Best teams by 5 man 3200m avg this year so far

The American Fork and Herriman averages are especially impressive due to the elevation that those guys competed at. I know altitude’s impact on performance is debated because most of these kids have lived in Utah their whole lives, but it’s important to at least consider

Out of all schools that didn’t make this list, Southlake Carroll had the best XC team last fall.

Let’s take a look at this team

3200
Cords - 9:07
Alvarez - 9:11
Van De Berghe - 9:16

2 miles
Leonard - 9:02
Troutman - 9:04
Both at NBNI. I don’t think either of them ran the 3200 this year yet. But these 3200 times are converted to 8:58 and 9:00.

One of their top XC scorers (Bullard) doesn’t do track. He does triathlon instead.

Southlake Carroll had 2 sub-9s at regions

tx.milesplit.com

Carroll High School Results at UIL 6A Region I & Wheelchair

MileSplits official Carroll High School results for the 2024 UIL 6A Region I & Wheelchair, hosted by University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington TX.

Link:tx.milesplit.com/meets/616742-uil-6a-r...

Just out of curiosity how many of these teams are including seniors in these time averages if you only use non-seniors what do these teams look like??

wouldn't the AF and Herriman times be from when they went to Arcadia?

Utah 6A top ten right now:

3200 Meters top 10
1. Daniel Simmons 8:34.96 UT 12 American Fork Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
2.BJ Ben Jaster 8:38.34 UT 12 American Fork Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
3. KE Kaden Evans 8:46.10 UT 11 American Fork Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
4. MH Maxwell Hofheins 8:57.53 UT 12 Herriman Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
5. BB Ben Bradshaw 8:58.26 UT 12 American Fork Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
6. JB Jack Beckstrom 8:58.60 UT 12 Herriman Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
7. WS William Steadman 8:59.01 UT 12 Herriman Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
8. CR Corbin Randall 9:05.71(1.6) UT 11 Riverton Mar 22 Pine View Invitational
9. JS Jackson Spencer 9:06.34 UT 10 Syracuse Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational
10. MO Maxwell Orr 9:10.78 UT 12 American Fork Apr 06 2024 Arcadia Invitational

Herriman's next guys are 9:11.60, 9:12.27, 9:12.58, 9:20.31. (9:04.60 top 5 avg.)

American Fork's next guys are 9:24.68, 9:26.58. (8:49.69 top 5 avg.)

For comparison Newbury Park 2021- 8:52.04 top 5 avg., 2022- 8:47.77 top 5 avg.

Current top 5 teams 3200 5-man avg according to milesplit:

1. American Fork (8:49.69)

2. Belen Jesuit (9:02.21)

3. Herriman (9:03.80)

4. Southlake Carroll (9:05.43)

5. CBA (9:05.45)

This is what the top 5 at NXN looked like except for a few differences:

- Top 5 at NXN was not in that order

- at NXN, Niwot was 5th and CBA was 6th

you sure about that?

((480+39.57)+(480+48.28)+(480+52.19)+(480+35.72)+(480+33.32))/5 = 521.816 =

8:41.82 average. And that's not including Aaron and Lex's 3k conversions.

edit: sorry I didn't see you said 2021 avg not 2022. My bad you're right

Niwot's top 2 at NXN haven't run the 3200 this year. Also, most of their kids are racing at 5500ft. so their average won't be that low..but they'll be ready next fall!

CBA
Barrett - 8:43
Hnatt - 9:14
R Schmitt - 9:18
Falkowski - 9:22
G Schmitt - 9:24
Fields - 9:49 (indoor in January)
They also have Mastroly who ran a 4:21 1600. Doesn’t run many 3200s races but he was on varsity for XC last fall.

Belen Jesuit
Mantecon - 8:50
Ruiz - 9:05
Socarras - 9:15
Magarino- 9:37
Cruz - 9:44

Herriman
Manwaring - 9:12
J Tang - 9:12
M Tang - 9:20
Ogomo - 9:34 (but was #2 on the team at NXN which Herriman won. He doesn’t run many 3200 races)
M Steadman - 9:56

American Fork are killing it, wow. Goes to show how much of a psychological factor there is in running. I'm not sure anyone would really argue that Simmons, Jaster, and Evans are a better trio than Clinger, Parker, and Johns, but once Newbury set the standard other teams have followed quickly.

Nonseniors for Niwot (who took 5th at NXN with 0 seniors and 2 juniors)
Geldean - 9:20
Robbie - 9:23
Keeton - 9:32
Kear - 9:40
Engtrakul- 9:47
Marshall - 9:48 (raced at NXN)
Mazurana - 10:02 (raced at NXN)
No 3200 times for Culpepper or Sullivan

Nonseniors for Southlake Carroll
Leonard - 8:53
Cords - 9:07
Severson - 9:18
Fuller - 9:45
Lo - 10:02
They also have current junior Bullard who does triathlon in the spring but not track and was sometimes #2 on the team last fall.

American Fork graduates 6 NXN 2023 participants, but here is what they return
Evans - 8:46
Plewe - 9:24
Moore - 9:26
Bement - 9:43
Williams - 9:51
Ward - 10:04

It's worth noting that most of the times listed for Niwot are run at around 5200'. In addition to those listed Culpepper and Mazurana ran 9:25 at a track meet held on their track last November during the XC season and two of them ran the 2 mile at New Balance Indoors. Below is a complete list that includes altitude adjusted times and 2 mile times. Altitude adjusted times are marked with *.

Niwot Returners:

Culpepper- 9:07* (1st runner at NXN)-sophomore

Mazurana- 9:07* (7th runner at NXN)-junior

Geldean-9:11 (time converted from 2 mile, 5th runner at NXN)-junior

Keeton- 9:13* (6th runner at NXN) sophomore

Robbie 9:19 (time converted from 2 mile, 4th runner at NXN)- sophomore

Kear- 9:21* (didn't run NXN, but ran at state and NXR)-junior

Marshall- 9:29* (3rd runner at NXN)- sophomore

Sullivan- 4:11* (has not run a 3200-2nd runner at NXN)- freshman

I think one of Niwot's strengths is their depth. If 1 or 2 people have an off race, it's not as big of a deal.

Adding a 6th & 7th runner to Belen & Herriman

Belen has an 8th grader (Veloso) who ran a 10:11. Also a junior Prieguez who ran a 4:31.

Herriman has sophomore Runnels who ran a 10:05 in March. Also ran a 16:19 at NXR. Also soph Wardle who ran a 10:14. And a 4:36 freshman Briggs.

Tired of seeing these over exaggerated altitude marks. Use NCAA altitude conversions please.

Well, then this is why the SW surprises you come NXN. They are underestimated because nobody realizes how fast they are actually running all season.

Based on the Milesplit team scores, CBA currently has by far the best group of returning 3200 times. Even without Mastroly.