Newbury Park | The Greatest HS Boys Cross Country Team Ever

With tons of teams making their mark in the HS Cross Country history books, none have quite been able to replicate what Newbury Park has done, and the fact that they continue to display their dominance today, only cements them further in the running as the best Boys XC team to ever exist.
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[@RunnerBoi]

Correction: NXN is hosted in Oregon and I was using the state the athlete *won in* as me thinking that's where the meet(s) was hosted. My bad!

[@crashnebula7]

I was confused as heck lmao

[@fastinradfordable]

There is NO WAY they aren’t on PEDS They don’t test. U don’t just have a whole team faster than Ritz. Who was a SUB 13 min 5k runner.

[@arshanbhangoo]

What editing tool do you use?

[@ed_gaa6289]

Ur good broski ! Love the voice

[@eter8212]

Imagine running a sub 15:30 and being the slowest scoring runner on your team lmao

[@ryanjung4416]

Imagine running sub 16 and being put on the jv team💀

[@kingboy6144]

@@ryanjung4416 lmao the fastest runner on my team

[@ryanjung4416]

@@kingboy6144 ong we don’t even have a kid that runs sub 16💀

[@eter8212]

@@ryanjung4416 same here lol, our top guys are lucky to get below 17:30

[@reniplayzandsays2261]

Our girls team hasn’t got anything faster than 23:14. ☠️ Ever. Hoping to break that someday lol.

[@LLexandleovloggs]

Well done. Well produced, NXN is in Oregon.

[@RunnerBoi]

Tyty, my dudes. Oregon's a dope place to host it, so best of luck there! Lemme know if y'all have time for an interview/podcast sometime soon.

[@tenaibms]

@@RunnerBoi goddamn L&L found you, crazy

[@Cmass9]

He means that it was never in California as you say. It’s always in Oregon

[@DylpiqkleSTier]

Yes only like 50 miles from where I live pretty dope

[@DylpiqkleSTier]

Lol yeah you’d never see that kinda weather in Cali😂😂😂

[@nathanialgreen8835]

I run for woodbridge high school and as a freshmen, watching Nico run that 13:39 at our meet really started my love for xc. Love the newbury team, really so inspirational

[@colew213]

did y’all run desert twilight? i think i saw you guys

[@nathanialgreen8835]

@@colew213 Umm i don’t think so, i was a freshman in 2019 and i don’t think we ever ran that course

[@kazooduck]

@@colew213 yoo I ran desert twilight this year! course was pretty bad for me, how'd u feel abt it?

[@colew213]

@@kazooduck it was shitty and i was coming off an injury but for the big school varsity we got 1st 💯💯

[@kazooduck]

@@colew213 ah large school, we're d4 so maybe later...

[@chicanorock-rapfusion6411]

I don’t think we will see another team like this for a very long time.

[@jakelrhodes1135]

We well😂

[@NoahJenkinsJogging]

heard of Herriman ?

[@saylordubs]

😂 when Herriman enters the comments

[@chicanorock-rapfusion6411]

@@NoahJenkinsJogging Yes, they are a really great team! Coached by the legendary Coach Doug Soles. I’m just saying what Newbury Park did last season is going to be extremely hard to match.

[@russellvandermus2954]

@@NoahJenkinsJogging Im sorry, but Herriman just isnt even close to that level.

[@Boostedbakon]

as someone who has worked at the John hunt course in Alabama many times, I can assure you it's measured constantly. as hard as it may be to believe it's a true 5k

[@drakei1880]

Still seems skeptical but ill take your word

[@elishastigora894]

The guy in the yellow and glasses in the Huntsville race is Gary Martin. I raced him in high school he's absolutely nuts

[@connorbossong5773]

Me too, I have pictures with him, he’s super nice

[@jay.r.d]

He ran the 3:57 right

[@stephenwilliams7200]

@@jay.r.d yes

[@nick5422]

@@jay.r.d yep, fastest ever high school mile while only racing high schoolers

[@mandragora1440]

Reminds me of the time he showed up at my school and our guys got to do an easy run with him

[@JohnHoulgate]

Not a single mention of Sean Brosnan, the coach who brought these boys up to this level? You don't get this many runners performing at this level at a single high school without coaching.

[@reide.a]

i just think it’s insane that a freshman ran sub 15. i can hardly get under 22.

[@machineofadream]

Seriously. I was a 4 year varsity on a team that won my county championships, and I never even broke 17 minutes.

[@mabuaun7499]

@@machineofadream every region is different. Some states have slower teams that make states while others can have all 5 scorers go under 17 and barely place at regionals

[@logansplattstoesser5944]

Yeah as a freshman my first meet was 21:21 and last meet was 19:39 it's crazy how much faster you run when you are running with faster people. Say you are a JV runner. If you run a 21 minute 5k if you were to run in Varsity you would have a much faster time

[@guesswho5314]

@@machineofadream what state

[@migratedrocket7324]

I ran a 26:40 in my first race freshman year to a 18:59

[@isaacmendoza13]

I got to race Newburry Park in Woodbridge last year in September. My team Eastwood got 5th. I ran 14:49 I was like damm there really is levels to this shit. The whole team beat me basically by over a minute 😭

[@zacjohnson452]

How are there people on this earth running sun 15 minute 5ks in HIGH SCHOOL? This is unbelievable to me man.

[@corndogguy2373]

@@zacjohnson452 Seriously, it might be a 3 mile instead of a 5k but still absolutely ridiculous.

[@reniplayzandsays2261]

I know…like WTF? And I’m here struggling to do sub-26. I know there’s gender differences but STILL.

[@tyharris9994]

Bruh. There are not that many naturally gifted runners who all happened to go to the same high school. I'm sure you can figure it out if you try.

[@crimsonfker4999]

@@reniplayzandsays2261gender differences aren’t that crazy lmao das just you

[@hunterf.836]

I got to witness Lex, Leo, and Aaron at Marmonte this year, truly inspirational, blowing every other team out of the water. They didn’t even look like they were trying. Very cool to see the progression of the NPHS XC team.

[@c0mpoot3rn3rd]

Crazy athleticism for high school. Another great story -- keep it up

[@ernyguerra1195]

Crazy to be from Temecula and not know we had such good runners. Props man!

[@monkeyman15387]

same!

[@timnoskill]

I was part of one of the good teams from socal (I was one of the slow dudes lol, 5:40 mile - ish) and we were all in awe of newbury park, dudes decimated everyone, glad to see them get a great video

[@darthsilversith667]

Decimate is good word for what happened lol

[@insertfunnyjoke8013]

Man, I wish I could run that fast. Ah, well. Personal goals. I just broke 18 last meet.

[@johnhatch6517]

That was me. Keep working. Your time will come down.

[@tundra77]

one reason i think runninglane has such fast performances is because the course is traced with a steamroller, making it essentially feel like a track surface regardless, this team is bound to blow away track season

[@uncleian0549]

Glad you noticed that the 2 mile marker at Woodbridge was a bit off too. I noticed that with all the races I watched from the meet.

[@keithwolfe1942]

Wishing them continued success. Fun to watch!

[@lolabaker8197]

I raced at the Huntsville running lanes and got to watch the boys finish. It was absolutely crazy.

[@ShoWola_D]

theres no way you only have 1k subs man this was worth a million

[@Ezox2408]

we've all felt exactly like red shorts guy at 5:30 at some point after a race...

[@ku-fc5nj]

So cool! I live across the street and my son will go there in a few years! Go Panthers!

[@NTF423]

Even though its been over a year, Runninglane 2021 had to be one of my favorite XC races that I've ever watched, that first mile was ELECTRIC.

[@macias7125]

As a Californian and former XC runner who graduated just 2 years before these guys took their greatest title, it’s just amazing how these guys were able to pull it off. In general it’s amazing how any high school team was able to do something crazy like this. I live just 5 hours north (in Salinas) and honestly none of us believed that any team was able to pull something off like this, even where I lived, every single center meet was extremely competitive and have all these high school trying to come out on top then you have these guys that completely destroyed the entire state meet! These guys were the team I wish my team was. Year after year since my freshman year I’ve been hoping that my team would get better and better (and it did for the girls since they won the league championships in my last 2 years of high school) however for everyone else, it was very frustrating. I was the only positive person in my entire team nearly everyone had a negative attitude and never saw themselves come on top. I would always be the one hyping my team up telling them to stop the negative attitude cause we would literally see all the other schools and seeing how positive they were and supportive they were of each other, so was my team however we instead had that negative attitude all the time and it just made our team decline over the years and honestly it was quite depressing. The girls however was a different story. My last 2 years we completely destroyed the league meet and honestly it’s probably the biggest accomplishment my former XC team has ever had in their lifetime so far.

[@fakepistonnotrealuser9]

That’s very sad for the boys but amazing for the girls!

[@macias7125]

@@fakepistonnotrealuser9 I know the 1 and only title our boys got was in 2015 the year before I entered high school that’s probably the greatest title our high school XC boys ever had lol

[@fakepistonnotrealuser9]

@@macias7125 yea we used to have a good team but now our fastest can sub 20 sometimes and we are a lot smaller and we dude to got the school record graduated with others right before i joined the team but we have a decent amount of people in my grade so hopefully next year a lot more people will join

[@fakepistonnotrealuser9]

i’m in 9th rn btw

[@masongindlesperger]

Watched them run at RunningLane last summer… it was unreal

[@Cipher6i8]

I went to thousand oaks highschool down the street from them. It was impossible to see any article in the local newspaper that wasn't talking about them. Those guys were insane.

[@Gymthingz]

Never watched cross country stayed since you present well and sound good. Need to keep doing videos

[@colebro]

Amazing video for the running community. Great job man.

[@MiGGoFin]

Gratz on hitting the algorithm with this one, hopefully the channel kicks off 👍

[@northern_limit]

nice to see you finally get a hit video! i watched this right around when it came out, didn't even know it blew up

[@zavtparticles6828]

Another great video ettiene, always great at making me motivated to go run.

[@grashoprsmith]

I dont traditionally follow track and field, but you do such a great job of presenting that I find myself lost in the story.

[@acausedelle1547]

God I feel so inadequate. They could finish a 5k and have almost 10 minutes to spare before my sorry ass crossed the line

[@shatterdpixel]

really sick video, this sport looks super fun wow

[@colatf2]

It’s hell, never do it

[@shatterdpixel]

@@colatf2Fortunately I have Heart issues, so no sports for me in the first place lmao

[@andrecrabtreeiii7512]

I just got 18:57 this season as a sophomore bro these kids are crazy

[@file4318]

Well made, worth the watch!

[@jonathanlacefield5066]

One thing worth mentioning is they almost swept state, while it’s obvious that they dominated it was almost unheard of for them to run a very close to perfect race at state. I got to watch them all run, and will be watching them this year. Can’t wait to see how it shapes out

[@dirtbikesandpoptarts9757]

I run middle school xc and one of the 11 schools is so dominant. Top school scored 31 points for boys and all their (scoring) runners were in the top 10.

[@Star11_28-tl6hb]

I love how everyone just falls and proceeds to wait for the men in black to drag them off

[@ChaseSavage3]

4:33 no way cross country runners throwing up gang signs

[@Nathan_Lara]

I remember them smoking us at the clovis invite it was crazyyy also dope vid i graduated in 2019 and still run but this brings back a lot of memories

[@sportsunited4277]

You should do one on the Cleveland youth running club. They won every meet that have been in for 2 years. Won coaches national at 11-12 in 2022 and then again in 2023 they won the coaches and jr Olympics for 13-14 as a team of 13 yr olds

[@helpmegod3880]

Saw the Newbury Park runners at the Clovis Invitational this year. It was amazing seeing these guys run almost 4:30 miles and the entire team was just right at the front of the race the whole time. Great video, really makes me appreciate them more.

[@connormartin2333]

Running clovis as a freshman and seeing people run more than 5 minutes faster than me was just insane. Clovis hurts like hell, and these guys run it at a faster pace than my mile.

[@chaddythebaddie]

I get to run in xc nationals this year and I’m so excited

[@Nothing-fc8yz]

I saw them in Clovis last year... Terrifying

[@magnito5982]

Bro I didn't even realize this was Etienne until I recognized his voice halfway through the video

[@zacsakacsi]

Crazzzzzy how good they were

[@carlogaytan7010]

At this point in time, talent pool and recruiting no longer matters that much. Finding committed fast guys is easy/ and takes little effort nowadays if you really are committed to it. What Newbury Park have that most teams are struggling to even implement is actually prioritizing the athletes and treated them like their results will actually matter for their futures. Also new training techniques, as well as experimenting with new approaches to the training is something so many XC coaches cannot really do, either because they themselves are stuck in the past, or because they don't want to try things outside of the norm. For the athletes at Newbury Park, running fast times and getting scholarships is seen as something important for them to continue on with a brighter future for the athletes.

[@zacharymarentette5269]

9:08 I'd just like to take a moment here to tell you guys what exactly a score of sixteen means. The minimum score in cross country is fifteen, with 5 of your runners taking the 5 fastest in the meet. Being only one point more than that means that there was only one guy between your fourth and fifth runner. Just think about that. These guys as an entire team litterally outran every one else but one person who was able to wedge himself only in the very back of the group. It's not going to be a matter of if, but when we are going to see these guys on the international stage.

[@danieldecristofaro4227]

Another good school is York high school elmhurst in Illinois. They won 28 state championships.

[@DanoFSmith-yc9tg]

Who are their nutritionists, Jose Canseco and Lance Armstrong? Lol just joking, I’m sure those boys are clean, but it does make you wonder when one entire team is basically untouchable.

[@ljrowles1508]

This is crazy, my highschool has never even had a sub 15:20 runner Correction: 2009 14:58 is our record next fastest is 15:27

[@nro337]

Wonderful video!

[@rooh5825]

@RunnerBoi I think you tallied your points wrong at 9:07, shouldn't that be 17 points? Was someone disqualified in the 5 or 6 position? 1+2+3+4 is 10, +7 is 17? ***EDIT: Nevermind, I got it figured out. Because Clovis apparently didn't field a team, the 6 spot is an individual winner but the points go to the next finisher on a team ranking. That's wonky, our state just tallies the points regardless if individuals finish in the mix without a team. Took me a bit to figure that out.

[@nathanialgreen8835]

And it’s so sad i was really excited to see Lex and Leo run since i was helping out near the finish line at whs invite. But that one kid from Nebraska, Carson Noecker went crazy

[@redalien75]

Noecker has been dominating over here since he was a freshman. He became the first ever 4x boys state champ this october, and is likely the greatest Nebraska distance runner ever.

[@CameronTucker-xp2qj]

As someone who went to NPHS... this feels weird finding it as a random recommended video lmao

[@1thGrader]

You'll make it into the big leagues this time. Keep it up!!!

[@weatheros]

i swear. you sound exactly like etienne

[@Bham67]

In 1985 the St Paul's Episcopal School boy's team (from Mobile, AL) went 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in the Alabama State CC Championship for a total score of 15. The finishing times were not as low as these elite nationally ranked teams, but it was still unreal to see that at a State Championship meet. Any idea how many teams in High School CC history have scored 15 at the State Championship?

[@masonarbery7442]

Loudoun Valley (VA) boys did at the VHSL 4A State Championships in 2017. They would go on to win NXN by 70 points that year. In fact they swept the top SIX scoring spots (non-scoring runners finished 6th and 7th overall).

[@liamofam1]

How on earth did I just realize this is Etienne

[@erichvonmolder9310]

That's what I was thinking of, the greatest high school boys cross country team ever. Now I can die and go to heaven.

[@hablaf12]

Except North Central in Spokane, Washington

[@CaptainBenjamins]

Imagine going to high school and running a 14.25 yet being only the 5th best runner on your team

[@outfoxd3494]

If you want an interesting NXN upset, then the Girl's 2013 NXN race could be a good one. Only time that the Manlius girls have ever lost an NXN title.

[@ConnSoIo]

As someone who thought they were good in HS, seeing this really puts my HS PR of 16:42 into perspective. Wowza

[@Kobe_Palmer]

Your making amazing videos keep it up you will blow up!

[@teeduck]

Ever? I’d like to see the comparison to the South Eugene teams in the 70s.

[@reniplayzandsays2261]

My god…these high school boy times are faster than the women’s WORLD RECORD.

[@nabstersm63]

Great video. Just letting you know that NXN is in Oregon but besides that the video was amazing.

[@RunnerBoi]

Ohhhhh I see now. I looked at the state the athlete *won in* and assumed that was the state it was being hosted in. That makes much more sense 😅

[@DylpiqkleSTier]

@@RunnerBoi yeah it’s there because Nike HQ is in Portland.

[@ArrKayLondon]

There's a Newbury Park in East London, London, UK. I thought this was here!

[@a.m.ustudios]

I ran with Patrick Lee at kirkwood, mo and the only person that beat him ran a 14:52 last year. That was the only year I ran with him because he was a senior. I'm sure people have beaten him before that. I am a sophomore this year and just barely broke 20

[@DookieOnMe]

Lex and Nico inspire me

[@theperrys1670]

The GREATEST XC team of all time and a RECORD that will NEVER be BROKEN, it can be only be tied, the 1986 National Champion CALDWELL RESKINS, domination at its highest level. As a team at Nationals the team finished 1-7 with the largest winning points total in history, 85 points better than 2nd place, I believe you need to show them the respect they earned. I believe there story is coming in a book called “To small to win”, mic drop!!!

[@craigmartyn1279]

Truly amazing

[@pollux_id2557]

This fucking lunatic SMILING at 8:00 is wilding bro, ran a damn 13:39 and is SMILING as he runs down the home stretch 💀

[@lloydkim5972]

18:58 for the winning team's average. Why was NXN 2010 so slow?

[@tomreviews1073]

Was it the women's race?

[@paulasmith9736]

FOUR runners under 13:50?! Jesus H! Incredible!

[@snaavs]

Can someone clarify if they’re running 3 mi or 5km

[@burnerburnt8120]

ayo Etienne i didnt know you made XC videos too

[@salemal-murisi5784]

Running production need to watch out, there's a new challenger in youtube

[@DonnyBonny-n3s]

That's crazy for a freshman, I'm still tryna break 20

[@baileykendrick314]

I feel like I know that guy jumping up and down at the finish line in blue shorts and a black sweatshirt

[@sophiasuerth1964]

Ok. What about York Community High School in Elmhurst? Ever heard of the long green line?

[@tre_tha_beast6848]

Jesus…. These times are beyond me

[@FinnMaclennan]

4:50 ngl this weather and track looks fine, maybe this is because i am a British runner and expect shoe swallowing mud, are most cross country races in america like this???

[@FinnMaclennan]

not trying to somehow emasculate American Cross country runners (the times they were pumping out were insane) just interested

[@Max-mf8di]

Nice Vid! NXN was in Oregon not Cali btw

[@nonstop8304]

I'm a freshman and my pr was a 17:58 this past season. At state only one person ran sub 15

[@TopRanky]

Pretty good video even though I thought the thumbnail was a bit strange because of the blur

[@RunnerBoi]

That's fair. Sometimes, the text doesn't standout well enough so I'll add the *slightest* blur so people can make it out easier haha. Glad you enjoyed!

[@JJJ_JJ1]

Incredible 🙌

[@aarondevine2980]

There slowest runner is a 14:55 😳. I’m a sophomore from Minnesota and a bit over mid way through my season and my pr is 17:23 😂

[@bingbong1966]

Same but I’m from MIchigan

[@aarondevine2980]

I got my pr down to 16:31 to wrap up my season at regionals!!!!

[@emiliocarreon2264]

hey that’s my school. they’re insane

[@lolpol7727]

I remember seeing this team run lmao

[@lukeueland8077]

Good vid. Would like to see a video on how they train if applicable?

[@ZimbaZumba]

St. Patrick's High School (Iten, Kenya) has had the best Cross Country team for years. They are in a completely different league.

[@fakepistonnotrealuser9]

9:27 I have had 2 races at the place this year just only thing is i had band things both times :/

[@fignons_missing_8sec4]

I feel like there might be some High schools in Kenya and Ethiopia that might have a word or two about the title of best HS cross country team ever.

[@All32American]

The Kirkwood High School (Missouri) class of 1970 would dispute the title of “best.” They not only won the state title with the lowest point total in history, but won the National “post race” for the best high school team in the country. Their SECOND STRING finished 8th in the nation. I doubt there has ever been a stronger team in history.

[@kirkdillabaugh8739]

Can someone explain the interesting scoring system to me please? 1-2-3-6-42 for an "Official Score" of 29 points? Seems like 56 to me.

[@Jeff-ct4wk]

wow this is crazy i can barely break 20 as a freshman

[@cornvlad8580]

who’s gonna tell this guy about gavin sherry