[Official] Idaho XC Thread

Sad news for Idaho

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DyeStat.com - News - 2022 NXN At-Large Teams - Individual Qualifiers and California Auto Team - Individual Qualifiers

California Auto-Qualifying Teams & At-Large Candidates (UPDATED 11/26 10:55 PM ET)BOYS1) Newbury Park (auto qualifier)2) Temecula (auto qualifier)3) San Clemente (at-large candidate still)4) Livermore (at-large candidate stil...

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This will have to wait for another year.

it is looking to be accomplished by another team though:

CBA. I mean CDA

What would an Idaho team have to do to receive an at large bid to NXN?

I’m a Boise parent but c’mon - Rocky boys did everything required and beyond to get the at large bid.

They won Bob Firman

They had 5 boys post sub 15:30 this year.

They finished a very close 3rd to #3 and #5 in the country at NXR.

They beat Great Oak head to head.

It feels like Nike will never pick an at large Idaho school - even if all the rankings, all of the stats , all of the performance is clear.

Do Idaho teams need to go to California or Oregon meets? That feels like the message. If Rocky had gone to Woodbridge or ASICS then perhaps that would have bolstered resume - but those are really long and expensive trips for high school students. Bob Firman is a NIKE multi region meet and every other Bob Firman champ has gone to NXN!

Or is the message just clear that they will never pick an at large Idaho team?

Transparency would really help - as Nike needs to own up and at least provide public justification for their decision.

Hats off to Rocky on the boys season - it was incredible effort.

I’m rooting for a boys team to crack this barrier.

But guess what!!! They will race against each other next year at NXN!!!! CBA NJ vs CDA ID. Did I mention there is also CBA in NY?

Especially after graduating 4 seniors from last year.

CDA is next though

Hey Factos - I would love to see CDA next year and will root for all Idaho teams, but this a serious question. Should the Idaho teams just bite the bullet and travel to a major Oregon or California meet as a requirement if they want to bolster NXN or go to another region? Bob Firman is a legit meet with major schools from all over and if that's not enough then maybe this is the loud message from NIKE. There is no explanation that has been provided other than they want you to beat NXR auto qualifier head to head. Rocky did that this year beating Great Oak. If Rocky has gone to Woodbridge with their top 7 - which is a rocket ship of a course and only 3 miles - just eyeballing the times it looks like Rocky would have beaten at least 1 of these California teams on top of Great Oak. That's a shame if that is the requirement. But maybe that is the message and the buffer you need if you can't deliver 1 or 2 at NXR which is obviously the straightest path. Illinois gets three schools and California gets 4, but no Idaho...

Well it was gonna be difficult for Blanchet to make NXN anyways. The region has teams that ended up in 2nd and 4th at NXN, and also a team that should have gotten an at-large

They return the 13th fastest group of guys in the nation, even with that big 4-5 gap. They aren’t graduating anyone

13
Coeur d'Alene High School (ID)
872
1) Max Cervi-Skinner
15:02.40
16
2) Lachlan May
15:15.91
37
3) Zach Cervi-Skinner
15:32.94
91
4) Jacob King
15:40.24
131
5) Mitchell Rietze
16:28.57
597
Average Time: 15:36.01
Total Time: 1:18:00.06
1-5 Split: 1:26.17
6) Kyle Rohlinger
16:29.89

this list was more to get the idea for the outlook of their 2023 team.

Some people like making predictions for the future

Based on this, I think Rocky Mountain found a 5th and maybe a 6th for next XC season.
So they have their core 4 already (Keith U, Lucas, Reed, Tuft),
And they also have:
Thomas - 10 - 10:04 - 5 seconds behind Tuft
Jensen - 11 - 4:38 - 3 seconds behind Tuft. Only ran a 10:20 in the 3200. He ran a 10:13 earlier this season so maybe this was an off race for him

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