National Top XC Boys 2017

Sam Affolder

Class of 2019 Carlisle, PA

Personal Records

800m - 1:54.32

1500m (in) - 3:53.48

1600m - 4:08.67

1 Mile (in) - 4:09.89

1 Mile - 4:20.44

3K Steeple - 9:16.43

3200m - 9:02.95

5K (xc) - 15:17.00

Ohio will be loaded in the fall. Arjun Jha didn't run an official outdoor 3200 in the spring, but he ran 4:09 twice for 1600 and a 1:50 split in a relay along with a 14:56 last year in cross country. He will challenge Horter and Scrape for the state title in CC in the fall, and he will be one of the best in the country. Ohio has several others who will be seniors in the fall with a chance to go under 15:00 in CC.

I saw this one kid running at the Mcquaid Invite vs Lawler. Can't remember his name(I think he runs at East Aurora), but he beat Lawler and looked comfortable doing it. The times weren't insane(14:4x for a 3 mile), but I was still blown away because I hadn't heard of this kid before. Then after the meet I didn't hear anything about him for the rest of the year(not that I've looked very hard). Does anyone have any info on him?

Dhdjdjdj wrote:

I saw this one kid running at the Mcquaid Invite vs Lawler. Can't remember his name(I think he runs at East Aurora), but he beat Lawler and looked comfortable doing it. The times weren't insane(14:4x for a 3 mile), but I was still blown away because I hadn't heard of this kid before. Then after the meet I didn't hear anything about him for the rest of the year(not that I've looked very hard). Does anyone have any info on him?

Ian Russ. He will be a senior in the fall. He has PRs of 9:25 for 320 and 15:57 for 5k XC. So, he's ok but not great.

Hasty will definitely be the top guy with Maier close behind. After that it's too close to call. I say Hasty takes NXN and Maier takes Footlocker, as Maier does both but Hasty only does Nike. I don't really see anyone else being able to challenge Maier at Footlocker. Most of the guys mentioned in this thread that advanced to a national meet did not do NXN. I believe Hengst and Fendel were the only ones that did Footlocker. Oh and don't forget Dylan Jacobs, who was All-American at both races last year. He never really ran a 32 this spring but went 4:06 or 4:07 I think. Illinois will be another great Midwest state in addition to Ohio. The Midwest Regionals should be very interesting.

Jon456789 wrote:

Hasty will definitely be the top guy with Maier close behind. After that it's too close to call. I say Hasty takes NXN and Maier takes Footlocker, as Maier does both but Hasty only does Nike. I don't really see anyone else being able to challenge Maier at Footlocker. Most of the guys mentioned in this thread that advanced to a national meet did not do NXN. I believe Hengst and Fendel were the only ones that did Footlocker. Oh and don't forget Dylan Jacobs, who was All-American at both races last year. He never really ran a 32 this spring but went 4:06 or 4:07 I think. Illinois will be another great Midwest state in addition to Ohio. The Midwest Regionals should be very interesting.

I meant to say did not do Footlocker. Horter, Kilrea, Fendel, Mwaura, Hasty, and Lawler all did NXN

Soph Ryan Oosting of Arlington MA could be up there too.

Won with 4:14.44 (full mile) / 9:05.8 (2 mile) at his state meet, and won New England's in the 1600 with a 4:11.93. Doesn't have many XC results though, a 15:37 was his 5k PR and he ran 15:01 indoors.

How about top Boys and/or Girls teams for 2017?

Girls:

Fayetteville Manlius is the strongest team in the nation. They won NXN by 140 points last year and none of their top 7 graduated.

Boys:

1. Great Oak

2. Wayzata

3. CBA

Jon456789 wrote:

Jon456789 wrote:

Hasty will definitely be the top guy with Maier close behind. After that it's too close to call. I say Hasty takes NXN and Maier takes Footlocker, as Maier does both but Hasty only does Nike. I don't really see anyone else being able to challenge Maier at Footlocker. Most of the guys mentioned in this thread that advanced to a national meet did not do NXN. I believe Hengst and Fendel were the only ones that did Footlocker. Oh and don't forget Dylan Jacobs, who was All-American at both races last year. He never really ran a 32 this spring but went 4:06 or 4:07 I think. Illinois will be another great Midwest state in addition to Ohio. The Midwest Regionals should be very interesting.

I meant to say did not do Footlocker. Horter, Kilrea, Fendel, Mwaura, Hasty, and Lawler all did NXN

Hasty could do both since he doesn't appear to be on his HS team anymore.

FLS and NXNSE are on the same day several hours away from one another. Not possible.

Oosting ran a 14:36 to win NBNO on Friday

+ Zach Kreft-Sunbury OH

+ Lucas Bons- Dublin OH

+Chad Johnson- Gallion OH

They have numerous potential Footlocker finalists

If Hasty wants to be the undisputed best...he should really do footlocker. Even last year, when everyone was convinced Clinger was the best, it turned out that Reed Brown was the top runner of the class. No NXN winner (who didn't also do Footlocker) has done as well as the Footlocker winner that year or in college. Hasty is obviously the favorite at either race, but he should do Footlocker now that he's not on his team.

Jacob McLeod

Nathan Lawler (on the top list posted earlier) is interesting to me for xc just because he runs a 9:03 3200 and only has a 4:19 1600. This xc season could be cool for him, since he is far better at the longer stuff.

Junior, Liam Anderson of Redwood (Larkspur)

As a sophomore:

XC 5000: 15:05 (also 22nd at NXN qualifying out of CA)

1600: 4:11

3200: 9:03

THE BRIE OAKLEY YOU BUM!

A Nobot wrote:

Junior, Liam Anderson of Redwood (Larkspur)

As a sophomore:

XC 5000: 15:05 (also 22nd at NXN qualifying out of CA)

1600: 4:11

3200: 9:03

Yes, I believe Anderson is #4 all time on the sophomore list for Woodward park.