If Sarah Baxter wins NXN on Saturday, she'll complete an undefeated high school career for cross country. Has any other man or woman in US history gone undefeated for their entire careers?
I'm assuming the answer is no. Who has come the closest to being undefeated?
She'll also be the only 3-time national champion. A slew of people have won
Lukas Verzbicas I believe went undefeated in cross country. I didn't follow running until rather recently, so I can't claim that Baxter is the best ever, but she certainly has to be up there.
I would assume Gerry Lindgren never lost in high school but back then no national championships
If Sarah Wins on Saturday, there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that she is the greatest of all time for HS XC. Even if she doesn't win you could still make the case.
Here XC stats up to this point:
42-0 record in High School
The course record on EVERY COURSE SHE HAS SET FOOT ON besides Portland Meadows.
2 NXN titles
4 California State Championships
It doesn't get any better than they. Saturday is her chance to leave absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind that she is the GOAT. Make sure you appreciate watching her run on Saturday because she is no doubt a very special talent.
Run free, run hard, and have fun!
GO SARAH GO!
Pretty sure Lindgren was a way-back-in-the-pack type on his team as a freshman. I can't believe Verzbicas won everything in sight as a freshman as well. LV would be an easier question to resolve, though.
past his prime wrote:
Pretty sure Lindgren was a way-back-in-the-pack type on his team as a freshman. I can't believe Verzbicas won everything in sight as a freshman as well. LV would be an easier question to resolve, though.
Lukas didn't run regionals, sectionals, state finals, or Foot Locker his freshman year XC even though he appears on the roster for his team. The high school he switched to the next year probably allowed him to compete while training for the triathlon.
LetsRun.com wrote:
She'll also be the only 3-time national champion. A slew of people have won
Presumably, had you completed this thought or returned to see that you hadn't and consequently edited the post, you would have added the word "two" or perhaps "two Foot Locker national championships" and a period after what's there now. Also, I don't know if eight qualifies as "a slew," and you could have just looked up the total in 38.7 seconds of Googling, but whatever.
This isn't to take anything away from Baxter, but because there have been two separate races to determine national high-school XC champions since 2004, saying that she has won two and could become the first athlete to win three tells an incomplete story. A person aware of Baxter's exploits bit otherwise naive about the sport might assume upon hearing that Molly Seidel and Anna Rohrer were national XC champions in 2011 and 2012 respectively that he was being lied to. This is all the more important given that NXN was conceived chiefly as a way to determine a national team champion, not an individual one.
So, I think it's more on target to say that Baxter is the only two-time NXN champion and has a chance to become the first three-time NXN or Foot Locker/Kinney champion.
Baxter has won the Nx team meet twice, with a chance to win it a third time.
That doesn't say anything of her chances at Foot Locker Nationals though. She might have won it once or might not, the same as anyone else who hasn't competed.
What is her record in international xc
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Ha she doesn't have one!! She'd lose to the Brits any day!
Let her place in history be determined after she is defeated by a JUNIOR
It means nothing until she gets on the track and faces her fears(Mary Cain). Track is where the money is made. Sorry Baxter fanboys.
Oh come now! He said "U.S. high school cross country athlete." Not once did he mention track, international competition, etc. He's very specific in his comparison and her accomplishments. As a U.S. high school cross country runner no other athlete can compare. I'm a Boulderite and am rooting for Elise Cranny, but give Baxter her dues. She's accomplished in cross and it's impressive.
On another note. I don't remember three young ladies in U.S. high school cross country as impressive as these three are competing in the same race. I can hardly wait for tomorrow.
GOAT American HS girl XC runner
Pretty darn good, although a Foot Locker win would have solidified.
except this thread is about XC Ray red. concentrate
Raymond Reddington wrote:
It means nothing until she gets on the track and faces her fears(Mary Cain). Track is where the money is made. Sorry Baxter fanboys.
Since when do highschool track meets pay the runners?
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Its already been mentioned that Verzbicas was undefeated in cross country but we also can't forget that he was already the first to win three national cross titles. His nxn/footlocker double surely puts him out of Baxter's reach
homerTime wrote:
Its already been mentioned that Verzbicas was undefeated in cross country but we also can't forget that he was already the first to win three national cross titles. His nxn/footlocker double surely puts him out of Baxter's reach
Californians can't qualify for both, FYI.