Nike Cross Regional New York: By The Numbers

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States in the New York Region:  1

 

BOYS

At-large bids: 2

2013 Liverpool 

2014 Liverpool  

 

Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/22): 2

No. 3 Fayetteville-Manlius

No. 10 Burnt-Hills Ballston Lake

 

Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 10

 

Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances:

Fayetteville-Manlius  12 times

Liverpool  4 times

Shenendehowa  3 times 

Saratoga Springs  2 times  

Shaker  2 times 

Corning-Painted Post, St. Anthony, Northport, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and Warwick Valley have all qualified once.   

 

Longest team streak appearances, all-time and current:

10 - Fayetteville-Manlius has qualified from 2008-17 

 

Highest national finish:

2005 Saratoga Springs 1st place

2014 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

 

DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN:

Fayetteville-Manlius

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

 

Current Prediction:

Fayetteville-Manlius

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

 

Note: New York has been a two-horse race in 2018. Fayetteville-Manlius maintains the top spot it has owned all year and is the clear favorite heading into the regional this weekend. F-M is looking to add to its record streak of 10 straight trips to Portland. It would be a startling development if the Class A New York state champions were not among the top two after scoring a miniscule 25 points at the state meet. 

Expected to join F-M in Portland is Class B Champion Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake. This team scored 22 points in the Class B race and finished with a 16:31 top five average, well ahead of the next finisher in any class in New York. F-M’s 16:14 team average makes it a reach for Burnt Hills to bring home the title, but an NXN berth should be secured with even an average run.

Hoping for either of the top two to falter are in-state rivals Corning-Painted Post, Smithtown West, Shenendehowa, Liverpool and Saratoga Springs. All of these teams has a realistic chance at a third-place finish Saturday. It doesn’t appear however, that a third-place finish will be enough to earn a trip to NXN, given that New York is not as strong as some of the other regions this fall.   

 

GIRLS

At-large bids: 11

2007 Saratoga Springs and Warwick Valley

2008 Queensbury and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

2009 Shenendehowa and Queensbury

2010 North Shore

2011 North Shore

2012 East Aurora

2014 Shenendehowa

2015 North Rockland

2016 Saratoga Springs

 

Current nationally ranked teams in New York: 3

No. 11 Saratoga Springs

No. 12 Fayetteville-Manlius

No. 13 Liverpool

 

Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 12

 

Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances:

Fayetteville-Manlius 12 times

Saratoga Springs 12 times

Shenendehowa 3 times

Hilton 2 times

Burnt-Hills Ballston Lake 2 times

Queensbury 2 times

North Shore 2 times

Bethlehem Central, Warwick Valley, East Aurora, North Rockland and Liverpool have all qualified once.

 

Longest team streak appearances, current and all-time:

12 Fayetteville-Manlius has qualified from 2006-17.

 

Highest national finish: 

2004 Saratoga Springs 1st place

2005 Hilton 1st place

2006 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2007 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2008 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2009 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2010 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2011 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2012 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2014 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2015 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2016 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

2017 Fayetteville-Manlius 1st place

 

DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN:

Fayetteville-Manlius

Saratoga Springs

 

Current Prediction:

Saratoga Springs

Fayetteville-Manlius

 

Note: New York owns NXN. The state has produced 13 of 14 team champions. The top New York team has never finished worse than second.

Most of that time it has been Fayetteville-Manlius that has owned the event, winning 11 of the past 12 NXN titles. The year F-M did not win in the streak of 11 straight NXN appearances (2013), the Hornets still finished second.

However, this year's F-M team is down a bit from previous iterations. The team has closed out the season strong, but it will be a tight battle between the 11-time NXN champions, Saratoga Springs and Liverpool. In the Section 3 Championships, F-M and Liverpool tied for first place, with F-M getting the win on the tiebreaker. At state, it was Saratoga Springs earning a one-point win.

When all three teams face each other again, it could be very close. Any of the three teams could come out on top.