A lot of middle and high school meets are on milesplit dot com. it’s useful to find the entries, sometimes a course map, and results. all that is available for free, but there is a $6 per month charge to see rankings. any insight into whether that is worth it? my oldest is starting high school XC this fall and was thinking it might be interesting.
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If you got a bit of extra cash to burn and are a huge stats need, playing around with the rankings and extra features can be fun. It's only really kind of worth it if you're in high school or have a kid that is, totally not worth it to see rankings of kids you have no connections to
It's better than flotrack. Not as much content but you can watch a ton of race videos from high school meets all over the country - easily found at the athletes milesplit page.
It's great to see national rankings, state rankings, etc. Certain states have a lot more coverage than others.
Could help motivate your son to run fast to improve his rankings - more so as he gets older.
Milesplit, Athletic, Flotrack, Runnerspace and TFRRS are kind of like a competition between inferior goods. Nobody is that good in the arena because there isnt a significant ROI. Labor of love for some but imitative totems of the industry.
I'm a HS coach. I use the paid features all the time and I show things behind the pay wall to my team often. My school pays for it, but I would probably pay for it myself if the school didn't.
I have a couple of athletes who also pay for it themselves.
If you think you'll use it often and like to geek out on stats, it's probably worth it.
I didn't remember if they have a monthly option or only an annual option, but it they have a monthly option, you could always just try for a month and see what you think.
I’ve paid for those things when my kids are in HS because I like seeing a deeper dive into the stats and I don't mind supporting the people doing it.
Should the be a lot better? Absolutely.
Depends on how well run the site is for your individual states. Some have much more content than others. If you’re in a state with more content like race videos at most meets then it’s worth it
Yes. No doubt Milesplit, Flotrack, Runnerspace, Track Town, TFFRS, Citius, etc. are the most dedicated volunteers known to our Sport. The best of the best. This is how we grow the sport. Fanbois should be paid as much as we can pay them. It's a labor of love.