Hill did transfer to Rocky Mountain in 2022. For 2025, it’s looking to be a rebuilding year for them. Even if they do get one transfer, that won’t be enough and it will still be tough for them to crack even the top 4 in the NW. CDA, Jesuit, Bozeman, and Mercer Island all look really strong.
I think CDA can win NXR Northwest again even if they don’t get a transfer. Their group of top 5 returners is already solid as is.
The real question is if Parr-Coffin (current 8th grader, 4:28 mile / 8:51 3k) will be running of CDA. There were multiple mentions that he concentrates on Wrestling.
Let's not forget that Rocky has never made the preseason Tully or Dyestat rankings aside from the watchlist, yet have been top 5 in the Northwest 5 times since 2018. When you have as big a team as Jeff Howard has to work with, you don't have distinctive rebuilding years unless your program is on the downfall.
CDA should absolutely win the Northwest again. A 3-peat would be really cool for a smaller (for 6A) school up north. Coach Carr has taken them to a really dominant place.
For track, I think fantastic results for CDA would be putting 2 under 9, and all of their varsity squad under 9:30.
I really think that the valley this year is going to pop off. Rocky will have like 25-30 sub 5 boys, which is nice, but at the top level, it's going to be insane. The Boise meet last year was insane to watch with Stadtlander, Kemper, Lucas, Sheesley, and Helder all going under 4:20 on a random Friday afternoon midway through the track season.
It wasn't that long ago that there were only 4-5 guys in the entire state who would break 4:20 throughout the season, let alone in the same race that didn't count for much.
When the CDA guys get to clash with the valley guys, I think we'll see multiple sub 4:10 times, but I'm doubting that any of the guys will break 4. It's going to be a great season.
Its so easy to fact check this…
Tully had Rocky 36th nationally and 7th in the region in this year’s preseason rankings. They were 7 points out of 4th, which is where they would have finished if an 8:40 2 mile boy didn’t finish in the 200s. Dyestat had them ranked 4th in their first regional rankings.
They were 50th and 7th for 2023, and 15 points out of 4th, which is where they finished. They were 6th in Dyestat’s rankings.
Nobody knew Hunter Hill was at Rocky for the 22 preseason. 21 was an incomplete regional meet.
This isn't the huge level of disrespect that you’re acting like it is. Rocky’s rebuilding year is being a threat for a state trophy vs a lock and getting top 10 in the region. I don’t think anyone has said anything different for that.
Parr Cofin is a freak athlete. The best wrestler in the PNW at his weight class. He will attend Gonzaga Prep - XC coach is a Pat Tyson disciple (Oregon guy) and working to see if he can get Mirro to run XC and Wrestle this year.
NIDP won the 13-14 National XC Championship this year. How many of those kids will go on to run at CDA is the question. 2 or 3 soccer players will need to choose.
Also, a sub 5 mile in 8th grade is a fine indicator of future XC success. CDA will add at least one, maybe two kids that I can think of that will will run 4:50 or better this year.
Emry will take kids like that, put them in his year round development program and they will be studs. Neither J King nor L May ran a sub 5 mile before HS.
Let's not forget that Rocky has never made the preseason Tully or Dyestat rankings aside from the watchlist, yet have been top 5 in the Northwest 5 times since 2018. When you have as big a team as Jeff Howard has to work with, you don't have distinctive rebuilding years unless your program is on the downfall.
CDA should absolutely win the Northwest again. A 3-peat would be really cool for a smaller (for 6A) school up north. Coach Carr has taken them to a really dominant place.
For track, I think fantastic results for CDA would be putting 2 under 9, and all of their varsity squad under 9:30.
I really think that the valley this year is going to pop off. Rocky will have like 25-30 sub 5 boys, which is nice, but at the top level, it's going to be insane. The Boise meet last year was insane to watch with Stadtlander, Kemper, Lucas, Sheesley, and Helder all going under 4:20 on a random Friday afternoon midway through the track season.
It wasn't that long ago that there were only 4-5 guys in the entire state who would break 4:20 throughout the season, let alone in the same race that didn't count for much.
When the CDA guys get to clash with the valley guys, I think we'll see multiple sub 4:10 times, but I'm doubting that any of the guys will break 4. It's going to be a great season.
Its so easy to fact check this…
Tully had Rocky 36th nationally and 7th in the region in this year’s preseason rankings. They were 7 points out of 4th, which is where they would have finished if an 8:40 2 mile boy didn’t finish in the 200s. Dyestat had them ranked 4th in their first regional rankings.
They were 50th and 7th for 2023, and 15 points out of 4th, which is where they finished. They were 6th in Dyestat’s rankings.
Nobody knew Hunter Hill was at Rocky for the 22 preseason. 21 was an incomplete regional meet.
This isn't the huge level of disrespect that you’re acting like it is. Rocky’s rebuilding year is being a threat for a state trophy vs a lock and getting top 10 in the region. I don’t think anyone has said anything different for that.
Also, every school that’s in the same boat is going to have guys get a ton better during track that weren’t considered factors before, and I can pretty easily come up with reasons for Mountain View, Boise, Eagle and Rocky to all be very optimistic for next year. Those are all going to be good squads.
Mountain View returns Vandahlen, Riley, and Chamberlain which gives them 3 guys that could be top 10, with 4 and 5 having run 17:05.
Boise returns 4 under 17, with 5 and 5 at 17:03 and 17:11. 3 of those are sophomores so they should make big jumps. I bet McGee and Bruce will run close to what Knutsen ran last year in track so they might be thinking two potential top 7 or 8 guys.
Eagle might have a 30 second spread 1-5 and they are returning the #3 returner from the state meet, who wasn’t their clear cut #1. They are returning 7 sub 17 guys. Three of those guys are sophomores.
Rocky is returning Tuft and Kurtz, so two potential top 10 guys and they have plenty of young depth behind that could be top 20, most of which are sophomores.
Happens every year. When you have 60+ boys on your squad, some of them are bound to improve a lot.
Do we know of any transfers happening this spring/summer? The addition of Hunter Hill to Rocky is what took them from a top 25 team to a top 10-12 back in 2023.
I imagine that if CDA gets a transfer it's game over for the rest of the northwest. Rocky, Mountain View, Boise, or Eagle getting a transfer could put them in the mix come fall, of course depending on their track results.
Rocky wouldn’t have been a top 25 team in 2022 if Hunter Hill wasn’t there. They would have been 5th (and very nearly 6th) at NXR if he wasn’t there since Hyrum Tuft was 71 points back from him.
If any of the four above mentioned teams got a 9:32 transfer, they would be considered as a stacked team next year. Hunter Hill was one of the best transfers in the country that year.
It’s crazy how many very elite transfers there were that year. Like Brayden Seymour (Florida to Newbury Park) and Danny Simmons (Idaho to American Fork)
Timberline had a lot of boys race this weekend. The mile stuck out to me.
Pierce 4:36.4, Wilson 4:36.5, Jones 4:36.5, Janecko 4:37.3, Derderian 4:39.0, Dye 4:43.5, Cox 4:45.8, Colley 4:52.7. I'm guessing that they will get at least the first 5 under 4:30 for 1600 this year and should get 8 under 4:40. Dye, Cox, and Colley return next year.
CDA boys went 8:32, 8:35, 8:50, 9:01, 9:05, 9:14 for 3k. Averages out to a 8:46 top 5, so around 9:24 for 3200m. The last 4 times are all returners, so those average out to around a 9:41 for 3200m. Henry and Morgenstern did not race so it might have ended up to around 9:40 for 3200m for their top 5.
Carson Hacking ran 9:23. The two stud CDA freshmen and Hacking should all run sub 10 this spring. I wonder how many more will.
I'm hearing lots of Rocky boys are making big jumps this offseason.
So many kids are making jumps because the weather has been so great in the valley. I’ve seen at least 5 guys that are running under 17 minutes for 5k for sustained tempo efforts. I’m guessing that there are another 5 or so guys from those schools that are doing the same that I just haven’t seen.
The CDA Boys peaked at Woodbridge. All of their boys ran super fast at this meet.
Since then, a slow decline in performance across the board. Too many summer miles maybe.
Like Tayvon Kitchen and Nate Statlander, you want to progress and get better as the season goes on. Statlander lost to Max CS in the first XC meet in North Idaho. But he won state and beat the NIDP guys at NXR.
Tayvon Kitchen, lost to Max CS at Woodbridge but won NXR and placed in the top 10 at NXN.
Kitchen has run 4:04 for the mile this indoor season, Statlander 4:12.
Max CS lost to Owen Powell by 7 seconds at Woodbridge, .1 at Hole in the Wall, and 5 seconds at NXR. He beat him at NXN. He was the #3 boy from the NW there. CDA was 9th at NXN and less than 20 points out of 7th. I think most rankings had them in the 6-10 range all year.
Rigby getting a fieldhouse with a 200m track. It’ll be interesting to see if it’ll be a good track capable of hosting indoor meets, not that they terribly need it in the region with ISU hosting so many meets.
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Timberline had a lot of boys race this weekend. The mile stuck out to me.
Pierce 4:36.4, Wilson 4:36.5, Jones 4:36.5, Janecko 4:37.3, Derderian 4:39.0, Dye 4:43.5, Cox 4:45.8, Colley 4:52.7. I'm guessing that they will get at least the first 5 under 4:30 for 1600 this year and should get 8 under 4:40. Dye, Cox, and Colley return next year.
CDA boys went 8:32, 8:35, 8:50, 9:01, 9:05, 9:14 for 3k. Averages out to a 8:46 top 5, so around 9:24 for 3200m. The last 4 times are all returners, so those average out to around a 9:41 for 3200m. Henry and Morgenstern did not race so it might have ended up to around 9:40 for 3200m for their top 5.
Carson Hacking ran 9:23. The two stud CDA freshmen and Hacking should all run sub 10 this spring. I wonder how many more will.
Stadtlander won the mile in 4:12.79.
I could see all 8 Timberline boys going under 4:30. I'm seeing fast workouts from them throughout the winter. The races in Spokane are so hard to judge times on since it was indoor, but I see a lot more Timberline and Eagle juniors breaking 4:30. Jones, Dye, and Colley stick out as better at longer distances.
Timberline had a lot of boys race this weekend. The mile stuck out to me.
Pierce 4:36.4, Wilson 4:36.5, Jones 4:36.5, Janecko 4:37.3, Derderian 4:39.0, Dye 4:43.5, Cox 4:45.8, Colley 4:52.7. I'm guessing that they will get at least the first 5 under 4:30 for 1600 this year and should get 8 under 4:40. Dye, Cox, and Colley return next year.
CDA boys went 8:32, 8:35, 8:50, 9:01, 9:05, 9:14 for 3k. Averages out to a 8:46 top 5, so around 9:24 for 3200m. The last 4 times are all returners, so those average out to around a 9:41 for 3200m. Henry and Morgenstern did not race so it might have ended up to around 9:40 for 3200m for their top 5.
Carson Hacking ran 9:23. The two stud CDA freshmen and Hacking should all run sub 10 this spring. I wonder how many more will.
Stadtlander won the mile in 4:12.79.
I could see all 8 Timberline boys going under 4:30. I'm seeing fast workouts from them throughout the winter. The races in Spokane are so hard to judge times on since it was indoor, but I see a lot more Timberline and Eagle juniors breaking 4:30. Jones, Dye, and Colley stick out as better at longer distances.
Timberline will have a lot under 4:30. Eagle has only ever had 9 boys go under 4:30. The most they have ever had in one year is 3. If I’m being generous I think they equal that this year.
I could see all 8 Timberline boys going under 4:30. I'm seeing fast workouts from them throughout the winter. The races in Spokane are so hard to judge times on since it was indoor, but I see a lot more Timberline and Eagle juniors breaking 4:30. Jones, Dye, and Colley stick out as better at longer distances.
Timberline will have a lot under 4:30. Eagle has only ever had 9 boys go under 4:30. The most they have ever had in one year is 3. If I’m being generous I think they equal that this year.
Both schools have different coaches than in years past. Past performances might not be relevant to future performances.
How many Eagle boys break 4:30? I don’t know because that’s pretty fast still but I bet they have a good amount sub 10 at least.
how come none of the top talent in Idaho are going to race the simplot games 3200? Big names from other states are going to be there like Charlie Vause, Kaden Evans and Jase Burton. Is there a different meet in idaho they are going to?
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Boise and CDA seem to rarely go to Simplot, especially since Spokane got their new track. Despite being in Idaho, it has a bigger draw from Utah and Wyoming than it does from western and northern Idaho.
Plus Idaho overall has a pretty weak indoor track turnout since Boise State got rid of theirs.
