Nathan Lennox from Great Oak did barely any track as a freshman. Was #1 soph on the team for XC in 2020. Hasn’t done any competitive running since then (was doing other sports) but went on to join the team this year to help them make NXN
2011 Redwing, Mn Bryant Blahnik. Was rated #1 in Minnesota his senior cross season for a few weeks. Eventually ran track his junior and senior seasons, but played tennis before. Went on to run at Florida State and Missouri.
2011 Redwing, Mn Bryant Blahnik. Was rated #1 in Minnesota his senior cross season for a few weeks. Eventually ran track his junior and senior seasons, but played tennis before. Went on to run at Florida State and Missouri.
2 homestead (wi) varsity guys play lacrosse. Both are seniors and are new to varsity XC. Billy Hadcock and Robby Coburn. Hadcock did spring track in 2021 before switching to Lacrosse
Christopher Wood (Niwot) - incoming junior - 16:05 at NXR SW. was in Niwot’s top 7 last year. #3 returner for the team based on 5k results No track results but according to another thread, he does time trial biking in the spring
Ireland Wildhart (Mt Prospect IL) - does not run Outdoor track but does only XC and indoor track and plays lacrosse in the spring. 18:36 5k last XC season 6th runner (4th returner) on the Mt Prospect team that finished 5th at NXN last year Incoming junior
Grant Headley (Crater, Oregon). No track results, but at NXR (where he ran a 16:04), he was the 5th runner for Crater and helped them punch the ticket to NXN. Turns out he is a baseball player in the spring
Blake Bullard (Southlake Carroll TX) - XC in the fall, 15:09 5k. Does not do track much in the spring. Only a couple of track races in March. Does triathlon during spring instead
While none of them were top caliber, there were several multi-year varsity xc runners on my high school team who never ran track. One guy wrestled in the winter (119lbs, I believe) and played tennis in the spring. T he rest were soccer players. The soccer players were all-conference in xc.
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