Of all the states I’ve lived in, Iowa has an interesting track and field approach. Iowa has 4 classes (1A - 4A) and the drake relays (April) is an all Iowa meet allowing 1A-4A to compete and determine the State winner. The State meet is then held by divisions providing the opportunity to compete for a title against schools of similar size.
Odd that this meet doesn't get a bit more hype/interest. It is certainly the golden age of distance running in Oregon. Have the 6A girls's distances races ever been this deep? The top two 1500 meter times in the country are in the race and the second fasted 3k time nationally. Multiple athletes going to Hoka and Brooks PR. Same on the boy's side in 5A. How many states can say they have this level of elite distance on display? California? Utah? Can't think of any others but maybe I am missing some?
Certainly some good depth in the distances. But, not very many states run the 1500 and 3000 in season, I know vermont does.
5A 3000: kitchen expected to dominate, but there’s a lot of talent that will be competing for second
6A 3000: there are 5 with 8:1x PRs, we’ll see who wants it the most. Schoenherr surprised people last year with a huge effort for the W.
5A 1500: stacked field, including 9 of the top 10 from last year. Crater boys are favorites of course.
on the girls side, yes lots of talent, but Huyler is so dominant I don’t know where the competition will be. I thought Lincoln would be in the 3000 but she’s in the 1500 and 800. Based on entries, 5A 1500 looks good, Wisniewski has company, should be a battle. looking forward to it!
True about the 1500, but extrapolated to the mile you have some truly elite milers in the field. Agree that Huyler is completely dominant in the 3K, but still some good talent there as well. 800 maybe not as truly elite as some states.
I see Leavitt from Joseph ran 8:45 last year, but wild that his best time this year before today was 9:24 and he dropped an 8:30. Was he injured, just lying low for the state meet? Nice meet record. Joseph represented well across the 1A 3000m races.
NFHS streaming coverage is a total embarrasment to the sport. Love watchhing guys rake sand and listening to a yammering doofus that knows nothing about the sport. What an idiot!
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NFHS streaming coverage is a total embarrasment to the sport. Love watchhing guys rake sand and listening to a yammering doofus that knows nothing about the sport.
It's like 3 minutes behind the live results and shows no clock....
Did the coach of Adrianne Nelson just tells his girls to go out and jog at just over 6 minute pace for some odd reason?
Neither has broken 11 minutes this year. Weird how slow the Mt. Hood was, but their times aren't that far off what they ran the rest of the year. Slower than district but maybe a tougher racing environment today as well.
Crescent Valley's (and future NC State harrier) Emily Wisniewski wins her 4th 5a 3000m title. Including her FOUR XC state titles, she's now an 8-time individual state champion. She's got the 1500m coming up (she's not the favorite), but what a career despite how she finishes.
Crescent Valley's (and future NC State harrier) Emily Wisniewski wins her 4th 5a 3000m title. Including her FOUR XC state titles, she's now an 8-time individual state champion. She's got the 1500m coming up (she's not the favorite), but what a career despite how she finishes.
She's in the much weaker dvision 2! Doesn't take much to win. Stop with this "8-time individual state champion"
Crescent Valley's (and future NC State harrier) Emily Wisniewski wins her 4th 5a 3000m title. Including her FOUR XC state titles, she's now an 8-time individual state champion. She's got the 1500m coming up (she's not the favorite), but what a career despite how she finishes.
She's in the much weaker dvision 2! Doesn't take much to win. Stop with this "8-time individual state champion"
So brave of you to rip on a HS girl, an 8x state champion in a top division who is also a 2x NXN competitor with a podium finish to boot. Not sure what your problem is, but whatever it is, it's pretty sad. The reputation of the letsrun forum lives on.
BTW I guess you don't understand Oregon sports that well because the difference between 5a and 6a talents at the top is negligible - check out the boys 5a and 6a 3ks and you'll see what I mean. Same is true for the 5a girls race. This is ubiquitous across all events, and even most sports. Crater has been the dominant program for the last decade in all Oregon XC and they're in 5a.