Wisconsin Girls Preseason XC Composite Team Rankings

David Everett

What are composite team rankings?

A few years ago, MileSplit developed a data based number-cruncher system to rank cross country teams called "composite" team rankings. The rather complicated algorithm takes into account both cross country and track seasons, based on various categories and weights. It even indicates what the computer believes the biggest weakness is at this point.

Teams that did not have much of a track season or did not have at least four of their top distance runners out for track may see their scores drop. However, teams that busted it and looked great this past spring will show higher. Hopefully it is a good balance to predict who is strong coming in! It does not necessarily take into account any new freshman or transfers.

The score represents the team's weighted composite average rank across all categories. The highest column represents the highest ranking they received in a category, and conversely the lowest is the worst ranking they received in a category.

If you pull up the XC Team Scores page, you'll see a link to "Composite" scoring. This is a type of scoring that gives a team a rank on a number of different categories, with different weights on each:

  • XC 5K Team Rank (normal)
  • XC 5K 1-5 Split
  • XC 5K 1-5 Average
  • XC 5K 1-4 Rank (normal)
  • XC 5K 1-4 Split
  • XC 5K 1-4 Average
  • XC 5K 1-3 Split
  • XC 5K 1-2 Split
  • Outdoor 1600m Top 4 (normal)
  • Outdoor 1600m Top 4 Average
  • Outdoor 3200m Top 4 (normal)
  • Outdoor 3200m Top 4 Average

By using all of these factors and weighting them appropriately, we should get a really good and balanced idea of who are the best teams. This is especially designed for returning teams.

Rankings

RankTeamScoreHighestLowestWeakness
1Arrowhead (WI)3.121185000m 1-3 Gap (36.81)
2Stevens Point (WI)5.892101600m 1-4 Average (5:36.15)
3Brookfield Central (WI)7.82133200m Top 4
4DSHA (WI)8.84185000m 1-5 Gap (1:01.95)
5Waukesha West (WI)10.16175000m 1-3 Gap (33.34)
6Eau Claire Memorial (WI)12.91495000m 1-2 Gap (1:33.40)
7Green Bay East (WI)13.91215000m 1-4 Average (20:02.11)
8Kimberly (WI)13.96241600m Top 4
9Homestead (WI)14.44375000m 1-2 Gap (49.87)
10Middleton (WI)14.41195000m 1-4 Average (19:59.52)
11Brookfield East (WI)16.43325000m 1-5 Gap (1:46.40)
12Shorewood (WI)16.93495000m 1-4 Gap (2:48.62)
13Notre Dame Academy (WI)19.037--
14Wisconsin Lutheran High School (WI)21.66475000m 1-4 Gap (2:20.71)
15Neenah (WI)22.31305000m 1-4 Average (20:12.35), Not Enough Data
16Deerfield/Cambridge (WI)22.512355000m 1-4 Gap (1:29.67)
17Franklin (WI)23.63375000m 1-5 Gap (1:59.38)
18Madison West (WI)23.63165000m 1-4 Average (19:43.29), Not Enough Data
19Luxemburg-Casco (WI)23.87483200m 1-4 Average (14:14.98)
20Menomonie (WI)24.04481600m 1-4 Average (5:53.29)
21Whitefish Bay (WI)24.11355000m 1-3 Gap (1:07.60), Not Enough Data
22Bay Port (WI)25.39175000m 1-4 Average (19:48.71), Not Enough Data
23Germantown (WI)25.411385000m 1-4 Average (20:20.91)
24Sussex Hamilton (WI)26.318395000m 1-4 Average (20:21.42)
25Sun Prairie (WI)26.51405000m 1-5 Gap (2:02.89), Not Enough Data
26Appleton North (WI)27.05415000m 1-2 Gap (1:13.73), Not Enough Data
27Madison Memorial (WI)27.68395000m 1-2 Gap (57.01), Not Enough Data
28McFarland (WI)27.79425000m 1-5 Gap (2:16.55)
29Poynette (WI)27.84383200m Top 4, Not Enough Data
30Oshkosh Lourdes (WI)28.315491600m Top 4
31Pulaski (WI)28.76385000m 1-5 Gap (2:02.51), Not Enough Data
32Nicolet (WI)29.413425000m 1-4 Average (20:31.81), Not Enough Data
33D. C. Everest (WI)30.419445000m 1-5 Gap (2:20.40)
34Whitewater (WI)31.117405000m 1-4 Average (20:28.28), Not Enough Data
35West Bend West (WI)31.221435000m 1-4 Gap (2:03.81)
36Chippewa Falls (WI)3211495000m 1-5 Average (20:59.80)
37Winneconne (WI)347465000m 1-4 Average (20:36.43)
38Muskego (WI)34.020395000m 1-5 Gap (2:02.58), Not Enough Data
39Two Rivers (WI)36.05375000m 1-4 Average (20:20.80), Not Enough Data
40Waunakee (WI)37.214423200m 1-4 Average (13:43.85), Not Enough Data
41Waukesha South (WI)37.424445000m 1-3 Gap (1:59.87), Not Enough Data
42West De Pere (WI)37.813475000m 1-4 Average (20:41.39)
43Oconomowoc (WI)38.025501600m Top 4
44Lakeland Union (WI)38.227475000m 1-3 Gap (2:09.31), Not Enough Data
45La Crosse Central (WI)38.428495000m 1-5 Gap (3:08.30)
46West Bend East (WI)40.26485000m 1-5 Average (20:59.28), Not Enough Data
47Hudson (WI)42.612505000m 1-5 Gap (3:22.90), Not Enough Data
48Kettle Moraine (WI)4329485000m 1-2 Gap (1:27.56), Not Enough Data
49DeForest (WI)43.519505000m 1-5 Average (20:59.87), Not Enough Data