In the NE open race a kid just ran 16:04. I doubt that will be a top 5 fastest time, but it will be close. By googling his name, it also looks like hes Canadian.
1. Are you even allowed to qual from the open race?
2. Are Canadians allowed to compete in a US national meet? Lmao
Niwot’s 8th just ran 15:39. Riverton’s 8th just ran 15:53👀
Comparing times on different XC courses is basically as dumb as it gets.
NY boys don’t look great lol, but a shining light is Ryan Sykes who is a sophomore wins the race in a blazing 15:48.
It’s about 43 degrees in NY right now, rained/snowed the past few days too and bowdin is notoriously bad when it gets muddy so this is very impressive.
Now let’s see how CBA does. This is Barrett’s last chance to get the bowdin record but based on the weather idk if it’s really in the cards today.
Nobody had Taylorsville getting 4th, Hamilton way back in 9th despite incredible showings all season, Coronado and Riverton 8th and 7th respectively despite feeling like legit teams, and Mountain View, which returned a strong squad and preseason was liked by a lot of people only 15th.
Talk about making a statement. Many had Steorts as US #1 too.
Herriman dominates. 74 over Niwot's 90.
American Fork 3rd in 122, Taylorsville with a big shocker 4th with 222.
I think people underestimated how good Taylorsville was at Firman because of Herriman blowing everyone out of the water.
Niwot's usual top runner finished as their 6th man today. Earlier this season, he ran an impressive 14:44 on the same course in extreme heat at Desert Twilight. If he's able to return to form for NXN, Niwot could still challenge Herriman.
American Fork 3rd in 122, Taylorsville with a big shocker 4th with 222.
I think people underestimated how good Taylorsville was at Firman because of Herriman blowing everyone out of the water.
Niwot's usual top runner finished as their 6th man today. Earlier this season, he ran an impressive 14:44 on the same course in extreme heat at Desert Twilight. If he's able to return to form for NXN, Niwot could still challenge Herriman.
Two bad races for Culpepper in a row though. Maybe injured?
Talk about making a statement. Many had Steorts as US #1 too.
Herriman dominates. 74 over Niwot's 90.
American Fork 3rd in 122, Taylorsville with a big shocker 4th with 222.
I think people underestimated how good Taylorsville was at Firman because of Herriman blowing everyone out of the water.
True, but Riverton was better than Taylorsville at the Utah state championships (albeit in different races). With 56 points separating 4-10, sometimes there's just variance in XC, particularly with high school kids.
CBA's depth is unmatched. They put their top 7 in the top 24. Will be tough to beat at NXN with Barrett as their low stick. Anyone from the NE knows how impressive 15:29 is on Bowdoin, and he made it look like a jog
CBA averages under 16, absolutely insane. This is with thier normal #4 having a bad race and placing as their #7.
Barret looks primed to go top 10 individually if he has a good race at nxn.
State college upsets Ridgefield. This actually makes things more interesting bc Ridgefield could possibly (low chance but still possible) to take an at large.
NY winning team would have taken 5th in the NE based on the average time.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the two NY teams finish somewhere at the bottom, but great that the autoqualifiers took advantage of this opportunity and earned their trip, especially since they are senior-heavy teams
After that performance it’s championship or bust for CBA this year. They’ve had a lot of good teams run comparable or better performances than their 2011 championship team only to come up short at NXN. The only real explanations were that they’d become major choke artists or that the rest of the country got a lot better in the last decade while leaving the northeast behind.
They just averaged 15:59 at Bowdoin which is absolutely absurd, they have a week off between regionals and NXN so they don’t have the excuse of less rest anymore. If this isn’t their year then I really don’t see them or any team from the NE/NY ever winning again unless there’s a major dynamic shift in the country.
After that performance it’s championship or bust for CBA this year. They’ve had a lot of good teams run comparable or better performances than their 2011 championship team only to come up short at NXN. The only real explanations were that they’d become major choke artists or that the rest of the country got a lot better in the last decade while leaving the northeast behind.
They just averaged 15:59 at Bowdoin which is absolutely absurd, they have a week off between regionals and NXN so they don’t have the excuse of less rest anymore. If this isn’t their year then I really don’t see them or any team from the NE/NY ever winning again unless there’s a major dynamic shift in the country.
according to pre season interviews i saw, they said they would priortize nxn and not focus on nxr, which makes sense because niwot and herriman are really good too.
New York has a depth problem that just makes no sense to me because it’s not there on the girls side.
Lots of teams have very good 1-2-3’s but just can’t find a 4/5.
Part of this is the collapse of FM / them always having a nationally competitive team and now they can’t even get kids on the team.
But even if you go back 10 years - Aside from FM, there is Saratoga, Liverpool, Burnt Hills, Shaker, Corning, Ithaca, East aurora, Fairport, St. Anthony’s etc. that all have amazing running programs that consistently put together nationally ranked teams that just can’t get the depth to do it anymore.
Yes, the rest of the US got faster. But NY also got slower. In 2015 there was 6 teams that would have beaten MW today. Not to mention the winners were running team averages 30 seconds faster on the same course. And FM didn’t even win nxr that year.
It isn’t just at the top end either. In my senior year my team came in 5th at sectionals and we would have won this year for that section.
Covid does seem to be the turning point, but every other state in the us has bounced back and NY hasn’t. Part of me thinks it’s a mentality over XC that has shifted, but what’s most odd is that the girls still look great despite FM not having a team anymore.