Time to Ring the Liberty Bell!

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It doesn't matter what division you're talking about--it's intense at the start of the Liberty Bell Invitational. Photo by Jeff McCoy.

 

The biggest invitational of the Colorado season is nearly upon us. In Colorado, and the entire Rocky Mountain region, the Liberty Bell Invitational needs no introduction. Some coaches love it, some coaches avoid it like the plague, but its presence carries a weight no other meet in the state can rival.

As we do every year, we expect to see some big things tomorrow. And this year, the weather looks to be almost as ideal as last year was dreadful. There will be no 90-degree race time temperatures this year.

For the first time in a long time, Albuquerque Academy won't come into the Division I boys race as the favorites. The Chargers will be here, but as contenders, not as the team to beat. Fort Collins would appear to have the favorite status locked down this year. Regrettably, a lot of the potentially best competition will be hol...