I like to compare states (Distance) competition:
1.California
2.Illinois
3.Florida
4.Washington
5.Utah
6.Arizona
7.Texas
8.New York
9.Oregon
10.Indiana
I like to compare states (Distance) competition:
1.California
2.Illinois
3.Florida
4.Washington
5.Utah
6.Arizona
7.Texas
8.New York
9.Oregon
10.Indiana
1. California
2. Illinois
3. New York
4. Washington
5. Texas
6. Utah
7. Colorado
8. Oregon
9. Florida
10. Indiana
Really? Florida #3? Arizona top-10? New York well outside the top 5? ...
Ah....MASSACHUSETTS top 3 at least
Salazar
Bill Rodgers
Boston marathon
Gbtc
BAA
Bob hodge
Randy Thomas
Lynn Jennings
Jonathan Riley
Arianna lambie
Abrezik Mohammed
Andy Powell
To name just a few...
To make this easy, here is the rankings from DyeStat's distance events track state ranking database plus the top 100 at combined FLN+NXN (boys and girls) over the past four years:
1. California (71628 points)
2. New York (46938 points)
3. Texas (31446.6 points)
4. Washington (28291.2 points)
5. New Jersey (25310.8 points)
6. Illinois (17996 points)
7. Virginia (16392.8 points)
8. Michigan (14274.8 points)
9. Colorado (14158.6 points)
10. Indiana (14089.6 points)
11. Ohio (11375.4)
12. Florida (10265.6)
13. Arizona (9493.4)
14. Massachusetts (8796.6)
15. Missouri (8792.4)
16. Pennsylvania (8551)
17. North Carolina (7910.4)
18. Georgia (7736.6)
19. Oregon (7575)
20. Tennessee (5882.6)
21. Wisconsin (5746.6)
22. Iowa (4992.2)
23. Delaware (4540)
24. Utah (4347.8)
(note: this is ONLY taking into account INDIVIDUALS... team strengths would be a different story (Colorado, Utah, and probably Illinois higher, for example)