On paper 5A state champions Valor Christian look to be stronger than ever this year. They graduated just one, and return six from this year's state squad. Valor return four who broke 16-minutes last year - and it was nearly five.
They own a 1-5 regular season average of 15:36, led by Dane Eike's 14:54. Add that their returning 1-5 split is just 1:09, and they have six returners who broke 16:30 last year.
One squad that's likely to make some serious gains this year is Coronado - they return six of seven from last year's state squad that finished sixth in 4A.
Coronado returns with a regular-season 1-5 average of 16:04, and a 1-5 split of just 56-seconds - that's the second-best split of any squad in the Top-10 of this list (behind Fort Collins.) Coronado return...
