With only one week of invitationals left before League meets start in, now is a good time to look at how Washington teams and athletes have fared so far this year. Expect changes even beginning next week, as several teams will run in their biggest invitationals of the year, especially at the Adidas Classic in Portland (many of the Southwest Washington teams plus Mead and Jackson will be in attendance) as it provides the rare chance to go against not only most of the best in Oregon, but also many of the best from Alaska and even teams from Texas and California.
But without further ado, here are the BOYS OVERALL LEADERBOARD for teams and individuals from around the state, based solely on SEASON BEST RESULTS THIS SEASON at MAJOR INVITATIONALS (and a few minor ones, to balance out representation). Note, this does not include subjective movement or head-to-head results or anything of the sort… just how their best marks this year compare to everyone else. Do not confuse these for my opinions on how the teams and individuals should be ranked – it more represents a good place for me to start, but I would take more factors into account for a true ranking (e.g., Patrick Gibson probably #1 in 2A boys, because he has been that good in the past and others haven’t yet run what he has before, even if he hasn’t done it yet this season as he looks towards state and post-state competition)
Overall Top 50 Individuals –
202.3 - Joe Hardy, 11 - Seattle Prep (3A)
201.5 - Taylor (Kai) Wilmot, 11 - North Central (3A)
194.7 - Andrew Gardner, 12 - Mead (4A)
193.2 - Sumner Goodwin, 12 - Lewis and Clark (4A)
192.9 - Wolfgang Beck, 11 - Gig Harbor (4A)
192.7 - Tanner Anderson, 10 - North Central (3A)
190.3 - John Dressel, 10 - Mt Spokane (3A)
188.6 - Poli Baltazar, 12 - Aberdeen (2A)
188.2 - Mark Tedder, 12 - Battle Ground (4A)
188.2 - Andrew Foerder, 11 - Nathan Hale (3A)
186.9 - Keith Williams, 12 - North Central (3A)
185.8 - Nicholas Hauger, 11 - Shadle Park (3A)
185.6 - Austin Oser, 12 - Kamiakin (3A)
184.8 - Keegan Symmes, 12 - Skyline (4A)
184.8 - Aaron Roe, 10 - Henry Jackson (4A)
184.7 - Daniel Amann, 12 - Deer Park (2A)
184.2 - Dallas Snider, 12 - W F West (2A)
184.0 - Mohamud Abdi, 12 - Lindbergh (2A)
183.9 - Patrick Gibson, 12 - Squalicum (2A)
183.8 - Johnathan Stevens, 12 - Redmond (4A)
183.5 - Devon Grove, 11 - Lake Washington (2A)
183.5 - Travis Hensley, 12 - Charles Wright Academy (1A)
182.7 - Conner Johnsen, 12 - Sehome (2A)
182.7 - James Dagley, 12 - Tahoma (4A)
182.6 - Peter Kesting, 10 - Olympia (4A)
182.1 - Sean Newcomb, 12 - Walla Walla (4A)
181.9 - Tom Bradley, 12 - Blaine (1A)
181.3 - Keenan Piper, 12 - Seattle Prep (3A)
181.2 - Oliver Reed, 11 - North Central (3A)
181.1 - Michael Mendenhall, 12 - Inglemoor (4A)
181.0 - Spike Sievert, 12 - Bellevue (3A)
180.2 - Drew Schreiber, 11 - Eisenhower (4A)
180.1 - Adam Houston, 11 - Roosevelt (4A)
179.6 - Nate Van Haitsma, 12 - Olympia (4A)
179.6 - Reed Henderson, 12 - Sehome (2A)
179.5 - Logan Giese, 12 - Central Valley (4A)
179.5 - Isaac Stinchfield, 12 - Washougal (2A)
179.3 - Kyler Goins, 12 - Lewis and Clark (4A)
179.2 - Garrett Kraal, 11 - Kamiakin (3A)
179.1 - Charlie Barringer, 10 - Bothell (4A)
179.0 - Ahmed Ibrahim, 11 - Kamiakin (3A)
178.9 - Michael Ottesen, 12 - Puyallup (4A)
178.9 - Mason Fletcher, 12 - Puyallup (4A)
178.9 - Spencer Jensen, 10 - Central Valley (4A)
178.8 - Colby Gilbert, 12 - Skyview (4A)
178.7 - Sam Giner, 12 - Interlake (3A)
178.4 - Jamie Coughlin, 12 - Garfield (4A)
178.0 - Jadon Olson, 11 - Henry Jackson (4A)
178.0 - Tristan Peloquin, 10 - Gig Harbor (4A)
177.9 - Keegan McCormick, 11 - Kamiakin (3A)
Overall Top 22 Teams –
1 - North Central (3A) - 68
2 - Kamiakin (3A) - 138
3 - Central Valley (4A) - 207
4 - Nathan Hale (3A) - 223
5 - Seattle Prep (3A) - 253
6 - Mt Spokane (3A) - 254
7 - Eisenhower (4A) - 263
8 - Lewis and Clark (4A) - 290
9 - University (3A) - 298
10 - Gig Harbor (4A) - 303
11 - Sehome (2A) - 318
12 - Olympia (4A) - 324
13 - Henry Jackson (4A) - 345
14 - Tahoma (4A) - 348
15 - Camas (4A) - 354
16 - Kamiak (4A) - 363
17 - Puyallup (4A) - 380
18 - Redmond (4A) - 385
19 - Bothell (4A) - 388
20 - Skyline (4A) - 391
21 - Garfield (4A) - 397
22 - Squalicum (2A) - 409
Just wondering how Central Valley gets ranked ahead of Nathan Hale when Hale beat CV head-to-head at Richland? As a follower of GSL meets I do feel that CV is better than Hale but was surprised to see this in your rankings and was curious how you came to your conclusion. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHead to head team results aren't factored into calculating team scores. As mentioned at the top, this is all based on SEASON BEST results (for each athlete) and only from invitationals. Team scores are just the added scores from that individual list (constantly removing out teams until only 22 remain, or 16 for the class rankings).
ReplyDeleteThanks for clearing that up Rob. I guess I should've read the top of the page closer, lol. My bad. One last question as a newbie too your site, how do you come up with the individual's number/rating (and my bad if you also describe that somewhere and I missed it lol). Is there anything like a "perfect score" or something, like a 220?? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI once wrote up a good post about that on Dyestat, but... no idea where that post is now. But in short, it's similar to what Bill Meylan does for New York at Tullyrunners.com (main differences being he uses a +/- course adjustment system and focuses more on how the graph of Race A compares to graph of Race B and his "baseline" course, whereas I use a multiplier course adjustment system and focus more on how significant amounts of runners run at Course A and then Course B within a couple weeks -- accounting for week-to-week improvement for September/October meets).
ReplyDeleteThere isn't really a "perfect score". For most cross country courses, each point is worth ~3 seconds... slightly more for slower courses, slightly less for faster courses... if a course is rated at 200.0 ~ 16:30, for example, each point would be worth 3.3 seconds, or at 14:00 it would be worth 2.8 seconds, etc.). And 200.0, in terms of something more standard, is about the equivalent of a 8:50ish 3200m on my scale.
I suppose I could have just posted the equivalent Sun Willows (WA State) times so that people new to the idea could follow along a bit easier...
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