Top High School Running States.

Yeah, Colorado definitely has to be high on the list. I do an analyses of the Footlocker national championships and they easily rank in the top ten regrding per capita finalists (combining boys and girls). Additionally, they sport several individual Footlocker national champions. Since the advent of NXN (formerly NTN), Colorado has fared quite well there too with several high placing teams and individuals.

Just to name some of the runners who prepped in Colorado:

Patti Sue Plummer

Pat Porter

Melody Fairchild

Jon Sinclair

Adam Goucher

Brent Vaughn

Aaron Braun

Megan and Katelyn Kaltenbach

Ryan Deak

Keara Sammons

Evan Appel

Natosha Rogers

Connor Winter

Allie McGlaughlin

Eleanor Fulton

I'm sure I've missed several, but you get the picture.

who cares about 'all running events'. You need to move to LetsSprint.com..

Take out the sprints & 800 and GA barely cracks the top 50..

Ryan Deak counts as Florida, not Colorado.

1. Texas

2. California

3. Michigan

4. Illinois

5. New York

6. Florida

7. New jersey

8. Virginia

9. Washington

10. Colorado

About NJ and the Northeast in general. My experience is that the Northeast over-races high school kids. Having run in NJ, I feel like NJ breeds 2-5 positions on college XC teams. We are worn-out by the time we're 21.

Recent memory shows that the best long-term distance runners come from areas where indoor track isn't highly emphasized. I believe NJ runners look great on paper going into college, but most fall apart before graduation.

Robbie Andrews is a huge exception since he was primarily an 800 meter runner and didn't compete as seriously in XC. Additionally, his dad and coach were careful with him.

Yea, like Jonathon Riley, Mark Coogan, Shalane Flanagan, Bruce Bickford, Bob Hodge, John Gregorek, John trautman, all did nothing after the age of 21