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I began last week with the women, now onto the men. I felt the explanation was nice and concise, so here you go:

“Yeah, this is a bit of a dead zone in my coverage, and while I’m having fun going back through previous state meet ratings, I do want to throw a little something out there.

This type of track coverage on my end started two years ago and was really honed in on during last spring. Last spring’s version broke down groups by event category, assigned my own version of World Athletics Scores to each time, and then compiling all those to rank each crew.

These are calculated similarly. Thankfully, all the main collegiate events (800m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m) have World Athletics scores associated.

• For each of those four events, a team’s top times are averaged
  • These are up to the top-4, depending on how many of their athletes have competed in the event
• From those averages, the corresponding World Athletics Score is found, then that score is multiplied by the number of athletes from each event
• A school’s top three events are added together and those sums are then ranked
• These are all marks that were on TFRRS as of Sunday night and contain those running for their school (no unattached athletes).

These aren’t predictive in any way, just a calculation based on what has already occurred. Hopefully, they’re a way to show which distance crews punch above their division and highlight which schools specialize in certain events. I’ll be doing these each week, alternating between women and men.“

Rank	Team	800m	Mile	3000m	5000m	Total Points
1	Michigan	4036	4200	4172	1089	12408
2	Michigan State	3660	4112	4120	1974	11892
3	Grand Valley St.	3816	3732	3836	3736	11388
4	Saginaw Valley	3628	3528	3576	3508	10732
5	Oakland	3256	3420	3580	3452	10452
6	Eastern Michigan	2643	3796	3212	3348	10356
7	Northwood	3168	3612	3464	3140	10244
8	Aquinas	3164	3368	3436	3152	9968
9	Hope	3248	3172	3504	2976	9924
10	Hillsdale	3492	3352	2948	0	9792
11	Cornerstone	3420	3196	3008	1830	9624
12	Spring Arbor	3420	3220	2896	2732	9536
13	Davenport	3008	1692	3060	2932	9000
14	Ferris State	1983	2936	2840	2872	8648
15	Lawrence Tech	2956	3104	2388	689	8448
16	Rochester	2308	2872	2632	2508	8012
17	Siena Heights	3004	2612	2208	1148	7824
18	Detroit Mercy	1576	3160	3064	1332	7800
19	Adrian	3000	2200	1404	2328	7528
20	Calvin	0	2920	3108	1396	7424
21	Madonna	2488	1494	2804	1104	6786
22	Lake Superior State	2144	2620	1803	594	6567
23	Olivet	2188	2288	1935	0	6411
24	Albion	2040	1828	2272	2032	6344
25	Alma	2504	2468	1020	676	5992
26	Concordia	2160	2420	636	755	5335
27	Central Michigan	751	0	3400	0	4151
28	Muskegon CC	1244	2072	819	0	4135
29	Cleary	2096	1452	441	0	3989
30	SW Michigan	826	774	1098	0	2698
31	St. Clair County CC	0	0	0	422	422

Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	800m	4	1:50.6
Grand Valley St.	800m	4	1:52.6
Michigan State	800m	4	1:54.0
Saginaw Valley	800m	4	1:54.3
Hillsdale	800m	4	1:55.6
Cornerstone	800m	4	1:56.3
Spring Arbor	800m	4	1:56.3
Oakland	800m	4	1:57.9
Hope	800m	4	1:58.0
Northwood	800m	4	1:58.8
Aquinas	800m	4	1:58.8
Davenport	800m	4	2:00.4
Siena Heights	800m	4	2:00.4
Adrian	800m	4	2:00.4
Lawrence Tech	800m	4	2:00.9
Eastern Michigan	800m	3	1:55.3
Alma	800m	4	2:05.8
Madonna	800m	4	2:05.9
Rochester	800m	4	2:08.0
Olivet	800m	4	2:09.4
Concordia	800m	4	2:09.8
Lake Superior State	800m	4	2:10.0
Cleary	800m	4	2:10.5
Albion	800m	4	2:11.2
Ferris State	800m	3	2:04.2
Detroit Mercy	800m	2	1:58.9
Muskegon CC	800m	2	2:06.0
SW Michigan	800m	2	2:16.3
Central Michigan	800m	1	2:00.4

Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	Mile	4	4:02.1
Michigan State	Mile	4	4:03.8
Eastern Michigan	Mile	4	4:10.6
Grand Valley St.	Mile	4	4:12.0
Northwood	Mile	4	4:14.6
Saginaw Valley	Mile	4	4:16.5
Oakland	Mile	4	4:18.9
Aquinas	Mile	4	4:20.1
Hillsdale	Mile	4	4:20.5
Spring Arbor	Mile	4	4:23.5
Cornerstone	Mile	4	4:24.1
Hope	Mile	4	4:24.7
Detroit Mercy	Mile	4	4:24.8
Lawrence Tech	Mile	4	4:26.3
Ferris State	Mile	4	4:30.4
Calvin	Mile	4	4:30.8
Rochester	Mile	4	4:31.9
Lake Superior State	Mile	4	4:38.4
Siena Heights	Mile	4	4:38.6
Alma	Mile	4	4:42.4
Concordia	Mile	4	4:43.7
Olivet	Mile	4	4:47.4
Adrian	Mile	4	4:49.9
Muskegon CC	Mile	4	4:53.5
Albion	Mile	4	5:01.0
Davenport	Mile	2	4:19.7
Madonna	Mile	2	4:29.1
Cleary	Mile	4	5:13.3
SW Michigan	Mile	2	5:10.0

Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	3000m	4	8:02.2
Michigan State	3000m	4	8:04.9
Grand Valley St.	3000m	4	8:17.0
Oakland	3000m	4	8:28.7
Saginaw Valley	3000m	4	8:28.9
Hope	3000m	4	8:32.2
Northwood	3000m	4	8:34.1
Aquinas	3000m	4	8:35.3
Central Michigan	3000m	4	8:37.0
Eastern Michigan	3000m	4	8:46.1
Calvin	3000m	4	8:51.2
Detroit Mercy	3000m	4	8:53.5
Davenport	3000m	4	8:53.7
Cornerstone	3000m	4	8:56.3
Hillsdale	3000m	4	8:59.4
Spring Arbor	3000m	4	9:01.9
Ferris State	3000m	4	9:04.8
Madonna	3000m	4	9:06.8
Rochester	3000m	4	9:15.8
Lawrence Tech	3000m	4	9:29.3
Albion	3000m	4	9:35.9
Siena Heights	3000m	4	9:39.8
Olivet	3000m	3	9:18.7
Lake Superior State	3000m	3	9:28.4
Adrian	3000m	2	9:06.5
SW Michigan	3000m	2	9:40.5
Alma	3000m	2	9:49.9
Muskegon CC	3000m	1	8:43.1
Concordia	3000m	2	10:42.3
Cleary	3000m	1	10:07.5

Team	Event	Athletes	Avg. Time
Michigan	5000m	1	13:33.8
Michigan State	5000m	2	14:04.1
Grand Valley St.	5000m	4	14:20.2
Saginaw Valley	5000m	4	14:38.1
Oakland	5000m	4	14:42.7
Eastern Michigan	5000m	4	14:51.1
Aquinas	5000m	4	15:07.3
Northwood	5000m	4	15:08.4
Concordia	5000m	1	15:18.5
Hope	5000m	4	15:22.6
Davenport	5000m	4	15:26.1
Ferris State	5000m	4	15:31.6
Calvin	5000m	2	15:38.9
Lawrence Tech	5000m	1	15:41.9
Spring Arbor	5000m	4	15:44.1
Alma	5000m	1	15:46.9
Detroit Mercy	5000m	2	15:50.2
Rochester	5000m	4	16:05.0
Cornerstone	5000m	3	16:11.4
Lake Superior State	5000m	1	16:17.5
Adrian	5000m	4	16:22.3
Siena Heights	5000m	2	16:25.9
Madonna	5000m	2	16:34.2
Albion	5000m	4	16:52.6
St. Clair County CC	5000m	1	17:30.3

What is this? College?!?

Yeah, this is a bit of a dead zone in my coverage, and while I’m having fun going back through previous state meet ratings, I do want to throw a little something out there.

This type of track coverage on my end started two years ago and was really honed in on during last spring. Last spring’s version broke down groups by event category, assigned my own version of World Athletics Scores to each time, and then compiling all those to rank each crew.

These are calculated similarly. Thankfully, all the main collegiate events (800m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m) have World Athletics scores associated.

• For each of those four events, a team’s top times are averaged
  • These are up to the top-4, depending on how many of their athletes have competed in the event
• From those averages, the corresponding World Athletics Score is found, then that score is multiplied by the number of athletes from each event
• A school’s top three events are added together and those sums are then ranked

These aren’t predictive in any way, just a calculation based on what has already occurred. Hopefully, they’re a way to show which distance crews punch above their division and highlight which schools specialize in certain events. I’ll be doing these each week, alternating between women and men.

Rank	Team	Division	800m	Mile	3000m	5000m	Team Score
1	Michigan	1	4096	3968	3920	0	11984
2	Michigan State	1	4040	4040	3860	0	11940
3	Grand Valley St.	2	3464	3872	1048	3972	11308
4	Eastern Michigan	1	3828	3596	3664	3588	11088
5	Central Michigan	1	3458	3864	3236	3556	10878
6	Western Michigan	1	3312	3608	3720	0	10640
7	Oakland	1	3500	3492	3644	2676	10636
8	Cornerstone	NAIA	2908	3120	3016	1606	9044
9	Northwood	2	1690	3076	2792	3128	8996
10	Hope	3	3132	3000	1360	2478	8610
11	Northern Michigan	2	2240	3004	3232	1574	8476
12	Ferris State	2	2268	3116	2968	0	8352
13	Wayne State	2	429	3344	3044	1772	8160
14	Saginaw Valley	2	439	3032	1496	3452	7980
15	Davenport	2	2892	2004	2916	0	7812
16	Spring Arbor	NAIA	2156	2592	2620	0	7368
17	Siena Heights	NAIA	2484	2412	2404	596	7300
18	Detroit Mercy	1	1270	2844	3008	0	7122
19	Adrian	3	2280	2144	1473	0	5897
20	Alma	3	2280	2012	1584	0	5876
21	Concordia	NAIA	2108	1876	1808	0	5792
22	Hillsdale	2	2976	2788	0	0	5764
23	Rochester	NAIA	1365	2380	1672	0	5417
24	Lake Superior State	2	2180	2304	518	0	5002
25	Madonna	NAIA	2214	1476	1228	0	4918
26	Albion	3	1716	0	0	1998	3714
27	Aquinas	NAIA	834	2512	0	0	3346
28	Calvin	3	0	2373	867	0	3240
29	Olivet	3	1368	1062	0	0	2430
30	Lawrence Tech	NAIA	852	0	787	0	1639
31	Muskegon CC	NJCAA	530	786	0	0	1316
32	Cleary	NAIA	0	1006	0	0	1006

Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Michigan	800m	4	2:08.0
Michigan State	800m	4	2:08.8
Eastern Michigan	800m	4	2:12.0
Oakland	800m	4	2:17.2
Grand Valley St.	800m	4	2:17.8
Central Michigan	800m	4	2:17.9
Lawrence Tech	800m	1	2:18.7
Northwood	800m	2	2:19.2
Aquinas	800m	1	2:19.9
Western Michigan	800m	4	2:20.3
Hope	800m	4	2:23.3
Ferris State	800m	3	2:25.2
Hillsdale	800m	4	2:26.0
Madonna	800m	3	2:26.4
Cornerstone	800m	4	2:27.2
Davenport	800m	4	2:27.5
Olivet	800m	2	2:30.3
Detroit Mercy	800m	2	2:33.9
Siena Heights	800m	4	2:35.0
Albion	800m	3	2:38.8
Alma	800m	4	2:39.0
Adrian	800m	4	2:39.0
Northern Michigan	800m	4	2:39.8
Lake Superior State	800m	4	2:41.0
Spring Arbor	800m	4	2:41.5
Muskegon CC	800m	1	2:42.2
Concordia	800m	4	2:42.5
Rochester	800m	3	2:48.7
Saginaw Valley	800m	1	2:50.1
Wayne State	800m	1	2:51.0
Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Michigan State	Mile	4	4:45.6
Michigan	Mile	4	4:48.2
Grand Valley St.	Mile	4	4:51.8
Central Michigan	Mile	4	4:52.1
Western Michigan	Mile	4	5:01.7
Eastern Michigan	Mile	4	5:02.2
Oakland	Mile	4	5:06.3
Wayne State	Mile	4	5:12.1
Calvin	Mile	3	5:19.4
Cornerstone	Mile	4	5:21.3
Ferris State	Mile	4	5:21.4
Northwood	Mile	4	5:23.1
Saginaw Valley	Mile	4	5:25.0
Northern Michigan	Mile	4	5:26.1
Hope	Mile	4	5:26.2
Madonna	Mile	2	5:28.3
Detroit Mercy	Mile	4	5:32.9
Hillsdale	Mile	4	5:35.4
Spring Arbor	Mile	4	5:44.1
Aquinas	Mile	4	5:47.8
Siena Heights	Mile	4	5:52.4
Rochester	Mile	4	5:54.0
Lake Superior State	Mile	4	5:57.6
Adrian	Mile	4	6:05.5
Olivet	Mile	2	6:06.5
Alma	Mile	4	6:12.2
Cleary	Mile	2	6:12.3
Davenport	Mile	4	6:12.7
Concordia	Mile	4	6:19.3
Muskegon CC	Mile	2	6:36.4
Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Grand Valley St.	3000m	1	9:17.6
Michigan	3000m	4	9:38.7
Michigan State	3000m	4	9:43.5
Western Michigan	3000m	4	9:54.7
Eastern Michigan	3000m	4	9:59.4
Oakland	3000m	4	10:01.1
Calvin	3000m	1	10:15.5
Central Michigan	3000m	4	10:35.6
Northern Michigan	3000m	4	10:35.8
Lawrence Tech	3000m	1	10:43.1
Wayne State	3000m	4	10:52.5
Cornerstone	3000m	4	10:54.9
Detroit Mercy	3000m	4	10:55.9
Saginaw Valley	3000m	2	10:57.4
Ferris State	3000m	4	10:59.2
Davenport	3000m	4	11:04.1
Northwood	3000m	4	11:15.7
Hope	3000m	2	11:22.5
Spring Arbor	3000m	4	11:32.1
Madonna	3000m	2	11:48.3
Siena Heights	3000m	4	11:53.4
Alma	3000m	3	12:23.9
Lake Superior State	3000m	1	12:28.5
Adrian	3000m	3	12:40.2
Concordia	3000m	4	12:58.0
Rochester	3000m	4	13:14.4
Team	Event	Runners	Avg. Time
Grand Valley St.	5000m	4	16:31.3
Eastern Michigan	5000m	4	17:26.4
Oakland	5000m	3	17:29.2
Central Michigan	5000m	4	17:31.3
Wayne State	5000m	2	17:32.9
Saginaw Valley	5000m	4	17:46.7
Hope	5000m	3	18:09.1
Cornerstone	5000m	2	18:23.1
Northern Michigan	5000m	2	18:33.2
Northwood	5000m	4	18:36.5
Albion	5000m	3	19:52.1
Siena Heights	5000m	1	20:41.3

Had to treat you all to a lil’ early Christmas gift: 2024’s Way Too Early Rankings

These rankings take into account everything from 2023, including the MITCA Meet of Champions. They include all the returners and their projected improvement. The projected improvement comes from now, five years of data showing how runners from each gender and each grade improve the following season. They do not include division switches, incoming freshmen, or track. The rankings are sorted in the same manner as during the season, a hypothetical meet containing all the teams in one division.

I hope you all enjoy the holiday season, get some memorable Christmas and New Years runs in, and build toward a great indoor/outdoor season.

Rank	Team	Score
1	Holland Calvary Christian	136
2	Saugatuck	149
3	Hillsdale Academy	158
4	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	297
5	Royal Oak Shrine	304
6	Maple City Glen Lake	309
7	Mason County Eastern	330
8	Harbor Beach	339
9	Three Oaks River Valley	412
10	Harbor Springs	437
11	Kalamazoo Hackett	441
12	Frankfort	470
13	Whitmore Lake	514
14	White Cloud	549
15	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	551
16	Lutheran Westland	594
17	Morenci	602
18	Riverview Gabriel Richard	647
19	Marlette	723
20	Mesick	725
21	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	731
22	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	740
23	Petoskey St. Michael	743
24	Adrian Lenawee Christian	766
25	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	838

Rank	Team	Score
1	Hillsdale Academy	167
2	Whitmore Lake	173
3	Harbor Springs	196
4	Gobles	212
5	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	215
6	Breckenridge	240
7	Johannesburg-Lewiston	300
8	Buckley	332
9	Saugatuck	332
10	Kingston	373
11	Grand Traverse Academy	396
12	Mason County Eastern	401
13	Royal Oak Shrine	421
14	Kalamazoo Hackett	433
15	Lansing Christian	444
16	Vestaburg	555
17	Holland Calvary Christian	564
18	Frankfort	572
19	Concord	584
20	Novi Christian Academy	584
21	Livingston Christian	585
22	Beal City	601
23	Pittsford	625
24	Unionville-Sebewaing	637
25	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	654

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City St. Francis	106
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	226
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	275
4	Hart	351
5	Charlevoix	380
6	Ithaca	397
7	Hanover-Horton	447
8	Leslie	555
9	Jackson Lumen Christi	594
10	Lansing Catholic	603
11	Buchanan	608
12	Stanton Central Montcalm	645
13	Union City	653
14	Jonesville	664
15	Flat Rock	713
16	Benzie Central	727
17	Ann Arbor Greenhills	739
18	Erie Mason	745
19	St. Louis	749
20	Clare	750
21	Holland Black River	760
22	Reed City	770
23	Clinton	816
24	Constantine	830
25	The Potter’s House	838

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City St. Francis	158
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	200
3	Stanton Central Montcalm	241
4	Hart	269
5	Jackson Lumen Christi	292
6	Leslie	377
7	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	413
8	Lansing Catholic	436
9	Ithaca	448
10	Buchanan	479
11	Onsted	543
12	Clare	560
13	McBain	625
14	Grass Lake	631
15	Quincy	636
16	Laingsburg	654
17	Bridgman	679
18	Monroe St. Mary CC	693
19	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	765
20	Blissfield	770
21	Union City	818
22	Reed City	881
23	Hudson	889
24	Grandville Calvin Christian	890
25	Mason County Central	898

Rank	Team	Score
1	Allendale	119
2	Frankenmuth	280
3	Otsego	292
4	Alma	320
5	Holland Christian	336
6	Grand Rapids Christian	337
7	East Grand Rapids	422
8	Forest Hills Eastern	461
9	Plainwell	522
10	Shepherd	570
11	Pinckney	572
12	Spring Lake	593
13	Marshall	597
14	Sparta	687
15	Freeland	691
16	Battle Creek Harper Creek	692
17	DeWitt	702
18	Big Rapids	708
19	Fremont	721
20	Adrian	797
21	Corunna	819
22	Gladwin	834
23	Parma Western	836
24	Grand Rapids South Christian	855
25	Petoskey	923

Rank	Team	Score
1	Goodrich	140
2	Grand Rapids Christian	203
3	Otsego	252
4	Holland Christian	292
5	DeWitt	316
6	Zeeland East	354
7	Ludington	356
8	East Grand Rapids	366
9	Freeland	432
10	Hudsonville Unity Christian	508
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	508
12	Frankenmuth	532
13	Dearborn Divine Child	597
14	Alma	620
15	Linden	624
16	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	634
17	Spring Lake	641
18	St. Joseph	730
19	Tecumseh	781
20	Forest Hills Eastern	828
21	Stevensville Lakeshore	828
22	Chelsea	887
23	Warren Regina	893
24	GR West Michigan Aviation	918
25	Detroit Country Day	934

Rank	Team	Score
1	Northville	182
2	Brighton	233
3	Kalamazoo Central	241
4	Canton	294
5	Jenison	294
6	Grand Haven	381
7	East Kentwood	476
8	Livonia Churchill	543
9	Clarkston	544
10	Okemos	563
11	Highland-Milford	570
12	Ann Arbor Pioneer	570
13	Traverse City Central	591
14	Saline	600
15	Portage Central	635
16	Troy	646
17	Plymouth	678
18	Forest Hills Central	704
19	Oxford	719
20	Utica	741
21	Dexter	742
22	White Lake Lakeland	748
23	Macomb Dakota	804
24	Novi	847
25	Zeeland West	864

Rank	Team	Score
1	Romeo	42
2	Holland West Ottawa	126
3	Grand Haven	251
4	Rockford	358
5	Saline	372
6	Brighton	373
7	Traverse City West	385
8	Northville	393
9	Ann Arbor Pioneer	481
10	Utica	555
11	White Lake Lakeland	577
12	Rochester	584
13	Fraser	621
14	Oxford	651
15	Dexter	663
16	Bay City Western	701
17	Forest Hills Central	706
18	Okemos	721
19	Farmington	789
20	Jenison	812
21	Highland-Milford	828
22	Hartland	844
23	Hudsonville	854
24	Clarkston	903
25	Portage Central	907