Let’s talk northwest xc

Jesuit OR is racing here

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Crater:

Solid 1-6

5 are back next year

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Fun fact about Jesuit OR
Last year this team had only 9 sub-17 guys
This year they had 13. The depth of this team was taken to a new level.
Sophomore Coen Strub went under 16 for the first time. He ran a 17:12 pr last year. He ran nothing longer than an 800 in the spring. Mostly 400s. One 800 race

*3 under 15, 15:25, 15:35

Still Super impressive! Favorites to win the Northwest

Is this the last regular season race for Jesuit JV? which 7th man are they gonna use for sections? Are they gonna decide solely based on time?
7th man - junior - ran a 16:27.6
#1 on JV - freshman - ran a 16:27.3
That freshman has been this team’s 8th the whole time and so .3 seconds might not mean much if it’s in a different race / course conditions.
But either way, they should be really good and deep again next year. This freshman will likely score in the future and this team only loses 3 of their top 12, but all of those 3 are scorers so that’s pretty heavy graduation hits. This team seems to be only 5 or 6 deep this year.
Maybe Wroblewski and / or Strub could keep up with Swanson next year (since both are underclassmen and have room to get better) but we will see.

Yeah they should be able to win the Northwest

Last year in this race
Nenow 14:58
Hildebrandt 15:17
Schuler 15:24
Augustine 15:24
Clevenger 15:25
Swanson 15:38
Ricci 15:50
7 under 16 was solid and showed depth through 7.

This year in this race
Nenow 14:52
Clevenger 14:57
Swanson 14:58
Augustine 15:25
Wroblewski 15:35
Strub 15:59
Augustine and Nenow haven’t dropped much time. Nenow probably wanted to just win.
Better top 3 but it seems like it’s a little slower at positions 4-7. Not by a lot though. And Augustine 4th for the team here like last year, one second slower than last year. He doesn’t seem to have progressed much from last year based on this race and other races. So it’s no surprise that the underclassmen new to varsity can catch up to him now, like Matt W and Coen

This team could podium at NXN if the team from Louisiana with the same school name sticks with RunningLane

This team is just starting to hit there stride. Strub had an off race and still had a personal best. Wroblewski ran well my guess is there is more there to come. You have 4 guys now competing for the 7th spot. Word is Schumaker is back running and coming back into shape. Throw the JV freshman group into the mix and you have a problem every coach would love to have.

Crater is us #2 based on Hoka one one results

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Great to see that Schumacher is coming back into shape.

Will he be the one getting the seventh spot?

Will he stay at Jesuit until he graduates?

With Schumacher still at Jesuit next year, next year Jesuit won’t just have a really good top 5, but a solid top 7 as well.
Will be tough without Nenow/Augustine/Clevenger but next year they are looking to compete for an NXN berth again. But it won’t be that easy to get without those 3. The region will be very strong.

Here are the times from yesterday they return.
14:58
15:35
15:59
Schumacher
16:27
16:27
16:28
16:38
16:40
16:42.
Crazy. This team returns as many sub-17 guys, if not more, than they actually had last year, including those who graduated.
But this year it will be very hard to beat Jesuit at NXR. Especially if their 6/7 close the gap on their 5th.

They do return 6 under 16:30 and also Schumacher if still at Jesuit

What crater returns next year
15:28
15:48
16:01
16:09
16:19 (but was their 3rd at Hoka one one)
But the gap after this is looking to be very, very huge so their 1-5 better be on if they want to qualify for NXN next year and do well there

Kamiakin won conference and has almost all of their key guys back next year. Could compete for the #1 spot in Washington and maybe an NXN berth

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CDA ID (if they find a fifth), Rocky Mountain, Boise Senior, and Idaho Falls (with Athay back) all look very good for next year and should all compete for an NXN berth.
This region will be even deeper than this year.
Seattle Preparatory Wa is looking to be very good next year too

*Rocky Mountain punching air right now*

Rocky is losing their #2, 3 and 4 runners and restocking with the guys that finished 2nd, 4th, 7th and 8th in the JV race at districts (ran 17:00-17:24). Having Landon helps, but they lose a lot. Barring another transfer like Hill, I struggle to see them being an NXN qualifier. Maybe Cody Lucas jumps to where Sainsbury is. Maybe Tuft jumps to where Hill was racing earlier this year. Expecting those other boys to jump to that much seems iffy.

They did lose 4 guys from varsity last year but returned 3 scorers from state and added Hill and Lucas stepped up.

I agree, this will be a rebuilding year for Rocky next year, since they are only 5-deep and lose 3 scorers. I read somewhere that this is a well coached team

I switched from my phone to my computer, so I have an altered account name. From last year, they returned the #3, #11, and #15 guy (who was still recovering from COVID). Getting Hill was a huge boon, hence why I said barring getting another transfer. Rocky would be in the conversation as a team that was a guy short if they didn't get him, which is what I kind of expect next year from them considering a lot of the guys that are at the top end of JV are guys that are juniors. I'm less likely to expect a jump out of them.

They do have good coaching. They also run a ton, and they don't shy away from running a lot of miles on their young kids. One of their underclassmen boys was hitting 60+ consistently this summer/early fall, and he's on the bike 2 days a week at a minimum right now. One of their boys that kind of factors into next year had a 90 mile week this summer, and he opened with a 16:46 and got down to ~16:30 before running 17:20 to end the year. By the time the kids are juniors, most of the improvement is gone. It's why you see progressions like 17:17 to 16:32 to 15:49 to 15:44. Or 17:22 to 16:34 to 16:19 (2020 so only dual meets) to 15:44 for their best on a legit 5k course.

This is simply not true. Their top guys averaged in the 40-50 range this summer. With a name like "IdahoXC.org" you would think you'd be supportive of local teams....come on man, be better!

Lol Strava might be saying some weeks were 45-50, but some of those weeks also show doubles and missing days, while the following weeks show 60 with no missing days. More consistent, slower runners showed 55 for weeks in a row.

Rocky is a great team. They probably will make NXR. Pointing out that they run a lot of miles isn't being unsupportive. It's also being realistic about what their odds are next year. Some boys won't make huge jumps bc they are realistically already pretty developed. Some will.