Best high school program by state?

what about Georgia?

This conversation started out saying Danbury is the best team in CT. While there is no doubt over the past ten years this is true, historically Xavier has won more state titles in XC and track than any other school. Manchester has made New Englands more than any other school and Hartford Public and New Britain were nasty track schools from the up until the 90s. Thats just the guys side of the aisle.

In West Virginia, the best is Cabell Midland. 7 AAA Track state championships, 7 AAA XC Championships with several runners-up finishes in the 15 or so years since the school opened. For the girls, it's probably a toss-up between Preston & Jefferson.

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CA Mon wrote:

California:

Boys: Arcadia/Dana Hills

Girls: Saugus/ Mira Costa

With several CA State leads and 2 milers in the top 6, Dana Hills would wipe out Arcadia or Loyola in a dual meat. The 3 consecutive state XC wins and a second, combined track/XC it would not be a contest.

Neuqua Valley may overthrow the York thrown in Illinois someday. York definitely has the strongest history out of any HS in the nation as far as XC success, but NV is coming on strong. Chris Derrick got them their start in 2007 with a national title, and they have made two repeat trips to NXN since. They stress a high aerobic base and develop their runners very well, which is why NV guys have had a lot more success than York guys at the collegiate level.

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Mantana wrote:

It's a big stretch to call Manhattan "dominant". They had depth last year and some individual success recently, but towns like Darby are still beating them. Have they even won a team title in xc or track?

Flathead is the obvious answer for boys and girls in MT. Historically, Browning and Jefferson High were BEASTS in boy's xc and long distance track.

Manhattan has won their respective state cross/track titles more times than any other "B" school in the last 10 years. On the list of best 25 times, throws, jumps in all events, for anything above the 400m, Manhattan has more guys on that list than any other school in the state... more than bozeman, more than flathead. Most of those times being set in the last few years.

In the last 6 years alone, they have had more kids go to college for running than any other school in the state. I can name at least 5 guys that went to that school and have gone sub 4:20 from that school in the last few years. That can not be said for any other school.

Iowa: Des Moines Roosevelt

Granite State of Mind wrote:

Kory Henning wrote:

New Hampshire: Monadnock boys and Gorham girls

I'm going to have to disagree. On the men's side, most recently Bishop Guertin has been the dominate team. If we're talking historical success, it would hands down have to be Londonderry. They had 4 different Footlocker National Qualifiers in the 90s - John Mortimer, Joe Letourneau, Todd Swenson and Dave Barrett.

On the girl's side, Manchester Central has been dominate, both recently and historically.

I will also disagree with Kory Henning, not only because Monadnock has never done anything as a team but because there is no such institution as Gorham High School -- has Kory been serious he might have meant Kennett, and they're no powerhouse these days either. Londonderry has probably been the most consistently solid boys' program in the past 15 years or so and Pinkerton is close, but they've never produced individual teams like BG and Class I schools Hanover and Con-Val have lately.

If you want to go way the hell back to the 1970s and maybe before, Concord High School (boys) was indomitable, and the girls were ranked something like 11th in the country 10 or 12 years ago during the Rachel Umberger years.

I would agree with OP - CT Danbury, CT is nasty

Other schools in CT worth mentioning:

Amity HS, CT

Xavier - middletown, CT

Guilford, CT

Xavier HS (CT) is also home to what I remember (roughly 10yrs ago) being the most brutal home cross country course I've raced..usually needed extra day or 2 recovery from that race....there's that hill that curves around leading up to finish.

NJ:

Boys: CBA

Girls: Columbia or Vorhees

From looking at these lists, it seems that the top programs come from richer schools. What do you make of that?

Racehorse wrote:

From looking at these lists, it seems that the top programs come from richer schools. What do you make of that?

That far higher percentages of students at rich schools participate in extracurricular activities.

what about Georgia folks?

Racehorse wrote:

From looking at these lists, it seems that the top programs come from richer schools. What do you make of that?

that endurance sports tend to be strong at rich schools?

pdymnd wrote:

Racehorse wrote:

From looking at these lists, it seems that the top programs come from richer schools. What do you make of that?

that endurance sports tend to be strong at rich schools?

Goes without saying. The parents can afford all the supplementation. Am I wrong? I don't think so.