They will possibly be the last 2 teams at NXN but congrats to them for qualifying
Older Catherwood moved to third on the mw team but they won’t go
Congrats to Corning and St Anthony's. They both ran their best races of the season at the qualifier.
Based on past history, similar performances would put them somewhere 16th - 18th at NXN. A top-15 by either team would be a really good result.
Conversely, Bethlehem's girls will be DFL if they match their regional performance. I think they're dealing with some injuries. Hopefully they can rebound, but they've been treading downhill since mid-season.
Grapevine seemed to have the lowest speed ratings at NXR. But the conditions were terrible. They are only 5-strong. But historically, many TX teams haven’t done well at NXN.
look at how Eastwood tx did in 2018 and 2019. And they got an at large in 2019
Their original entry list only had 6 guys and it was missing 2 of their normal top 7. They didn’t run particularly well at Feds, Rounds was back to where he’d been most of the season after popping a decent race at States. Maybe they just didn’t think it was worth it with some guys out and no real shot at qualifying.
I really do not mean this as any disrespect to BH at all because they’ve easily been one of the best programs in the state for the last 20+ years but…I was surprised by how much they won class B this year. I thought this was the year their streak would end not even being able to get their full top 5 under 17 at SPAC.
Their original entry list only had 6 guys and it was missing 2 of their normal top 7. They didn’t run particularly well at Feds, Rounds was back to where he’d been most of the season after popping a decent race at States. Maybe they just didn’t think it was worth it with some guys out and no real shot at qualifying.
I really do not mean this as any disrespect to BH at all because they’ve easily been one of the best programs in the state for the last 20+ years but…I was surprised by how much they won class B this year. I thought this was the year their streak would end not even being able to get their full top 5 under 17 at SPAC.
Some people at the beginning of this thread thought that burnt hills would challenge for a #2 spot behind Corning
It was great to see them win again after losing Grock / Fulgeri / Allison. Shows how well they can reload. they reloaded so well in 2019.
Grapevine is pretty weak. If Mountain View gets an at-large they are also pretty weak.
If they look at seasonal progression, consistency, and care about NXR performance, then Mountain View is not a team they will wanna pick especially if they think they will be weak at NXN. They did very well at state though
I think they prefer to pick which teams they think would finish the highest at NXN
Mountain View is in. Would hate to be McCallie or Rocky Mountain right now. Granada and MV are both weak picks. Corning and St. Anthony's are still on the weaker side of the NXN teams, but between Grapevine, MV, Granada, Wayzata, Stevens Point and Episcopal Academy, there are plenty of beatable teams. There will also be a few strong teams that have major "off" races (there always are). I agree with a previous comment that they are probably looking at a finish in the high teens, although finishing in the top half of the field is not out of the question for either team. Corning in particular had two of their top 5 have an "off" race at the regional that could pick up some major points (although they also had three runners run quite well).
Yeah mountain view and Granada were inconsistent. Hopefully they do well at NXN. McCallie not getting in is fine. They were close and lose only 2 guys. They also are a very deep team that will likely autoqualify next year. And the Southeast region isn’t that strong. Rocky Mountain most definitely got snubbed. Now there is hope for other Idaho boys teams to become the first to make it in the future years
If St. Anthony’s can translate track results to XC they could be good but they’ve really been down for years now ever since their peak in the mid 2010s. I’d give FM and BH the edge but I’ll be really curious how Tully Runners rankings for those teams look.
If St. Anthony’s can translate track results to XC they could be good but they’ve really been down for years now ever since their peak in the mid 2010s. I’d give FM and BH the edge but I’ll be really curious how Tully Runners rankings for those teams look.
Now this didn’t age well
To be fair, this is the first year where betting on FM to pull it out was a bad idea. It seems like the program there has truly collapsed. I suppose it had to happen eventually, but it's still a weird feeling.
Cornfields at Corning related to assistant coach at NAU?
Brothers I believe. Jarred was a pretty successful runner for Corning back when I was just starting to run. Ran 4:15 or something like that and was pretty good in XC too.
To be fair, this is the first year where betting on FM to pull it out was a bad idea. It seems like the program there has truly collapsed. I suppose it had to happen eventually, but it's still a weird feeling.
Another crazy thing is they are somewhat senior-heavy this year, and they lost to a team with everyone back at sections. Maybe they would have made state with everyone healthy, but they wouldn’t have done much there, especially at NXR.
To be fair, this is the first year where betting on FM to pull it out was a bad idea. It seems like the program there has truly collapsed. I suppose it had to happen eventually, but it's still a weird feeling.
You could see it coming, though. Perry's performance level had been flat since his freshman year; it was unlikely he was going to suddenly jump up. Similarly, Cooper D was flat or going backwards all of last xc season, with no track performances showing any jump. The cupboard was so bare behind those guys, coming up with 3 scorers was a pipe-dream - even in the worst XC season in decades in NY.
Before the season started, did anyone think that Monroe Woodbury would have done as well as they did?
They had a great season, no doubt. Just picked the wrong weekend to come up flat.
Jibb ran a 16:21 5K earlier in the season but at feds and NXR he didn’t even score. Not a great sign. The older Catherwood didn’t have his best race either.