Newbury Park: The Final Chapter

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[@matts8012]

The only bad part about the Newbury Park saga is that the best part happened first. That team with both sets of brothers might be the wildest hs cross country team every created.

[@HandsomeJelly]

I only started paying attention late in the 2021 season and it felt and seemed like it couldn't get better. Were they probably better in 2020?

[@BangBang-tj2rc]

@@HandsomeJelly in 2020 they were not better. 2021 was the best year for NP

[@penguino3563]

Newbury Park was so much fun to watch over the past few years, I hope the team does great things in the colleges they go to!

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@Jesus_Loves_you2499]

Jesus Loves you

[@YuckiDude]

Ik 😢

[@HandsomeJelly]

​@@AsaFletcher Awesome. I think I'd like to check that out. I've been curious about what the team would or could become post-Young and Sahlman. How you guys would be on the state and national level, how you guys are viewed now just by having that name on your shirts. I've wondered if a national superstar (top 5-10) could possibly emerge within 2-3 years.

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

Anyone who ran highschool knows how crazy it is to have a team like this. You're just a bunch of randoms that happen to live next to each other most of the time. So its either the training plan was perfect of everyone is doping lol

[@calvinonmc]

Even with maximal doping you’ll never see a high school team that good. It’s just a 1 in a trillion chance type genetics deal where you got 2 sets of genetic monster families on the same team

[@FranklynAlvarez]

@@calvinonmc I absolutely do not think the Newbury guys were doping. But based on what you said I think you severely underestimate how much of a difference drugs can make. Highschoolers aren't tested in US xc and track. EPO, anabolics, or even SARMS could easily get a team of 4 ~15:30-16:00 high school guys to the Newbury Park level if they just went full YOLO mode and took super abusive doses.

[@calvinonmc]

@@FranklynAlvarez you don’t know what you’re talking about bro 😂. First of all SARMS and Anabolics do not improve running at all at a distance level. They actually hurt you as your aerobic system is heavily damaged by such substances. Look at all the bodybuilders dying from heart attacks as an example. EPO does provide a boost but mostly at the marathon level, it could take a 2:08 guy and turn them into a 2:02 guy, it’s less advantageous as you go down in distance tho. Oh, and abusive doses of EPO will hurt your performance by over thickening your blood and killing you. 5k guys only see a 10 second difference at most according to studies which is huge at the pro level but wouldn’t affect a high school team much. There will never ever be a possibility of another newbury park even with doping. There’s just not enough talent out there. And for the record, I think at least 10% of top ranked high schoolers cheat to some degree in track, especially in sprints.

[@Rudyrats]

@@FranklynAlvarez Do you even know what youre TALKING about here?

[@mizzium4870]

You also need to take into account that they had been coached well before highschool. These guys were great runners before they even were freshman.

[@LLexandleovloggs]

Great story telling! 🔥

[@brynunderwood]

The biggest shock of this whole video is finding out that Lex and Leo are short for Alexio and Emilio haha! But seriously, great video as usual!

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@thedavidguy1616]

Yea fr, they are great quality and it's good to see a team that's still top tier compared to the average hs team

[@RunnerBoi]

Very sorry for the limited use of footage due to Runnerspace's strict guidelines. Be sure to check out the other people I linked below though that still do a fantastic job at providing coverage of these meets!

[@eric13hill]

You are welcome! I'm a huge fan of XC. I'm glad my documentary footage helped you tell this story. Good job.

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@robertspies4695]

Sounds like AI narrative

[@RMS_edits12]

I raced at ASICS yesterday and stuck around to see the championship races. The newbury park runners are still exceptionally fast, but they're not dominant in the way they were last year. Its nice that other teams get to have their chance in the spotlight and no longer get overshadowed by this absolutely insane team.

[@Over._.Fears.]

I am a coach un thé southern section D2 division and they are still a solid team only really behind Ventura which is led by a fast Anthony Fasthorse. Newbury definitely is still fast! But yeah won’t be anything like they used to be

[@Xhadp]

As an Oregonian I was impressed to see OR popped up in the rankings that much. Maybe we can see some stuff out of them in the following years? As for the Newberry park squad, I think the underrated part of what made them so good is the set of siblings within them so they all get the same freak genetics and are all training similarly.

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@HandsomeJelly]

I don't get what you mean about the underrated part. I thought that part was THE part. The fact that the greats were two sets of brothers was more than well known.

[@RobertJWaid]

Can’t comment on the final chapter without stating that the coaches left also. Talented runners with the right training, modivation, and belief made for a magical, fun to watch group of years.

[@My_Personal_Youtube]

Did the coaches get poached by a university?

[@RobertJWaid]

Sean Bronsan, who deserves all the credit for turning the Newbury Park program, around left for UCLA in August 2022 and let his runner, assistant coach wife take over the program. She has since left Newbury Park and Sean's UCLA contract was not renewed. The before and after of that team, without stars, Sean's first year at NP was amazing. @My_Personal_KZbin

[@mrb56789]

I was very disappointed that the head coach Sean B. Left 1 year before this group graduated. Without him the group seemed more inconsistent and digressed in their rate of progression. They seem to have left a lot of big wins and records on the table

[@maverickrod2443]

They left in a high to not see the lows and now the guy isn’t even at ucla and the wife left too.. nice couple of years but the main programs in southern cal remain consistently strong for at least a decade

[@npSharkie]

Absolutely amazing recap, really appreciate the tie you put into it as it really is history for all to see in this sport. Magical times.

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@swstudios9374]

I loved watching Newbury park over the years. Just got back from the Clovis invitational yesterday and watched that championship boys race. They are still an alright team but it’s just not the same

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@swstudios9374]

@@AsaFletcher bro I’ve seen those vlogs your editing is on point. It’s so cool to see your legendary school maintaining that insane legacy

[@worldblazin4209]

Newbury Park was impressive team to present for the KZbin community. Thanks for showing love to the fanbase and schooling us on Cross Country history! ❤❤

[@briandicola1088]

Fun to watch Newbury Park from a far these past few years. I made the cut on the video too

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@travispastrana9026]

I love I hope they go soooooooooooo far and catch some records

[@epicspeedster2344]

You should make a video recapping the 2023 track season and the rivalry between lex and Leo with simeon and Connor

[@user-di7df8ln8y]

Always elite content from this channel

[@christophercasey7388]

Sahlman will also be joining the other Young brother, Nico, at NAU.

[@Sgtalex-iv6eo]

And his brother Colin

[@christophercasey7388]

@@Sgtalex-iv6eo Oh yeah, him too!

[@trevormay101]

Let’s gooo! Been waiting for a new video🔥🔥🔥

[@lacmleague2816]

Wait tell people find out their senior year the young brothers and Aaron were beefing

[@davidv1376]

How do I even follow high school cross country meets, seems so much fun to keep up on

[@RunnerBoi]

Milesplit normally does a good job at covering the major headlines that happen. Unfortunately, a lot of their content is paywalled (same with runnerspace) but you should be able to get adequate updates through their site or their Instagram!

[@torunit4620]

hdrunners does a great job of covering the meets they cover, mostly California.

[@nro337]

what a legendary team

[@danalawrence4473]

They have a long, long way to go to catch York (Elmhurst, IL) in terms of state championships. York has 28. I do agree thaat thtey had one of the bext teams ever. York 1999 and Carmel (with Rudy Chapa) are two other great ones. But hard to compare teams more than 20 years apart.

[@Rudyrats]

Newbury park 2021-2022 was a much better team than any of the state championship teams that York had

[@danalawrence4473]

@@Rudyrats very likely so. I’m not really arguing that point. But I did get to see the Don Sage led York team back in 1999, which won the state title by over 100 points and scored the lowest score for their class ever recorded. However, over the long-haul, York is very likely the best boys cross country team in American high school history.

[@BurnerZiegler]

Great video!

[@mattmitchel1877]

Bro I didn’t get 24 points at my tri meet today. Our team won with 28 😭😭😭

[@andrewklinedinst727]

I still think they can make nationals, they still have dev doshi and others, I think dev at least qualifies as an individual.

[@torunit4620]

The rest of their squad is made up of last year's JV and a transfer.

[@andrewklinedinst727]

@@torunit4620 true but dev is really good, and you got to remember, that this is the jv squad of the best high cross country team ever, so that doesn’t mean they can’t still beat most people.

[@AsaFletcher]

If anyone is trying to see what the new team looks like I run for Newbury Park and have been vlogging all our meets with weekly content documenting the new chapter of runners!

[@sswanson79]

They are a very dominant team the top 10 is newbury park

[@jazandriz]

Nice video but it’s not just chance that so much talent concentrated in one place..picking up the story only in the “final season” leaves that impression but their coach had a lot to do with it too.

[@readegloeckner6532]

You can now see other runners surpassing the Young brothers and Sahlman brothers

[@billkhan3789]

How does it work in California? You don’t have to run conference meets and don’t have to qualify for your state meet? In Michigan - and I imagine most states - you have to be top 3 at regionals to go to state. And I don’t imagine an athletic director allowing a team to skip a conference meet.

[@maxfields8875]

Bro left out heroes vs villains.

[@Qazikame]

I know that your probably understand the system and just got confused but in running scoring, less is more. That is why higher placing athletes only get like +1 or +4 points and athletes placing top 50 get around +40 smt points. Think of it like golf, you want less points to win for the team title, hence why they have like 80 points more than some teams having like 60 while other teams are in the hundreds. I feel like you know that but the way it is stated in the video is contrary to that so i just wanted to clarify incase anybody is confused when they see this or for you to look into it then you talk about scoring in future videos because hearing you say what you did at 7:37 sounds like you are basically calling him out for being slower than his teammates since he gave them more points, which once again i know wasn't your intention.

[@Qazikame]

Otherwise, great video, and keep up the content!

[@RunnerBoi]

Oh, yeah, I was complimenting Cantu as fulfilling his role well as the 5th guy! (e.g. trying to beat as many people as possible). I do agree that my wording was *really* confusing though now that you mention it haha.

[@fantaskito4932]

Reminds me of old south eugene

[@YuckiDude]

😢

[@phillylifer]

Are they keeping their coach?

[@JMoney615]

Loved all your videos about this team

[@mrb56789]

I was very disappointed that the head coach Sean B. Left 1 year before this group graduated. Without him the group seemed more inconsistent and digressed in their rate of progression. They seem to have left a lot of big wins and records on the table

[@andrewrivera4029]

There will be a better team somewhere someday. Congrats to Newbury Park.

[@centeot]

Now its utah time

[@yawn5_03]

you guys also have to know lex and leo were very sick during the nxn race

[@arshanbhangoo]

they werent sick, that was dev, young brothers were never mentioned to be sick

[@king-qi2ks]

Who cares

[@yawn5_03]

@@arshanbhangooyes they were even their dad said and it was lex or leo but one of them was throwing up like crazy that’s why when they went to the podium for the team award they weren’t there since they weren’t feeling well

[@torunit4620]

@@yawn5_03 And Lex tossed his cookies after the 5K record as well.

[@tonylombardi4661]

​@lxvibes6869 If Leo Young won NXN, no matter how sick, Lex would have congratulated his brother at the finish. But Aaron Sahlman won and Leo disappeared.

[@bradenstruhs8942]

Dapple

[@djxcel23]

Didn’t the coach just get fired from the college he was at, I think these kids were dirty I’m sorry.

[@police7355]

Wdym?

[@vernonfrance2974]

Let's see how they'd do against Ethiopian, Moroccan or Kenyan teens.

[@kandyslayer]

one of them went to represent the U.S. in a race against Kenyan and Ethiopan of under 20 athletes.

[@tonylombardi4661]

Newbury Park had lightning for a few years with two sets of five elite brothers. Now the star talent has graduated and NP coaches are leaving over the last two years. NP is imploding and had a poor result yesterday at Clovis (Boys 12th & Girls 18th). Tiffany Sax saw it coming and moved to Ventura HS her current Junior year. Sean Brosnan is a punk who made it about him. Among the few things I'm aware here is one: I saw his anger at State 2021 when NP girls finished 2nd as a team. Any good coach can have success with elite athletes. Brosnan was able to not mess up what he had. He waited to screw up at Ucla.