goldstein	18:23.7	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	153.1
11	Alex Moyer	18:24.3	St. Joseph	152.9
11	Alex Robertson	18:24.5	Marine City	152.8
10	Nicholas Nakic	18:25.5	Dearborn Divine Child	152.5
10	Cole Lowery	18:26.0	Fremont	152.4
12	Gavin Towner	18:27.2	Petoskey	151.9
9	Elijah Baltierra	18:29.4	Alma	151.2
12	Riley Andrews	18:29.7	Armada	151.1
11	Luke Nawrocki	18:30.3	Armada	150.9
12	Thomas Lepper	18:31.0	Pinckney	150.7
9	Nolan Korolden	18:31.0	Yale	150.7
9	Reagan Ward	18:31.2	St. Johns	150.6
10	Korbyn Thornton	18:32.9	St. Clair	150.0
11	Cullen Black	18:33.6	St. Johns	149.8
10	Ted Rutkofske	18:35.5	Yale	149.2
12	Chandler Selk	18:37.8	Allendale	148.4
9	Beckett Boos	18:39.1	Chelsea	148.0
10	Jack McMahon	18:41.1	Macomb Lutheran North	147.3
11	Dylan Odenbach	18:41.4	Petoskey	147.2
12	Camden Patmos	18:42.0	Hamilton	147.0
10	Tamer Zahr	18:42.2	Dearborn Divine Child	146.9
9	Chase Lowery	18:42.9	Fremont	146.7
10	Jack Nicol	18:43.6	Yale	146.5
12	Luke Lehner	18:44.7	St. Joseph	146.1
9	Griffin Mis	18:47.0	Sparta	145.3
9	Noah Chouinard	18:50.0	Alma	144.3
9	Donnovan Ryan	18:52.8	Plainwell	143.4
10	Jaxon Strauch	18:53.6	Corunna	143.1
9	Gavriel Modderman	18:56.3	Allendale	142.2
9	Chase Somers	19:06.9	Freeland	138.7
9	Aidan Roka	19:08.7	Corunna	138.1
11	Krish Kalmadi	19:11.4	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	137.2
9	Payton Chandler	19:13.2	Corunna	136.6
11	Davin Meckstroth	19:15.2	Linden	135.9
10	Billy Pipkorn	19:19.5	Plainwell	134.5
12	Jack Zagaiski	19:21.3	Armada	133.9
11	Tyler Buckland	19:22.8	Armada	133.4
12	Caleb DeVries	19:23.1	GR_South Christian	133.3
12	John Norland	19:26.4	St. Joseph	132.2
10	Wyatt Murtos	19:28.0	Yale	131.7
10	Evan Brown	19:33.8	Freeland	129.7
12	Edwin Castillo	19:36.5	Plainwell	128.9
10	Carter Petzke	19:37.4	St. Joseph	128.5
11	Alex Creamer	19:38.3	Clio	128.3
10	Ethan VandenHaute	19:39.5	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	127.8
9	Elijah Boes	19:42.5	GR_South Christian	126.8
9	Rick Hunderman	19:49.2	GR_South Christian	124.6
10	Jackson Cargill	19:59.7	Mason	121.1
12	Sujay Maddireddy	20:13.1	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	116.6
11	Paolo Poquiz	20:16.2	Alma	115.6
12	Andrew Tucker	20:23.9	Corunna	113.0
12	Aidan Lee	20:24.2	Armada	112.9
10	Aidan Lavery	20:46.9	Corunna	105.4
9	Brennan Hladney	21:05.8	Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills )	99.1
9	Anthony Alvarez	21:39.9	Armada	87.7