As a reminder: http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-etrain-11-racing-series.html
All-Time 11-Year Races: Cross Country
All-Time 11-Year Races: Cross Country
Regional
Qualifying Meet #1 – 4/10
Regional
Qualifying Meet #2 – 4/17
Regional
Qualifying Meet #3 – 4/24
Regional
Qualifying Meet #4 – 5/1
Regional
Qualifying Meet #5 – 5/8
XC
Championships - TBD
Regional Qualifying
District
One – Lehigh University
Invited
Teams
Over the 11 year period, these
teams either qualified for states out of AAA or won a state championship in a
small school classification
CB West
Coatesville
Conestoga
CR
North
DT West
WC East
Great
Valley
WC
Henderson
HG Prep
Horsham
Lower
Merion
North
Penn
Penncrest
Pennsbury
Perk
Valley
Pottsgrove*
Strath
Haven
Upper
Dublin
Additional
teams will be accepted upon request
Invited
Individuals
All Top
20 AAA District One Finishers or AA/A Individual Champions
Additional
individuals will be accepted upon request
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District
Three – Carlisle High School
Invited
Teams
Over the 11 year period, these
teams either qualified for states out of AAA or won a state championship in a
small school classification
Camp
Hill*
Carlisle
Cedar
Cliff
Cedar
Crest
Chambersburg
Conrad
Weiser
Cumberland
Valley
Dallastown
Exeter
Governor
Mifflin
Hempfield
Hershey
Lower
Dauphin
Manheim
Central
Manheim
Township
Mechanicsburg
Red
Land
Red
Lion
Twin
Valley
Wilson
York
Suburban*
Additional
teams will ae accepted upon request
Invited
Individuals
All Top
15 AAA District Three Finishers or AA/A Individual Champions
Additional
individuals will be accepted upon request
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WPIAL
– Coopers Lake (Includes D7 & D8)
Invited
Teams
Over the 11 year period, these
teams either qualified for states out of AAA or won a state championship in a
small school classification
Baldwin
Butler
Canon
McMillan
Fox
Chapel
Kiski
Mount
Lebanon
North
Allegheny
North
Hills
Pittsburgh
Central Catholic
Plum
Quaker
Valley*
Seneca
Valley
Winchester
Thurston*
Additional
teams will be accepted upon request
Invited
Individuals
All Top
15 AAA District Seven Finishers or AA/A Individual Champions
Additional
individuals will be accepted upon request
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District
12 + Independent League – Belmont Plateau
Invited
Teams
Over the 11 year period, these
teams either qualified for states out of AAA or won a state championship in a
small school classification. Also included are independent league championship
winning schools.
Germantown
Academy
Germantown
Friends School
LaSalle
Malvern
Prep
O’Hara
St. Joe’s
Prep
Additional
teams will be accepted upon request
Invited
Individuals
All Top
5 AAA District Twelve & Independent League Finishers or AA/A Individual
Champions
Additional
individuals will be accepted upon request
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Miscellaneous
Districts – Hershey Parkview Course ’08-’15 (District 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11)
Invited
Teams
Over the 11 year period, these
teams placed highly at the state championships and warranted subjective
approval by the games administration for selection
Altoona
Dallas
Easton
Elk
County Catholic
Elk
Lake
Fairview
Freedom
Grove
City
Lakeland
Mercyhurst
Prep
Northeast
Bradford
North
East
North
Pocono
Parkland
Saegertown
Scranton
Prep
State
College
Towanda
Tunkhannock
West
Middlesex
Additional
teams will be accepted upon request
Invited
Individuals
Top
finishers from the state championships across all classifications
Additional
individuals will be accepted upon request
Haha classic Etrain! I love it!
ReplyDeleteMy question: how are you picking the top 7's for the big names like Henderson and North Allegheny? They've certainly had more than 7 state-caliber runners over the past decade that belong in this hypothetical race.
I suggest adding a "B" team for these kind of programs. Each school has the ability to field a second squad, and its up to you to pick which teams actually get one. I think this way more qualified individuals would be able to be compared to one another.
Haha yes, i encountered the "B" team scenario today. So here's basically my plan. If you made the qualifying standards outlined above (top 20 in D1 for example), you get to run at the meet regardless of how many people on your high school's squad are ahead of you. So, for example, Seamus Collins of Henderson was not in his team's top 7, but he had 3 (!) top 20 finishes in the district and thus gets to compete.
ReplyDeleteNow Collins was one of 10 Henderson runners who fell into this category. Therefore, Henderson gets a "B" as their second unit has 5 scorers. The final 3 runners are listed as Henderson "C" and get to compete, but won't be scored as part of the team scoring.
Out of fairness (since I know all the results) I'm putting the 7 best guys on "A" and the next 7 on "B". However, if any Henderson faithful would like to scramble their line up, they can and try and get 1, 2 or even 3 teams to state. If there's a taker out there, feel free to comment. I'll even provide the 17 eligible names if needed to make things easier.
I haven't done it yet, but I'd imagine a similar thing will happen with North Allegheny and potentially GFS/O'Hara. Maybe even a few more I haven't considered.
Seem reasonable?
I should also note the "state qualifying" works like this:
DeleteD1 - Top 5 Teams, 25 Individuals
D3 - 3, 15
WPIAL - 3, 15
12/Independent - 2, 10
Other - 2, 10
And then wild cards based on fan voting. 5 team spots and 25 individual spots are on the line.
Works for me. One last suggestion is to maybe make AA/A top 3 individuals? I know out in D7 Griffin Mackey and Ben Bumgarner didn't win district titles but took home state titles. They for sure need to be included.
DeleteThat's a great point. I gotta revisit that for D3 and D7 as these small school districts have much more depth than D1 historically (the school I started with). May open it up to either top 3 finishers or top 10-15 state finishers. I'll get back to you on this one before I release those districts.
DeleteWhere's CB East in the list of qualified teams? Didn't they qualify out of AAA last cross season?
ReplyDeleteYep, you're totally right. I missed them on the list by accident. They will definitely be included!
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