Let’s talk northwest xc

Blanchet 7th in the elite race losing to Cheyenne mountain JV.
Recupero 4th on the team. Still no Schneider
How would you guys rank the northwest boys teams now?

Jesuit’s 5th guy from today went from a 17:12 last year to 16 flat this year. Based on the Jesuit interview, he did summer volleyball last summer, and focused more on running this summer. That must have helped

wroblewski had a rough race, and interestingly enough, he ran the same time as the other Jesuit freshman who raced with their jv guys. That jv freshman is really gonna help the varsity out next year

Cheyenne Mountain maybe is 10th best team in the SW. This *might* hurt the NW's chances of getting 2 at large bids.

Torrey Pines at both Woodbridge and HITW. Makes for some fun comparisons.

Saw the start at Hole in the Wall, looked like wroblewski got shoved from behind, went down, and was stepped on. Saw him limping around post race. Hope he is ok. He has been running close to a minute ahead of there 2nd freshman all year. There second freshman ran a great in the JV race. Both boys still will be big time contributors in years to come. Not to mention this year. Jesuits 2,3, and 4 looked to have off races this week. Schedule looks to be promising as I have heard they will not run there top 7 guys again until they are closer to there district race and will use there second 7 for other invites and racing opportunities in between now and StAtes. Year after year this training block has served this team well as they head into post season. They are definitely not over raced and will be rested and ready. Still my top pick in the region.

I agree, I think Jesuit should win this region. Their 3/4 did not look like they were where they should have been. Something must have been rough for Wroblewski, but good to see Strub step up. Sophomore Strub is totally different than freshman Strub was. So they have a 5th and 6th now. Junior Ethan Strong seems to be a good 7th man on this team. Based on an interview, he always wanted to make varsity, and he made now his time. He just needs to keep improving.

With an solid 8th man who is a freshman, this team is deep.

I too think it will be hard to see 2 at-large teams from this region.
Eastlake lost to West Salem, who lost to Lincoln. Jesuit almost lost to Eastlake last week because they didn’t know about them. Eastlake found a 5th yesterday and still got crushed by Jesuit, who also had a 5th that day. Not much else Eastlake can do anymore.

I would rank the teams like this:
1. Jesuit
2. Crater
3. Rocky Mountain
All 3 should qualify. I don’t see any others going.

Crater has one of the best 1/2’s in the country. Also a solid 3-6 behind them.
For Rocky Mountain, it’s also always “a scorer missing”. They got a strong 1/2 but need their 3-5 to improve and be on during NXR race day.
Unlike Jesuit/Crater, they don’t even have a 6th to back a scorer up in case something goes wrong.
If they can get their 3-5 to step up, they might take down Jesuit or Crater, given that Rocky Mountain will be running in their own state at NXR. If they don’t make it, they should get an at-large. They lucked out on a guy moving from Southlake Carroll

I obviously feel bad for Wroblewski falling, but I’m glad there was an explanation for the time he ran. (Interestingly enough, he has a similar fall when he ran in the high school section for the mile at the Portland Track Festival this summer.). He’ll bounce back. Impressive kid. Jesuit should win the region.

Looking at speed ratings, it does seem like everyone on the Jesuit team ran worse than last time except Strub who ran an awesome race and closed the 4-5 gap yesterday.

eastlake’s 1/2 ran the exact same speed rating, but their 3/4 didn’t run as well as they did last time. But their fifth guy is stepping up.

Looks like this so far (tullyrunners)

Jesuit (highest speed ratings)

192-184-177-177-168

Crater (highest speed ratings)

192-187-171-170-169

Rocky Mt (highest speed ratings)

193-185-173-170-170

All will come down to November 12th which makes our sport fun!

Central catholic

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Crater’s speed rating were from Woodbridge, and they haven’t raced since then so I’m sure they’re better than that.
Eastlake -
186-181-178-174-162. Eastlake’s 3/4 did better last week than yesterday. And they still need a fifth guy.

Central Catholic: still not in contention

What the top boys NW teams can do to autoqualify for NXN:

Jesuit - Nenow needs to finish high at NXN, clevenger needs to have a good race, and their 3/4 need to work together and finish as high as possible. One of the guys new to varsity - Strub or Wroblenski (or Strong) needs to close the gap on those guys. If they can do that, not only are they hard to beat here, but they could also finish 1 spot higher at nationals this year than last year, assuming that the other Jesuit (from LA) decides to go to RunningLane.

Crater - Gorze obviously needs to win, and Tostenson needs to finish as close to him as possible, and their 3-6 pack needs to stay together and finish well.

Rocky Mountain - Heemeyer needs to finish near the front, and Sainsbury needs to finish close behind him. Maybe Hill can finish close to them like last year at RunningLane?
Also, Keith U and Lucas need to finish as well as possible, maybe close to Hill, wherever Hill finishes.

Eastlake - this is a darkhorse team that almost beat Jesuit when they first met - their top 2 need to keep doing what they’re doing and getting better, their 3/4 need to race as well as possible (most certainly not like they did at Hole in the Wall, they did better a week prior to this), and most importantly, their 5th needs to step up and close the gap on their 4th. Go freshman!

If all 4 of these teams finish close together, they COULD all qualify for NXN, and finish high there if they all do what they did at NXR

Crater was missing Hellmann.
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/208668/results/836062
Tostenson was in this race:
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/207777/results/833097

Jesuit is racing here

not sure if it’s gonna be their varsity

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Eastlake missing their 2nd and 5th guy

Meet canceled. Air quality issues in Portland this week. Most meets canceled.

Does central Catholic really deserve to be on there?

Eastlake only lost to West Salem by ONE point

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