Jericho Simmons has the top returning cross country time among the Discovery Canyon boys with a 17:00 from last year. Colorado Track XC file photo.
About this time last year, it was the Discovery Canyon girls showing signs of being a serious contender. This fall, it's the boys team with the aura of upward mobility. The Thunder has slowly come of age as the school has filled out a complete set of classes. This year looks to be easily their best season of boys' cross country yet. It's worth noting that the entire top seven is back from last fall.
If you're looking for the identity of the team front runner, you can get conflicting answers to that question, depending on whether you look at last fall's cross country results or this spring's track and field results.
If you look to cross country, junior Jericho Simmons is your answer. But, if you look to track results from this spring, senior Jacob Huisingh (it's a good Dutch name, folks, pronounced something like HY...