US #13 Radnor girls do not receive a bid for NTN... but now it\'s time to celebrate.

Despite intense and repeated efforts to logically pursuade the Nike Team Nationals selection committee of the merits of offering the NE #4 Radnor girls an at-large bid, the offer has gone to the 3rd ranked team in Calinfornia. The team had been CA #5 until finishing 3rd at Saturday\'s CA State Champs in the combined score. They are unranked in the latest Harrier Super 25, while Radnor is ranked #13 (December 4th 2006. Vol 31, issue #V). However, it is time to celebrate the accomplishments of this team... because an NTN bid would have only been the a bonus, not an end....

It is time to celebrate the accomplishments of this team... because an NTN bid would have only been the a bonus, not a goal....

Radnor won every meet they raced in Pennsylvania, including their League, County, District and State. And they came within nine points of defeating then-US #1 Hinton NY (the defending NTN Champs) on their 2006 State course... at a meet in late September. That is a season for the PA XC history books, and one that will be talked about for years to come.