NXN 2023 Way too early preview: Dawn of a new Era

2 at-large should go to southwest

the other 2 at-large will be split between california, southeast, northwest. Don't think south is contention unless Austin Vandegrift gets 3rd which I don't think will happen.

Not sure about Southeast getting an at-large. Depends on if the SE schools are healthy come NXR. In fact, I don’t even know who the #2 team in that region is. (Belen is the clear #1)
Farragut needs a 5th runner and McCallie had some guys missing last meet. Both teams almost got beat by some other random TN school in their recent races.
At Paul Short, Calvert Hall lost to two schools I’ve never heard of. They had some guys missing or further back than expected.

I meant northeast. not southeast. Northeast, California, Northwest.

I think CBA and Westfield are the only 2 nationally elite teams in the Northeast. Are there any others in that region?

I do agree with Northwest though. This region is loaded especially when Crater comes back to full strength

speed ratings said they were 3 in that region

This looks close to a dual meet between Herriman and Riverton. Riverton’s 3rd was 27 seconds ahead of their 4th. Wonder how this will play out in a larger, more competitive field like NXR and NXN.

Speed ratings will be something to see

Revised list

Niwot would be ahead of Riverton at regionals. Riverton's 5th is too far back. At regionals that would add on a huge amount of points and would Niwot ahead.

At 2022 regionals the difference between 14:44 and 15:21 is 10 pts, whereas the difference between 15:40 and 16:00 is 35 pts. The placement of the 5th runner will determine top 4 teams and Niwot's 5th is much better than Riverton's.

doubt it. prove it at regionals

Wouldn’t be surprised to see 6ish teams at NXR SW put all 5 sub 16:00, pretty good considering that Coyote Run still has some light hills and turns to it.

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The guy who finished a half second behind Ruco Culpepper(Niwot #1) to place 3rd at the recent Arizona race ran 14:33 3 mile at Woodbridge.

Herriman had 7 guys under 14:35 at Woodbridge. That is 7 Ruco Culpeppers.

Are you telling me that Niwot can beat a team that scored 4 points less at a league meet than a team with 7 Ruco Culpeppers?

This is referring to the comment about Niwot beating Riverton at nxr. Remember 7 Ruco Culpeppers lol

Looks like DGN took that race as a work out or something. They were significantly better than those teams just a few weeks ago.

They were almost missing their #1 from last year’s NXN (Weber).

Hinsdale Central has really fallen off from last year after graduating so many guys.

Plainfield South finished second at Niketown, which is very good considering they graduated 4 guys and their 3rd returner out from an injury

It’s getting closer to post season so many of the kids are just running faster. This is especially true if you’re in a competitive sectional where your team might not make it out to the State Championship. So kids are getting closer to peaking so they have an individual shot at qualifying.

Speed ratings for Riverton vs Herriman are up

Riverton

180

180

177

168

164

Niwot (at Desert Twilight)

183

181

175

174 (ran in the Championship but not the Sweepstakes race)

172

171

170

169

So Niwot actually has 8 guys faster than Riverton’s 4th. An in fact, Niwot’s top 2 are better than Riverton’s top 2 (according to the speed ratings)

Niwot’s 6th and 7th can displace Riverton’s 4th and 5th runners, and on a bigger field like NXR, this will give Riverton even more points from positions 4 and 5.