It is astonishing to me that Pella could be competitive with massive high schools like Wayzata. Bella is a small rural town and they have something like 760 kids in grades 9-12.
They’re all distant cousins of Niels Laros and Femke Bol, obviously.
Can’t leave Marissa Ferebee (Pella - IA) out of the list of girl’s auto-qualifiers. Heck, she could win it. In recent weeks she has run sub-16:40 three times: 16:38, 16:38, and most recently 16:30 (speed rating = 159) to win the Iowa 3A championship.
agreed about Ferebee. shes on fire right now and definitely shouldnt be overlooked. DyeStat has her now at #5 in the country. although almost as intriguing is the pick of Reilly to qualify. could a 7th grader really auto qualify for NXN?? she did beat future Tar Heel and senior Libby Castelli in the state final but shes so young. that whole team is really young. average grade for all 7 is like 9th. only one senior. will we be hearing from them in the future?
Can’t leave Marissa Ferebee (Pella - IA) out of the list of girl’s auto-qualifiers. Heck, she could win it. In recent weeks she has run sub-16:40 three times: 16:38, 16:38, and most recently 16:30 (speed rating = 159) to win the Iowa 3A championship.
agreed about Ferebee. shes on fire right now and definitely shouldnt be overlooked. DyeStat has her now at #5 in the country. although almost as intriguing is the pick of Reilly to qualify. could a 7th grader really auto qualify for NXN?? she did beat future Tar Heel and senior Libby Castelli in the state final but shes so young. that whole team is really young. average grade for all 7 is like 9th. only one senior. will we be hearing from them in the future?
Grace Ping made NXN as a 7th grader in 2015. So did her sister Lauren 2 years later
Can’t leave Marissa Ferebee (Pella - IA) out of the list of girl’s auto-qualifiers. Heck, she could win it. In recent weeks she has run sub-16:40 three times: 16:38, 16:38, and most recently 16:30 (speed rating = 159) to win the Iowa 3A championship.
agreed about Ferebee. shes on fire right now and definitely shouldnt be overlooked. DyeStat has her now at #5 in the country. although almost as intriguing is the pick of Reilly to qualify. could a 7th grader really auto qualify for NXN?? she did beat future Tar Heel and senior Libby Castelli in the state final but shes so young. that whole team is really young. average grade for all 7 is like 9th. only one senior. will we be hearing from them in the future?
Hard to tell how Harrisburg will do in the future because many girls do their best freshman year or in middle school
While I’d love for Quentin Nauman or Ethan Zuber to qualify, I think you nailed this, at least on paper.
Not sure how either one of you are coming up with this on Grady lenn and Sean fries. Lenn has yet to go sub 15 anywhere and was controlled from the front by putz, Fries has went one sub 15. Zuber and naumen are on paper ahead of them.
Kaden Evans has 1 sub 15 so times are kind of a bad demonstrator. He can compare well with Mechura who is a contender for Natis so he has a solid chance of making.
Biggest shock of the day so far, which will be hard to top: Cedar Falls #2 guy from the state meet ran in the open 2 race. Not sure what this was about, but this might have reduced their chances of making NXN
So according to the Iowa thread, Merrick is injured. Not the best time for this terrible news, but now it will give more room for a Kansas boys team to make NXN for the first time since ‘07. And for Dowling too