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Look Back - High School XC Speed Ratings of  Some North Carolina State University Women Runners

by Bill Meylan (January 20, 2023)

 

The North Carolina State women's Cross Country team won the NCAA D1 Team Championship for both 2022 and 2021 ... And some scoring team members were former "highly rated" high school runners from NY State that I followed closely throughout their high school careers (Katelyn Tuohy, Kelsey Chmiel and Brooke Rauber).

Recently, I read that Amaris Tyynismaa (9th at the 2022 NCAA race and 3rd at the 2020 race) would be transferring from Alabama to NC State ... Amaris Tyynismaa caught my speed rating attention in 2014 when she achieved a 158.00 speed rating as an 8th-grader at the Alabama High School State Championships ... That speed rating (158) is the highest speed rating for any junior high school girl I have ever evaluated ... She followed that race with 150 speed rating at Foot Locker South in a 13-14 Girls Race  where she was not eligible to qualify for Foot Locker Nationals (her time (16:57) would have placed her 5th in the Foot Locker South Championship Race ahead of Weini Kelati).

Tyynismaa's 158.00 speed rating broke the previous best junior high girl's speed rating set by Nicole Blood of Saratoga Springs in 2001 (154.50) ... Nicole Blood achieved that performance at the NY State Class A Championship race where she beat Laurel Burdick (Fayetteville-Manlius) by 12 seconds and had a faster time than other class winners Molly Huddle and Tracey Brauksieck ... Huddle, Burdick and Brauksieck all beat Nicole Blood at the NY Federation Meet where their respective speed ratings were (156, 153, 153 and 151) ... Huddle, Burdick and Brauksieck all qualified for Foot Locker Nationals (where they had respective speed ratings of 162, 147 and 151) in the race won by Amber Trotter (180.3 speed rating).

NC State University Women's High School Speed Ratings

As a horse handicapper, I enjoy looking at past performance records of horses ... After reading that Amaris Tyynismaa has transferred to NC State, I compiled the high school speed rating performances of various NC State XC runners "out of curiosity" for comparative purposes ... I wanted to see "how good" they performed in high school XC using a compiled format.

The NC State women in the 2022 NCAA Championship Race were:
1 - Katelyn Tuohy (19:27.7)
3 - Kelsey Chmiel (19:37.1)
15 - Samantha Bush (19:57.6)
29 - Nevada Mareno (20:07.5)
90 - Brooke Rauber (20:33.3)
98 - Sydney Seymour (20:36.9)
122 - Gionna Quarzo (20:45.7)

Below are my compiled past performance records for all but Sydney Seymour (she was a non-scoring senior not running next year) ... Nevada Mareno was also a senior (not running next year), but I wanted to see her performances as a scoring team member ... Also included in the compilation is Amaris Tyynismaa and Marlee Starliper who are eligible to run next year.

A few viewers may find these speed ratings past performances of interest (that's why I'm posting them) ... The past performances of the the New York girls are fairly complete ... The past performances of the out-of-State girls are less complete (I only speed rated selected races of interest to me).

Katelyn Tuohy and Kelsey Chmiel ran 1-2 at NXN Nationals 2019 and 2018 with Brooke Rauber finishing 7th and 6th, respectively, in those races ... So those NY high school prodigies (currently running for NC State) are continuing to be successful at the collegiate level.
 

 

High School Speed Ratings of Selected North Carolina State Women Runners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Katelyn Tuohy ... North Rockland HS, New York

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior
    USATF Club Champ 6K     12/14/2019   2    20:11.0     ---    ---
    NXN Nationals           12/7/2019    1    17:18.4   162.87   163
    NXR New York Reg        11/30/2019   1    17:06.6   167.80   168
    NY Federation           11/23/2019   1    17:02.5   170.17   170
    NY States-Class A       11/16/2019   1    15:36.5   164.83   165
    Section 1-Class A       11/9/2019    1    17:13.7   166.43   166
    Rockland County         10/29/2019   1    16:08.3   168.23   168
    Sec 1 Coaches Inv       10/19/2019   1    17:22.1   163.63   164
    Manhattan Invite        10/12/2019   1    13:33.2   162.04   162
    Great American ROC      10/5/2019    1    16:22.8   161.40   161
    Red Raider Run          9/6/2019     1    19:21.4   103.87   104

  Junior
    NXN Nationals           12/1/2018    1    16:37.8   167.40   167
    NXR New York Champ      11/24/2018   1    17:16.0   165.33   165
    NY States-Class A       11/10/2018   1    17:02.1   169.30   169
    Rockland County         10/25/2018   1    15:55.62  172.46   172
    Sec 1 Coaches-V2        10/20/2018   1    16:45.2   173.93   174
    Suffolk Officials Inv   10/13/2018   1    16:52.97  173.34   173
    Shore Coaches NJ        10/6/2018    1    16:21.0   177.00   177
    Ocean State Inv-RI      9/22/2018    1    16:06.87  175.71   176
    Red Raider Run          9/7/2018     1    18:43.9   119.37   119

  Sophomore
    NXN Nationals           12/2/2017    1    16:44.7   172.10   172
    NXR New York Champ      11/25/2017   1    17:01.0   169.67   170
    NY Federation           11/18/2017   1    16:52.4   171.53   172
    NY States-Class A       11/11/2017   1    17:51.4   166.87   167
    Section 1-Class A       11/4/2017    1    17:10.31  166.56   167
    Rockland County         10/26/2017   1    15:55.3   167.57   168
    Section 1 Coach-V2      10/21/2017   1    17:28.6   160.47   160
    Manhattan Var C         10/14/2017   1    13:21.8   166.33   166
    Grout Run - V2          10/7/2017    1    14:06.88  158.71   159
    Red Raider Run          9/8/2017     1    16:24.99  157.67   158

  Freshman
    NXN Nationals           12/3/2016    13   17:58.5   148.50   149
    NXR New York Reg        11/26/2016   5    18:15.2   143.93   144
    NY Federation           11/19/2016   2    18:21.2   145.93   146
    NY States-Class A       11/12/2016   2    17:36.7   150.77   151
    Section 1-Class A       11/5/2016    1    18:09.8   145.73   146
    Rockland County         10/28/2016   1    16:55.0   151.67   152
    Sec One Coaches-V3      10/16/2016   1    18:17.10  144.30   144
    Manhattan Inv-Champ     10/8/2016    1    14:12.4   147.28   147
    Grout Run Inv-D1        10/1/2016    1    14:37.59  146.47   146
    McDaniel-Baxter-V6      9/24/2016    2    17:45.9   147.70   148
    Red Raider Run          9/9/2016     5    20:17.81  95.06    95

  8th-Grade
    NXN Nationals           12/5/2015    49   18:11.6   136.13   136
    NXN NY Regional         11/28/2015   6    18:20.2   142.27   142
    NY Federations          11/21/2015   5    18:19.8   143.40   143
    NY States-Class A       11/14/2015   10   18:41.3   136.23   136
    Section 1-Class A       11/7/2015    1    18:16.6   146.47   146
    Rockland County         10/29/2015   2    17:22.52  145.49   145
    Sec One Coaches-D3      10/17/2015   1    18:28.3   142.57   143
    Manhattan Inv-Champ     10/10/2015   6    14:16.1   144.59   145
    Grout Run Inv-V1        10/3/2015    1    15:10.20  136.60   137
    Red Raider Run          9/25/2015    2    17:43.54  135.49   135
    Crusader Pre-State-V5   9/19/2015    1    19:34.7   128.43   128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Kelsey Chmiel ... Saratoga Springs  HS, New York

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior
    NXN Nationals           12/1/2018    2    16:54.8   161.73   162
    NXR New York Champ      11/24/2018   3    18:06.3   147.90   148
    NY States-Class A       11/10/2018   2    17:20.6   163.13   163
    Section 2-Class A       11/2/2018    1    16:34.02  157.66   158
    Great American-ROC      10/6/2018    1    16:43.8   154.40   154
    Great Meadow VA         8/25/2018    1    16:46.0   161.67   162

  Junior
    Great Edinburgh 4K      1/13/2018    1    14:10.0   159.50   160
    NXN Nationals           12/2/2017    2    17:25.0   158.67   159
    NXR New York Champ      11/25/2017   15   19:22.2   122.60   123
    NY Federation           11/18/2017   2    17:32.5   158.17   158
    NY States-Class A       11/11/2017   2    18:32.2   153.27   153
    Section 2-Class A       11/3/2017    1    16:40.74  154.42   154
    Suburban Council        10/25/2017   1    16:45.54  151.82   152
    Great American Fest     10/7/2017    1    16:50.3   154.23   154
    Ocean State RI          9/23/2017    1    17:34.70  148.43   148

  Sophomore
    NXN Nationals           12/3/2016    5    17:41.1   154.30   154
    NXR New York Reg        11/26/2016   2    17:56.8   150.07   150
    NY Federation           11/19/2016   1    18:10.2   149.60   150
    NY States-Class A       11/12/2016   1    17:17.5   157.17   157
    Section 2-Class A       11/4/2016    1    16:47.71  152.10   152
    Suburban Council        10/29/2016   1    16:41.72  154.09   154
    Tri-Dual Meet           10/18/2016   1    17:20.4   147.00   147
    Wingfoot Classic GA     9/24/2016    1    17:17.6   152.13   152
    Great Meadows A-VA      8/27/2016    1    17:36.0   151.00   151

  Freshman
    NXN Nationals           12/5/2015    4    17:15.4   154.87   155
    NXN NY Regional         11/28/2015   2    17:50.5   152.17   152
    NY Federations          11/21/2015   3    18:06.1   147.97   148
    NY States-Class A       11/14/2015   3    18:09.5   146.83   147
    Section 2-Class A       11/6/2015    1    16:59.60  151.13   151
    Suburaban Council       10/31/2015   1    17:07.10  145.63   146
    Queensbury Inv-1        9/26/2015    1    17:27.11  145.96   146
    Springstead Invite      9/11/2015    1    17:55.42  131.53   132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Brooke Rauber ... Tully Central HS, New York

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior
    USATF Jr Olympics       12/13/2020   1    16:52.70  156.77   157
    AAU National Champ      12/5/2020    2    16:54.9   155.70   156
    Northeast XC Champ      11/28/2020   2    17:00.3   159.90   160
    Bemis vs So Tully       11/21/2020   1    17:22.0   155.67   156
    OHSL Patriot            11/7/2020    1    18:06.3   149.90   150
    Tully Covid Series 3    10/31/2020   1    17:31.0   158.67   159
    Boston Mayors Cup       10/24/2020   1    17:42.0   157.00   157
    Tully Covid Series 2    10/17/2020   1    17:32.1   157.30   157
    Tully Covid Series 1    10/10/2020   1    18:11.3   145.23   145
    Tully-Homer Dual        10/7/2020    1    16:56.9   144.03   144

  Junior
    Pan Am U20 Champ 6K     2/29/2020    1    23:12.0    ---     ---
    USATF Jr Champ 6K       1/18/2020    1    22:11.0    ---     ---
    NXN Nationals           12/7/2019    7    17:38.6   156.13   156
    NXR New York Reg        11/30/2019   5    18:26.8   141.07   141
    NY States-Class D       11/16/2019   1    16:01.2   156.60   157
    Section 3-Class D       11/9/2019    1    17:44.8   156.07   156
    Adirondack Inv-V1       10/26/2019   1    17:35.2   155.27   155
    OHSL Patriot Champ      10/23/2019   1    18:38.6   148.13   148
    Manhattan Invite        10/12/2019   3    13:52.1   154.92   155
    Tully Invite-Sm         10/5/2019    1    17:14.3   155.23   155
    McQuaid Invitational    9/28/2019    1    17:08.5   143.17   143
    Sec 7 Pre-State-V2      9/21/2019    1    17:38.3   146.23   146
    VVS Invitational-4      9/7/2019     1    18:11.6   147.13   147

  Sophomore
    NXN Nationals           12/1/2018    6    17:19.2   153.60   154
    NXR New York Champ      11/24/2018   4    18:09.3   146.90   147
    NY States-Class D       11/10/2018   1    17:52.4   152.53   153
    OHSL Patriot Champ      10/23/2018   1    18:07.6   150.47   150
    Manhattan Inv-E Sta     10/13/2018   2    14:15.1   144.01   144
    Tully Invite-Sm         10/6/2018    1    17:46.7   149.43   149
    McQuaid Invite          9/29/2018    2    16:59.0   143.33   143
    Jim Smith Inv-So        9/15/2018    1    19:12.22  139.93   140
    Chittenango Inv-1       9/8/2018     2    18:40.3   130.57   131

  Freshman
    NXN Nationals           12/2/2017    6    17:56.7   148.10   148
    NXR New York Champ      11/25/2017   2    18:03.9   148.70   149
    NY States-Class D       11/11/2017   1    18:51.6   146.80   147
    Section 3-Class D       11/4/2017    1    18:41.8   132.07   132
    OHSL Patriot Champ      10/25/2017   1    17:49.1   142.63   143
    Section 1 Coach-V2      10/21/2017   2    18:59.5   130.17   130
    Tully Invite-Sm         10/14/2017   1    17:49.5   148.50   149
    McQuaid Inv-A-Sd        9/30/2017    1    16:52.4   145.53   146
    Wayne Invite-D4         9/16/2017    1    18:50.48  129.17   129
    VVS Invitational-D1     9/9/2017     2    18:18.9   141.70   142

  8th-Grade
    NXR New York Reg        11/26/2016   11   18:45.5   133.83   134
    NY Federation           11/19/2016   4    18:33.1   141.97   142
    NY States-Class D       11/12/2016   1    18:30.6   132.80   133
    Section 3-Class D       11/5/2016    1    19:00.0   127.00   127
    OHSL Patriot            10/25/2016   1    18:46.7   128.43   128
    Tully Invite-Sm         10/15/2016   1    18:30.2   133.93   134
    Paul Short Brown        10/1/2016    3    17:47.0   135.33   135
    McDaniel-Baxter-V6      9/24/2016    3    18:22.3   135.57   136
    ESM Invitational        9/17/2016    1    18:40.3   127.57   128
    Chittenago Inv-2        9/10/2016    2    18:51.3   133.90   134

  7th-Grade
    NXN NY Regional         11/28/2015   15   18:49.2   132.60   133
    NY Federations          11/21/2015   9    18:35.6   138.13   138
    NY States-Class D       11/14/2015   3    18:50.2   133.27   133
    Section 3-Class D       11/7/2015    2    19:17.6   123.13   123
    OHSL Patriot            10/28/2015   2    19:47.1   119.30   119
    Chittenango Inv         10/24/2015   1    19:04.8   133.40   133
    Tully Invite-Sm         10/17/2015   1    18:58.9   128.37   128
    Disney Classic-1A       10/9/2015    2    19:26.5   115.17   115
    McQuaid Inv-A Sd        10/3/2015    5    17:42.7   129.77   130

 

 

 

 

 Samantha Bush ... Turpin HS, Ohio

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior
    Ohio State Champ D1     11/10/2018   4    18:10.6   141.47   141
    OH Regional Troy        10/27/2018   3    17:44.5   139.17   139
    Saturday Night Lights   9/22/2018    3    17:30.1   137.97   138
    Early Season Inv        8/18/2018    1    18:45.1   127.97   128

  Junior
    Ohio State Champ D1     11/4/2017    10   18:13.2   131.60   132
    Midwest MOC             9/30/2017    3    17:36.18  130.94   131
    Trinity-Valkyrie        9/16/2017    8    18:30.0   123.00   123
    OHSAA Early Season      8/19/2017    8    18:48.2   119.93   120

  Sophomore
    NXR Midwest Region      11/13/2016   29   18:07.9   130.37   130
    Ohio State Champ D1     11/5/2016    5    17:55.5   136.50   137
    Saturday Night Lights   9/24/2016    3    17:50.6   131.13   131
    Trinity-Valkyrie        9/17/2016    8    18:06.58  129.81   130

  Freshman
    Ohio State Champ D1     11/7/2015    17   18:36.0   124.00   124
    Greater Louisville Cl   10/3/2015    4    18:41.22  119.26   119
    Early Season Inv Gsec   8/15/2015    3    19:42.7   104.77   105
 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nevada Mareno ... Leesville HS, North Carolina

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior  
    Foot Locker Nationals   12/10/2016   2    17:08.32  162.23   162
    Foot Locker South       11/26/2016   1    17:21.7   146.77   147
    N Carolina State Champ  11/5/2016    1    17:27.62  147.79   148
    NCHSAA Mideast Region   10/29/2016   1    17:55.55  146.82   147
    Cap 8 Championship      10/18/2016   1    17:51.73  141.76   142
    Friday Night Lights     9/9/2016     1    18:04.39  139.54   140

  Junior
    Foot Locker Nationals   12/12/2015   3    17:17.6   160.13   160
    Foot Locker South       11/28/2015   2    17:05.0   151.33   151
    N Carolina State Champ  11/7/2015    1    17:46.50  152.50   153
    Cap 8 Championship      10/20/2015   1    16:36.18  156.94   157
    NCRunners Elite Invite  10/10/2015   1    17:40.28  146.57   147
    adidas XC Challenge     9/19/2015    1    17:44.7   140.10   140
    Friday Night Lights     9/11/2015    1    17:38.53  145.16   145
    Leesville Road Twilight 8/29/2015    1    17:53.0   140.33   140

  Sophomore
    N Carolina State Champ  11/1/2014    4    18:25.52  133.49   133
    adidas XC Challenge     9/20/2014    30   19:00.4   110.87   111
    Seahawk Invitational    9/6/2014     13   19:17.94  100.02   100
    Jungle Run Night Race   8/30/2014    13   19:47.50  94.17    94

  Freshman
    N Carolina State Champ  11/2/2013    12   18:23.47  127.18   127
    adidas XC Challenge     9/21/2013    17   18:56.1   112.30   112

 

 

 

 Gionna Quarzo ... Brownsville Area HS, Pennsylvania

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior  
    NXR Northeast           11/30/2019   12   19:11.9   126.03   126
    Pennsylvania States     11/2/2019    3    18:18.4   138.87   139
    Red-White-Blue Classic  9/7/2019     1    18:05.4   132.20   132
    Marty Uher Invite       8/31/2019    1    18:59.8   124.07   124

  Junior
    Foot Locker Northeast   11/24/2018   33   19:23.4   117.20   117
    Pennsylvania States     11/3/2018    6    19:30.0   122.00   122
    PIAA District 7 WPIAL   10/25/2018   2    19:46.0   111.67   112

  Sophomore
    NXR Northeast           11/25/2017   38   20:03.7   108.77   109
    Pennsylvania States     11/4/2017    10   19:23.0   117.33   117
    PIAA District 7 WPIAL   10/26/2017   2    19:41.0   111.33   111
    Slippery Rock Mack Coop 10/14/2017   10   19:57.0   109.00   109

  Freshman
    Pennsylvania States     11/5/2016    31   20:13.0   100.67   101
    PIAA District 7 WPIAL   10/27/2016   5    20:28.0   98.67    99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Marlee Starliper ... Northern HS, Pennsylvania

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior  
    Foot Locker Nationals   12/14/2019   2    16:46.8   168.40   168
    NXN Nationals           12/7/2019    5    17:35.9   157.03   157
    Foot Locker Northeast   11/30/2019   1    17:03.6   162.80   163
    Pennsylvania States     11/2/2019    1    17:10.9   161.37   161
    Carlisle Invitational   9/28/2019    1    17:05.8   155.07   155
    PIAA Foundation         9/21/2019    1    17:40.0   151.67   152
    LVC Dutchmen Inv        9/7/2019     1    16:30.0   155.00   155

  Junior
    Foot Locker Nationals   12/8/2018    13   17:54.9   145.70   146
    Foot Locker Northeast   11/24/2018   2    17:17.5   159.17   159
    Pennsylvania States     11/3/2018    1    17:53.0   154.33   154
    PA District 3           10/27/2018   1    17:19.7   153.43   153
    Mid-Penn Conf           10/13/2018   1    17:37.08  148.64   149
    Paul Short Run          9/29/2018    1    17:58.0   137.67   138
    PIAA Foundation         9/22/2018    1    18:12.0   142.00   142

  Sophomore
    Foot Locker Nationals   12/9/2017    13   18:04.0   144.67   145
    Foot Locker Northeast   11/25/2017   1    17:47.5   150.17   150
    Pennsylvania States     11/4/2017    1    17:50.0   148.33   148
    PA District 3           10/28/2017   1    17:25.0   150.67   151
    Carlisle Invite         9/30/2017    1    16:50.0   150.33   150

  Freshman
    Foot Locker Northeast   11/26/2016   30   19:05.1   124.30   124
    Pennsylvania States AA  11/5/2016    2    19:00.0   125.00   125
    Carlisle Invite         9/24/2016    11   18:33.0   120.00   120
 

 

 

 

 

 Amaris Tyynismaa ... Catholic Montgomery HS, Alabama

    Race                      Date       Pl    Time     Speed Rating

  Senior  
    Alabama State Champ 4A  11/10/2018   1    17:44.21  139.26   139
    Jesse Owens Classic     10/6/2018    3    18:00.83  133.72   134
    Spain Park Classic      9/15/2018    1    18:49.2   134.60   135

  Junior
    Alabama State Champ 4A  11/12/2017   1    17:14.37  150.21   150
    Jesse Owens Classic     10/7/2017    1    17:50.51  133.16   133

  Sophomore
    Alabama State Champ 4A  11/12/2016   1    18:07.76  133.41   133
    Auburn Tiger Classic    10/22/2016   1    18:18.30  132.90   133

  Freshman
    Foot Locker South       11/28/2015   20   18:06.0   131.00   131
    Alabama State Champ 4A  11/14/2015   1    17:52.25  138.58   139
    Jesse Owens Classic     10/3/2015    3    17:42.54  131.82   132
    Hornets Invitational    9/12/2015    1    19:11.68  144.11   144

  8th-Grade
    Foot Locker South Open  11/29/2014   1    16:57.0   150.00   150
    Alabama State Champ 4A  11/8/2014    1    17:03.04  158.00   158
    Aub-Mont Warhawk Chal   10/23/2014   1    17:35.0  ~152     ~152
    Auburn Tiger Classic    10/11/2014   1    17:48.4  ~150     ~150