a comment from the peanut gallery wrote:
I know this was 3 years ago, but I hope letsrun in future years can bring attention to these best teams. It will help the sport.
We got the white shadow over here.
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asfasfadsfaf wrote:
Hello this is what I think wrote:
You would think inner city kids would be good at xc with all the running they do growing up.
That's mostly sprinting dude.
I grew up in Manhattan (went to NYC public school) and we had some good sprinters in the city. A few top middle-distance guys and some good distance runners, but the top XC guys in the city were in the mid-16 minutes for 5k.
For the schools in poorer areas, kids have problems and it's hard for them to commit to distance running. For schools in nicer areas there are a lot of options for kids growing up in the city (and I mean that in a good way) and distance running isn't necessarily the nicest. My school didn't have a football team but we had other sports and a lot of weird clubs.
One of the best mile races I've ever seen was this High School Millrose Mile race from back in the day -- it really draws you in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20NnQLpgFkoThe winner went to a NYC public school and competed for her club team but not the school team. The NYTimes says she was 14 (competing against high schoolers):
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/28/sports/14-year-old-wins-girls-mile.html.
Do some research on Shola and Nnenna Lynch.
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Off topic wrote:
The real real wrote:
Cross country takes discipline and consistent hard work.
Your mom takes consistent hard pole.
Your dad takes consistent hard pole.
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This is a BIG YEAR for inner city teams in Minnesota.
Minneapolis Southwest and Washburn boys team are really solid. Along with Wayzata, both teams are looking to be fighting for the 2 state meet spots. Whoever makes state out of that section will do really well there.
Southwest still has it after 3 seniors lost. The sophomores stepped up.
Washburn has the best team they had since 2015.
St Paul Highland Park is going for the double (boys and girls title) in AA!!!
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Southwest’s top 4 nonseniors are 15:18, 16:11, 16:18, and 16:55 but the sad thing is their #5 nonsenior is 18:36.
I hope they find someone next year. That would be neat. They could challenge for a spot at NXN if they do. I know that Sam Scott will be a lock for it next year. But they will be up against Wayzata and Stevens Point. Maybe Heartland is getting stronger? Strong enough to get an at large next year?Como Park and St Paul central look good too this year.
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It means a poor urban area that’s typically highly black, but maybe is heavily Hispanic. It’ll also have high crime.
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It implies wrote:
It means a poor urban area that’s typically highly black, but maybe is heavily Hispanic. It’ll also have high crime.
Poor students in schools with limited resources in areas not conducive to distance running.
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Minneapolis Washburn makes state for the first time since 2015!!!!
But not expected to do much damage there. They got a nice 1-2-3 but their 4 and 5 are pretty far back.
If MPLS Southwest finds a fifth for next year they could challenge for a state title and an NXN berth
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Jesuit is about right smack in the middle of New Orleans
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Blanchet High School - Seattle, WA
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Look at schools in downtown area Chicago.
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Dowling is downtown Des Moines.
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The term "inner-city" fell out of use in the mid 2000s. What does it even refer to now? With gentrification and rising urban property values, low-income people are getting pushed to the suburbs/exurbs.
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Today at the MN state meet….
Aidan Jones (Minneapolis Washburn HS) won. Sam Scott (Minneapolis Southwest) got second
Minneapolis Washburn finished 6th as a team.
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Aidan Jones and Sam Scott are the first Minneapolis public school boys to finish one-two at the state meet since 1955.
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Minneapolis Southwest got 6th at Heartland for the second year in a row after losing 3 seniors.
They return 4 of their top 5 next year. Plus 2 more guys in the low 18s and a freshman who appears to be new to the sport but ran an 18:48 at NXR.
They will be extremely motivated next year after not making state this year
Could get top 2 at state next year
Aidan Jones (mn state champ from Minneapolis Washburn) missed an NXN auto-bid by 1 spot. If Dowling Catholic gets an at-large, Jones will get in because Dowling’s number 1 guy (heidesch) won the NXR race
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Would Madison West WI be considered a inner-city team?
What about Bismarck ND?
Both are really good programs
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Pluty wrote:
Minneapolis Southwest got 6th at Heartland for the second year in a row after losing 3 seniors.
They return 4 of their top 5 next year. Plus 2 more guys in the low 18s and a freshman who appears to be new to the sport but ran an 18:48 at NXR.
They will be extremely motivated next year after not making state this year
Could get top 2 at state next year
Aidan Jones (mn state champ from Minneapolis Washburn) missed an NXN auto-bid by 1 spot. If Dowling Catholic gets an at-large, Jones will get in because Dowling’s number 1 guy (heidesch) won the NXR race
If Southwest does close the 3-5 gap next year they could get top 3 at NXR and possibly an at-large to NXN given how much stronger this region is getting. Sam Scott should win state and make NXN individually next year though
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Cambridge isn't inner city. It's the complete opposite - a nice (but very woke) suburb with no violent crime.
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In my era ... wrote:
In my era, Cretin-Durham Hall, Saint Paul, MN was a solid city XC. The male team went to state numerous times.
uhh Private Catholic School...
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