As they were at Pat Amato, Emma Gee, Kaitlyn Benner, Ashley Litoff, and Claire Green figure to be doing time at or near the front of the race on Saturday. Photo by Ashley Green.
It might be something of an understatement to suggest this could be the race the most people are interested in come Saturday.
Among the three titans of 5A girls cross country, who will prevail--Fort Collins, Monarch, or Cherry Creek? Monarch has the past two years of history on their side. Fort Collins has to be a little weary of losing to Monarch at the state meet. Cherry Creek would love to upset the applecart for both schools.
Fort Collins and Cherry Creek traded wins at their own invitationals. Both were close. Monarch has won everywhere they've run their varsity this season, including a substantial (but now mostly irrelevant) win over Fort Collins at the Arapahoe Warrior Invitational on opening weekend. Monarch beat Cherry Creek at Pat Amato, but it was a diluted Bruin squad that fell...
