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Nike Cross Regional Southeast: By The Numbers States in the Southeast Region: 11 Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and Washington D.C.
BOYS States represented at NTN/NXN: Virginia 7 times Florida 6 times Tennessee 5 times North Carolina 4 times Georgia 3 times Kentucky 3 times Maryland 2 times Alabama 1 time Delaware, South Carolina, West Virginia and Washington DC have never qualified a team for Nike.
States with the longest streak, all time: 3 Virginia sent teams from 2006-08.
Longest consecutive state streak: 2 Virginia and Florida 2017-18
At-large bids: 1 2017 Green Hope NC
Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/21/19): 4 No. 4 Loudoun Valley VA No. 15 Severna Park MD No. 30 (tie) Huntsville AL and Western Albemarle VA
Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances: Brentwood TN: 3 times St. Xavier KY: 3 times Loudoun Valley VA 2 Severna Park MD: 2 times Brookwood GA: 2 times Midlothian VA: 2 times Chapel Hill NC: 2 times The Bolles School FL 2 times Green Hope NC, Marietta GA, Belen Jesuit FL, Trinity Prep FL, Winter Park FL, Miami Columbus FL, Jamestown VA, Jefferson VA, Blacksburg VA, Oak Ridge TN, Daniel Boone TN, Hoover AL, and Broughton NC have all qualified once.
Longest team streak appearances: Chapel Hill NC 2, 2005-06 Brookwood GA 2, 2009-10 Loudoun Valley VA 2, 2017-18 The Bolles School FL 2, 2017-18
Longest current team streak appearances: 1 - Loudoun Valley VA, The Bolles School FL and Green Hope NC in 2017.
Highest national finish: Loudoun Valley VA 1st place 2017 Loudoun Valley VA 1st place 2018
DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN: Loudoun Valley VA Huntsville AL
Current Prediction: Loudoun Valley VA Severna Park MD
Note: Loudoun Valley VA remains the clear favorite in the NXR Southeast, but behind the two-time defending national champions will be one of the best races of the year. Severna Park MD is the pick join LV. Severna Park has qualified for NXN two times - in 2013 and 2014 and finished 13th in the nation both of those years. The 2019 version dominated the Maryland state meet and will have a chance to come close to that high water mark of 13th place. Also competing for that coveted second spot is Huntsville AL,which opened the season as the darkhorse pick at No. 31 in the nation and No. 2 in the Southeast Regional. No team from Alabama has ever qualified for NXN through the NXR system and only Hoover AL has run in Portland. Hoover received a bid in 2004 during the NTN era of the race. Huntsville won a second consecutive Alabama state title with a 1-5 team average of 15:44, rivaling the 2004 Hoover team as the fastest team in state history.
The Great American XC Festival on Oct. 5 was a virtual NXR SE preview with all of the top teams in the region competing that day. Huntsville struggled a bit and has righted the ship since then. Loudoun Valley and Severena Park went 1-2 for the Southeast teams, but Western Albemarle VA had the second fastest 1-5 team average behind LV and will challege for a bid. Also in the mix are Florida State 2A champion Satellite and 3A champion Belen Jesuit Prep.
GIRLS States represented at NXN/NTN: Virginia 13 times Delaware 7 times Kentucky 4 times Maryland 3 times North Carolina 3 times Alabama 2 times Florida 2 times Georgia 2 times Washington D.C., South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia have never qualified a team for Nike.
States with the longest streak, current: Virginia 6 years. 2013-18
Longest consecutive state streak all time: 7 - Delaware 2006-12
At-large bids: 4 2007 Mountain Brook AL 2009 Hidden Valley VA 2011 Midlothian VA 2017 Blacksburg VA The Southeast Region received three bids to NTN in 2004 and 2006.
Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/21/19): 1 No. 28 Loudoun Valley VA
Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 17
Tatnall DE 7 times Blacksburg VA 7 times Assumption KY 3 times Eleanor Roosevelt MD 2 times Midlothian VA 2 times Collins Hill GA 2 times Green Hope NC 2 times Lake Braddock VA 2 times Roxbury VA, Scottsboro AL, C. Milton Wright MD, Episcopal School of Jacksonville FL, Lawton Chiles FL, Mountain Brook AL, Hidden Valley VA, Cardinal Gibbons NC and DuPont Manual KY have qualified once.
Longest team streak appearances: 7 -- Tatnall DE 2006-12.
Longest current team streak of appearances: 6 – Blacksburg VA 2013-18.
Highest national finish: Tatnall DE 3rd 2008 Tatnall DE 3rd 2011
DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN: Loudoun Valley VA Pine Crest FL
Current Prediction: Loudoun Valley VA Pine Crest FL
Notes: Following six consecutive appearances by Blacksburg, another program seems primed to lead Virginia at Nike Cross Nationals this season. Loudoun Valley is not only looking to secure its first trip to Portland, but is hoping to join the boys team, which would make The Jungle TC the first program to represent the region with boys and girls squads at NXN in the same year. Midlothian VA had boys and girls teams selected to compete at Nike Team Nationals in 2006. Sophomore Ava Gordon, junior Ricky Fetterolf and senior Elise Abbe lead Loudoun Valley, which prevailed by a 36-59 margin Nov. 16 over Blacksburg in the Class 4A state final. Blacksburg shouldn’t be counted out, with senior Kaitlynn Wolfe and sophomore Audrey Link trying to lead the Bruins to a regional record eighth appearance at the national finals. But it could be a first-time qualifier from Florida that could stand in the way of Blacksburg making history, with Pine Crest looking to become the third team from the state to earn a trip to Portland, joining Episcopal School of Jacksonville in 2005 and Lawton Chiles last season. The senior trio of Tsion Yared, Emily Faulhaber and Maya Beleznay will lead Florida 2A state champion Pine Crest, which finished 22 points behind Loudoun Valley in its lone meeting this season Oct. 5 in the Nike Race of Champions at the Great American Cross Country Festival on the same WakeMed Park course in North Carolina. The North Carolina tandem of Cuthbertson and Chapel Hill have gone back and forth throughout the season, with either team capable of earning an automatic bid to NXN. Cuthbertson, led by senior Gabriella Castro and freshman Lillian Nasta, prevailed by 17 points at the 3A state final Nov. 9. Chapel Hill, featuring sophomores Amelia Maughan and Abby Weber, finished seven points ahead of Cuthbertson when they placed fourth and fifth at Great American. A young Bolles School FL lineup, including junior Maxine Montoya and three freshmen in its lineup, could be a sleeper in the race after remaining competitive against Pine Crest at the 2A state final. |
