Official 2017 NXN Live Discussion Thread (Boys race 1:05 east, Girls 2:35pm)

Rich Gonzalez was probably shitting himself when he saw two NY teams in top 10 through the 2 mile, and his golden team GO getting rocked.

What it shows is that IL should have its own region. 3 individuals from IL in the top 18 and a 4th place team. The second team at NXR-MW was Carmel, IN which finished in 10th at NXN. Lyons from IL finished third at NSR-MW, was only 3 points behind Carmel.

Can't wait for Doug Soles to come on LetsRun and make up some excuses for why Greak Oak got trashed!

usnspecialist wrote:

[quote]anacondarunner wrote:

If anyone upsets Brodey Hasty it's going to be Dustin Horter. The fact that anyone is putting Kilrea ahead of Horter is silly and baseless.

Mwaura is a bit of a wild card as he hasn't raced against any legitimate talent this season.

Alex Maier is not in the picture. His fitness just isn't there and he'll struggle to get top 10.

1) Brodey Hasty

2) Dustin Horter

3) James Mwaura

4) Danny Kilrea

5) Aidan Troutner

Good call on Maier, he just wasn't ready.

Illinois, New York, and Cali are always strong. Oh wait. They’re population centers too. Makes sense. And I’m an Illinois boy. York excluded, the biggest advantage we have is population and some serious coaches.

Wow. Manlius’s only senior was their 5th man. They have 3 sophomores in the top 5, and their #6 was a freshman. They could be a threat in years to come.

LV has a good group coming back next year also. 4 guys that raced today, and 2 other great runners (a guy who broke 16 and another much improved guy that can keep up with some of LV’s top 7) that didn’t race today.

I think maybe he was concentrating on his running career. Lets see, two time olympic medalist and married with three nice kids. Sounds like a total stud to me! Who cares, even more studly that he is trying to finish!

Desert Vista proves its worthy with 8th place finish

LV are hacks wrote:

Well when you bring in 2 transfers into your top 5, anything is possible. Bunch of losers

If you take out Affolder's score, their typical #1 man, they would have still won (149 points). If you take out his and also their other transfer/#5 man, they would have lost to Manlius, who also had a fantastic race, by 7 points (total of 166 points), and any given day those #6 and #7 men could run better and even win it with taking out 2 out of their top 5. Of course, all this is different if GO has a good day. Just a testament to the coaching and culture at the program in Loudoun Valley. Maybe next time do some research before you try to throw shade and look like an idiot

Grace Ping's out with injury but her 7th grade sister is running it?

There should be rules against having kids that young competing in this thing...

not an idiot wrote:

LV are hacks wrote:

Well when you bring in 2 transfers into your top 5, anything is possible. Bunch of losers

If you take out Affolder's score, their typical #1 man, they would have still won (149 points). If you take out his and also their other transfer/#5 man, they would have lost to Manlius, who also had a fantastic race, by 7 points (total of 166 points), and any given day those #6 and #7 men could run better and even win it with taking out 2 out of their top 5. Of course, all this is different if GO has a good day. Just a testament to the coaching and culture at the program in Loudoun Valley. Maybe next time do some research before you try to throw shade and look like an idiot

Manlius's #4 runner today is also a transfer

Dang, those girls are getting soaked while waiting for all the introductions, most of them are shivering. Temps still in the 40s?

LV are hacks wrote:

Well when you bring in 2 transfers into your top 5, anything is possible. Bunch of losers

You miserable puss, tell us how you really feel, and then cry yourself to sleep for the next 364 days.

D-bag, go back and read again and again about the transfer low-down, but that's after you get a good night's sleep after your moist-pillow slumber.

Illini boy wrote:

Illinois, New York, and Cali are always strong. Oh wait. They’re population centers too. Makes sense. And I’m an Illinois boy. York excluded, the biggest advantage we have is population and some serious coaches.

Not disagreeing that IL is always strong and population is a factor. You just helped make my case. NY and CA already have their own NXN. WHy not IL?

Also agree that coaching in IL is great - and not just the familiar names.

Doug Trolls wrote:

Can't wait for Doug Soles to come on LetsRun and make up some excuses for why Greak Oak got trashed!

Great Oak will win girls race to make up for it

just wait

Random thought: It's pretty impressive (and depressing) that the coverage/commentary for this high school cross country race is way better than major US marathons.

Kudos to Nike for putting on such an awesome event / webcast.

Manlius boys are young wrote:

Wow. Manlius’s only senior was their 5th man. They have 3 sophomores in the top 5, and their #6 was a freshman. They could be a threat in years to come.

LV has a good group coming back next year also. 4 guys that raced today, and 2 other great runners (a guy who broke 16 and another much improved guy that can keep up with some of LV’s top 7) that didn’t race today.

burnt hills is very young as well, hopefully having bad race last week to miss qualifying will make them hungrier in 2018

I knew the transfer thing would come up again, but just to make the point, yank both transfers even Affolder , who did not have a great day at all, out of the scoring, they still win.

also the only reason affolder transferred is because his dad is in the military and had to move for his job, was not done purely for running purposes (although once he knew they were moving to the DMV, he chose a school based on running pedigree for his kids).