Milesplit Fab-15 National Team Rankings *third edition

Boys Rankings

Girls Rankings

1.Henry Jackson, WA (8)

1.Saugus, CA (1)

Run a 1.5 mile league jamboree featuring Jesuit Oregon and have 6 guys average 7:36 with a 2 second spread, they follow that up with a perfect 15 point victory over league rivals running a 16:45 5k average with a 2 second spread, and then at the South Whidbey Invitational pop a 16:05 5k average on a difficult course with a 15 second spread.     

Breezes to a 17:14 3-mile average to win the Woodbridge Invitational in dominating fashion; runs a 9 sec. 1-5 spread @ Foothill meet with an 18:12 avg, this is the team to beat nationally and perhaps the best girl’s team in US history.                

2.Cedar Park, TX (2)

2.Fayetteville Manlius, NY (2)

Has continued their dominance in Texas with an impressive 9:59 everage at the Fest Flight meet winning with 10 points.

Scores a perfect 15 points to win the VVS Invitational with a 23 second 1-5 spread; could this be the best F-M team yet?

3.Royal, CA (3)

3.Shadle Park, WA (7)

Recently competed at the Woodbridge Invitational against then US#2 and current US#5 Arcadia, destroyed the field with a 14:51 3-mile average to defeat US#9 St. John Bosco who averaged 15:01.

Travels to Montana's Supermeet Mountain West Classic; dominates the 43 team meet with 56 points. Places 3 in the top 10; fastest team performance all-time over the 3-mile course equalling the great Foot Locker Champ Zoe Nelson's great Flathead team.

4.Haddonfield, NJ (9)

4.Torrey Pines, CA (6)

Wins the Bowdoin Park Classic with 54 points; third best team performance in meet history. Led by Jonathan Vitez impressive all-time mark. Rising to pre-season expectations.

For the second week in a row Torrey Pines dominates a national super meet in defining fashion with the Stanford Inv. overall team title. It looks like our pre-season darkhorse is meeting pre-season expecations and then some.

5.Arcadia, CA (7)

5.Jesuit, OR (NR)

Rebounded from a defeat the week prior to dominate the Stanford Invitational with a 15:55 5K average downing several top ranked national programs. Kudos for NOT avoiding competition.

Won the Nike Pre-National with 55 points and an astounding team average over the 5K course. Finally competes at a level that can be compared nationally, things are looking up in Oregon.

6.Boerne Champion, TX (5)

6.Saratoga Springs, NY (4)

Listed on the teams schedule to be at the Feast Flight meet, were a noshow, Dilley Inv. next day was cancelled, idle until 9/10; no competition means a drop in the rankings.

A dominant team performance at the E.J. Herrmann Inv winning with 16 points and a 52 second 1-5 spread. Drops in the rankings for lack of competition against top teams.

7.Loyola Academy, IL (NR)

7.Glacier Peak, WA (14)

Stuns US#1 York at the Palatine Inv. Impressive 14:35 team avg. for 3-miles to York's 14:37. Pre-season ranked #13 has found a 5th man and looks to climb up the rankings in the coming weeks.

Ranked for the first time last week amid national dissention; travels to Stanford and wins the second smallest division race after being denied entry into the elite championship race; to the surprise of many earns national ranking with a overall 2nd place team finish losing to US#4 Torrey Pines by 9 points.

8.American Fork, UT (11)

8.Blacksburg, VA (9)

Runs the fastest 3-mile average in Utah history when they won the Nebo Inv. Averaging 15:24 (15:51 5k pace) over a legit 3.01 mile course the Cavemen are tightening the 1-5 gap; led by soon-to-be national phenom Austin West's school record 14:56.27 victory.

Defeats Tatnall, DE @ Maymont with 76 points to defeat the defending Southeast team champions.

9.St. John Bosco, CA (6)

9.Magnificat, OH (5)

Competed at Woodbridge, lost to current US#3 Royal but defeated then US#2 and current US#5 Arcadia with a 15:01 3-mile average; was scheduled to compete at Sunny Hills Inv but restedt varsity. Bobcat Inv. up next.

Scores 17 team points to win the All-Ohio Catholic Championship with an 18:52.6 5K avg.; is the top team from the midwest but needs to face stiffer competition to move up in the rankings.

10.Ferris, WA (4)

10.Dana Hills, CA (NR)

Travels 1000 miles to Stanford Inv., a myriad of outside factors keeps the Saxons in the top 10 as they regroup and seek retribution in the coming weeks. Like Arcadia a week prior, Ferris is better than this one meet performance.

Dominates the 600+ Dana Hills Inv combined team flights with 44 points! Averaging 17:50 over the 3-mile course Dana Hills is looking for a rematch against Saugus and another NXN berth.                   

11.York, IL (1)

11.Classical Academy, CO (12)

Upset by Illinois rival Loyola Academy @ Palatine Inv.; ran a 14:37 average for 3-miles; may be one of the best York programs of all-time and yet may also be #2 in their own state.

Won the Rock Canyon Inv with 38 Points placing all 7 varsity scorers into the top 15 spots.

12.Trubaco Hills, CA (NR)

12.Monroe-Woodbury, NY (NR)

Rose to the occasion at the Stanford Inv. With a runner-up showing, defeating Ferris, WA in the process with a 16:06 5K average.

Upsets US#8 Shenendehowa, US#10 Burnt-Hills and Queensbury @ Queensbury Inv with an impressive 38 team points to make first appearance in the national rankings.

13.Albuquerque Acad., NM (12)

13.Queensbury, NY (NR)

Won the Alb. Academy Inv. With 30 points, averaging 16:44 over the tough 5K course. The time is 10 seconds faster than their time from last years nationally ranked #11 team. Still waiting for the Academy to step beyond the borders of NM and actually face competition to be worthy of a higher national ranking.

Finished second to US#12 Monroe-Woodbury 38-50 @ Queensbury Inv defeating US#8 Shenendehowa and US#10 Burnt-Hills in the process. As an avid NY follower would state, "Queensbury is back!"

14.Germantown Friends, PA (NR)

14.College Park, TX (3)

Twice in three weeks they have narrowly lost to US#4 Haddonfield. First @ Cherokee Challenge on 9/12 they lost 27-29 in combined class race results; and recently @ Bowdoin lost by 3 points with a top all-time team performance. Look for Germantown Friends to move up the rankings quickly as they compete with Haddonfield and other NE powers at the upcoming Manhattan Invitational.

Won the Midwest Super meet Rim Rock Farms XC Classic defeating Iowa City West, IA who had previously defeated US#11 Dowling Catholic, IA. Scoring 54 points to Iowa City West, IA 83 points.

15.North Central & Kamiakin, WA

15.Chiles, FL (11)

These two programs have been hit hard the past two weeks with illness and missing runners. Recently, NC lost at Firman without the #1 runner, Kamiakin has been out the past two weeks with the flu. Two dominant programs who look to be full strength by Sunfair.

Wins the Buchholtz Bobcat Classic with 30 points over 22 teams. Not at full strength the team still placed 4 varsity scorers in the top 5 overall positions.