Cayli Hume's return to the course holds the potential to influence a thing or two about the team order of finish in 5A Region 1 Girls. Photo by Alan Versaw.
The region has no Fort Collins, no Cherry Creek, and no Monarch, but be careful about making any assumptions from that. It promises to be a very competitive region at the end of the day.
In the virtual meet scoring shown below, Smoky Hill enjoys a substantial advantage. And, the Buffaloes may win the region, but the kind of scores shown below may or may not be reflective of the regional scenario.
The first observation to make is that Smoky Hill did finish a decisive second, easily beating Arapahoe at the Centennial League meet on Thursday. And Smoky Hill does boast three sub-19s in Brynell Yount, Jamie Jezier, and Emmah Johannes. All three of those sub-19s, however, were at Liberty Bell and the Thornton regional course isn't as like to run as fast (though it is, by all accounts, a course on the faster end of the...