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Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark (well, except for the relays, I have to re-work the points chart to account for using 3 runners instead of 4)

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Sunday (4/13) evening. To keep things consistent, all times listed are FAT. Hand timing really shouldn’t be a thing in 2025, anyway.

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		9:25.5	4x800m	Romeo	1073
12	Olivia Purdy	11:05.4	3200m	Romeo	440
11	Natalia Guaresimo	5:06.9	1600m	Romeo	434
11	Ella Goodsell	5:07.3	1600m	Romeo	432
12	Violet Hrabovsky	2:18.9	800m	Romeo	425
11	Natalia Guaresimo	2:19.0	800m	Romeo	424
10	Annie Hrabovsky	5:13.2	1600m	Romeo	407
11	Ella Goodsell	2:22.0	800m	Romeo	397

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Romeo	1246	1273	440	1073	4033
2	DeWitt	764	1114	364	932	3173
3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	758	1230	–	994	2982
4	Saline	375	720	768	931	2794
5	Traverse City West	371	683	736	914	2705
6	Brighton	398	669	761	737	2566
7	Hartland	372	729	372	872	2344
8	Holland West Ottawa	748	819	731	–	2297
9	Northville	373	376	725	799	2272
10	Ann Arbor Huron	767	735	–	684	2187
11	Hudsonville	361	784	–	847	1992
12	Grand Ledge	398	408	380	784	1969
13	Rockford	359	343	354	817	1873
14	Midland Dow	–	–	969	879	1848
15	Rochester Adams	384	813	451	–	1648
16	Holt	390	327	–	789	1506
17	Portage Northern	–	701	744	–	1445
18	Oak Park	355	–	–	1038	1393
19	Grand Haven	800	489	–	–	1289
20	Livonia Franklin	374	418	396	–	1188
21	Lake Orion	377	–	–	778	1154
22	Okemos	–	382	–	696	1078
23	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	–	396	–	680	1076
24	Jenison	–	1075	–	–	1075
25	Utica	364	326	367	–	1057

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:56.4	Northville	1036	4x800m
11	Ryan Stojov	1:57.8	Northville	414	800m
12	Logan Mullan	1:57.9	Northville	413	800m
12	Ethan Powell	9:30.9	Northville	413	3200m
12	Ethan Powell	4:24.1	Northville	398	1600m
11	Ben Hartigan	1:58.9	Northville	397	800m
10	Brandon Cloud	9:36.5	Northville	397	3200m
11	Ryan Stojov	4:24.7	Northville	394	1600m
9	Lucas Mullan	2:00.1	Northville	377	800m
12	Ishaan Kundapur	4:29.1	Northville	361	1600m
12	Rece Grezak	2:01.9	Northville	349	800m
11	Ben Hartigan	4:31.7	Northville	341	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Northville	1225	1153	810	1036	4223
2	Canton	418	1147	787	861	3213
3	Rockford	1037	1091	358	665	3150
4	Plymouth	726	710	389	934	2758
5	Howell	675	694	416	715	2501
6	East Kentwood	704	989	–	647	2339
7	Livonia Churchill	1031	1091	–	–	2123
8	Brighton	–	649	720	719	2089
9	Troy Athens	362	407	341	762	1872
10	West Bloomfield	369	348	–	955	1673
11	Kalamazoo Central	424	726	406	–	1556
12	Grand Ledge	–	369	401	753	1524
13	Clarkston	775	692	–	–	1467
14	Utica	–	1100	361	–	1460
15	Walled Lake Northern	696	–	–	709	1405
16	Midland	350	–	–	862	1212
17	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	360	432	355	–	1147
18	Oak Park	427	–	–	653	1081
19	Oxford	–	344	–	730	1074
20	Traverse City Central	690	–	366	–	1057
21	Holland West Ottawa	678	371	–	–	1049
22	Caledonia	359	689	–	–	1048
23	Grand Haven	–	778	–	–	778
24	Traverse City West	371	363	–	–	734
25	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	349	383	–	–	732

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		10:01.2	4x800m	Goodrich	776
12	Layla Jordan	2:16.3	800m	Goodrich	449
10	Alivia Ottinger	5:14.9	1600m	Goodrich	400
9	Kayla Shellenbarger	2:22.5	800m	Goodrich	392
12	Kamryn Lauinger	11:38.3	3200m	Goodrich	383
9	Kayla Shellenbarger	5:23.4	1600m	Goodrich	363
12	Kamryn Lauinger	5:29.9	1600m	Goodrich	335
9	Kayla Shellenbarger	12:19.9	3200m	Goodrich	311

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Goodrich	841	1098	695	776	3410
2	St. Joseph	701	1010	733	713	3158
3	Adrian	317	1014	697	666	2694
4	Linden	306	620	987	774	2687
5	Cadillac	377	718	768	725	2588
6	Holland Christian	708	738	386	685	2517
7	Otsego	318	1025	422	699	2465
8	Freeland	643	–	703	853	2199
9	Spring Lake	985	272	299	456	2012
10	Frankenmuth	292	695	371	485	1844
11	Stevensville Lakeshore	785	297	–	740	1821
12	Chelsea	347	278	349	689	1664
13	Carleton Airport	288	376	411	555	1629
14	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	359	280	361	576	1577
15	Gladwin	395	297	289	575	1557
16	Clare	308	542	–	686	1537
17	Forest Hills Eastern	–	286	684	521	1491
18	Lake Fenton	705	612	–	–	1317
19	St. Johns	–	306	447	561	1313
20	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	–	376	414	519	1309
21	Detroit Country Day	320	276	–	687	1283
22	Edwardsburg	392	439	381	–	1212
23	New Boston Huron	–	356	355	468	1178
24	Hastings	340	386	383	–	1109
25	East Grand Rapids	–	357	–	737	1094

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Thomas Larson	1:58.1	Alma	410	800m
10	Ezekiel Baltierra	4:30.1	Alma	353	1600m
10	Ezekiel Baltierra	2:01.9	Alma	348	800m
10	Kevin Terpstra	10:14.0	Alma	288	3200m
9	Sam Johnson	10:26.7	Alma	251	3200m
11	Luca Lebron	4:43.8	Alma	249	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Alma	758	602	539	–	1898
2	Macomb Lutheran North	307	573	339	638	1857
3	Allendale	–	782	–	729	1511
4	Flint Kearsley	371	636	347	–	1354
5	Williamston	–	338	341	597	1276
6	Parma Western	358	362	–	550	1269
7	Saginaw Swan Valley	341	586	342	–	1269
8	New Boston Huron	–	284	323	657	1265
9	Gladwin	–	350	344	569	1263
10	Petoskey	–	917	277	–	1194
11	Frankenmuth	–	560	588	–	1148
12	Marshall	374	751	–	–	1125
13	Holland Christian	361	393	312	–	1065
14	Forest Hills Eastern	957	–	–	–	957
15	Adrian	330	345	237	–	911
16	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	–	245	–	647	891
17	Ludington	333	–	–	525	858
18	Battle Creek Harper Creek	–	293	–	538	830
19	Dearborn Divine Child	–	365	337	–	702
20	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	354	335	–	–	689
21	Dowagiac Union	342	344	–	–	686
22	Ogemaw Heights	390	244	–	–	634
23	Owosso	338	295	–	–	633
24	St. Joseph	–	326	304	–	630
25	Essexville Garber	–	306	300	–	606

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		10:00.6	4x800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	780
12	Kyah Hoffman	11:22.5	3200m	Stanton Central Montcalm	411
12	Kyah Hoffman	5:15.3	1600m	Stanton Central Montcalm	398
12	Ashley Choponis	11:49.1	3200m	Stanton Central Montcalm	365
12	Kyah Hoffman	2:28.7	800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	336
12	Ashley Choponis	5:30.5	1600m	Stanton Central Montcalm	332
12	Ashley Choponis	2:32.3	800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	303
11	Grace Coston	5:47.6	1600m	Stanton Central Montcalm	259
11	Grace Coston	12:50.7	3200m	Stanton Central Montcalm	258
11	Grace Coston	2:41.5	800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	220

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Stanton Central Montcalm	859	989	1034	780	3663
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	909	1055	937	608	3509
3	LeRoy Pine River	425	461	628	427	1940
4	Traverse City St. Francis	467	511	276	587	1840
5	Leslie	328	629	259	510	1726
6	Lansing Catholic	718	–	–	742	1461
7	Blissfield	302	358	242	468	1369
8	Jackson Lumen Christi	–	522	375	473	1369
9	Lake City	–	522	324	460	1306
10	Remus Chippewa Hills	484	286	–	521	1291
11	Hart	640	–	262	363	1266
12	Ithaca	222	–	618	377	1217
13	Kent City	512	595	–	–	1107
14	Onsted	562	473	–	–	1035
15	Saugatuck	481	512	–	–	994
16	Monroe St. Mary CC	351	344	–	273	969
17	Buchanan	–	272	287	361	919
18	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	–	435	439	–	875
19	Farwell	–	282	303	268	853
20	Sanford-Meridian	282	231	–	299	812
21	Bath	248	220	–	336	804
22	Grass Lake	227	211	–	345	783
23	Grayling	273	496	–	–	769
24	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	413	331	–	–	744
25	McBain	–	255	–	475	729

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:17.7	Traverse City St. Francis	752	4x800m
12	Robby Myler	2:02.7	Traverse City St. Francis	337	800m
12	Josh Slocum	10:00.5	Traverse City St. Francis	327	3200m
10	William Ready	10:05.6	Traverse City St. Francis	312	3200m
12	Josh Slocum	4:35.8	Traverse City St. Francis	310	1600m
10	William Ready	4:41.3	Traverse City St. Francis	268	1600m
12	Owen Read	10:21.3	Traverse City St. Francis	267	3200m
12	Owen Read	4:48.4	Traverse City St. Francis	214	1600m
12	Riley Pattinson	4:53.1	Traverse City St. Francis	178	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Traverse City St. Francis	337	792	906	752	2787
2	Ann Arbor Greenhills	880	325	612	582	2399
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	931	535	509	349	2325
4	Jonesville	357	677	483	622	2139
5	Onsted	531	667	506	354	2058
6	Brooklyn Columbia Central	283	387	475	530	1676
7	Jackson Lumen Christi	287	424	472	333	1516
8	Charlevoix	371	360	549	–	1280
9	Chesaning	348	506	–	346	1200
10	Manton	–	297	454	448	1198
11	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	–	592	–	526	1118
12	Reed City	–	646	420	–	1067
13	Hanover-Horton	–	621	–	408	1029
14	Stanton Central Montcalm	–	343	281	339	963
15	Pigeon-Laker	–	494	–	353	847
16	Constantine	486	–	350	–	836
17	Bath	–	411	414	–	825
18	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	311	182	307	–	801
19	Blissfield	285	133	374	–	793
20	Centreville	624	142	–	–	766
21	Midland Bullock Creek	–	374	389	–	763
22	Ithaca	268	472	–	–	740
23	Lake City	–	–	385	327	712
24	St. Louis	–	380	320	–	700
25	Laingsburg	–	334	–	361	695

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		10:15.0	4x800m	Whitmore Lake	674
10	Kaylie Livingston	11:07.5	3200m	Whitmore Lake	436
10	Kaylie Livingston	5:08.6	1600m	Whitmore Lake	427
9	Malynda Lambros	12:37.3	3200m	Whitmore Lake	281
11	Elodie Weaver	12:39.8	3200m	Whitmore Lake	277
11	Carina Burchi	2:39.0	800m	Whitmore Lake	242
11	Elodie Weaver	5:52.2	1600m	Whitmore Lake	240
9	Malynda Lambros	5:53.1	1600m	Whitmore Lake	236
9	Malynda Lambros	2:44.3	800m	Whitmore Lake	194

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Whitmore Lake	436	902	995	674	3007
2	Grand Traverse Academy	511	433	371	386	1701
3	Fowler	292	508	427	374	1600
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	–	562	461	565	1588
5	Gobles	250	506	335	449	1540
6	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	536	751	219	–	1505
7	Hillsdale Academy	402	207	274	439	1322
8	Breckenridge	426	394	–	487	1307
9	Bridgman	245	243	275	397	1160
10	Vestaburg	–	354	318	371	1043
11	Kingston	252	281	196	254	983
12	Petersburg-Summerfield	214	204	176	315	909
13	Royal Oak Shrine	271	–	180	370	822
14	Allen Park Cabrini	252	293	268	–	813
15	Portland St. Patrick	785	–	–	–	785
16	Leland	195	291	–	252	739
17	Harbor Beach	228	161	–	331	720
18	Cardinal Mooney Catholic	202	211	290	–	703
19	St. Charles	253	217	224	–	694
20	Petoskey St. Michael	292	361	–	–	653
21	Adrian Lenawee Christian	307	251	–	–	559
22	Birmingham Roeper	268	288	–	–	556
23	Novi Christian Academy	243	264	–	–	507
24	Brown City	–	184	301	–	485
25	Beal City	286	168	–	–	454

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Marek Butkiewicz	4:22.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	411	1600m
11	Marek Butkiewicz	9:34.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	402	3200m
11	Marek Butkiewicz	1:59.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	385	800m
11	Sean Siems	2:05.9	Kalamazoo Hackett	286	800m
11	Sean Siems	4:46.0	Kalamazoo Hackett	232	1600m
12	Alexander Dumont	2:09.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	226	800m
10	Kellen Siems	11:12.1	Kalamazoo Hackett	119	3200m
10	Kellen Siems	5:05.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	83	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Kalamazoo Hackett	897	727	521	–	2145
2	Hillsdale Academy	178	597	480	465	1721
3	Holland Calvary Christian	381	549	362	–	1292
4	Riverview Gabriel Richard	194	352	321	362	1229
5	Harbor Beach	–	285	512	313	1110
6	Tri-unity Christian	387	431	252	–	1070
7	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	220	302	196	230	948
8	Plymouth Christian Academy	319	146	177	258	901
9	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	158	115	170	332	775
10	Petoskey St. Michael	412	362	–	–	775
11	Birmingham Roeper	256	–	68	412	736
12	Three Oaks River Valley	346	374	–	–	720
13	Lutheran Westland	494	195	–	–	690
14	Beal City	306	204	–	172	682
15	Bridgman	227	195	176	–	597
16	Mason County Eastern	–	180	410	–	590
17	Detroit Frederick Douglass	279	275	–	–	554
18	Maple City Glen Lake	–	551	–	–	551
19	Whitmore Lake	–	205	287	–	492
20	Harbor Springs	–	460	–	–	460
21	Royal Oak Shrine	233	215	–	–	449
22	Morenci	–	89	139	200	428
23	Eau Claire	190	–	–	218	407
24	Manchester	–	–	146	236	382
25	Frankfort	–	142	–	231	373

Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

In the past, I’ve struggled grasping exactly what I want to write about for each event or division. Thankfully, these early qualifiers make it easy! If you’ve qualified in the timeframe before your event area has been posted or in between those posts, you’ll get a little sentence or three.

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Thursday (4/10) at 10pm.

Early Qualifiers

Laila Hawkins, Detroit Cass Tech

14.74 – 100 Hurdles – DDC Early Season All-Comers

One race in and she’s already 0.2 seconds faster than last year, a season that resulted in a 6th place D1 finish.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Brooklyn Harmon	15.06	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	446	100h
11	Mia Hilton	46.91	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	418	300h
9	Amya Gater	16.72	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	346	100h
11	Mia Hilton	16.86	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	337	100h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	1129	418	1548
2	Okemos	679	745	1424
3	Belleville	807	479	1286
4	Detroit Cass Tech	804	376	1181
5	Salem	736	359	1095
6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	667	366	1032
7	Byron Center	422	378	800
8	Caledonia	397	368	766
9	Lake Orion	381	375	756
10	Ann Arbor Huron	370	377	747
11	Clarkston	365	361	726
12	Rockford	352	346	698
13	Rochester Adams	677	–	677
14	Taylor	454	–	454
15	Utica Ford	382	–	382
16	Holland West Ottawa	–	372	372
17	Grand Ledge	371	–	371
18	Romeo	–	369	369
19	Oxford	–	360	360
20	Woodhaven Brownstown	–	348	348
21	Ann Arbor Skyline	335	–	335
22	Mount Pleasant	330	–	330
23	Troy	326	–	326
24	Holt	324	–	324

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Michael Wilkerson	14.80	Rochester Adams	448	110h
12	Lachlan Tillotson	15.05	Rochester Adams	429	110h
12	Michael Wilkerson	41.00	Rochester Adams	404	300h
12	Lachlan Tillotson	41.18	Rochester Adams	398	300h
12	Steven Wilkerson	15.60	Rochester Adams	387	110h
12	Steven Wilkerson	42.45	Rochester Adams	358	300h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Rochester Adams	1265	1161	2426
2	Belleville	1345	382	1728
3	Greenville	811	808	1619
4	Temperance Bedford	1214	360	1574
5	Holland West Ottawa	756	375	1131
6	Walled Lake Western	427	425	851
7	West Bloomfield	344	405	749
8	Detroit Cass Tech	368	378	745
9	Grosse Pointe South	365	376	740
10	Lowell	352	381	732
11	Ann Arbor Huron	–	442	442
12	Saline	–	422	422
13	Rockford	–	381	381
14	Caledonia	–	377	377
15	Byron Center	–	370	370
16	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	–	368	368
17	Howell	366	–	366
18	Southgate Anderson	–	358	358
19	Farmington	355	–	355
20	Livonia Churchill	346	–	346
21	Grand Ledge	343	–	343
22	Portage Central	342	–	342
23	Grandville	342	–	342
24	Beverly Hills Groves	341	–	341

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Sydney Kuhn	44.76	Saginaw Swan Valley	469	300h
10	Aubrey Hare	49.27	Saginaw Swan Valley	363	300h
10	Aubrey Hare	17.54	Saginaw Swan Valley	296	100h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Saginaw Swan Valley	296	832	1128
2	Owosso	650	392	1043
3	Sturgis	589	315	903
4	Allegan	416	423	839
5	Hudsonville Unity Christian	364	349	712
6	Gladwin	357	324	682
7	Trenton	343	325	669
8	Plainwell	288	351	638
9	Portland	278	354	633
10	Shepherd	306	320	627
11	Spring Lake	317	300	617
12	Dearborn Divine Child	289	318	607
13	Parma Western	307	297	604
14	Forest Hills Eastern	289	312	602
15	Holland Christian	277	298	575
16	Chelsea	569	–	569
17	Monroe Jefferson	562	–	562
18	Cranbrook Kingswood	409	–	409
19	Fruitport	334	–	334
20	Freeland	–	316	316
21	Hopkins	–	297	297
22	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	277	–	277
23	Bay City John Glenn	272	–	272
23	Eaton Rapids	272	–	272
25	Otsego	269	–	269

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Conan Weeks	16.00	Clare	356	110h
12	Logan Carstensen	42.72	Clare	350	300h
11	Conan Weeks	42.78	Clare	348	300h
12	Logan Carstensen	16.79	Clare	295	110h
12	Ty Allbee	16.83	Clare	292	110h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Clare	944	698	1642
2	Parma Western	705	720	1425
3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	1056	–	1056
4	Shepherd	–	747	747
5	Freeland	377	342	719
6	Coldwater	709	–	709
7	Alma	677	–	677
8	Three Rivers	331	336	667
9	Trenton	280	333	613
10	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	388	–	388
11	Corunna	363	–	363
12	Saginaw Swan Valley	–	357	357
13	Jackson Northwest	352	–	352
14	Grand Rapids South Christian	–	348	348
15	Grand Rapids Christian	–	336	336
16	Gladwin	335	–	335
17	Marshall	332	–	332
18	Hazel Park	308	–	308

Early Qualifiers

Julia Hughes, Ida

15.66 – 100 Hurdles – Hillsdale Jack Beilfuss Invitational

An off-season dedication to strength and power led to the ability to consistently three step. Which then brought about her first sub-16 ever.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Julia Hughes	15.66	Ida	410	100h
11	Julia Hughes	48.34	Ida	385	300h
12	Mackenzie Dollison	52.41	Ida	289	300h
12	Mackenzie Dollison	17.89	Ida	275	100h
11	Grace May	17.97	Ida	270	100h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Ida	955	674	1629
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	277	616	893
3	Standish Sterling	570	271	841
4	Quincy	362	332	693
5	Bath	414	267	681
6	Kent City	277	295	571
7	Union City	257	271	528
8	Chesaning	–	523	523
9	Napoleon	285	–	285
10	The Potter’s House	–	281	281
11	Ovid-Elsie	275	–	275
12	Ravenna	262	–	262
13	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	–	249	249
14	Stanton Central Montcalm	246	–	246

Early Qualifiers

Caleb Walker, Chesaning

14.72 – 110 Hurdles – Fowlerville Early Season Open

Twice All-State in the high hurdles, this is Caleb’s second foray into the 14’s – and the earliest in the season that he’s reached that mark.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Zander Goodwin	42.78	Jonesville	348	300h
12	Zander Goodwin	16.13	Jonesville	346	110h
10	Reece Rundquist	44.22	Jonesville	303	300h
10	Reece Rundquist	16.80	Jonesville	295	110h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Jonesville	641	651	1292
2	Chesaning	832	357	1189
3	Ravenna	301	680	981
4	Bath	579	374	953
5	Hillsdale	618	297	916
6	Elk Rapids	408	431	840
7	Burton Atherton	708	–	708
8	Adrian Madison	706	–	706
9	Hudson	291	288	578
10	Stockbridge	229	294	524
11	Ann Arbor Greenhills	–	389	389
12	Quincy	376	–	376
13	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	332	–	332
14	Napoleon	327	–	327
15	Pewamo-Westphalia	–	321	321
16	Brooklyn Columbia Central	312	–	312
17	Leslie	301	–	301
18	Laingsburg	–	288	288
19	Ida	273	–	273
20	Hanover-Horton	272	–	272
21	Almont	267	–	267
22	Hesperia	264	–	264
23	Burton-Bendle	251	–	251
24	Standish Sterling	236	–	236

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Payton Haynes	16.49	Mason County Eastern	360	100h
9	Aubrey Myers	17.81	Mason County Eastern	280	100h
10	Annabelle Zwagerman	18.39	Mason County Eastern	245	100h
9	Aubrey Myers	54.66	Mason County Eastern	236	300h
12	Payton Haynes	55.64	Mason County Eastern	213	300h

Rank	Team	100h	300h	Total
1	Mason County Eastern	884	450	1334
2	Petersburg-Summerfield	675	260	936
3	Fowler	239	631	870
4	Vestaburg	405	264	669
5	Hillsdale Academy	303	293	596
6	Lansing Christian	328	–	328
7	Kalamazoo Hackett	–	272	272
8	International Academy of Flint	265	–	265
9	Brown City	234	–	234
10	Holland Calvary Christian	232	–	232
11	Potterville	–	226	226
12	Morrice	222	–	222
13	Fulton	220	–	220
14	Pentwater	215	–	215
15	Tri-unity Christian	192	–	192

Early Qualifiers

Dawson Scharer, Hillsdale Academy

15.85 – 110 Hurdles & 40.82 – 300 Hurdles – Hillsdale Jack Beilfuss Invitational

2024’s 2x All-Stater can cruise into the State Finals knowing that he’s got a chance to repeat that same feat – or attain higher goals. Considering he opened last year with 16/42+ efforts, he’s in a good spot to be in contention come late May.

Logan Smith, Morrice

41.90 – 300 Hurdles – Fowlerville Early Season Open

Smith joined Scharer as a duplicate All-Stater. Like Dawson, Logan is far ahead of 2024’s pace. Having opened last season over 44, he’s already 3 sec. ahead of pace.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
12	Kris Vigars	42.09	Riverview Gabriel Richard	370	300h
12	Sebastian Martinez	44.23	Riverview Gabriel Richard	302	300h
12	Austin Louzon	16.72	Riverview Gabriel Richard	301	110h
9	Ty Patterson	44.90	Riverview Gabriel Richard	281	300h
12	Austin Louzon	44.96	Riverview Gabriel Richard	280	300h
12	Kris Vigars	18.06	Riverview Gabriel Richard	198	110h

Rank	Team	110h	300h	Total
1	Riverview Gabriel Richard	498	954	1452
2	Hillsdale Academy	652	721	1374
3	Fowler	402	384	786
4	Petersburg-Summerfield	458	212	670
5	Morrice	152	376	527
6	Vandercook Lake	264	263	526
7	Detroit Frederick Douglass	169	294	464
8	Coleman	208	230	439
9	Royal Oak Shrine	156	244	400
10	International Academy of Flint	358	–	358
11	Kalamazoo Hackett	283	–	283
12	Saginaw Nouvel	–	255	255
13	Dansville	–	242	242
14	St Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	–	241	241
15	Jackson Preparatory	–	222	222
16	Eau Claire	204	–	204
17	Athens	201	–	201
18	Morenci	200	–	200
19	Brown City	169	–	169
20	Decatur	121	–	121

Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

In the past, I’ve struggled grasping exactly what I want to write about for each event or division. Thankfully, these early qualifiers make it easy! If you’ve qualified in the timeframe before your event area has been posted or in between those posts, you’ll get a little sentence or three.

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Tuesday (4/8) at 9PM.

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
12	Emma Young	116′ 6″	Livonia Churchill	422	Discus
12	Charlotte Minor	110′ 5″	Livonia Churchill	405	Discus
12	Charlotte Minor	34′ 4″	Livonia Churchill	393	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Livonia Churchill	393	828	1221
2	Jenison	499	440	940
3	Rockford	447	441	888
4	Zeeland East	787	–	787
5	Northville	385	397	782
6	Forest Hills Northern	761	–	761
7	Detroit Renaissance	386	374	760
8	Midland	448	–	448
9	Plymouth	430	–	430
10	Grosse Pointe South	–	410	410
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	404	–	404
12	Ypsilanti Lincoln	403	–	403
13	Howell	399	–	399
14	Holland West Ottawa	394	–	394
15	Brighton	–	393	393
16	East Lansing	387	–	387
17	Macomb Dakota	–	387	387
18	Grand Ledge	–	386	386
19	Bay City Western	380	–	380
20	Livonia Stevenson	379	–	379
21	Holly	379	–	379
22	Forest Hills Central	379	–	379
23	Novi	374	–	374
24	Monroe	373	–	373

Early Qualifiers

Ty Ellis, Grand Ledge

159′ 6″ Discus – Hillsdale Jack Beilfuss Invitational

Commonly, it’s taken Ellis a few meets to get in the groove. But not in 2025, as he ripped his best opener in the discus by 30 feet. This is what he normally throws at the end of the year, which gives great thought as to what might occur in two months.

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
12	Ray Glory Ejoyohak	186′ 2″	Beverly Hills Groves	514	Discus
12	Ryan Yoder	152′ 9″	Beverly Hills Groves	429	Discus
12	Colin Vincent	46′ 3″	Beverly Hills Groves	392	Shot Put
12	Ryan Yoder	45′ 4″	Beverly Hills Groves	385	Shot Put
12	Ray Glory Ejoyohak	45′ 3″	Beverly Hills Groves	384	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beverly Hills Groves	1161	943	2104
2	Grand Ledge	780	1241	2021
3	Monroe	844	913	1757
4	Livonia Churchill	790	851	1641
5	Hudsonville	777	830	1607
6	Dexter	382	1155	1537
7	Midland	1318	–	1318
8	Warren DeLaSalle	810	417	1227
9	Byron Center	378	848	1225
10	Portage Central	450	404	854
11	Swartz Creek	822	–	822
12	Cedar Springs	817	–	817
13	Fraser	411	404	814
14	Caledonia	–	811	811
15	Livonia Stevenson	384	405	789
16	Saginaw Heritage	788	–	788
17	Lapeer	404	372	776
18	Rockford	391	382	773
19	Hartland	389	374	763
20	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	443	–	443
21	Grosse Pointe South	–	433	433
22	Detroit Catholic Central	432	–	432
23	Holt	–	427	427
24	Macomb Dakota	417	–	417
25	Rochester Adams	–	416	416

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
12	Ellianna Foley	38′ 4.5″	Coldwater	437	Shot Put
10	Marie Powers	35′ 8″	Coldwater	408	Shot Put
12	Ellianna Foley	104′ 8″	Coldwater	389	Discus
11	Danika Cox	31′ 11.5″	Coldwater	367	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Coldwater	1212	389	1601
2	Gladwin	782	353	1135
3	Hudsonville Unity Christian	770	360	1130
4	Otsego	743	359	1102
5	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	507	381	888
6	Plainwell	399	428	827
7	Sturgis	397	427	824
8	St. Clair Shores South Lake	399	394	793
9	Whitehall	789	–	789
10	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	380	395	775
11	Grand Rapids Christian	411	352	763
12	Hopkins	365	390	756
13	Holland Christian	381	359	740
14	Howard City Tri-County	357	368	725
15	Linden	356	369	725
16	North Branch	442	–	442
17	Chelsea	428	–	428
18	Portland	–	408	408
19	Shepherd	405	–	405
20	Flint Powers Catholic	395	–	395
21	Allegan	390	–	390
22	Owosso	390	–	390
23	Battle Creek Harper Creek	383	–	383
24	Gaylord	378	–	378
25	Charlotte	377	–	377

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
11	Jackson Reilly	49′ 10″	Coldwater	421	Shot Put
11	Jackson Reilly	147′ 4″	Coldwater	416	Discus
12	Garrett McVicker	48′ 7″	Coldwater	411	Shot Put
12	Alex Crabtree	43′ 8″	Coldwater	372	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Coldwater	1203	416	1618
2	Otsego	1194	407	1602
3	Wayland Union	803	794	1598
4	Hudsonville Unity Christian	1109	367	1477
5	Dearborn Divine Child	811	382	1193
6	Three Rivers	766	380	1146
7	Battle Creek Harper Creek	768	377	1145
8	Gaylord	878	–	878
9	Parma Western	453	375	827
10	Battle Creek Pennfield	386	423	809
11	Sparta	390	397	787
12	Haslett	786	–	786
13	Howard City Tri-County	381	387	768
14	Portland	364	374	738
15	Niles	734	–	734
16	Marshall	–	730	730
17	St. Joseph	427	–	427
18	Stevensville Lakeshore	412	–	412
19	Hamilton	404	–	404
20	Carleton Airport	395	–	395
21	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	–	393	393
22	Hopkins	393	–	393
23	Redford Union	389	–	389
24	Owosso	383	–	383
25	Flint Kearsley	–	382	382

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
12	Megan Mackinder	103′ 2″	Stockbridge	385	Discus
12	Megan Mackinder	31′ 9″	Stockbridge	365	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Stockbridge	365	385	750
2	Ann Arbor Greenhills	351	372	723
3	Kent City	344	369	714
4	Leslie	358	348	706
5	Quincy	–	702	702
6	Harrison	343	357	700
7	Hemlock	698	–	698
8	Montrose	582	–	582
9	Schoolcraft	449	–	449
10	Blissfield	408	–	408
11	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	400	–	400
12	Manton	392	–	392
13	Buchanan	388	–	388
14	Morley-Stanwood	387	–	387
15	Union City	–	380	380
16	Saugatuck	378	–	378
17	Burton Atherton	372	–	372
18	Holland Black River	368	–	368
19	Hesperia	367	–	367
20	Jonesville	–	364	364
21	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	–	363	363
22	Reed City	359	–	359
23	Centreville	355	–	355
24	Ravenna	–	355	355
25	Hart	354	–	354

Early Qualifiers

Mason Brodie, Clinton

169′ 2″ Discus – Clinton Redwolves Invitational

It’s been a momentous week for Brodie, signing with Detroit Mercy, then ripping a 10+ foot personal best in his home invite. The senior hopes to get back on the medal stand in the discus, a feat he was able to accomplish in 2023.

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
12	Seth Schlicht	44′ 1″	Chesaning	375	Shot Put
11	Braden Burtch	43′ 11″	Chesaning	374	Shot Put
12	Seth Schlicht	130′ 2″	Chesaning	372	Discus
12	Brayden Florian	42′ 11.5″	Chesaning	366	Shot Put
11	Braden Burtch	120′ 1″	Chesaning	346	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Chesaning	1114	718	1833
2	Lawton	500	794	1294
3	Stanton Central Montcalm	774	393	1167
4	Napoleon	372	397	768
5	Ovid-Elsie	744	–	744
6	Hillsdale	366	367	733
7	Onsted	356	361	718
8	Clinton	–	471	471
9	Centreville	406	–	406
10	Montague	383	–	383
11	Hudson	374	–	374
12	Carrollton	370	–	370
13	Ithaca	359	–	359
14	Quincy	358	–	358
15	Kent City	358	–	358
16	Parchment	357	–	357
17	Leslie	–	355	355
18	Ida	354	–	354
19	Jonesville	354	–	354
20	Saugatuck	353	–	353

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
11	Jaylyn Sisco	95′ 0″	Beal City	362	Discus
10	Bryn Gilde	31′ 2.5″	Beal City	359	Shot Put
10	Bryn Gilde	93′ 9″	Beal City	359	Discus
12	Brianna Stack	91′ 9″	Beal City	353	Discus
10	Katelyn Schultz	29′ 1.5″	Beal City	336	Shot Put
10	Mady Stack	84′ 4″	Beal City	332	Discus
11	Jaylyn Sisco	28′ 0.5″	Beal City	324	Shot Put
12	Brianna Stack	27′ 7″	Beal City	319	Shot Put

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beal City	1020	1074	2094
2	Decatur	672	334	1005
3	Petersburg-Summerfield	339	357	695
4	Athens	677	–	677
5	Lutheran Westland	–	402	402
6	Carson City-Crystal	383	–	383
7	Morrice	378	–	378
8	Southfield Christian	374	–	374
9	Morenci	–	363	363
10	Bridgman	353	–	353
11	Portland St. Patrick	352	–	352
12	Allen Park Cabrini	343	–	343
13	St Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	337	–	337
14	International Academy of Flint	320	–	320

Early Qualifiers

Oliver Long, Morrice

52′ 1″ Shot Put – Fowlerville Early Season Open

As a freshman, Long showed tremendous promise in the Shot Put, placing 4th in Division 4 and attaining the 2nd best mark across all of Michigan’s 9th graders. Last year, he built on that potential, earning a Division 4 Championship in the event. Whereas he peaked at 52′ last spring, he’s already begun his junior campaign at an even higher 53’+ mark.

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points	Event
11	Oliver Long	53′ 3″	Morrice	448	Shot Put
11	Oliver Long	139′ 0″	Morrice	394	Discus

Rank	Team	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Morrice	448	394	842
2	Breckenridge	836	–	836
3	Detroit Frederick Douglass	718	–	718
4	Hillsdale Academy	363	353	716
5	Allen Park Cabrini	340	359	699
6	Pentwater	348	339	687
7	Kingston	670	–	670
8	Marcellus	389	–	389
9	Muskegon Catholic Central	–	381	381
10	Britton Deerfield	–	370	370
11	Riverview Gabriel Richard	–	362	362
12	Eau Claire	–	348	348
13	Southfield Christian	346	–	346
14	Petersburg-Summerfield	335	–	335
15	Bridgman	331	–	331
16	Saginaw Arts and Sciences	324	–	324
17	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	324	–	324
18	Coleman	–	321	321