Rachael Chacko gets a little encouragement from Coach Jeff Bliven as she goes by at the Centennial League Championships on Thursday. Photo by Kelli Noto.
It's a love-hate relationship with league meet week. So many meets, yet so many meets. Meets that mean so much to so many, and also meets that mean so little to so many. The bottom line is this week-in-review is not only a long piece of writing, but it tends to go off the scale in terms of speculation. Sometimes, you're just guessing at how teams were approaching their league meets.
So, here are my best guesses at how to read what happened over the last week of Colorado high school cross country:
The newest league meet gets top billing. Vanguard wins both league titles with a few top runners tied behind their backs. Even those who were running seemed to be doing so with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake (as a cautionary note, do not attemp to do this in the family ...