Best boys HS XC team of all time?

Makes sense to me.

watchout wrote:

yeah, Mead's track marks were absurd. I'm not sure any team would have beaten them head-to-head in (distance races or) cross country, I just don't feel like they can be called the best in cross country when others have better marks on the same course even (Arcadia), let alone seemingly better performances on different courses. It seems like we could call Mead the most talented (judging by their cross country + track times), and Arcadia the team that had the best championship season (team) races.

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South Eugene (Oregon) late 70's The McChesney brothers and I can't remember the others.

Saranac Lake HS, 1995.... had something like 3-4 future Olympians

And here's another link about the Deerfield team. As a Deerfield alum (9:21 2-miler) and knowing some of these guys, I'm biased of course. They never really dominated in X-Country - there were a couple of very up-and-down high strung runners on the team and the workouts were daily wars - lots of guys were shot when it came to big races! Okay - two back-to-back state championships, and national championships in the "postal" rankings, which is what they had back then. But 9:16 2-miler was their 5th man - and that doesn't include a soph who didn't make the top 7 who later ran under 9 minutes; and a 1:53 half-miler. A ton of talent and a bunch of good guys.

http://www.milesplit.com/articles/39252

clarksonxc wrote:

Saranac Lake HS, 1995.... had something like 3-4 future Olympians

Verification? I find it very hard to believe.

Team members at the induction ceremony were Sean Burke, Matt Cook, Bill Demong, Matt Daugherty, Dan Fahl, Zach Handler, Luke Meissner and Chris Moore. Tim Burke, Joe Charneski, Mike Stemp and John Leavitt were unable to attend.

Under coach Tom Kilroy, Saranac Lake's boys cross country runners turned in a remarkable season on their way to winning at the state meet, and today, as men, those same athletes can still be considered remarkable.

Kilroy noted that from that team came two Olympians, a doctor, an airline pilot and three coaches who work with college and national team level athletes.

"These guys remain the greatest athletic achievement at Saranac Lake High School, and they are still the best team ever in the nation," Kilroy said. "There is no argument or debate about it. The facts speak for themselves."

steve red wrote:

South Eugene (Oregon) late 70's The McChesney brothers and I can't remember the others.

South Eugene set the national 4xMile record in 1976 which still stands. Bill McChesney and Dirk Lakeman on this team.

South Eugene won all the Oregon HS state XC titles in the 1970s except for 1 year.

That is very cool -although two Olympians stated in the article, not 3-4. Still impressive. Now here's a testament to my ignorance, who were the Olympians and in what events?

Thanks!

Hammond (IN), early 70's? How good were their 4-7? Chapa, Pinkowski, and Keough all broke 9:00 in track and finished 1-2-5 at state xc. I can't find results to see what their 4-7 looked like.

Of the two olympians one was for snowboarding

Southlake Carroll's team next XC season will be the best ever.

slowdown90s wrote:

Of the two olympians one was for snowboarding

That might be even cooler!

Bill Demong was an Olympic XC skier if I'm not mistaken.

In the mid '70s (1975), Hammond had three sub 9 two milers, but did not win their high school state cross country meet in 1974.

MSCoach wrote:

Hammond (IN), early 70's? How good were their 4-7? Chapa, Pinkowski, and Keough all broke 9:00 in track and finished 1-2-5 at state xc. I can't find results to see what their 4-7 looked like.

Another vote for York '99. Scary good on paper, even scarier in person.

is that what the documentary Long green line or something is based on the '99 season of York?