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Back again with the final jump crew rankings of the regular season. Two weeks from now, I’ll be working on State Previews, then after the season, I’ll have a final ranking.

Here’s an explanation if you so desire:

EXPLANATION

Here are the previous rankings if you’d like to see how your team has (hopefully) moved up:

WEEK ONE
WEEK THREE
WEEK FIVE

Anything included here had to be uploaded to athleticnet by Tuesday night.

There’s a cluster at the forefront of D1’s high jump and another name just got added to the list. In yesterday’s tri meet against Edsel Ford and Southgate, Woodhaven’s Ben Syverson added a whopping 4” to his previous best, grabbing the school record. We have video of it too! I like the festive atmosphere and encouragement, perhaps we can get that at the State Finals as well.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	6′ 4	434	High
12	Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	21′ 9.75	415	Long
12	Marshaun Flakes	East Kentwood	6′ 2	405	High
12	Keaton Griffin	East Kentwood	21′ 4.5	396	Long
11	Elisee Kanda	East Kentwood	6′ 0	377	High
10	James Johnson	East Kentwood	6′ 0	377	High
9	Jhavon Alexander	East Kentwood	20′ 7.25	363	Long
11	Shamar White	East Kentwood	20′ 6	359	Long

D1 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	East Kentwood	1593	1533	3126
2	Zeeland West	1174	1091	2264
3	Battle Creek Lakeview	1089	790	1880
4	Grand Haven	1103	766	1869
5	South Lyon East	1481	357	1838
6	Byron Center	783	788	1570
7	Ann Arbor Huron	405	1126	1531
8	Ypsilanti Lincoln	377	1113	1490
9	Kalamazoo Central	740	746	1486
10	Traverse City West	768	715	1483
11	Highland-Milford	1146	338	1483
12	Portage Central	1103	361	1464
13	Lake Orion	1452	0	1452
14	Canton	910	521	1431
15	Cedar Springs	349	1078	1427
16	Holt	349	1071	1420
17	Northville	839	366	1205
18	Caledonia	377	818	1195
19	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	419	734	1153
20	Saginaw Heritage	349	803	1152
21	Detroit Catholic Central	377	774	1152
22	Woodhaven-Brownstown	811	338	1149
23	North Farmington	405	742	1147
24	Grand Ledge	811	334	1145
25	Lapeer	783	346	1129

Two-time OK Gold Champ, 2022 All-Stater, and recent Michigan State commit Joseph Mullett is entering championship season better than he’s ever been. At the GR Elite Challenge, Mullett reached a height he’s never before found – 6’9”. That clearance polished off a 9” victory and is just one mark in an undefeated season that he looks to continue.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
12	Gage Vanalstine	Charlotte	6′ 4	434	High
12	Joe Davis	Charlotte	6′ 0	377	High
12	Gage Vanalstine	Charlotte	20′ 6	359	Long
11	Cutler Brandt	Charlotte	20′ 6	359	Long
12	Kaeden Maynard	Charlotte	5′ 10	349	High
12	Braden Hill	Charlotte	20′ 2	345	Long
12	Nick Adams	Charlotte	19′ 11	334	Long
12	Kaeden Maynard	Charlotte	19′ 5.25	314	Long

D2 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Charlotte	1160	1396	2556
2	Whitehall	1244	730	1974
3	Battle Creek Harper Creek	783	1004	1786
4	Mason	1160	428	1588
5	Three Rivers	768	716	1484
6	Grand Rapids Christian	1132	352	1483
7	Flint Kearsley	839	638	1477
8	Allendale	349	995	1344
9	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	881	352	1233
10	Wayland Union	349	772	1121
11	Pinckney	768	346	1115
12	Alma	783	314	1097
13	Kingsley	1089	0	1089
14	Hastings	768	318	1086
15	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	0	1085	1085
16	Coopersville	434	643	1077
17	South Haven	726	348	1074
18	Stevensville Lakeshore	740	317	1057
19	Holland Christian	377	641	1019
20	Parma Western	434	391	824
21	Corunna	0	820	820
22	Hudsonville Unity Christian	768	0	768
22	Muskegon Oakridge	768	0	768
24	Ferndale University	0	764	764
25	Monroe Jefferson	405	338	743

This past Friday night, the Sanford-Meridian jumpers sure showed out at their home Nite Trax Invite. Both Nickolas Metzger (long jump) and Sawyer Moloy (high jump) pulled off victories, each of the marks vaulting them into the state lead. Along with Brayden Riley and a few other sprinters, this is a team capable of scoring a substantial number of points in early June.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
11	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	6′ 1	391	High
11	Holden Van Poppel	Napoleon	21′ 3	391	Long
10	Lionel Campbell	Napoleon	6′ 0	377	High
12	Aiden Thorne	Napoleon	5′ 10	349	High
11	DeVonta Habern	Napoleon	20′ 3	348	Long
11	Mason Roth	Napoleon	19′ 4.5	311	Long

D3 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Napoleon	1117	1050	2167
2	Detroit Voyageur	419	1332	1752
3	Sanford-Meridian	476	1201	1677
4	Evart	768	732	1500
5	Mason County Central	726	696	1423
6	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	1075	346	1422
7	Onsted	754	630	1384
8	Montague	698	679	1377
9	GR Covenant Christian	670	694	1363
10	Laingsburg	1019	314	1333
11	North Muskegon	991	286	1277
12	Hart	670	588	1258
13	Hillsdale	377	746	1123
14	Grand Traverse Academy	783	329	1111
15	Erie Mason	1075	0	1075
16	Standish Sterling	391	679	1070
17	Clare	328	720	1048
18	Chesaning	726	316	1042
19	Bronson	726	308	1034
20	Constantine	701	330	1032
21	Elk Rapids	1019	0	1019
21	Grandville Calvin Christian	1019	0	1019
23	Cassopolis Ross Beatty	698	306	1004
24	Quincy	627	372	1000
25	Warren Michigan Collegiate	698	295	993

Early in the year, it was Anthany Buford launching a 22’ at Huron Relays. Then Mekhi Wingfield matched him in a conference meet in mid-April. Now here comes the defending state champ. Alex Affer is rounding back into form, evidenced by his 21’11 leap at Peck’s home invitational. As of this point last year, Affer had not broken 20’, he added a solid 2’ during championship season. If he’s in 21’+ shape now, imagine what he’ll throw down in a few weeks.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
11	Carter Lance	Fowler	6′ 0	377	High
10	Ben Kohagen	Fowler	5′ 10	349	High
10	Ben Kohagen	Fowler	19′ 11	334	Long
11	Carter Lance	Fowler	19′ 11	334	Long
12	Drew Armbrustmacher	Fowler	5′ 8	321	High
10	Brady Feldpausch	Fowler	5′ 6	293	High
10	Augustine Spitzley	Fowler	5′ 6	293	High
10	Jacob Halfmann	Fowler	18′ 6	274	Long

D4 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Fowler	1340	942	2281
2	Marion	740	1330	2070
3	Concord	1019	774	1793
4	Maple City Glen Lake	1255	281	1536
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	1103	272	1375
6	Kingston	1047	323	1370
7	Climax-Scotts	405	959	1365
8	Petersburg-Summerfield	670	604	1274
9	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	934	299	1233
10	AuGres-Sims	613	567	1180
11	Hillsdale Academy	892	283	1174
12	Athens	698	338	1035
13	Martin	363	627	990
14	Addison	349	628	977
15	Montabella	642	320	961
16	Pittsford	307	615	921
17	Britton Deerfield	642	279	921
18	Gobles	642	267	909
19	Gaylord St. Mary	321	579	900
20	Pentwater	321	566	887
21	Webberville	878	0	878
22	Dansville	293	582	875
23	Unionville-Sebewaing	321	544	865
24	Marcellus	585	267	852
25	Peck	377	419	796

Gotta throw a big congrats towards Rapid River’s Ian Sundling. The defending D3 (and two-time All-State) long jump champ just soared past 20’ for the first time ever, adding to what’s shaping up to be a magnificent season. He’s undefeated in the jumps, claiming Delta County titles in each.

Grade	Name	Team	Height/Distance	Points	Event
10	Oskar Kangas	Iron Mountain	5′ 8	321	High
12	Will Fairchild	Iron Mountain	19′ 6	316	Long
10	Aiden Ellis	Iron Mountain	5′ 6	293	High
10	Michael Dove	Iron Mountain	18′ 5	270	Long
11	Matthew Colavecchi	Iron Mountain	18′ 3.5	265	Long
10	Aiden Ellis	Iron Mountain	18′ 3	263	Long

UP Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Iron Mountain	613	1114	1728
2	Kingsford	613	591	1204
3	Pickford	698	394	1092
4	Sault Ste. Marie	642	325	967
5	Manistique	906	0	906
6	Menominee	349	299	647
7	Rapid River	321	314	635
8	Gladstone	321	307	628
9	Ishpeming	321	291	612
10	Forest Park	585	0	585
11	Negaunee	321	256	577
12	Marquette	293	256	549
13	Calumet	335	0	335
14	St. Ignace	321	0	321
15	Stephenson	0	302	302
16	Engadine	293	0	293
16	Newberry	293	0	293
18	Bark River-Harris	0	281	281
19	North Dickinson County	0	275	275
20	Ojibwe	0	264	264
21	Painesdale-Jeffers	0	263	263
22	Brimley	0	256	256

Sad news – these are the final two weeks in the regular season of ranking the best crews.
Great news – two weeks from now, I’ll be working on my State Finals previews.
Somewhat decent news – after the State Finals, I’ll be putting together final rankings and individual awards.

Hit the link below if you’d like an explanation:

EXPLANATION

Click the links below if you’d like to see how your team has (hopefully) moved up:

WEEK ONE
WEEK THREE
WEEK FIVE

Included in these rankings are marks uploaded to athleticnet by the second half of the Warriors/Lakers, aka the Lonnie Walker game.

Showdowns & Throwdowns

Boots on the ground tell me that Madison Morson, had a few inches to spare in her clearance of 5’9 at Farmington. She has state meet experience, you may recall a great duel between her and Gabriella Newman, where Morson placed second. I always like to compare where an athlete was at this time last year. Morson was jumping 5’4, adding 4” in championship season. Combine those extra few inches, late season improvement, and championship experience, and she has everything possible ahead of her.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points	Event
10	Greta Caprathe-Buczek	Rockford	5′ 7	497	High
12	Maya Anderson	Rockford	18′ 5.5	458	Long
10	Greta Caprathe-Buczek	Rockford	18′ 4.75	456	Long
11	Hailey Hill	Rockford	16′ 11	394	Long
12	Abigail DenOuden	Rockford	5′ 0	363	High
11	Cadence Drougal	Rockford	5′ 0	363	High
10	Ashley Williams	Rockford	16′ 0	356	Long

D1 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Rockford	1223	1664	2887
2	Zeeland East	1204	1076	2279
3	Rochester	1050	1147	2197
4	Grand Ledge	324	1128	1452
5	East Kentwood	363	1057	1419
6	Northville	1374	0	1374
7	Salem	937	350	1287
8	Port Huron Northern	401	791	1193
9	Howell	401	780	1181
10	Detroit Renaissance	0	1164	1164
11	Traverse City West	401	760	1161
12	Holland West Ottawa	363	794	1157
13	Saline	363	784	1147
14	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	764	345	1109
15	Utica	725	370	1095
16	North Farmington	344	735	1078
17	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	363	694	1057
18	Hudsonville	687	366	1053
18	Caledonia	324	712	1036
20	St. Joseph	324	712	1036
21	Rochester Adams	649	342	990
22	Flint Carman-Ainsworth	841	0	841
23	Farmington Hills Mercy	802	0	802
24	Ann Arbor Huron	764	0	764
24	Byron Center	764	0	764
24	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	764	0	764

Showdowns & Throwdowns

What an otherworldly improvement from Milan’s Malea Wourman. As a freshman, she stayed under 5’0, hitting her best marks in mid-season with a string of 4’10s. At Manchester’s Metrics Invite, she dominated the high jump with a 5’3 win, vaulting her into a top-10 ranking in D2.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points	Event
11	Nyla Reed	Otsego	17′ 3	408	Long
11	Kendall Rockenstein	Otsego	15′ 10	349	Long
12	Kennedi Reed	Otsego	15′ 8	342	Long
11	Olivia Dennis	Otsego	4′ 10	324	High
12	Addyson Thomas	Otsego	4′ 8	286	High
12	Lara Kieserling	Otsego	4′ 8	286	High

D2 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Otsego	896	1098	1994
2	Mason	1259	671	1930
3	Hamilton	896	1003	1899
4	Charlotte	973	689	1661
5	Allendale	1259	349	1607
6	Saginaw Swan Valley	1146	412	1558
7	Yale	725	771	1496
8	Gladwin	783	699	1482
9	South Haven	1069	317	1386
10	Grosse Ile	973	411	1384
11	Dowagiac Union	324	1031	1356
12	Petoskey	1355	0	1355
13	Frankenmuth	1011	336	1348
14	Hastings	572	746	1318
15	Chelsea	649	659	1308
16	Kingsley	934	346	1280
17	Dearborn Divine Child	572	647	1218
18	Grand Rapids Christian	764	379	1143
19	Parma Western	764	376	1140
20	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	725	349	1074
21	Hudsonville Unity Christian	649	418	1067
22	Berrien Springs	649	416	1064
23	East Grand Rapids	725	316	1041
23	Tecumseh	725	316	1041
25	North Branch	324	715	1039

Showdowns & Throwdowns

I’m just looking ahead: if you’re a fan of the long jump, you need to head over to Region 25 or 26. Five of the top six long jumpers in Division 3 are in those two regions, all in that Irish Hills/Ohio border area.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points	Event
12	Alexis Patterson	Grand Rapids West Catholic	5′ 0	363	High
12	Ally Olszewski	Grand Rapids West Catholic	16′ 0.5	357	Long
9	Emerson Whitscell	Grand Rapids West Catholic	15′ 8	342	Long
9	Ava Petersen	Grand Rapids West Catholic	15′ 4	328	Long
10	Aislynn Sweedyk	Grand Rapids West Catholic	4′ 8	286	High

D3 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Grand Rapids West Catholic	649	1027	1675
2	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	649	886	1534
3	Lawton	1165	314	1479
4	Hillsdale	668	757	1424
5	Olivet	1031	348	1378
6	Onsted	401	942	1344
7	Napoleon	267	1042	1308
8	Durand	610	690	1300
9	Centreville	649	638	1287
10	Benzie Central	649	624	1273
11	Manchester	954	313	1267
12	Pewamo-Westphalia	934	332	1267
13	Detroit Voyageur	572	687	1259
14	Adrian Madison	591	594	1185
15	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	877	303	1179
16	Hart	841	330	1171
17	Blissfield	649	363	1011
18	Hudson	305	703	1008
19	Hanover-Horton	610	391	1001
20	Manistee	687	303	990
21	White Cloud	610	351	961
22	Grand Traverse Academy	324	635	959
23	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	324	631	955
24	Ida	324	598	922
25	Clare	324	597	921

Showdowns & Throwdowns

Lifting her fellow Pumas into the top spot has been Sohanny Gonzalez-Castillo. All year, she’s been solid in the high jump, clearing 5’0 early and staying undefeated in Alliance League action. But her efforts in the long jump at the GR Elite Challenge are a recent astonishment. She bolted past the 16’ barrier, adding 14” to her previous best, nabbing a win against a D1-centric field. She’s now the D4 leader in the sand.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points	Event
10	Sohanny Gonzalez-Castillo	The Potter’s House	16′ 8.25	384	Long
10	Sohanny Gonzalez-Castillo	The Potter’s House	5′ 0	363	High
9	Naomi Palacios	The Potter’s House	14′ 11	310	Long
10	Megan VerMerris	The Potter’s House	14′ 7.5	298	Long
10	Megan VerMerris	The Potter’s House	4′ 8	286	High
12	Joy McClendon	The Potter’s House	13′ 9	262	Long

D4 Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	The Potter’s House	649	1255	1903
2	Marlette	1220	649	1869
3	Webberville	610	1180	1790
4	Fowler	401	1298	1699
5	Hillsdale Academy	704	889	1593
6	Breckenridge	382	919	1301
7	Buckley	247	954	1201
8	Kingston	610	582	1192
9	Kalamazoo Hackett	533	566	1099
10	Climax-Scotts	552	537	1089
11	Indian River Inland Lakes	769	316	1084
12	New Buffalo	668	347	1015
13	Frankfort	658	346	1004
14	Harbor Springs	704	276	979
15	East Jordan	247	615	863
16	Morenci	324	534	859
17	Petersburg-Summerfield	572	282	854
18	Martin	572	274	845
19	Athens	533	312	845
20	Coleman	257	588	845
21	Beal City	572	266	838
22	Farwell	543	268	810
23	Mio Ausable	324	370	694
24	Gobles	687	0	687
24	St. Charles	687	0	687

Showdowns & Throwdowns

Sprint star Danica Shamion just doesn’t compete on the oval, she clears bars too. Last week, at the Lakes Invite, her and Ellie Delene (4^th place last year in Division 3, 2021 champ) went head to head. Shamion came away with a victory and Delene nearly matched her winning jump from a few years back. Each have a great chance to improve on their finishes from 2022.

Grade	Name	Team	Height	Points	Event
12	Anja Kleiman	Iron Mountain	5′ 0	363	High
12	Chloe Maycroft	Iron Mountain	4′ 10	324	High
12	Chloe Maycroft	Iron Mountain	14′ 11	310	Long
10	Bella Pickett	Iron Mountain	14′ 10	307	Long

UP Rank	Team	High	Long	Total
1	Iron Mountain	687	617	1304
2	Stephenson	572	660	1232
3	Ishpeming Westwood	725	295	1020
4	Menominee	572	274	845
5	St. Ignace	495	281	775
6	Bark River-Harris	324	357	682
7	Calumet	363	314	677
8	Marquette	363	309	671
9	Carney-Nadeau	0	649	649
10	Escanaba	324	324	649
11	Rudyard	363	267	630
12	Kingsford	0	617	617
13	Ishpeming	286	294	580
14	West Iron County	572	0	572
15	Dollar Bay	286	279	565
16	Negaunee	0	564	564
17	Houghton	495	0	495
18	Manistique	495	0	495
18	Gladstone	363	0	363
20	Baraga	324	0	324
21	Pickford	305	0	305
22	Sault Ste. Marie	0	293	293
23	Gwinn	0	287	287
24	North Dickinson County	286	0	286
25	Bessemer	247	0	247
25	Engadine	247	0	247
25	Lake Linden-Hubbell	247	0	247

Thanks in advance to those patiently waiting. Leaving for Shepherd at 10:30am, coming home at 1:30am. Leaving for work Saturday at 11am, coming home from Farmington at 11pm, working these last two days on top of that leaves little time for the posts. But I’m here and here are the boys sprint rankings.

Here’s an explanation:

EXPLANATION

These are the previous two rankings. Hopefully your team has moved up!

WEEK TWO

WEEK FOUR

With the exception of the UP, these are all from races with fully automatic timing. Results had to be uploaded onto athleticnet by SUNDAY NIGHT.

Throwdowns & Showdowns

Damarcus Rouse – Two big wins in the 400m at Elmer Ball and Farmington. Both were over Krish Gupta, who’s a great candidate to medal at State. Also beat Skyline’s Henry Shaieb at Farmington, who also ranks in the top-10 in Division 1. Capping all that off, he took the stick from Parker Orlowsky and ran away with the 4×4 at Farmington, leading his Highlanders to a 6+ second victory.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:29.1	Rockford	1242	4×2
		42.62	Rockford	1106	4×1
		3:28.7	Rockford	975	4×4
12	Keiton Fase	10.89	Rockford	413	100m
9	Adam Flanders	50.97	Rockford	384	400m
11	Jonah Carlson	11.24	Rockford	346	100m
11	Camden Kruisenga	11.27	Rockford	340	100m
12	Keiton Fase	22.53	Rockford	337	200m
11	Carter Bissell	52.39	Rockford	334	400m
11	Avery Engel	11.33	Rockford	329	100m
12	Brody Thompson	11.33	Rockford	329	100m
11	Lucas Cid	11.42	Rockford	311	100m
11	Sam Coyle	11.43	Rockford	310	100m
10	Isaac Poot	11.43	Rockford	310	100m
11	Jonah Carlson	22.86	Rockford	308	200m
11	Camden Kruisenga	22.94	Rockford	300	200m
11	Anthony Bouwhuis	22.94	Rockford	300	200m
12	Bryce Fongers	11.48	Rockford	300	100m
11	Ben Cummings	11.48	Rockford	300	100m
11	Carter Bissell	23.05	Rockford	290	200m
10	Isaac Poot	23.16	Rockford	281	200m
11	Sam Coyle	23.38	Rockford	261	200m
11	Avery Engel	23.44	Rockford	255	200m

D1 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Rockford	1429	1245	718	1106	1242	975	6714
2	West Bloomfield	1531	1239	354	1185	1216	789	6314
3	St. Joseph	1063	694	1182	1013	1109	1171	6233
4	Ann Arbor Huron	1142	1314	331	832	1118	1062	5798
5	Traverse City West	1384	860	746	818	1006	929	5743
6	Oak Park	686	609	1197	952	1207	1015	5666
7	East Kentwood	1075	853	804	735	1157	973	5597
8	Holland West Ottawa	1019	884	404	1002	1175	1053	5537
9	Detroit U-D Jesuit	436	714	787	961	1303	1217	5418
10	Byron Center	669	1110	752	927	1105	758	5321
11	Zeeland West	1092	678	427	868	1197	931	5194
12	Rochester Adams	633	672	479	927	1103	1308	5122
13	Troy	352	887	1528	0	1037	1104	4908
14	Chippewa Valley	1058	712	756	0	1348	826	4700
15	Grand Blanc	377	585	672	868	1107	986	4595
16	Saginaw Heritage	958	547	364	771	952	890	4482
17	Lansing Waverly	738	1184	390	893	1184	0	4390
18	Saline	658	589	358	769	1106	840	4321
19	Kalamazoo Central	1104	894	0	1174	1080	0	4251
20	East Lansing	717	631	0	965	1087	783	4184
21	Lake Orion	663	596	0	1026	1097	744	4127
22	Detroit Martin Luther King	454	574	0	1011	1095	881	4015
23	Holt	298	845	0	922	1126	784	3976
24	Livonia Franklin	298	590	371	883	1017	804	3963
25	Belleville	0	593	759	856	896	789	3893
26	Battle Creek Lakeview	0	521	754	631	769	1143	3819
27	Hudsonville	0	0	1445	679	851	830	3805
28	Northville	631	286	725	0	950	1133	3726
29	Caledonia	350	517	345	836	884	723	3655
30	H.H. Dow	425	298	393	761	904	772	3553
31	Southfield Arts & Tech	321	0	394	808	1025	975	3524
32	Muskegon	1113	1273	0	1044	0	0	3431
33	Farmington	300	270	346	802	935	725	3378
34	Fenton	0	253	705	651	994	768	3371
35	Grand Haven	659	541	382	883	878	0	3343
36	Warren DeLaSalle	710	556	0	1051	986	0	3302
37	Clarkston	0	589	744	0	1025	936	3295
38	Mattawan	613	553	335	885	905	0	3292
39	Detroit Renaissance	806	672	0	814	953	0	3244
40	Jackson	302	684	438	752	843	0	3019
41	Wayne Memorial	325	0	766	0	885	851	2827
42	Detroit Cass Tech	0	560	428	0	752	1071	2811
43	Jenison	319	253	0	720	745	724	2762
44	Walled Lake Central	0	0	1019	0	796	935	2750
45	Walled Lake Northern	306	343	422	0	742	928	2742
46	Davison	633	271	0	885	950	0	2739
47	Brighton	335	820	0	687	889	0	2730
48	Zeeland East	304	0	733	0	816	762	2614
49	Portage Northern	0	597	369	716	827	0	2509
50	Traverse City Central	611	0	346	761	0	754	2473

Throwdowns & Showdowns

Michael Ferguson – Throughout the year, has established himself as one of the better, if not the best, 400m runner in Division 2. He’s undefeated on the year and won the Goodrich Invite going away (but watch out for Ypsi’s Courtney Price in the coming weeks). I really liked how he hung in there amongst the shorter sprinters in the 200m. Beecher’s Jaylin Townsend is probably the most explosive sprinter in D4 and he won by almost a second, but Ferguson was right in the race with the rest of the competition, placing 4^th in a 22.48 personal best.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:30.5	Berrien Springs	1093	4×2
		42.84	Berrien Springs	1055	4×1
		3:31.9	Berrien Springs	845	4×4
11	Jake Machiniak	10.95	Berrien Springs	402	100m
12	Jared Wilburn	10.99	Berrien Springs	394	100m
10	Noah Jarvis	51.38	Berrien Springs	369	400m
11	Jake Machiniak	22.78	Berrien Springs	315	200m
12	Jared Wilburn	22.78	Berrien Springs	315	200m
10	Zander White	11.45	Berrien Springs	306	100m
12	Quimari Haskins	11.47	Berrien Springs	302	100m
10	Zander White	23.48	Berrien Springs	252	200m
12	Quimari Haskins	23.89	Berrien Springs	215	200m
10	Noah Jarvis	23.98	Berrien Springs	207	200m

D2 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Berrien Springs	1404	1096	369	1055	1093	845	5864
2	Frankenmuth	998	816	1280	877	976	874	5821
3	Vicksburg	1398	862	636	916	1009	745	5566
4	Forest Hills Eastern	694	778	993	828	964	921	5178
5	Whitehall	398	1130	421	946	1189	1003	5088
6	Corunna	1059	503	331	887	1143	933	4856
7	Spring Lake	650	830	1457	0	842	807	4586
8	Fowlerville	1192	836	315	729	878	511	4461
9	Gladwin	915	486	706	720	887	582	4296
10	Parma Western	852	743	291	781	905	676	4247
11	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	1182	897	305	887	947	0	4218
12	Freeland	606	876	699	531	656	754	4122
13	Howard City-Tri-County	648	532	690	602	741	883	4095
14	Grand Rapids Christian	1119	492	324	699	627	795	4055
15	Detroit Country Day	1029	721	0	812	891	574	4027
16	Tecumseh	634	558	377	854	974	583	3981
17	Hamilton	398	572	671	605	832	820	3898
18	Essexville Garber	288	480	738	481	1007	852	3847
19	Mason	581	719	350	582	661	854	3746
20	Battle Creek Harper Creek	600	492	315	614	872	671	3565
21	Wayland Union	365	316	641	830	743	629	3524
22	Shepherd	631	526	289	626	796	606	3475
23	Charlotte	321	737	0	862	958	581	3459
24	Lansing Sexton	698	964	287	669	781	0	3399
25	Chelsea	681	494	330	521	640	622	3288
26	Saginaw Swan Valley	298	532	300	545	785	691	3152
27	Big Rapids	260	231	640	507	652	713	3003
28	Stevensville Lakeshore	275	269	324	674	771	690	3003
29	East Grand Rapids	623	680	940	0	0	739	2983
30	Alma	285	216	598	515	716	595	2924
31	Flint Powers Catholic	542	443	313	701	902	0	2901
32	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	313	263	367	552	851	541	2887
33	Sturgis	934	344	314	529	731	0	2853
34	Petoskey	344	466	0	633	745	563	2751
35	Ludington	294	441	0	588	738	613	2675
36	Hamady	275	334	344	0	876	822	2652
37	Summit Academy	260	555	642	482	659	0	2598
38	Wyoming Kelloggsville	867	485	0	560	659	0	2571
39	Niles	304	489	334	526	778	0	2432
40	Williamston	310	676	0	631	768	0	2384
41	Adrian	260	0	1071	0	0	1019	2350
42	Three Rivers	598	427	0	616	666	0	2307
43	Allendale	548	0	343	594	743	0	2228
44	Flint Kearsley	0	234	288	563	593	519	2197
45	Yale	0	342	437	0	681	651	2111
46	Bridgeport	340	304	0	614	827	0	2085
47	Muskegon Orchard View	348	207	0	649	878	0	2082
48	Cadillac	265	427	0	524	681	0	1897
49	Hazel Park	633	275	385	585	0	0	1878
50	GR West Michigan Aviation	0	0	702	473	0	682	1857

Is this real?

Okay, let’s back up. I fully believe Marine City’s Parker Atkinson ran a 10.21 in the semis, then a 10.50 to win the Muskrat Classic. And no one can discount coming away with a victory. But with no wind reading and no prior times, it’s tough to tell if he’s a legit state contender. We have no record of him competing last year and the only other race on his profile is a 23.44 hand-timed 200.

I’m not sure which heat he ran the 10.21 during the semis, so I decided to look at comparable competitors in the final, his 10.50. Four of those finalists had meets with fully automatic timing or fully automatic timing with a wind reading: Onction Zape, Keith Berry, Cory Franklin, and Andrew McNamara. Here is how Parker ran relative to them and how many seconds he beat each of those guys:

Place	Name	Time	Seconds Back
1	Parker Atkinson	10.50	–
3	Onction Zape	11.10	0.60
5	Keith Berry	11.12	0.62
6	Cory Franklin	11.32	0.82
7	Andrew McNamara	11.35	0.85

Clearly, Parker was the class of the field, that can’t be disputed. But in analyzing his competition’s times, we find that they all ran much faster than their previous bests. I can see one person having a considerable breakthrough, but four in the same race, all by similar margins. Doesn’t pass the smell test.

Name	Time	Previous Best (FAT)	Improvement
Onction Zape	11.10	11.86	0.76
Keith Berry	11.12	11.88	0.76
Cory Franklin	11.32	11.78	0.46
Andrew McNamara	11.35	11.86	0.51

Perhaps the best comparison is to Keith Berry, who has raced three times in races with a wind gauge:

Name	Time	Conv. Time	Meet
Keith Berry	11.88 (1.8)	11.99	Ferndale University, Southfield, Pontiac@ Ferndale
Keith Berry	11.92 (-2.4)	11.73	Avondale, Ferndale University, Harper Woods @ Ferndale
Keith Berry	12.11 (0.4)	12.14	60th Elmer Ball Oxford Invitational

Credit to Oxford and Ferndale for having the requisite equipment! Every one of these is a legal reading for record-keeping, but I wanted to convert into a more normalized time, using this calculator. With the converted time in this limited sample, Berry appears to be a 11.9-12.0 100m runner. With this information, I would guess Parker Atkinson is more of a 11.3-11.4 runner, which is really freaking good for a career opener. I’m excited to see how the rest of his season goes.

Throwdowns & Showdowns

Reed City – The ‘Yotes 4×4 closed Bluejay in dominating fashion. The field contained Hart, a top-10 4×4 squad in D3 and Fowler, a title contender in D4, who had the meet champion in the 400m and 300h. Reed City’s distance boys showed out, Kiaunis coming back from a massive PB in the 1600m, Rohde coming back from a meet record and PB in the 800m.

Here’s the video

I liked a few things:

• All the coaches and teammates running across the infield. Don’t let anyone tell you track isn’t a team sport.
• The expression from the guy in the stands a few minutes in.
• Reed City’s third runner crashing into the yellow caution tape after handing off
• But most of all, I liked their win.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:32.2	Sanford-Meridian	932	4×2
		43.75	Sanford-Meridian	860	4×1
		3:32.2	Sanford-Meridian	836	4×4
12	Brayden Riley	11.02	Sanford-Meridian	388	100m
11	Nickolas Metzger	51.28	Sanford-Meridian	373	400m
12	Brayden Riley	22.36	Sanford-Meridian	352	200m
12	Kenneth Emerson	53.43	Sanford-Meridian	296	400m
11	Nickolas Metzger	23.41	Sanford-Meridian	258	200m
12	Madix Saunders	24.13	Sanford-Meridian	194	200m
12	Kenneth Emerson	24.18	Sanford-Meridian	189	200m

D3 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Sanford-Meridian	388	993	670	860	932	836	4680
2	Clare	500	867	1178	549	857	715	4666
3	Reed City	533	590	1157	647	705	921	4553
4	Hart	546	477	868	709	867	802	4268
5	Chesaning	321	765	863	539	835	793	4116
6	Ithaca	592	694	296	729	669	744	3724
7	Onsted	815	506	350	760	783	470	3684
8	Constantine	261	656	1049	0	778	900	3644
9	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	336	408	654	718	768	748	3633
10	Olivet	513	345	880	510	533	726	3507
11	Detroit Edison PSA	604	873	364	661	995	0	3497
12	Lansing Catholic	500	604	320	626	781	638	3469
13	Burton Atherton	1019	847	0	623	974	0	3463
14	Napoleon	229	651	294	612	879	559	3225
15	Warren Michigan Collegiate	807	832	261	595	666	0	3162
16	Jonesville	0	427	865	547	599	688	3125
17	Union City	263	655	331	547	745	569	3111
18	Traverse City St. Francis	508	485	533	455	625	487	3093
19	North Muskegon	479	278	598	426	824	435	3040
20	Montague	296	282	567	562	873	417	2997
21	Adrian Madison	583	448	292	487	643	477	2930
22	Pewamo-Westphalia	611	536	257	642	755	0	2802
23	Ida	577	299	312	370	710	432	2701
24	Standish Sterling	523	375	249	600	467	448	2663
25	Erie Mason	311	363	335	458	684	507	2658
26	Hillsdale	608	703	0	607	683	0	2601
27	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	263	255	346	391	668	629	2552
28	Grand Rapids West Catholic	723	229	0	536	661	402	2550
29	Centreville	223	424	357	577	874	0	2454
30	Jackson Lumen Christi	534	288	0	512	616	448	2398
31	Grandville Calvin Christian	286	203	259	484	645	467	2346
32	Remus Chippewa Hills	0	275	638	361	465	494	2234
33	Hanover-Horton	304	0	528	482	485	433	2232
34	Comstock	504	429	0	570	704	0	2207
35	Evart	571	216	0	605	766	0	2158
36	Kent City	252	470	300	0	598	500	2120
37	Delton-Kellogg	254	244	0	403	705	480	2086
38	Brooklyn Columbia Central	236	238	0	490	643	413	2020
39	Bridgman	227	174	284	0	612	638	1934
40	White Cloud	267	396	293	400	538	0	1895
41	Schoolcraft	575	401	0	387	0	524	1886
42	Ovid-Elsie	0	229	590	0	567	499	1884
43	Lake City	623	299	0	541	0	406	1869
44	Manton	515	175	284	340	0	487	1801
45	Lawton	238	245	0	568	740	0	1791
46	Bath	319	271	263	460	0	455	1767
47	Michigan Center	329	246	360	369	0	442	1745
48	GR Covenant Christian	0	412	593	0	0	623	1628
49	Tawas	0	176	297	0	578	548	1599
50	Quincy	238	200	276	400	478	0	1593

Throwdowns & Showdowns

Ford Phillips – Had his big breakthrough at Shepherd. Last spring, he was D4’s best freshman 400m runner by almost a full second. But he hadn’t really had that time drop in a race until he had to pass Tyler Saxton in the final 50m to capture the Bluejay victory.

More video!

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:36.9	Sault Ste. Marie	555	4×2
12	Carter Oshelski	11.31	Sault Ste. Marie	333	100m
11	Ryver Ryckeghem	11.46	Sault Ste. Marie	304	100m
12	Carter Oshelski	23.26	Sault Ste. Marie	272	200m
		47.45	Sault Ste. Marie	271	4×1
		3:52.3	Sault Ste. Marie	239	4×4
12	Carter Oshelski	54.78	Sault Ste. Marie	248	400m
12	Alexander Jacek	11.78	Sault Ste. Marie	242	100m
11	Ryver Ryckeghem	23.93	Sault Ste. Marie	211	200m

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:32.5	Concord	904	4×2
		44.6	Concord	696	4×1
		3:36.2	Concord	688	4×4
12	Adair Artis	52.70	Concord	322	400m
12	Malachi Boyd	11.44	Concord	308	100m
12	Javion Taylor	11.51	Concord	294	100m
11	Mekhi Wingfield	11.59	Concord	279	100m
12	Malachi Boyd	23.72	Concord	230	200m
12	Connor Keefer	55.31	Concord	230	400m
9	Tylend Allen	11.89	Concord	221	100m
11	Tyreke Brown	24.06	Concord	200	200m
12	Javion Taylor	24.07	Concord	199	200m
12	Isaac Waldron	56.42	Concord	190	400m
9	Tylend Allen	24.50	Concord	160	200m

D4 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Concord	1102	789	742	696	904	688	4921
2	Reading	611	619	972	442	692	704	4040
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	1100	675	730	588	474	310	3877
4	Buckley	523	681	264	364	777	828	3437
5	Fowler	0	651	675	248	715	819	3108
6	Climax-Scotts	919	638	0	499	622	226	2904
7	Fairview	790	379	452	345	372	472	2809
8	Beal City	704	634	0	534	367	430	2669
9	Lincoln-Alcona	719	423	481	415	588	0	2626
10	Kingston	517	416	0	438	728	450	2548
11	The Potter’s House	404	525	216	488	247	657	2536
12	Three Oaks River Valley	529	587	539	170	275	430	2529
13	Morenci	513	189	495	426	510	379	2512
14	Unionville-Sebewaing	469	473	477	260	455	341	2475
15	Dansville	211	482	246	452	604	412	2407
16	Harbor Springs	194	130	1017	0	474	568	2383
17	Mt Clemens	565	518	505	0	572	185	2345
18	Martin	250	414	469	234	350	448	2165
19	Riverview Gabriel Richard	598	117	221	410	361	396	2104
20	Flint Beecher	471	434	0	725	0	418	2049
21	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	219	360	461	0	504	426	1970
22	St. Charles	244	350	483	384	462	0	1922
23	Addison	404	0	291	443	492	226	1856
24	Marion	313	414	253	251	621	0	1853
25	Pentwater	477	196	582	296	0	261	1812
26	Morrice	286	220	0	570	481	235	1792
27	Maple City Glen Lake	567	146	389	217	383	0	1703
28	Southfield Christian	227	406	0	210	429	418	1690
29	Detroit Frederick Douglass	523	359	279	0	428	0	1589
30	White Pigeon	0	132	263	310	482	329	1516
31	Carson City-Crystal	175	144	485	0	295	377	1476
32	Potterville	379	123	227	160	304	257	1450
33	Hillsdale Academy	0	130	280	0	372	603	1385
34	Indian River Inland Lakes	273	118	227	332	431	0	1382
35	Portland St. Patrick	208	122	262	0	408	378	1378
36	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	350	301	0	293	398	0	1342
37	Gobles	260	0	0	484	597	0	1340
38	Mason County Eastern	488	200	329	0	0	286	1303
39	Sand Creek	396	0	0	276	392	229	1294
40	Ubly	238	0	630	0	0	422	1290
41	Eau Claire	290	143	0	377	460	0	1270
42	Mesick	615	475	0	178	0	0	1269
43	Royal Oak Shrine	186	125	0	221	462	259	1254
44	Adrian Lenawee Christian	352	187	0	317	394	0	1250
45	Carsonville-Port Sanilac	0	164	210	231	395	224	1224
46	Frankfort	383	0	0	240	297	290	1209
47	East Jordan	448	0	0	439	0	272	1159
48	East Jackson	198	275	269	0	401	0	1143
49	New Buffalo	0	0	285	0	474	368	1128
50	Tekonsha	498	0	0	310	296	0	1104

More of a news section than anything. For the first time ever, an Upper Peninsula team is coming down for MITCA Team State. Pickford will be joining D4 teams to compete on Memorial Day weekend. Congrats to the Panthers!

UP Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	879	483	248	271	555	239	2674
2	Bark River-Harris	581	534	260	339	514	264	2491
3	St. Ignace	442	157	395	442	485	395	2316
4	Marquette	242	173	245	464	607	382	2113
5	Manistique	231	409	458	168	475	317	2057
6	Pickford	0	479	479	0	611	414	1982
7	Newberry	231	304	446	197	323	180	1681
8	Gladstone	479	139	0	222	323	182	1344
9	Iron Mountain	375	144	249	266	281	0	1315
10	Kingsford	281	123	0	372	486	0	1261
11	Escanaba	192	0	226	138	251	244	1051
12	Lake Linden-Hubbell	0	0	218	178	281	0	677
13	Munising	229	0	0	0	0	399	627
14	Brimley	269	121	0	167	0	0	557
15	Forest Park	192	148	0	187	0	0	527
16	Norway	173	121	0	0	0	0	294
17	Powers North Central	0	135	0	126	0	0	261
18	Menominee	0	0	231	0	0	0	231
19	Ishpeming	0	0	216	0	0	0	216
20	Chassell	0	0	196	0	0	0	196
21	Calumet	173	0	0	0	0	0	173
22	Dollar Bay	173	0	0	0	0	0	173
23	Stephenson	0	0	0	142	0	0	142