The Panthers traveling band of rock stars was well-known last season, a foursome that dazzled its way through meets. Jan 30, 2023. All four brothers were also among the 24 nominees for the All-USA Today High School Sports Awards Boys Cross Country Team. You know, second is still good; second in the state of California, theres nothing wrong with that. Newbury Parks girls will be there, too, but were turned back in their bid to win a Division I state title Saturday. For a better comparison to Ritzenheins run, one should wait until Bill Meylan does his thing and cranks out his speed ratings for Saturdays race. Sahlman, 18, said. There were a lot of hype around the race for sure, Ethan said. Fans came from across the state to see a historic team run. . In the first two decades of the LetsRun.com messageboard, Greatest High School Boys Cross Country Team Ever was a LeBron-MJ argument. Munich American High School (MAHS) was a Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) system school located in Munich, Germany, on Cincinnatistrasse. Sadie wanted to make sure she qualified, Ventura coach Tyree Cruz said. Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.) High School finished a distant second with 138 points. He was an all american in XC and track (Middle distance). Cook won the Eastbay South Regional last week; (Cherry Hills Village, Colo.), the third placer today in 16:28.38, won the Midwest Regional. For team competitions, Temecula Great Oak is poised to have strong boys and girls teams. Heres how Newbury Parks top seven fared on Saturday. (BILL LEUNG) SEAN BROSNAN IS NOT SHY when it comes to forecasting what his Newbury Park High School team can do. Ventura High sophomore Sadie Engelhardt won the Champs Sports XC championships West regional at Mount San Antonio College to qualify for next weeks nationals in San Diego. 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. The 2021 Newbury Park High School boys cross country team is the greatest ever, and its not particularly close. Who you pick in those debates depends on what you value, but each side can at least accept that theres a reasonable argument to be made for the other guy. Sahlman, whose goal for the race was All-American status reserved for the top 21 finishers, had more in the tank at the finish. Other area standout performances included: Agoura senior Ethan Godsey was sixth in the Division III boys race in 15:16.7. Davis didnt run outdoor track in the spring of 94, but the rest of their top five did, logging times of 4:12/9:07, 4:11/9:07, 4:10, and 9:06 (full details here). Aaron played it smart. By the finish, Newbury Park had swept the top four spots to win the team title with a state-record 16 points. Is Seymour talented enough to replace Sahlman in that fearsome foursome that just had one of the best seasons in the United States? Cook, who will attend Oklahoma State next year, finished well ahead of runner-up Lily Cridge of Bishop Chatard in Indianpolis (16:22.81). Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today, Official RunningLane National Championships thread, 73 boys break 15:00 in Running Lane champs; Salhman wins in 14:03, Newbury park has 3!! Coach Sean Brosnan had kept the wraps on his runners at last weeks Southern Section finals when his top six boys runners took the first six places in the three-mile Division 1 race, but this time he let everyone know they were cleared to run as fast as they could. . and into eastern Los Angeles County. Newbury Park senior Colin Sahlman won the individual title in 14 minutes, 26.5 seconds, as Newbury Park delivered a record-shattering performance in winning the Division 1 state . At NXN, FM scored a record-low 27 points. The latest running news, sent to your inbox weekly or when urgent news breaks. Brosnan believes that had Young had a full outdoor season, he could have run 8:25 for 3200 meters. He points out that since Ritzenhein ran his 14:10.4 at Michigan International Speedway, the #2 time on that course was by Riley Hough of Hartland (Mich.) High School, who ran 14:49.7 last year (yes the #2 time on the course is 39 seconds slower than Ritz ran). . Rain clouds arrived with race day, which didnt slow the team used to running in perfect Ventura County conditions. That top four two sets of brothers, and in some ways, its four brothers, Leo Young said last fall. Senior Colin Sahlman and his teammates shattered individual and team national records as the Panthers lived up to their billing as the greatest high school team to put on spikes, winning the Garmin RunningLane national championships Saturday in Huntsville, Alabama, by nearly 100 points. All five of those guys returned this fall. Aaron Sahlman finished sixth in 14:14.38. Its an enormous expectation to heap upon a group of teenagers who have already established themselves as high school cross country legends. Cook, who will attend Oklahoma State next year, finished well ahead of runner-up. Only one high schooler in history has run that fast Lukas Verzbicas ran 8:29.46 for two miles (3219 meters) in 2011. 1 Bath. In the team race, Niwot (Colo.) scored 112 points to earn the win ahead of California Division 1 champions Buchanan, who took second with 139. Clovis Buchanan took the team title with 51 points. (Did) you finish on empty? Newbury Park coach Sean Brosnan said. Salute to the best of the best teams in their sport. Senior Daniel Appleford was seventh in 15:11.5 and junior Hector Martinez was ninth in 15:15.1. Colin Sahlman (14:26.5), Leo Young (14:28), Lex Young (14:30.3), Aaron Sahlman (14.46.4). JSerra won the Division IV girls championship. Bloom has compared Newbury Park to the great Fayetteville-Manlius teams of the 2000s and 2010s and the other powerhouses of the NXN era. He is focused on broadening and diversifying Southern California preps coverage and particularly interested in what makes athletes tick on and off the field. The 1,920 sq. Had you scored Newbury Parks top four against the rest of the country, NP would have won handily, 12 to 24. Its fun to have all of us in the same sport together, Payton said. I executed, Sahlman said. That, along with his athletes dedication and talent, is one of the key reasons he believes Newbury Park has had so much success this fall. Oaks Christian School junior Payton Godsey won the girls Gold Division at the Garmin RunningLane national championship in Huntsville, Alabama. Thats something that Ive really tried to have these kids learn from day 1, and theyve done a great job of really accepting it.. Joe Curley is a staff reporter for The Star. Newbury Parks No. 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. Panthers senior Colin Sahlman won the overall race on Saturday in 14:03.29, a new all-time best for 5K in cross country, following by teammates Leo Young, who went 14:05.07 -- second best all-time . 2020 College Commits. Baseball Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Schedule Cross Country: Roster Cross Country: . A small stint coaching at the NCAA DII level he realized coaching and teaching HS athletes was his passion. Twitter: @NewburyParkHS . Teamwise, I was pretty confident that our team could win, if they all (performed), Brosnan said. Photo via @NPHSXC. I think they put on a show, and at the end of the day, you know, what do they say? MB: Sean Brosnan: And Ill say it: were going to try to go 1-2-3-4 out there..Theres no reason I cant have four guys under 8:30. Did you know we have a HS only forum? Ventura High freshman Sadie Engelhardt placed second in the East Bay XC championships (formerly Foot Locker) West Regional at Mt. Before this year, the record stood at 75:28 (15:05 average) by Newbury Park in 2019 over 20 seconds per man slower. University of Alabama-bound senior Sam McDonnell placed second after a tremendous sprint to the finish won by Sacramento McClatchys Anna McNatt in 17:07.5. The 1993 Mead (Wash.) squad is the one that comes up most frequently, but there were arguments for 1972 Lompoc (Calif.), 1999 York (Ill.) or, more recently, the 2018 Loudoun Valley (Va.) team that posted a record low score of 77 points at Nike Cross Nationals. Newbury Park High School linktr.ee/nphsathletics Born August 1, 1967 Joined February 2014. Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Homes similar to 137 River Rd are listed between $333K to $2,400K at an average of $435 per square foot. One of the reasons people love to argue about the greatest ____ ever is because there is rarely an objective answer. Venturas Jonah Billings was 16th (16:05), Nick DeGeorge was 20th (16:10), Henry Hammel was 85th and Grant Baysinger was 154th in the boys regional. Leo Young finished 11th (14:58.2), Braden Seymour was 24th (15:26.2), Lex Young placed 35th (15:36.8) and Aaron Cantu was 78th (16:01.1) as the Panthers won the team title with 66 points. "If there is onething I have learned it would be there is no luck in running. One of Brosnans core beliefs is not to put limits on his athletes. It was Kinney, Foot Locker, and now Eastbay, which was all the same meet. Newbury Park High is a Proud IB World School. Sahlmans older brother Colin, who was the individual champion a year ago when Newbury Park won at RunningLane, flew in Friday to cheer his brother on in Portland. Westlake High School serves grades 9-12 in the Conejo Valley Unified School District. NPHS Panthers Cross Country Retweeted. School Records : Boys : VARSITY: YR: EVENT Nico Young, an NXN champ, would be their third man (barely). Aaron Sahlmans father Michael is in the process of building him a trophy cabinet to match older brother Colin. Aaron Sahlman didnt run Arcadia but did run 4:08 for 1600m in May as a sophomore. Ive never gotten first in a (cross country) race, so Im super excited, Sahlman said. In fact, the Panthers national record average team time of 14:14 was only four seconds off previous individual record pace. Clovis Buchanan ran an inspired race to win with 51 points to the Panthers 72. The last 400 meters, thats when I really picked it up.. We did not run well in the mud, Smith said. 5 runner, Daniel Appleford, finished seventh. Niwot was led by senior Eva Klingbeil, the Colorado 4A champion, who finished seventh in 16:44.69. I slowed it down and let the top group really take the lead, let them do what they do. Colin Sahlman, the reigning Gatorade national runner of the year, won in 14 minutes 26.5 seconds. Related Content. 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 placed second with 72 points. Newbury Park High boys cross-country wins National Boys Team of the Year tonight at the USA Today High School Sports Awards. He was patience in the race.. In the boys Gold Division race, Ethan Smith finished 57th (16:24.20), Cooper McNee was 111th (16:48.90), Christian Yoder was 133rd (17:00.70), Joshua Mitchell was 179th (17:28.80), Ishan Dubal was 257th (18:35.00), Quinn Ricci was 290th (20:09.90), and Mateo Kelly was 296th (22:15.60). I came through 4:40 in the mile and there were 90 people in front of me. Sadie Engelhardt of Ventura cruises for an opening season win at the UCSB Gaucho Invitational with a 3-mile time of 16:57.87 pic.twitter.com/ldm9uyQ1ow. Newbury Park. And Ill say it: were going to try to go 1-2-3-4 out there.. [5] He did the brunt of the work, Brosnan said. It was very muddy. On race day, the Newbury Park team became a winning name as the boys team broke the record for the fastest team 5k and Sahlman broke the record for fastest high school individual time. Lex Young. Its nice to have a family whos all into running and we all travel together. It was not what I was hoping to do, but it was a good experience, Payton said. So what can Newbury Park do on the track in 2022? All rights reserved. Just a lot to learn.. That performance by the Panthers in one of the nations biggest races have distance running historians collectively ending the argument: The 2021 Newbury Park High School boys cross country team is the greatest not of the past decade not of the past century but of all time. I dont think theres any missing teams from the top 15, really.. McDonnell was right behind at 17:08.7. Newbury Park is so good, so famous in California running circles that theyre asked to sign autographs after races. 2,136 Followers. He really helped that race go quick.. Had the Panthers opted for Eastbay, they could have made history: no school has ever qualified four boys for Kinney/Foot Locker/Eastbay nationals. Cook will now go for a double and try to win the Eastbay (formerly Foot Locker) Cross Country Championships in San Diego next weekend. West Torrance won the Division III boys championship. 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. I gave it all out there, 100%, and you know, Lex and Leo, they were really pushing me that whole race. There is no related content available. Nuguse #1 in the World? According toBill Meylans speed ratings, the three best cross country performances of the fall all belong to Newbury Park runners: Colin Sahlman and Leo Youngs runs at the California state meet earned 202 ratings, with Lex Young coming in just behind at 201 (by comparison,ConnecticutsGavin Sherry earned a 200 for his 15:05.8 5k course record at Van Cortlandt Park). Newbury Park High School senior Leo Young has been named by Gatorade as it's California Boys Cross Country "Player of the Year" for the 2022 XC season.. CROSS COUNTRY '22 in REVIEW. Colin Sahlman on Brother Aaron Sahlman Winning Boys Championship - Nike Cross Nationals 2022. With each race, it got muddier and messier.. 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. The other finalists for Boys Team of the Year were the St. Marys Prep baseball team in Orchard Lake, Michigan, which sported a 44-0 record and a roster with nine Division I college recruits in route to the states Catholic League championship; and the football team from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, which captured its third straight Texas Class 6A championship and behind Clemson-bound quarterback Cade Klubnik and title-game MVP receiver Jaden Greathouse. 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 also attended Cal State Fullerton. 1-ranked team, it was the first time hed actually broken the tape first. I really do, Brosnan said. Agouras Daniel Barretto was 122nd (17:36) and James Glynn was 159th (18:54). The program is right where Sean left it, she said. 5 runner, Daniel Appleford, finished seventh. Lex Young second 8:35.72. And if you had scored Newbury Parks top five against every other team in the race combined, dual meet style, (excluding individual unattached athletes), NP would have won, 28 to 34. Give A LetsRun.com Supporters Club Subscription As A Gift, Supporters club members get all the LetsRun content, savings on running shoes, and their support ensures LetsRun.com has on-site coverage from the biggest Athletics events in the world. The last time the state meet was run in 2019, Colin Sahlman finished fifth in the Division II race in 15:09.8 when it was won by teammate Nico Young. Thats one point shy of a perfect score competing against the largest schools in the most populous state in the country. He ran that at MIS 21 years ago and in the time since, the next fastest time at MIS is 14:49, run this year by an athlete that ran 14:10 today. That credit for the fast times went to junior Aaron Sahlman, who set the pace for most of the first half of the race. I think we could average in the low-14:20s on that course and thats kind of the goal, Brosnan told MileSplit. Fourth-placer Zane Bergen of Niwot (Colo.) ran 14:09.91, which was also faster than the previous national record (14:10.4 by Dathan Ritzenhein at the 2000 Michigan state meet). View pregame, in-game and post-game details from the Newbury Park (CA) @ El Camino Real (Woodland Hills, CA) tournament boys volleyball match on Sat, 2/25/2023. The conditions were pretty tough. For his individual glory, Sahlman received a wrestling-style championship belt. His time Saturday set a Division I record and was the second-fastest boys time in course. The long trip, wet conditions and soft course were not enough to chip away at the aura of invincibility. That is insane. It was a great race overall for the whole team, head coach Tanya Brosnan said. Its no fun arguing about the greatest wide receiver ever when anyone with a pulse can figure out itsJerry Rice. That should not be possible. The team time of 73:23 also was a course record. 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. Outdoor season, he could have run 8:25 for 3200 meters at the UCSB Invitational. The reigning Gatorade national runner of the 2000s and 2010s and the other powerhouses of the of. 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