Saratoga springs girls

Girlz are all underclassmen or middle schoolers too..... not even allowed to other states..... am surprised they are so good without Chmiel or knotts tesla from last year .... prob drugs

Oh please. Stop with this nonsense.

Nonsense absolutely, but Saratoga is always and will be the best! Daughter went there in ‘01 and still the same powerhouse they were. Hands down best xc team in nation. Best coaches too longtime friends

Knew they were going to be good with the 4xmile win and great performances by wheeler twins in 2 mile. Depth depth depth depth girls are on something though

Propaganda right here

Nosynewyorker wrote:

I like many, thought the Saratoga Springs girls would be awful this year with the loss of star Kelsey cmhiel but surprise they are even better, Ella Kurto is a strong low stick and they have an incredible pack of 6 girls over a 120 speed rating to follow her. A serious contender this year an nxn for sure. Those Kranicks aren’t quite done yet will win section 2 championships 100%.

They will make it to NXN no doubt, but I would not put them in the top 10 teams yet.

Those girls are too young they’re gonna crumble under the pressure for sure, no older girls to keep them grounded either..... too silly

banananut wrote:

Girlz are all underclassmen or middle schoolers too..... not even allowed to other states..... am surprised they are so good without Chmiel or knotts tesla from last year .... prob drugs

Minnesota allows 7th and 8th graders to compete on varsity

Minnesota wrote:

banananut wrote:

Girlz are all underclassmen or middle schoolers too..... not even allowed to other states..... am surprised they are so good without Chmiel or knotts tesla from last year .... prob drugs

Minnesota allows 7th and 8th graders to compete on varsity

I think about 1/3 of states do allow exceptional jr high kids to run at the varsity level. CA does not so the Great Oak coach is going off on NY teams.

Yea, many states allow 7th and 8th graders, Mass. allows them for small school where they are under the same principal. Certainly helps, but needs to be done right.

Does Saratoga overtrain its girls?

Stress fractures, burnouts, few post HS competitors .....

They also lost Knott to Shen...she was top 7 last year I believe

The Kranicks have kept things on the down low but Saturday starts the meat grinder with 6 all out efforts in 6 weeks , It will be interesting to see how they hold up . It doesn’t seem like there are lots of girls on the team this year .

asby wrote:

They also lost Knott to Shen...she was top 7 last year I believe

Skyler Knott was their number 5 returner from NXN because Chmiel and her sister Ciara graduated. If you looked at 2019 track season it seemed clear that Catherine Mongan and Anya Belisle were going to be factors for XC. Mackenzie Hart also had a good track season so I think it is possible that even if Skyler had stayed at Saratoga she wouldn’t be in their top 7. She did finish behind Saratoga’s 7th at Burnt Hills.

It looks like Saratoga’s numbers are quite a bit down . 13 total high school girls and 2 modified . The problem with your varsity team all being 10 grade or younger is they break down easier in my opinion . I think it will be tough to beat FM.

Nosynewyorker wrote:

I like many, thought the Saratoga Springs girls would be awful this year with the loss of star Kelsey cmhiel but surprise they are even better, Ella Kurto is a strong low stick and they have an incredible pack of 6 girls over a 120 speed rating to follow her. A serious contender this year an nxn for sure. Those Kranicks aren’t quite done yet will win section 2 championships 100%.

I wouldn’t say they have shown they’re better than their 2018 team yet. Ella Kurto is great but she is unlikely to contribute only one point to the team score as Chmiel did in both 2017 and 2018. More importantly in 2018 their 2-7 went 139-125-123-122-119-109. This year that 2-7 is 127-124-121-120-119-116. McKinley Wheeler is on her way back so that could give them a second girl at 130+ or not. I guess we will see.

Samesesame wrote:

Nonsense absolutely, but Saratoga is always and will be the best! Daughter went there in ‘01 and still the same powerhouse they were. Hands down best xc team in nation. Best coaches too longtime friends

Actually, FM girls are the best under Aris. They have so many national team titles, and they only have about 20 girls on average go out for the team.

Yeah for sure I heard those girls run 60+ miles a week with no recovery days, every day is hard

But now wouldn’t even be top 7 if she stayed in toga, looks like shen rly does suck