Nike Team Nationals
Dec 2, 2006 at Portland OR
a DyeStat featured meet

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NTN Selection Sunday #4 - 11/26/06 - The 20-team fields for Nike Team Nationals are complete with selection of four California automatic bids and the last four at large teams.
  BOYS GIRLS
California
Trabuco Hills
Royal Simi Valley
Corona del Mar
Saugus
At Large
Jesuit CA
Danbury CT
Hilton NY
Carondelet CA
2006 NTN Selections
Region
BOYS (Club, School) GIRLS (Club, School)
Northeast
Coatesville XC Club PA (Coatesville)
Shen XC Club NY (Shenendehowa)
Manlius XC Club NY (Fayetteville-Manlius)
Colts Neck XC Club NJ (Colts Neck)
Southeast
Midlothian XC Club VA (Midlothian)
Chapel Hill XC Club NC (Chapel Hill)
Midlothian XC Club VA (Midlothian)
Greenbelt XC Club MD (Eleanor Roosevelt)
South
Woodlands XC Club TX (The Woodlands)
Carroll XC Club TX (Carroll Southlake)
Carroll XC Club TX (Carroll Southlake)
Tupelo XC Club MS (Tupelo)
Midwest
Dexter XC Club MI (Dexter) *
Elmhurst XC Club IL (York)
Woodridge XC Club OH (Woodridge)
Westfield XC Club IN (Westfield)
Hinsdale XC Club IL (Hinsdale Central)
Heartland
Potosi XC Club MO (Potosi)
Willmar XC Club MN (Willmar)
Yankton XC Club SD (Yankton)
Sioux Falls XC Club SD (Roosevelt)
Southwest
Academy XC Club NM (Academy)
Los Alamos XC Club NM (Los Alamos)
Phoenix XC Club AZ (O'Connor)
Albuquerque XC Club NM (Eldorado)
Northwest
Spokane XC Club WA (Ferris)
Mead XC Club WA (Mead)
Fairbanks XC Club AK (West Valley)
Billings XC Club MT (Billings Senior)
California
Hills XC Club CA (Trabuco Hills)
Simi Valley XC Club CA (Royal)
Newport XC Club CA (Corona del Mar)
Saugus XC Club CA (Saugus)
At Large
Lasalle XC Club OH (LaSalle) - MW
Cheyenne XC Club WY (Cheyenne Central) - SW
Carmichael XC Club CA (Jesui)
Danbury XC Club CT (Danbury
Tatnall XC Club DE (Tatnall) - SE
Iowa City XC Club IA (Iowa City - HL
Hilton XC Club NY (Hilton)
Concord XC Club CA (Carondelet)
  * = Declined

Open Race Entries - 63 teams from 20 states are entered as of Nov. 9 . ENTRIES

Course Changes - Changes are being made in the Portland Meadows course for NTN 3. The biggest change is moving the start to higher ground in the infield and moving the finish slightly toward the infield. All major activities will now be in the infield -- start, finish, awards, team tents, media, etc. The course is a 2k loop travelled twice, ending with a short loop for the final 1000 meters. New Course Map

Kenyans are coming !!! Still another feature is added to NTN 3.
Nike and Martin Keino have arranged for 10 Kenyan high school runners to come to Portland in a cultural exchange. STORY

 

3rd time will be a charm
This is the third running of a meet that brings together 40 of the best cross country teams in the country for a face to face showdown on a unique, custom course in the infield of the Portland Meadows race track. The inaugural meet 2 years ago confirmed the perennial high ranking of the Saratoga NY girls (Kinetic Running Club) and the York Elmhurst IL boys (Kroy). But last year there was a changing of the guard as the Hilton NY girls upset Saratoga, while the Saratoga boys triumphed over York and in-state rival Fayetteville-Manlius NY. See our Prior Year page for complete coverage of the first 2 years. See DyeStat Prior Year coverage. photo by Kirby Lee
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Coverage Log

  • 11/27/06 - Open Race Entries update - 63 teams from 16 states and Kenya are entered.
  • 11/26/06 -
    NTN Selection Sunday #4 - 11/26/06 - The 20-team fields for Nike Team Nationals are complete with selection of four California automatic bids and the last four at large teams.
      BOYS GIRLS
    California
    Trabuco Hills
    Royal Simi Valley
    Corona del Mar
    Saugus
    At Large
    Jesuit CA
    Danbury CT
    Hilton NY
    Carondelet CA
  • 11/19/06 - Selection Sunday #3
    Coatesville PA boys, Shenendehowa NY boys,
    Fayetteville-Manlius NY girls, Colts Neck NJ girls

    11/19/06 - 4 Northeast region automatic bids go out, leaving only 8 of 40 slots open for the big races Dec. 2 in Portland OR. (4 California and final 4 at large bids go out next Sunday).
  • 11/12/06 - Selection Sunday #2 - 13 more teams are invited to NTN
    The top 2 boys and girls teams in Southeast and South and two boys and two girls at large teams from MW, SW, NW, HL, SE and SO were added to the field. In addition, MW#3 Woodridge OH boys received an automatic bid in place of MW#2 Dexter MI, which had to decline because of state association rules. With two Selection Sundays to go, 28 of the 40 teams have been invited, and the 28 teams represent 20 states.
  • 11/5/06 - NTN Selection Sunday 1 - First 16 invitations go out to top 2 teams in Midwest, Heartland, Southwest and Northwest regions for the Nike Team Nationals meet in Portland OR Dec. 2
  • 11/9//06 - Open Race Entries - 63 teams from 20 states are entered.
  • 10/25/06 - Selection Sunday Schedule - NTN teams, 20 boys and 20 girls, will be picked on four Sundays in November.
  • 10/25/06 - Coaches Clinic at NTN - Nike and Eastbay present an educational component for coaches attending NTN - topics include building a successful HS XC program, the athlete-coach relationship, and footwear - - clinic is free to the first 100 registrants.
  • 10/24/06 - Open Race Update - 53 teams entered in Open races - Loaded boys field is complete - 7 girls spots remain -
    Kenyan teams will run with Americans - real time chip scoring will be used
  • 10/7/06 New Course Map - Changes are being made in the Portland Meadows course for NTN 3. The start and finish have moved to higher ground, and all athlete activities are consolidated in the infield.
  • Week 4 Regional Rankings - as of 10/6/06 - West Valley Fairbanks AK girls zoom to top of Northwest with smashing state meet victory. Radnor PA girls run close to Northeast #1 Hilton and take their place as NE#2. Twenty new teams out of 160 in the rankings this week.
  • 9/19/06 - Kenyans are Coming! - Boys and girls teams from Kenya will come to NTN to run.
  • 9/19/06 - Open Championships - 30-team races open to all are added to NTN weekend. Registration now open.
  • 9/15/06 - the NTN rankings process - Head to head competition is the most important factor.

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