I can %10000000 tell you that this was a one time event.
The NXR regional will be back in Terre Haute on the same weekend that it has been held for the past 10+ years.
This was a one time event that was put on by the NSAF sponsored by the Garrett Companies. It was meant to fill a void in post season racing after NXN and Footlocker cancelled their events.
Now I can tell you that there is something in the works for a regular season meet in the future.
xcfan* wrote:
Emma Wilson is also a 2019 HS grad and college soph. Impressive run.
1 - 20:17.3 - Amy-Eloise Neale (Reebok)
2 - 20:18.7 - Emma Wilson (Huntington)
3 - 20:28.8 - Ericka Vanderlende (Michigan)
Last year at NCAA’s on this course, Wilson ran 21:55 and finished 186th at NCAA’s last year running for Illinois. Transferred to Huntington (NAIA school), and her fitness and confidence grew into an elite level and almost pulled off the upset against a 4:34/15:11 runner.
rutuj wrote:
xcfan* wrote:
Emma Wilson is also a 2019 HS grad and college soph. Impressive run.
1 - 20:17.3 - Amy-Eloise Neale (Reebok)
2 - 20:18.7 - Emma Wilson (Huntington)
3 - 20:28.8 - Ericka Vanderlende (Michigan)
Last year at NCAA’s on this course, Wilson ran 21:55 and finished 186th at NCAA’s last year running for Illinois. Transferred to Huntington (NAIA school), and her fitness and confidence grew into an elite level and almost pulled off the upset against a 4:34/15:11 runner.
I thought Wilson might have it with 300 to go, but I can assure you that Neal is one of the grittiest finishers out there (I first saw her compete ten years ago on the track, an she had that same intense determination). That was a great race.
I never said runners don't skip NXN for Footlocker. I was responding to the statment "Runninglane race next week looks more looks more loaded with individuals for guys than either of the two cancelled meets ever looked. " Which makes no sense . Last cross country season 43 runners ranked from milesplit top 50 boys competed at NXN. If you combined footlocker 48 of the top 50 competed in one or both. Dyestat top 100 rankings had 93 of the top 100 runners competed in one or both. The preview for Runninglane has MileSplit50 No. 1 Parker Wolfe, No. 4 Kamari Miller and No. 6 Izaiah Steury lead the boys field, along with 3 other top 50 runners. No comparison to NXN or Footlocker
Well, there are 300 guys in the championship race and 160 have run sub 16 minutes this year. NXN has only 200 in the meet so by definition, this meet is deeper. I think it will go down as the fastest high school race in history with about 25 guys breaking 15 minutes.
Looking back at the women's elite race, Markovc (4:09/15:11 PRs) passed 5K in 17:00. Granted they seemed to pick it up the last 1K, but I honestly think that Thorvaldson would have hung to the finish, she looked strong and unpressed.
I researched every major meet throughout history and the most sub 15s run in one race that I could find was 10. I predict that this meet will be the single fastest HS meet in history.
So we may have the the fastest meet in history but most people want to discuss politics and Covid instead. What is the over/under on how many break 15?
Run faster not slower wrote:
So we may have the the fastest meet in history but most people want to discuss politics and Covid instead. What is the over/under on how many break 15?
Just speaking for myself, this is more of a statement about the course, than the runners. No offense to anyone of course. Of all the very good runners last year how many broke 15 at either NXN or FL? 1 is the answer.
I prefer the U.S. Open to some golf tournament where everyone finishes 10 to 20+ under par.
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I don't disagree. That is why I said that we will have the fastest meet in history, not necessarily the absolute best 1-25. But the course is accurate so the statement will be true. And it is not like some of these guys are not incredible runners. Several have broken course records this year. And the other thing going for the meet is its depth. Think about how many 15 flat type guys have an average day at their Footlocker regional or NXR and don't move on. There are 300 guys in the championship race here, many who would have been eliminated maybe finishing 11th-20th at their Footlocker regional or 6th-10th individual not on a team at NXR. But they can all get in the championship race here. The depth of the meet will be unmatched even after discounting for the fast course.
For those curious about the elevation of the course at Huntsville. If you look to Strava you will find that the course has nearly the same elevation gain as Terre Haute. What makes the course spectacular is the even footing, low cut grass, and the sweeping turns. All of the people with negative comments about the Huntsville course have clearly never been there. Haters gonna hate!
Strava is not a good way to look at it. The largest hill is about 1/2 that of Terre Haute. Some tiny undulations add up in Strava but do not impact time.
First off, not true. Second off, Terre haute is a hard course because it’s nearly always ran in cold, wet, windy conditions. This is why the Chelangas course records are fast, but often no one runs close to those times.
Giligan's Island wrote:
well ... ? wrote:
Did Christian Simone transfer there from great oak or did he just compete with them?
He was a transfer from Great Oak. I saw somewhere that he was kicked off Great Oak's team, then transferred.
From previous threads about Newbury, I think the Sahlman brothers and Young family all transferred to Newbury Park from another community as well. I guess that's the way the top teams in the country are built since the advent of NXN.
Christian Simone didn’t even score for Newbury at Desert Twilight and they still dominated it, it seemed like they didn’t need him.
At Terre Haute he was their #1 guy, which was very important as he made up for Sahlman’s subpar performance.
Loudoun Valley girls team had 3 Fetterolf sisters scoring in their top 5. Crazy