Woodbridge Preview

Just throw milesplit rankings out of the window. They are so unbelievable biased against teams in certain regions. They favor teams that pay for their service over regions that don't.

RunnerCentral and TullyRunners provided a much better preview and rankings with less bias. Woodbridge is very stacked this year despite what milesplit might say:

RunnerCentral Rankings:

1. American Fork UT
2. Crater OR
3. Belen Jesuit Prep FL
4. CBA NJ
5. Herriman UT
6. Downers Grove North IL
7. Southlake Carroll TX
8. Wayzata MN
9. Ventura CA
10. Stevens Point WI
11. McCallie TN
12. Riverton UT
13. San Clemente CA
14. Jesuit LA
15. Dana Hills CA
16. Union Catholic NJ
17. Coeur D’Alene ID
18. University WV
19. Carmel IN
20. Bentonville AR
21. Noblesville IN
22. Great Oak CA
23. Seattle Prep WA
24. Jesuit OR
25. Mira Costa CA

26. Trabuco Hillls CA

Other teams to watch out for at woodbridge: Rock Canyon (CO), Austin Vandegrift (TX),

Here are the entries

Austin Vandegrift should be in the sweepstakes race

Rich isn't an idiot he will eventually revise the list to inclue Austin Vandegrift in the sweeps. Austin Andegrift placed 4 runners ahead of Marcela Parra lmao

Marcella Parra is also ranked #14 on milesplit

Woodbridge is overrated. Woodbridge is not a cross country course. it is 3 miles on artificial turf completely flat. Might as well be 3 miles on a track. It provides a opportunity for some runners to try and flex with a faster time then they will have anywhere else. Hey look at me, I am a 15 minute cross country runner. Ya, on a track.

I would suspect if the race was at Mt. Sac, or other dirt/hill based courses in SoCal, many of the individuals and teams would skip it saving themselves from such a course early in the season when much of the team is not ready for a punishing course.

What’s not overrated about this event is seeing how some of the top teams in the nation from different states stack up against one another

And? Most top teams and individuals in the nation compete there and have a great time

There might be a good argument it is 0.05 short, but I don't know this year as a different course.

What you can't argue is you have varying surface grass, astro, and pavement. You also have tight snaking turns the last half.

As Greyp mentioned, is there any race before NXN that gets so many top 25 teams?

Source? Don't tell me your source is.. "Trust me bro"

As for top teams, last year 4 of the top 7 teams at NXN raced at woodbridge. A total of 7 NXN qualifers raced there last year.

The thing about Woodbridge is that it’s twice the size of any other meet in the country outside of Mt Sac which also has around 500 teams competing.

It really is huge meet and the energy is great. the kids are really happen to race there and runs new pr.

God those Runner Central rankings are horrible. Belen Jesuit right now looks like a 6-10 national team without a low stick and close to 16:00 for the final three guys.

Belen is also 4th on TullyRunners and 6th on Milesplit.
Dyestat team national rankings should be up soon. We’ll see where they will rank Belen

I don't think you got me. There are always critiques it is a short course, I was saying even if it is, it wouldn't be by much. Hard to know yet as a new course.

Otherwise I agree with you on the top talent there. Because everyone runs fast is more about the competition than a short course.

Well, already a big shake-up in the rankings on the girl's side, as Dyestat.com #4 ranked Bethany Michalak (CO) lost to #13 ranked Isabel Allori, #40 ranked Ella Hagan, and #56 ranked Tessa Walter.

runsignup.com

Liberty Bell XC

The Liberty Bell XC is on Saturday September 9, 2023.

Link:runsignup.com/Race/Results/152954#resu...

Bethany often throws races but when she’s on she’s fast as hell. She deserves her ranking. Air Academy girls went crazy today. 5 in the top 10 at the most competitive early season race in Colorado. NXR SW is gonna be crazy on the girls side.

This^, but what a quality field! It's September, so I'd need a few more data points to throw Michalak under the bus. Very nice team win for AIR, and exciting results for the top 3 girls.