This post is for all of those statisticians out there!!! Here is our annual Manchester Merges Post. One of the main reasons teams participate in Manchester Invitational is to truly see where they rate versus their division and the entire state. Same course, same day, maybe same race situations can reveal valuable information for teams to build on for the second half of their seasons. But, is Manchester Invitational (MI) an accurate predictor? With the freshmen races, some teams opt to have their freshmen, no matter how good, participate, thus weakening their varsity team, which in turn distorts a team’s true status in the state. Is this the right decision? Does Manchester Invitational have any affect on the outcome of the State Divisional Championships, and even with a different course, Meet of Champions.
So with all that said, merges provide us with an opportunity to study. We have provided links to the 2023 merges provided by Millennium Running. We have also provided comparisons of how the merge fared in 2022 and links to our posts from previous years. Warning: Long Post!!!
2023 MANCHESTER INVITATIONAL STATE AND DIVISIONAL MERGES
HOW THE MERGE FARED IN 2022 WITH MOCS
2022 MI GIRLS MERGE 2022 MOC FINISH
| Rank | School | Score | Rank | School | Score |
| 1 | Bedford | 120 | 1 | Hanover | 86 |
| 2 | Keene | 167 | 2 | Bedford | 128 |
| 3 | Oyster River | 183 | 3 | Pinkerton | 145 |
| 4 | Dover | 201 | 4 | Winnacunnet | 151 |
| 5 | Hopkinton | 202 | 5 | Oyster River | 169 |
| 6 | Hanover | 221 | 6 | Dover | 186 |
| 7 | Pinkerton | 254 | 7 | Keene | 223 |
| 8 | Mascenic | 266 | 8 | Souhegan | 245 |
| 9 | Bow | 267 | 9 | Mascenic | 252 |
| 10 | Concord | 268 | 10 | Conant | 258 |
| 11 | Souhegan | 284 | 11 | Plymouth | 271 |
| 12 | Conant | 306 | 12 | Monadnock | 271 |
2022 MI BOYS MERGE 2022 MOC FINISH
| Rank | School | Score | Rank | School | Score |
| 1 | Coe-Brown | 72 | 1 | Coe-Brown | 70 |
| 2 | Souhegan | 150 | 2 | Souhegan | 97 |
| 3 | Nashua South | 201 | 3 | Pinkerton | 128 |
| 4 | Pinkerton | 214 | 4 | Lebanon | 168 |
| 5 | Oyster River | 235 | 5 | Nashua South | 184 |
| 6 | Concord | 236 | 6 | Windham | 189 |
| 7 | Exeter | 282 | 7 | Hanover | 195 |
| 8 | Bishop Guertin | 284 | 8 | Concord | 218 |
| 9 | Windham | 329 | 9 | Bishop Guertin | 249 |
| 10 | Trinity | 330 | 10 | Winnacunnet | 259 |
| 11 | Winnacunnet | 365 | 11 | Trinity | 272 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 402 | 12 | Milford | 281 |
2022 MI D1 GIRLS MERGE 2022 D1 GIRLS FINISH
| 1 | Bedford | 61 | 1 | Pinkerton | 66 |
| 2 | Keene | 87 | 2 | Bedford | 70 |
| 3 | Dover | 100 | 3 | Winnacunnet | 115 |
| 4 | Pinkerton | 124 | 4 | Keene | 131 |
| 5 | Concord | 140 | 5 | Dover | 151 |
| 6 | Winnacunnet | 185 | 6 | Concord | 177 |
| 7 | Bishop Guertin | 185 | 7 | Bishop Guertin | 177 |
| 8 | Alvirne | 225 | 8 | Alvirne | 218 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 229 | 9 | Exeter | 248 |
| 10 | Exeter | 256 | 10 | Nashua North | 261 |
| 11 | Nashua South | 284 | 11 | Portsmouth | 272 |
| 12 | Merrimack | 313 | 12 | Windham | 309 |
2022 MI D1 BOYS MERGE 2022 D1 BOYS FINISH
| 1 | Nashua South | 103 | 1 | Pinkerton | 80 |
| 2 | Pinkerton | 107 | 2 | Windham | 142 |
| 3 | Concord | 119 | 3 | Nashua South | 154 |
| 4 | Exeter | 144 | 4 | Bishop Guertin | 164 |
| 5 | Bishop Guertin | 145 | 5 | Exeter | 165 |
| 6 | Windham | 169 | 6 | Concord | 167 |
| 7 | Winnacunnet | 184 | 7 | Winnacunnet | 171 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 204 | 8 | Londonderry | 193 |
| 9 | Salem | 212 | 9 | Keene | 209 |
| 10 | Merrimack | 229 | 10 | Salem | 220 |
| 11 | Bedford | 246 | 11 | Portsmouth | 253 |
| 12 | Alvirne | 273 | 12 | Bedford | 274 |
2022 D2 GIRLS MERGE 2022 D2 GIRLS FINISH
| 1 | Oyster River | 50 | 1 | Hanover | 57 |
| 2 | Hanover | 58 | 2 | Oyster River | 80 |
| 3 | Bow | 71 | 3 | Bow | 101 |
| 4 | Souhegan | 74 | 4 | Souhegan | 115 |
| 5 | Coe-Brown | 112 | 5 | Plymouth | 124 |
| 6 | Sanborn | 168 | 6 | Kennett | 142 |
| 7 | Merrimack Valley | 197 | 7 | Coe-Brown | 147 |
| 8 | Hollis/Brookline | 203 | 8 | Merrimack Valley | 197 |
| 9 | John Stark | 238 | 9 | John Stark | 250 |
2021 MI D2 BOYS MERGE 2021 D2 BOYS FINISH
| 1 | Coe-Brown | 32 | 1 | Coe-Brown | 28 |
| 2 | Souhegan | 59 | 2 | Souhegan | 72 |
| 3 | Oyster River | 92 | 3 | Lebanon | 121 |
| 4 | Goffstown | 178 | 4 | Hanover | 125 |
| 5 | Hanover | 181 | 5 | Oyster River | 176 |
| 6 | Milford | 181 | 6 | Milford | 181 |
| 7 | Lebanon | 188 | 7 | Bow | 206 |
| 8 | Bow | 240 | 8 | Goffstown | 235 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 241 | 9 | John Stark | 296 |
| 10 | Merrimack Valley | 257 | 10 | Hollis/Brookline | 303 |
| 11 | Pembroke | 307 | 11 | Merrimack Valley | 307 |
| 12 | Pelham | 309 | 12 | Plymouth | 324 |
2022 MI D3 GIRLS MERGE 2022 D3 GIRLS FINISH
| 1 | Hopkinton | 47 | 1 | Hopkinton | 66 |
| 2 | Mascenic | 60 | 2 | Mascenic | 82 |
| 3 | Monadnock | 72 | 3 | Conant | 85 |
| 4 | Conant | 76 | 4 | Monadnock | 98 |
| 5 | Gilford | 150 | 5 | Kearsarge | 132 |
| 6 | Newmarket | 162 | 6 | Fall Mountain | 163 |
| 7 | Portsmouth Christian | 176 | 7 | Gilford | 175 |
| 8 | Campbell | 193 | 8 | Newfound | 181 |
2022 MI D3 BOYS MERGE 2022 D3 BOYS FINISH
| 1 | Trinity | 44 | 1 | Trinity | 61 |
| 2 | Mascenic | 63 | 2 | Gilford | 149 |
| 3 | Gilford | 109 | 3 | St. Thomas | 158 |
| 4 | Conant | 117 | 4 | Fall Mountain | 164 |
| 5 | Portsmouth Christian | 119 | 5 | Mascenic | 192 |
| 6 | Hopkinton | 134 | 6 | Portsmouth Christian | 219 |
| 7 | Derryfield | 183 | 7 | Hopkinton | 253 |
| 8 | Newmarket | 186 | 8 | Kearsarge | 254 |
4 Responses
Fall Mountain is not in any of the merge results.
I emailed them and they have added FM
Thanks!
Thanks for the great coverage. Lebanon should be in the D2 merge, not D3.