DistancePreps.com Florida XC Program Rankings - Top 15 Combined XC Programs Over the Last 10 Years

So we thought it would be fun to take a look back over the last 10 years (2003-2012) of Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) State Cross Country Finals and see which teams consistently produce on the State's ultimate stage.  To do this accurately and with some semblance of realism, we needed to enlist the help of a real die-hard XC fanatic and we found just the person; Robert Monroe from Dystat who ranks teams across the nation for NXN. (Thanks Robert !)

The method:
1. Merge all results from the state meet (all classes)
2. Remove all individual athletes
3. Order athletes by time, breaking ties by place and (if necessary)
classification (less general competition = better finish)
4. Score the massive merge
5. Re-score using only the top 30 teams
6. Re-score using only the top 22 teams from those 30
7. Sum points for all years (2003-2012), plus add 410 points (average
22nd place score) for each time a school didn't finish in the top 22,
then divide by 10 (# of years included)

8.  Sum the total points for the combined programs to determine the Top 15 schools with the lowest point total

Top 15 Combined Programs -

1. Holy Trinity - 467.5 (221.6 girls, 245.9 boys)
2. Chiles - 529.8 (239.3 girls, 290.5 boys)
3. Bishop Kenny - 603.5 (293.5 girls, 310.0 boys)
4. Winter Park - 649.6 (298.4 boys, 351.2 girls)
5. Estero - 671.5 (309.5 girls, 362.0 boys)
6. HB Plant - 675.6 (308.7 girls, 366.9 boys)
7. Episcopal - 683.0 (287.4 girls, 395.6 boys)
8. Melbourne - 685.4 (337.7 girls, 347.7 boys)
9. Bartram Trail - 698.2 (345.0 girls, 353.2 boys)
10. Leon - 708.5 (302.8 boys, 405.7 girls)
11. St. Thomas Aquinas - 721.0 (337.6 girls, 383.4 boys)
12. Maclay - 732.2 (326.3 girls, 405.9 boys)
13. Buchholz - 732.7 (354.3 girls, 378.4 boys)
14. Satellite - 735.4 (329.8 girls, 405.6 boys)
15. Fort Walton Beach - 737.6 (363.7 girls, 373.9 boys)

Previously, we released the  Girls Top 10 Programs, and the Boys Top 10 Programs. 

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