how is it okay for other teams to pretend to eat ass, throw up gang signs, and pretend to throw grenades at the start line and nobody says anything. but they pretend to pick their nose and it’s a huge deal? makes no sense
All the coaches need to reign inappropriate or disrespectful behavior in
how is it okay for other teams to pretend to eat ass, throw up gang signs, and pretend to throw grenades at the start line and nobody says anything. but they pretend to pick their nose and it’s a huge deal? makes no sense
Ritzenhein was cooked. NIL deal and Ritz name couldn't give her the extra boost in this one.
Ritzenhein went home devastated!! Because of all the keyboard warriors on social media and LetsRun making her out to be something she isn’t. And why? Because of Daddy’s name. Speaking of “boost” from Daddy. Did he give her a boost like the runners on his team? I’m referring to his boost of confidence “speech” of course. 😂
okayy take a step back and think about what you're saying........these are KIDS running cross country for fun. Why are you being such a bully to people who are just living their lives, and children at that? It's not ok and hitting a real low. What sort of pleasure do you derive out of that? Super weird.
I highly doubt she's asking for these things - you're misdirecting your frustration at a kid. This anonymous online shtposting about people, nonetheless children, is so toxic and helps no one.
Few immediate thoughts as someone who didn't watch this live:
- California teams got destroyed. I knew it was coming obviously, no one recently has really had the same level of national intentionality that Great Oak, Newbury Park and Arcadia did in the past. Just make it to the state meet and then anything after is a bonus. Buchanan did plan this way and placed well in past years, but blew up today. Not sure what happened there. We should not be getting any at-larges next year.
And Dana Hills back in the day. But their former coach is now at San Clemente, the only CA boys team to have high hopes for next year to place highly at NXN. I had the same high hopes about Jesuit this year but it didn’t happen.
Wait…not a single California boys OR girls team took top 10. I don’t think this has ever happened before
- Dudek - wow. Great win with a bright future, but how many other families have had two children win a national XC title? I'm sure there has been at least one more.
I'm assuming Redondo and Manhattan Beach have been training in the sand to get ready for these conditions. Do they do that in general? Does that explain why some of the better teams are from the beach cities?
the sand is not the reason. the perfect weather to train in year-round and great running routes in cities that promote health-conscious parents who promote running might be some explanation. and great coaching
Beach Cities have one thing that people tend to forget when trying to get some quality runs in. Teams can go straight to the beach and actual run there for many miles without having to deal with traffic lights like most other cities in California. That's a huge problem and most teams don't look at that. Building a good aerobic system requires for one to run continuously without having to constantly stop.
- Dudek - wow. Great win with a bright future, but how many other families have had two children win a national XC title? I'm sure there has been at least one more.
Podium Teams in each year for boys are distributed as: 2004: IL, NY, WA 2005: NY, IL, NY 2006: PA, CA, WA 2007: IL, NM, NM 2008: WA, IL, IL 2009: TX, WA, TX 2010: CA, NY, IN 2011: NJ, TX, UT 2012: CA, UT, WA 2013: WA, NJ, TN 2014: NY, WA, MN 2015: CA, UT, CA 2016: MT, UT, TN 2017: VA, NY, CO 2018: VA, CA, CO 2019: CA, CA, UT 2022: CA,OR,UT 2023: UT,UT,TX 2024: CO, UT, UT 2025: CO, UT, NJ
Podium finishes for teams by State Utah: 11 California: 9 Washington: 7 New York: 6 Illinois: 5 Texas: 4 Colorado: 4 New Jersey: 3 Virginia: 2 New Mexico: 2 Tennessee: 2 Minnesota: 1 Pennsylvania: 1 Indiana: 1 Montana: 1 Oregon: 1
Region # At-Larges Average Place Top 10 Best Finish California 22 13.9 6 6th Southwest 16 9.9 8 2nd (twice) Midwest 10 10.9 5 4th South 6 16.2 1 7th Northeast 5 16 1 10th Northwest 4 16 1 10th New York 2 12 1 4th (twice) Heartland 2 17.5 0 14th Southeast 1 22 0 22nd
NXN BOYS AT-LARGE QUALIFIERS: NAME REGION YEAR NXN PLACE Sioux Falls Lincoln, SD Heartland 2014 21 Wayzata, MN Heartland 2015 14 Summit, OR Northwest 2012 21 Central Catholic,OR Northwest 2013 19 Lewis & Clark, WA Northwest 2018 10 Franklin, OR Northwest 2023 14 Medina, OH Midwest 2007 12 Loyola, IL Midwest 2009 4 Neuqua Valley, IL Midwest 2010 12 Palatine, IL Midwest 2011 5 St. Xavier, OH Midwest 2012 14 Hinsdale Central, IL Midwest 2013 22 Lyons Township, IL Midwest 2015 9 Mahomet-Seymour, IL Midwest 2016 17 St. Charles East, IL Midwest 2019 4 Downers Grove North, IL Midwest 2022 10 Liverpool, NY New York 2013 20 Liverpool, NY New York 2014 4 Don Bosco, NJ Northeast 2007 10 North Allegheny, PA Northeast 2008 12 Danbury, CT Northeast 2008 21 Westfield, NJ Northeast 2011 22 WestChesterHend.,, PA Northeast 2012 15 Rogers, AR South 2007 16 Cedar Park, TX South 2009 11 The Woodlands, TX South 2010 20 The Woodlands, TX South 2016 21 El Paso Eastwood, TX South 2019 22 Austin Vandergrift, TX South 2024 7 Green Hope, NC Southeast 2017 22 Davis, UT Southwest 2010 11 Timpanogos, UT Southwest 2014 12 Lone Peak, UT Southwest 2015 11 American Fork, UT Southwest 2015 2 Springville, UT Southwest 2016 15 Timpanogos, UT Southwest 2017 21 Desert Vista, AZ Southwest 2017 8 Mountain Vista, CO Southwest 2018 12 Dakota Ridge, CO Southwest 2019 7 Mountain View, UT Southwest 2022 17 Niwot, CO Southwest 2023 5 Riverton, UT Southwest 2023 9 American Fork, UT Southwest 2024 2 Taylorsville, UT Southwest 2024 10 Coronado, CO Southwest 2025 11 American Fork, UT Southwest 2025 5 Murrieta Valley, CA California 2007 17 Thousand Oaks, CA California 2008 10 Loyola, CA California 2008 15 Arcadia, CA California 2009 20 Simi Royal, CA California 2009 15 Loyola, CA California 2010 16 Golden Valley, CA California 2011 11 Rancho Cucamonga, CA California 2011 19 Carlsbad, CA California 2012 18 Dana Hills, CA California 2013 18 Jurupa Hills, CA California 2014 10 Dana Hills, CA California 2016 14 St. Francis MV, CA California 2017 9 Newbury Park, CA California 2018 6 La Costa Canyon, CA California 2018 11 Dana Hills, CA California 2019 8 San Clemente, Ca California 2022 7 Granada, CA California 2022 16 Great Oak, CA California 2023 17 Glendora, CA California 2024 17 San Clemente, CA California 2025 15 Mira Costa, CA California 2025 16
The Southeast is never going to live down how bad Green Hope was as an at large in 2017. They were 53 points behind Loudon valley at regionals and then were around 400 points behind them at nationals.
At this point it feels like the region would need a heavy favorite like Christ School next year to have a bad day and finish 3rd to get another at large.
The Southeast is never going to live down how bad Green Hope was as an at large in 2017. They were 53 points behind Loudon valley at regionals and then were around 400 points behind them at nationals.
At this point it feels like the region would need a heavy favorite like Christ School next year to have a bad day and finish 3rd to get another at large.
Yeah, not the best day for Green Hope at NXN in 2017. Their regular #1 was only their #5 that day
Cali 13-14-15-16 shows once again that they are fraudulent for how many bids they consistently get.
It's not a bad region- but it seems that when there are two teams of a similar resume, the committee always goes with the Cali team out of the two. Maybe, since Cali has proven time and time again that they don't run particularly well at NXN (on average), we should stop favoring the Cali teams.
Next year San Clemente has the potential to place high at NXN. After that, wow, there’s nothing
The Southeast is never going to live down how bad Green Hope was as an at large in 2017. They were 53 points behind Loudon valley at regionals and then were around 400 points behind them at nationals.
At this point it feels like the region would need a heavy favorite like Christ School next year to have a bad day and finish 3rd to get another at large.
Also, Broughton took 18th at NXN this year, and McCallie was 33 points behind then at NXR. So much for the thought that McCallie should have gotten an at large
how is it okay for other teams to pretend to eat ass, throw up gang signs, and pretend to throw grenades at the start line and nobody says anything. but they pretend to pick their nose and it’s a huge deal? makes no sense
I'm going to have to review that start line video because I didn't see all that.
HL girls ran well placing 1,6, has to be an argument for Pella Iowa getting an at large
Pella likely deserved a spot. At NXR HL, Pella placed :40 per runner behind Wayzata. That would place them ahead of all the California schools: Trabuco (:43), Mira Costa (:48), Buchanan (:54) and Jserra (1:07). Neenah might also enter the conversation at 1:01. On the other hand, SW is limited to two At Large, but it is a deep region. The top ten teams in the SW were within :50 per runner of each other. If you add the :08 differential between Niwot and Wayzata to the non-qualifying teams, you get Mountain Vista :36, TCA :39, Boulder :40, Air Academy :51, Thunder Ridge :58 and Cherry Creek :57. The argument I would make for the CA teams is they are at a disadvantage with their state meet so close to the national meet.
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