Ventura has the fastest sophomore 3200 times

I predicted them winning 2023 over in the newbury park future roster thread or whatever. With how much talent is among the sophomore class currently and 2023 XC being fairly far out from now anything can really happen. Class of 2024 is going to be in a very deep class I'm guessing.

Other teams to watch in 2023 XC will be:

Kamiakin (always strong program with many 2024 grads on varsity as freshman, and Isaac Teeples has a freshman brother on varsity)

American Fork (two sophs on varsity), always strong program

Wayzata (3 guys in class 2024 or lower already broke 16, plus another 16:13 sophomore who once was their #1 guy in 2020)

Boise Senior (#1 set of returning 5K guys for 2023)

James Clemens (#2 set of returning 5K guys for 2023)

Seattle Preparatory school (#3 set or returning 5K guys for 2023)

CBA (very young squad this year, always reloads. Won NXN in 2011)

Belen Jesuit Prep (very young team with 3 Ruiz brothers returning for 2023).

Apparently one of the top American Fork sophomore’s names is Chase Pack. What an interesting name

but all his friends call him "Leader of the".

Their girls team is looking to continue to grow too. 6 of the top 7 returners will be sophomores based on the 3200 returning times. This includes THE Sadie Engelhardt.

The group of class of 2025 3200 times is the 3rd fastest in the state.

Can these girls use Sadie’s performance as a motivation to win the state title when they are seniors?

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Team Scores

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Do you think he can gallop past the Anthony Fasthorse mentioned in the original post?

Uhh let’s see…
Chase Pack had a great freshman CC season but a not-so-great sophomore CC season. His freshman season he ran a 5K time of a 17:08. Which I think is pretty solid for a freshman.
During his track season this spring, his 3200 PR was a 9:59. His 1600 PR was a 4:42.
Anthony Fasthorse’s 3200 PR was a 9:19 and his 1600 PR was a 4:16.
So I think it would be too much of a stretch for Chase to gallop past Anthony at this point.

However, Chase does have a few teammates that are “kinda” at Anthony’s level.
Which include:
Ben Jaster (4:19 1600 PR / 9:21 3200 PR).
Ben Bradshaw (4:19 1600 PR / 9:35 3200 PR).
And a new transfer Danny Simmons (9:05 3200 PR).
All will be juniors, just like him.
I think if Chase is able to keep up with those guys and they all improve, then, based on how American Fork’s training goes, it will be possible for him to gallop past Anthony.

I don’t see Chase gallopping Anthony this year, but maybe next year.

Any rumors of stud freshmen coming into Ventura? Guys or girls?

I think Class of 2024 will be deep too. But not as strong as Class of 2023. 2 guys in the Class of 2023 broke 4 minutes in the mile as JUNIORS. And 3 went 4-flat. That doesn’t happen. Normally we see only 1 person break 4 minutes during a season, not freaking 5 guys with 2 being juniors, which is just incredible.

I would put my money on Belen Jesuit. They’ve had consistently good teams over the past few years, and now with a young, talented, team? Who knows what could happen.

Class of 2025 is another class that could be strong in a few years.
This class includes:
Josiah Tostenson - ran a 4:09 mile.
Keegan Smith - ran a 4:14 mile.
Vincent Recupero. Ran a 9:02 2-mile time.
Broen Holman - ran a 15:23 as a 13 year old.
In Cc he only ran a 15:32 5K so it didn’t seem like he got much better. His track times seem very inconsistent. Maybe he’s not a part of a great program? He does have a guy on his team who’s at his level. But everyone else on his team is so-and-so.
Manny Putz - dominated his age group in the AAU meet in 2019 with a 9:43 3k time.

They certainly have a shot to win it that year too.

Also, look at this (what they return after c/o 2023 graduates):

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Belen Jesuit Preparatory School (FL)
510
1) Joshua Ruiz
15:16.30
5
2) Evan Torres
16:00.70
45
3) Joey Diaz-Quintero
16:31.70
131
4) Lucas Alejandro Garcia
16:38.30
153
5) Joseph Ruiz
16:44.80
176
Average Time: 16:14.36 Total Time: 1:21:11.80 1-5 Split: 1:28.50
6) Justin Ruiz
16:57.69
261
7) Daniel Lurigados
16:59.70
268

Their coach’s last name is Ruiz. I think they all might be his kids.

Even this year they had a good team (even after losing a gigantic graduating class).

They dominated the 3A state meet and also got second overall in the state in the merge (according to Tullyrunners).

They got 5th at NXR without their top returner Adam Magoulas who has been leading this team for all 4 of his high school years.

With how successful NP has been recently it's understandable that there's been focus on the program, coach, etc. But we know that there are many good coaches nationwide and when you look at the Ventura H.S. XC page it's pretty clear that it's no accident that Sadie Engelhardt has done what she's done thus far.

Wow Ventura won the sophomore girls race at Woodbridge. When you look at the results, you’ll notice that 4 of the scorers were freshmen and none of them was Sadie Engelhardt. Speaks volumes on how the class of 2025 at Niwot really is.

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Woodbridge Cross Country Classic 2021 - Girls Gold

MileSplits official Girls Gold formatted results for the 2021 Woodbridge Cross Country Classic, hosted by Woodbridge (SS) in Irvine CA.

Link:ca.milesplit.com/meets/437716-woodbrid...

Steel day 5K results…

They return everyone except for Seth Smith in 2023.

They were also missing Bradshaw who was Fork’s 4th guy in 2021 runninglane

I heard that Ventura had a time trial last week

and?

We will find that out at NXN 2023