Against Big Lake? not sure about that. They won state last year and lost only their #1. Monticello lost more. But they do seem to be get close to Big Lake. BL’s 4-5 gap was bigger than expected.
should be an interesting team battle between Big Lake, Monticello and Becker at sections
Stillwater looks to be really young next year, and even this year they have only 3 seniors on varsity. Underclassmen Stillwater Times from conference (although the course was fast) 15:38 - 10 15:50 - 11 16:22 - 10 16:42 - 10 17:25 - 10 17:27 - 9 (from JV) 17:30 - 10 In 2024 MN will be stacked with so many really good boys teams. Including: Minnetonka, Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington Jefferson, Stillwater, Maple Grove, Marshall, Perham, Winona, Buffalo, Wayzata (but will need to reload after losing 4 seniors, but they always seem really good at that), and many more.
Yeah, the Wayzata boys & girls teams both looked great yesterday. Five guys 15:50 and under on the Gale Woods course is hard to beat. And Abbey was brutal. She should have clear sailing all the way through Sioux Falls. It shouldn’t be until national meets that she’ll be challenged.
In 2014 Wayzata got second at NXN. At Conference, they only had 2 guys break 16 minutes (their third guy was missing from this race) https://mn.milesplit.com/meets/185363-lake-conference-championships-2014/teams/13450#.Y09pXiVOkWM I think this year was the fastest they ran at conference. 5 under 15:50 Not saying they will win NXN this year. But if it all goes well they might make some waves there this year, especially next year
Yeah, the Wayzata boys & girls teams both looked great yesterday. Five guys 15:50 and under on the Gale Woods course is hard to beat. And Abbey was brutal. She should have clear sailing all the way through Sioux Falls. It shouldn’t be until national meets that she’ll be challenged.
In 2014 Wayzata got second at NXN. At Conference, they only had 2 guys break 16 minutes (their third guy was missing from this race) https://mn.milesplit.com/meets/185363-lake-conference-championships-2014/teams/13450#.Y09pXiVOkWM I think this year was the fastest they ran at conference. 5 under 15:50 Not saying they will win NXN this year. But if it all goes well they might make some waves there this year, especially next year
Agreed. Very strong team but other teams across the nation have improved since 2014. Interesting to see the mid season MileSplit speed rating has Wayzata boys #11 and girls # 16. Abbey is #1 but Noah Brecker isn't in the top. He just needs to run a fast course to get up there.
Owatonna is trying to make state this year. How much would it stink for a team who hasn’t been to state since 2012 (and probably should have made it last year) to be top 2 in the section through 4 runners, and their 5th being too far back to make it? One of the guys who would have scored for them transferred to Rosemount. They also have a lot of guys that did really well in track and would have scored for them, but they play other fall sports instead of XC. Owatonna’s top JV does consist of 8th and 9th graders though.
They could potentially get 4 runners to state. I'm still waiting for the day that out of 8 individuals, 5 are from the same team, essentially qualifying 3 teams to state from one section. These 5 runners would be individuals, but have enough to score as a team. Has a team qualified 4 yet? I'm too lazy to look. I think the best shot for this to happen would be in class A
I don’t like the speed ratings. Now of course I don’t care much about this anyway. We see what people do in competition. Then we have the track results. The speed ratings are not necessary. They just seem like something the geeks geeked up to be geekier.
Of course some courses are short, but with the lack of rain this whole summer and fall we are going to continue to see really fast times where the ground is hard, basically everywhere in the state. Emmet Gerres has been on a tear, but how legit is his 15:07?
Owatonna is trying to make state this year. How much would it stink for a team who hasn’t been to state since 2012 (and probably should have made it last year) to be top 2 in the section through 4 runners, and their 5th being too far back to make it? One of the guys who would have scored for them transferred to Rosemount. They also have a lot of guys that did really well in track and would have scored for them, but they play other fall sports instead of XC. Owatonna’s top JV does consist of 8th and 9th graders though.
They could potentially get 4 runners to state. I'm still waiting for the day that out of 8 individuals, 5 are from the same team, essentially qualifying 3 teams to state from one section. These 5 runners would be individuals, but have enough to score as a team. Has a team qualified 4 yet? I'm too lazy to look. I think the best shot for this to happen would be in class A
MileSplits official complete results formatted results for the 2019 MSHSL State Cross Country Championships, hosted by Wayzata Results, Inc. in Northfield MN.
MileSplits official Complete Results formatted results for the 2019 MSHSL Section 4AA Championships, hosted by MTEC Results (ChampionChip) in Falcon Heights MN.
They could potentially get 4 runners to state. I'm still waiting for the day that out of 8 individuals, 5 are from the same team, essentially qualifying 3 teams to state from one section. These 5 runners would be individuals, but have enough to score as a team. Has a team qualified 4 yet? I'm too lazy to look. I think the best shot for this to happen would be in class A
They could potentially get 4 runners to state. I'm still waiting for the day that out of 8 individuals, 5 are from the same team, essentially qualifying 3 teams to state from one section. These 5 runners would be individuals, but have enough to score as a team. Has a team qualified 4 yet? I'm too lazy to look. I think the best shot for this to happen would be in class A
Man, Tonka is so deep. Laninga and Schneider were great. Downin is a very weird case i guess, 9:57 just a week or so ago and then hasn’t broke 18 since Griak. Odd to say the least.
Man, Tonka is so deep. Laninga and Schneider were great. Downin is a very weird case i guess, 9:57 just a week or so ago and then hasn’t broke 18 since Griak. Odd to say the least.
Downin’s first mile at conference was a 4:55 so he probably went out too hard there. They are getting rid of 2 guys so there will open spots for him next year
Owatonna is trying to make state this year. How much would it stink for a team who hasn’t been to state since 2012 (and probably should have made it last year) to be top 2 in the section through 4 runners, and their 5th being too far back to make it? One of the guys who would have scored for them transferred to Rosemount. They also have a lot of guys that did really well in track and would have scored for them, but they play other fall sports instead of XC. Owatonna’s top JV does consist of 8th and 9th graders though.
They could potentially get 4 runners to state. I'm still waiting for the day that out of 8 individuals, 5 are from the same team, essentially qualifying 3 teams to state from one section. These 5 runners would be individuals, but have enough to score as a team. Has a team qualified 4 yet? I'm too lazy to look. I think the best shot for this to happen would be in class A
Owatonna might actually have a shot to make state with what they have now. A 5th man far back is not always a death penalty. He needs to try to beat or at least come close to the 5th guys of other teams they are trying to beat. It’s a strategy. Before the season started I though Mayo would beat Lakeville South. Mayo didn’t lose many people, and South lost 4. So it was supposed to be a rebuilding season for South too. Not just Owatonna. Both seem to have reloaded. And Owatonna ended up beating Mayo at conference. They were also missing freshman Borchert who scores for them. They also have a lot of young talent that can help Owatonna go to state in the future if they can’t make it this year. Hiatt and Smith are really the only key runners that they lose after this season.
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