By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor
John Dye loved high school track and field and he loved the numbers. That's why, after his passing last fall, a decision was quickly made to name something (perhaps only the first of many), in his honor.
The seventh edition of our year-end calculation to find the best overall teams in the country is now the John Dye Dual Meet Championship Tournament.
Our make-believe dual meet national championship tournament has become an annual tradition. We believe nothing demonstrates more what a high school is capable of, athletically, than a thriving track and field team.
And this year we have a trophy, in honor of John.
Building upon six previous tournaments, we are rolling out a theoretical tournament, crunching the numbers with our database at Athletic.net, and scoring the matchups. Last year, we revealed winning teams from Humble Summer Creek in Texas (boys) and Bullis School in Maryland (girls).
In the first round, when it makes sense, we try to arrange neighboring states for compelling matchups while also attempting to keep top teams apart.
Here are the ground rules.
- Almost every team listed in the tournament is a state champion.
- Performances used for the tournament are from the spring season and include marks all the way through June.
- Scoring is 5-3-1 for the top three placewinners in all events that both schools's states participate in, along with 5-0 for the relays (4x100 and 4x400 in all cases, and sometimes 4x200 and/or 4x800 when it makes sense).
- An athlete can only "participate" in four events.
- There are 32 teams in the bracket; 16 from West of the Mississippi River, 16 from the East.
- The boys bracket will be scored by yours truly, DyeStat editor Doug Binder; the girls bracket is scored by DyeStat editor Erik Boal. Round-by-round recaps, with each matchup being analyzed, will be posted during the next week, with the winners being revealed July 24.
Previous Winners
2016 - Boys: Auburn (Alabama); Girls: Miami Northwestern (Florida)
2017 - Boys: The Woodlands (Texas); Girls: Chandler (Arizona)
2018 - Boys: Hoover (Alabama); Girls: Chandler (Arizona)
2019 - Boys: Hopkins (Minnesota); Girls: DeSoto (Texas)
2021 - Boys: Carmel (Indiana); Girls: Buchanan (California)
2022 - Boys: Humble Summer Creek (Texas); Girls: Bullis School (Maryland)
2023 First-Round Matchups
Girls West
Duncanville TX vs Edmond Memorial OK
Fargo Davies ND vs Minnetonka MN
Lone Peak UT vs Boise ID
Long Beach Wilson CA vs Liberty NV
Niwot CO vs Highland AZ
Papillion-La Vista South NE vs Cardinal Ritter College Prep MO
Lake Oswego OR vs Emerald Ridge WA
Comal Smithson Valley TX vs Bentonville AR
Girls East
Bullis School MD vs South County VA
Clinton MS vs Huntley IL
Gahanna Lincoln OH vs Cuthbertson NC
Miami Northwestern FL vs DuPont Manual KY
Miami Southridge FL vs Blythewood SC
Hoover AL vs Westlake GA
Padua Academy DE vs Haverford Township PA
Union Catholic NJ vs Bloomfield CT
Boys West
Mountain View Mesa AZ vs Fort Bend Marshall TX
Cleveland NM vs Union OK
Corner Canyon UT vs Cherokee Trail CO
Johnston IA vs Rosemount MN
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