As stated in the team rankings, I’ve got numbers on about 12,000 athletes. In a typical year, that covers about 80-85% of those competing. There are some notable teams and individuals missing, for instance Temperance Bedford has run in Ohio meets only, Caledonia made their invitational debut yesterday. But these rankings constitute the vast majority of athletes that have competed in major meets in Michigan this season. A bit of a change from last week, I’ve started eliminating the bottom third of an athlete’s performances, understanding that some will cruise or train through races.

Have fun with these, remember to have love and respect for your fellow competitors (they work hard and struggle through adversity too), and use it as motivation in the coming weeks!

GIRLS

BOYS

GIRLS

BOYS

GIRLS

BOYS

GIRLS

BOYS

BEST OF THE REST

GIRLS

BOYS

OVERALL TOP 150

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BOYS

We finally get some intel on Caledonia. They’re good.

What Are All These Numbers?

Girls Adjustment: -11
Boys Adjustment: -14

LINK

A few notes:

• These are for FUN. 
• These are all based on the times people have run during the season, not influenced by the past or the pre-season, not judged via any bias on my part.  If you somehow think I have it out for you, please let me assure you that is NOT the case.
• I’ve instituted the HOBBS KESSLER RULE
  • Last year, with the many dual meets and the top runners cruising through those, their average rating suffered.  To account for that, I eliminated the bottom half of a runner’s ratings.
  • This year, with less duals, still wanting to score mid-week meets, the rule still applies, but amended a bit.  I’m taking the upper 2/3 of a runner’s ratings (rounding to the nearest whole number).  So, if someone has run 5 races, I’m taking their best 3.  8 races, their best 5.
• Currently, there are about 6500 boys rated.  In a typical year, this will constitute a good 85-90% of the boys that are competing.  I’m not sure if team numbers are down, I know coaches seemed to think that was the case in the preseason. 
• The team rankings are based on a hypothetical meet between all teams in a division or in the state.
• There will be cases where Team A beats Team B in a meet, but Team B is ranked ahead of Team A.  Not all the time, but this is often because Team B was missing a runner.  Or the meet size matters, Team A has a weaker 5^th runner that doesn’t stack up as well against the entire division.
• The rankings include all the meets listed here, even the ones without links (I’ll post those this week)
• Girls Individual Rankings will be up tomorrow evening.
• These are for FUN.  If you don’t like these fun rankings, I’ll throw you in a cage with a thousand honey badgers.

DIVISION 4

DIVISION 3

DIVISION 2

DIVISION 1

BEST OF THE REST

OVERALL