Fayetteville-Manlius 16 Year Merge: Which Team Was Best?

Nike Cross Nationals 2015
Travis Miller


Photo: Kirby Lee

The Fayetteville-Manlius girls have been a force on the national cross country scene for years. They are one trophy away from forcing us to talk about their national championships in double digits. It was a strong performance for the NY squad in 2015. They scored 55 points to earn their ninth title, though they had sights set on a lower score. So the question that came to mind was how good is this team of national champions compared to the FM teams of the past?


The logical factor to asses for a NY team is speed ratings. The numbers could've been looked at in a number of different ways. I chose to assume that for the FM All Star Invitational, that every athlete from every year would run their best performance at this meet. I pulled the best speed rating for each athlete by season going back to 2002 and scored the meet with each year as a separate team.


Assuming that by time traveling forward/backwards we won't rip apart the fabric of space and time by putting the same individuals in the same place with their past and future selves...see what the FM All Star Invitational would look like.

PlaceTeamScoreNXN PlaceNXN Score1234567
1 FM 2010 63 1 27 1 2 8 23 29 43 67
2 FM 2009 68 1 74 10 13 14 15 16 19 48
3 FM 2007 105 1 83 7 18 24 26 30 31 52
4 FM 2008 113 1 66 5 12 28 32 36 40 55
5 FM 2015 123 1 55 4 9 27 39 44 46 54
6 FM 2011 137 1 60 3 25 33 34 42 47 49
7 FM 2012 175 1 54 20 35 37 38 45 66 72
8 FM 2013 230 2 120 17 41 50 51 71 75 76
9 FM 2006 255 1 128 21 22 68 70 74 77 78
10 FM 2014 299 1 70 56 58 59 61 65 84 86
11 FM 2001 320 x x 6 64 69 88 93 99 100
12 FM 2005 364 x x 57 60 79 83 85 87 92
13 FM 2000 369 x x 11 82 89 91 96 104 105
14 FM 2004 425 x x 63 73 94 97 98 101 103
15 FM 2003 434 x x 62 80 90 95 107 110 111
16 FM 2002 450 x x 53 81 102 106 108 109 112


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