Ninth Dual Meet Championship Tournament Set To Reveal Nation's Most Well-Rounded High School Track and Field Teams

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor 

It may be te middle of summer, but we've got our track nerd dial turned up to 10 as we wait for next week's USATF Outdoor and Para Championships.

We've been running the numbers to build a bracket to determine the nation's most complete high school track and field teams. 

Our make-believe dual meet national championship tournament is an annual tradition. We believe nothing demonstrates more what a high school is capable of, athletically, than a thriving track and field team.

The champion will receive a trophy, in honor of the late John Dye. 

Building upon eight previous tournaments, we are ready to show who is in this year's tournament, thanks to help from the database at Athletic.net,. Last year, we revealed winning teams from Atascocita TX (boys) and Union Catholic NJ (girls).

In the first round, when it makes sense, we try to arrange neighboring states for compelling local matchups while also attempting to keep top teams apart. 

Here are the ground rules.

- Almost every team listed in the tournament is a state champion. (There are a couple of exceptions when they are obvious).

- Performances used for the tournament are from the spring season and include marks all the way through June's postseason meets.

- Scoring is 5-3-1 for the top three placewinners in all events that both schools' states participate in, along with 5-0 for the relays (4x100 and 4x400 in all cases, and sometimes 4x200 and/or 4x800 when it makes sense).

- An athlete can only "participate" in four events. 

- There are 32 teams in the bracket; 16 from West of the Mississippi River, 16 from the East.

- DyeStat editor Doug Binder is scoring boys and esteemed correspondent David Woods is scoring the girls brackets, with the winners being revealed July 29.

Previous Winners

2025 First-Round Matchups

Girls West

Humble Atascocita TX vs Edmond Memorial OK

Waukee Northwest IA vs Wayzata MN

American Fork UT vs Mountain View ID

Long Beach Wilson CA vs Centennial NV

Niwot CO vs Chandler AZ

Papillion La Vista South NE vs Mill Valley KS

Jesuit OR vs Mercer Island WA

Buchanan CA vs Bentonville AR 

Girls East

Bullis School MD vs South County VA

Arrowhead WI vs Flossmoor (Homewood) IL

Oak Park MI vs Hilliard Davidson OH 

Blythewood SC vs Dillard FL

Carmel IN  vs Webb of Knoxville TN

Hoover AL vs Pope GA

Tatnall DE vs Souderton Area PA  

Union Catholic NJ vs Bloomfield CT  

Boys West

Catholic Baton Rouge LA vs Houston Lamar TX

Ankeny IA vs Kearney NE

Rocky Mountain ID vs Cherokee Trail CO

Servite CA vs Hamilton AZ

Olathe West KS vs Bentonville AR

Sioux Falls Lincoln SD vs Sheridan WY

Shadow Ridge NV vs American Fork UT

Jesuit OR vs Kamiakin WA

Boys East

Vestavia Hills AL vs Pearl MS

East Lyme CT vs Toms River North NJ

Winnetka (New Trier) IL vs Homestead WI

Buford GA vs Mallard Creek NC

Columbus FL vs Ridge View SC

Trinity (Louisville) KY vs Bloomington North IN  

Colonial Forge VA vs Bullis School MD

LaSalle Academy RI vs State College Area PA