NXN 2024 - The Way Too Early Preview - BOYS

Farragut is losing their top 3 (Tonnos, Ebbert, Cunningham) so it’s looking to be a rebuilding year for them.

Brentwood is another team to watch. They return 4 scorers, and a bunch of freshmen who have room for improvement and can step up to be their 5th man.

yeah I agree but aye you never know, they still got beeler and guys like sam shagan and tanner coggins who might go under 16. if they can get 4 of there younger guys under 16 and beeler go as close to 15 as possible who knows they could be another MBA

another team I have heard no one talk about making some noice is christians brothers. they rank 4th by returners in tn but a lot of there guys are freshman and could make some big jumps

McCallie is losing a lot of seniors, but they are returning 3 scorers from the state meet (including their #1 Bowen), plus another soph who ran a 9:57, and a bunch of other sub-17 sophomores. So they return some depth and could possibly reload and might be looking for revenge after barely missing out on NXN in 2022, and not making it in 2023 due to their #2 guy not scoring.

we already know they are going to suck. They will be contending with the 2 new york teams for last place at nxn

Rocky Mountain is going to be a threat next year. Jeff Howard is one of the best coaches in the country and they have incredible depth.

That could very well be the case given their extreme depth and ability to consistently reload since covid, but to make it out of the northwest in 2024, you are going to have to be even better than this year's teams.

Between CDA, Crater, Rocky, Franklin, Jesuit, Kamiakin, and undoubtedly 2-3 others who think they have a shot, the Northwest this year is going to be ruthless.

Riverton coach took a job at Snow College XC. In any case, it will be hard for Riverton to take down the likes of Herriman / Niwot / Mountain View / American Fork

Rocky underclassmen have been underwhelming to say the least, I don't know if they have any 8th graders coming in, but Tuft seems to be in a sophomore slump, Davis has been Ok at best, and Kurtz has been decent. Thats just going off of Athletic.net I'm not sure about injuries. I don't know what's in store for them come cross country season but I'd love to be proved wrong.

Their top freshman is Majors who runs a sub-4:50, but doesn’t do XC. He does soccer instead. Not sure if he will ever switch

Well by the looks of it, Majors seems to be more of a mid-distance as he has not attempted a two mile this season. Maybe it's the fact that tuft set the bar so high for freshman to hit this year, last year they were stacked with talent in the 9th and 10th grade. This year they have two somewhat impressive marks with Majors at 4:45,2:02 Davis 4:47,10:18 and Loscher 4:53, 10:39

Tuft really hasn't done anything this year. Kurtz has gotten better. It's hard to gauge Tuft's freshman year because he's reportedly a junior by age.

Majors ran 4:52 at the WASD championships last year, so the performance is in line with what I would expect getting a year older. Jack Davis is having a pretty big improvement- 5:06 at the WASD champs last spring, ran a 140 speed rating at Firman in the fall, and his track marks are worth 151 each. Loscher has less of a curve as he recorded a 136 at Firman, but has bests of 144 and 139 for 1600 and 3200m, respectively. He's still getting a lot better, though.

I think Jack Davis will end up being a key piece for them. Majors is clearly better at 800m, but will probably end up being a Cole Reed type for Rocky if he ever runs XC. Okay on fast courses, but not really that effective given their depth.

The best freshman marks in 5A District III right now, in order, are Majors' 800m, Anderson's 3200m (10:04 from 5:22.85 1600m last year, only recorded a 119 speed rating at Firman), Bruce's 1600m (about equal to what he ran last year at NON for the mile), Cameron Evans' 1600 (4:47 from 5:05 last year), McGee's 1600 (4:47 from 5:22), Davis's 1600 and 3200m are both equal, Butterfields' 4:49 1600m (no mark recorded last year, but XC best of 19:24 at NXR), and then Culpepper's 10:25 (no mark as well, but XC best of 17:48 at NXR).

Anderson, McGee, and Butterfield are getting a lot better really fast. I would expect those 3 and Davis to be the guys that make a splash next year as sophomores in the district with big improvements. I would guess that Bruce, Evans, Culpepper, and Loscher see big gains but not like those other four.

Rocky won't make NXN next year so there is no point in talking about them. Do us all a favor and SHUT UP

I agree. I don't think they will be close. Maybe by placement, but not when you actually look at the race and the spreads.

victoryscreech is talking about Rocky’s sophomores and 8th and 9th graders so it might mean he’s interested in a discussion about future seasons. Not just fall 2024.

If by Herriman you mean Great Oak, it seems more accurate.

According to Milesplit, Great Oak returns the 7th fastest group of 3200 times in CA, and 3rd fastest group of 1600 times in CA. Based on that, they aren’t a shoe-in to make NXN. Maybe some other teams are better at track than XC.

can you do me a favor and copy paste top 10 returning teams in the 1600m and 3200m on here. I don't have milesplit pro

Top 10 returning teams of California or the whole country?

I would like to see the top 10 returning 1600 and 3200 teams in the nation.