Wisconsin Highschool 2023 xc wayyy to early predictions

Eau Claire Memorial will be really good this year too.

They took 4th at state last year and lost only one senior.

They return:
Dewey - 12 - 9:37 / 4:15 / 16:40
W Sylvester - 12 - 9:45 / 4:27 / 16:28
Mangrum - 12 / 10:07 / 4:29 / 16:47
Murray - 12 - 10:23 / 16:48
N Sylvester - 10 - 10:42 / 4:51 / 17:18
Bica Harrison - 12 - 4:43 / 17:39

Muskego boys team is another team to watch.

They return
Serraino - 15:58 / 9:21 / 4:23
Curatola- 17:02 / 2:02 / 4:40
Danihel- 17:11 / 2:04 / 4:56 indoor mile
Slavik- 17:12 / 9:59 / 4:32
Anschutz - 17:20 / 10:17 / 4:34
Reinsel- 10 - 17:45 / 10:26 / 4:41
Fons - 10 - 18:11 5:01
All are seniors except for Reinsel and Fons who are sophomores

Speaking of the classic 8, Mukwonago and Arrowhead are going to struggle. Muk has 15 guys on the entire team and Arrowhead graduated everyone and track times of the next up ones were not great

It’s Mukwonago’s #5 position where, as of now, they are looking to struggle.
They return:
Schreiber - 11 - 16:38
Beyer - 12 - 16:55 / 4:39 mile
Roberts - 11 - 17:01 / 4:54
G McGrath - 12 - 17:04 / 4:47 1600
Seems like a solid top 4 but also a big 4-5 gap right now.

For projected 5th and 6th, they have:
D McGrath - 12 - 18:17 5k (is he related to G McGrath?)
Davies - 11 - 18:31 5k

I think they should be able to qualify to state since their section is not that strong.

Will they be able to close the 4-5 gap?

They made a big jump from 2021 to 2022 xc though. 9th in the section in 2021 to 5th in the state in 2022.

And I agree, Arrowhead will have trouble going back to state since they lost so much of their varsity and they are in a tough section. They have Oconomowoc, Slinger, and Germantown in their section

Well if a team loses many contributing seniors, and the year after they find 5 guys that run really well, they will be fine, especially if they have a good coach

Also Middleton had so many seniors on varsity in 2019, and they finished top 2 at sections in 2020.

At sections this year, Middleton will be up against DeForest and Onalaska.

Onalaska has a strong 1-3 (Putz/Burnstad/White) but their 4&5 are their question marks.
It also depends if soccer player Symons (4:42 / 10:25) chooses to do XC this year or if an impact transfer comes in
Also we don’t know if Putz is doing XC this year or not
So their success really depends on who does XC this year

DeForest returns:
Pabon - 11 - 9:37 / 16:28
Tanner - 10 - 10:14 / 16:30
Tiedt - 11 - 17:41 / 10:43
Parker - 10 - 17:44 / 10:50
Meyers - 10 - 18:22
Meinen - 10 - 5:02 but no track results
Dobbs- 10 - 5:12 but no track results
Not sure if they will beat Middleton with this group, but in any case, Deforest looks very good for 2024 and 2025 as well. They are looking to have no seniors on varsity this year and lots of sophomores

Muskego will be lucky to finish 12th at state.

Why do you think that?

Grady Lenn interview

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SPASH and Madison West if things go as they should. Everyone else running for 3rd.

Agreed

Wanezek ran 16:32 last year not 16:59 so he’ll be up there contending for a state title which helps gtown in the points category

Are you on something? You think a 16:32 runner is gonna compete for the win? Lolololololol

No girls teams ranked nationally or in the Heartland region though

The Top 10 Junior Boys To Watch In Cross Country

7. Manny Putz
Onalaska (WI)
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Even though Putz did not compete this spring, we still can't forget about his sophomore cross country season.
He started out his season with two victories before he lined up at the Roy Griak Invitational. Putz was the fourth-place finisher behind three seniors as he crossed the finish line in 15:38. The following weekend, he put on the best performance of his career by winning the Steve Johnson/Dan Huston Invitational in a personal best time of 14:50.
His performance earned him a 191 speed rating for his efforts.
Towards the end of the fall, Putz won his first WIAA state cross country title and was 11th at Champs Sports Midwest Regional.

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The Top 10 Junior Boys To Watch In Cross Country

Olivia Ekpone

We rank the top rising junior boys taking to the cross country course this fall season.

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No Grady Lenn in this “The Top 10 Sophomore Boys To Watch This XC Season” list…

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The Top 10 Sophomore Boys To Watch This XC Season

Cory Mull

The top 10 sophomore boys to watch in 2023? We have you covered.

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this peter negrut kid is teh x factor for west, watch out for him. he just started running last year but still sniffed varsity on a very deep squad, was very fast this spring and is putting in some great mileage this summer. go pete go!

I also heard he dunked on 5'3" guy (not manny putz)