The showdowns between Lauren Offerman, Emily Leidig, and Christa Boettiger figure to endure through the fall season. Colorado Track XC file photo by Alan Versaw.
If you were still harboring doubts about the potential for 4A girls to turn into a tight race this fall, you might want to take a look at cross country scoring by 1600 and 3200 times for returning runners from this spring. We did 1600 and 3200 scoring only four since not everyone who runs cross country ends up running distance in track and field.
Cleary, Mountain View is a team of concern even before any rising freshmen don their black-and-purple singlets. Palmer Ridge, Evergreen, Discovery Canyon, The Classical Academy, Thompson Valley, Niwot, and a few others all reveal some track and field tendencies in the two analyses below, but--reading between the lines--it's easy to see that each of these teams brings some strength to the table. It should be an interesting fall sorting this all out.
As a cautionary ...