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Best Men’s College Distance Crews: Week Four

Week Two Rankings

The description from the above link 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.“

RankTeamTotal800mMile3000m5000m
1Michigan126724168428042244036
2Michigan State121763748414841083920
3Grand Valley St.119243880401640283764
4Saginaw Valley110323696365636803548
5Eastern Michigan109203740383233163348
6Oakland106243388342036643540
7Northwood105723232361236323328
8Hope105003452352035282976
9Aquinas101403320338434363228
10Hillsdale99803580345629442226
11Spring Arbor97363420332829882732
12Cornerstone97283524319630082608
13Calvin94442836317232403032
14Davenport91203008247531802932
15Ferris State90282040303230642932
16Detroit Mercy89761576316830642744
17Lawrence Tech8816295631042756689
18Madonna83602524286029761875
19Rochester83402408302028082512
20Siena Heights81643128266423721156
21Central Michigan8130806160634003124
22Adrian78163004220024842328
23Albion74482548251623842032
24Alma6852258825481716676
25Lake Superior State6571214426241803594
26Olivet6487228422681935661
27Concordia6238246424241350755
28Cleary56142392219610260
29Muskegon CC4489129023808190
30SW Michigan3061826113710980
31St. Clair County CC422000422

I HAVE THOUGHTS!

Michigan has a real shot of making some noise in the DMR. Last year, their team of Arjun Jha, Dubem Amene, Cole Johnson, and Nick Foster had the 6th fastest time in Division 1 and when they substituted Henry Johnson for Foster, the Wolverines placed 9th at Nationals. This year, Amene has shaved 0.6 seconds off his best indoor 400m, Foster has dropped time in the mile, Johnson has experience to handle the 1200, and perhaps you throw an All-Big Ten Miles Brown on there. I have no clue what time will be needed to place or what the other teams have, but you gotta imagine they’re an improvement from last year’s great squad.

Hope College’s Eli Meder and Connor Vachon have been on fire. Meder’s progression has been incredible, before his move to Holland, he’d never broken 2-flat or 4:30, now to 1:50 (finishing 6th at Meyo) and 4:09 at the Big Meet. That 800m mark is currently tied for the 4th fastest time in Division 3. On the other side of the equation, Vachon was a high school star over at Jenison, but we know that doesn’t always translate. After a cross season where he qualified for Nationals, he’s moved up to the longer distances during indoor and in the 3k, setting school record after school record. First, it was an 8:20 3k at Bill Clinger, now an 8:15 at the Big Meet.

Development

Nick McArdle – 10:08 3200m -> 14:33 5000m

Jack Lobodzinski – 9:27 3200m (approx. 8:48 3k) -> 8:12 3000m

Alex Mitchell – 4:40 1600m, 10:02 3200m -> 4:20 Mile, 14:52 5000m

Christopher Russelburg – 9:51 3200m -> 14:57 5000m

Jacob Singleton – 4:28 1600m -> 4:12 Mile

Of course there are many more athletes who have had breakthroughs, the above five are some that stood out as blasts from the pasts who had noteworthy performances in these prior two weeks.

RankTeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
1Michigan800m41:49.45
2Grand Valley St.800m41:52.02
3Michigan State800m41:53.22
4Eastern Michigan800m41:53.27
5Saginaw Valley800m41:53.70
6Hillsdale800m41:54.76
7Cornerstone800m41:55.30
8Hope800m41:55.97
9Spring Arbor800m41:56.29
10Oakland800m41:56.58
11Aquinas800m41:57.26
12Northwood800m41:58.13
13Central Michigan800m11:58.18
14Detroit Mercy800m21:58.91
15Siena Heights800m41:59.17
16Davenport800m42:00.37
17Adrian800m42:00.40
18Lawrence Tech800m42:00.90
19Calvin800m42:02.18
20Ferris State800m32:03.39
21Alma800m42:04.85
22Albion800m42:05.29
23Madonna800m42:05.54
24Concordia800m42:06.22
25Rochester800m42:06.84
26Cleary800m42:07.04
27Olivet800m42:08.30
28Lake Superior State800m42:09.99
29Muskegon CC800m32:15.37
30SW Michigan800m22:16.33
RankTeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
1MichiganMile44:00.38
2Michigan StateMile44:03.09
3Grand Valley St.Mile44:05.86
4Eastern MichiganMile44:09.81
5Saginaw ValleyMile44:13.65
6NorthwoodMile44:14.62
7HopeMile44:16.68
8HillsdaleMile44:18.11
9OaklandMile44:18.93
10AquinasMile44:19.76
11Spring ArborMile44:21.03
12DavenportMile34:21.69
13Central MichiganMile24:23.73
14CornerstoneMile44:24.09
15CalvinMile44:24.65
16Detroit MercyMile44:24.82
17Lawrence TechMile44:26.27
18Ferris StateMile44:28.01
19RochesterMile44:28.35
20MadonnaMile44:32.30
21Siena HeightsMile44:37.30
22Lake Superior StateMile44:38.39
23AlmaMile44:40.29
24AlbionMile44:41.11
25ConcordiaMile44:43.58
26Muskegon CCMile44:44.76
27OlivetMile44:47.94
28AdrianMile44:49.86
29ClearyMile44:49.89
30SW MichiganMile35:11.09
RankTeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
1Michigan3000m47:59.98
2Michigan State3000m48:04.89
3Grand Valley St.3000m48:08.57
4Saginaw Valley3000m48:24.11
5Oakland3000m48:24.83
6Northwood3000m48:26.22
7Hope3000m48:30.95
8Aquinas3000m48:35.28
9Central Michigan3000m48:37.03
10Eastern Michigan3000m48:41.13
11Muskegon CC3000m18:43.09
12Calvin3000m48:44.75
13Davenport3000m48:47.67
14Ferris State3000m48:53.45
15Detroit Mercy3000m48:53.51
16Cornerstone3000m48:56.30
17Spring Arbor3000m48:57.19
18Madonna3000m48:57.93
19Hillsdale3000m48:59.44
20Rochester3000m49:06.61
21Lawrence Tech3000m49:09.29
22Olivet3000m39:18.75
23Adrian3000m49:23.86
24Lake Superior State3000m39:28.38
25Albion3000m49:29.52
26Siena Heights3000m49:30.32
27Alma3000m39:35.00
28SW Michigan3000m29:40.47
29Cleary3000m29:49.21
30Concordia3000m310:05.14
RankTeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
1Michigan5000m413:57.45
2Michigan State5000m414:05.94
3Grand Valley St.5000m414:17.73
4Saginaw Valley5000m414:34.99
5Oakland5000m414:35.63
6Eastern Michigan5000m414:51.09
7Northwood5000m414:52.63
8Aquinas5000m415:00.97
9Central Michigan5000m415:09.63
10Calvin5000m415:17.50
11Concordia5000m115:18.51
12Hope5000m415:22.60
13Hillsdale5000m315:23.09
14Davenport5000m415:26.15
15Ferris State5000m415:26.43
16Lawrence Tech5000m115:41.92
17Detroit Mercy5000m415:43.11
18Spring Arbor5000m415:44.10
19Alma5000m115:46.86
20Olivet5000m115:52.50
21Cornerstone5000m415:55.64
22Rochester5000m416:04.59
23Madonna5000m316:05.77
24Lake Superior State5000m116:17.49
25Adrian5000m416:22.30
26Siena Heights5000m216:23.71
27Albion5000m416:52.55
28St. Clair County CC5000m117:30.28
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Best Women’s College Distance Crews: Week Three

Week One Rankings

The description from the above link 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.“

RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision800mMile3000m5000m
1Michigan1220814096406840440
2Michigan State1197214072404038600
3Grand Valley St.1192423708400439483972
4Eastern Michigan1152413864382038403588
5Central Michigan1137213680386438283608
6Oakland1092013576351237323612
7Western Michigan1083613396372037202676
8Saginaw Valley1058023576330435283476
9Wayne State1020023112346434203316
10Northern Michigan1001623280342833083260
11Hope981633204304033043308
12Northwood973221690334032643128
13Ferris State947222298329629803196
14Cornerstone9368NAIA2984314430883136
15Hillsdale933223528284029642172
16Detroit Mercy915211272306831002984
17Davenport905222892316429962091
18Calvin880432116332833600
19Aquinas8752NAIA3112279628440
20Siena Heights7960NAIA2528249627442688
21Spring Arbor7588NAIA2272259227241974
22Adrian750832412251625800
23Madonna7168NAIA305228081308785
24Albion660132108239620971998
25Alma623032280224017100
26Rochester6100NAIA1620262018601340
27Concordia5864NAIA210819161840836
28Lake Superior State50522218023365360
29Olivet450432440206400
30St. Clair County CC3531NJCAA143414506470
31Cleary2645NAIA76011187670
32SW Michigan2483NJCAA019645190
33Lawrence Tech2433NAIA852793788786
34Muskegon CC2362NJCAA157678600

RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Michigan122081
2Michigan State119721
3Eastern Michigan115241
4Central Michigan113721
5Oakland109201
6Western Michigan108361
7Detroit Mercy91521
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Grand Valley St.119242
2Saginaw Valley105802
3Wayne State102002
4Northern Michigan100162
5Northwood97322
6Ferris State94722
7Hillsdale93322
8Davenport90522
9Lake Superior State50522
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Hope98163
2Calvin88043
3Adrian75083
4Albion66013
5Alma62303
6Olivet45043
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1Cornerstone9368NAIA
2Aquinas8752NAIA
3Siena Heights7960NAIA
4Spring Arbor7588NAIA
5Madonna7168NAIA
6Rochester6100NAIA
7Concordia5864NAIA
8Cleary2645NAIA
9Lawrence Tech2433NAIA
RankTeamOverall ScoreDivision
1St. Clair County CC3531NJCAA
2SW Michigan2483NJCAA
3Muskegon CC2362NJCAA

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan800m42:08.00
Michigan State800m42:08.38
Eastern Michigan800m42:11.50
Grand Valley St.800m42:13.94
Central Michigan800m42:14.33
Oakland800m42:15.99
Saginaw Valley800m42:16.01
Hillsdale800m42:16.76
Lawrence Tech800m12:18.70
Western Michigan800m42:18.91
Northwood800m22:19.16
Northern Michigan800m42:20.81
Hope800m42:22.09
Aquinas800m42:23.63
Wayne State800m42:23.67
Ferris State800m32:24.47
Madonna800m42:24.66
Cornerstone800m42:25.83
Davenport800m42:27.48
St. Clair County CC800m22:27.92
Detroit Mercy800m22:33.86
Siena Heights800m42:34.17
Olivet800m42:35.82
Adrian800m42:36.39
Alma800m42:39.01
Spring Arbor800m42:39.14
Lake Superior State800m42:41.01
Rochester800m32:41.37
Calvin800m42:42.29
Albion800m42:42.44
Concordia800m42:42.48
Muskegon CC800m42:54.30
Cleary800m22:55.65
TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
MichiganMile44:44.54
Michigan StateMile44:45.59
Grand Valley St.Mile44:46.93
Central MichiganMile44:52.09
Eastern MichiganMile44:53.72
Western MichiganMile44:56.45
OaklandMile45:05.53
Wayne StateMile45:07.40
Northern MichiganMile45:08.75
NorthwoodMile45:12.23
CalvinMile45:12.72
Saginaw ValleyMile45:13.74
Ferris StateMile45:14.13
Lawrence TechMile15:19.09
DavenportMile45:19.41
CornerstoneMile45:20.27
Detroit MercyMile45:23.43
HopeMile45:24.58
St. Clair County CCMile25:30.52
HillsdaleMile45:33.17
MadonnaMile45:34.57
AquinasMile45:35.07
RochesterMile45:42.89
Spring ArborMile45:44.12
AdrianMile45:47.61
Siena HeightsMile45:48.65
AlbionMile45:53.32
Lake Superior StateMile45:56.18
AlmaMile46:00.69
ClearyMile26:00.92
OlivetMile46:09.50
SW MichiganMile46:14.68
ConcordiaMile46:17.27
Muskegon CCMile26:36.26
TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan3000m49:28.96
Grand Valley St.3000m49:36.42
Michigan State3000m49:43.50
Eastern Michigan3000m49:45.19
Central Michigan3000m49:46.11
Oakland3000m49:53.70
Western Michigan3000m49:54.72
Saginaw Valley3000m410:10.63
Wayne State3000m410:19.60
Calvin3000m410:24.69
Northern Michigan3000m410:29.30
Hope3000m410:29.61
Northwood3000m410:33.02
Lawrence Tech3000m110:43.07
Detroit Mercy3000m410:47.60
Cornerstone3000m410:48.50
Cleary3000m110:50.38
Davenport3000m410:56.95
Ferris State3000m410:58.25
Hillsdale3000m410:59.74
Aquinas3000m411:10.66
Albion3000m311:15.35
Siena Heights3000m411:20.27
Spring Arbor3000m411:22.15
Madonna3000m211:32.55
St. Clair County CC3000m111:35.32
Adrian3000m411:36.04
Alma3000m312:06.34
Lake Superior State3000m112:20.60
SW Michigan3000m112:28.03
Rochester3000m412:51.87
Concordia3000m412:54.21
TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Grand Valley St.5000m416:31.31
Oakland5000m417:22.72
Central Michigan5000m417:23.70
Eastern Michigan5000m417:26.43
Western Michigan5000m317:29.04
Saginaw Valley5000m417:42.94
Wayne State5000m418:06.99
Hope5000m418:08.16
Northern Michigan5000m418:15.95
Ferris State5000m418:25.68
Lawrence Tech5000m118:33.54
Madonna5000m118:34.53
Cornerstone5000m418:35.10
Northwood5000m418:36.50
Detroit Mercy5000m418:59.26
Hillsdale5000m319:13.09
Davenport5000m319:31.46
Siena Heights5000m419:47.71
Rochester5000m219:49.36
Albion5000m319:52.11
Spring Arbor5000m319:57.72
Concordia5000m223:00.82
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Best Men’s College Distance Crews: Week Two

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.

RankTeam800mMile3000m5000mTotal Points
1Michigan403642004172108912408
2Michigan State366041124120197411892
3Grand Valley St.381637323836373611388
4Saginaw Valley362835283576350810732
5Oakland325634203580345210452
6Eastern Michigan264337963212334810356
7Northwood316836123464314010244
8Aquinas31643368343631529968
9Hope32483172350429769924
10Hillsdale34923352294809792
11Cornerstone34203196300818309624
12Spring Arbor34203220289627329536
13Davenport30081692306029329000
14Ferris State19832936284028728648
15Lawrence Tech2956310423886898448
16Rochester23082872263225088012
17Siena Heights30042612220811487824
18Detroit Mercy15763160306413327800
19Adrian30002200140423287528
20Calvin02920310813967424
21Madonna24881494280411046786
22Lake Superior State2144262018035946567
23Olivet21882288193506411
24Albion20401828227220326344
25Alma2504246810206765992
26Concordia216024206367555335
27Central Michigan7510340004151
28Muskegon CC1244207281904135
29Cleary2096145244103989
30SW Michigan826774109802698
31St. Clair County CC000422422

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan800m41:50.6
Grand Valley St.800m41:52.6
Michigan State800m41:54.0
Saginaw Valley800m41:54.3
Hillsdale800m41:55.6
Cornerstone800m41:56.3
Spring Arbor800m41:56.3
Oakland800m41:57.9
Hope800m41:58.0
Northwood800m41:58.8
Aquinas800m41:58.8
Davenport800m42:00.4
Siena Heights800m42:00.4
Adrian800m42:00.4
Lawrence Tech800m42:00.9
Eastern Michigan800m31:55.3
Alma800m42:05.8
Madonna800m42:05.9
Rochester800m42:08.0
Olivet800m42:09.4
Concordia800m42:09.8
Lake Superior State800m42:10.0
Cleary800m42:10.5
Albion800m42:11.2
Ferris State800m32:04.2
Detroit Mercy800m21:58.9
Muskegon CC800m22:06.0
SW Michigan800m22:16.3
Central Michigan800m12:00.4

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
MichiganMile44:02.1
Michigan StateMile44:03.8
Eastern MichiganMile44:10.6
Grand Valley St.Mile44:12.0
NorthwoodMile44:14.6
Saginaw ValleyMile44:16.5
OaklandMile44:18.9
AquinasMile44:20.1
HillsdaleMile44:20.5
Spring ArborMile44:23.5
CornerstoneMile44:24.1
HopeMile44:24.7
Detroit MercyMile44:24.8
Lawrence TechMile44:26.3
Ferris StateMile44:30.4
CalvinMile44:30.8
RochesterMile44:31.9
Lake Superior StateMile44:38.4
Siena HeightsMile44:38.6
AlmaMile44:42.4
ConcordiaMile44:43.7
OlivetMile44:47.4
AdrianMile44:49.9
Muskegon CCMile44:53.5
AlbionMile45:01.0
DavenportMile24:19.7
MadonnaMile24:29.1
ClearyMile45:13.3
SW MichiganMile25:10.0

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan3000m48:02.2
Michigan State3000m48:04.9
Grand Valley St.3000m48:17.0
Oakland3000m48:28.7
Saginaw Valley3000m48:28.9
Hope3000m48:32.2
Northwood3000m48:34.1
Aquinas3000m48:35.3
Central Michigan3000m48:37.0
Eastern Michigan3000m48:46.1
Calvin3000m48:51.2
Detroit Mercy3000m48:53.5
Davenport3000m48:53.7
Cornerstone3000m48:56.3
Hillsdale3000m48:59.4
Spring Arbor3000m49:01.9
Ferris State3000m49:04.8
Madonna3000m49:06.8
Rochester3000m49:15.8
Lawrence Tech3000m49:29.3
Albion3000m49:35.9
Siena Heights3000m49:39.8
Olivet3000m39:18.7
Lake Superior State3000m39:28.4
Adrian3000m29:06.5
SW Michigan3000m29:40.5
Alma3000m29:49.9
Muskegon CC3000m18:43.1
Concordia3000m210:42.3
Cleary3000m110:07.5

TeamEventAthletesAvg. Time
Michigan5000m113:33.8
Michigan State5000m214:04.1
Grand Valley St.5000m414:20.2
Saginaw Valley5000m414:38.1
Oakland5000m414:42.7
Eastern Michigan5000m414:51.1
Aquinas5000m415:07.3
Northwood5000m415:08.4
Concordia5000m115:18.5
Hope5000m415:22.6
Davenport5000m415:26.1
Ferris State5000m415:31.6
Calvin5000m215:38.9
Lawrence Tech5000m115:41.9
Spring Arbor5000m415:44.1
Alma5000m115:46.9
Detroit Mercy5000m215:50.2
Rochester5000m416:05.0
Cornerstone5000m316:11.4
Lake Superior State5000m116:17.5
Adrian5000m416:22.3
Siena Heights5000m216:25.9
Madonna5000m216:34.2
Albion5000m416:52.6
St. Clair County CC5000m117:30.3