Just heard he isn't running XC. Even without Just, they still have a good team and are definitely in the running for state berth- they will have to beat out Hopkins/Edina for the 2nd spot behind Wayzata.
Washburn will struggle to beat Edina without him now.
It's a 5k. Pretty fast course though. Runs ~20 seconds faster than Gale Woods. It was also perfect conditions.
Nearly every runner ran over a minute faster than they did the previous week at conference, granted their conference course is fairly tough. Just another example of why you can't really compare XC times due to the various course and weather conditions day to day.