Leo and Lex won't go 1-2 at NXN

But they will still probably go 1-2 in the team score

Who is most likely to make the upset?

Hunter Jones

Some of you don’t seem to grasp how talented Leo and Lex are. Jones is a great runner but when he ran his 14:22, he beat some mid-8:50s guys by less than 10 seconds. A pair of 8:30 guys might not be so easy for Jones. If Aaron is at the top of his game, I don’t see anyone besides the twins beating him either

Who? The ghost of high school Dathan Ritzenhein?

I agree the NP runners are incredible. I just don’t lightly set aside the possibility that someone else might be too.

It’d be better for the future of US running if the twins are that good and so is someone else.

How many of these guys are going to be at NXN? I see a handful of guys that could be there at the end of the race.

Boys Highest Speed Ratings 2022 (through Nov 17, 2022)

1 Leo Young 12 Newbury Park (SS) Clovis Invitational CA 10/8/2022 1 14:25.9 202.37 202

2 Hunter Jones 12 Benzie Central NXR Midwest Region MI 11/12/2022 1 14:21.8 201.73 202

3 Lex Young 12 Newbury Park (SS) Clovis Invitational CA 10/8/2022 2 14:31.7 200.43 200

4 Connor Burns 12 Southern Boone County NXR Midwest Region MO 11/12/2022 2 14:27.3 199.90 200

5 Tyrone Gorze 12 Crater Oregon State Champ OR 11/5/2022 1 14:37.9 199.37 199

6 Benne Anderson 12 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills NXR Midwest Region MI 11/12/2022 3 14:29.1 199.30 199

7 Connor Ackley 12 Hil. Davidson NXR Midwest Region OH 11/12/2022 4 14:29.5 199.17 199

8 Brian DiCola 12 Hatboro Horsham PIAA State Champ PA 11/5/2022 1 15:24.2 198.93 199

9 Drew Griffith 11 Butler District 7 WPIAL PA 10/27/2022 1 15:17.2 197.27 197

10 Rocky Hansen 12 Christ School Alexander Asics Inv GA 10/1/2022 1 14:20.9 197.03 197

11 Aidan Cox 12 Coe Brown Academy Battle of the Border NH 10/8/2022 1 14:32.6 196.13 196

12 Devan Kipyego 12 St. Raphael Academy Rhode Island Class RI 10/29/2022 1 15:06.3 195.90 196

13 Carson Noecker 12 Hartington Nebraska State NE 10/21/2022 1 14:58.3 195.57 196

14 Seth Norder 11 Grand Haven MSU Spartan Invite MI 9/16/2022 2 14:58.7 195.43 195

15 Patrick Koon 11 Leon HS Florida State Champ FL 11/5/2022 1 14:56.7 195.10 195

16 Jackson Heidesch 12 Dowling Catholic NXR Heartland Reg IA 11/13/2022 1 14:39.0 195.00 195

17 Simeon Birnbaum 12 Rapid City Stevens NXR Heartland Reg SD 11/13/2022 2 14:39.2 194.93 195

18 Ford Washburn 12 Iowa City NXR Heartland Reg IA 11/13/2022 3 14:41.6 194.13 194

19 Wyatt Haughton 12 Shawnee Mission East Kansas State Champ KS 10/29/2022 1 14:59.7 194.12 194

20 Kole Mathison 12 Carmel Indiana State Champ IN 10/29/2022 1 15:02.8 194.07 194

Haughton didn’t qualify

he is going running lane now

At least of the Young's is gonna go into nationals having broken Woodward Park's record at state finals. I would value that over any other result barring some ludicrous sub 14:05 5K result this year.

Last year people thought like Riley Hough was going to beat all 4 NP runners or something dumb. Instead he got gapped because they had Aaron Sahlman to push the pace for 2 miles and then the other 3 were ready for it, so they easily stayed up with him.

I think their biggest wildcard going in should be Sahlman's fitness. If he can repeat his job of last year and stretch the field for a good chunk of the race, the Young's will destroy everyone. If he can't, then there is a small chance Jones breaks their 1-2 I think.

The Youngs will be pushing the pace, not Aaron Sahlman.

AARON SAHLMAN SLEEPER PICK RAHHH

I think the twins are too wrapped up in themselves to do well in the NCAA.