Northwest Meet Recaps - Oct. 8

Racing started early this week with the Helena 7-on-7 MT and Bob Conley ID meets both on Thursday and are among the highlights of the weekend.

Results are already in for Helena 7-on-7 MT, although not yet posted to Athletic.net (so I don't have ratings for them yet). Summary from Helena: Annie Hill (16:47.26) over Tiahna Vladic (16:59.28) in the girls #1 runners race, with Bryn Morley finishing #8 (18:21.68) as she rounds back into form. On the boys side, Chase Equal (14:55.14) won again with Marshall Beatty (15:01.6) second and Ben Perrin (15:10.41) third. Bozeman was the top team on both sides, with the girls averaging 17:53.11 and the boys 15:26.39. Billings Senior (18:34.31 and 16:19.4), Missoula Hellgate (18:43.58 and 16:10.93), and Glacier (18:57.46 and 16:15.30) seemingly the best of the rest.

Bob Conley ID results (Idaho's "Pre-State" meet, where athletes and coaches get a first look at the new course which will host the state meet later this month) just got posted. Unfortunately, Jackson Hole WY (and several other notable girls teams) sent their 'B' team rather than their varsity, meaning no showdown between NW#1 Anna Gibson and the NW#4 Jackson Hole WY girls vs. NW#2 Lexy Halladay and NW#3 Mountain View ID girls. However, it was still a chance for Mountain View's runners to run against some very good individuals. Lexy Halladay won the title in 17:39.8 over NW#9 Michelle Pratt of Blackfoot (18:08.6) and NW#38 Mia Kopfenstein (18:25.8) of Meridian. On the boys side, the team showdown did materialize as Skyline beat Borah 51-73, with Mountain View showing a strong third with 82 points. Bonneville's R. Coen Haroldsen won the race in 15:31.7, with Borah's duo of Siyad Matan (15:35.3) and Sean Harren (15:39.4) took the next two spots. Preliminary ratings (200.0 = 14:53.85) for the top athletes/teams: 187.3 Haroldsen, 186.1 Matan, 184.7 Harren; 175.7 Skyline boys (16:06.14), 172.9 Borah boys (16:14.58), 166.9 Mountain View boys (16:32.46); 144.3 Halladay, 134.6 Pratt, 128.9 Klopfenstein; 125.6 Mountain View (18:35.58), 108.8 Twin Falls (19:25.54).


Also of some interest: DyeStat's latest regional (and national individual) rankings came out today. Mountain View ID girls are not ranked, while Naperville North IL girls (who they beat at Roy Griak) are now MW#2. Does that mean that the Northwest has MORE than 5 teams better than the #2 team in the Midwest? While I think the NW is pretty strong this year, I don't think it goes QUITE that deep. Whether that means Mountain View is stronger than the DyeStat ranksters think, or that they are giving Naperville North a "pass" because they don't think they ran well at Griak (though I'm not sure many teams would claim they did at a meet like that), or what... it will be interesting to see how it unfolds over the next six weeks.


*** EDIT: Unfortunately, Athletic.net has changed their webpages either yesterday (Friday, Oct. 7) or today (Saturday). I can no longer easily copy and paste results from the webpage, nor can I import the data via Excel (because they also block that by denying the "old browser" that Excel '10 uses from accessing the page). I will still be able to copy and paste at a MUCH slower rate (I will have to edit every single line, which for the 1000+ athlete races that I often look at will take a substantial time), but that does mean I won't be able to rate every WA/OR race from now on. ***

Hole in the Wall WA: Holy Names Academy WA senior Jordan Oakes (17:17.4) challenged the meet record as she edged Lake Steven WA's Taylor Roe (17:21.6) and Cascade-Leavenworth's Erin Mullins (17:35.4) to win the loaded girls race. The meet record is 17:10.4 (Amy-Eloise Neale 2012). The boys race saw a new meet record was when Camas senior Yacine Guermali (15:17.3) had a huge day as he upset Northwest's Tibebu Proctor (15:32.6) with a pair of sophomores (Mount Si's Joe Waskom and Woodinville's Luke Houser) running 15:34.1 and 15:39.1. The former boys meet record was 15:30.8 (set by Devon Grove in 2013). Poway CA won the boys team race with 169 points, with Glacier Peak WA (192), Camas WA (197), Gig Harbor WA (204), and Jesuit OR (215) rounding out the top 5. In the girls race, Jesuit OR won with 52 points while Camas WA (99), Edmonds-Woodway WA (110), Holy Names Academy WA (136) and Issaquah WA (148) rounded out the top 5.

Richland WA: Moscow ID senior Katherine Ruck won the girls race in 17:35.11 over Lewis & Clark WA junior Katie Thronson (17:45.13). The boys race was won by Henry Jackson's Matthew Watkins (14:52.51) with Amir Ado (Joel Ferris) second at 14:57.29. The much-anticipated battle at this meet was the boys teams, where Central Valley came up big to win with 93 points over Henry Jackson (112), North Central (117), and Bellarmine Prep (142). The girls side was a different story, with Lewis & Clark scoring 32 to run away with the team title (Hanford was second with 97).

Quick reminder for WA coaches/athletes

Quick reminder for Washington coaches and athletes: Due to the ruling of the WIAA a couple of years ago, some athletes are finally able to be coached for post-season meets on a limited basis!

Relevant PDF from the WIAA

Summary: If an athlete has qualified to run in the championship division at either NXN-Northwest, Footlocker West (and also NXN Nationals or Footlocker Nationals if applicable), then the coach can apply to continue coaching them for 10 practices after the end of the WIAA season (the state meet). You'll have to apply for a waiver to do so. You will also be allowed to attend and coach the athlete(s) at the meet (you do NOT need to apply for the waiver to do so). Athletes who are relegated to the JV or Open Varsity divisions at either NXN Northwest or Footlocker West can NOT be coached through this waiver.

This was a nice improvement over the previous situation, where athletes couldn't be coached by their school coaches after the conclusion of the state meet. It also gives more teams and athletes a reason to attend these meets, as it means more time that the coach can train the athletes :)

It will take a little bit of time to go through the waiver process, so if possible coaches should probably start the process well before the State meet. With such a short window between the state meet and NXN Regional meet, hopefully the folks in Boise can have a good idea early enough who will be able to qualify for the championship field (although in the future, perhaps the dates of NXR and BorderClash can be switched to give coaches a better chance to make the necessary inquiries? Just an idea, Nike...). I will try to do my part on here to give an unofficial gauge as to how highly rated athletes and teams might be, but the regional fields are determined not only by how fast you are but also who else signs up (and want in the Championship division rather than the Open Varsity races).

Hopefully, lots of coaches around Washington picked up on this and will more strongly consider sending athletes and teams to the regional meets. Last year, only 15% of the athletes at the Washington state meet went on to compete at NXR (and even less if you only looked at the Championship race), compared to 22% for Oregon. It would be nice if more of Washington's best were represented at the regional (and with luck, national) meet.

Top meets on Tap in the Northwest: Oct. 8

Weekend schedule - what meets this weekend have which ranked teams/individuals?

This week, there are five major meets:

The most intriguing race this weekend, in my opinion, is going to be at Bob Conley ID. This is a meet that features very strong teams up front on both sides, including the only match-up of multiple Top-4 teams: Jackson Hole WY squares off against Mountain View ID in quality girls field. The boys race is also promising, with the top two teams in Idaho squaring off with two more ranked teams in the mix as well. It is also the strongest individual field on the girls side, with 10 girls ranked in the NW top 50 ratings over the last couple of week. Even more impressive is when you consider that the girls field will match up the two top rated runners in the region, and a total of six of the Northwest's top 11! The boys side is no joke either, with seven Top-50 athletes in the field.

The main highlight at the Hole in the Wall WA meet is the girls race, where NW#1 Jesuit will run against four Washington teams ranked between #15 and #20, as well as an Edmonds-Woodway squad which should be Top 10 if they are at full strength. The girls individual battle will also be strong, tying Bob Conley for the most Top-50 runners with 10 runners rated at 121+ and also nearly matches up on the guys side with 6. This meet has almost all of the top girls programs on the west side of Washington. The boys side is also of interest, with two Top-22 teams facing a strong out of state team in Poway CA.

Richland WA features the deepest boys field with 8 ranked boys teams, along with 2 ranked teams in the girls race. #1 North Central will square off with #5 Bellarmine Prep is the highlight. Of the NW top 50 individuals I've rated over the last coupe weeks (which was ratings of 179+ and 121+), there are 12 boys (and 2 girls) set to toe the line. That is a very strong boys field, along with what should be a close girls team race between Mead and Lewis & Clark.

Over in Montana, the Helena 7-on-7 MT meet as always features the top teams and individuals from around the state. It is a meet which breaks runners up into different flights, just like Sunfair. Glacier's Annie Hill and Billings Senior's Tiahna Vladic are two of the best runners in the Northwest, and probably among the top 25 in the nation, which have traded wins over the last two weeks. One of them will most likely win once again, although there is still one lingering question with regards to the Montana girls cross country scene: is this going to be the week that Bryn Morley returns to the course? Bryn Morley, for those that might have somehow forgotten, is a fantastic runner who qualified for Footlocker two years ago as a freshman, and is the defending Montana B State Champion that was injured this spring and has been recovering ever since. I saw an article a couple of weeks ago (a preview of the Mountain West meet) that mentioned that Morley's coach thought she was "about a week from recovering (from her injury)." Although I wouldn't expect her to be near 100% in her first race back (if that is even to happen this week), it will be interesting to see how such a dynamic talent can influence the race and the Northwest XC scene in general.

The fifth major meet is one without many regionally ranked teams, but a very solid group of individuals: The Flat and Fast Invitational in Oregon. Sunset OR is the top ranked team on both sides, and their runners will be challenged by runners from a variety of different schools on both sides. There are four Top-50 boys and six Top-50 girls in the field, including a pair of Top-10 girls (Ember Stratton of Sunset and Ginger Murnieks of Sprague) and a Top-10 boy (Zane Fodge of McMinnville).



Meets with multiple NW ranked teams:

Richland WA (Oct. 8) - 8 ranked boys teams, 2 ranked girls teams

Boys field: #1 North Central WA, #5 Bellarmine Prep WA, #10 Eisenhower WA, #12 Lewis & Clark WA, #17 Henry Jackson WA, #20 Kamiakin WA, #22 Central Valley WA, #26 Joel Ferris WA

Girls field: #14 Lewis & Clark WA, #17 Mead WA


Bob Conley ID (Oct. 6) - 4 ranked boys teams, 5 ranked girls teams

Boys field: #4 Skyline ID, #7 Borah ID, #18 Sugar-Salem ID, #23 Jackson Hole WY

Girls field: #3 Jackson Hole WY, #4 Mountain View ID, #9 Boise ID, #12 Madison ID, #25 Twin Falls ID


Hole in the Wall WA (Oct. 8) - 2 ranked boys teams (plus a solid CA team), 5 ranked girls teams

Boys field: Poway CA, #21 Camas WA, #25 Glacier Peak WA

Girls field: #1 Jesuit OR, #15 Glacier Peak WA, #16 Camas WA, #18 Northwest WA, #20 Issaquah WA


Gib Floyd ID (Oct. 8) - 1 ranked boys team, 2 ranked girls teams

Boys field: #19 Rocky Mountain ID

Girls field: #6 Eagle ID, #24 Rocky Mountain ID


Ash Creek II OR (Oct. 8) - 2 ranked boys teams

Boys field: #8 West Anchorage AK, #16 South Eugene OR

Girls field: (no ranked teams)

Northwest Girls - Top Individual Performances (Sep. 24 - Oct. 1)

Northwest Girls - Top Individual Performances from Sep. 24 - Oct. 1

Please note, only results from the meets I've rated are included below. There are a lot of good athletes out there that weren't at any of the meets I've looked at, so don't take this is a strict rankings of ALL of the runners in the Northwest.

Only including performances rated at 116+

1. 153.4 - Anna Gibson - Jackson Hole WY - Bob Firman ID #1
2. 147.8 - Lexy Halladay - Mountain View ID - Roy Griak MN #1
3. 146.2 - Jordan Oakes - Holy Names Academy WA - Nike Portland OR #1
4. 144.9 - Annie Hill - Glacier MT - Butte MT #1
5. 144.7 - Tiahna Vladic - Billings Senior MT - Mountain West MT #1
6. 143.8 - Ember Stratton - Sunset OR - Nike Portland OR #2
7. 143.2 - Eve Jensen - Boise ID - Bob Firman ID #5
   142.0 - Eve Jensen - Boise ID - Stanford CA #1
8. 139.7 - Mattie Geddes - Jackson Hole WY - Bob Firman ID #8
9. 139.1 - Michelle Pratt - Blackfoot ID - Bob Firman ID #11
10. 138.6 - Ginger Murnieks - Sprague OR - Harrier Classic OR #1
11. 138.0 - Rachel Morrin - Madison ID - Bob Firman ID #12
12. 137.4 - Ella Degrandpre - Hellgate MT - Mountain West MT #2
    137.3 - Tiahna Vladic - Billings Senior MT - Butte MT #2
13. 137.2 - Taylor Roe - Lake Stevens WA - Marysville Twilight WA #1
14. 135.9 - Camila Noe - Bozeman MT - Sunfair WA #1
15. 135.8 - Dania Holmberg - Eagle ID - Sunfair WA #1
    135.7 - Dania Holmberg - Eagle ID - Bob Firman ID #13
16. 135.6 - Erin Mullins - Cascade (Leavenworth) WA - Marysville Twilight WA #2
17. 135.5 - Piper Meuwissen - Bozeman MT - Sunfair WA #2
    134.0 - Piper Meuwissen - Bozeman MT - Mountain West MT #3
    132.5 - Camila Noe - Bozeman MT - Mountain West MT #4
18. 132.3 - Elizabeth Rinck - Jesuit OR - Bob Firman ID #15
19. 131.8 - Kenenni Wiegand - Bozeman MT - Mountain West MT #5
20. 131.8 - Lara Rix - St Mary's Academy OR - Stanford CA #11
    131.2 - Erin Mullins - Cascade (Leavenworth) WA - Nike Portland OR #3
    130.9 - Ginger Murnieks - Sprague OR - Meriwether OR #1
21. 130.9 - Katherine Ruck - Moscow ID - Mountain West MT #6
22. 130.4 - Hannah Waskom - Mt Si WA - Nike Portland OR #4
23. 130.1 - Makenna Schumacher - Jesuit OR - Bob Firman ID #19
24. 129.9 - Kearan Nelson - Central Valley WA - Mountain West MT #7
25. 129.3 - McKenna Emerson - Eagle ID - Bob Firman ID #20
26. 129.1 - Camila David-Smith - Interlake WA - Bob Firman ID #1
27. 129.0 - Kelly Makin - Sunset OR - Nike Portland OR #6
28. 128.7 - Sophia Cantine - Lakeside (Seattle) WA - Curtis WA #1
29. 127.7 - Erinn Hill - North Central WA - Sunfair WA #3
30. 127.3 - Madeline Hamilton - Sentinel MT - Mountain West MT #8
31. 126.9 - Trisha Carlson - Charles M Russell MT - Mountain West MT #9
32. 126.7 - Abby Brazil - Jackson Hole WY - Bob Firman ID #22
    126.5 - Kenenni Wiegand - Bozeman MT - Sunfair WA #1
33. 126.4 - Gillian Nedblake - Mt Si WA - Marysville Twilight WA #3
34. 125.9 - Kate Intile - Tualatin OR - Stanford CA #1
35. 125.9 - Katie Thronson - Lewis and Clark WA - Marysville Twilight WA #4
36. 125.9 - Melissa Berry - Sheldon OR - Nike Portland OR #8
    125.8 - Kate Intile - Tualatin OR - Meriwether OR #2
37. 125.6 - Malia Pivec - Lynnwood WA - Nike Portland OR #1
38. 125.5 - Mia Klopfenstein - Meridian ID - Bob Firman ID #2
39. 125.5 - Sailor Hutton - Bandon OR - Woahink Lake OR #1
    125.3 - Malia Pivec - Lynnwood WA - Marysville Twilight WA #5
40. 125.1 - Haley Schaeffer - Twin Falls ID - Bob Firman ID #25
41. 125.1 - Reagan Badger - Mountain View ID - Roy Griak MN #22
42. 124.2 - Anna Chau - South Salem OR - Nike Portland OR #10
43. 124.0 - Molly MacDonald - Sentinel MT - Mountain West MT #10
44. 124.0 - Stephanie Finley - Oregon Episcopal OR - Nike Portland OR #11
    123.9 - Sailor Hutton - Bandon OR - Nike Portland OR #12
45. 123.7 - Emma Jenkins - Camas WA - Nike Portland OR #13
46. 123.4 - Gemma LaVergne - Emmett ID - Bob Firman ID #1
47. 123.2 - Hannah Tobiason - Summit OR - Nike Portland OR #14
    123.0 - Camila David-Smith - Interlake WA - Marysville Twilight WA #6
    122.8 - McKenna Emerson - Eagle ID - Sunfair WA #2
    122.7 - Melissa Berry - Sheldon OR - Harrier Classic OR #2
48. 122.6 - Savanna Craig - Mountain View WA - Nike Portland OR #15
49. 122.1 - Keely McCormick - Jesuit OR - Bob Firman ID #26
    121.4 - Erinn Hill - North Central WA - Mountain West MT #11
    121.2 - Molly MacDonald - Sentinel MT - Butte MT #3
50. 121.1 - Caramia Mestler - Sheldon OR - Nike Portland OR #17
51. 120.8 - Alexis Kebbe - Jesuit OR - Bob Firman ID #28
    120.8 - Annie Hill - Glacier MT - Mountain West MT #12
52. 120.7 - Novie McCabe - Liberty Bell WA - Marysville Twilight WA #1
    120.4 - Hannah Tobiason - Summit OR - Oxford Classic OR #1
53. 120.2 - Chloe Jensen - Jesuit OR - Bob Firman ID #29
54. 119.7 - Shaylee Hill - Sugar-Salem ID - Bob Firman ID #2
55. 119.4 - Kaitlin Wride - Flathead MT - Mountain West MT #13
56. 119.3 - Robyn Reeder - Capital ID - Oxford Classic OR #2
57. 119.2 - Billie Hatch - Preston ID - Bob Firman ID #32
58. 119.2 - Isa Meyers - Northwest WA - Nike Portland OR #2
59. 119.1 - Emma Sjolund - Sumner WA - Marysville Twilight WA #7
60. 118.4 - Claire Dingus - University WA - Mountain West MT #14
    118.1 - Trisha Carlson - Charles M Russell MT - Butte MT #4
61. 117.8 - Moriah Duenich - Deer Park WA - Mountain West MT #15
62. 117.7 - Macenna Hansen - Northwest WA - Nike Portland OR #3
63. 117.5 - Kate Jendrezak - Eastside Catholic WA - Bellevue WA #1
64. 117.3 - Lizzy Shaw - Riverside WA - Sunfair WA #4
    117.0 - Kaitlin Wride - Flathead MT - Butte MT #5
65. 116.9 - Mia Hill - North Central WA - Sunfair WA #3
66. 116.9 - Abby Smith - Lewis and Clark WA - Marysville Twilight WA #8
67. 116.9 - Celie Mans - Siuslaw OR - Woahink Lake OR #2
68. 116.7 - Madison Elmore - South Eugene OR - Sunfair WA #5
69. 116.7 - Annika Reiss - Bellingham WA - Curtis WA #2
70. 116.7 - Joby Rosenleaf - Butte MT - Butte MT #6
    116.4 - Kate Jendrezak - Eastside Catholic WA - Marysville Twilight WA #9
71. 116.4 - Rachel Kastama - Puyallup WA - Curtis WA #3
72. 116.3 - Rebecca Ledsham - Inglemoor WA - Marysville Twilight WA #10
73. 116.1 - Kenna Clawson - Issaquah WA - Bellevue WA #1
74. 116.1 - McKenna Henke - Crescent Valley OR - State of Jefferson OR #1
75. 116.0 - Kyla Becker - Lincoln OR - Sunfair WA #6

Northwest Boys - Top Individual Performances (Sep. 24 - Oct. 1)

Northwest Boys - Top Individual Performances from Sep. 24 - Oct. 1

Please note, only results from the meets I've rated are included below. There are a lot of good athletes out there that weren't at any of the meets I've looked at, so don't take this is a strict rankings of ALL of the runners in the Northwest.

Only including performances rated at 177+

1. 197.4 - Tibebu Proctor - Northwest WA - Nike Portland OR #2
2. 193.8 - Ahmed Muhumed - West Salem OR - Nike Portland OR #3
3. 193.6 - James Mwaura - Lincoln WA - Nike Portland OR #4
4. 192.7 - Matthew Watkins - Henry Jackson WA - Nike Portland OR #5
5. 192.6 - Andy Monroe - Crater OR - Bob Firman ID #5
6. 192.1 - Austin Byrer - Lewiston ID - Bob Firman ID #6
7. 191.8 - Yacine Guermali - Camas WA - Nike Portland OR #6
8. 191.4 - Siyad Matan - Borah ID - Bob Firman ID #8
9. 190.2 - Jacob Christner - North Central WA - Bob Firman ID #11
10. 190.1 - Zane Fodge - McMinnville OR - Nike Portland OR #7
    188.7 - James Mwaura - Lincoln WA - Curtis WA #1
11. 188.3 - Chase Equall - Bozeman MT - Mountain West MT #1
12. 188.1 - Ryan Barna - Skyline ID - Bob Firman ID #14
13. 188.0 - R. Coen Haroldsen - Bonneville ID - Bob Firman ID #15
    187.6 - Chase Equall - Bozeman MT - Sunfair WA #1
14. 187.4 - Hayden Dressel - Mt Spokane WA - Stanford CA #9
15. 187.4 - Amir Ado - Joel Ferris WA - Mountain West MT #2
16. 187.2 - Alex Slenning - Wilson OR - Nike Portland OR #9
17. 187.2 - Joe Waskom - Mt Si WA - Nike Portland OR #10
18. 186.8 - Luke Schilter - NW Christian (Lacey) WA - King's Cross WA #1
19. 186.2 - Shane Henderson - Star Valley WY - Davis Open Regional UT #1
    186.0 - Luke Schilter - NW Christian (Lacey) WA - Sunfair WA #2
20. 185.9 - Asefa Wetzel - Star Valley WY - Davis Open Regional UT #2
21. 185.5 - Abdi Maqtal - Borah ID - Bob Firman ID #20
    184.7 - Joe Waskom - Mt Si WA - Marysville Twilight WA #1
22. 183.9 - Silas Griffith - Ridgefield WA - Nike Portland OR #13
23. 183.9 - Spencer Tsai - South Eugene OR - Sunfair WA #3
24. 183.8 - Cameron Wyman - Bellarmine Prep WA - Bob Firman ID #23
    183.6 - Andy Monroe - Crater OR - State of Jefferson OR #1
25. 183.6 - Nicholas Russell - Bishop Kelly ID - Bob Firman ID #1
26. 183.0 - Dawson Besst - Tahoma WA - Bellevue WA #1
27. 182.7 - Harrison Roberts - Skyline ID - Bob Firman ID #26
    181.9 - Dawson Besst - Tahoma WA - Sunfair WA #4
28. 181.9 - Ronan Price - Eisenhower WA - Bellevue WA #2
29. 181.8 - Marshall Beatty - Sentinel MT - Butte MT #1
30. 181.8 - Vincent Groner - Vallivue ID - Bob Firman ID #3
31. 181.8 - Andy Muha - Sunset OR - Nike Portland OR #15
    181.6 - Spencer Tsai - South Eugene OR - Nike Portland OR #16
32. 181.4 - Charles Paul - Mountain View ID - Roy Griak MN #10
33. 181.3 - Ben Perrin - Flathead MT - Mountain West MT #3
34. 181.2 - Bradley Peloquin - Gig Harbor WA - Nike Portland OR #17
35. 180.7 - Jerik Embleton - Marist OR - Nike Portland OR #18
36. 180.4 - Gus Schumacher - Service AK - 4A State Meet AK #1
    180.4 - Marshall Beatty - Sentinel MT - Mountain West MT #4
    180.0 - Silas Griffith - Ridgefield WA - Marysville Twilight WA #1
37. 180.0 - Cooper West - Charles M Russell MT - Mountain West MT #5
    180.0 - Siyad Matan - Borah ID - Oxford Classic OR #1
38. 179.9 - Jacob Nicholson - West Valley (Spokane) WA - Mountain West MT #6
39. 179.9 - Morris Wecker - Hellgate MT - Mountain West MT #7
40. 179.9 - Mohamed Ahmed - North Central WA - Bob Firman ID #28
41. 179.8 - Turlan Morlan - Gonzaga Prep WA - Mountain West MT #8
42. 179.7 - Cullen McEachern - Kamiak WA - Marysville Twilight WA #2
43. 179.5 - Josh Corgatelli - Moscow ID - Mountain West MT #9
44. 179.4 - Hank Knight - North Central WA - Bob Firman ID #31
45. 179.4 - Markus Taylor - North Central WA - Bob Firman ID #32
    179.3 - Zane Fodge - McMinnville OR - Harrier Classic OR #1
46. 179.3 - Adam Klein - Tualatin OR - Meriwether OR #1
47. 179.3 - Ben Jacot - Curtis WA - Nike Portland OR #19
48. 179.2 - Graf Kirk - Boise ID - Bob Firman ID #33
49. 179.1 - Nate Pendleton - Eastlake WA - Sunfair WA #5
    179.0 - Abdi Maqtal - Borah ID - Oxford Classic OR #2
50. 179.0 - Luke Houser - Woodinville WA - Marysville Twilight WA #3
51. 178.9 - Caleb Seely - Wilson OR - Nike Portland OR #21
    178.6 - Graf Kirk - Boise ID - Stanford CA #24
    178.7 - Cooper West - Charles M Russell MT - Butte MT #2
52. 178.5 - Ronan Price - Eisenhower WA - Sunfair WA #6
53. 178.4 - Ben Shaw - Riverside WA - Sunfair WA #7
54. 178.4 - Matthew Park - Edmonds-Woodway WA - Marysville Twilight WA #4
55. 178.4 - Scott Kinkade - Summit OR - Oxford Classic OR #3
56. 178.4 - Cameron Thompson - Central Catholic OR - Meriwether OR #2
57. 178.2 - Sean Harren - Borah ID - Oxford Classic OR #4
58. 178.0 - Nick Barna - Skyline ID - Bob Firman ID #35
59. 177.9 - Leonard McComas - Bozeman MT - Mountain West MT #10
60. 177.7 - Lance Slichko - Emerald Ridge WA - Curtis WA #2
61. 177.6 - Henry Mong - Franklin OR - Nike Portland OR #1
62. 177.4 - Isaac Schmidt - Hellgate MT - Mountain West MT #11
    177.4 - Sean Harren - Borah ID - Bob Firman ID #38
63. 177.4 - Noah Wallace - Lake Stevens WA - Marysville Twilight WA #5
64. 177.3 - Wesley Kallgren - Star Valley WY - Davis Open Regional UT #3
65. 177.3 - Jantz Tostenson - Crater OR - Bob Firman ID #39
66. 177.2 - Connor Lehl - Punahou HI - Stanford CA #28

Midwest Results - Sep. 24 through Oct. 1

Catching up on some highlights of the racing in the Midwest...

Culver Academy IN (Sep. 24)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:53.68

Boys =

1 - 11 - Danny Kilrea - 15:25.1 - Lyons IL - 189.5
2 - 12 - Vince Zona - 15:39.7 - Lyons IL - 184.6
3 - 12 - Bailey McIntire - 15:41.3 - South Adams - 184.0
4 - 10 - Zeb Hernandez - 15:53.9 - Warsaw Community - 179.8
5 - 10 - Mitchell Rans - 15:54.0 - Caston - 179.8
6 - 12 - Noah Steffen - 16:03.2 - Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran - 176.7
7 - 10 - Jesse Hamlin - 16:10.2 - Fort Wayne Snider - 174.3
1 - 12 - Bryon Berg - 16:11.2 - Michigan City - 174.0
8 - 12 - Dan Palmer - 16:11.3 - Lyons IL - 173.9
9 - 10 - Quinn Gallagher - 16:12.9 - Guerin Catholic - 173.4


1 - 11 - Danny Kilrea - 15:25.1 - Lyons IL - 189.5
2 - 12 - Vince Zona - 15:39.7 - Lyons IL - 184.6
8 - 12 - Dan Palmer - 16:11.3 - Lyons IL - 173.9
15 - 12 - Graham Kutchek - 16:19.4 - Lyons IL - 171.2
16 - 12 - Alex Pall - 16:21.5 - Lyons IL - 170.5
27 - 10 - Colin Costello - 16:33.5 - Lyons IL - 166.5
28 - 12 - Alex Lynch - 16:36.6 - Lyons IL - 165.5


Girls =

1 - 12 - Sarah Leinheiser - 17:51.1 - Carmel - 140.4
2 - 12 - Christina Geisler - 18:26.1 - Carmel - 128.7
3 - 11 - Maddie Dalton - 18:31.2 - Carmel - 127.0
4 - 10 - Shelby Riehle - 18:31.4 - LaPorte - 126.9
5 - 12 - Rachel Anderson - 18:36.9 - Carmel - 125.1
6 - 9 - Phoebe Bates - 18:39.0 - Carmel - 124.4
7 - 11 - Lauren Frank - 18:46.7 - Penn - 121.8
8 - 12 - Ellie Brush - 18:47.5 - Mason OH - 121.5
9 - 12 - Megan Slamkowski - 18:48.2 - Guerin Catholic - 121.3
10 - 12 - Rachel Brougher - 18:51.9 - Columbus North - 120.0


1 - 12 - Sarah Leinheiser - 17:51.1 - Carmel - 140.4
2 - 12 - Christina Geisler - 18:26.1 - Carmel - 128.7
3 - 11 - Maddie Dalton - 18:31.2 - Carmel - 127.0
5 - 12 - Rachel Anderson - 18:36.9 - Carmel - 125.1
6 - 9 - Phoebe Bates - 18:39.0 - Carmel - 124.4
31 - 9 - Lily McAndrews - 19:46.5 - Carmel - 101.7
43 - 9 - Sydney Haines - 20:00.4 - Carmel - 97.0

7 - 11 - Lauren Frank - 18:46.7 - Penn - 121.8
16 - 12 - Emma Jankowski - 19:07.9 - Penn - 114.7
27 - 12 - Lorena Daugherty - 19:33.8 - Penn - 106.0
29 - 10 - Ellie Jankowski - 19:40.1 - Penn - 103.9
33 - 11 - Dani Spring - 19:48.4 - Penn - 101.1
68 - 12 - Hannah Selis - 20:30.3 - Penn - 87.0
71 - 12 - Elli Mott - 20:32.6 - Penn - 86.2

Fastest boys teams: Lyons Township IL (177.9), Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran IN (166.6)

Fastest girls teams: Carmel IN (129.1), Penn IN (109.5)

Palatine IL (Sep. 24)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:04.91

Boys =

1 - 11 - Charlie Kern - 14:36.0 - Elmhurst (York) - 189.0
2 - 12 - Brian Griffith - 14:36.2 - Lake Zurich - 188.9
3 - 12 - Jack Aho - 14:38.3 - Grayslake (Central) - 188.1
4 - 12 - Blake Evertsen - 14:41.3 - Hinsdale (Central) - 187.1
5 - 12 - Reese Jordan - 14:42.3 - Maine South - 186.7
6 - 12 - Irwin Loud - 14:47.3 - Oak Park-River Forest - 184.9
7 - 12 - Jeremy Adams - 14:50.3 - Chicago (Jones) - 183.9
8 - 12 - Matt Aho - 14:54.5 - Grayslake (Central) - 182.4
9 - 10 - Carter Cheeseman - 14:54.7 - Brentwood Academy TN - 182.3
10 - 12 - Warren Blood - 14:55.9 - Winnetka (New Trier) - 181.9
11 - 12 - Jacob Krupa - 14:57.8 - Hersey - 181.2
12 - 12 - Brian Leonard - 14:58.8 - Palatine - 180.9
13 - 11 - Sean MacGregor - 15:00.6 - Elmhurst (York) - 180.2
14 - 12 - Filip Pajak - 15:00.7 - Prairie Ridge - 180.2
15 - 12 - Kyle Griffith - 15:02.8 - Lake Zurich - 179.4
16 - 12 - Matt Pereira - 15:03.2 - Lake Zurich - 179.3
17 - 11 - Patrick Schaefer - 15:03.5 - St Xavier KY - 179.2
18 - 12 - Charlie Zimmer - 15:03.6 - Marmion Academy - 179.2
19 - 12 - Paolo Tiongson - 15:06.2 - Loyola Academy - 178.2
20 - 11 - Nick Laning - 15:06.4 - Barrington - 178.2


2 - 12 - Brian Griffith - 14:36.2 - Lake Zurich - 188.9
15 - 12 - Kyle Griffith - 15:02.8 - Lake Zurich - 179.4
16 - 12 - Matt Pereira - 15:03.2 - Lake Zurich - 179.3
27 - 11 - Patrick Burns - 15:18.2 - Lake Zurich - 174.0
64 - 11 - Eric Metzger - 15:44.6 - Lake Zurich - 164.6
124 - 11 - Jacob Bieniek - 16:15.0 - Lake Zurich - 153.8
132 - 11 - Drake Heisterkamp - 16:18.5 - Lake Zurich - 152.6

17 - 11 - Patrick Schaefer - 15:03.5 - St Xavier KY - 179.2
29 - 10 - Grady Shiflet - 15:21.1 - St Xavier KY - 172.9
30 - 11 - Cooper Marchal - 15:21.2 - St Xavier KY - 172.9
33 - 10 - Zach Larkin - 15:25.0 - St Xavier KY - 171.6
34 - 12 - Ryan Guenthner - 15:25.1 - St Xavier KY - 171.5
46 - 11 - Eric Portaro - 15:38.3 - St Xavier KY - 166.8
1 - 12 - Andrew Edwards - 15:47.0 - St Xavier KY - 163.8

4 - 12 - Blake Evertsen - 14:41.3 - Hinsdale (Central) - 187.1
35 - 12 - Ethan Planson - 15:26.9 - Hinsdale (Central) - 170.9
40 - 11 - Sean O'Connell - 15:35.9 - Hinsdale (Central) - 167.7
59 - 12 - Jacob Belgrad - 15:43.4 - Hinsdale (Central) - 165.0
67 - 11 - Neil Cumberland - 15:46.6 - Hinsdale (Central) - 163.9
89 - 12 - Ben Schnieders - 15:58.9 - Hinsdale (Central) - 159.5
4 - 11 - Colin Yandel - 16:00.1 - Hinsdale (Central) - 159.1

11 - 12 - Jacob Krupa - 14:57.8 - Hersey - 181.2
41 - 12 - Sam Svienty - 15:36.2 - Hersey - 167.6
44 - 11 - Nate Mayo - 15:37.0 - Hersey - 167.3
71 - 11 - Jack Fredian - 15:48.0 - Hersey - 163.4
76 - 11 - Quinn Cunningham - 15:48.6 - Hersey - 163.2
17 - 11 - Sean Paton - 16:15.1 - Hersey - 153.8
18 - 11 - Joe Theisen - 16:15.7 - Hersey - 153.6

1 - 11 - Charlie Kern - 14:36.0 - Elmhurst (York) - 189.0
13 - 11 - Sean MacGregor - 15:00.6 - Elmhurst (York) - 180.2
37 - 11 - Jackson Bode - 15:28.9 - Elmhurst (York) - 170.2
85 - 12 - Dominic Castanoli - 15:55.9 - Elmhurst (York) - 160.6
7 - 12 - Liam Hill - 16:08.0 - Elmhurst (York) - 156.3
12 - 12 - Creighton Wolff - 16:11.2 - Elmhurst (York) - 155.2
125 - 11 - Danny Honquest - 16:15.1 - Elmhurst (York) - 153.8

5 - 12 - Reese Jordan - 14:42.3 - Maine South - 186.7
31 - 10 - Tommy Brady - 15:21.4 - Maine South - 172.8
45 - 11 - Brandon Christopher - 15:37.5 - Maine South - 167.1
66 - 12 - Alex Ortwig - 15:46.3 - Maine South - 164.0
126 - 12 - Brian Shanahan - 16:15.3 - Maine South - 153.7
15 - 10 - Austin Tauber - 16:26.0 - Maine South - 149.9
27 - 12 - Glen Garino - 16:28.9 - Maine South - 148.9


Girls =

1 - 11 - Kaitlyn Lacy - 17:02.0 - Louisville Male KY - 137.1
2 - 12 - Brooke Wilson - 17:02.1 - Mt. Prospect (Prospect) - 137.1
3 - 11 - Jocelyn Long - 17:08.5 - Barrington - 134.8
4 - 11 - Isabelle Sparreo - 17:08.9 - Lincolnshire (Stevenson) - 134.7
5 - 12 - Maggie Scholle - 17:24.3 - Lane Tech - 129.2
6 - 10 - Nicole Greyer - 17:29.6 - Yorkville - 127.3
7 - 12 - Maddie Dingle - 17:32.5 - Maine South - 126.3
8 - 11 - Olivia Niziolek - 17:42.9 - Maine South - 122.6
9 - 9 - Allison Drage - 17:44.2 - Cary-Grove - 122.1
10 - 12 - Daly Galloway - 17:47.8 - Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) - 120.9
11 - 10 - Sarah Barcelona - 17:50.1 - Lyons - 120.0
12 - 10 - Sarah May - 17:50.1 - Elmhurst (York) - 120.0
13 - 12 - Sarah Harden - 17:50.2 - Hersey - 120.0
14 - 11 - Alyssa Edwards - 17:50.6 - Yorkville - 119.9
15 - 10 - Karlee Hoffman - 17:51.1 - Daviess County KY - 119.7


6 - 10 - Nicole Greyer - 17:29.6 - Yorkville - 127.3
14 - 11 - Alyssa Edwards - 17:50.6 - Yorkville - 119.9
17 - 10 - Olivia Borowiak - 17:55.0 - Yorkville - 118.3
21 - 12 - Maddie Dearborn - 18:00.9 - Yorkville - 116.2
24 - 12 - Alexis Grandys - 18:09.4 - Yorkville - 113.2
37 - 10 - Emily Eberhart - 18:38.9 - Yorkville - 102.7
5 - 12 - Piper Buyansky - 19:27.9 - Yorkville - 85.3

11 - 10 - Sarah Barcelona - 17:50.1 - Lyons - 120.0
16 - 10 - Emily Henkel - 17:53.2 - Lyons - 118.9
35 - 11 - Cara Paliakas - 18:31.2 - Lyons - 105.4
54 - 11 - Lily Kedzuch - 18:53.1 - Lyons - 97.7
56 - 11 - Kirsten Meyer - 18:56.2 - Lyons - 96.6
70 - 12 - Brianna Liddell - 19:09.6 - Lyons - 91.8
93 - 12 - Megan Ng - 19:28.5 - Lyons - 85.1

Fastest boys teams: Lake Zurich IL (177.2), St. Xavier KY (173.6), York IL (171.3), Hinsdale Central IL (170.9), Maine South IL (168.9), Hersey IL (168.5), Brentwood Academy TN (167.7)

Fastest girls teams: Yorkville IL (119.0), Lyons Township IL (107.7), Prospect IL (106.0)

Midwest Meet of Champions OH (Oct. 1)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:50.48

1 - 11 - Zach Kreft - 15:21.16 - Buckeye Valley - 189.7
2 - 12 - Hunter Moore - 15:25.82 - Olentangy Orange - 188.1
3 - 12 - Andre Bollam-Godbott - 15:26.94 - Brunswick Senior - 187.7
4 - 12 - Joe Riordan - 15:30.72 - Solon - 186.4
5 - 12 - Matt Bull - 15:38.30 - Mentor - 183.9
6 - 11 - Lucas Bons - 15:40.81 - Dublin Coffman - 183.0
7 - 11 - Matt Scrape - 15:40.99 - Pickerington Central - 183.0
8 - 12 - C.J. Ambrosio - 15:57.12 - St Ignatius - 177.5
9 - 12 - Daniel White - 16:04.79 - Watkins Memorial - 175.0
10 - 10 - Kyle Johnston - 16:05.14 - Lexington - 174.8


4 - 12 - Joe Riordan - 15:30.72 - Solon - 186.4
11 - 12 - Danny Cohen - 16:10.86 - Solon - 172.9
14 - 11 - Chantz Visse - 16:20.13 - Solon - 169.8
18 - 10 - Logan Esper - 16:24.88 - Solon - 168.2
30 - 11 - Mark Shannon - 16:41.52 - Solon - 162.6
32 - 12 - Max Gross - 16:46.10 - Solon - 161.0
1 - 12 - Matt Shafron - 17:04.06 - Solon - 155.0


Girls =

1 - 12 - Michelle Hostettler - 18:26.50 - West Holmes - 127.2
2 - 10 - Allison Guagenti - 18:30.07 - Olentangy Orange - 126.0
3 - 12 - Kyleigh Edwards - 18:32.65 - Fairfield Christian Academy - 125.2
4 - 11 - Annie Zimmer - 18:46.03 - Chagrin Falls - 120.6
5 - 10 - Andrea Kuhn - 19:03.30 - Watkins Memorial - 114.8

Fastest boys teams: Solon OH (172.0), St. Ignatius OH (167.0), Oletangy Orange OH (166.6)

Fastest girls teams: Avon OH (97.1), Chagrin Falls OH (97.0)

Great American NC & other SE Highlights - Oct. 1

Some good races down in North Carolina this weekend. There were three large meets, 2 of which seem important enough to mention here for one reason or another. The biggest by far, of course, was the Great American Festival, so I will start there.


Great American Festival NC (Oct. 1)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:43.34

Boys =

1 - 11 - Brodey Hasty - 14:32.2 - Brentwood TN - 203.8
2 - 12 - David Principe Jr. - 14:32.4 - LaSalle Academy RI - 203.7
3 - 12 - Taylor Vroon - 14:57.4 - Brentwood TN - 195.2
4 - 12 - Connor Lane - 14:59.2 - Cardinal Gibbons NC - 194.6
5 - 11 - David Melville - 15:12.5 - Northern Guilford NC - 190.1
6 - 12 - Ben Varghese - 15:12.6 - Daniel Boone TN - 190.1
7 - 11 - Peter Morris - 15:14.2 - Loudoun Valley VA - 189.5
8 - 12 - Matthew Clark - 15:14.4 - Creekside FL - 189.5
9 - 11 - Colton Bogucki - 15:16.5 - Loudoun Valley VA - 188.7
10 - 12 - Ian Shanklin - 15:19.0 - Page NC - 187.9
11 - 11 - Carter Coughlin - 15:20.2 - Webb Of Knoxville TN - 187.5
12 - 12 - Gable Dershem - 15:22.6 - Cleveland NC - 186.7
13 - 12 - Hayden Tullos - 15:24.9 - Marietta GA - 185.9
14 - 12 - Alex Crigger - 15:26.0 - Science Hill TN - 185.5
15 - 12 - Jackson Vroon - 15:26.5 - Brentwood TN - 185.3
16 - 11 - Peyton Barish - 15:26.7 - Green Hope NC - 185.3
17 - 11 - Scott Thompson - 15:30.1 - Brentwood TN - 184.1
18 - 12 - Ben Patterson - 15:31.0 - Marietta GA - 183.8
19 - 12 - Nicholas Deal - 15:36.1 - Creekside FL - 182.1
20 - 12 - Nathan Gamble - 15:38.0 - Leesville Road NC - 181.4
21 - 12 - Sean Grimm - 15:38.6 - James Madison VA - 181.2
22 - 12 - Quinn Schneider - 15:40.4 - Woodlawn NC - 180.6
23 - 11 - Tom Gardiner - 15:41.9 - Warwick Valley NY - 180.1
24 - 11 - Patrick Schaefer - 15:42.6 - St Xavier KY - 179.9
25 - 12 - Connor Lyons - 15:43.6 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 179.5


1 - 11 - Brodey Hasty - 14:32.2 - Brentwood TN - 203.8
3 - 12 - Taylor Vroon - 14:57.4 - Brentwood TN - 195.2
15 - 12 - Jackson Vroon - 15:26.5 - Brentwood TN - 185.3
17 - 11 - Scott Thompson - 15:30.1 - Brentwood TN - 184.1
104 - 11 - Max Renyolds - 16:44.0 - Brentwood TN - 159.0
32 - 12 - Rayaan Bashir - 16:53.9 - Brentwood TN - 155.7
139 - 10 - Quinn Heithcock - 17:03.8 - Brentwood TN - 152.3

24 - 11 - Patrick Schaefer - 15:42.6 - St Xavier KY - 179.9
26 - 11 - Cooper Marchal - 15:46.9 - St Xavier KY - 178.4
29 - 12 - Ryan Guenthner - 15:51.2 - St Xavier KY - 177.0
32 - 10 - Zach Larkin - 15:52.6 - St Xavier KY - 176.5
39 - 11 - Eric Portaro - 15:58.5 - St Xavier KY - 174.5
61 - 10 - Grady Shiflet - 16:12.7 - St Xavier KY - 169.7
16 - 11 - Thomas Knepshield - 16:26.7 - St Xavier KY - 164.9

7 - 11 - Peter Morris - 15:14.2 - Loudoun Valley VA - 189.5
9 - 11 - Colton Bogucki - 15:16.5 - Loudoun Valley VA - 188.7
38 - 10 - Jacob Hunter - 15:57.8 - Loudoun Valley VA - 174.7
72 - 11 - Chase Dawson - 16:22.1 - Loudoun Valley VA - 166.5
74 - 10 - Jacob Windle - 16:25.7 - Loudoun Valley VA - 165.2
121 - 9 - Kevin Carlson - 16:53.4 - Loudoun Valley VA - 155.8
135 - 12 - Noah Hunter - 17:03.4 - Loudoun Valley VA - 152.4

16 - 11 - Peyton Barish - 15:26.7 - Green Hope NC - 185.3
28 - 11 - Ian Delgado - 15:50.8 - Green Hope NC - 177.1
63 - 11 - Finn McBride - 16:15.8 - Green Hope NC - 168.6
78 - 12 - Nick Veilleux - 16:28.2 - Green Hope NC - 164.4
100 - 11 - Daniel Vo - 16:41.1 - Green Hope NC - 160.0
117 - 12 - Cole Hagstrom - 16:51.4 - Green Hope NC - 156.5
124 - 10 - Reed Blackman - 16:55.7 - Green Hope NC - 155.0

2 - 12 - David Principe Jr. - 14:32.4 - LaSalle Academy RI - 203.7
33 - 9 - Max Dimuccio - 15:53.2 - LaSalle Academy RI - 176.3
67 - 10 - Domenic Campagna - 16:17.4 - LaSalle Academy RI - 168.1
83 - 12 - Tom Colucci - 16:29.2 - LaSalle Academy RI - 164.0
96 - 10 - Joseph dosReis - 16:39.2 - LaSalle Academy RI - 160.7
131 - 12 - Benjamin Carlisle - 17:01.7 - LaSalle Academy RI - 153.0
4 - 11 - Jack Hilton - 17:04.0 - LaSalle Academy RI - 152.2


Girls =

1 - 12 - Kate Murphy - 17:11.9 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 149.5
2 - 11 - Heather Holt - 17:21.3 - George C Marshall VA - 146.4
3 - 9 - Sasha Neglia - 17:39.0 - Dobyns-Bennett TN - 140.3
4 - 12 - Noel Palmer - 17:48.6 - Liberty Christian Academy VA - 137.1
5 - 12 - Samantha Marin - 17:48.9 - Blacksburg VA - 137.0
6 - 11 - Kaitlyn Lacy - 17:56.1 - Louisville Male KY - 134.5
7 - 10 - Niki Narayani - 17:56.9 - Webb Of Knoxville TN - 134.3
8 - 10 - Keelin Hays - 18:03.8 - Tatnall DE - 131.9
9 - 12 - Claire Cheeseman - 18:05.5 - Brentwood Academy TN - 131.3
10 - 12 - Melissa Zammitti - 18:08.8 - Davidson Day NC - 130.2
11 - 11 - Grace Connolly - 18:08.9 - LaSalle Academy RI - 130.2
12 - 11 - Ryann Helmers - 18:09.0 - Albemarle VA - 130.2
13 - 12 - Morgan Lewis - 18:18.1 - Veritas Classical Christian VA - 127.1
14 - 10 - Ailene Edwards - 18:20.7 - Blacksburg VA - 126.2
1 - 11 - Natalie Morris - 18:25.6 - Loudoun Valley VA - 124.5
15 - 12 - Kristlin Gear - 18:28.5 - Fort Myers FL - 123.5
16 - 12 - Doria Martingayle - 18:29.5 - Princess Anne VA - 123.2
2 - 10 - Ava Hassebrock - 18:30.9 - Tuscarora VA - 122.7
17 - 12 - Halle Hausman - 18:31.2 - Science Hill TN - 122.6
18 - 11 - Josie Wirtz - 18:32.2 - Marist GA - 122.3
19 - 11 - Meredith Helton - 18:32.8 - Brentwood Academy TN - 122.1
20 - 11 - Simonne Guenette - 18:35.9 - Blacksburg VA - 121.0
21 - 12 - Samantha Folio - 18:36.9 - Holy Trinity Episcopal FL - 120.7
22 - 9 - Taylor Ewert - 18:37.0 - Beavercreek OH - 120.6
23 - 12 - Lauren Flynt - 18:37.9 - Brookwood GA - 120.3


5 - 12 - Samantha Marin - 17:48.9 - Blacksburg VA - 137.0
14 - 10 - Ailene Edwards - 18:20.7 - Blacksburg VA - 126.2
20 - 11 - Simonne Guenette - 18:35.9 - Blacksburg VA - 121.0
27 - 12 - Annie Kay Combs - 18:51.0 - Blacksburg VA - 115.9
28 - 10 - Sophia Link - 18:56.6 - Blacksburg VA - 114.0
43 - 9 - Kaitlynn Wolfe - 19:26.5 - Blacksburg VA - 103.8
54 - 10 - Emily Fitch - 19:39.9 - Blacksburg VA - 99.3

1 - 12 - Kate Murphy - 17:11.9 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 149.5
25 - 11 - Sarah Daniels - 18:41.4 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 119.2
30 - 12 - Emily Schiesl - 19:01.4 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 112.4
35 - 12 - Taylor Kitchen - 19:12.0 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 108.8
36 - 11 - Samantha Schwers - 19:16.7 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 107.2
40 - 12 - Shannon Browning - 19:23.7 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 104.8
53 - 11 - Madeline McAvoy - 19:39.7 - Lake Braddock Secondary VA - 99.4

22 - 9 - Taylor Ewert - 18:37.0 - Beavercreek OH - 120.6
33 - 12 - Lauren Shuman - 19:08.3 - Beavercreek OH - 110.0
38 - 9 - Jodie Pierce - 19:22.0 - Beavercreek OH - 105.4
45 - 11 - Stephanie Pierce - 19:27.1 - Beavercreek OH - 103.6
63 - 12 - Jordan Grant - 19:54.5 - Beavercreek OH - 94.3
8 - 10 - Emma Johnson - 19:59.6 - Beavercreek OH - 92.6
20 - 9 - Morgan Rhoades - 20:29.2 - Beavercreek OH - 82.5

9 - 12 - Claire Cheeseman - 18:05.5 - Brentwood Academy TN - 131.3
19 - 11 - Meredith Helton - 18:32.8 - Brentwood Academy TN - 122.1
46 - 12 - Caroline Archer - 19:27.5 - Brentwood Academy TN - 103.5
59 - 9 - Elizabeth Heckman - 19:47.7 - Brentwood Academy TN - 96.6
87 - 9 - Kylie Wittman - 20:17.0 - Brentwood Academy TN - 86.7
113 - 12 - Caroline Dean - 20:54.8 - Brentwood Academy TN - 73.8
138 - 12 - Jordyn Wittman - 21:43.1 - Brentwood Academy TN - 57.4

18 - 11 - Josie Wirtz - 18:32.2 - Marist GA - 122.3
37 - 12 - Kendall Nelson - 19:19.1 - Marist GA - 106.3
50 - 10 - Kathleen Maley - 19:35.4 - Marist GA - 100.8
57 - 10 - Olivia Baljet - 19:44.8 - Marist GA - 97.6
67 - 11 - Kiki Popescu - 19:56.0 - Marist GA - 93.8
77 - 12 - Morgan Geurts - 20:05.2 - Marist GA - 90.7
81 - 11 - Meg Fennelly - 20:10.8 - Marist GA - 88.8

Fastest boys teams: Brentwood TN (185.5), St. Xavier KY (177.2), Loudoun Valley VA (176.9), LaSalle Academy RI (174.5), Green Hope NC (171.1), James Madison VA (169.3), Warwick Valley NY (168.6), Brookwood GA (168.4), Satellite FL (167.9), Danbury CT (167.1), Blacksburg VA (166.6)

Fastest girls teams: Blacksburg VA (122.8), Lake Braddock VA (119.4), Brentwood Academy TN (108.0), Beavercreek OH (106.8), Marist GA (104.2)

Wendy's Invitational NC (Oct. 1)

Estimate: 200.0 = 14:40.29

(I included this because Riverside SC girls have been pretty highly ranked by some)

Boys =

1 - 11 - Karl Thiessen - 15:37.9 - Abingdon VA - 180.4
1 - 11 - Cameron Ponder - 15:40.6 - Mount Tabor NC - 179.4
2 - 12 - Todd Holbrook - 15:41.6 - R J Reynolds NC - 179.1
3 - 11 - Patrick Spychalski - 15:42.2 - Wando SC - 178.9
4 - 11 - John Tatter - 15:42.2 - R J Reynolds NC - 178.9


Girls =

1 - 12 - Michaela Reinhart - 17:57.0 - Lexington Catholic KY - 133.0
1 - 10 - Natalie Tyner - 18:16.5 - Laney NC - 126.3
2 - 10 - Katharine Priu - 18:18.1 - Cardinal Gibbons NC - 125.8
3 - 12 - Macki Walsh - 18:21.2 - Etowah GA - 124.7
1 - 11 - Mariah Howlett - 18:21.4 - Lake Norman Charter NC - 124.6


7 - 9 - Jessie Crowley - 18:41.9 - Riverside SC - 117.7
10 - 12 - Cate Ambrose - 18:52.0 - Riverside SC - 114.2
22 - 12 - Ashley Fallow - 19:21.1 - Riverside SC - 104.3
26 - 9 - Anna Yang - 19:27.1 - Riverside SC - 102.3
27 - 12 - Abigail Smith - 19:29.5 - Riverside SC - 101.4
28 - 12 - Mikie Harris - 19:35.6 - Riverside SC - 99.4
73 - 8 - Amanda Littrell - 20:40.6 - Riverside SC - 77.2

Fastest boys team: Cardinal Gibbons NC (164.6)

Fastest girls teams: Cardinal Gibbons NC (109.5), Riverside SC (108.0), South Forsyth NC (105.3)

Northwest Regional Team Rankings - October 1

With the Alaska state meet in the books, and since I did a quick merge for most of the Southwest, I started wondering how the Northwest rankings would wind up, if I only included the meets from the past couple of weeks. This certainly won't be the best gauge for everyone (e.g. the girls rankings, where Lewis & Clark WA and Edmonds-Woodway WA were both missing one of their front trio of runners the last few meets), but it would be enough to get an idea of where the teams are roughly standing. Here is what I came up with:

Boys

1. 109 - North Central WA - 180.65 @ Bob Firman ID
2. 175 - Bozeman MT - 177.33 @ Mountain West MT
3. 180 - Crater OR - 178.02 @ Bob Firman ID
4. 215 - Skyline ID - 176.59 @ Bob Firman ID
5. 238 - Bellarmine Prep WA - 174.37 @ Bob Firman ID
6. 304 - Star Valley WY - 173.49 @ Davis Open Regional UT
7. 311 - Borah ID - 173.94 @ Bob Firman ID
8. 312 - West Anchorage AK - 171.06 @ State Meet AK
9. 336 - Summit OR - 170.20 @ Oxford Classic OR
10. 345 - Eisenhower WA - 170.21 @ Bellevue WA
11. 345 - Central Catholic OR - 169.74 @ Meriwether OR
12. 349 - Lewis and Clark WA - 169.55 @ Mountain West MT
13. 362 - Tahoma WA - 169.77 @ Sunfair WA
14. 385 - Lewiston ID - 170.40 @ Bob Firman ID
15. 401 - Sunset OR - 165.07 @ Nike Portland OR
16. 402 - South Eugene OR - 168.64 @ Nike Portland OR
17. 402 - Henry Jackson WA - 169.95 @ Nike Portland OR
18. 403 - Sugar-Salem ID - 167.98 @ Bob Firman ID
19. 407 - Rocky Mountain ID - 167.90 @ Bob Firman ID
20. 413 - Kamiakin WA - 167.13 @ Sunfair WA
21. 420 - Camas WA - 169.02 @ Nike Portland OR
22. 423 - Central Valley WA - 167.21 @ Sunfair WA
23. 432.5 - Jackson Hole WY - 166.45 @ Bob Firman ID
24. 447 - Interlake WA - 166.17 @ Bob Firman ID
25. 459 - Glacier Peak WA - 165.96 @ Marysville Twilight WA
26. 466 - Joel Ferris WA - 166.65 @ Mountain West MT

Girls

1. 120 - Jesuit OR - 125.09 @ Bob Firman ID
2. 141 - Bozeman MT - 124.48 @ Mountain West MT
3. 147.5 - Jackson Hole WY - 127.57 @ Bob Firman ID
4. 168 - Mountain View ID - 122.51 @ Roy Griak MN
5. 273 - Sunset OR - 116.28 @ Nike Portland OR
6. 282 - Eagle ID - 114.56 @ Bob Firman ID
7. 309 - Billings Senior MT - 112.80 @ Mountain West MT
8. 318 - Summit OR - 109.27 @ Nike Portland OR
9. 341 - Boise ID - 110.66 @ Bob Firman ID
10. 341 - Sheldon OR - 108.76 @ Nike Portland OR
11. 371 - West Valley AK - 106.46 @ State Meet AK
12. 375 - Madison ID - 107.79 @ Bob Firman ID
13. 378 - Hellgate MT - 107.58 @ Mountain West MT
14. 389 - Lewis and Clark WA - 105.69 @ Marysville Twilight WA
15. 389 - Glacier Peak WA - 104.13 @ Bellevue WA
16. 409 - Camas WA - 104.10 @ Nike Portland OR
17. 427 - Mead WA - 102.19 @ Mountain West MT
18. 430 - Northwest WA - 103.11 @ Nike Portland OR
19. 431 - Central Valley WA - 103.85 @ Mountain West MT
20. 435 - Issaquah WA - 101.40 @ Marysville Twilight WA
21. 443 - Holy Names Academy WA - 105.52 @ Nike Portland OR
22. 447 - Lincoln OR - 101.18 @ Sunfair WA
23. 448.5 - Interlake WA - 99.40 @ Bob Firman ID
24. 452 - Rocky Mountain ID - 100.91 @ Bob Firman ID
25. 452 - Twin Falls ID - 102.02 @ Bob Firman ID
26. 461 - North Central WA - 99.03 @ Sunfair WA

notes: I expect that, if Edmonds-Woodway WA and Lewis & Clark WA girls had their full squads healthy and ready to go, they'd jump up to and possibly past Sunset and Eagle (although not necessarily). As such, were this to be actual rankings, I would have them both at least top 10 unless confirmed that their missing runners are out for the rest of the year (very doubtful in E-W's case as this was the first meet Parle has missed). Also, Star Valley WY was hard to include because they haven't really ran much since the Tiger/Grizz ID Invite almost a month ago. Their ratings at the Davis Open Regional is really based on what the Davis UT JV runners ran at Bob Firman vs. what they ran at that meet, so consider it a somewhat questionable, though I think fairly realistic, guess.

There are other teams not included which deserve a look, however I just don't have any recent ratings for them. Laramie WY boys is one that stands out, as they were a little better than #23 Jackson Hole at Liberty Bell CO. Laramie might be a Top 15 or so team. Their girls might be Top 20 as well, and the same for the Cheyenne Central WY girls.

I haven't been looking at ALL the teams around the nation, but based on what I've seen, I would expect that the Northwest's top 5 boys and top 4 girls teams are all comfortably in the US Top 30 this year. I am tempted to say they are all in the top 25, but California is always deep and Utah is looking good once again, so who knows... unfortunately, the national rankings at Milesplit and Dyestat disagree with me: Milesplit, last updated on Sep. 19, has 2 boys (#7 Bozeman, #23 Crater) and 3 girls (#13 Bozeman, #16 Jesuit, #17 Summit) in their top 25's; Dyestat, updated just last week (Sep. 29), has 2 boys (#7 Bozeman, #15 North Central) and 4 girls (#8 Bozeman, #18 Jesuit, #27 Mountain View, #30 Summit) in their Top 30.

Alaska State Meet results

Alaska State Meet (Oct. 1) - Top Individual and Team Ratings
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:46.11

Summary: West Anchorage boys looked dominant in winning the 4A title 33-89 over West Valley. West Anchorage showed just how deep they were by placing all seven varsity runners in the top 13! On the girls side, it was the West Valley girls who won 48-72 over Kenai Central. The fastest individuals on the day were Service junior Gus Schumacher (15:44), who was the top returner from last fall, and Juneau-Douglas freshman Sadie Tuckwood (18:16). Notable that the top three finishers in the 4A girls race were all freshmen, with the fourth finisher a sophomore and the first senior finishing seventh.


Class 4A Boys =

1 - 11 - Gus Schumacher - 15:44 - Service - 180.4
2 - 12 - Finn Walker - 16:00 - West Anchorage - 175.0
3 - 12 - Keith Osowski - 16:06 - Kodiak - 173.0
4 - 12 - Hamish Wolfe - 16:08 - South Anchorage - 172.3
5 - 11 - Declan Dammeyer - 16:09 - West Anchorage - 171.9
6 - 12 - Tracen Knopp - 16:10 - Colony - 171.6
7 - 11 - Luke Jager - 16:11 - West Anchorage - 171.3
8 - 11 - Ti Donaldson - 16:15 - West Valley - 169.9
9 - 10 - Ethan Davis - 16:19 - West Anchorage - 168.6
9 - 12 - Foster Birnbaum - 16:19 - West Anchorage - 168.6
11 - 10 - Everett Cason - 16:21 - West Anchorage - 167.9
12 - 9 - Sebastian Szweda Mittelstadt - 16:25 - Service - 166.5
13 - 12 - Tristan Wiese - 16:27 - West Anchorage - 165.8
14 - 9 - Santiago Prosser - 16:34 - South Anchorage - 163.5
15 - 10 - Arne Ellefson-Carnes - 16:37 - Juneau Douglas - 162.5


2 - 12 - Finn Walker - 16:00 - West Anchorage - 175.0
5 - 11 - Declan Dammeyer - 16:09 - West Anchorage - 171.9
7 - 11 - Luke Jager - 16:11 - West Anchorage - 171.3
9 - 10 - Ethan Davis - 16:19 - West Anchorage - 168.6
9 - 12 - Foster Birnbaum - 16:19 - West Anchorage - 168.6
11 - 10 - Everett Cason - 16:21 - West Anchorage - 167.9
13 - 12 - Tristan Wiese - 16:27 - West Anchorage - 165.8

Class 3A Boys =

1 - 11 - Jacob Moos - 15:55 - Galena - 176.7
2 - 12 - Hunter Kratz - 15:57 - Seward - 176.0
3 - 11 - Blake Bennett - 16:02 - Anchorage Christian - 174.3
4 - 12 - Trent Fritzel - 16:21 - Grace Christian - 167.9
5 - 12 - Zach Hamberger - 16:38 - Cordova - 162.1


Class 4A Girls =

1 - 9 - Sadie Tuckwood - 18:16 - Juneau Douglas - 128.9
2 - 9 - Kendall Kramer - 18:29 - West Valley - 124.5
3 - 9 - Maggie Druckenmiller - 19:10 - West Valley - 110.7
4 - 10 - Jaycie Calvert - 19:10 - Kenai Central - 110.7
5 - 11 - Erin Wallace - 19:17 - Thunder Mountain - 108.3
6 - 11 - Riana Boonstra - 19:22 - Kenai Central - 106.6
7 - 12 - Jenna Difolco - 19:23 - West Valley - 106.3
8 - 10 - Grace Fahrney - 19:24 - Service - 105.9
9 - 11 - Maggie Meeds - 19:28 - South Anchorage - 104.6
10 - 11 - Brynn Kruchoski - 19:29 - Chugiak - 104.2
11 - 9 - Anna Iverson - 19:30 - Juneau Douglas - 103.9
12 - 12 - Magdalen York - 19:32 - West Anchorage - 103.2
13 - 12 - Coleen Geraghty - 19:39 - Colony - 100.8
14 - 10 - Brooke Satathite - 19:43 - Kenai Central - 99.5
15 - 9 - Emma Axelsson - 19:43 - West Valley - 99.5


2 - 9 - Kendall Kramer - 18:29 - West Valley - 124.5
3 - 9 - Maggie Druckenmiller - 19:10 - West Valley - 110.7
7 - 12 - Jenna Difolco - 19:23 - West Valley - 106.3
15 - 9 - Emma Axelsson - 19:43 - West Valley - 99.5
28 - 11 - Bailey Roe - 20:07 - West Valley - 91.4
30 - 11 - Faith Widman - 20:20 - West Valley - 87.0
33 - 10 - Sam Starks - 20:24 - West Valley - 85.6

Class 3A Girls =

1 - 12 - Briahna Gerlach - 18:44 - Glennallen - 119.5
2 - 12 - Megan Pitzman - 19:16 - Homer - 108.6
3 - 11 - Ruby Lindquist - 19:24 - Seward - 105.9
4 - 10 - Allison VanPelt - 19:31 - Houston - 103.5
5 - 12 - Grace Gannon - 19:39 - Grace Christian - 100.8

Fastest boys teams: West Anchorage (171.1), Service (161.8), West Valley (160.8), South Anchorage (160.6)

Fastest girls teams: West Valley (106.5), Kenai Central (99.0), Homer (91.9), Service (91.0), Chugiak (89.7)


Hopefully the West Anchorage boys and West Valley girls make it down to the lower 48 for a meet or two, now that the Alaskan season is over and they look like potential NXN Northwest Top-10 squads (if I were to come out with regional rankings, I would probably have West Anchorage boys at #6-8, with West Valley girls probably somewhere around #13-18)... and especially if they consider it an experience-building opportunity as West Anchorage are set to return four runners at/under 16:21 for next year, while West Valley has three freshmen in their top four! Four guys at/under 16:21 could easily become four guys at 15:55 or better, which could put them in very serious contention for a spot to NXN Nationals next year (that would be similar to Bozeman this year and last, which means potential US Top 10 if they develop a solid #5).

EDIT: Looking at the schedules posted to athletic.net, it looks like West Anchorage is planning on sending at least some kids (sometimes Alaskan teams send full squads, sometimes just an individual or two) to two meets in Oregon: Ash Creek Festival II this Saturday and George Fox next Saturday. At Ash Creek, they'll face off against South Eugene. George Fox will be a better gauge as they'll face three teams in Summit, Camas WA and Desert Vista AZ. West Valley also has George Fox on their schedule. Who knows if they'll be on the line in Boise in November, but at least if they send full teams to those Oregon meets they'll get some good competition in before they end their season.

Texas Results - October 1

Highlights from Texas and Arkansas:


Nike South TX (Oct. 1)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:46.07

Boys =

1 - 12 - Noah Wells - 15:30.1 - Conroe The Woodlands - 185.1
2 - 12 - William Hunsdale - 15:32.2 - Conroe The Woodlands - 184.4
3 - 12 - Bryce Quigley - 15:36.1 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 183.1
4 - 12 - Theo Goff - 15:42.3 - Conroe Oak Ridge - 181.0
5 - 12 - Alessandro Topini - 15:46.5 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 179.5
6 - 11 - Robert Kraus - 15:47.2 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 179.3
7 - 11 - Gavin Hoffpauir - 16:00.4 - Conroe The Woodlands - 174.8
8 - 11 - Daniel Baker - 16:03.3 - Conroe The Woodlands - 173.9
9 - 11 - Ethan Mercado - 16:10.1 - Conroe The Woodlands - 171.5
10 - 11 - Nathan Kowalski - 16:11.4 - Eagle Pass - 171.1


1 - 12 - Noah Wells - 15:30.1 - Conroe The Woodlands - 185.1
2 - 12 - William Hunsdale - 15:32.2 - Conroe The Woodlands - 184.4
7 - 11 - Gavin Hoffpauir - 16:00.4 - Conroe The Woodlands - 174.8
8 - 11 - Daniel Baker - 16:03.3 - Conroe The Woodlands - 173.9
9 - 11 - Ethan Mercado - 16:10.1 - Conroe The Woodlands - 171.5
22 - 11 - Michael Childree - 16:32.4 - Conroe The Woodlands - 164.0
1 - 12 - Jacob Raiford - 16:32.6 - Conroe The Woodlands - 163.9

3 - 12 - Bryce Quigley - 15:36.1 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 183.1
5 - 12 - Alessandro Topini - 15:46.5 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 179.5
6 - 11 - Robert Kraus - 15:47.2 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 179.3
16 - 11 - Zackery Williams - 16:24.5 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 166.7
18 - 12 - Byrron Rowell - 16:29.7 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 164.9
34 - 10 - Brian Swartley - 16:59.2 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 154.9
38 - 9 - Jeffrey Black - 17:05.3 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 152.9

Girls =

1 - 9 - Madeline Orr - 18:49.4 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 117.6

2 - 9 - Mikela McCauley - 18:51.6 - Kinkaid - 116.9

3 - 10 - Grace Custer - 18:53.5 - Houston Stratford - 116.2

4 - 10 - Jessica Meyers - 19:12.3 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 109.9

5 - 12 - Sarah Batton - 19:17.5 - Conroe Woodlands College Park - 108.1

3 - 10 - Grace Custer - 18:53.5 - Houston Stratford - 116.2

7 - 9 - Hope Sage - 19:24.9 - Houston Stratford - 105.6

9 - 9 - Olivia Hirst - 19:26.8 - Houston Stratford - 105.0

13 - 11 - Sydney Lawrence - 19:34.9 - Houston Stratford - 102.2

20 - 10 - Ella Gibb - 19:56.3 - Houston Stratford - 95.0

22 - 9 - Fay Gibb - 20:00.4 - Houston Stratford - 93.6

27 - 11 - Maddie Harms - 20:32.5 - Houston Stratford - 82.7

McNeil Invitational TX (Oct. 1)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:19.93

Boys =

1 - 12 - Sam Worley - 14:41.11 - Comal Canyon - 192.6

2 - 10 - Alex Maier - 14:43.27 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 191.9

3 - 11 - Ace Castillo - 14:56.71 - CC Tuloso-Midway - 187.2

4 - 11 - Ethan Hageman - 14:58.63 - Northside Holmes - 186.5

5 - 9 - Graydon Morris - 14:58.68 - Aledo - 186.5

6 - 12 - Ryan Yerrow - 14:59.43 - Katy - 186.2

7 - 11 - Wes McPhail - 15:03.66 - Amarillo Tascosa - 184.7

8 - 12 - Briggs Whittlake - 15:09.75 - Amarillo Tascosa - 182.6

9 - 11 - Eric Casarez - 15:11.48 - Keller Central - 182.0

10 - 12 - Justin Botello - 15:18.11 - Pflugerville Hendrickson - 179.7

11 - 11 - Matthew Kearney - 15:18.27 - Austin Westlake - 179.6

12 - 11 - Adam Dayani - 15:18.62 - Lewisville Hebron - 179.5

13 - 10 - Cruz Gomez - 15:19.60 - PSJA Memorial - 179.2

14 - 12 - Kyle Doty - 15:23.85 - Bruceville-Eddy - 177.7

15 - 11 - Brady Grant - 15:25.34 - Austin Lake Travis - 177.2

6 - 12 - Ryan Yerrow - 14:59.43 - Katy - 186.2

42 - 12 - Garvin Chilton - 15:51.01 - Katy - 168.2

43 - 11 - Cameron Colvin - 15:51.19 - Katy - 168.2

48 - 11 - Anthony Vasquez - 15:53.39 - Katy - 167.4

73 - 12 - Mason Boswell - 16:07.63 - Katy - 162.4

87 - 9 - Lorenzo Orozco - 16:15.64 - Katy - 159.6

125 - 12 - Bret Brock - 16:32.44 - Katy - 153.8

2 - 10 - Alex Maier - 14:43.27 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 191.9

44 - 12 - Michael Romero - 15:51.36 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 168.1

58 - 12 - Nick Romanow - 15:56.65 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 166.3

71 - 11 - Payton Ash - 16:06.70 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 162.8

88 - 9 - Johnathan Flint - 16:15.90 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 159.5

101 - 11 - Carter Moates - 16:21.92 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 157.4

133 - 12 - Caleb Hughes - 16:34.83 - Lewisville Flower Mound - 152.9

17 - 12 - Ryan Teuscher - 15:29.58 - Northwest Nelson - 175.7

18 - 11 - Caleb Bouchard - 15:30.17 - Northwest Nelson - 175.5

75 - 12 - Florencio Martinez - 16:08.94 - Northwest Nelson - 162.0

82 - 11 - Spencer Hataway - 16:11.60 - Northwest Nelson - 161.0

97 - 12 - Jared Kinneer - 16:20.66 - Northwest Nelson - 157.9

24 - 11 - Peyton Smith - 16:43.03 - Northwest Nelson - 150.1

168 - 12 - Michael Anderson - 16:43.54 - Northwest Nelson - 149.9

Girls =

1 - 9 - London Culbreath - 16:48.59 - McKinney North - 148.1

1 - 12 - Ashton Endsley - 16:50.65 - Abilene - 147.4

2 - 12 - Julia Heymach - 17:04.99 - Houston Lamar - 142.4

3 - 11 - Elizabeth Reneau - 17:31.72 - Liberty Christian (Argyle) - 133.1

4 - 10 - Adoette Vaughan - 17:34.25 - Hockaday - 132.2

5 - 12 - Lourdes Vivas - 17:38.74 - Conroe The Woodlands - 130.6

6 - 11 - Abby Riordan - 17:46.26 - Lewisville Hebron - 128.0

7 - 10 - Halena Rahmaan - 17:52.41 - Montgomery - 125.9

8 - 9 - Gracie Morris - 17:56.78 - Aledo - 124.3

9 - 10 - Madison Acosta - 17:57.97 - Lewisville The Colony - 123.9

10 - 11 - Binta Ka - 18:00.80 - N Richland Hills Richland - 122.9

11 - 10 - Cambria Clark - 18:02.26 - Comal Smithson Valley - 122.4

12 - 12 - Carolyn Evans - 18:03.11 - Austin Bowie - 122.1

13 - 10 - Aaliya Fazel - 18:03.14 - Lewisville Hebron - 122.1

14 - 11 - Ariana Beth Ramos - 18:03.21 - Edinburg North - 122.1

15 - 9 - Allison Mopsik - 18:05.33 - Austin Vandegrift - 121.4

16 - 10 - Allison Wilson - 18:05.49 - Montgomery - 121.3

17 - 12 - Peyton Brown - 18:08.46 - St John's - 120.3

18 - 11 - Allison Green - 18:16.88 - Lewisville Marcus - 117.3

19 - 11 - Alyssa Balandran - 18:18.77 - Katy Tompkins - 116.7

5 - 12 - Lourdes Vivas - 17:38.74 - Conroe The Woodlands - 130.6

20 - 12 - Kristin Delgado - 18:20.94 - Conroe The Woodlands - 115.9

23 - 10 - Liz Davison - 18:28.02 - Conroe The Woodlands - 113.4

43 - 9 - Megan Wright - 18:52.86 - Conroe The Woodlands - 104.8

45 - 12 - Emily Mills - 18:54.11 - Conroe The Woodlands - 104.3

99 - 12 - Elizabeth Engibous - 19:36.44 - Conroe The Woodlands - 89.6

108 - 10 - Anna Blackwell - 19:41.85 - Conroe The Woodlands - 87.7

18 - 11 - Allison Green - 18:16.88 - Lewisville Marcus - 117.3

31 - 11 - Camryn Rogers - 18:42.26 - Lewisville Marcus - 108.5

38 - 10 - Nina Ferreyra - 18:50.22 - Lewisville Marcus - 105.7

54 - 9 - Madison Woolley - 19:00.86 - Lewisville Marcus - 102.0

64 - 11 - Jessica Porter - 19:15.99 - Lewisville Marcus - 96.7

73 - 9 - Sarah Green - 19:21.29 - Lewisville Marcus - 94.9

93 - 9 - Caitlin Reimer - 19:31.43 - Lewisville Marcus - 91.3

15 - 9 - Allison Mopsik - 18:05.33 - Austin Vandegrift - 121.4

27 - 9 - Jordan Mathis - 18:39.10 - Austin Vandegrift - 109.6

52 - 12 - Natalie Goddard - 18:58.29 - Austin Vandegrift - 102.9

53 - 12 - Loren Goddard - 18:58.86 - Austin Vandegrift - 102.7

84 - 12 - Emi McCollum - 19:27.72 - Austin Vandegrift - 92.6

105 - 12 - Margaret Wells - 19:40.59 - Austin Vandegrift - 88.1

130 - 9 - Erin Donohue - 19:53.67 - Austin Vandegrift - 83.6

33 - 12 - Sarah Antrich - 18:46.73 - Humble Kingwood - 106.9

47 - 9 - Rachel James - 18:54.72 - Humble Kingwood - 104.1

51 - 11 - Jessica Hergott - 18:57.36 - Humble Kingwood - 103.2

57 - 10 - McKenzie Clark - 19:07.43 - Humble Kingwood - 99.7

61 - 10 - Ensley Hammond - 19:12.76 - Humble Kingwood - 97.8

81 - 11 - Megan Eichler - 19:25.52 - Humble Kingwood - 93.4

113 - 9 - Daniella Wisiniewski - 19:47.10 - Humble Kingwood - 85.9

6 - 11 - Abby Riordan - 17:46.26 - Lewisville Hebron - 128.0

13 - 10 - Aaliya Fazel - 18:03.14 - Lewisville Hebron - 122.1

55 - 12 - Hannah Pettigrew - 19:02.09 - Lewisville Hebron - 101.6

80 - 9 - Nevaeh Pantoja - 19:24.20 - Lewisville Hebron - 93.9

88 - 11 - Kaitlyn Irving - 19:28.96 - Lewisville Hebron - 92.2

110 - 10 - Paige Loehding - 19:44.36 - Lewisville Hebron - 86.8

134 - 12 - Amanda Case - 19:54.91 - Lewisville Hebron - 83.1

Chile Pepper Festival AR (Oct. 1)
Estimate: 200.0 = 14:24.22

Boys =

1 - 12 - Reed Brown - 14:41.56 - Southlake Carroll TX - 194.0
2 - 12 - Matthew Young - 15:09.61 - Jenks OK - 184.2
3 - 10 - Camren Fischer - 15:20.07 - Fayetteville AR - 180.6
4 - 11 - Jed Helker - 15:20.15 - Edmond Memorial OK - 180.6
5 - 11 - Stephen Kielhofner - 15:22.59 - Springfield Catholic MO - 179.7
6 - 12 - Austin Hindman - 15:23.64 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 179.4
7 - 12 - Clayton Adams - 15:27.32 - Kearney MO - 178.1
8 - 11 - Luke Murphy - 15:34.00 - Lincoln Christian OK - 175.8
9 - 12 - Charlie Gardner - 15:34.29 - Southlake Carroll TX - 175.7
10 - 10 - Maxwell Mcdaniel - 15:36.17 - Festus MO - 175.0


1 - 12 - Reed Brown - 14:41.56 - Southlake Carroll TX - 194.0
9 - 12 - Charlie Gardner - 15:34.29 - Southlake Carroll TX - 175.7
23 - 12 - Nicholas Fernandes - 15:53.59 - Southlake Carroll TX - 169.0
39 - 11 - Connor Rutledge - 16:05.42 - Southlake Carroll TX - 164.9
58 - 12 - Evan Dunkel - 16:17.75 - Southlake Carroll TX - 160.6
103 - 11 - Enzo Mortimer - 16:39.13 - Southlake Carroll TX - 153.2
116 - 9 - Nate Lannen - 16:43.12 - Southlake Carroll TX - 151.8

6 - 12 - Austin Hindman - 15:23.64 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 179.4
19 - 12 - Tommy Laarman - 15:47.42 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 171.1
22 - 11 - Nassim Oufattole - 15:50.26 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 170.1
51 - 10 - Harrison Brown - 16:11.80 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 162.7
71 - 11 - Nathan Reed - 16:27.92 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 157.1
137 - 11 - Jacob Nickerson - 16:51.83 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 148.8
164 - 11 - David Golder - 17:01.20 - Lafayette (Wildwood) MO - 145.5

Girls =

1 - 11 - Victoria Findley - 17:33.09 - Blue Springs South MO - 134.4
2 - 12 - Cheyenne Walden - 17:35.54 - Charles Page(Sand Springs) OK - 133.6
3 - 11 - Abbey Santoro - 17:38.61 - Keller TX - 132.5
4 - 11 - Julia Black - 17:39.28 - Keller TX - 132.3
5 - 10 - Erica Fisher - 17:44.25 - Arlington TN - 130.6
6 - 11 - Ella Baran - 18:03.13 - Houston TN - 124.0
7 - 12 - Brooke Gilmore - 18:06.80 - Belton TX - 122.7
8 - 10 - Isabel Van Camp - 18:11.25 - Keller TX - 121.2
9 - 11 - Mikayla Reed - 18:13.42 - Washington MO - 120.4
10 - 11 - Elysia Burgos - 18:18.60 - Deer Creek (Edmond) OK - 118.6


3 - 11 - Abbey Santoro - 17:38.61 - Keller TX - 132.5
4 - 11 - Julia Black - 17:39.28 - Keller TX - 132.3
8 - 10 - Isabel Van Camp - 18:11.25 - Keller TX - 121.2
20 - 9 - Vera Thompson - 18:45.05 - Keller TX - 109.5
53 - 11 - Sydney White - 19:43.83 - Keller TX - 89.1
55 - 9 - Makenna Pallozi - 19:44.85 - Keller TX - 88.7
108 - 11 - Madison Berg - 20:18.55 - Keller TX - 77.0

13 - 10 - Sofia Santamaria - 18:27.69 - Southlake Carroll TX - 115.5
14 - 12 - Gillian Mortimer - 18:29.82 - Southlake Carroll TX - 114.7
19 - 11 - Catherine Tracht - 18:43.83 - Southlake Carroll TX - 109.9
21 - 10 - Angie Riera - 18:50.05 - Southlake Carroll TX - 107.7
23 - 12 - Arianna Lopez - 18:57.22 - Southlake Carroll TX - 105.2
33 - 12 - Ali White - 19:22.34 - Southlake Carroll TX - 96.5
35 - 11 - Sarah McCabe - 19:24.05 - Southlake Carroll TX - 95.9

Watchout Ratings: What they mean, part 2

Continuing the discussion on what my ratings mean, here is a chart that plots the times at the 2015 Washington State XC meet vs. their 3200m times (average of 2015 SB vs. 2015-2016 PR). The times, of course, are in raw seconds. 3200m times on the left (y), State XC time on the bottom (x). As you can see in the legend, the Blue dots and (linear) trendline represents ALL of the data (n = 437), while the Orange dots and (linear) trendline represents only the marks that were not statistical outliers (n = 313). The two formulas at the left are for the trendlines, with the one on top being the raw data trendline and the one on the bottom being the final trendline.

Keep in mind, as always, that these are all ROUGH estimates. Lots of things to consider, such as whether or not the State XC race was a particularly good race vs. bad race (you are comparing against a previous SB and later PR, of course), and some athletes are going to be better at one event than others.

Using these formulas, for example, would show that a 15:20.2 at the Washington State XC meet last fall would be on par with a 9:20.30. One extreme non-outlier matching that comparison was Peter Hogan of Bishop Blanchet, who placed third in the 3A race running 15:20.2 and his averaged 3200m time was 9:34.34, which is one of the more extreme marks that was not an outlier: he ran 9:20.36 later that year, but only had run 9:48.32 the year prior. On the other side of the extreme, but still not an outlier, an example would be a 18:32.3 at the Washington State XC meet ran by Rachel Kostama of Puyallup (4A #14). The previous year, she ran 11:02.05 and this spring ran 10:45.63, while the formula would equate a 18:32.3 to a 11:13.72 - or, in other words, she exceeded her XC performance both the spring before and the spring after. It could be argued that she didn't have a good race at State XC (IMO she ran slightly better at the Westside Classic, finishing fourth while she was the fifth finisher from the region at state), although it would seem more like she was just better in track than XC last fall. A third example, of someone closer to the middle, would be Heidi Smith of Glacier Peak (3A #10): she ran 18:53.5 at State (11:26.23), compared to 11:23.1h in 2015 and 11:30.65 in 2016 (note: the data above used only FAT marks, so her 2015 mark as well as her 2015-2016 PR included in the data was actually her 11:26.98 at the 2015 WESCO Championships).

The data above points to an estimated rating of 200.0 = 14:46.44, while the final revised rating I did a few months ago (which was based on XC marks) was 200.0 = 14:45.00 ... not an exact match, but a VERY close match (it suggests I might be undervaluing the Washington & Northwest XC performances very slightly, but 1.44 seconds is really isn't really a noticeable difference in the scheme of things).

In short, a large part of evaluating times in XC and comparing them to track marks is a very ROUGH process: there is a lot of variation (standard deviation for the non-outliers above is 1.69% of the median), and everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. The ratings attempt to average that out over the entire field in order to get an idea of how a performance at Race X compares to performance at Race Y. Early season, all my ratings are based pretty heavily on 3k/3200m/2mile marks coming into the season, gradually incorporating more from other XC races from known courses as the season goes on (both current-season comparisons within a few weeks of performances and sometimes a comparison of a race's profile vs. that of previous years). There are some innate issues with the process, but that will always be the case when doing analysis like this and in the end all the ratings are just estimates (meaning approximate rather than exacting) anyways.


note: if you wanted to know how a 3200m time would translate to WA State XC (instead of the other way around, as above), inverting the x & y axis gives the formula of y = 1.6512x - 0.8379 (where y = 2015 State XC mark, and x = 3200m). Keep in mind, though, that the 3200m mark used is the average of the 2015 SB and the 2015-2016 PR, so calculating from just the SB will give a different formula. FWIW, the average year-to-year rate of improvement for boys XC qualifiers was 2.16% (n = 243) and for girls it was 1.30% (n = 194), meaning if you assume an average rate of improvement the 3200m mark you would use would be 1.08% faster than the previous SB for boys and 0.65% faster for girls. Or, if you look beyond State XC qualifiers and include all athletes, the ROI was 2.09% for boys (n = 684) and 0.35% for girls (n = 427), meaning 1.04% and 0.17% for the halved ROI.

Additional side-note: You'll notice that there are more data points, and in particular more outliers, below the trendline rather than above. This is to be expected, for some combination of a few reasons: 1. this is a comparison of 3200m PRs and/or Season Bests vs. the result of one specific race, 2. when looking at what an athlete is like when they are at or near their best, any specific performance would likely be closer to "average" (meaning worse) in comparison; 3. high school athletes are often more developed anaerobically than aerobically, meaning they aren't as strong at longer distances; 4. high school coaches might focus more of their year-long training on the anaerobic system rather than aerobic system compared to what is ideal for racing at the Washington State XC Championships.