Before this year, the record stood at 75:28 (15:05 average) by Newbury Park in 2019 over 20 seconds per man slower. She opened her sophomore season last weekend by winning the Gaucho Invitational in Santa Barbara in 16:57.58. What is not in doubt is that this Newbury Park team is incredibly special. All four brothers were also among the 24 nominees for the All-USA Today High School Sports Awards Boys Cross Country Team. At Allen, Hawkins coached 9 distance athletes to NJCAA All-American, including a National Champion at 5000m. Its a year of change. Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Colin Sahlman on Brother Aaron Sahlman Winning Boys Championship - Nike Cross Nationals 2022. 2022 College Commits. Is Centro in Trouble, What about futures of Cameron Myers, Michael Norman and Katelyn Tuohy? Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.) High School finished a distant second with 138 points. Seymour recorded a personal best of 15:37:70 in the 5,000-meter run for Hagerty High last season. There may not be as many top individuals at RunningLane as in a typical year at NXN, but teamwise, the fields should be somewhat comparable (NXN was cancelled for the second straight year). Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.) High School finished a distant second with 138 points. Which is to say, there is no argument. 2023 LetsRun.com, LLC. Sahlman is headed to Northern Arizona in the fall to join Young. There were a lot of hype around the race for sure, Ethan said. There is no related content available. Thats so unbelievably fast. Led by. Newbury Park High's star-studded boys cross country team earned its place in history Saturday afternoon at the CIF-State championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. He also attended Cal State Fullerton. This feature in-depth article is normally available initially only to our Supporting Club members. 3 Beds. After four years of running on high school cross countrys No. Sean coached their lead runner Nico Young to an amazing 8:40 for the 3200 last outdoor season. (BILL LEUNG) SEAN BROSNAN IS NOT SHY when it comes to forecasting what his Newbury Park High School team can do. This years team is far better than that national title-winning squad. Lex Young. Clovis Buchanan took the team title with 51 points. Who can help student-athletes cash in. 1-ranked team, it was the first time hed actually broken the tape first. . Newbury Park (SS) 456 N. Reino Road Newbury Park, CA USA Claim Team Team Rankings Videos News Roster Schedule Loading Schedule. Graduation will leave the program with a new look next year. The Panthers won NXN when it was last run in 2019 and Garmin RunningLane in 2021. It was very muddy. The school is one of two International Baccalaureate schools in Ventura County, the other being Rio Mesa High School. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Newbury Park senior Samantha McDonnell leads a pack of runners - including Buchanan High junior Sydney Sundgren - near the halfway point of the ASICS Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park.. All rights reserved. The Godseys ran in front of their parents and grandparents, who made the trip south. Newbury Park has already cemented its status as the greatest high school boys XC team of all time, but it has one race left on the calendar. Its an enormous expectation to heap upon a group of teenagers who have already established themselves as high school cross country legends. RANKINGS - Southern Section Top 50 Returning Girls By Event Cookie Preferences / Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. At the famed Arcadia Invitational, NP had four guys break 9:00 for 3200m in the same race: Colin Sahlman (8:43), Lex Young (8:43), Leo Young (8:55), and Daniel Appleford(8:56). Newbury Park High School 456 Reino Road Newbury Park, CA 91320. But returning the Young brothers and Aaron Sahlman has Newbury Park starting off on a great foot, Tanya Brosnan said. Academics [ edit] NPHS was a 2006 Winner. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. 39 Followers. Newbury Park High School. Agoura High senior Georgia McCorkle finished 36thin 17:19.58. Q Login. The latest running news, sent to your inbox weekly. At 3k, I surged. Golden State Legends. All five NXN scorers graduate. This fall, the debate over the GOAT boys XC team has become a Jerry Rice argument. Aaron Sahlmans father Michael is in the process of building him a trophy cabinet to match older brother Colin. Its nice to have a family whos all into running and we all travel together. Ive never gotten first in a (cross country) race, so Im super excited, Sahlman said. Lex Young second 8:35.72. Newbury Park has four of them, including Colin Sahlman, a senior who last month became just the 13th U.S. high school runner to break the four-minute barrier for the mile. I know they have tradition. Cook, who will attend Oklahoma State next year, finished well ahead of runner-up Lily Cridge of Bishop Chatard in Indianpolis (16:22.81). None come close. Boys Team | NewburyParkXC National Champions!!! Its been a great group and a great experience, Brosnan said. Born and raised insouthernCalifornia, Tanya ran and competed for Cal State San Bernardino and Queens University of Charlotte NC. (Related: 2010: Track Talk With Fayetteville-Manlius And Stotan Track Club Coach Bill Aris). A deep field of the nations top runners couldnt keep pace with the blistering pace of the Newbury Park High boys cross country team. Again. With each race, it got muddier and messier.. JSerra won the Division IV girls championship. She also held the NCAA DII American 10k record on the track. SAC in 17:43, winning the Girls Championship race by a margin of 22 seconds to qualify for next weeks national championship at Balboa Park. I think everyone is there, Brosnan says. They really did follow up last year, when we thought we had the best team ever. They came back this year and proved this team is just as good.. Led by two pairs of brothers seniorColin Sahlman and juniorAaron Sahlman and twin juniorsLeoandLex Young(younger brothers of 2019 NXN championNico Young) the Panthers first showed their might on the track last spring. 2023 NCAA Indoor Entries: Katelyn Tuohy Running 3K/5K, Washington Will Have 6 Men in Mile, WTW: NCAA Madness (and Stupidity), Washingtons Elite 8, and National Records Galore in Birmingham, RRW: Jacob Thomson, Aliphine Tuliamuk Take USATF Half-Marathon Titles in Fort Worth, BU Last Chance Miles Fizzle as Henry Wynne (3:52.51) and Geordie Beamish (3:51.22) Pick Up Wins. The MVP award goes to Aaron for sure, said his older brother, Colin. There has been a lot of conversation lately about Newbury Park -- and rightfully so. San Antonio College on Saturday, finishing the 5K in 17:24. Thats one point shy of a perfect score competing against the largest schools in the most populous state in the country. Amazing. A week after scoring 16 points at the California state meet, the Panthers went 1-2-3-6 today against a field that featured seven of the top 10 runners in DyeStats national XC rankings (Newbury Parks #4 man, Aaron Sahlman, was 6th in 14:14.38; their #5, Daniel Appleford, was 42nd in 14:44.92). Only one high schooler in history has run that fast Lukas Verzbicas ran 8:29.46 for two miles (3219 meters) in 2011. Burbank Providence placed fifth in the Division V girls race with 160 points. , the Colorado 4A champion, who finished seventh in 16:44.69. Weve never seen a team like this before, and this wont be the last we hear from Newbury Park three of NPs top four are juniors. He can be reached at joe.curley@vcstar.com. The team flew into Nashville on Wednesday and made a two-hour drive to northern Alabama, training on the course Thursday and Friday. 2,136 Followers. Fourth-placer, of Niwot (Colo.) ran 14:09.91, which was also faster than the previous national record (14:10.4 by, Courses and conditions vary widely between cross country courses, and its clear that, even if it is a full 5,000 meters, the RunningLane course in Huntsville is among the fastest ever (73 boys broke 15:00 today and 266 broke 16:00). Gone is Brosnans husband, former head coach Sean Brosnan, who is at UCLA as an assistant track coach in charge of distance runners. Moments of clarity, exhilaration, trepidation and resolve have fed Newbury Park's ascension to becoming the best American high school cross country team of all time A DyeStat story by Dave Devine Meet Photos by Chuck Utash _______ It's hard to say what was different that afternoon. One of the nations foremost authorities on high school cross country, Bloom published national team rankings from 1989 to 2003 in his Harrier magazineand has continued to follow the sport closely since the advent of NXN in 2004. Is there any reason they shouldnt be considered the best ever? Bloom says. Photo via @NPHSXC. The team time of 73:23 also was a course record. Siblings Ethan Godsey and Payton Godsey both competed in the boys and girls races, respectively. had three in both 1993 and 1994, while on the girls side, Saratoga Springs qualified four in 2004. "If there is onething I have learned it would be there is no luck in running. 1 Bath. Improved shoe technology, diet, and training techniques over the last 28 years likely accounts for some of that gap. Jesuit of New Orleans achieved one of the biggest wins of the year when it switched its travel plans as Hurricane Ian was bearing down on the Southeast and went to the Nike XC Town Twilight at LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Indiana. Yearbook. Check out the NPHS Weekly Newsletter at: https://www.smore.com/pszqm-newbury-park-high-school. 5 runner, Daniel Appleford, finished seventh. West Torrance won the Division III boys championship. That top four two sets of brothers, and in some ways, its four brothers, Leo Young said last fall. Ive been in shock ever since the race. However, we felt like it was such a great article, we wanted to share it with everyone as we want to help high schoolers become lifelong fans of the sport. Shes looking for continued improvement from junior Dev Doshi, who ran a 14:59:60 in the 5,000 meters last season, and senior Hector Martinez returns to give the program plenty of depth. Newbury Park had not qualified for the state meet since 2000, but Brosnan felt strongly that high schools with student enrollments (2,400) as large as Newbury Park's should contend for. Newbury Park High School XC / Track and Field. High School made a decisive move to drop the pack during mile 2 and stormed to victory in 16:03.93, missing, ) by less than five seconds. Newbury Park has already cemented its status as the greatest high school boys' XC team of all time, but it has one race left on the calendar. Brayden Seymour, once projected to be the Sunshine States top runner in its largest division, according to former Oviedo (Fla.) Hagerty High coach Jay Getty, has transferred to Newbury Park for his senior season. Well have some big records to go after.. The Panthers won the Division I title like no one has in the 34-year history of the state meet, tallying 16 points 15 is the lowest you can get while setting a team time of 73 minutes, 23 seconds. 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