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Wanted to throw this out there before I head off to Shepherd. If you want to watch some track and hear me ramblin’ on a mic, head over to FreeTrackLive!

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

EXPLANATION

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

WEEK TWO RANKINGS

WEEK FOUR RANKINGS

These are from meets uploaded to athleticnet by Thursday afternoon and are FAT only (with the exception of the UP).

Jayla Dace, Detroit Renaissance – A major reason Renaissance is back on top in the sprints. Ranks top-5 in both the 100m and 200m, and plays a role in the state-leading 4×1. At the loaded Courageous Invite, placed 1^st in the 100m and 2^nd in the 200m.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		47.54	Detroit Renaissance	1410	4×1
		1:41.56	Detroit Renaissance	1404	4×2
		4:01.98	Detroit Renaissance	1196	4×4
10	Jayla Dace	12.20	Detroit Renaissance	431	100m
11	Jayla Graham	25.49	Detroit Renaissance	413	200m
10	Jayla Dace	25.50	Detroit Renaissance	413	200m
11	Destiney Williams	59.44	Detroit Renaissance	402	400m
12	Madison Sheard	12.51	Detroit Renaissance	389	100m
10	Lundon Johnson	61.19	Detroit Renaissance	361	200m
11	Shelby Sanders	61.61	Detroit Renaissance	351	200m
11	Kristen Lavergne	13.01	Detroit Renaissance	322	100m
11	Shelby Sanders	27.28	Detroit Renaissance	306	200m

D1 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Detroit Renaissance	1142	1132	1115	1410	1404	1196	7398
2	Oak Park	693	1062	1192	1245	1518	1573	7283
3	Ann Arbor Huron	714	1368	1460	1069	1122	921	6653
4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	674	1362	1208	916	1200	1165	6526
5	East Kentwood	650	1020	776	988	1255	1054	5743
6	Woodhaven-Brownstown	300	697	1088	810	1105	1145	5145
7	Rockford	1005	629	399	980	1157	790	4960
8	Traverse City West	745	709	715	890	969	905	4933
9	West Bloomfield	1093	765	429	1064	1134	0	4485
10	Forest Hills Central	657	732	0	911	1116	1015	4431
11	St. Joseph	614	636	358	871	886	925	4289
12	Ypsilanti Lincoln	0	1000	349	721	1144	1048	4262
13	Portage Northern	1100	381	0	961	993	762	4198
14	Grand Blanc	304	651	744	711	771	996	4177
15	Saginaw Heritage	664	629	344	702	1020	771	4130
16	Holland West Ottawa	297	307	779	825	985	902	4095
17	Grand Haven	604	0	757	757	945	950	4013
18	Farmington Hills Mercy	424	1060	378	0	987	1065	3914
19	Zeeland East	397	367	363	877	957	801	3762
20	Clarkston	646	0	344	878	1009	786	3663
21	H.H. Dow	349	387	826	0	1059	1001	3622
22	Northville	0	300	699	752	911	891	3552
23	Portage Central	427	401	0	885	989	837	3538
24	Saline	309	0	437	821	837	1079	3482
25	Caledonia	300	309	375	710	999	747	3440
26	Detroit Cass Tech	0	397	0	743	1136	1103	3379
27	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills	388	300	0	1054	847	748	3336
28	East Lansing	0	740	400	0	1045	950	3134
29	Farmington	332	350	698	0	831	845	3056
30	Macomb Dakota	649	0	0	785	756	830	3019
31	Walled Lake Northern	0	360	756	0	899	978	2993
32	Zeeland West	627	316	360	0	815	746	2864
33	Beverly Hills Groves	393	404	0	980	1061	0	2837
34	Battle Creek Central	718	396	0	829	882	0	2825
35	Highland-Milford	0	308	353	0	869	1050	2580
36	Howell	639	331	0	0	755	792	2517
37	Brighton	0	0	736	0	810	959	2505
38	Grand Ledge	0	0	705	771	0	1019	2495
39	Wayne Memorial	320	344	0	799	981	0	2445
40	Kalamazoo Central	0	0	0	771	875	776	2422
41	Grosse Pointe South	0	0	0	862	802	745	2409
42	Byron Center	674	0	0	843	887	0	2405
43	Berkley	378	398	0	813	798	0	2387
44	Fenton	320	326	0	829	893	0	2368
45	Troy Athens	331	300	0	855	879	0	2366
46	Muskegon	341	0	0	855	1072	0	2268
47	Novi	358	0	0	845	1043	0	2245
48	Oxford	0	0	716	0	780	745	2240
49	Rochester	299	0	0	0	809	980	2087
50	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	297	306	0	696	764	0	2064

Lauren Goodman, Linden – Competed against a field comprised of mainly D1 schools at Brighton, came away with victories in both the 100m and 200m. She’s shown the added speed and strength necessary to make it out of Regionals and back to State in the 200m, where she placed 8^th in 2021.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:47.57	Petoskey	1026	4×2
		51.58	Petoskey	803	4×1
		4:26.76	Petoskey	592	4×4
10	Madeline Loe	60.82	Petoskey	370	200m
10	Alison Bailey	61.36	Petoskey	357	200m
10	Nevaeh Leonard	12.87	Petoskey	341	100m
12	Gretchen Woodbury	13.03	Petoskey	319	100m
10	Madeline Loe	27.26	Petoskey	307	200m
10	Alison Bailey	27.27	Petoskey	306	200m
12	Gretchen Woodbury	27.66	Petoskey	283	200m
10	Madeline Loe	13.32	Petoskey	280	100m
10	Nevaeh Leonard	27.84	Petoskey	272	200m

D2 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Petoskey	939	1167	727	803	1026	592	5254
2	Shepherd	296	1046	1032	669	947	929	4918
3	Mason	615	636	960	701	1022	920	4854
4	Dearborn Divine Child	581	925	733	588	948	911	4686
5	Linden	1027	924	290	934	918	547	4640
6	Sturgis	449	447	602	798	951	739	3986
7	Cadillac	673	1158	335	0	1012	790	3966
8	Berrien Springs	1328	662	0	981	871	0	3842
9	East Grand Rapids	0	565	1337	0	715	1066	3684
10	Gladwin	527	542	293	792	866	644	3665
11	Summit Academy	600	879	313	767	997	0	3556
12	Hastings	893	613	292	833	923	0	3553
13	Bridgeport	822	829	349	643	843	0	3486
14	Allendale	357	398	341	706	834	660	3296
15	Pinckney	269	640	318	545	856	602	3231
16	Tecumseh	288	375	0	812	917	798	3189
17	Grand Rapids Christian	292	518	297	648	731	652	3137
18	Three Rivers	680	637	429	637	730	0	3113
19	Stevensville Lakeshore	276	298	369	583	840	736	3102
20	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	259	267	299	566	759	839	2989
21	Monroe Jefferson	327	340	707	0	843	743	2960
22	Alma	311	333	712	0	713	842	2911
23	Williamston	334	633	699	554	0	640	2860
24	Detroit Country Day	338	356	603	678	0	691	2666
25	Forest Hills Eastern	281	602	384	0	702	688	2658
26	Charlotte	364	0	311	609	679	673	2635
27	Vicksburg	555	538	371	553	0	593	2610
28	Flint Powers Catholic	289	0	358	617	735	604	2603
29	Chelsea	349	271	0	701	720	559	2600
30	Wyoming Kelloggsville	261	512	352	0	741	613	2479
31	Spring Lake	311	315	369	0	715	714	2424
32	Plainwell	318	303	303	637	787	0	2348
33	Hudsonville Unity Christian	0	348	355	0	787	845	2335
34	Goodrich	0	283	385	0	817	755	2240
35	Parma Western	262	0	0	566	710	670	2208
36	Edwardsburg	264	547	0	655	718	0	2184
37	Big Rapids	0	282	301	717	849	0	2149
38	Battle Creek Harper Creek	293	0	0	549	688	606	2137
39	Wyoming Godwin Heights	550	0	0	677	901	0	2129
40	Freeland	258	510	625	0	0	677	2070
41	Saginaw Swan Valley	299	394	429	0	908	0	2030
42	New Boston Huron	392	407	453	0	0	745	1997
43	GR_Catholic Central	0	0	634	0	697	645	1977
44	Ferndale	268	540	355	0	751	0	1913
45	Wayland Union	0	0	0	573	703	632	1908
46	Hamilton	307	330	0	559	699	0	1895
47	Frankenmuth	270	0	307	595	720	0	1892
48	Belding	330	0	0	633	0	662	1625
49	Birch Run	0	0	286	0	671	578	1535
50	Eaton Rapids	343	573	0	576	0	0	1492

Ariana Todd, Chippewa Hills – It’s May, which means its championship time, which means its time for the Warriors to extend their CSAA championship streak. The league is a bit tougher than I recall – Reed City, Kent City, Central Montcalm with distance girls; White Cloud with throwers. But with Ariana at the forefront of it all, Chip Hills should own the sprints. She’s been the winner at all league contests in the short sprints and even ranks 5^th in D3 in the 200m.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		51.95	Hart	756	4×1
		4:19.25	Hart	753	4×4
		1:54.15	Hart	679	4×2
10	Jessica Jazwinski	61.16	Hart	362	200m
10	Addison Hovey	12.85	Hart	343	100m
10	Addison Hovey	26.93	Hart	327	200m
12	Aspen Boutell	13.06	Hart	315	100m
12	Aspen Boutell	27.85	Hart	271	200m
12	Savanna Owens	65.30	Hart	266	200m
12	Abigail Pretty	65.67	Hart	257	200m
11	Laura Bitely	66.26	Hart	243	200m
9	Addison Hain	13.66	Hart	234	100m
10	Jessica Jazwinski	28.79	Hart	215	200m

D3 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Hart	892	812	1128	756	679	753	5020
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	697	541	1254	626	884	899	4901
3	Olivet	516	928	566	741	855	904	4510
4	Onsted	572	1192	768	0	865	756	4153
5	Hillsdale	519	842	255	769	938	602	3926
6	Sanford-Meridian	550	583	642	466	820	755	3815
7	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	220	793	694	401	828	803	3740
8	Adrian Madison	505	760	258	668	778	555	3525
9	Grand Rapids West Catholic	227	830	321	473	866	681	3397
10	Ithaca	659	302	575	574	570	694	3374
11	Hanover-Horton	484	224	567	570	696	642	3182
12	Manistee	266	590	366	533	837	549	3142
13	Remus Chippewa Hills	572	579	611	0	733	529	3024
14	Homer	989	509	273	657	591	0	3019
15	Lansing Catholic	0	547	919	0	587	942	2996
16	Hemlock	561	789	0	654	839	0	2843
17	Lawton	247	358	706	0	514	868	2693
18	Grass Lake	714	306	0	688	827	0	2534
19	Clare	0	439	252	577	683	489	2439
20	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	241	485	238	381	633	430	2408
21	Jackson Lumen Christi	549	269	236	423	0	830	2307
22	Almont	684	662	361	571	0	0	2278
23	McBain	0	227	610	0	696	715	2248
24	Traverse City St. Francis	519	488	0	574	654	0	2235
25	Galesburg-Augusta	239	286	345	398	764	0	2033
26	Lakeview	512	476	0	439	544	0	1970
27	Buchanan	293	301	251	0	679	387	1912
28	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	503	259	0	0	553	526	1840
29	Elk Rapids	319	323	0	499	0	575	1716
30	New Lothrop	220	234	244	453	532	0	1684
31	Manchester	255	515	335	0	552	0	1658
32	Laingsburg	481	0	0	500	578	0	1560
33	Saranac	0	0	0	507	522	523	1552
34	Napoleon	534	229	251	488	0	0	1502
35	Montague	216	220	0	0	613	422	1471
36	Warren Michigan Collegiate	219	237	0	423	571	0	1451
37	Erie Mason	0	256	291	399	0	499	1445
38	Jonesville	253	230	310	0	624	0	1416
39	Benzie Central	465	0	0	428	515	0	1408
40	Bridgman	259	230	311	0	592	0	1393
41	Union City	0	274	0	466	653	0	1393
42	Comstock	391	350	0	553	0	0	1293
43	Saugatuck	332	296	0	0	599	0	1228
44	Harrison	292	287	0	635	0	0	1214
45	Clinton	249	248	246	449	0	0	1193
46	Chesaning	0	458	275	0	0	440	1174
47	Leslie	0	0	565	0	0	563	1128
48	Manton	501	227	0	397	0	0	1126
49	Tawas	0	282	314	0	0	491	1087
50	Bad Axe	554	527	0	0	0	0	1081

Gabriella Gashaj, Marine City Cardinal Mooney – Throughout her career, she’s been a solid sprinter. Running in the 28’s, making it to State as a junior. She can long jump, placing 9^th last year, she can hurdle too. This spring, she’s had a little breakthrough, skipping the 27’s entirely and hitting a 26.99 at Richmond’s Blue Devil Invitational.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:49.16	Portland St. Patrick	935	4×2
		4:15.51	Portland St. Patrick	840	4×4
		53.18	Portland St. Patrick	609	4×1
10	Kenzie Fedewa	61.63	Portland St. Patrick	351	200m
11	Isabelle Kissane	62.90	Portland St. Patrick	321	200m
11	Rylee Scheurer	27.11	Portland St. Patrick	316	200m
11	Rylee Scheurer	13.16	Portland St. Patrick	301	100m
11	Kyra Kinsman	66.43	Portland St. Patrick	239	200m
11	Sophia Schrauben	28.54	Portland St. Patrick	230	200m
10	Kenzie Fedewa	28.77	Portland St. Patrick	216	200m
11	Isabelle Kissane	13.87	Portland St. Patrick	205	100m

D4 Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Portland St. Patrick	507	761	912	609	935	840	4564
2	Fowler	507	767	1098	458	853	763	4446
3	Hillsdale Academy	0	765	1164	434	529	850	3742
4	Frankfort	837	703	281	631	673	577	3700
5	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	304	860	633	323	671	640	3430
6	Buckley	527	502	547	259	505	826	3167
7	Dryden	316	489	331	472	720	568	2896
8	Gobles	669	369	312	537	449	363	2699
9	Beal City	268	295	816	245	515	507	2646
10	Kingston	388	400	217	384	506	675	2569
11	Maple City Glen Lake	507	469	300	0	636	539	2450
12	The Potter’s House	199	583	452	621	0	354	2209
13	St. Charles	491	234	229	482	669	0	2106
14	Indian River Inland Lakes	393	595	282	462	366	0	2099
15	Kalamazoo Hackett	427	306	434	273	388	250	2078
16	Harbor Springs	0	218	303	452	518	583	2073
17	Breckenridge	478	433	490	412	0	248	2061
18	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	0	172	802	0	482	564	2019
19	Pittsford	184	221	275	270	430	608	1987
20	Unionville-Sebewaing	497	484	0	244	489	244	1958
21	Southfield Christian	473	407	250	250	537	0	1917
22	Adrian Lenawee Christian	205	220	170	382	474	419	1870
23	International Academy of Flint	438	218	0	489	698	0	1843
24	Reading	208	185	225	388	554	240	1801
25	Johannesburg-Lewiston	236	225	372	0	504	436	1773
26	Coleman	468	242	0	565	428	0	1702
27	Addison	212	486	0	0	478	468	1644
28	Central Lake	553	254	0	314	405	0	1525
29	Webberville	405	165	0	342	589	0	1501
30	Morenci	0	203	698	0	0	551	1452
31	Saginaw Arts and Sciences	407	428	569	0	0	0	1404
32	Brethren	231	388	346	0	436	0	1401
33	Athens	186	0	195	324	393	210	1309
34	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	201	171	508	0	0	417	1297
35	Climax-Scotts	378	156	0	288	438	0	1260
36	Lincoln-Alcona	216	262	0	317	440	0	1235
37	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	234	302	0	350	0	296	1181
38	Martin	0	0	253	252	412	225	1142
39	Fulton	196	223	0	313	407	0	1139
40	Capac	436	472	223	0	0	0	1132
41	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	209	362	0	546	0	0	1118
42	East Jordan	205	193	474	0	0	209	1082
43	Marlette	0	180	198	264	424	0	1066
44	Sand Creek	227	355	176	255	0	0	1013
45	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	177	0	227	0	0	556	959
46	Mt Clemens	0	172	334	0	419	0	926
47	Royal Oak Shrine	0	153	206	353	0	209	921
48	Whitmore Lake	195	0	283	0	0	427	905
49	Petoskey St. Michael	0	0	619	0	0	270	889
50	Montabella	193	0	0	268	393	0	854

Danica Shamion, West Iron County – The UP’s top returning sprinter is here again. I’m allowed to say “top returning sprinter” as she was victorious at the D2 Finals in the 100m – 400m, along with a 6^th place in the long jump. Hand timing kinda obfuscates her results, but it appears she’s already in peak form in the short sprints, and I have no doubt she’ll drop seconds in the 400m. She’s undefeated this year, but will have to fend off some Bark River folks down the line.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		1:56.45	Sault Ste. Marie	574	4×2
		55.15	Sault Ste. Marie	407	4×1
		4:37.81	Sault Ste. Marie	390	4×4
10	Bella Smith	13.49	Sault Ste. Marie	257	100m
11	Tarynn Pratt	66.57	Sault Ste. Marie	236	200m
12	Mackenzie Bell	28.66	Sault Ste. Marie	222	200m
10	Bella Smith	28.76	Sault Ste. Marie	216	200m
11	Isabella DeWildt	68.21	Sault Ste. Marie	198	200m
11	Dayna Szabo	68.22	Sault Ste. Marie	198	200m
12	Mackenzie Bell	13.99	Sault Ste. Marie	189	100m
11	Tarynn Pratt	29.48	Sault Ste. Marie	173	200m
10	Ava Mayer	69.52	Sault Ste. Marie	168	200m

UP Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4×1	4×2	4×4	Total
1	Sault Ste. Marie	446	612	799	407	574	390	3228
2	Bark River-Harris	447	908	246	0	614	311	2526
3	Gladstone	553	579	219	449	553	0	2353
4	Manistique	0	325	420	354	623	336	2057
5	Stephenson	446	0	169	273	430	333	1651
6	Marquette	0	274	426	390	508	0	1599
7	Iron Mountain	500	448	0	417	0	0	1365
8	West Iron County	358	350	624	0	0	0	1332
9	Escanaba	0	177	212	258	452	0	1098
10	Negaunee	0	0	184	0	386	425	996
11	Menominee	0	0	0	230	400	259	889
12	St. Ignace	0	193	0	333	356	0	883
13	Norway	209	0	0	0	446	0	655
14	Kingsford	0	0	0	0	466	0	466
15	Newberry	0	166	262	0	0	0	429
16	Carney-Nadeau	196	206	0	0	0	0	401
17	Engadine	196	196	0	0	0	0	392
18	Munising	0	0	0	0	378	0	378
19	Ishpeming Westwood	0	0	231	0	0	0	231
20	Forest Park	0	0	202	0	0	0	202
21	Gwinn	0	165	0	0	0	0	165

I actually had these done last night, but wanted to give the girls some of their own time and love.

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

EXPLANATION

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

WEEK ONE RANKINGS

WEEK FOUR RANKINGS

These are compiled using marks tossed onto athleticnet by Tuesday night.

Your Division 1 model of consistency and defending Shot Put champion is back. In 2022, Andrew Berryhill rode a string of four straight 56’+ efforts en route to a state title. For 2023, he’s expanded his range, reaching 60’ already.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	1	163′ 1	456	Discus
11	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	1	52′ 8	443	Shot Put
11	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	1	51′ 9	436	Shot Put
11	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	1	150′ 1	423	Discus
12	Evan Berghorst	Zeeland East	1	141′ 8	401	Discus
12	Drestin Ter Haar	Zeeland East	1	47′ 2	399	Shot Put
12	Evan Berghorst	Zeeland East	1	44′ 1	375	Shot Put
12	Drestin Ter Haar	Zeeland East	1	126′ 7	363	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Zeeland East	1	1653	1642	3295
2	Walled Lake Central	1	1162	1667	2829
3	Midland	1	1210	817	2028
4	Cedar Springs	1	795	1176	1971
5	Rockford	1	1143	765	1908
6	St. Joseph	1	865	886	1751
7	Wyandotte Roosevelt	1	842	849	1691
8	Monroe	1	402	1176	1578
9	White Lake Lakeland	1	788	789	1577
10	Warren DeLaSalle	1	827	383	1210
11	Utica	1	416	784	1201
12	East Kentwood	1	785	404	1189
13	Plymouth	1	430	756	1187
14	Brighton	1	0	1185	1185
15	Saline	1	398	781	1179
16	Walled Lake Western	1	394	756	1151
17	Detroit Catholic Central	1	763	382	1145
18	Byron Center	1	374	771	1145
19	Holt	1	759	382	1141
20	Zeeland West	1	0	1134	1134
21	Macomb Dakota	1	388	743	1132
22	Mount Pleasant	1	384	746	1131
23	Battle Creek Lakeview	1	501	433	934
24	Saginaw Heritage	1	428	430	858
25	Clarkston	1	448	405	853

After taking two losses in their opening dual against Alma, Frankenmuth’s Dalton DeBeau is doing everything he can to make sure that doesn’t occur again. All but one of his tosses have been better than those marks, and his 180’7 in the disc is the furthest in the state in 2023. Two important dates: May 10th is the rematch against Alma in the TVC8 Championship, June 3rd is where he’ll (hopefully) defend his State Title.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
12	Dalton DeBeau	Frankenmuth	2	180′ 7.5	500	Discus
12	Dalton DeBeau	Frankenmuth	2	53′ 0.5	446	Shot Put
10	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	2	150′ 5	423	Discus
10	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	2	49′ 0	414	Shot Put
10	Niko Mamaladze	Frankenmuth	2	136′ 7	388	Discus
11	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	2	128′ 5	367	Discus
11	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	2	42′ 9.25	364	Shot Put
11	Nathan Schafsnitz	Frankenmuth	2	120′ 7	348	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Frankenmuth	2	1224	1679	2904
2	Alma	2	1234	1637	2871
3	Coopersville	2	1233	1215	2448
4	Allendale	2	1145	1113	2258
5	Portland	2	767	1208	1974
6	Midland Bullock Creek	2	1209	747	1956
7	Cadillac	2	784	1147	1932
8	Parma Western	2	1157	769	1926
9	Berrien Springs	2	770	1140	1910
10	Monroe Jefferson	2	740	1112	1853
11	Wayland Union	2	774	824	1598
12	Edwardsburg	2	759	839	1598
13	Gladwin	2	794	755	1549
14	Freeland	2	1118	368	1486
15	Dearborn Divine Child	2	405	814	1219
16	Whitehall	2	460	739	1200
17	Grand Rapids South Christian	2	373	822	1194
18	Coldwater	2	1150	0	1150
19	Hopkins	2	740	380	1120
20	Ionia	2	368	751	1119
21	Fowlerville	2	390	729	1119
22	Otsego	2	750	369	1119
23	Tecumseh	2	753	361	1114
24	Stevensville Lakeshore	2	378	729	1107
25	Flint Powers Catholic	2	364	729	1092

In order to capture a state crown, a team must have outstanding individuals and a few surprises. For Pewamo-Westphalia, that outstanding individual is Gavin Nurenburg, who has picked up 24 points on his own in the last two D3 finals. Again, he finds himself in the mix, ranking 3rd in D3 in both throwing events. But then you add in a darkhorse, Dalton Brown, who catapulted 50’+ shot put at Kent City Elite, finishing 5th among the division’s best. On that First Saturday in June, if the two can combine for 15-20 points, that will go a long way toward the Pirates title bid.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	55′ 5.5	465	Shot Put
11	Gavin Nurenberg	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	153′ 7	431	Discus
11	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	50′ 6	426	Shot Put
11	Dalton Brown	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	139′ 6	396	Discus
11	Collin Schneider	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	118′ 11	343	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	891	1170	2062
2	Standish Sterling	3	832	1096	1928
3	Quincy	3	742	1127	1869
4	White Cloud	3	808	740	1548
5	Leslie	3	750	748	1498
6	Constantine	3	715	757	1473
7	Clare	3	761	710	1471
8	Clinton	3	425	743	1168
9	Olivet	3	423	719	1141
10	Reed City	3	0	1065	1065
11	Manchester	3	363	692	1055
12	Hart	3	478	486	964
13	Lawton	3	467	412	879
14	Union City	3	406	441	847
15	Adrian Madison	3	392	396	788
16	Durand	3	378	401	779
17	Chesaning	3	372	394	767
18	Manistee	3	380	386	766
19	Montague	3	408	358	766
20	Montrose	3	397	367	765
21	Jonesville	3	406	352	758
22	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	3	359	399	758
23	McBain	3	357	395	752
24	Watervliet	3	368	374	742
25	Mason County Central	3	379	350	729

Last year in the discus, Petersburg-Summerfield’s Dakota Kohn just kept adding distance, meet after meet. First it was a 118’ in early May, then a 132’ at Erie Mason, then ending in a 143’er at D4 State. Thus far this year in his undefeated campaign, he’s already passed 140’ twice. Consider that his best throw as of this time last year was under 120’ and think toward the future. He’s a real candidate to win it all.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	4	152′ 4	428	Discus
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	4	47′ 8.5	404	Shot Put
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	4	40′ 6	346	Shot Put
11	Parker McDonald	Beal City	4	116′ 8	338	Discus
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	4	111′ 5	324	Discus
12	Justin Recker	Beal City	4	110′ 0	321	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beal City	4	750	1411	2161
2	Marion	4	726	1023	1749
3	Hillsdale Academy	4	672	1066	1738
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	666	729	1395
5	Fowler	4	1070	321	1391
6	White Pigeon	4	1033	312	1345
7	Reading	4	1001	330	1330
8	Deckerville	4	717	381	1098
9	Morrice	4	715	329	1043
10	Marlette	4	361	648	1009
11	Mason County Eastern	4	320	677	997
12	Petersburg-Summerfield	4	395	399	794
13	Britton Deerfield	4	363	392	755
14	Gobles	4	724	0	724
15	Tekonsha	4	354	366	720
16	Breckenridge	4	356	347	703
17	Brown City	4	362	338	699
18	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	4	321	372	693
19	Onekama	4	338	352	690
20	Pittsford	4	353	336	689
21	Fruitport Calvary Christian	4	323	360	683
22	Buckley	4	358	323	682
23	Harbor Springs	4	677	0	677
24	Mendon	4	676	0	676
25	Sand Creek	4	332	343	675

His first year of track as a senior and he’s already figuring things out quickly. Lyle Horn burst onto the scene with a 36’11 shot put at Harbor Springs. In just over two weeks since then, he’s added more than 4 feet. Currently, he’s ranked 2nd in Division 2 and 6th in the entire Upper Peninsula, but I see no reason he can’t move up even further.

Grade	Name	Team	Division	Distance	Points	Event
11	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	UP	127′ 5	365	Discus
11	Garrett Veale	Kingsford	UP	42′ 10	365	Shot Put
11	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	UP	39′ 0	334	Shot Put
12	Isaac Olson	Kingsford	UP	113′ 1	329	Discus
11	Elizan Rouse	Kingsford	UP	38′ 3	328	Shot Put
12	Joshua Early	Kingsford	UP	109′ 11	321	Discus
11	Grayson Palmer	Kingsford	UP	107′ 1	313	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Kingsford	UP	1028	1327	2355
2	Gladstone	UP	353	1277	1630
3	Escanaba	UP	638	707	1346
4	Negaunee	UP	1047	0	1047
5	St. Ignace	UP	351	653	1004
6	Rapid River	UP	358	637	995
7	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	639	324	963
8	Ishpeming	UP	678	0	678
9	Engadine	UP	340	325	666
10	Menominee	UP	350	313	663
11	Powers North Central	UP	647	0	647
12	Newberry	UP	644	0	644
13	Pickford	UP	362	0	362
14	Paradise-Whitefish Township	UP	358	0	358
15	Norway	UP	337	0	337
16	Marquette	UP	334	0	334
17	West Iron County	UP	322	0	322
18	Iron Mountain	UP	0	315	315

Here’s a list of college commitments from those in the class of 2023 and any transfers from those who went to HS in Michigan. If you know of any others, let me know. I will look to fill these in with links to athleticnet and any sort of social media that the athlete has posted regarding their signing.

Name	HS Team	College Team
Dayton Brown	Rockford	Adams State
Camryn Bodine	East Grand Rapids	Air Force
Jonah Hochstetler	Traverse City West	Air Force
Adrian Romero	Wyoming	Aquinas
Zee Simpson	Lansing Catholic	Aquinas
Ella Koons	Howell	Aquinas
Jake Rottier	Hudsonville	Aquinas
Will VanderBoer	Paw Paw	Aquinas
Jaben Bakker	Hudsonville	Aquinas
Austin Williford	Paw Paw	Aquinas
Sam Elder	Grand Ledge	Aquinas
Noelle House	Wayland Union	Aquinas
Ashtyn Janis	Manistee	Aquinas
Lauren VanderWulp	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	Aquinas
Noah Momber	Sparta	Aquinas
Cadence Schultz	East Kentwood	Aquinas
Carter Boullard	St. Clair	Bucknell
Josh Tipton	Detroit Catholic Central	Bucknell
Sean Byrnes	Plymouth	Butler
Maya Guikema	Jenison	Central Michigan
Kara Terakedis	Onsted	Central Michigan
Emma Neitzel	Holt	Central Michigan
Emma Janesak	Sparta	Central Michigan
Ambria Nagel	Bay City Western	Central Michigan
Sophia Thomas	Grand Blanc	Central Michigan
Mara Szuper	Carleton Airport	Central Michigan
Jolie Fisher	Shepherd	Central Michigan
Ava Pergitone	St. Clair	Central Michigan
Aiden Smith	Adrian	Central Michigan
Chesney Wilke	Tecumseh	Central Michigan
Carlee Beeney	Howell	Cleary
Leah Thompson	Caledonia	Cornerstone
Rogan Melling	Hanover-Horton	Davenport
Isaiah Reihl	Shepherd	Davenport
Jordan Domany	Caledonia	Davenport
Demarcus Rouse	Rochester Adams	Davenport
Nik Shilling	Ortonville-Brandon	Davenport
Avery Saunder	L’Anse Creuse North	Detroit Mercy
Helana Napiorkowski	Austin Catholic	Detroit Mercy
Erika Van Loton	Huron Valley Lutheran	Eastern Michigan
Caleb Branch	Muskegon Mona Shores	Ferris State
Ella Kowatch	Pewamo-Westphalia	Ferris State
Reese Cadarette	Tawas	Ferris State
Ben Knuth	Big Rapids	Ferris State
Katie Slone	Macomb Dakota	Ferris State
Emma Bushroe	Bedford	Findlay
Drew Kolodge	Anchor Bay	Gonzaga
Heidi Spahr	Zeeland West	Grace College
Allie Arnsman	Grandville	Grand Valley State
Sam Allen	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	Grand Valley State
Maggie Otto	Jenison	Grand Valley State
Megan Postma	Holland West Ottawa	Grand Valley State
Owen Westerberg	Big Rapids	Grand Valley State
Tyler Heath	Clio	Grand Valley State
Andre Richmond	Whitehall	Grand Valley State
Thomas Jackson	Detroit Country Day	Grand Valley State
Dylan Terpstra	Hudsonville	Hope
Tim Peterson	Portage Northern	Hope
Elise Ferguson	Grandville	Hope
Ashlyn Kephart	Lansing Christian	Indiana Wesleyan
Ella Jenkins	Warren Regina	IPFW
Jonas Morris	Chippewa Valley	IPFW
Isaiah Smith	Detroit Renaissance	IPFW
Martia Williams	Detroit Renaissance	IPFW
Cate Cotter	Clarkston	Kalamazoo
Allie Nutt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	Kalamazoo
Anna VanDuinen	Pentwater	Kalamazoo
Lucy Vandemark	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	Kalamazoo
Miles Buckley	Detroit Catholic Central	Kalamazoo
Alisa Mason	Holland	Kalamazoo
Caleb Bost	Battle Creek Lakeview	Kent State
Nora Smoes	Reed City	Lake Superior State
Sam Markle	Berrien Springs	Lake Superior State
Olivia Peter	Unionville-Sebewaing	Lake Superior State
Joey Schwindt	Maple City Glen Lake	Lansing CC
Nakia Willis	East Kentwood	Lawrence Tech
Jack Kelly	Detroit Catholic Central	Lawrence Tech
Ryan Lee	Anchor Bay	Macomb CC
Lauren Hamilton	Grand Ledge	Madonna
Demarrio Roetherford	Wyandotte Roosevelt	Madonna
Lainey Roth	Grand Rapids West Catholic	Marian (Ind.)
Logan Weis	Centreville	Memphis
Corey Royster	Macomb Dakota	Michigan
Nolan Clark	Grand Haven	Michigan
Aiden Sullivan	Forest Hills Eastern	Michigan
Hannah Pricco	Lansing Catholic	Michigan
CC Jones	Lansing Catholic	Michigan
Caroline Vance	Ann Arbor Skyline	Michigan
Jaden Simmons	Holly	Michigan
Trent McFarland	Utica	Michigan
Mackenzie Wright	Howell	Michigan State
Allison Cornell	Forest Hills Northern	Michigan State
Kyle Eberhard	Linden	Michigan State
Moses Osterink	The Potter’s House	Michigan State
Michael Hegarty	Dearborn Divine Child	Michigan State
Brady Heron	Northville	Michigan State
Jason Whitton	Saline	Michigan State
Isabell Kulick	Salem	Michigan State
Lola Thomas	Grand Blanc	Michigan State
Levi Maier	Chesaning	Michigan State
Mia Rogan	Saline	Michigan State
Elizabeth Anderson	New Boston Huron	Michigan State
Joey Bowman	St. Johns	Michigan State
Ana Dunfee	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	Michigan State
Quinn Cullen	Brighton	Michigan State
Kylin Griffin	Three Rivers	Michigan State
Joe Mullet	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	Michigan State
Kaylyn Nelson	Ithaca	Minot State
Gabrielle Jeffries	Bloomfield Hills	Morgan State
Joshua Gormley	Portage Central	Northern Iowa
Elliot Carey	Salem	Northwood
Brandon Thompson	Petersburg-Summerfield	Northwood
Ariel Warner	Shepherd	Northwood
Kaylee Aultman	Coleman	Northwood
Keiyera Johnson	Jackson	Northwood
Logan Roka	Corunna	Northwood
Ben Monger	Holland West Ottawa	Northwood
Julian Dziewit	South Lyon East	Northwood
Alex Meszaros	Riverview Gabriel Richard	Northwood
Emily Stinson	Fulton	Northwood
Kaylee Locke	Beal City	Northwood
Arianne Olson	Holland West Ottawa	Notre Dame
Carter McCalister	Monroe Jefferson	Oakalnd
Anne May	Macomb Lutheran North	Oakland
Genavieve Kushner-Lopez	Walled Lake Western	Oakland
Veronica Fitzgerald	Monroe Jefferson	Oakland
Logan Detweiler	Grosse Pointe South	Oakland
Mackenzie Lemke	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	Oakland
Braxton Brann	Ann Arbor Huron	Ohio State
Peter Moore	Hillsdale	Olivet
Aubrey Connelly	Croswell-Lexington	Olivet
Molly Young	Vicksburg	Olivet Nazarene
Rowan Cebulski	Grand Rapids Christian	Point Loma
Emily Cooper	Ann Arbor Pioneer	Princeton
Eli Hullinger	Romeo	Rochester
David Harris	St. Clair	Saginaw Valley State
Justin Roose	Fraser	Saginaw Valley State
Glen Davis	Port Huron Northern	Saginaw Valley State
Tara Szuper	Carleton Airport	Saginaw Valley State
Cassie McNatt	Clinton	Siena Heights
Evan Stacy	Portage Northern	Southwest Michigan CC
Victoria Yates	Niles	Southwest Michigan CC
Taylor Meier	Paw Paw	Southwest Michigan CC
Kierstyn Thompson	Niles	Southwest Michigan CC
Madyson Oudbier	Sparta	Spring Arbor
Jenna Denver	Imlay City	St. Clair CC
Jax Giannosa	St. Clair	St. Clair CC
Joe Edgemon	St. Clair	St. Clair CC
Ava Zobay	Armada	St. Clair CC
Michael Paoletti	Port Huron Northern	St. Clair CC
Matthew LaFreniere	Port Huron Northern	St. Clair CC
Riley Ford	Marlette	St. Francis (Ill
Larissa Huffman	Mackinaw City	St. Norbert
Benne Anderson	GR Ottawa Hills	Syracuse
Jordyn Wright	Tecumseh	Toledo
Amanda Soldan	Rochester Adams	Tulane
Addison Modderman	Dowagiac	Tusculum
Micah Ordway	Delton-Kellogg	Tusculum
Nonah Waldron	Oak Park	USC
William Winter	Parchment	Virginia Tech
Hunter Jones	Benzie Central	Wake Forest
Jared Platt	White Lake Lakeland	Wayne State
Griffin Conway	Novi	Wayne State
Parks Allen	Ithaca	Wayne State
Ethan Pruzinsky	Auburn Hills Avondale	Wayne State
Madison Clor	Romeo	Western Michigan
CJ Nixon	Rochester	Western Michigan
Bekah Asselin	Bedford	Western Michigan
Larissa McGrath	Cedar Springs	Western Michigan
Colin Graham	Rockford	Wichita State
Zander Cobb	Romeo	Wichita State