NXR Southwest - how many bids?

If you’re going to put Rock Canyon and Mountain Vista boys in there, I think Lone Peak and Riverton should also be included in there. Ludwig (Riverton’s #1) didn’t score at the state meet.

4 bids total for boys, 3 total for girls. Air Academy, Lone Peak, Niwot for girls.

For boys, Herriman, American Fork, and then some combination of the following: Lone Peak, Orem, Riverton, The Classical Academy, Niwot, Rock Canyon, and Layton.

SW Girls:

1. Lone Peak

2. Niwot

3. Air Academy

4. American Fork

5. Mountain Vista

SW Boys:

1. American Fork

2. Herriman

3. Lone Peak

4. Riverton (Remember, this team won the Runninglanes last year, don't count them out)

5. Whatever crappy Colorado team you want to put here

6. Crappy Colorado 2

7. Some team

8. Mountain View, UT

9. Orem

There’s no point in NXN since all of the best teams cannot qualify. Clearly NXR Southwest should just be considered the national championship since it will be the only opportunity for all of the best teams to compete against eachother. 😂

Taking that line of thinking, we shouldn’t have any sort of sport championships because not all the best teams/individuals can make it. Your thought processing skills have not matured have they. Let them grow a little before making asinine opinions.

Um…. Niwot is not c****y

Someone lost to a Colorado team I see

I see that you didn’t detect any sarcasm in my very serious post.

Riverton won a C level national championship, running lane was terrible last year. The guy who came in 1st didn’t even get top 15 at NXRSW.

yes apologies. I'm not as familiar with the utah teams besides the top 2. I should have done more research! Riverton and Lone Peak look legit, along with Mountain View.

Will Colorado even send any do you think? Hard to compare Utah vs Colorado courses so I don't know if Niwot, Rock Canyon, Vista, The Classical Academy will match up... but then again it's very hard to compare because CO is higher altitude and harder courses so who knows.

4 bids for both boys and girls. Niwot and Lone Peak will get the 2 at-large for boys. AF and Herriman are locks.

On the Girls side it's Niwot, Air Academy, Lone Peak and some other Colorado team. Take your pick. Mountain Vista had a ton of hype but looked terrible at state.

Why is Utah XC so much stronger than AZ XC?

Because competition breeds success

Pre NXR meet results. Herriman and American Fork were each missing one of their top 5 runners.

NXR Southwest -
1. American Fork 184.2
2. Herriman 181
3. Niwot 176.6
4. Lone Peak 175.2
5. Rock Canyon 171.6
6. Cheyenne Mountain 171
7. The Classical Academy 171
8. Orem 171
9. Mountain Vista 170.8
10. Valor Christian 171.2
11. Mountain View 170.2
12. Riverton 169.6

What race did you take these speed ratings? Are you comparing state courses? because that is not comparable. Or are you taking overall season averages?