XC state championship streaks

Let it go. You're not capable of understanding how great CBA is. We are the best program in the country and we have a bond with each other that is incredible.

Yes wrote:

CBA in NJ is in non-public A, they only race public schools in the meet of champions and in invitationals throughout the year, they can recruit but from what I have heard they just go to a meet in south jersey and pick up the best kids there, they also attract transfers because of their non-public status, as you can live anywhere in the state and still go to CBA, while most still live down the shore. Top transfer Shaw Powell from Oregon, who placed in the top-20 in Oregon the year prior, transferred to CBA this year.

They can’t recruit and they don’t. Most of their runners have little running experience before joining the team in the fall. Their high mileage training makes average runners good and good runners great.

NC's longest streak wrote:

I would have to think that York HS in Illinois has the longest streak. They've won a lot of championships over the years.

York was consistently very good for decades upon decades, but there were other teams that won every now and then.

I think Shawnee Mission Northwest won the Kansas state meet 13 years in a row

York won I think 6-7 straight.

CBA won 6 straight a couple times.

Bishop Hendricken RI won 6 straight

Flathead MT won 6 straight

South Eugene OR won 7 straight

Mead WA won 9 straight

North Central WA won 11 straight

Bozeman MT is currently on an 11 year streak

others that might be up there would probably include Mountain View UT, The Woodlands TX, etc.

and I am sure there are plenty of smaller schools have probably racked up huge streaks in less competitive fields.

Blacksburg girls won 7 in a row from 2011-2017. Streak was snapped by LV this year. Loudoun Valley boys won 4 in a row and will be favorites to get their 5th in a row next year.

Many of the streaks are in different style state meets. Are we talking about an overly state title, with every school involved or a title based on size of school? NJ has an overall champion. NY has feds but teams often ignore the race. It’s hard to compare a streak in each.

Fayetteveille Manlius girls won 12 straight states and 11 of 12 National titles

Minneapolis Southwest boys won 5 state titles in a row. 1969-1973

Duluth East girls won 7 AA titles in a row. 1992-1998

I think the longest streak in Washington right now is Sehome boys with 6 straight? I think they're going for their 7th in about eleven days?

But they are 2A so that doesn't really count for anything.

NC's longest streak wrote:

I would have to think that York HS in Illinois has the longest streak. They've won a lot of championships over the years.

They have two 5-peats and a 6-peat

In Montana, Bozeman boys have a 12-years (2008-19) and counting in AA (the largest schools). Bozeman Girls had an 11 year streak, 2007-17, and restarted with a win in 2019.

York has won 29 state titles, with one streak of 6 in there, and 2 of 5. But the important measure here is that it did it in a state that for most of that time had either only 1 class or 2, in one of the most competitive states in the nation.

https://www.ihsa.org/Sports-Activities/Boys-Cross-Country/Records-History?url=/data/ccb/records/index.htm

Bismarck boys XC had 34 guys back in 2012 and qualified for NXN.

Last season they only had 19 guys. I wonder what happened.

That didn’t sound right so I looked it up. I guess the girls did have a great run that ended in ‘20 after 14 straight titles. The boys won 8 titles in that period.

A great coach in a small school division in a small state can build quite a dynasty.

For having 34 guys on the team though, I must say, making NXN in impressive. Even though I do know that FM qualified for NXN regularly when there were on average 20 people on the team per gender.

People don't understand how truly legendary the program was. Coach Joe Newton (rest in peace) retired from the program in 2016 after being head coach for 57 years. He passed the following year at age 88. Under his tenure, they won state championships for 5 decades and at times would do Newbury Park type stuff such as going 1-2-3 at the state meet. They also won the first ever NXN in 2004. They were also 2nd at NXN in 2005 and 2008

State championships won under coach Newton:

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state championship Streaks in MN for boys teams

Minneapolis Southwest has had some good winning streaks at the state meet.
They won every year between 1962 and 1965.
Also every year between 1969 and 1973.
Also between 1946 and 1948.
Also between 1952 and 1954.

Burnsville - between 1976 and 1979
Minneapolis South - between 1988 and 1991