Sixth DyeStat Dual Meet Championship Tournament

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor 

The truth is, there is no trophy. At least not yet.

That didn't stop the coaches from Carmel High in Indiana from making beautiful championship rings after winning last year's DyeStat Dual Meet Boys Championship. They were well-earned one-of-a-kind keepsakes. 

After an amazing high school season in 2022, it's time to pair off the best teams in the United States once again and find out which schools come out on top in our make-believe dual meet national championship tournament. In our view, nothing demonstrates more what a high school is capable of, athletically, than a thriving track and field team.

Building upon five previous tournaments, we are rolling out a theoretical tournament, crunching the numbers with our database at Athletic.net, and scoring the matchups. Last year, we revealed winning teams from Carmel (boys) and Buchanan, California (girls).

In the first round, when it makes sense, we try to arrange neighboring states for compelling  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. (In the case of California, the runner-up girls team was selected). 

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

- Scoring is 5-3-1 for the top three placewinners in all events that both schools's 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.

- The boys bracket will be scored by yours truly, DyeStat editor Doug Binder; the girls bracket is scored by DyeStat editor Erik Boal. Round-by-round recaps, with each matchup being analyzed, will be posted during the next week, with the winners being revealed early next week.

Previous Winners

2022 First-Round Matchups

Girls West

Flower Mound TX vs Waukee Northwest IA

Fargo Davies ND vs Rosemount MN

Helena MT vs Boise ID

Clovis North CA vs Las Vegas Centennial NV

Niwot CO vs Perry AZ

Lincoln Southwest NE vs Cardinal Ritter College Prep MO

Lone Peak UT vs Los Alamos NM

Lake Oswego OR vs Curtis WA

Girls East

Miami Northwestern FL vs DuPont Manual KY

West De Pere WI vs La Salle Academy RI

Gahanna Lincoln OH vs Morgantown WV

Bullis School MD vs Cuthbertson NC

Niceville FL vs Greenville SC

Hoover AL vs Alexander GA

Padua Academy DE vs South County VA

Union Catholic NJ vs Glastonbury CT

Boys West

Desert Vista AZ vs Fort Bend Marshall TX

Cleveland NM vs Westmoore OK

Orem UT vs Grandview CO

Dowling Catholic IA vs Andover MN

Fresno Central CA vs Walla Walla WA

Rock Bridge MO vs Olathe North KS

Sentinel MT vs Century ND

Humble Summer Creek vs Catholic (Baton Rouge) LA

Boys East

Hoover AL vs Memphis Central TN

Hillhouse CT vs Shenendehowa Central NY

Pickerington Central OH vs South Lakes VA

St Thomas Aquinas FL vs Clinton MS 

Shiloh GA vs Cuthbertson NC  

Batavia IL vs Plainfield IN 

U of D Jesuit MI vs Butler PA

Union Catholic NJ vs Salesianum DE