Bragging about preseason rankings is laughable. Soooo air academy posting all over social media... How does that feel?
I just dont do it.lesson learned
And not the greatest start for Chaparral (the team that looked to be in the hunt for an NXN spot). It’s early still
Neither Air Academy nor Chaparral look the part this year. A lot of people assumed that Dalby taking over would cause an immediate leap, but early returns suggest the opposite.
Heritage absolutely looks the part, though. They don’t have the history of some of the other schools, but if they can sustain through November, this performance was NXN-caliber. TCA becomes a dark horse candidate to become Colorado’s first 3A school to make it to NXN.
And not the greatest start for Chaparral (the team that looked to be in the hunt for an NXN spot). It’s early still
Neither Air Academy nor Chaparral look the part this year. A lot of people assumed that Dalby taking over would cause an immediate leap, but early returns suggest the opposite.
Heritage absolutely looks the part, though. They don’t have the history of some of the other schools, but if they can sustain through November, this performance was NXN-caliber. TCA becomes a dark horse candidate to become Colorado’s first 3A school to make it to NXN.
Dalby took over Cherokee Trail. He has nothing to do with this.
And not the greatest start for Chaparral (the team that looked to be in the hunt for an NXN spot). It’s early still
Neither Air Academy nor Chaparral look the part this year. A lot of people assumed that Dalby taking over would cause an immediate leap, but early returns suggest the opposite.
Heritage absolutely looks the part, though. They don’t have the history of some of the other schools, but if they can sustain through November, this performance was NXN-caliber. TCA becomes a dark horse candidate to become Colorado’s first 3A school to make it to NXN.
I have not ever been accused of bring smart but what in the flying freddy is this take?
Perhaps the most interesting development for girls NXN here is that Niwot has a new girl (Elise Hagen’s younger sister?) that ran sub-12 in the fresh/soph race. Sub-12 is an NXN caliber time on that course. Niwot already had 4 NXN-caliber runners in Ritz, Prok, Hagen, and Beltran. They just lacked depth last year, and Beltran had an off year. Now that they have 5 NXN runners, given their strength up front, that makes me think they’re going to be Colorado’s best team this year.
I think Niwot girls might be the biggest threat to Lone Peak out of the SW.
Perhaps the most interesting development for girls NXN here is that Niwot has a new girl (Elise Hagen’s younger sister?) that ran sub-12 in the fresh/soph race. Sub-12 is an NXN caliber time on that course. Niwot already had 4 NXN-caliber runners in Ritz, Prok, Hagen, and Beltran. They just lacked depth last year, and Beltran had an off year. Now that they have 5 NXN runners, given their strength up front, that makes me think they’re going to be Colorado’s best team this year.
I think Niwot girls might be the biggest threat to Lone Peak out of the SW.
And not the greatest start for Chaparral (the team that looked to be in the hunt for an NXN spot). It’s early still
Neither Air Academy nor Chaparral look the part this year. A lot of people assumed that Dalby taking over would cause an immediate leap, but early returns suggest the opposite.
Heritage absolutely looks the part, though. They don’t have the history of some of the other schools, but if they can sustain through November, this performance was NXN-caliber. TCA becomes a dark horse candidate to become Colorado’s first 3A school to make it to NXN.
I don't understand how any of the national rankings people come up with their team lists. You can see that several of the programs were hit hard by graduation and also had less than stellar track seasons, yet they're consistently ranked top 10 nationally.
Every single preseason ranking list is waaaaaaaaaaay off just based on these early meets. And I mean not even close.
Perhaps the most interesting development for girls NXN here is that Niwot has a new girl (Elise Hagen’s younger sister?) that ran sub-12 in the fresh/soph race. Sub-12 is an NXN caliber time on that course. Niwot already had 4 NXN-caliber runners in Ritz, Prok, Hagen, and Beltran. They just lacked depth last year, and Beltran had an off year. Now that they have 5 NXN runners, given their strength up front, that makes me think they’re going to be Colorado’s best team this year.
I think Niwot girls might be the biggest threat to Lone Peak out of the SW.
What is so challenging about the course? It looks like it is on school or park grounds. Is it hilly or muddy?
Perhaps the most interesting development for girls NXN here is that Niwot has a new girl (Elise Hagen’s younger sister?) that ran sub-12 in the fresh/soph race. Sub-12 is an NXN caliber time on that course. Niwot already had 4 NXN-caliber runners in Ritz, Prok, Hagen, and Beltran. They just lacked depth last year, and Beltran had an off year. Now that they have 5 NXN runners, given their strength up front, that makes me think they’re going to be Colorado’s best team this year.
I think Niwot girls might be the biggest threat to Lone Peak out of the SW.
What is so challenging about the course? It looks like it is on school or park grounds. Is it hilly or muddy?
The elevation is around 6100' and the course is hilly and bumpy (not smooth footing). The course is challenging and slow.
If you look at last year's results Mountain Vista's 3-4-5 runners ran just under 12, so Niwot having a freshman in that range, bodes well for them. It looks like the held out all of their top upperclassmen, so it will be interesting to see how they do. They could be a contender for the title this year.
What is so challenging about the course? It looks like it is on school or park grounds. Is it hilly or muddy?
The elevation is around 6100' and the course is hilly and bumpy (not smooth footing). The course is challenging and slow.
If you look at last year's results Mountain Vista's 3-4-5 runners ran just under 12, so Niwot having a freshman in that range, bodes well for them. It looks like the held out all of their top upperclassmen, so it will be interesting to see how they do. They could be a contender for the title this year.
Here is a kids strava that ran it, you can look at the hill grade.
First meet of the season, pretty happy with how it went Had a little more at the end than I wanted and could have gotten the sub 11 but it was still good Small race, 21/37 | Strava
What is so challenging about the course? It looks like it is on school or park grounds. Is it hilly or muddy?
The elevation is around 6100' and the course is hilly and bumpy (not smooth footing). The course is challenging and slow.
If you look at last year's results Mountain Vista's 3-4-5 runners ran just under 12, so Niwot having a freshman in that range, bodes well for them. It looks like the held out all of their top upperclassmen, so it will be interesting to see how they do. They could be a contender for the title this year.
This year's Vista runner's aren't that far off of last year. Guiberson ran the course record. Knowing the program, the Vista girls have not even began to hit their best times. All the girls that returned in the top 7 improved from last year. Also See Vista's Sophomore Addison Baker Ran under 12- beat Niwot's Freshman. I think Vista might be the underdog in comparing to Niwot and Heritage, but Chap and Air Academy are not looking to be contenders.
Neither Air Academy nor Chaparral look the part this year. A lot of people assumed that Dalby taking over would cause an immediate leap, but early returns suggest the opposite.
Heritage absolutely looks the part, though. They don’t have the history of some of the other schools, but if they can sustain through November, this performance was NXN-caliber. TCA becomes a dark horse candidate to become Colorado’s first 3A school to make it to NXN.
I don't understand how any of the national rankings people come up with their team lists. You can see that several of the programs were hit hard by graduation and also had less than stellar track seasons, yet they're consistently ranked top 10 nationally.
Every single preseason ranking list is waaaaaaaaaaay off just based on these early meets. And I mean not even close.
Seems the Parry girls may have just tempoed the race- Their coach is known for having kids do that when he was at Valor
