Agree, Southwest could have four teams in the top 10 at NXN. Niwot boys placed 4th and they are the second fastest team in Colorado history based on state meet results. They should absolutely get 4 bids.
I'm worried they will look at Niwot's age and justify not bringing them this year assuming they will make it next year.
I am an alum and thus a big fan but I am just not sure they deserve it this year — they were way back from 3rd. I do think they were a touch off but thems the breaks.
I'm worried they will look at Niwot's age and justify not bringing them this year assuming they will make it next year.
That's actually a good reason to take another team over Niwot. They have 0 seniors. They can go next year.
Also, the thing is, this team didn’t beat any autoqualifiers. They hardly ever traveled outside of the state, except for Desert Twilight where there were no nationally ranked teams at all.
I'm worried they will look at Niwot's age and justify not bringing them this year assuming they will make it next year.
I am an alum and thus a big fan but I am just not sure they deserve it this year — they were way back from 3rd. I do think they were a touch off but thems the breaks.
Rich and the NXN Committee will probably see it the same way. It is only guys like me who analyze the numbers and all the teams that know how good Niwot really is. It should technically be 1) Riverton 2) Niwot 3) Vandegrift 4) Franklin. However, that is not going to happen. Herriman / American Fork / Riverton will make the rest of the southwest region look worse than it really is.
If Plainsfield South gets in, that is a huge mistake, but I could see it happening too.
To put in perspective how strong the SW region is this year, last year Herriman had an average of 15:40 at regionals before they went on to place 3rd at NXN. In very sloppy/muddy conditions, Niwot placed 4th with a 15:41 team average.
To put in perspective how strong the SW region is this year, last year Herriman had an average of 15:40 at regionals before they went on to place 3rd at NXN. In very sloppy/muddy conditions, Niwot placed 4th with a 15:41 team average.
Ok. how do we know if it's the same course? It could be a different set-up
To put in perspective how strong the SW region is this year, last year Herriman had an average of 15:40 at regionals before they went on to place 3rd at NXN. In very sloppy/muddy conditions, Niwot placed 4th with a 15:41 team average.
Ok. how do we know if it's the same course? It could be a different set-up
It was nearly identical, only difference is they routed it through the rough to protect the golf course. With the mud, the course was much more difficult. Southwest could have three in the top three at NXN.
I think Niwot has the edge on Brookline for one of the wildcards. Niwot's #1 gives them the better slot over Brookline's depth. But who knows? It's fun to predict, but we can't look at averages, we should be looking deeper at each team as opposed to regional biases. We can't compare averages since some regions have very difficult courses. Holmdel in NJ is at least a minute slower than the fastest NJ course, and Bowdoin is about 15 seconds slower than that.
To put in perspective how strong the SW region is this year, last year Herriman had an average of 15:40 at regionals before they went on to place 3rd at NXN. In very sloppy/muddy conditions, Niwot placed 4th with a 15:41 team average.
Niwot is better than their performance at NXR. Their #2 runner from their state meet didn’t score for them at NXR. This region is insanely strong.
To put in perspective how strong the SW region is this year, last year Herriman had an average of 15:40 at regionals before they went on to place 3rd at NXN. In very sloppy/muddy conditions, Niwot placed 4th with a 15:41 team average.
Herriman didn’t perform their best at regionals last year. Soles mentioned that in an interview.
I can also imagine that Herriman will do better at NXN than they did at NXR this year
I'm worried they will look at Niwot's age and justify not bringing them this year assuming they will make it next year.
I am an alum and thus a big fan but I am just not sure they deserve it this year — they were way back from 3rd. I do think they were a touch off but thems the breaks.
Southwest region this year is similar to the 2019 California region.
Best 2 teams in the nation are the best 2 teams in the state.
In 2019, Dana Hills took third in the merge at CIF but didn’t have any head to head wins against autoqualifiers from other regions. They were selected as an at-large because they were in the toughest region.
Jesuit CA wasn’t selected because even though they were 4th in the merge, they were ways behind the third team. And they had no head to head wins against autoqualifiers.
I can see something similar happening this year for the Southwest region selection.
Riverton will get selected because they are in the toughest region. Niwot was way behind them and had no wins against autoqualifiers so it’s not very likely that they will be selected.
Milesplit rankings came out today with Riverton and Niwot at 24th, 25th. Right above Union Catholic, 26th. Carmel is ranked because they got 4th at nxr midwest.
How is Niwot ahead of Riverton if Riverton beat them head to head?
Niwot had an off day at NXR, maybe they're considering other performances in rankings? Niwot had an incredible performance at their state meet a few weeks earlier. Either way Riverton had a stellar race at NXR and should be ranked in the top 10.
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