Nike Cross Regional Northwest: By The Numbers

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Saturday, Nov. 12 at Eagle Island State Park in Idaho 

States in the Northwest Region: Seven

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

The regional meet will serve to qualify teams to Nike Cross Nationals for the first time since 2019.

 

BOYS

States represented at NTN/NXN:  

Washington 26 times

Oregon 10 times

Montana 2 times

Wyoming 2 times

Alaska, Hawaii and Idaho have never qualified a team for nationals.

 

States with the longest streak, current:  

Washington three years - 2017-19     

 

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

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

 

Current nationally ranked teams (as of 11/10/22): 5

No. 3 Jesuit OR

No. 5 Crater OR

No. 7 Rocky Mountain

No. 21 Lincoln OR

No. 28 West Salem OR

 

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

 

Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances:

North Central WA 8 times

Summit OR 4 times

Joel Ferris WA 4 times

Kamiakin WA 4 times

Jesuit OR 3 times

Central Catholic OR 3 times

Bozeman MT 2 times

Gig Harbor WA 2 times

Central Valley WA 2 times

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:

3 - Kamiakin WA 2017-19

 

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

Crater OR

Current Prediction:

Jesuit OR

Crater OR

* Rocky Mountain ID

Note: The region has some legitimate national players this fall, and more than two. Jesuit is running at near the same level as 2021 when the Crusaders placed third nationally. Senior Jacob Nenow, the son of former American 10,000 meters record holder Mark Nenow, enjoyed a strong performance last weekend in Eugene on the way to his first state title and, surprisingly, the first for Jesuit. Crater of Central Point will try to erase previous disappointment at NXR Northwest with a potent lineup that is led by Washington signee Tyrone Gorze, who broke the Oregon state meet course record last weekend. Rocky Mountain of Idaho is another Top-10 team in the country and perhaps the best in Idaho history. No school will understand the nuances of Eagle Island State Park better than Rocky Mountain, which is located just a couple of miles away and won the Bob Firman Invitational in September. Rocky Mountain is a serious threat to win the region, led by junior Landon Heemeyer and senior Tyler Sainsbury. Beyond those three, Oregon has a couple more stout contenders with strong lineups through five, including Oregon 6A runner-up Lincoln of Portland and third-place team West Salem, which won the NXR Northwest Open division last year. Washington's top teams, including 4A champion Issaquah, 3A champion Seattle Prep, and potentially dangerous Bishop Blanchet, could all be factors but need the back end of their lineups to take a step forward from last week's Washington state meet in Pasco. A number of strong individuals from the state, including Zack Munson, Cruize Corvin, Conner Wirth and Ethan Pedersen are all in the hunt for individual berths. Oregon has additional standouts in Alex Garcia-Silver from Marshfield and Logan Law from Milwaukie. Wes Shipsey will also attempt to rebound after a difficult state meet last week for Central Catholic. Matthew Thomas from Blackfoot ID, Weston Brown of Bozeman MT and Habtamu Wetzel and Owen Burnett from Wyoming are also ones to watch. 

 

GIRLS

States represented at NTN/NXN:

Oregon 15 times

Washington 8 times

Montana 6 times

Idaho 5 times

Alaska 2 times

Hawaii and Wyoming never qualified a team for Nike.

 

States with the longest streak, current:

Oregon, 5 years. 2015-19

 

Longest consecutive state streak all time:

5 - Oregon 2007-11, 2015-19

 

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 11/10/22): 2

No. 11 Jesuit OR

No. 20 Summit OR

 

Number of different teams to qualify for NTN/NXN: 17

 

Teams with the most NTN/NXN appearances:

Jesuit OR 9 times

Bozeman MT 5 times

Summit OR 4 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

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

 

Longest team streak:

4 – Jesuit OR 2007-10

Longest current team streak:

3 – Jesuit OR 2017-19

 

Highest national finish:

2018 Summit OR 1st place

 

DyeStat preseason picks to qualify for NXN:

Jesuit OR

Boise Senior ID

Current Prediction:

Jesuit OR

Summit OR

Notes: After having four teams represent the region in 2019, the second time in the history of the event the Northwest had four qualifiers at the national meet including 2005, the same level of depth is not present this year. But there is an opportunity for NXN veterans Jesuit and Summit to represent the host state after capturing Class 6A and Class 5A state championships, respectively, Nov. 5 at the Lane Community College course. Jesuit is looking to add to its regional record with a 10th appearance at the national event and Summit is in position to match Bozeman from Montana for second all-time in the Northwest by qualifying for NXN for a fifth time. Lincoln, which earned an at-large selection in 2019 to make its first NXN appearance, is a third Oregon team in contention. Among the Washington programs with aspirations to advance to nationals, only Class 3A runner-up Gig Harbor has previously qualified, and that was competing at Nike Team Nationals in 2005. Central Kitsap, the Washington Class 3A champion, is seeking its first trip to Glendoveer Golf Course, along with Class 4A second-place finisher Issaquah, which was edged in the state final by Tahoma on a sixth-runner tiebreaker. Boise Senior from Idaho, which qualified in 2005 and 2018, has plenty of experience competing at Eagle Island State Park, but the Class 5A champion isn’t expected to have junior Samantha Smith in its lineup, potentially opening the door for state runner-up Rocky Mountain to put itself in contention to qualify. Boise will still be well represented up front with junior Allie Bruce, along with Idaho Class 4A state champion Nelah Roberts of Skyline and Class 5A third-place finisher Paisley Taylor from Meridian. Washington will be represented by an exceptional collection of individual standouts, with Class 4A winner Anna Callahan of Skyline, Class 3A champion Reese Morkert of Gig Harbor and Logan Hofstee of East Valley, who captured the Class 2A crown. Clare Herring of Central Kitsap, Jessica Frydenlund of Anacortes and Eliza White of Curtis Senior are also potential qualifiers for NXN representing Washington. Despite the absence of Lake Oswego senior and Oregon signee Kate Peters, there will be several standouts from the state expected to compete. Ana Peters, Kate’s younger sister, captured the Class 6A individual crown, with Emily Wisniewski of Crescent Valley winning the Class 5A state title. Maura O’Scannlain will lead Jesuit’s pursuit of an NXN team berth, with Ella McGillis of Central Catholic also scheduled to race, in addition to Keira Saavedra of Lincoln and Ella Thorsett from Summit. Claire Rutherford of Gallatin, the Montana Class AA champion, is also entered, along with Wyoming Class 4A winner Sydney Morrell of Cheyenne Central. Campbell Peterson of Chugiak, the Alaska Division 1 champion, is also scheduled to compete.