fadfasd wrote:
Apparently the mods delete my comment where I said "get 50-60 girls, keep them happy and healthy and running 60+ mpw for several years with high quality aerobic work." I wasn't kidding. Do this and you'd walk all over FM guaranteed. And if Aris is so great why don't the boys win?
The boys are also one of the best programs in the nation, even if they haven't won an NTN/NXN title yet.
During the regional era of NXN, they've qualified four out of five years. Only 5 other boys programs can claim that: North Central WA, York IL, The Woodlands TX, Dana Hills CA and Wayzata MN. Among those teams, their average score of 255.75 is second only to North Central (though with York and The Woodlands having qualified an extra time, so you can't readily say FM has been better.. I'd call FM the #4 boys program over the past five years with a few other teams banging at their door but not quite consistently there yet).
They are the only program that's among the top 5 in the nation on both sides... no one else is really close.
The boys side is more competitive, and the FM girls are better than the FM boys for the past six years. But there is no doubt that the program that Coach Aris has build is the best combined program in the nation today... by a good margin.
No one should doubt that they have done an incredible job coaching their athletes at Fayetteville-Manlius. It won't last forever, but it sure is impressive right now.