State Meet Analysis: 5A

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Just when we thought that we might go a couple years without blazing, top-end sprint speed, Arria Minor arrives on the scene. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Note: No doubt many of you have already observed that this article skips the established sequencing of the articles in this series. There will be a 4A State Meet analysis article coming tomorrow (Wednesday), but Ben Hershelman--and not me--will be penning that article. I'll push it out as soon as I can once I get it.

Anyhow, for now, 5A analysis...

Boys Team Favorite - Cherokee Trail

Girls Team Favorite - Fort Collins

Team Title Analyses

Both of my picks as favorites (and both 5A races are far from done deals) are very recent picks. Until the last two weeks, I was clinging to other teams as my favorites, but it's been difficult to ignore the late pushes by Cherokee Trail and Fort Collins.

Cherokee Trail will face its stiffest competition from Broomfield, Regis Jesuit, and perennial 5A title contender Fountain-Fort Carson. True to form, CT ...