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Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Saturday (4/19) evening.

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
11	Sabrina DiMaggio	11′ 0″	Lake Orion	440
10	Olivia Bagdasarian	11′ 0″	Lake Orion	440
11	Grace Carlson	10′ 0″	Lake Orion	400

Rank	Team	Score
1	Lake Orion	1281
2	Dexter	940
3	East Kentwood	800
4	Grand Haven	504
5	Lowell	500
5	Walled Lake Northern	500
7	Grand Ledge	480
8	Forest Hills Central	460
9	Davison	440
9	Okemos	440
9	Rockford	440
12	Walled Lake Central	410
13	Livonia Churchill	400
13	South Lyon East	400
13	Traverse City West	400
16	Clarkston	380
16	Richland Gull Lake	380
16	Swartz Creek	380
16	Ypsilanti Lincoln	380
20	Bay City Central	374
21	DeWitt	370
21	Hartland	370
21	Muskegon Mona Shores	370
21	South Lyon	370
21	Zeeland East	370

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
12	Asher Paul	14′ 6″	Traverse City Central	460
12	Jace Rowell	13′ 6″	Traverse City Central	426
11	Adrian DeBruyn	12′ 6″	Traverse City Central	392

Rank	Team	Score
1	Traverse City Central	1278
2	Greenville	852
3	Lake Orion	838
4	Plymouth	835
5	Jenison	802
6	East Kentwood	477
7	Forest Hills Northern	460
7	Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills	460
9	Novi	443
9	Okemos	443
11	Salem	435
12	Battle Creek Lakeview	409
12	Holland West Ottawa	409
12	Temperance Bedford	409
15	Flushing	401
16	Caledonia	392
16	Highland-Milford	392
16	South Lyon East	392
16	Zeeland West	392

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
9	Kaleigh Slingerland	9′ 9″	Owosso	390
12	Kyle Bermudez	8′ 9″	Owosso	350

Rank	Team	Score
1	Owosso	740
2	Chelsea	730
3	Holland Christian	720
3	Shepherd	720
5	Clare	680
6	Eaton Rapids	464
7	Wayland Union	440
8	Ionia	420
8	St. Clair Shores Lake Shore	420
10	Williamston	410
11	Allegan	400
11	Hamilton	400
11	Pinckney	400
11	Vicksburg	400
15	Bay City John Glenn	380
15	Forest Hills Eastern	380
15	Flint Powers Catholic	380
15	Gaylord	380
15	Hastings	380
20	Frankenmuth	370
21	Belding	360
21	Sturgis	360
23	Coldwater	340
23	Cranbrook Kingswood	340
23	East Grand Rapids	340
23	Grand Rapids Christian	340
23	Howard City Tri-County	340
23	Hudsonville Unity Christian	340
23	Lake Odessa Lakewood	340
23	Spring Lake	340
23	St. Joseph	340
23	Stevensville Lakeshore	340

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
12	Nickolas Savoie	13′ 6″	Gaylord	426
9	Calvin Cosby	12′ 6″	Gaylord	392

Rank	Team	Score
1	Gaylord	818
2	Sparta	802
3	Howard City Tri-County	785
4	Berrien Springs	734
5	Grosse Ile	477
5	Spring Lake	477
7	Macomb Lutheran North	429
8	Clare	426
9	Gladwin	420
10	Stevensville Lakeshore	418
11	Adrian	409
12	Holland Christian	392
12	Hopkins	392
12	Otsego	392
12	Whitehall	392
12	Williamston	392
17	Parma Western	384
18	Belding	375
18	Edwardsburg	375
18	New Boston Huron	375
21	Birch Run	359
21	Chelsea	359
21	Fowlerville	359
21	Melvindale	359
21	Owosso	359
21	Paw Paw	359
21	Plainwell	359
21	Sturgis	359
21	Three Rivers	359

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
11	Clara Vollmar	10′ 6″	Remus Chippewa Hills	420
12	Natalie Gibson	9′ 9″	Remus Chippewa Hills	390
9	Lexi Hatfield	8′ 0″	Remus Chippewa Hills	320

Rank	Team	Score
1	Remus Chippewa Hills	1131
2	Lawton	1061
3	Hart	981
4	Manton	710
5	Charyl Stockwell Academy	690
6	Laingsburg	680
7	Michigan Center	640
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	640
7	Schoolcraft	640
10	Kingsley	620
10	Standish Sterling	620
12	Almont	600
13	Benzie Central	400
14	Houghton Lake	384
15	The Potter’s House	380
16	Lake City	360
16	Mancelona	360
18	Clinton	344
19	Erie Mason	340
19	Lakeview	340
19	LeRoy Pine River	340
19	Saranac	340
23	Adrian Madison	320
23	Cass City	320
23	Hudson	320
23	Ida	320
23	Ithaca	320
23	Manistee	320
23	Montague	320
23	Quincy	320
23	Sanford-Meridian	320

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
12	Brody Jones	13′ 6″	Constantine	426
10	Aaron Hochstetler	12′ 6″	Constantine	392
11	Bear Geibe	11′ 0″	Constantine	342

Rank	Team	Score
1	Constantine	1160
2	Bath	818
3	Ida	785
3	Ovid-Elsie	785
5	Erie Mason	734
6	Lake City	725
7	Laingsburg	700
8	Chesaning	683
9	Springport	454
10	Manistee	446
11	Quincy	443
12	Almont	418
13	Adrian Madison	409
13	Perry	409
15	Pewamo-Westphalia	395
16	Lansing Catholic	392
16	Leslie	392
18	Jonesville	384
19	Bloomingdale	375
19	Cass City	375
19	Charlevoix	375
19	Charyl Stockwell Academy	375
19	Kingsley	375
19	Morley-Stanwood	375
19	Napoleon	375
19	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	375
19	Remus Chippewa Hills	375
19	Saranac	375

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
12	Kate May	9′ 3″	Frankfort	370
11	Isabella Crompton	8′ 6″	Frankfort	340
11	Willa Roth	8′ 0″	Frankfort	320
11	Leah McRae	7′ 0″	Frankfort	280

Rank	Team	Score
1	Frankfort	1031
2	Mason County Eastern	961
3	Pittsford	901
4	Hillsdale Academy	881
5	Deckerville	740
6	Fowler	680
7	Brown City	620
8	White Cloud	600
9	Akron-Fairgrove	580
9	Marcellus	580
11	White Pigeon	540
12	Kalamazoo Hackett	520
12	Whitmore Lake	520
14	Marlette	380
15	Montabella	320
16	Addison	300
16	Coleman	300
16	East Jordan	300
16	Fulton	300
16	Indian River Inland Lakes	300
16	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	300
22	Athens	280
22	Hale	280
22	Manchester	280
22	Morrice	280
22	Vestaburg	280

Grade	Name	Mark	Team	Points
12	Kable Miller	10′ 0″	Coleman	308
9	Gage Lawrence	9′ 6″	Coleman	291
10	Alex Lyon	9′ 6″	Coleman	291

Rank	Team	Score
1	Coleman	890
2	Pittsford	689
3	Petersburg-Summerfield	683
4	Brown City	666
5	Hillsdale Academy	649
6	Lutheran Westland	632
6	Marlette	632
8	Camden-Frontier	616
8	Manchester	616
10	Montabella	599
11	Addison	375
11	Beal City	375
11	Whitmore Lake	375
14	Fowler	342
14	Johannesburg-Lewiston	342
14	Lincoln-Alcona	342
14	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	342
14	Vandercook Lake	342
19	Fairview	325
19	Indian River Inland Lakes	325
19	Morenci	325
19	Morrice	325
23	East Jordan	308
23	Kalamazoo Hackett	308
23	Kingston	308

Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark:

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

To acquire points for your team, an athlete has to hit a regional qualifier in their event. As there are no regional qualifiers for relays (every team gets an entry), I had to make an estimation of what a regional qualifying mark might be. These are done on a ratio of the SQ/EQ marks for each individual and relay of that distance. On average, the relay qualifying time is around 4.1x the individual qualifying time (for example, the girls D1 200m EQ is 25.4, the 4×2 is 1:44.5). Anyhow, this is what I came up with for the relay times needed to obtain points here:

Estimated RQ	D1 Girls	D2 Girls	D3 Girls	D4 Girls
4x100m	52.25	54.05	55.25	56.75
4x200m	1:52.0	1:54.1	1:58.0	2:00.7
4x400m	4:21.3	4:32.1	4:42.3	4:50.7
4x800m	10:14.7	10:50.5	11:25.0	11:44.0
Estimated RQ	D1 Boys	D2 Boys	D3 Boys	D4 Boys
4x100m	44.75	45.8	46.9	48.25
4x200m	1:34.0	1:36.0	1:37.3	1:40.9
4x400m	3:35.4	3:41.8	3:43.9	3:55.0
4x800m	8:28.0	8:38.0	9:01.1	9:26.3

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Monday (4/14) evening. To keep things consistent, all times listed are FAT. Hand timing really shouldn’t be a thing in 2025, anyway.

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		3:49.0	Oak Park	4x400m	1197
		47.39	Oak Park	4x100m	1077
		1:47.4	Oak Park	4x200m	778
10	Nevaeh Burns	55.18	Oak Park	400m	501
9	Janae Coleman	55.84	Oak Park	400m	486
12	Dayshana Kellogg	56.33	Oak Park	400m	474
10	Nevaeh Burns	24.67	Oak Park	200m	463
12	Asia Elder	12.08	Oak Park	100m	447
9	Janae Coleman	25.06	Oak Park	200m	439
10	India Moultrie	13.17	Oak Park	100m	300

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Oak Park	747	902	1461	1077	778	1197	6162
2	East Kentwood	1027	307	724	850	959	685	4552
3	Rockford	684	327	1084	821	842	714	4471
4	Detroit Renaissance	1119	–	801	1024	778	–	3722
5	Holt	319	329	764	632	883	651	3578
6	Saginaw Heritage	892	888	438	–	611	686	3515
7	Northville	597	683	–	648	715	612	3256
8	Detroit Cass Tech	307	396	833	747	972	–	3255
9	Troy Athens	777	324	417	726	831	–	3076
10	Belleville	650	763	–	961	651	–	3025
11	Rochester Adams	642	304	–	565	671	671	2853
12	Kalamazoo Central	397	715	390	713	606	–	2822
13	Woodhaven Brownstown	366	356	749	–	667	664	2801
14	West Bloomfield	–	457	844	690	797	–	2788
15	Grand Haven	639	349	337	695	701	–	2721
16	Walled Lake Western	334	381	–	654	671	663	2702
17	Byron Center	338	–	–	827	697	557	2420
18	Lake Orion	–	–	388	540	637	720	2285
19	Romeo	607	–	–	695	837	–	2138
20	Macomb Dakota	–	309	399	646	764	–	2118
21	Traverse City West	–	316	395	–	643	650	2005
22	Saline	314	327	694	–	–	653	1988
23	Beverly Hills Groves	377	328	–	642	600	–	1948
24	Midland	–	348	380	601	–	577	1907
25	Berkley	296	322	–	559	706	–	1883

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:30.0	Holt	4x200m	862
		3:30.0	Holt	4x400m	691
		43.97	Holt	4x100m	612
12	Ja’Saivion Taylor	50.41	Holt	400m	404
12	Ja’Saivion Taylor	22.29	Holt	200m	401
11	Michael Aimery	51.10	Holt	400m	379
12	Domanik Bobbio	52.00	Holt	400m	347
12	JaMel Eiland	22.95	Holt	200m	341
12	Domanik Bobbio	23.20	Holt	200m	319
12	Ja’Saivion Taylor	11.40	Holt	100m	315
9	Jeremy Sanders	23.37	Holt	200m	304

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Holt	315	1061	1131	612	862	691	4673
2	Ann Arbor Huron	663	783	786	654	754	823	4463
3	East Kentwood	733	–	1307	765	947	654	4405
4	Kalamazoo Central	1217	1096	381	510	917	–	4121
5	Novi	1148	422	–	934	954	631	4089
6	Northville	623	672	756	568	665	766	4050
7	West Bloomfield	954	432	747	512	592	771	4008
8	Grand Haven	1123	850	783	–	1099	–	3856
9	Oak Park	402	351	902	–	919	1016	3590
10	Byron Center	327	340	820	620	780	699	3585
11	Walled Lake Western	681	825	416	662	965	–	3548
12	Canton	383	391	425	581	997	660	3436
13	Hudsonville	336	363	751	588	679	605	3324
14	Detroit Cass Tech	311	628	880	575	–	831	3226
15	Belleville	1144	450	–	870	733	–	3197
16	Detroit Catholic Central	827	307	373	970	–	593	3069
17	Troy	1181	420	–	516	830	–	2947
18	Clarkston	658	303	–	614	667	690	2931
19	Lake Orion	319	324	344	530	641	748	2908
20	Jenison	302	330	377	557	592	706	2863
21	Rochester Adams	365	652	–	510	683	619	2829
22	Ypsilanti Lincoln	648	324	424	–	716	686	2798
23	Brighton	977	369	388	–	616	–	2351
24	Troy Athens	–	323	444	–	746	747	2260
25	Rockford	298	686	–	614	624	–	2221

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:45.9	Dearborn Divine Child	4x200m	845
		4:13.0	Dearborn Divine Child	4x400m	676
10	Aubrey Wilson	11.85	Dearborn Divine Child	100m	478
10	Aubrey Wilson	24.51	Dearborn Divine Child	200m	472
12	Katie Kurtinaitis	58.48	Dearborn Divine Child	400m	424
10	Aubrey Wilson	58.99	Dearborn Divine Child	400m	412
12	Cecilia Murray	62.32	Dearborn Divine Child	400m	335
10	Aleesia Parker	27.51	Dearborn Divine Child	200m	292

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Dearborn Divine Child	478	764	1172	–	845	676	3934
2	Gladwin	558	660	699	630	529	711	3787
3	Spring Lake	309	905	1026	388	577	505	3712
4	Petoskey	584	629	375	657	825	–	3070
5	Saginaw Swan Valley	445	262	1137	393	–	645	2882
6	Coldwater	301	592	625	–	689	556	2764
7	Goodrich	262	259	445	449	668	579	2662
8	Chelsea	296	292	325	538	617	536	2604
9	Shepherd	323	595	–	530	641	510	2598
10	Stevensville Lakeshore	–	315	324	440	635	652	2365
11	Sturgis	453	269	372	556	665	–	2315
12	Milan	–	676	311	–	697	600	2284
13	Holland Christian	258	253	300	522	511	388	2233
14	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	–	290	343	460	550	521	2163
15	St. Joseph	331	347	423	561	–	405	2067
16	Wayland Union	277	590	–	–	707	454	2027
17	Tecumseh	264	275	–	504	580	390	2013
18	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	–	527	–	452	561	435	1974
19	River Rouge	316	556	–	501	592	–	1965
20	Alma	–	263	641	–	563	475	1943
21	Plainwell	572	584	332	428	–	–	1915
22	Forest Hills Eastern	372	295	–	493	534	–	1693
23	Summit Academy North	291	265	–	491	642	–	1688
24	Flint Powers Catholic	–	268	–	510	613	–	1391
25	Detroit Country Day	–	–	313	–	601	427	1340

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		3:33.2	Saginaw Swan Valley	4x400m	598
		1:34.5	Saginaw Swan Valley	4x200m	551
11	Boston Streng-Beougher	50.17	Saginaw Swan Valley	400m	413
		45.64	Saginaw Swan Valley	4x100m	389
12	Cal Delisle	51.84	Saginaw Swan Valley	400m	353
11	Ryder Stipanovich	52.25	Saginaw Swan Valley	400m	339
11	Boston Streng-Beougher	23.61	Saginaw Swan Valley	200m	282
11	Hunter Albrecht	23.78	Saginaw Swan Valley	200m	267

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Saginaw Swan Valley	–	549	1104	389	551	598	3191
2	Summit Academy North	277	381	344	395	807	674	2877
3	Parma Western	310	576	–	488	729	757	2861
4	Alma	294	327	641	487	617	435	2802
5	Petoskey	365	713	–	778	793	–	2649
6	Three Rivers	648	269	–	553	646	512	2627
7	New Boston Huron	–	257	411	536	613	668	2486
8	Shepherd	577	582	365	472	473	–	2470
9	Redford Union	608	–	746	537	552	–	2443
10	Wayland Union	–	290	594	480	554	513	2430
11	Williamston	–	897	294	–	643	586	2420
12	St. Joseph	611	710	376	689	–	–	2386
13	Flint Powers Catholic	–	354	326	570	551	486	2287
14	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	–	542	292	389	570	432	2224
15	Bay City John Glenn	310	620	–	550	723	–	2202
16	Plainwell	310	560	307	–	571	434	2181
17	Carleton Airport	279	282	–	397	543	552	2053
18	Berrien Springs	–	–	–	500	861	667	2028
19	Battle Creek Harper Creek	298	–	–	507	575	605	1985
20	Forest Hills Eastern	327	318	–	379	468	442	1935
21	Eaton Rapids	634	659	–	–	570	–	1863
22	Milan	331	658	355	–	474	–	1818
23	Paw Paw	308	639	294	519	–	–	1760
24	Muskegon Oakridge	–	628	–	454	573	–	1655
25	Coldwater	323	280	–	440	561	–	1604

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:49.4	Hart	4x200m	690
		51.5	Hart	4x100m	610
		4:21.8	Hart	4x400m	521
12	Addison Hovey	12.96	Hart	100m	328
12	Lexie Beth Nienhuis	62.92	Hart	400m	321
12	Addison Hovey	27.25	Hart	200m	307
10	Natalie Rosema	65.44	Hart	400m	262
11	Addison Hain	13.68	Hart	100m	231

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Hart	559	307	583	610	690	521	3271
2	Remus Chippewa Hills	735	874	369	–	636	572	3185
3	Lansing Catholic	–	789	384	472	695	703	3044
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	528	530	272	551	561	482	2924
5	Traverse City St. Francis	896	343	504	358	530	292	2923
6	McBain	542	351	543	441	513	331	2721
7	Parchment	766	470	242	535	–	383	2396
8	Midland Bullock Creek	543	453	–	457	542	244	2238
9	Olivet	–	–	613	336	720	534	2203
10	Grass Lake	247	501	241	383	426	315	2114
11	Adrian Madison	724	–	–	451	516	318	2009
12	Manistee	247	589	655	–	–	481	1972
13	Lakeview	515	253	242	388	–	445	1842
14	Dearborn Advanced Technology	520	219	–	447	589	–	1776
15	Chesaning	–	227	778	–	391	369	1766
16	Constantine	–	225	538	–	556	375	1694
17	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	216	–	263	325	383	437	1625
18	Monroe St. Mary CC	345	331	–	372	–	504	1552
19	Elk Rapids	–	–	602	–	477	443	1523
20	Caro	262	246	–	463	498	–	1469
21	University Liggett	550	566	304	–	–	–	1419
22	Ann Arbor Greenhills	–	248	290	–	471	349	1358
23	Hillsdale	–	262	–	432	577	–	1271
24	Harrison	258	226	–	391	389	–	1265
25	Onsted	227	–	499	–	–	533	1258

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:31.3	Chesaning	4x200m	763
		3:35.8	Chesaning	4x400m	525
12	Caleb Walker	49.70	Chesaning	400m	429
12	Zach Harlan	10.86	Chesaning	100m	419
12	Zach Harlan	22.10	Chesaning	200m	418
12	Caleb Walker	22.60	Chesaning	200m	373
11	Cole Maier	52.30	Chesaning	400m	337
		46.74	Chesaning	4x100m	269

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Chesaning	419	791	766	269	763	525	3532
2	Onsted	633	587	–	458	707	429	2813
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	633	400	–	575	651	494	2752
4	Hillsdale	283	–	558	491	575	490	2396
5	Ovid-Elsie	290	250	323	347	474	364	2048
6	Jackson Lumen Christi	–	244	321	350	601	421	1938
7	University Liggett	748	681	–	413	–	–	1842
8	Reed City	573	550	321	397	–	–	1841
9	Olivet	–	–	–	413	707	602	1722
10	Elk Rapids	271	280	340	–	478	338	1707
11	Brooklyn Columbia Central	300	288	331	–	396	384	1697
12	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	–	–	323	358	450	525	1657
13	Hanover-Horton	–	–	300	385	540	370	1595
14	Lawton	298	341	–	458	467	–	1563
15	Jonesville	254	–	333	–	534	437	1558
16	Lansing Catholic	–	–	–	568	536	447	1551
17	Adrian Madison	531	–	–	404	559	–	1494
18	Ann Arbor Greenhills	–	–	266	305	443	440	1453
19	Warren Michigan Collegiate	369	–	–	526	525	–	1420
20	Hart	–	576	411	–	–	358	1345
21	Detroit Edison PSA	–	–	–	299	619	396	1314
22	Monroe St. Mary CC	529	284	–	484	–	–	1297
23	Manistee	281	–	–	439	534	–	1253
24	Traverse City St. Francis	–	–	308	315	–	597	1220
25	Parchment	–	–	392	458	–	347	1197

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:48.9	Frankfort	4x200m	714
		51.92	Frankfort	4x100m	569
11	Sofia Alaimo Schindler	13.09	Frankfort	100m	311
11	Sofia Alaimo Schindler	27.27	Frankfort	200m	306
		4:38.2	Frankfort	4x400m	287
12	Gwyneth Dunaway	13.32	Frankfort	100m	280
10	Alice Luther	28.16	Frankfort	200m	253
11	Addison Jarosz	65.96	Frankfort	400m	250
10	Alice Luther	13.72	Frankfort	100m	226
12	Gwyneth Dunaway	68.10	Frankfort	400m	201

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Frankfort	816	559	451	569	714	287	3396
2	Fowler	215	476	302	318	592	476	2378
3	Gobles	330	336	312	373	618	382	2350
4	Saginaw Arts and Sciences	501	798	646	–	–	–	1945
5	Bridgman	272	545	376	–	499	244	1935
6	Kalamazoo Hackett	430	299	245	–	517	270	1760
7	Breckenridge	253	–	264	446	416	322	1700
8	White Cloud	–	454	–	450	514	264	1682
9	Portland St. Patrick	–	495	676	–	–	469	1640
10	New Buffalo	–	421	552	243	–	270	1486
11	Holland Calvary Christian	–	610	745	–	–	–	1355
12	Allen Park Cabrini	–	274	229	262	349	158	1272
13	Adrian Lenawee Christian	300	–	–	–	629	260	1189
14	Whitmore Lake	–	482	296	–	–	392	1171
15	Webberville	455	–	218	369	–	–	1042
16	Decatur	274	240	285	–	–	165	964
17	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	–	408	497	–	–	–	905
18	Petersburg-Summerfield	–	–	228	–	366	279	873
19	Lincoln-Alcona	535	292	–	–	–	–	827
20	Potterville	249	236	284	–	–	–	768
21	Pittsford	–	–	–	221	373	163	757
22	Birmingham Roeper	282	250	–	205	–	–	737
23	Addison	396	339	–	–	–	–	735
24	Marion	504	–	–	206	–	–	710
25	St. Charles	–	–	428	273	–	–	701

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Event	Points
		1:32.2	Riverview Gabriel Richard	4x200m	700
		3:34.1	Riverview Gabriel Richard	4x400m	571
		44.67	Riverview Gabriel Richard	4x100m	512
11	Derek Lesko	22.46	Riverview Gabriel Richard	200m	385
12	Nick Sobush	54.22	Riverview Gabriel Richard	400m	268
12	Joey Calhoun	11.72	Riverview Gabriel Richard	100m	254
12	Austin Louzon	24.03	Riverview Gabriel Richard	200m	244
12	Nick Sobush	11.92	Riverview Gabriel Richard	100m	215
12	Wisdom Nwadioha	24.39	Riverview Gabriel Richard	200m	212
12	Andreas Laskaris	55.81	Riverview Gabriel Richard	400m	212
12	Wisdom Nwadioha	11.95	Riverview Gabriel Richard	100m	210
9	Ty Patterson	56.11	Riverview Gabriel Richard	400m	201
9	Ty Patterson	12.00	Riverview Gabriel Richard	100m	200
12	Nick Sobush	24.65	Riverview Gabriel Richard	200m	189

Rank	Team	100m	200m	400m	4x100m	4x200m	4x400m	Total
1	Riverview Gabriel Richard	679	842	681	512	700	571	3985
2	Fowler	506	253	968	294	656	698	3375
3	Mt Clemens	631	624	903	–	315	286	2759
4	Potterville	590	493	292	–	448	455	2278
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	371	192	198	350	371	355	1839
6	Eau Claire	698	170	–	268	365	174	1674
7	Allen Park Cabrini	–	523	–	293	435	303	1554
8	Muskegon Heights	438	183	196	188	315	195	1514
9	Beal City	461	244	455	–	–	323	1484
10	Manchester	254	484	198	161	–	357	1454
11	Brown City	250	281	414	177	290	–	1412
12	Gobles	244	525	–	271	278	–	1318
13	Southfield Christian	–	–	543	–	394	381	1317
14	Grand Traverse Academy	584	490	–	–	–	146	1220
15	Bridgman	–	444	337	–	235	198	1214
16	Morrice	361	547	–	275	–	–	1184
17	Mesick	583	297	–	277	–	–	1157
18	Deckerville	213	–	–	–	417	355	986
19	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	188	237	259	281	–	–	965
20	Harbor Beach	436	219	–	248	–	–	904
21	Montabella	235	–	204	180	255	–	873
22	Lutheran Westland	–	–	246	250	–	333	829
23	Decatur	215	177	–	–	248	186	826
24	Saginaw Nouvel	392	–	200	213	–	–	804
25	Maple City Glen Lake	217	–	–	169	374	–	760

Track is back, baby.

The Best Crews have been a thing around here for the past few years. They take their cues from USTFCCCA’s event squads and the World Athletics scoring system, combining the two ideas in order to compare Michigan’s teams against events in their common areas.

The goal of this is to help recognize the athletes and coaches that create cultures, history, and traditions in their respective event areas. Think about it like this: Minnesota always has great hockey, basketball hoops are nailed to Indiana barns, Texas churns out football talent, every Iowa boy has cauliflower ear. Where in Michigan does hurdling reign supreme? Is there a town where kids learn to shot put before they can tie their shoes?

2023’s explanation goes through much of it, but two things have changed for this year.

• the Boys 200m points have been re-mathed and edited, as previous versions sold short athletes such as Jeremy Dixon and Jake Machiniak when it came to season end rankings.
• instead of using a team’s top-four athletes to generate their total for an event, I’m using their top-three. Belleville’s hurdlers are the main reason for this, there’s no way they shouldn’t have been the top D1 squad last year. I feel this will better portray a team’s top athletes.

Here are the figures that show the points for each mark (well, except for the relays, I have to re-work the points chart to account for using 3 runners instead of 4)

BOYS TABLES

GIRLS TABLES

These contain results uploaded to athletic.net by Sunday (4/13) evening. To keep things consistent, all times listed are FAT. Hand timing really shouldn’t be a thing in 2025, anyway.

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		9:25.5	4x800m	Romeo	1073
12	Olivia Purdy	11:05.4	3200m	Romeo	440
11	Natalia Guaresimo	5:06.9	1600m	Romeo	434
11	Ella Goodsell	5:07.3	1600m	Romeo	432
12	Violet Hrabovsky	2:18.9	800m	Romeo	425
11	Natalia Guaresimo	2:19.0	800m	Romeo	424
10	Annie Hrabovsky	5:13.2	1600m	Romeo	407
11	Ella Goodsell	2:22.0	800m	Romeo	397

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Romeo	1246	1273	440	1073	4033
2	DeWitt	764	1114	364	932	3173
3	Ann Arbor Pioneer	758	1230	–	994	2982
4	Saline	375	720	768	931	2794
5	Traverse City West	371	683	736	914	2705
6	Brighton	398	669	761	737	2566
7	Hartland	372	729	372	872	2344
8	Holland West Ottawa	748	819	731	–	2297
9	Northville	373	376	725	799	2272
10	Ann Arbor Huron	767	735	–	684	2187
11	Hudsonville	361	784	–	847	1992
12	Grand Ledge	398	408	380	784	1969
13	Rockford	359	343	354	817	1873
14	Midland Dow	–	–	969	879	1848
15	Rochester Adams	384	813	451	–	1648
16	Holt	390	327	–	789	1506
17	Portage Northern	–	701	744	–	1445
18	Oak Park	355	–	–	1038	1393
19	Grand Haven	800	489	–	–	1289
20	Livonia Franklin	374	418	396	–	1188
21	Lake Orion	377	–	–	778	1154
22	Okemos	–	382	–	696	1078
23	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	–	396	–	680	1076
24	Jenison	–	1075	–	–	1075
25	Utica	364	326	367	–	1057

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		7:56.4	Northville	1036	4x800m
11	Ryan Stojov	1:57.8	Northville	414	800m
12	Logan Mullan	1:57.9	Northville	413	800m
12	Ethan Powell	9:30.9	Northville	413	3200m
12	Ethan Powell	4:24.1	Northville	398	1600m
11	Ben Hartigan	1:58.9	Northville	397	800m
10	Brandon Cloud	9:36.5	Northville	397	3200m
11	Ryan Stojov	4:24.7	Northville	394	1600m
9	Lucas Mullan	2:00.1	Northville	377	800m
12	Ishaan Kundapur	4:29.1	Northville	361	1600m
12	Rece Grezak	2:01.9	Northville	349	800m
11	Ben Hartigan	4:31.7	Northville	341	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Northville	1225	1153	810	1036	4223
2	Canton	418	1147	787	861	3213
3	Rockford	1037	1091	358	665	3150
4	Plymouth	726	710	389	934	2758
5	Howell	675	694	416	715	2501
6	East Kentwood	704	989	–	647	2339
7	Livonia Churchill	1031	1091	–	–	2123
8	Brighton	–	649	720	719	2089
9	Troy Athens	362	407	341	762	1872
10	West Bloomfield	369	348	–	955	1673
11	Kalamazoo Central	424	726	406	–	1556
12	Grand Ledge	–	369	401	753	1524
13	Clarkston	775	692	–	–	1467
14	Utica	–	1100	361	–	1460
15	Walled Lake Northern	696	–	–	709	1405
16	Midland	350	–	–	862	1212
17	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	360	432	355	–	1147
18	Oak Park	427	–	–	653	1081
19	Oxford	–	344	–	730	1074
20	Traverse City Central	690	–	366	–	1057
21	Holland West Ottawa	678	371	–	–	1049
22	Caledonia	359	689	–	–	1048
23	Grand Haven	–	778	–	–	778
24	Traverse City West	371	363	–	–	734
25	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	349	383	–	–	732

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		10:01.2	4x800m	Goodrich	776
12	Layla Jordan	2:16.3	800m	Goodrich	449
10	Alivia Ottinger	5:14.9	1600m	Goodrich	400
9	Kayla Shellenbarger	2:22.5	800m	Goodrich	392
12	Kamryn Lauinger	11:38.3	3200m	Goodrich	383
9	Kayla Shellenbarger	5:23.4	1600m	Goodrich	363
12	Kamryn Lauinger	5:29.9	1600m	Goodrich	335
9	Kayla Shellenbarger	12:19.9	3200m	Goodrich	311

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Goodrich	841	1098	695	776	3410
2	St. Joseph	701	1010	733	713	3158
3	Adrian	317	1014	697	666	2694
4	Linden	306	620	987	774	2687
5	Cadillac	377	718	768	725	2588
6	Holland Christian	708	738	386	685	2517
7	Otsego	318	1025	422	699	2465
8	Freeland	643	–	703	853	2199
9	Spring Lake	985	272	299	456	2012
10	Frankenmuth	292	695	371	485	1844
11	Stevensville Lakeshore	785	297	–	740	1821
12	Chelsea	347	278	349	689	1664
13	Carleton Airport	288	376	411	555	1629
14	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	359	280	361	576	1577
15	Gladwin	395	297	289	575	1557
16	Clare	308	542	–	686	1537
17	Forest Hills Eastern	–	286	684	521	1491
18	Lake Fenton	705	612	–	–	1317
19	St. Johns	–	306	447	561	1313
20	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	–	376	414	519	1309
21	Detroit Country Day	320	276	–	687	1283
22	Edwardsburg	392	439	381	–	1212
23	New Boston Huron	–	356	355	468	1178
24	Hastings	340	386	383	–	1109
25	East Grand Rapids	–	357	–	737	1094

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Thomas Larson	1:58.1	Alma	410	800m
10	Ezekiel Baltierra	4:30.1	Alma	353	1600m
10	Ezekiel Baltierra	2:01.9	Alma	348	800m
10	Kevin Terpstra	10:14.0	Alma	288	3200m
9	Sam Johnson	10:26.7	Alma	251	3200m
11	Luca Lebron	4:43.8	Alma	249	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Alma	758	602	539	–	1898
2	Macomb Lutheran North	307	573	339	638	1857
3	Allendale	–	782	–	729	1511
4	Flint Kearsley	371	636	347	–	1354
5	Williamston	–	338	341	597	1276
6	Parma Western	358	362	–	550	1269
7	Saginaw Swan Valley	341	586	342	–	1269
8	New Boston Huron	–	284	323	657	1265
9	Gladwin	–	350	344	569	1263
10	Petoskey	–	917	277	–	1194
11	Frankenmuth	–	560	588	–	1148
12	Marshall	374	751	–	–	1125
13	Holland Christian	361	393	312	–	1065
14	Forest Hills Eastern	957	–	–	–	957
15	Adrian	330	345	237	–	911
16	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	–	245	–	647	891
17	Ludington	333	–	–	525	858
18	Battle Creek Harper Creek	–	293	–	538	830
19	Dearborn Divine Child	–	365	337	–	702
20	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	354	335	–	–	689
21	Dowagiac Union	342	344	–	–	686
22	Ogemaw Heights	390	244	–	–	634
23	Owosso	338	295	–	–	633
24	St. Joseph	–	326	304	–	630
25	Essexville Garber	–	306	300	–	606

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		10:00.6	4x800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	780
12	Kyah Hoffman	11:22.5	3200m	Stanton Central Montcalm	411
12	Kyah Hoffman	5:15.3	1600m	Stanton Central Montcalm	398
12	Ashley Choponis	11:49.1	3200m	Stanton Central Montcalm	365
12	Kyah Hoffman	2:28.7	800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	336
12	Ashley Choponis	5:30.5	1600m	Stanton Central Montcalm	332
12	Ashley Choponis	2:32.3	800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	303
11	Grace Coston	5:47.6	1600m	Stanton Central Montcalm	259
11	Grace Coston	12:50.7	3200m	Stanton Central Montcalm	258
11	Grace Coston	2:41.5	800m	Stanton Central Montcalm	220

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Stanton Central Montcalm	859	989	1034	780	3663
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	909	1055	937	608	3509
3	LeRoy Pine River	425	461	628	427	1940
4	Traverse City St. Francis	467	511	276	587	1840
5	Leslie	328	629	259	510	1726
6	Lansing Catholic	718	–	–	742	1461
7	Blissfield	302	358	242	468	1369
8	Jackson Lumen Christi	–	522	375	473	1369
9	Lake City	–	522	324	460	1306
10	Remus Chippewa Hills	484	286	–	521	1291
11	Hart	640	–	262	363	1266
12	Ithaca	222	–	618	377	1217
13	Kent City	512	595	–	–	1107
14	Onsted	562	473	–	–	1035
15	Saugatuck	481	512	–	–	994
16	Monroe St. Mary CC	351	344	–	273	969
17	Buchanan	–	272	287	361	919
18	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	–	435	439	–	875
19	Farwell	–	282	303	268	853
20	Sanford-Meridian	282	231	–	299	812
21	Bath	248	220	–	336	804
22	Grass Lake	227	211	–	345	783
23	Grayling	273	496	–	–	769
24	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	413	331	–	–	744
25	McBain	–	255	–	475	729

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
		8:17.7	Traverse City St. Francis	752	4x800m
12	Robby Myler	2:02.7	Traverse City St. Francis	337	800m
12	Josh Slocum	10:00.5	Traverse City St. Francis	327	3200m
10	William Ready	10:05.6	Traverse City St. Francis	312	3200m
12	Josh Slocum	4:35.8	Traverse City St. Francis	310	1600m
10	William Ready	4:41.3	Traverse City St. Francis	268	1600m
12	Owen Read	10:21.3	Traverse City St. Francis	267	3200m
12	Owen Read	4:48.4	Traverse City St. Francis	214	1600m
12	Riley Pattinson	4:53.1	Traverse City St. Francis	178	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Traverse City St. Francis	337	792	906	752	2787
2	Ann Arbor Greenhills	880	325	612	582	2399
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	931	535	509	349	2325
4	Jonesville	357	677	483	622	2139
5	Onsted	531	667	506	354	2058
6	Brooklyn Columbia Central	283	387	475	530	1676
7	Jackson Lumen Christi	287	424	472	333	1516
8	Charlevoix	371	360	549	–	1280
9	Chesaning	348	506	–	346	1200
10	Manton	–	297	454	448	1198
11	Muskegon Western Mich. Christian	–	592	–	526	1118
12	Reed City	–	646	420	–	1067
13	Hanover-Horton	–	621	–	408	1029
14	Stanton Central Montcalm	–	343	281	339	963
15	Pigeon-Laker	–	494	–	353	847
16	Constantine	486	–	350	–	836
17	Bath	–	411	414	–	825
18	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	311	182	307	–	801
19	Blissfield	285	133	374	–	793
20	Centreville	624	142	–	–	766
21	Midland Bullock Creek	–	374	389	–	763
22	Ithaca	268	472	–	–	740
23	Lake City	–	–	385	327	712
24	St. Louis	–	380	320	–	700
25	Laingsburg	–	334	–	361	695

Grade	Name	Time	Event	Team	Points
		10:15.0	4x800m	Whitmore Lake	674
10	Kaylie Livingston	11:07.5	3200m	Whitmore Lake	436
10	Kaylie Livingston	5:08.6	1600m	Whitmore Lake	427
9	Malynda Lambros	12:37.3	3200m	Whitmore Lake	281
11	Elodie Weaver	12:39.8	3200m	Whitmore Lake	277
11	Carina Burchi	2:39.0	800m	Whitmore Lake	242
11	Elodie Weaver	5:52.2	1600m	Whitmore Lake	240
9	Malynda Lambros	5:53.1	1600m	Whitmore Lake	236
9	Malynda Lambros	2:44.3	800m	Whitmore Lake	194

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4x800m	Total
1	Whitmore Lake	436	902	995	674	3007
2	Grand Traverse Academy	511	433	371	386	1701
3	Fowler	292	508	427	374	1600
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	–	562	461	565	1588
5	Gobles	250	506	335	449	1540
6	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	536	751	219	–	1505
7	Hillsdale Academy	402	207	274	439	1322
8	Breckenridge	426	394	–	487	1307
9	Bridgman	245	243	275	397	1160
10	Vestaburg	–	354	318	371	1043
11	Kingston	252	281	196	254	983
12	Petersburg-Summerfield	214	204	176	315	909
13	Royal Oak Shrine	271	–	180	370	822
14	Allen Park Cabrini	252	293	268	–	813
15	Portland St. Patrick	785	–	–	–	785
16	Leland	195	291	–	252	739
17	Harbor Beach	228	161	–	331	720
18	Cardinal Mooney Catholic	202	211	290	–	703
19	St. Charles	253	217	224	–	694
20	Petoskey St. Michael	292	361	–	–	653
21	Adrian Lenawee Christian	307	251	–	–	559
22	Birmingham Roeper	268	288	–	–	556
23	Novi Christian Academy	243	264	–	–	507
24	Brown City	–	184	301	–	485
25	Beal City	286	168	–	–	454

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Points	Event
11	Marek Butkiewicz	4:22.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	411	1600m
11	Marek Butkiewicz	9:34.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	402	3200m
11	Marek Butkiewicz	1:59.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	385	800m
11	Sean Siems	2:05.9	Kalamazoo Hackett	286	800m
11	Sean Siems	4:46.0	Kalamazoo Hackett	232	1600m
12	Alexander Dumont	2:09.6	Kalamazoo Hackett	226	800m
10	Kellen Siems	11:12.1	Kalamazoo Hackett	119	3200m
10	Kellen Siems	5:05.5	Kalamazoo Hackett	83	1600m

Rank	Team	800m	1600m	3200m	4×800	Total
1	Kalamazoo Hackett	897	727	521	–	2145
2	Hillsdale Academy	178	597	480	465	1721
3	Holland Calvary Christian	381	549	362	–	1292
4	Riverview Gabriel Richard	194	352	321	362	1229
5	Harbor Beach	–	285	512	313	1110
6	Tri-unity Christian	387	431	252	–	1070
7	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	220	302	196	230	948
8	Plymouth Christian Academy	319	146	177	258	901
9	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	158	115	170	332	775
10	Petoskey St. Michael	412	362	–	–	775
11	Birmingham Roeper	256	–	68	412	736
12	Three Oaks River Valley	346	374	–	–	720
13	Lutheran Westland	494	195	–	–	690
14	Beal City	306	204	–	172	682
15	Bridgman	227	195	176	–	597
16	Mason County Eastern	–	180	410	–	590
17	Detroit Frederick Douglass	279	275	–	–	554
18	Maple City Glen Lake	–	551	–	–	551
19	Whitmore Lake	–	205	287	–	492
20	Harbor Springs	–	460	–	–	460
21	Royal Oak Shrine	233	215	–	–	449
22	Morenci	–	89	139	200	428
23	Eau Claire	190	–	–	218	407
24	Manchester	–	–	146	236	382
25	Frankfort	–	142	–	231	373