Nike Cross Regional Northwest: By The Numbers

 

MEET HEADQUARTERS | LIVE WEBCAST DAY ONE | DAY TWO

Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15 at Spokane Polo Fields, Washington 

Girls Race: 2:15 p.m. Pacific

Boys Race: 2:55 p.m. Pacific

 ENTRIES

New Course 

 

States in the Northwest Region: Seven

Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.

Top two teams and five individuals not on qualifying teams automatically advance to NXN. Four at-large team berths will be named later. 

 

BOYS

States represented at NTN/NXN:  

Washington 26 times

Oregon 15 times

Montana 2 times

Wyoming 2 times

Idaho 2 times

Alaska and Hawaii have never qualified a team for nationals.

 

States with the longest streak, current:  

Oregon four years - 2019 and 2022-24     

 

Longest consecutive state streak all time:

11 - Washington  2004-14   

 

At-large bids:

2012  Summit OR 

2013  Central Catholic OR 

2018  Lewis and Clark WA

2023 Franklin OR

*The Northwest received 3 bids in 2004 and 4 bids in 2005 and 2006.     

 

Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/13/25): 4

No. 3 Coeur d'Alene ID

No. 6 Jesuit OR 

No. 19 Mead WA

No. 24 Crater OR

 

Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 16

Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances:

North Central WA 8 times

Jesuit OR 5 times

Summit OR 4 times

Joel Ferris WA 4 times

Kamiakin WA 4 times

Central Catholic OR 3 times

Bozeman MT 2 times

Gig Harbor WA 2 times

Central Valley WA 2 times

Crater OR 2 times

Coeur d'Alene ID 2 times

Franklin OR, Lewis and Clark WA, Cheyenne Central WY, Rock Springs WY, and Eisenhower WA have qualified once.   

 

Longest team streak: 

8 - North Central WA 2007-14   

Longest current team streak:

2 - Coeur d'Alene 2023-24

 

Highest national finish:

2008 North Central WA 1st place

2013 Gig Harbor WA 1st place

2016 Bozeman MT 1st place

 

DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN:

Jesuit OR

Coeur d'Alene ID

 

Current Prediction:

Coeur d'Alene ID

Jesuit OR

 

Outlook: With a pair of national podium contenders, the Northwest boys championship race is shaping up to be a Hole In The Wall Invitational rematch between Coeur d'Alene ID and Jesuit OR. CDA won that matchup 43-67 and then followed it up with an incredible performance at the Idaho state meet, where four members of the team ran under 14:50, led by Wyatt Carr. Jesuit scored 31 points last Saturday to win the Class 6A team title in Oregon, with Kellen Williams and Jackson Welsh taking third and fourth. Those two teams are the most likely to finish in the top two on Saturday, but there are a few challengers. Mead put an impressive performance together at the Washington state meet and won the 4A title for the first time in 17 years. Crater and Summit waged a close battle for the 5A crown in Oregon. Lincoln OR, Highland of Pocatello and Bozeman MT are also in the conversation. If a third-place team can keep it close with the top two, there is a chance the Northwest could earn an at-large berth. After a long run at Eagle Island State Park in Idaho, the venue has moved to the Pacific time zone and is now in Spokane. This year, the meet will be held at the Spokane Polo Grounds on a relatively flat course. Next year, the meet will move to the new home course of Gonzaga University. Individually, there are are some new names to watch. The top 12 in last year's race, won by Crater's Tayvon Kitchen, were seniors. The top returner, Kian Compton of Eisenhower WA, was 13th. He was fourth in Saturday's state final in Pasco. The leading contenders for the indivdual win are Cohen Butler of Camas WA, who broke the Class 4A meet record with 14:47.9. Small-school standout Jayden Warner of Warrenton OR was the fastest of the day at the Oregon state meet with 14:55.6. Hyrum Tuft won the Idaho Class 5A title on the fast course at LCSC Orchards in 14:28.2. South Eugene OR's Yosuke Shibata, Sheldon's Malachi Schoenherr and Crater's Garrett Faught are prime contenders from Oregon. Washington's second-fastest runner was freshman sensation Quenton Lanese from Olympia. 

 

GIRLS

States represented at NTN/NXN:

Oregon 20 times

Washington 8 times

Montana 6 times

Idaho 6 times

Alaska 2 times

Hawaii and Wyoming never qualified a team for Nike.

 

States with the longest streak, current:

Oregon, 8 years. 2015-19, 2022-24

 

Longest consecutive state streak all time:

8 - Oregon 2015-19, 2022-24

 

At-large bids: 4

2016 Sunset OR

2018 Boise ID

2019 Jesuit OR

2019 Lincoln OR

*The Northwest received 4 bids in 2005.

 

Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/13/25): 2

No. 14 Rocky Mountain ID 

No. 18 Sehome WA

 

Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 18

Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances:

Jesuit OR 11 times

Bozeman MT 5 times

Summit OR 5 times

Lincoln OR 3 times

Bellarmine Prep WA 2 times

Boise ID 2 times

Camas WA 2 times

Coeur d'Alene ID 2 times

Sunset OR 2 times

West Valley AK 2 times

Rocky Mountain ID, Billings MT, Bishop Kelley ID, Eastlake WA, Gig Harbor WA, Glacier Peak WA, St. Mary's Academy OR and North Central WA have qualified once.

 

Longest team streak:

5 – Jesuit OR 2017-19, 2022-23

Longest current team streak:

1 – Rocky Mountain ID and Lincoln OR 2024

 

Highest national finish:

2018 Summit OR 1st place

 

DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN:

Boise ID

Crater OR

 

Current Prediction:

Rocky Mountain ID

Sehome WA

 

Outlook: With three seniors graduating out of Rocky Mountain's top five the defending champions from Idaho were a bit of a question mark going into the season. BYU-bound senior Hallie Heemeyer gave the team strong leadership up front, but it would take the development of younger runners to keep the program thriving. And it happened. With Brooke Thompson back from last year's 18th place finish at NXN, the team got a big lift from former seventh runner Eve Archibald, former sixth runner Makelle Carlson and former JV Solana Lucas in order to arrive at this year's Northwest regional just as strong, if not more so, than last year. Sehome WA's win at Hole In The Wall put the 2A Washington school in the spotlight for a big chunk of the season and the Mariners dominated their race at the state meet. Sehome has a gap between its strong top four -- Kjirsten Ludeman, Lil Desler, Sloane Clines and Samantha Knipp --  and a freshman fifth scorer that could present a challenge on Saturday, but this group is the best from Washington in several years and could defintely land in the top two. Two more teams from Idaho, Timberline and Boise, are also threats earn a top-two spot thanks to their depth. Summit and Lincoln are the top two teams in Oregon and will try to keep Oregon's eight-year streak of representation at NXN alive. Individually, the standouts are Sophia Rodriguez of Mercer Island WA, last year's NXR Northwest runner-up behind Chloe Huyler, Oregon 6A champion Ellery Lincoln, and Heemeyer. North Salem's Nelida Dalgas, who was sixth last year, is back to take another shot at a top-five berth. Billings Central MT freshman Addy Kegel is undefeated so far and another one to watch closely. Maggie Madsen of Cheyenne East WY, the top runner in Wyoming, was seventh last year. Cassidy Armstrong of Ballard WA and Sloan Dickson of Lynden WA are also among the leading contenders for the top five.