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2022’s Best Throwing Crews

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 mixcspeedratings

On my last post, I said I’d go through all of the Best Crews of 2022 in one post. But thinking further, why not break it down by category? There’s 2-3 weeks before our first competitions, why stress and put it all one post?

Anyhow, refer to the intro on how these are determined. All numbers as always, and below are the score charts to refer to:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

BEST BOYS THROWING CREW

Zeeland East

Discus

Aidan Taylor – 162’3, Region 12 Champion
Garrett Weeden – 155’7, 2^nd Place – OK Green
Tag Bonnema – 147’7, 3^rd Place – OK Green
Parker Williams – 136’9, 5^th Place – OK Green

Shot Put

Aidan Taylor – 56’11, Region 12 Champion
Parker Williams – 50’8, 5^th Place – D2 State
Tag Bonnema – 48’11, 2^nd Place – OK Green
Eli Rush – 46’11, 5^th Place – OK Green

D1 Boys Best Throwing Crew

Monroe

Discus

Teegan Simmons – 155’2, Region 4 Champion
Brayden Richard – 143’2, 12^th Place – Division 1
Jordan Bassler – 136’1, 7^th Place – Region 4

Shot Put

Brayden Richard – 48’4, 3^rd Place – Region 4
Teegan Simmons – 47’3, 2^nd Place – Region 4
Jordan Bassler – 46’3, 6^th Place – Region 4

Division 1 Rank	Boys Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Monroe	1	1227	1205	2432
2	Battle Creek Lakeview	1	1182	1229	2410
3	Swartz Creek	1	865	1235	2100
4	Novi	1	1589	397	1986
5	Walled Lake Central	1	1175	794	1968
6	Traverse City West	1	1176	787	1963
7	Macomb Dakota	1	806	822	1629
8	East Kentwood	1	781	816	1598
9	Saginaw Heritage	1	419	1177	1595
10	Grand Blanc	1	1182	401	1583
11	Farmington	1	862	422	1284
12	Traverse City Central	1	373	902	1275
13	Caledonia	1	835	424	1259
14	Grand Haven	1	811	419	1230
15	Gibraltar Carlson	1	802	424	1226
16	Warren DeLaSalle	1	419	794	1213
17	West Bloomfield	1	406	779	1185
18	Canton	1	772	408	1180
19	Utica	1	791	388	1179
20	Brighton	1	779	380	1159
21	Wyandotte Roosevelt	1	765	391	1155
22	Salem	1	750	400	1150
23	Rochester Adams	1	398	752	1150
24	White Lake Lakeland	1	370	760	1130
25	Plymouth	1	369	756	1125

Division 2 Rank	Boys Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Zeeland East	2	1695	1715	3410
2	Frankenmuth	2	1561	1626	3186
3	Monroe Jefferson	2	1204	927	2131
4	Mason	2	821	1209	2030
5	Hudsonville Unity Christian	2	822	1183	2004
6	Wayland Union	2	1145	791	1936
7	Cadillac	2	758	1167	1925
8	Portland	2	1170	741	1910
9	Coopersville	2	796	1105	1901
10	Parma Western	2	731	1099	1830
11	Dearborn Divine Child	2	901	841	1742
12	St. Clair	2	795	774	1569
13	Forest Hills Eastern	2	1175	382	1557
14	Whitehall	2	762	790	1552
15	Corunna	2	369	1148	1518
16	Marine City	2	728	781	1509
17	Hamilton	2	1057	438	1495
18	Olivet	2	731	753	1484
19	Riverview	2	714	745	1460
20	Kingsley	2	820	423	1242
21	Plainwell	2	830	402	1232
22	Macomb Lutheran North	2	835	386	1221
23	Alma	2	775	418	1193
24	Dundee	2	805	374	1178
25	Freeland	2	765	409	1175

D3 Boys Best Throwing Crew

Pewamo-Westphalia

Discus

Gavin Nurenberg – 153’5, 4^th Place – D3 State
Landon Nurenberg – 131’10, 22^nd Place – D3 State
Dalton Brown – 128’9, 5^th Place – Region 29

Shot Put

Gavin Nurenberg – 55’1, 4^th Place – D3 State
Landon Nurenberg – 47’8, 8^th Place – Greater Lansing
Dalton Brown – 46’2, 15^th Place – D3 State

Division 3 Rank	Boys Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	1175	1253	2429
2	Bath	3	1091	1174	2265
3	Jonesville	3	731	1169	1899
4	Delton-Kellogg	3	1146	744	1890
5	Standish Sterling	3	766	1111	1876
6	Quincy	3	1078	742	1820
7	Leslie	3	1449	371	1820
8	Chesaning	3	794	838	1631
9	Grand Rapids West Catholic	3	789	820	1609
10	Lawton	3	347	1215	1562
11	Montrose	3	757	803	1560
12	Watervliet	3	782	765	1547
13	Grayling	3	740	795	1536
14	Adrian Madison	3	741	417	1157
15	Constantine	3	790	367	1157
16	Erie Mason	3	409	710	1119
17	McBain	3	377	737	1114
18	Tawas	3	737	366	1103
19	Elk Rapids	3	723	367	1091
20	Clare	3	358	718	1077
21	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	3	721	355	1076
22	Mason County Central	3	487	510	997
23	Hart	3	475	491	966
24	Coloma	3	437	387	824
25	Union City	3	423	399	822

D4 Boys Best Throwing Crew

Beal City

Discus

Chris Whitehead – 152’1, 8^th Place – D4 State
Matthew Oswald – 145’5, 6^th Place – D4 State
Kylis Fletcher – 137’9, 3^rd Place – Highland Conference
Justin Recker – 112’4

Shot Put

Chris Whitehead – 49’2, Highland Conference Champion
Matthew Oswald – 47’1, 7^th Place – D4 State
Kylis Fletcher – 44’4, 13^th Place – D4 State

Division 4 Rank	Boys Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Beal City	4	1556	1191	2747
2	White Cloud	4	1435	1189	2624
3	Carson City-Crystal	4	939	1609	2548
4	Maple City Glen Lake	4	1062	1383	2445
5	Morrice	4	1164	1152	2316
6	Flint Beecher	4	1344	771	2115
7	Fulton	4	685	1404	2089
8	Marlette	4	939	997	1936
9	Petersburg-Summerfield	4	761	1011	1772
10	Kalamazoo Christian	4	701	695	1396
11	Buckley	4	348	1014	1362
12	Unionville-Sebewaing	4	683	674	1358
13	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	4	327	1000	1327
14	Concord	4	979	321	1299
15	Morenci	4	420	751	1171
16	Britton Deerfield	4	784	374	1158
17	Deckerville	4	394	750	1144
18	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	4	329	757	1086
19	Addison	4	744	321	1065
20	Hillsdale Academy	4	704	353	1057
21	White Pigeon	4	316	721	1038
22	Marion	4	350	673	1023
23	Mason County Eastern	4	696	326	1023
24	Fowler	4	345	665	1010
25	Mendon	4	0	1010	1010

UP Boys Best Throwing Crew

Kingsford

Discus

Noah Johnson – 137’9, 3^rd Place – UP Division 1
Matthew Wilson – 129’11, 8^th Place – UP Division 1
Joshua Early – 116’1, 5^th Place – Region 42
Grayson Palmer – 114’10, 6^th Place – Great Northern Conference

Shot Put

Lucas Tappy – 47’1, UP Division 1 Champion
Noah Johnson – 42’2, 4^th Place – UP Division 1
Elizan Rouse – 40’8, 2^nd Place – Great Northern Conference
Garrett Veale – 38’11, 6^th Place – Great Northern Conference

Upper Peninsula Rank	Boys Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Kingsford	UP	1432	1440	2872
2	Negaunee	UP	972	1395	2367
3	Engadine	UP	677	743	1419
4	Gladstone	UP	1043	365	1408
5	Ishpeming	UP	670	675	1345
6	Rapid River	UP	647	654	1301
7	Powers North Central	UP	324	651	974
8	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	0	733	733
9	Painesdale-Jeffers	UP	331	390	721
10	Marquette	UP	396	320	716
11	L’Anse	UP	353	360	713
12	Escanaba	UP	378	330	708
13	Ewen Trout Creek	UP	369	333	702
14	Calumet	UP	697	0	697
15	Munising	UP	365	332	697
16	Norway	UP	341	347	688
17	Newberry	UP	0	683	683
18	Manistique	UP	0	681	681
19	Ojibwe	UP	0	677	677
20	Rudyard	UP	326	350	676
21	Houghton	UP	329	335	664
22	Baraga	UP	334	330	664
23	Bessemer	UP	322	334	657
24	Lake Linden-Hubbell	UP	0	654	654
25	Rock Mid-Peninsula	UP	335	319	654

BEST GIRLS THROWING CREW

Zeeland East

Discus

Paige Westra – 40’1, 2^nd Place – D2 State
Faith Bonnema – 35’0, 5^th Place – Region 12
Anna Tilden – 34’5, 7^th Place – OK Green
Jenna Klein – 34’4, 4^th Place – OK Green

Shot Put

Paige Westra – 124’9, OK Green Champion
Mariah Sackett – 115’9, 3^rd Place – OK Green
Anna Tilden – 111’0, 16^th Place – D2 State
Jenna Klein – 109’10, 26^th Place – D2 State

D1 Girls Best Throwing Crew

Walled Lake Central

Discus

Ava Wojciechowski – 137’3, 2^nd Place – D1 State
Annalise Coon – 136’1, 4^thPlace – D1 State
Savannah Breitwiser – 129’2, 5^th Place – D1 State
Jordyn Harris – 111’3, 4^th Place – LVC

Shot Put

Ava Wojciechowski – 39’9, 4^th Place – D1 State
Savannah Breitwiser – 36’9, 2^nd Place – LVC
Jordyn Harris – 33’5, 5^th Place – LVC

Division 1 Rank	Girls Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Walled Lake Central	1	1823	1255	3078
2	East Kentwood	1	1275	1646	2920
3	Grand Blanc	1	1293	1614	2907
4	Oxford	1	467	1225	1693
5	Swartz Creek	1	765	843	1608
6	Coldwater	1	775	828	1602
7	Northville	1	425	1176	1602
8	Livonia Stevenson	1	759	843	1601
9	Caledonia	1	798	761	1559
10	Allen Park	1	500	899	1399
11	Dexter	1	810	494	1304
12	Howell	1	454	799	1253
13	Bloomfield Hills	1	811	398	1209
14	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	1	393	814	1208
15	Byron Center	1	823	376	1199
16	Zeeland West	1	1194	0	1194
17	Walled Lake Western	1	796	391	1187
18	Fraser	1	759	401	1160
19	Midland	1	774	376	1150
20	Ann Arbor Pioneer	1	372	777	1149
21	Salem	1	773	373	1146
22	Grandville	1	378	762	1140
23	Royal Oak	1	447	433	879
24	St. Joseph	1	425	437	861
25	Monroe	1	430	426	856

Division 2 Rank	Girls Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Zeeland East	2	1677	1644	3320
2	Hamilton	2	1209	1137	2345
3	Olivet	2	1212	822	2034
4	Cadillac	2	1171	795	1966
5	North Branch	2	764	1104	1869
6	Otsego	2	892	879	1771
7	Marysville	2	476	1234	1710
8	Melvindale	2	797	803	1601
9	Ionia	2	791	770	1560
10	Holland Christian	2	746	802	1549
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	2	780	768	1548
12	Monroe Jefferson	2	773	749	1522
13	Ludington	2	878	504	1382
14	Mason	2	852	395	1247
15	Dearborn Divine Child	2	789	420	1209
16	Freeland	2	801	404	1205
17	Niles	2	392	767	1158
18	Allendale	2	384	773	1157
19	Chelsea	2	379	757	1136
20	Richland Gull Lake	2	383	731	1115
21	Hudsonville Unity Christian	2	735	371	1106
22	Carleton Airport	2	726	360	1086
23	Ogemaw Heights	2	715	357	1072
24	Whitehall	2	499	463	962
25	Essexville Garber	2	451	425	876

D3 Girls Best Throwing Crew

Constantine

Discus

Lilly Stears – 103’3, 2^nd Place – SAC
Caterina Thelen – 93’3, 4^th Place – Region 24
Bo Geibe – 91’3, 8^th Place – SAC

Shot Put

Lilly Stears – 35’5, 3^rd Place – SAC
Caterina Thelen – 34’5, 16^th Place – D3 State
Bo Geibe – 32’5, 4^th Place – Region 24

Division 3 Rank	Girls Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Constantine	3	1094	1172	2266
2	Quincy	3	1300	910	2210
3	Watervliet	3	1091	1056	2146
4	Sand Creek	3	1173	875	2048
5	St. Louis	3	760	1091	1851
6	Adrian Madison	3	1043	701	1744
7	Grayling	3	887	778	1665
8	McBain	3	780	816	1597
9	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	793	750	1543
10	Napoleon	3	742	789	1531
11	East Jordan	3	749	749	1498
12	Springport	3	777	711	1488
13	Onsted	3	743	734	1477
14	Grass Lake	3	721	746	1467
15	Standish Sterling	3	742	724	1466
16	Montague	3	759	407	1166
17	Almont	3	408	735	1142
18	Stanton Central Montcalm	3	371	731	1102
19	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	3	364	733	1096
20	Manistee	3	709	376	1086
21	Ida	3	348	702	1050
22	Benzie Central	3	428	422	850
23	Caro	3	399	413	812
24	Schoolcraft	3	386	419	805
25	St. Charles	3	392	401	793

D4 Girls Best Throwing Crew

Morenci

Discus

Clarissa Berger – 106’1, 7^th Place – D4 State
Skye Molitierno – 97’8, 14^th Place – D4 State
Amaya Peters – 87’2, 6^th Place – Region 35

Shot Put

Zoey Martinez – 31’2, 4^th Place – Lenawee County
Brea Baumgartner – 28’9, 7^th Place – TCC
Skye Molitierno – 28’5

Division 4 Rank	Girls Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Morenci	4	1103	1019	2123
2	Fulton	4	1093	736	1829
3	Athens	4	679	1115	1795
4	Kalamazoo Christian	4	804	828	1631
5	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	4	755	850	1605
6	Mason County Eastern	4	773	790	1562
7	Marion	4	787	754	1540
8	Indian River Inland Lakes	4	400	1108	1509
9	Maple City Glen Lake	4	749	715	1464
10	White Cloud	4	763	698	1461
11	Frankfort	4	737	708	1446
12	Buckley	4	682	762	1444
13	Lutheran Westland	4	720	707	1427
14	Beal City	4	1062	338	1400
15	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	4	681	694	1375
16	Reading	4	344	1028	1371
17	White Pigeon	4	656	702	1358
18	Brethren	4	644	703	1347
19	Lincoln-Alcona	4	724	404	1128
20	Marlette	4	721	396	1117
21	Mendon	4	390	715	1106
22	Suttons Bay	4	763	320	1083
23	Marcellus	4	678	376	1054
24	Petersburg-Summerfield	4	391	663	1053
25	Manistee Catholic	4	365	674	1039

UP Girls Best Throwing Crew

Negaunee

Discus

Alyssa Hill – 123’4, UP Division 1 Champion
Eliana Juchemich – 106’7, 4^th Place – UP Division 1 State
Natalie Bell – 88’7, 4^th Place – WestPac Conference
Ashley Bell – 86’7, 7^th Place – UP Division 1 State

Shot Put

Eliana Juchemich – 36’3, UP Division 1 Champion
Alyssa Hill – 34’2, 2^nd Place – UP Division 1 State
Natalie Bell – 31’6, 3^rd Place – UP Division 1 State
Martha Rutherford – 31’1, 5^th Place – UP Division 1 State

Upper Peninsula Rank	Girls Team	Division	Discus	Shot Put	Team Score
1	Negaunee	UP	1518	1526	3044
2	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	1125	1431	2556
3	Pickford	UP	1111	690	1801
4	Brimley	UP	714	751	1465
5	Escanaba	UP	747	698	1445
6	Marquette	UP	363	1043	1406
7	Baraga	UP	705	683	1389
8	West Iron County	UP	691	685	1375
9	Manistique	UP	395	709	1104
10	Carney-Nadeau	UP	695	360	1055
11	Houghton	UP	1051	0	1051
12	Les Cheneaux	UP	338	682	1020
13	North Dickinson County	UP	343	675	1018
14	Menominee	UP	368	423	791
15	Republic-Michigamme	UP	366	392	758
16	Gwinn	UP	396	344	740
17	Chassell	UP	333	333	666
18	Rock Mid-Peninsula	UP	331	332	664
19	Ewen Trout Creek	UP	326	332	658
20	Bark River-Harris	UP	330	328	658
21	Gladstone	UP	320	326	645
22	Superior Central	UP	0	363	363
23	St. Ignace	UP	354	48	354
24	Bessemer	UP	0	350	350
25	Calumet	UP	0	344	344

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2023’s Best Crews – The Intro

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 mixcspeedratings

The 2022 track season was my first real effort to get involved covering all events. Taking influence from USTFCCCA’s event squads, I attempted to do the same thing for Michigan HS track teams. Very time consuming, but I was able to get a good reading of the top teams. Linked are the various iterations for Distance, Sprint, Throws, Vault, Jumps, and Hurdles. The basic method of calculating these rankings was the average time/distance of any team that had three contestants in an event. Then ranking those from the best to worst average, then adding the rankings from various events. Many steps, a ton of work, improvement needed.

Other than the time-consuming nature, the main drawback to last year’s version was the requirement of three athletes from each event. For the small schools, that may have eliminated them from the rankings. If you had two All-State throwers and that’s it, you wouldn’t make the list. The other issue was that there was less emphasis on great performances.

This past month, the project has been to create my own version of World Athletic Scoring Tables. What these do is give a point total for a mark in each event, comparable across events. For instance, a 12.4 in the girls 100m may be equivalent to a 11:30 3200m, which might be similar to a height in the high jump or discus throw. My methodologies are different from what I understand World Athletics uses. From what I gather, those use a reference point, then the calculate the difference from that reference point. What I did instead was an analysis of the top 1000 marks in the country from last year, graphed that out, and created some formulas. Future versions might include a greater sample from history or just marks attained by Michigan athletes.

In order to determine the “best crews”, here are the guidelines:

To be included, a team has to have an athlete attain the additional qualifier for Regionals, listed here
- For each division, this is a different mark, but in doing so, this allows for relatively equal numbers across divisions
- For the Upper Peninsula, I used Division 4’s regional qualifying standard. Sure there are some bigger schools than Division 4, but it snows year-round up there
With a max of four athletes per event, the marks from each event are converted into points, then added into a grand total
- The only exception to the four athletes is if a school has more than four under the State qualifying standard (if you’re as dominant as Oak Park’s hurdles or Renaissance’s 200m, you must be rewarded)
The points from each event within a crew are then added together to create the rankings
The breakdown of each category is:
- Sprint – 100m, 200m, 400m, 4×1, 4×2, 4×4
- Distance – 800m, 1600m, 3200m, 4×8
- Hurdles – 100/110, 300
- Throws – Discus, Shot Put
- Jumps – Long Jump, High Jump
- Vault

There are many pros to this year’s version.

Using only regional qualifiers will cut down the painstaking process of gathering all the marks from an event
Other than maybe the pole vault, there is very little chance for a tie
Now I can do individual awards for various categories – Best Sprinter, All Around Athlete, Best Individual Performance, Best Division 4 Athlete, and so on.

Are there negatives? Of course:

Compared to the United States as a whole, Michigan may tend to do better in one event area vs. another. Look at the national XC events, Michigan always performs above its weight in those. But compared to Texas or Florida in sprints, we lag a bit behind. So compared to the nationwide best times, Michigan sprinters may be undervalued because of weather constraints. For these charts, a 5:00 1600m is roughly equivalent to a 12.00 100m. 5:00 might not get you in the fast heat of Division 1, 12.00 is a guaranteed medal. From our Michigan eyes, these are vastly different, nationally they’re quite comparable. I’m sure you could make similar comparisons between other event areas.
Boys can’t be compared to girls. I’ll defer to this twitter thread on why elite girls tend to deviate more from the bulk of girls compared to elite boys. If you’d like to compare boys to girls, check out the Mercier Scoring Tables.
Because of the different regional qualifying standards per division, comparing across divisions isn’t the greatest, but should work for the very top teams
With the sheer volume of analysis, I can’t vet every time. If you’re entering fake times on athleticnet, joke’s on you. Keep lying and it’ll catch up to you in some way.
These are just based on times, 2022’s Best Sprinter just based on times was not Shamar Heard. Guy went out and dominated in early June, then set age group records for the 400m in the summer. Perhaps the awards I’ll hand out will come with discretion for State Champions. We’ll see.

Confused enough? Here’s an example of how these are created:

Here are Brighton, Pioneer, Saline, and West Ottawa with their 800m runners with faster times than 2023’s Regional Qualifying Standard (2:28.0).

Here are those times converted to scores for each event. The scores range from 600 points, which is about as good as you’ll get for a HSer across the nation to 100 points, which is close to the Division 4 Regional Qualifying Standard.

For one singular event, this is nothing extraordinarily complex, just a show of the top 4’s average, ranging from fastest to slowest. But what separates it from last year’s rankings is the ability to score teams with various amounts of qualifying runners AND the ability to compare across events.

Here are the same four schools in the 1600m:

That’s the basic summary of what I’ll be doing this spring. I have a program that makes it easy for me (just kidding, still in Excel, I ain’t smart enough for no program), but you get two charts:

GIRLS TABLES

BOYS TABLES

Next week, I’ll have a post of how 2022’s athletes and teams would’ve fared with these numbers.

Also, depending on how much time I have available, I want to start promoting the events with a ton of intrigue. For example, that D1 Boys 800 is already shaping up to have a great story. McFarland defending his title, running a 4:13 this past week in the middle of basketball season. Herger, blasting a 1:51, showing all the potential in the world. Caleb Bost atoning for last year’s final stretch, in considerably better shape than he was at this point last spring. That’s just one division and one gender, there are plenty of other battles that’ll emerge in the coming months. Can you tell I’m getting amped up? We’re less than 10 days out. Can’t wait.

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2022 Ratings: Division 2 Girls State Finals

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 mixcspeedratings

State Finish	Team	Summer	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Champ. Season	County Week	League Week	State Projection
1	Otsego	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	3
2	East Grand Rapids	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
3	Grand Rapids Christian	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
4	St. Joseph	11	9	5	6	7	6	5	6
5	Forest Hills Eastern	4	5	6	4	5	7	7	4
6	Spring Lake	7	15	14	7	6	4	4	5
7	Goodrich	2	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
8	Zeeland East	15	3	4	5	4	5	6	7
9	St. Johns	12	14	12	15	10	10	10	10
10	Adrian	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	23	22	16

Otsego: A prime example of every runner having importance and playing a role. A common downfall of any team with a tremendously strong top four and a “weaker” fifth (quotations are necessary, Rebekah Stachura would be varsity on 98% of teams in the state) is that the pressure is too much for the first four to perform and one falls apart. The Bulldogs embraced the stakes, didn’t fold, and a few of their girls were able to reach their best efforts of the season. Emma Hoffman was the major surprise, the freshman moving all the way into 2^nd place. Logan Brazee, Taylor Mitchell, and Stachura all ran close to their season best. And I should mention that they return their entire top 5…

Drew Muller, East Grand Rapids: Drew faced the battle of being the leader of a team in contention and the favorite to win it all, and with this victory, girl came through in all the necessary ways. Her season began with a slow start – her first victory coming at Cougar Falcon, but after that, it was first after first. Six straight victories to close out the year, three sub-18’s, and a decisive 10 second margin in her championship win here. The benefit of taking my time getting to these is that I get to display a characteristic that aids Drew’s greatness:

I don’t think it’s any coincidence that she finds success on the course and track, then is a kind person on top of it all.

Emily Tomes, Grand Rapids Catholic Central: Emily has always had a penchant for bringing her best when it counts. That was apparent as a freshman, shocking the world on the way to a 8^th place finish. Heading down the finishing stretch, she was in 8^th place, but apparently not satisfied with just another top-10 placing. From the 3 mile mark to the finish, she had the second fastest split of anyone in D2 (31.4 seconds, 4:53 pace), catapulting into the top-5.

Summer Brower, Ludington: Only beat her projections by, idk, 40 spots? The State Meet capped a three week stretch where Summer hit sub-20 on three consecutive efforts. Two of those were at Chippewa Hills, always a tough track, and those Remus mountains prepared her for a 20+ second personal best at MIS.

Alisa Mason, Holland: Senior season contained one of the more precipitous drops you’ll see. Alisa’s personal best as a junior was above 22:00. As a sophomore, almost at 26:00. With these dramatic drops, Alisa’s senior year was a fall of firsts. First top-10 placing in the OK Green, first state qualifier, first time under 20 and 19:00, and first All-State effort. And even with all those firsts, she still was able to conjure up enough motivation to subtract an additional 30 seconds off her best the following week at Shepherd.

Adrian: Unranked for much of the year, the Maples used their championship season to show they belonged on the D2 map. The Adrian girls nabbed three straight wins at Lenawee County, SEC White, and Region 18, that Milan Regional being a PR fest (seven of the nine girls that competed attained a lifetime best). The confidence from that late October stretch led to a masterful performance, the Maples moving up six spots in the final 1.1 miles to grab the final spot in the top-10.

Adjustment: +5

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	Drew Muller	18:18.5	East Grand Rapids	152.2
9	Emma Hoffman	18:27.8	Otsego	149.1
11	Mary Richmond	18:32.1	Frankenmuth	147.6
11	Natalie VanOtteren	18:38.0	GR_Christian	145.7
11	Emily Tomes	18:39.8	GR_Catholic Central	145.1
11	Allison Kuzma	18:41.6	Zeeland East	144.5
11	Logan Brazee	18:43.0	Otsego	144.0
11	Megan Germain	18:47.6	Otsego	142.5
12	Camryn Bodine	18:53.8	East Grand Rapids	140.4
12	Alisa Mason	18:54.1	Holland	140.3
11	Jenna Pilachowski	18:54.8	Monroe Jefferson	140.1
11	Gail Vaikutis	18:56.3	St. Joseph	139.6
11	Clara Fletcher	18:56.7	St. Johns	139.4
10	Taylor Mitchell	18:57.1	Otsego	139.3
10	Sadey Seyferth	19:02.0	East Grand Rapids	137.7
10	Elena Figueroa	19:05.3	St. Joseph	136.6
11	Addison Washler	19:08.6	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	135.5
10	Summer Brower	19:09.5	Ludington	135.2
12	Lily Parker	19:10.1	Spring Lake	135.0
11	Meghan Ford	19:10.2	Mason	134.9
12	Sarah Dixon	19:10.4	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	134.9
11	CamBrie Corey	19:10.5	Petoskey	134.8
12	Emma Janesak	19:10.6	Sparta	134.8
11	Abby Young	19:11.4	St. Johns	134.5
9	Lilah Poel	19:11.5	GR_Christian	134.5
12	Sophie Endrud	19:12.1	Detroit Country Day	134.3
11	Payton Holtz	19:12.1	GR_Christian	134.3
12	Kaylee Pesta	19:12.3	Tecumseh	134.2
12	Olivia Ippel	19:13.3	St. Joseph	133.9
10	Kamryn Lauinger	19:14.2	Goodrich	133.6
10	Jaiden Griffith	19:17.5	Williamston	132.5
10	Nicole Schafer	19:19.2	Williamston	131.9
11	Ashlyn Smith	19:20.3	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	131.6
11	Remington Arney	19:26.8	Newaygo	129.4
9	Alexis Kotkowicz	19:28.5	Spring Lake	128.8
11	Anastee Davis	19:30.0	Adrian	128.3
11	Yoselin Fermin-Campos	19:30.0	Adrian	128.3
10	Kayla Williams	19:33.6	DeWitt	127.1
11	Sophia Lado	19:35.8	East Grand Rapids	126.4
9	Natalie Foltz	19:36.3	Frankenmuth	126.2
10	Sophy Skeels	19:38.6	Adrian	125.5
10	Eva Thompson	19:39.3	Croswell-Lexington	125.2
9	Brooklynn Brown	19:39.4	Cadillac	125.2
11	Libby Summerland	19:40.1	Owosso	125.0
9	Linnea Paige	19:40.3	Fremont	124.9
11	Emma Steele	19:43.0	Vicksburg	124.0
9	Katie Berkshire	19:43.4	Gaylord	123.9
10	Natalia DeMea	19:43.5	Chelsea	123.8
10	Joy Evans	19:44.7	Alma	123.4
11	Nora O’Leary	19:44.8	Petoskey	123.4
10	Lexie Ruffing	19:45.4	Spring Lake	123.2
10	Maria Nunning	19:47.1	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	122.6
10	Layla Jordan	19:47.9	Goodrich	122.4
12	Olivia Barabas	19:49.5	Wayland Union	121.8
12	Abigail Petr	19:51.8	East Grand Rapids	121.1
11	Emma DeVries	19:52.6	GR_West Michigan Aviation	120.8
12	Ariana Treat	19:52.8	Whitehall	120.7
10	Ava Crews	19:55.6	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	119.8
10	Josie Jenkinson	19:55.6	Owosso	119.8
10	Desiree Duque-Rico	19:58.8	GR_West Michigan Aviation	118.7
10	Brooklyn Khon	19:59.3	Armada	118.6
12	Ellory Clason	19:59.5	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	118.5
10	Madeline Loe	19:59.8	Petoskey	118.4
10	Marisa Chuey	20:00.1	Trenton	118.3
12	Sarah Timmer	20:00.4	GR_Christian	118.2
12	Abby O’Brien	20:01.5	Comstock Park	117.8
9	Meredith Cook	20:01.7	Zeeland East	117.8
11	Camille DeCola	20:02.7	Marshall	117.4
9	Chloe Rinzema	20:02.7	GR_South Christian	117.4
11	Hannah Raglin	20:04.6	Alma	116.8
9	Berkley Holtz	20:05.2	Sturgis	116.6
10	Elizabeth Ambroggio	20:05.7	Warren Regina	116.4
10	Avery Byrne	20:05.8	Goodrich	116.4
11	Alexis Waring	20:06.9	Goodrich	116.0
10	Emma Drnek	20:07.1	Zeeland East	116.0
11	Cecilia Ruchti	20:07.4	St. Joseph	115.9
12	Ariel Warner	20:08.1	Shepherd	115.6
12	Kayla Barna	20:08.4	GR_West Michigan Aviation	115.5
10	Molly Johnston	20:08.5	New Boston Huron	115.5
11	Adia Sikkema	20:08.7	GR_Christian	115.4
9	Emma Crandell	20:08.8	Owosso	115.4
10	Kathryn Kurtinaitis	20:09.2	Dearborn Divine Child	115.3
9	Gracie Lynn	20:10.1	East Grand Rapids	115.0
12	Alyssa Gerritsma	20:10.7	Holland Christian	114.8
12	Lauren Hunter	20:10.7	Haslett	114.8
9	Rebekah Stachura	20:12.6	Otsego	114.1
11	Bea Reeser	20:13.7	Spring Lake	113.8
10	Autumn Thompson	20:13.8	DeWitt	113.7
11	Ellia Agar	20:14.7	GR_South Christian	113.4
10	Madison Johnson	20:19.4	Paw Paw	111.9
9	CC Kuras	20:20.4	Zeeland East	111.5
9	Josie Longcore	20:20.6	Plainwell	111.5
10	Maddie Bruxvoort	20:20.7	Hudsonville Unity Christian	111.4
11	Morgan Newton	20:24.9	Croswell-Lexington	110.0
10	Madison Morris	20:25.4	Tecumseh	109.9
12	Ava Buhlman	20:27.4	Allendale	109.2
12	Catrina Farris	20:27.8	Hamilton	109.1
9	Elise Barden	20:28.4	Frankenmuth	108.9
12	Gianna-Marie Schubert	20:29.3	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	108.6
9	Jada Prescott	20:31.5	Freeland	107.8
10	Karie Keefer	20:31.6	Freeland	107.8
10	Mea D’Agostino	20:32.6	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	107.5
12	Veronica Fitzgerald	20:32.8	Monroe Jefferson	107.4
9	Reese Supianoski	20:32.9	Williamston	107.4
12	Ava Pergitone	20:33.4	St. Clair	107.2
12	Eleanor Cool	20:35.2	Cadillac	106.6
10	Jenna Overla	20:35.9	Alma	106.4
10	Natalie Steward	20:36.3	Goodrich	106.2
9	Meghan Guczwa	20:36.5	Spring Lake	106.2
11	Riley Peer	20:37.7	Monroe Jefferson	105.8
9	Chloe Khon	20:37.7	Jackson Northwest	105.8
10	Skylee Ames	20:38.5	Gaylord	105.5
11	Naomi Nelson	20:39.1	GR_Christian	105.3
11	Addie Grill	20:40.3	Zeeland East	104.9
10	Megan Woelkers	20:40.4	Flat Rock	104.9
12	Elleah Berger	20:41.2	Williamston	104.6
9	Samantha Brown	20:41.2	Clio	104.6
11	Jennifer Hernandez	20:41.5	Three Rivers	104.5
9	Miriam Kloha	20:41.7	St. Johns	104.4
11	Ava Boggs	20:44.7	Flint Kearsley	103.4
10	Autumn Brower	20:44.7	Ludington	103.4
12	Sa’Nyah Wilkes	20:45.9	Redford Westfield Prep	103.0
11	Sylvia Thomas	20:46.0	St. Johns	103.0
11	Katie Riemersma	20:46.8	Spring Lake	102.7
11	Brooklyn Springvloed	20:46.9	GR_South Christian	102.7
9	Gabby Cleveland	20:47.0	Frankenmuth	102.7
10	Abby Robinson	20:50.5	Gladwin	101.5
9	Abby Russel	20:50.5	Haslett	101.5
9	Isabella Dunn	20:50.7	Goodrich	101.4
12	Brooke Matusik	20:51.5	Chelsea	101.2
11	Paige Kloha	20:51.6	Freeland	101.1
9	Mavee Clark	20:52.4	Adrian	100.9
12	Claire Ritchey	20:53.1	Edwardsburg	100.6
11	Brianna Albers	20:53.3	Richmond	100.6
12	Megan Leneman	20:53.3	Ionia	100.6
12	Erica Feldpausch	20:54.0	St. Johns	100.3
9	Avery Turk	20:54.4	New Boston Huron	100.2
10	Lauren Thompson	20:56.1	Chelsea	99.6
10	Lillian Rutallie	20:56.6	Marysville	99.5
10	Nadia Grierson	20:57.0	Ludington	99.3
9	Mattie Gagne	20:57.2	Midland Bullock Creek	99.3
11	Jade Murdoch	20:59.8	St. Joseph	98.4
12	Katelyn LaRue	21:01.3	GR_Christian	97.9
10	Taylor Klimp	21:02.9	Otsego	97.4
12	Claire Agnew	21:03.7	Owosso	97.1
10	Lainey Yearling	21:03.9	Coldwater	97.0
11	Abagayle Barkley	21:04.0	Croswell-Lexington	97.0
12	Hayley Heinrich	21:04.1	Zeeland East	97.0
12	Madyson Oudbier	21:06.2	Sparta	96.3
12	Regan Hill	21:06.8	Cadillac	96.1
11	Seren Angus	21:07.2	Chelsea	95.9
12	Kate Laidlaw	21:07.2	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	95.9
12	Amanda Laughery	21:07.8	Vicksburg	95.7
12	Halle Overmire	21:07.8	GR_South Christian	95.7
12	Elle Himebaugh	21:08.1	Shepherd	95.6
11	Ava Fahrenkopf	21:10.0	Linden	95.0
12	Madison Duvall	21:13.7	Monroe Jefferson	93.8
12	Anne May	21:13.8	Macomb Lutheran North	93.7
10	Nell Stover	21:14.1	Detroit Country Day	93.6
11	Reagan Brooks	21:17.8	Linden	92.4
10	Kim Miller	21:19.6	Monroe Jefferson	91.8
11	Casidhe Flesher	21:20.1	Marine City	91.6
12	Brigit Foley	21:20.7	Wixom St. Catherine	91.4
9	Sam Bieber	21:21.2	Chelsea	91.3
9	Jillian Clason	21:21.4	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	91.2
9	Madeline Dunn	21:21.4	Goodrich	91.2
12	Olivia Ebel	21:21.8	Macomb Lutheran North	91.1
12	Katie Fischer	21:24.3	Adrian	90.2
9	Megan Kuzma	21:25.0	Zeeland East	90.0
12	Samantha Sweeney	21:25.5	Williamston	89.8
10	Ezgi Kurt	21:25.8	Alma	89.7
11	Lilyana Bratt	21:29.1	St. Clair	88.6
9	Hannah Wier	21:30.3	St. Joseph	88.2
12	Marie Schafer	21:30.3	Williamston	88.2
10	Rachel Berkenpas	21:32.1	GR_South Christian	87.6
12	Maeline Dehanne	21:35.1	Otsego	86.6
11	Trilian Krug	21:37.4	Chelsea	85.9
10	Vivian Wickes	21:37.7	Alma	85.8
11	Gabby Fernandez	21:38.2	Warren Regina	85.6
10	Skylar Vanhecke	21:38.5	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	85.5
12	Jordan Cleveland	21:39.5	Alma	85.2
12	McKenzie Betts	21:40.1	Alma	85.0
12	Annie Kline	21:40.9	Ludington	84.7
10	Natalie Lentine	21:41.5	Warren Regina	84.5
12	Evie DeBlaay	21:42.1	GR_South Christian	84.3
12	Jolie Fisher	21:43.2	Shepherd	83.9
10	Bethany Zimmerman	21:43.4	Spring Lake	83.9
11	Marisa Mazza	21:44.4	Cadillac	83.5
11	Olivia Andersen	21:45.6	Ludington	83.1
10	Tamara Stoner-Sleight	21:46.7	Williamston	82.8
10	Julionna West	21:47.0	Owosso	82.7
10	Fiona Scott	21:48.6	Petoskey	82.1
10	Kaitlyn Harris	21:49.2	St. Joseph	81.9
10	Brynn Hurley	21:49.8	Croswell-Lexington	81.7
10	Allie Komarowski	21:50.2	St. Clair	81.6
11	Stellah Strauss	21:51.1	Linden	81.3
12	Karlie Schlaud	21:51.9	North Branch	81.0
12	Molly Young	21:52.1	Vicksburg	81.0
12	Aubrey Connelly	21:54.7	Croswell-Lexington	80.1
10	Madalynn Karsies	21:57.9	Pinckney	79.0
9	Aubrey Sargent	21:58.0	St. Clair	79.0
11	Madelyn Strauss	21:58.6	Linden	78.8
12	Julia Kause	21:59.0	Chelsea	78.7
9	Reese Lynn	21:59.6	East Grand Rapids	78.5
10	Clare Conzelmann	21:59.8	Frankenmuth	78.4
9	Cessaly Fichtner	22:01.6	Freeland	77.8
10	Addison Hartley	22:04.9	Detroit Country Day	76.7
10	Claire Heller	22:05.7	Detroit Country Day	76.4
10	Evie Culver	22:11.1	Frankenmuth	74.6
12	Katelynn Jalosky	22:11.5	St. Clair	74.5
11	Avery Mickelson	22:23.8	Cadillac	70.4
11	Mackenzie Keillor	22:25.7	Ludington	69.8
12	Haven Vasold	22:25.7	Freeland	69.8
9	Maya Grossman	22:26.0	Vicksburg	69.7
10	Addison Wurfel	22:26.0	Vicksburg	69.7
10	Natalie Summerland	22:27.5	Owosso	69.2
10	Mia Schroeder	22:28.1	Monroe Jefferson	69.0
11	Lilly Dood	22:30.8	GR_South Christian	68.1
11	Lauren Cole	22:36.2	Petoskey	66.3
10	Isabella Morris	22:37.9	Adrian	65.7
11	Lily Sackrider	22:40.6	St. Johns	64.8
11	Zane Sandelin	22:41.1	Vicksburg	64.6
9	Sydney Bir	22:43.5	Sturgis	63.8
9	Christina Theis	22:44.9	Ludington	63.4
11	Alyssa Masserant	22:51.8	Monroe Jefferson	61.1
9	Madeline Pacola	22:57.2	Petoskey	59.3
10	Lily Roossien	22:58.9	FHE Ada Forest Hills Eastern	58.7
10	Emily Zemitans	23:07.0	Vicksburg	56.0
9	Molly McNabb	23:08.5	St. Clair	55.5
10	Ella Schueller	23:10.8	Detroit Country Day	54.7
10	Jenna Kowalski	23:18.1	Freeland	52.3
11	Kaitlyn Miller	23:32.8	Frankenmuth	47.4
10	Abby Walton	23:35.4	Marian (Bloomfield Hills)	46.5
9	Cate (Catherine) Brown	23:36.9	Cadillac	46.0
11	Eliza Nelson	23:37.8	Croswell-Lexington	45.7
9	Maria Narduzzi	23:39.7	Warren Regina	45.1
9	Sydney Ferguson	23:43.9	DeWitt	43.7
9	Rylee Lahring	23:45.1	Adrian	43.3
12	Ainsley Miller	23:46.7	Freeland	42.8
11	Sydney Hoffman	23:47.7	Petoskey	42.4
12	Paris Parraghi	24:00.1	Croswell-Lexington	38.3
12	Ruth Adewusi	24:05.9	Warren Regina	36.4
10	Clair Bacon	24:06.9	St. Clair	36.0
12	Emma Johnson	24:07.3	Owosso	35.9
11	Hanah Johnson	24:31.0	Cadillac	28.0
12	Han Zhang	24:46.1	Detroit Country Day	23.0
11	Maizy Aeschliman	24:47.6	Linden	22.5
10	Jorie Mayes	24:52.8	Linden	20.7
10	Sofia Switalski	24:57.1	Warren Regina	19.3
10	Evangeline Greenwald	25:12.5	Detroit Country Day	14.2