National High school XC boys rankings

Clayton Adams belongs on the top 10 list. He had some struggles with injury last season, so he didn't qualify for Foot Locker

Eevee wrote:

Clayton Adams belongs on the top 10 list. He had some struggles with injury last season, so he didn't qualify for Foot Locker

Expect great things

All I know is that you have CBA way too high. They'd be lucky just to make it to NXN this year.

This is the most accurate rankings you will find

denzel_vilsaint wrote:

http://www.tullyrunners.com/XC2016/PreSeasonNatBoys2016.htm

This is the most accurate rankings you will find

Those are terrible

Agreed, Wayzata is 2nd in country based off of 3200 times. Also Edina should be higher and also Manlius. But Wayzata should easily be at least top 5...

That's why I picked Wayzata to win. CBA has the fastest 3200 core but they always choke at NXN. Wayzata is my pick to win NXN.

Tannor Wagner, Ashwaubenon, WI

These are awful. FM will be no where near the top.

You will never know. They have the best coach of all time...

Randy Mclovin wrote:

That's why I picked Wayzata to win. CBA has the fastest 3200 core but they always choke at NXN. Wayzata is my pick to win NXN.

CBA has won NXN before and had several other solid performances.

But last year they were not very good at NXN. I think they could choke again,

Those rankings are based of the returners of last xc season. There are plenty of runners that are beast on the track but not on the xc course

My rankings:

1. CBA: They have an average of 9:20 for the 3200 in track this year. Drake Anzano had a very impressive track season.

2. Wayzata: They may have lost 4 people on varsity, but it would matter with Khalid Hussien leading the way.

3. Davis: They have a pack of 9:30 runners in the 3200 this year. That could help them move up at NXN.

4.Great Oak: They had a great track season. Still have a very talented runners even though they lost 4 sub 4:15 milers.

5.Carroll: My sleeper pick, Reed Brown will lead the way and with a few guys that should get 15:50s-16:00s.

Individuals:

1. Reed Brown

2. Casey Clinger

3. Finn Gessner

4. Drake Anzano

5. Brody Hasty

6. Seth Hirsch

7. Sam Worley

8. Patrick Parker

9. Michael Vernau

10. Matthew Pereira

11. Noah Affolder

12. Walked Suliman

13. Tibebu Procter

14. Khalid Hussien

15. Marcelo Rocha

How are those?

Randy Mclovin wrote:

But last year they were not very good at NXN. I think they could choke again,

They were fine at NXN last year. Some people just had them rated too highly going into the meet.

I agree that Wayzata is probably underrated in Meylan's rankings, but it is easy to understand why they are being overlooked: they only returned 2 from their varsity team, and his rankings are based mostly on NXN, NXR and XC State Meet results, and there is a decent chance he didn't go through and include the results from the Open and Frosh/Soph races from all the different regional races.

His rankings are still a great starting point, which is all he says his pre-season rankings are intended to be. They always end up being one of if not the best rankings out there.

I am a huge Wayzata fan this year. If you actually look at the depth they have they could have their whole varsity well sub 15:50 on a legitimate course. A meet like NXN or their state meet will be perfect courses for them. Wayzata is my #1 pick to win NXN this year for pre season.

For individual I would pick Casey Clinger and for my team I would pick CBA. CBA is looking very good this year after their unbelievable track season. The only team that will give them a run for their money is Wayzata. They are super deep and they have a few guys that will be under 15:30. It will be very fun to see who wins between Wayzata and CBA.

Does any one else think the boys recruiting class of of 2017 is very weak at the top? Significant drop off after Clinger. Clinger is no Fisher or Hunter...

Travis Miller wrote:

I am a huge Wayzata fan this year. If you actually look at the depth they have they could have their whole varsity well sub 15:50 on a legitimate course. A meet like NXN or their state meet will be perfect courses for them. Wayzata is my #1 pick to win NXN this year for pre season.

One guy underestimates Wayzata but I don't want to see Wayzata overestimated this early.

MileSplit has the these 3200 meter track times for outdoor track in 2016 for Wayzata guys not graduating:

9:10.97, 9:23.56, 9:32.05, 9:32.46, 9:37.02

For the same in 2015 for Wayzata, MileSplit has:

9:05.51, 9:05.56, 9:32.01, 9:43.63, 9:49.69

Wayzata came up a bit short in cross country at the 6AA Section meet and didn't qualify for the State Meet finishing 4th. Wayzata ran great at the NXN Heartland race but finished 3rd. Five Wayzata guys graduated including Jaret Carpenter. Track times of the returning guys say Wayzata should be good but best in the nation?

Some 3200 meters for other teams:

American Fork:

8:50.70, 9:04.51, 9:10.43, 9:39.53, 10:05.41

Dana Hill:

9:04.33, 9:27.30, 9:29.76, 9:30.88, 9:36.28

Great Oak (lost most of their team):

9:16.20, 9:19.88, 9:28.01, 9:38.34, 9:40.23