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Nike Cross Regional Northeast: By The Numbers States in the Northeast Region: 8 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and New Hampshire
BOYS States represented at NTN/NXN: New Jersey 15 times Pennsylvania 6 times Connecticut 5 times Massachusetts 3 times Rhode Island 2 times Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire have never qualified a team for Nike. #New York was included in the Nike Northeast through the 2006 season. We are going to include the New York accomplishments in the “New York Region by the Numbers.”
States with the longest streak, all time and current: 8 - New Jersey has sent teams from 2010-17.
At-large bids: 5 2007 Don Bosco Prep NJ 2008 North Allegheny PA and Danbury CT 2011 Westfield NJ 2012 West Chester Henderson PA #The Northeast received 3 bids in 2004 and 2006 and 4 bids in 2005.
Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/22/18): 4 No. 6 Christian Brothers Academy NJ No. 9 La Salle Academy RI No. 16 Bishop Hendricken RI No. 22 Haddonfield Memorial NJ
Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 19
Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances: Christian Brothers Academy NJ: 10 times Danbury CT 3 times West Chester Henderson PA 2 times Pembroke MA 2 times Don Bosco NJ 2 times Xavier CT, Staples CT, Downingtown West PA, La Salle Academy PA, Cardinal O’Hara PA, Bishop Hendrickson RI, Germantown Friends PA, Westfield NJ, West Windsor Plains North NJ, North Allegheny PA, Brookline MA, Coatesville PA, Morris Hills NJ and Cedar Cliff PA have all qualified once.
Longest team streak appearances, current and all-time: 8 - Christian Brothers Academy NJ has qualified from 2010-17.
Highest national finish: 2006 Coatesville PA 1st place 2011 Christian Brothers Academy NJ 1st place
DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN: Christian Brothers Academy NJ Xavier CT
Current Prediction: Christian Brothers Academy NJ La Salle Academy RI
Note: The same five teams hold the top spots in the current Nike Northeast Regional rankings from the preview rankings in August. Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft, N.J., looks to make it nine consecutive trips to Portland after a dominant win in the New Jersey Meet of Champions. CBA is again peaking at the right time and it would be a considerable upset if the Colts don’t secure one of the top two spots and an automatic qualifier to NXN. Behind CBA, it gets tighter. It would not be a major upset if any one of the next four teams earns one of the top two spots. La Salle Academy RI is the pick for that spot after defeating both Bishop Hendricken RI and Xavier CT in the New England XC Championships. Bishop Hendricken has run well all year and should be competitive, and Xavier CT surprised last year at NXR with its race of the year to secure a bid. Each of those teams could also make an argument for an at-large bid with a third-place finish given the depth of the region. An at-large selection has not come out of the Northeast since 2012 and with relatively down years in some of the other regions around the country, the region could pick up a third bid. One other team to keep an eye on in the Northeast is Haddonfield Memorial NJ, which opened the year at regional No. 5 and ran its best race in the New Jersey Meet of Champions, finishing second behind CBA.
GIRLS States represented at NTN/NXN: New Jersey 8 times Pennsylvania 5 times Massachusetts 5 times New Hampshire 4 times Rhode Island 3 times Vermont 2 times Maine and Connecticut have never qualified a team for Nike. #New York was included in the Nike Northeast through the 2006 season.
States with the longest streak, all time: 3 New Jersey 2005-07 3 Massachusetts 2007-09
Longest current consecutive state streak: 2 New Jersey 2016-17
At-large bids: 3 2007 Hanover NH 2013 Coe Brown NH 2014 La Salle RI #The Northeast received 3 bids in 2005 and 2006.
Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/22/17): 1 North Hunterdon NJ No. 27
Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 16
Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances: Voorhees NJ 3 times La Salle RI 3 times Pennsbury PA 3 times Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA 2 times Champlain Valley Union VT 2 times Unionville PA 2 times Coe Brown NH 2 times North Hunterdon NJ 2 times Roxbury NJ, Colts Neck NJ, Hanover NH, Newton South MA, Bishop Feehan MA, Hamilton-Wenham Regional MA, Souhegan NH and Kingsway Regional NJ have all qualified once.
Longest team streak appearances: 2 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA 2007-08 2 Champlain Valley Union VT 2010-11 2 Pennsbury PA 2012-13 2 Unionville PA 2013-14 2 Coe Brown NH 2013-14 2 La Salle RI 2014-15 2 North Hunterdon NJ 2016-17
Longest current team streak appearances: 2 North Hunterdon NJ 2016-17
Highest national finish: 2006 Colts Neck NJ 4th place 2007 Hanover NH 4th place
DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN: North Hunterdon NJ Colts Neck NJ
Current Prediction: North Hunterdon NJ North Allegheny PA
Note: No team in the Northeast has qualified for NXN more than two years in a row. North Hunterdon NJ is looking to become the first to three-peat after returning all seven runners from last year's NXN squad. The team is favored to win the region. After North Hunterdon, the race for the second spot in the Northeast is close, although North Allegheny PA seems best placed to earn its first trip to NXN. However, Ridgewood NJ, Natick MA and Champlain Valley Union VT could all have something to say about that Saturday. Of those three teams, only Champlain Valley Union has qualified for NXN, but it last did so in 2011. |
