The Classical Academy and D'Evelyn are the two fastest returning squads this fall.
On paper this one already looks like a three-team race, or perhaps a two-team race, if we're only looking at personal bests.
In terms of speed the 2018 state champs return as the fastest squad.
While three of The Classical Academy's top five from that state championships squad graduated, it appears that they'll most likely just be reloading, and not rebuilding.
Between Kennedy McDonald, Rebecca Thompson, and Kotryna Obergfell they've got three of the Top 9 returners in terms of speed. Add that McDonald and Thompson finished in the Top 9 at the 2018 State Championships.
They return three sub-19 5kers and an entire Top 5 who have broken 19:40 already.
Their 19:03 team average tops this list - not by much - but it does set them apart from nearly every other squad in 3A, except for two. They've got a 1-5 split of 1:11, which doesn't leave a lot of room for challengers, meaning that TCA looks just just as stro...