We just developed a brand new number-cruncher, allowing us to do these rankings. The rather complicated algorithm takes into account both cross country and track seasons, based on various categories and weights. I (Jason Byrne) developed this on about 12 hours of coding on Friday, forgetting all about lunch that day! But very pleased with the result here. 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 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.
| Rank | Team | Score | Highest | Lowest | Weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charter School of Wilmington (DE) | 2.31 | 1 | 4 | -- |
| 2 | Padua Academy (DE) | 2.56 | 1 | 16 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (46.00) |
| 3 | Tatnall (DE) | 4.42 | 1 | 13 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (1:53.1) |
| 4 | Ursuline Academy (DE) | 7.31 | 4 | 20 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (2:17.6) |
| 5 | St. Mark's High School (DE) | 8.57 | 4 | 18 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (48.90) |
| 6 | Newark High School (DE) | 12.3 | 5 | 25 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:11.3) |
| 7 | Caravel Academy (DE) | 13 | 7 | 21 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (51.90) |
| 8 | Mount Pleasant High School (DE) | 13.9 | 6 | 24 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:07.2) |
| 9 | Delaware Military Academy (DE) | 19.7 | 3 | 14 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (1:54.7), Not Enough Data |
| 10 | Archmere Academy (DE) | 20.3 | 2 | 20 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (51.80), Not Enough Data |
| 11 | St. Andrews (DE) | 23.2 | 3 | 17 | 5000m 1-5 Gap (2:58.6), Not Enough Data |
| 12 | Middletown High School (DE) | 23.7 | 6 | 24 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (2:31.4), Not Enough Data |
| 13 | Caesar Rodney High School (DE) | 25.3 | 9 | 33 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (2:11.5), Not Enough Data |
| 14 | Cape Henlopen High School (DE) | 25.5 | 5 | 29 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:20.8), Not Enough Data |
| 15 | Appoquinimink High School (DE) | 25.7 | 10 | 26 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:13.1), Not Enough Data |
| 16 | Milford High School (DE) | 26.1 | 4 | 18 | 5000m 1-4 Average (22:07.6), Not Enough Data |
| 17 | Wilmington Friends (DE) | 26.8 | 7 | 22 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (1:50.0), Not Enough Data |
| 18 | Lake Forest High School (DE) | 27.1 | 11 | 19 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (51.80), Not Enough Data |
| 19 | Concord High School (DE) | 27.9 | 11 | 28 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (2:48.4), Not Enough Data |
| 20 | Sanford School (DE) | 29.3 | 2 | 24 | 5000m Top 4, Not Enough Data |
| 21 | Sussex Technical High School (DE) | 29.6 | 8 | 27 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:14.6), Not Enough Data |
| 22 | Indian River (DE) | 30.5 | 3 | 32 | 5000m 1-4 Average (25:26.7), Not Enough Data |
| 23 | William Penn High School (DE) | 30.8 | 2 | 33 | 5000m 1-4 Average (25:40.2), Not Enough Data |
| 24 | Red Lion Christian (DE) | 32.2 | 6 | 31 | 5000m 1-4 Average (25:11.7), Not Enough Data |
| 25 | Polytech High School (DE) | 32.3 | 9 | 30 | 5000m Top 4, Not Enough Data |
| 26 | Conrad (Henry C.) Schools of Science (DE) | 33.2 | 21 | 36 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (2:51.7), Not Enough Data |
| 27 | Alexis I. DuPont High School (DE) | 33.6 | 23 | 28 | -- |
| 28 | Tower Hill School (DE) | 34.0 | 23 | 35 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (2:46.9), Not Enough Data |
| 29 | Brandywine High School (DE) | 34.9 | 23 | 40 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (4:23.4), Not Enough Data |
| 30 | Delcastle High School (DE) | 35.8 | 27 | 31 | -- |
| 31 | Hodgson Vo-Tech (DE) | 37.5 | 29 | 36 | 5000m Top 4, Not Enough Data |