Track is back and we’re here with more rounds of our Best Crew rankings. These started in 2022 with one version, then in 2023, I used this current method, which was much more efficient, easy to tabulate and calculate. What these aim to do is recognize which teams excel in their various event areas – whether that be jumps, throws, or sprints.
The explanation from 2023 is spot on, so click here if you want to read the recipe for how these are created.
Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by 10PM Tuesday (4/9). Hopefully there will be enough UP meets in these next two weeks so that the folks north of the bridge can be covered as well.
Track is back and we’re here with more rounds of our Best Crew rankings. These started in 2022 with one version, then in 2023, I used this current method, which was much more efficient, easy to tabulate and calculate. What these aim to do is recognize which teams excel in their various event areas – whether that be jumps, throws, or sprints.
The explanation from 2023 is spot on, so click here if you want to read the recipe for how these are created.
Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:
These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Tuesday (4/9) morning. Still trying to figure out which schedule to do these on, but girls will be posted tomorrow morning.
The description from Week One 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
Division
Overall Score
1
Michigan
1
12336
2
Michigan State
1
12168
3
Grand Valley St.
2
12080
4
Eastern Michigan
1
11656
5
Central Michigan
1
11516
6
Oakland
1
11088
7
Western Michigan
1
11028
8
Saginaw Valley
2
10664
9
Wayne State
2
10536
10
Northern Michigan
2
10216
11
Hope
3
10012
12
Northwood
2
10012
13
Calvin
3
9952
14
Ferris State
2
9820
15
Hillsdale
2
9692
16
Cornerstone
NAIA
9624
17
Detroit Mercy
1
9492
18
Davenport
2
9368
19
Aquinas
NAIA
9048
20
Siena Heights
NAIA
8360
21
Adrian
3
7736
22
Spring Arbor
NAIA
7644
23
Madonna
NAIA
7592
24
Rochester
NAIA
6840
25
Albion
3
6789
26
Alma
3
6242
27
Concordia (Mich.)
NAIA
6104
28
Lake Superior State
2
5656
29
Olivet
3
5475
30
Cleary
NAIA
4774
31
St. Clair County CC
NJCAA
4263
32
Muskegon CC
NJCAA
3112
33
Lawrence Tech
NAIA
2599
34
SW Michigan
NJCAA
2483
JUST WHAT I’VE NOTICED
Although there wasn’t any movement in the Top Ten, the Calvin women made their way from 18th to 13th. A large factor in that was their debut in the 5k at GVSU’s Big Meet, where Jenna Allman (Saline) dropped into the 17’s for her first time ever. She was joined shortly after by Sophie Bull and the two are both ranked in the top-5 in the MIAA. Lansing Christian’s Natalie Tebben also impressed, dropping a 2 sec. PB in the 800m, her first official attempt at the distance in 9 months.
Michigan has always been an excellent mid-distance school, recruiting top athletes and developing those with potential. Sam Hastie gave us a glimpse of that potential during her senior year at Ann Arbor Huron, hitting 2:12 and 4:54. Now three years later, that potential has been realized. Her 2:06 at the Windy City Invite is a great lead up into this upcoming Big Ten Championship.
I’ve loved the progression of a few other girls as well:
Emily Paupore, Central Michigan – 11:15 (3200m) -> 9:22 3k
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 