[Official] Idaho XC Thread

Nice win by Rocky Mountain!!
their 4/5 will need to do better to challenge for a top 2 at NXR though.

Great oak boys and girls lost to so many unranked teams. Seems like this program won’t be relevant on a national scale going forward. Herriman is the new Great Oak

Would the Idaho rankings at this point probably just be the order of team and individual finishes at Bob Firman plus Matt Thomas and Ana Peters both in the individual top 5? Any other team or individuals who should be top 5, or top 10 if you want to work that hard?

Speed ratings
Rocky Mountain
193
183
173
170
161
176
Crater (from Woodbridge)
192
187
171
170
169

Rocky’s SRs are slightly better

I think the speed rating for firman are a little high since there’s no way that Rocky’s #1 is better than Gorze.

but then it also shows great oak’s SRs are higher than they should be. And they were still low. Hard to imagine but also not hard because their coach has never coached CC before

maybe Crater’s speed ratings would have been higher this weekend since they get better every week

Crater’s SRs are better because of the gap at 5.

As I understand it, the way speed rating work is impacted by separation between runners. A course like Woodbridge would lend itself to lower top end scores because a flat fast course will lead to less separation since everyone has a good day and finishes well. Also, I think Crater’s no. 1 is just capable of a lot more,

Heemeyer’s speed rating and performance are legit. A quick look at the other ratings, including the girls, shows it is consistent with what I’d expect. The top girl set a meet record and didn’t get a huge score.

athletic.net

Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/207...

Rocky Mountain is competing in this

Probably not their varsity. They will be at the Inland Empire Invite on Saturday racing the same course that is hosting the state meet.

Probably not. They are still coming off from an injury and I do not think they are going to "test the waters" on what should be an easy League Meet win.

Gotta take a second to shout out my kids at 3A Sugar-Salem Middle School boys and girls for taking 1st and 3rd at Bob Firman with 5 kids on each team!

You are correct. Looks like Keith U. won’t be running though

athletic.net

Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/206...

Well, looks like Blanchet’s results are up already. They did run their varsity after all. Missing their 1-2 as we knew but Oliver is moving up in the rankings again. Still not their #1 outside of Schneider / Recupero. With those 2 guys back I still don’t see this team beating Crater Oregon though.
Crater’s number 2 is better than Blanchet #1 even when healthy.

Crater’s 2-5 and even 6 are amazing as well. Having a 6th is very helpful because since this team has no seniors besides Gorze, if they only have 5 guys, it would be way too much pressure on them. It’s hard to deal with that pressure if you’re not a senior.

athletic.net

Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/210...

With Schneider /Recupero back, how will Blanchet stack up against Rocky Mountain?

Since I am an alum of Blanchet (and used to hold the Green Lake record), go Braves!!

A long tradition of excellent runners. I think it's about 20K a year to send your kids there now.

Jesuit OR 5K time are slower than Lincoln’s and not much better than west Salem’s. Is it because Jesuit hasn’t raced in a while? Jerry’s son is on the team but has yet to race. He was sick the first meet. Crater’s full squad hasn’t run a 5K yet.

1
Lincoln HS (OR)
156
1) Samy Anderson
14:57.00
5
2) Henry Alexander
15:39.30
23
3) Giacomo Capriotti
15:44.80
29
4) Finnian Usher
15:56.70
40
5) JahAllah Van
16:08.80
59
Average Time: 15:41.32 Total Time: 1:18:26.60 1-5 Split: 1:11.80
6) Harrison Talcott
16:12.90
68
7) Eamon Whitten
16:24.40
92
2
Jesuit (OR)
167
1) Gus Clevenger
15:17.00
8
2) Jacob Nenow
15:23.90
11
3) Joshua Augustine
15:54.60
35
4) Caden Swanson
16:01.00
47
5) Coen Strub
16:12.30
66
Average Time: 15:45.76 Total Time: 1:18:48.80 1-5 Split: 55.30
6) Matthew Wroblewski
16:21.50
86
7) Ethan Strong
16:28.30
94
3
West Salem (OR)
199
1) Jack Meier
15:15.60
7
2) Brady Bliven
15:25.30
13
3) Logan Schwartz
15:44.00
28
4) Isaac McDonald
16:13.00
69
5) Garrett Fenske
16:18.20
82
Average Time: 15:47.22 Total Time: 1:18:56.10 1-5 Split: 1:02.60
6) Connor Roop
16:29.30
96
7) Ryan Newton
16:35.20
10

The Northwest region is so strong this year that I wouldn’t be surprised that, if Jesuit, Crater, Rocky, and Blanchet are on, all 4 teams could make nxn. 2 at-larges.
In 2019 there were 4 at-larges on the girls side.

bishop Kelley wins