Unless there are lots of girls going out for the team that didn’t run the time trial, this team looks very small. Almost Fayetteville-Manlius-sized.
“Herriman Cross Country is one of the top up and coming programs in Utah and the Nation! Follow us as we grow into a National Contender, beginning in 2022!“
The Herriman girls team also doesn’t seem very deep right now.
But they only have one senior on varsity, and their top 5 consists of 2 freshmen and a soph.
This program seems to be growing too.
SW rankings on TR:
boys
Southwest
American Fork UT 145 Southwest Riverton UT 155 Southwest
Niwot CO 165 Southwest
Mountain View UT 175 Southwest
Valor Christian CO 200 Southwest Skyridge UT 210 Southwest
Mountain Vista CO 215 Southwest
Cherokee Trail CO 220 Southwest
Herriman UT 225 Southwest
The Classical Academy CO 235 Southwest
Corner Canyon UT 240 Southwest
Lone Peak UT 245 Southwest
Cedar UT 250 Southwest
Farmington UT 250 Southwest
Cheyenne Mountain CO 265 Southwest
Desert Hills UT 295 Southwest
Highland High AZ 330 Southwest
Timpanogos UT 330 Southwest
girls
Southwest
Arapahoe CO 50 Southwest
Niwot CO 50 Southwest
Valor Christian CO 110 Southwest
Mountain Vista CO 145 Southwest
Springville UT 150 Southwest
Cherry Creek CO 150 Southwest
Desert Vista AZ 160 Southwest
American Fork UT 185 Southwest
Highland High AZ 190 Southwest
Corner Canyon UT 210 Southwest
Mountain Ridge UT 220 Southwest
Is anyone surprised that American fork is #1 on the boys side here?
They add an elite transfer but they lost 5 seniors.
Niwot girls should be #1. They return a lot of their team + a freshman whose last name is Prok. and Cory from On The Line on Milesplit said that they’re getting a transfer from NY. Not sure where he got that from
On the boys side this will be a crap-shoot between American Fork, Mountain View, Riverton, Mountain Vista (returns 4 sub 16 5k guys), Niwot, Cherokee trail, and Herriman.
Valor Christian won’t be up there this year. They lose Ty Garrett which leaves them lacking a 4 and 5. If their 4 and 5 get close to the top 3, they have a chance to be right there with those teams
Skyridge loses 4 of their top 5 but were able to get 4 nonseniors under 16 minutes in a 5K and another guy who ran a 9:46 in the 3200.
Still a solid team without Davin and Creed Thompson
corner Canyon time trial
Looks like Corner Canyon’s got a solid top 3, but their 4/5 are so-and-so
Ty Garrett is still on this roster. Dan Eike is the only other guy on here
S W e g g wrote:
Unless there are lots of girls going out for the team that didn’t run the time trial, this team looks very small. Almost Fayetteville-Manlius-sized.
“Herriman Cross Country is one of the top up and coming programs in Utah and the Nation! Follow us as we grow into a National Contender, beginning in 2022!“
Very few high schools have the number of distance coaches that Herriman has, and given Doug Soles' record at Great Oak and his ambition Herriman should be a player both in Utah and nationally for the foreseeable future.
This is for Skyridge btw
Yeah skyridge has 5 returners that were sub 16 last year at running lane. Not saying they are going to win but they will probably be higher on the list then 10th
Actually only 4. Also a freshman who went 16:29 and another incoming junior who ran a 9:46.
Not sure if they are getting any transfers who ran a sub-16 at running lane
Interestingly enough, Skyridge had more 6th graders than 7th, 8th and 9th graders last year
Different skyridge
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Here are mine.
Boys
1. Corner Canyon UT
2. Niwot CO
3. Cherokee Trail CO
4. Riverton UT
5. Herriman UT
6. Mountain View UT
7. Highland AZ
8. Mountain Vista CO
9. American Fork UT
10. Skyridge UT
11. Valor Christian CO
12. Lone Peak UT
13. Orem UT
14. Desert Hills UT
15. Rock Canyon CO
I will be honest, Highland is a toss-up being put up there. I'm an AZ HS runner myself and their #2 man from last year just graduated. They definitely have a solid team but it just depends on who shows up this year (who does well). I'm not well versed in CO and UT schools besides Niwot and Olympus (UT).
Found Cherokee Trail’s top 7 5K time trial times in another thread:
15:16, 15:34, 15:42, 15:43, 15:57, 15:58, 15:59
Should be top 5 or top 3 at nationals this year.
Clearly the #1 team in the region this year.
Cherokee Trail is better than Niwot now for sure. The fact that they barely graduated anyone, and Niwot lost their 1/2 punch makes it all the more sense that Cherokee Trail is better.
Corner Canyon‘s top returner moved to Oregon so they are out of contention
Desert Vista just dropped in the Southwest rankings, now that it has announced that Lauren Ping will be transferring to Valley Christian for her Senior season…
