The teams could use the combination, I agree. New York is just so weak.
But then it would be very hard for the individuals. There is individual talent in the Northeast and New York, maybe not on the Southwest level, but there is plenty, an amount that makes individually qualifying appropriately competitive compared to other regions. Combine them and suddenly it’s become unfair for individuals.
Boys scores by region 27 - Southwest 56 - South 110 - Heartland 115 - Northeast 154 - Northwest 156 - Southeast 169 - Midwest 200 - California 344 - New York
The teams could use the combination, I agree. New York is just so weak.
But then it would be very hard for the individuals. There is individual talent in the Northeast and New York, maybe not on the Southwest level, but there is plenty, an amount that makes individually qualifying appropriately competitive compared to other regions. Combine them and suddenly it’s become unfair for individuals.
On the boys side, the top NY guy took 42nd. 5 boys from the Northeast beat him.
On the girls side, the top NY girl took 29th. 4 girls from the Northeast beat her.
I don’t think combining the regions will hurt the Northeast much.
Why the downvotes CBA? Congrats on killin' it though.
Because people disagree that CBA recruits
CBA does not recruit The program recruits itself. Also, first week of school all of the freshman run a cross country race. Very competitive. So, those not playing soccer are encouraged to run. That's something public schools cannot do. And they develop very well from year to year.
So New York is last for both boys individuals and teams, second-to-last for girls individuals, and tied for second-to-last and third-to-last with Northwest for girls teams
Blair Bartlett ran a 17:00 at Bowdoin Park, which would be a qualifying time in regions on FLAT courses (exact opposite of Bowdoin). She also beat Addy Ritz at Penn Relays. She is the NXN favorite. Mackenzie Skelly was 2nd: middle school mile record holder. Union Catholic, the champion team, is ranked #3 in the nation. Champlain also ranked (number been changing). 3rd place Penn Charter team also has lots of talent. They may get an at-large.
Doesn’t sound like a joke to me!
Maybe it's hard to tell between NE and NY or they don't teach that up there in the Northeast....but the post is about NY being a JOKE, which it is......noone said that NE teams aren't legit.
Well then the title of the thread should be changed to “NXR NY is a joke” because NE isn’t a joke at all
NE a joke? Pay attention dimwit. CBA and Union Catholic were on the podium and Blair was second overall as NE individual. And another NE boys team #9.
Boys team 9th in the nation with less than 900 kids enrolled as well
Yes, first time ever qualifying for NXN for Haddonfield. They had a couple of years when they were close to qualifying. 4th at NXR in 2024, and 3rd in 2018
Look at the times from the Ny region in particular. You have a 17:30 boy making a fully paid trip to NXN. I don’t care how hard the course is, those times are pathetic!
What an absolute Joke! nike needs to realign the regions ASAP!
this is entirely common in numerous sports. The goal of March Madness is not to get the top 64 teams in the nation into the tournament, but rather the top tier teams and then they let in a ton of shifty conference tournament winners.
Anyone who knows anything about March Madness realizes this is a great thing. The upsets and Cinderella stories dominate the headlines of the first few rounds until the contenders take over. Sometimes Cinderella teams make a deep run and it's amazing.
Now, obviously it's much harder to make a Cinderella run in cross country, but the goal is national representation, not to make sure the 78th best Californian runner gets in instead of the 37th best guy in New England.
Well if NY is close enough to the NE so if the regions were combined, there would still be national representation
