The list of candidates for top runner in the region is a short one--Eric Hamer is your guy. Colorado Track XC file photo by Paul Jaeger.
Okay, so I admit to recycling the "dont feed the bears" headline from two years ago when Palmer Ridge was a rising team that nobody was quite taking seriously yet. But the headline still applies. If you're not taking Palmer Ridge seriously these days, you've been spending too much time in a cave lately. Get yourself a data plan, and find a place a tower can reach.
Now a senior and one of 4A's elite, Eric Hamer is the leader of this team. But, there's plenty of pop through the rest of the order as well. Surrounding Hamer in the scoring give should be some combination of Tommy Herebic, Andrew Rudnicki, Kevin Rudnicki, Liam Cox, and Jacob Tellez. And maybe the best thing about this group is that Kelly Christensen shouldn't have to worry too much about the motivation. Every day these guys see each other in practice and are reminder there a...