Serious business wrote:
As far as anything I've seen goes, no teams compare to what the York 1999 or the Mead 1993 teams did in a single season. And then they further solidified themselves during their following track seasons.
Has anyone ever really tried to break it down and compare?
One thing that makes it rough, Meads 1st guy was injured just after state XC, and thus footlocker regionals (4 weeks later) and nationals (another week later) with basically no running. the same injury kept him out of the track season.
York has a short state course so it's hard to compare times in cross from their state meets.
But it would be good to see their average 5k or 3M. splits for the top five.
What about top 5 1600m & 3200m prs from the respective years?
BOOM! Arcadia took down 1993 Mead's revered Woodward Park record and also ran 3mile team time faster than 1999 York!