top teams at NXR NE

Is it just me or does it seem like CBA may not be looking as dominant heading into next year? Their depth is nowhere near where it was on the teams from 2010-2016 when they were simply the class of the NE region. I know they return a stud in Tim McInerny, but he has yet to perform in XC up to what you would think he's capable based on his track times. I know they have a younger Hill back next year along with a couple 4:30/9:30ish guys, but this team looks much different from the teams led by Mazz, Kelly, Boyle, McClemens, and Ferro that had 7-10 guys who were more in the 4:20/9:20 range who were all fighting to be in the 4,5,6,7 spots in cross. I think McCafferty has done an ok job filling in Heath's large shoes, but it seems like with the departures of both Heath and Bennett over the last 5 years that there has been a decline to the point that CBA's streak of NXN appearances might be coming to end.

Runner7282 wrote:

Cba is always a dominant force in northeast competition and bishop hendricken looks good returning 6 of 7. Xavier is sure to be looking for a 2nd auto bid after coming out of nowhere in the back half of last xc season but only returning 3 of 7 i believe. Lasalle academy (RI) looks to make up for a dissapointing end to last years season led by Max Dimuccio and joe dosreis and Haddonfield (NJ) as well. Princeton (NJ) should be strong with Acasio pinhero

From the returning rankings, it looks like CBA will return to NXN again next year. They may not be as dominant but they will go into next season as the #5 team. 2018 XC starting rankings below:

1. St. Francis Mountain View (CA)

2. Loudoun Valley (VA)

3. Smithson Valley (TX)

4. CBA (NJ)

5. Great Oak (CA)

oops .......#4.

Xavier is actually returning 4 of the top 7. Their top 4 nonseniors were 16:20 and under last year but none of their other nonseniors went under 17:20 last season.

They will need a 5th man close to their 4th to be able to beat or keep up with Bishop Hendricken at NXR.

Also, CBA’s sometimes #1 runner in the 2016 xc season was a sophomore but was injured the entire 2017 xc season and has no 2018 track results listed.

SMithson Valleys times were BS, they ran on a short district course, I have checked this and every single runner PRd at district by a LOT, they had a guy in the 18:30s run a 16:30. Now that is not just peaking that would allow you to PR by over two minutes

Loudoun Valley’s 2018 xc team looks stronger than Mountain View’s.

Top 5 Mountain View’s returners’ 3200 times this spring were

9:23

9:28

9:32

9:32

9:55

Top 5 LV’s returners’ 3200 times this spring were

8:59

9:07

9:17

9:26

9:32 (also ran a 9:27 indoors this winter)

CBA is a perennial powerhouse program, sure they have had a major change in the program but McCaff is still a proven coach in NJ, keep in mind he took two relatively low ranked teams that were predicted to not preform well and they both were 7th at the end of the season and 2016 was lacking two star runners as well, and Mazz was a stud runner with tons of personal experience in both racing and coaching because during his collegiate career he was coahed by two incredible coaches at Princeton( Dolan and Heath). As for their returning squad they return 4 of their top 7 as well as a senior who led the team at the back half of his sophomore year but hasn't raced his junior year and if he is able to return to at the very least his sophomore year form he'll still be a stud, so that is 5 guys who have already have the experience at that level and it seems that every year they always have a couple good runners around 9:45ish/4:35ish who come out f the wood work and are solid 6/7 runners. As for their depth I'm fairly certain their top 5 in the 1600 averages well under 4:30 with returners and their 5th man is around 4:29 from indoor and their 3200 has to be in the 9:30s as for everyone outside their top 5 they have got guys sitting around 10 flat and 4:40's which is a drop off but still those times would put them in the hunt for the 5-7 spots on most other teams in the championship race at NXR NE. With all that going for the team I am hard pressed to think they won't be successful so long as they are able to avoid injury it will all come together for another auto bid at NXR NE.

Hendricken should be crazy good next year I’m willing to bet they duke it out with Cba at nxr. Their top man in xc has run 8:40 for 3000 this year and their next 6 have all run under 9:05. I think they get their top 5 under 16 minutes early in the season

Smithson Valley Hahahhaahhahahahaha

bruhhh whatXD wrote:

Smithson Valley Hahahhaahhahahahaha

My only problem, and it’s a big one, with the Mile Split database is the number of errors that impact top ten team and individual rankings. They should pay attention to things like a short course affecting the XC team rankings. They also don’t have a “report” button like Athletic.net where users can easily report errors. I have tried in the past to report problems through the comments section but they either don’t review them or don’t care.

BS394u823048 wrote:

SMithson Valleys times were BS, they ran on a short district course, I have checked this and every single runner PRd at district by a LOT, they had a guy in the 18:30s run a 16:30. Now that is not just peaking that would allow you to PR by over two minutes

And the top 5 3200 season bests of their returners averaged 9:56 this spring

Can't wait to hear the results of this summers CBA summer time trial

CA Observer wrote:

From the returning rankings, it looks like CBA will return to NXN again next year. They may not be as dominant but they will go into next season as the #5 team. 2018 XC starting rankings below:

1. St. Francis Mountain View (CA)

2. Loudoun Valley (VA)

3. Smithson Valley (TX)

4. CBA (NJ)

5. Great Oak (CA)

F-M boys will be in the top 5. They got second at NXN last year and only graduated 2 people.

BOYS 3200M TEAMS

1 Loudoun Valley (VA) 163

1) Sam Affolder 8:59.82 4

2) Jacob Hunter 9:07.24 8

3) Kevin Carlson 9:17.71 29

4) Kellen Hasle 9:24.34 42

5) Connor Wells 9:32.34 80

Average Time: 9:16.29 Total Time: 46:21.45 1-5 Split: 32.52

6) Jacob Windle 9:33.13 87

7) Jeremiah Mussmon 9:43.53 165

2 Dana Hills High School (SS) (CA) 386

1) Caleb Niednagel 9:14.10 17

2) Simon Fuller 9:18.17 31

3) Carrick Denker 9:25.94 49

4) Brandon Pizano 9:40.60 141

5) Garrett Hough 9:41.53 148

Average Time: 9:28.07 Total Time: 47:20.34 1-5 Split: 27.43

6) Eddie Wagenseller 9:50.71 236

7) Gianni Viola 9:56.21 318

3 Great Oak High School (SS) (CA) 535

1) Tyler Tickner 9:15.60 22

2) Gabriel Abbes 9:16.50 26

3) Chris Verdugo 9:41.31 145

4) Joshua Abrencia 9:43.51 164

5) Aric Reza 9:45.00 178

Average Time: 9:32.38 Total Time: 47:41.92 1-5 Split: 29.40

6) Brock Stuckey 9:45.10 180

7) Cameron Hylton 9:45.80 189

4 Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI) 723

1) Nick Foster 8:54.80 1

2) John Florence 9:26.65 52

3) Ethan Mielock 9:32.78 83

4) Owen Rennich 9:46.30 194

5) Zack Williston 10:01.40 393

Average Time: 9:32.39 Total Time: 47:41.93 1-5 Split: 1:06.60

6) Drew Allen 10:06.19 457

5 Bolles HS (FL) 796

1) Charles Hicks 8:58.78 3

2) Chase Rivera 9:16.45 25

3) Benjamin Foltz 9:37.90 124

4) Alexander Hastings 9:40.78 143

5) Kamren Khan 10:09.18 501

Average Time: 9:32.62 Total Time: 47:43.09 1-5 Split: 1:10.40

6 Christian Brothers Academy (NJ) 453

1) Troy Hill 9:23.77 41

2) Luke Reid 9:30.42 71

3) Tim McInerney 9:32.34 79

4) Tanner Crochet 9:35.40 107

5) Mike Morris 9:42.53 155

Average Time: 9:32.89 Total Time: 47:44.46 1-5 Split: 18.76

6) William Huntley 9:55.07 298

7) David Ham 9:56.76 332

7 St. Francis Mountain View (CC) (CA) 555

1) Colton Colonna 9:15.64 23

2) Eric Eng 9:28.22 60

3) Juan Pablo Garcia 9:32.64 82

4) Aiden Maddison 9:32.90 85

5) Daniel Skahill 9:55.35 305

Average Time: 9:32.95 Total Time: 47:44.75 1-5 Split: 39.71

6) Benjamin Garver 9:58.49 361

7) Jp Garcia 10:17.20 603

8 Claremont High (SS) (CA) 454

1) Aaron Reyes 9:26.86 53

2) Jaden Clark 9:31.70 77

3) Ryan Congill 9:33.26 89

4) Aj Reyes 9:34.30 96

5) Jacob Moran 9:40.30 139

Average Time: 9:33.28 Total Time: 47:46.42 1-5 Split: 13.44

6) Adam Trafecanty 9:40.70 142

7) Yoon Cho 9:44.00 169

9 Flower Mound (TX) 687

1) Jarrett Kirk 9:09.64 12

2) Alex Maier 9:11.53 14

3) Johnathan Flint 9:44.21 172

4) Eddie Marcoe 9:48.71 217

5) Thomas Romanow 9:53.27 272

Average Time: 9:33.47 Total Time: 47:47.36 1-5 Split: 43.63

6) Jacob Ricks 9:57.49 348

7) Collin Lau 10:16.74 599

10 Kamiakin High School (WA) 679

1) Ryan Child 9:14.60 18

2) Porter Grigg 9:18.39 32

3) Stanford Smith 9:45.50 183

4) Jax Weidi 9:48.61 216

5) Peyton Hill 9:49.70 230

Average Time: 9:35.36 Total Time: 47:56.80 1-5 Split: 35.10

6) Andrew Larson 9:51.88 253

7) Andrew Holladay 9:55.69 309

MSLSD wrote:

bruhhh whatXD wrote:

Smithson Valley Hahahhaahhahahahaha

My only problem, and it’s a big one, with the Mile Split database is the number of errors that impact top ten team and individual rankings. They should pay attention to things like a short course affecting the XC team rankings. They also don’t have a “report” button like Athletic.net where users can easily report errors. I have tried in the past to report problems through the comments section but they either don’t review them or don’t care.

And there are other errors like Fayetteville Manlius boys team not being listed in the top 100 teams based on returning 3200 times even though FM’s 3200 times of the top 5 returners were faster than the times of some of the top 100 teams

Wow, 1-2 look far heads and shoulders above everyone else. But 3-10 are within seconds based off of 5-man average. Will be interesting to see who has the better summer!

4 CA teams in this list. Wow

bruhhh whatXD wrote:

Smithson Valley Hahahhaahhahahahaha

They did place 6th at NXR and 5th at the state meet, with all of their top 5 coming back. They will not finish 3rd at NXN, but they will likely finish higher than last year at the state meet and NXR.

xavier loses curran, lally, and christie, but only curran was a member of the top 5 (usually 1-3). they have a bunch of guys who ran 4:30-4:35 as sophomores and juniors who will be able to replace the seniors. xavier didn't put up any impressive 3200/2mile results, but i think they focused on the mile and 800 this year, as they sent 4x8, 4xMile, and DMR teams to NBN; they also won the CT state open 4x8 (meet of champions). in their first year of running NXR, they won the race. a lot of people don't know this, but xavier has won the CT state meet more times than any other school. they're relatively new to the national stage, but they compete hard in CT and have a long, proud tradition. they know what they're doing.