Colorado HS XC Predictions

Valor might actually be the strongest team in Colorado. Their top 3 are elite, but they showed a lot more depth than expected on Saturday.

Cherokee Trail looked fine. A little premature to call them US#2 at this juncture, but they are contenders for the 5A state title as well.

Vista has some young guys coming along. They seem a step behind the other two at this stage of the game. But let's be clear - they didn't look like they would be able to hang with Valor last year but they came around.

Niwot's depth will make up for their lack of national-caliber frontrunner.

Hard to tell what Cheyenne Mountain actually has.

Yeah this year the strongest team in SW will probably be from Utah. Riverton.

They got a strong top 5 and could maybe challenge for the podium spot at NXN if they lessen the 1-5 gap.

or this will be one of the rare years when no SW teams make the podium.

Jesuit OR returns most of their squad and they weren’t far behind CM at RL. They also got a good freshman that might close the gap behind their #4.

Jesuit LA returns an insane group of 3200 times. They actually had the second fastest group of 3200 times last track season and none were seniors.

Great Oak might surprise a lot of people. They got really good depth. Time trial results were better than last year

I wonder if anyone from Niwot will actually emerge as their front runner this year.

Or this could be the first year in a while when Niwot has no front guy like Bergen or Cruz. But next year I won’t be surprised if Rocco becomes a national-caliber front runner. He is probably one of the top freshmen in the nation this year.

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Battle Mountain Husky Invitational 2022 - Boys Varsity

MileSplits official Boys Varsity formatted results for the 2022 Battle Mountain Husky Invitational, hosted by Battle Mountain High School in Minturn CO.

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Battle Mountain got a strong 1-2 as we all know. Their #3 did not do as well as he was going last year (ran a 16:16 at Southwest). Lots of time for him to step up though. Other than that, this team is very shallow

Stuff like this!

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The Preseason MileSplit50 Top 25 Boys Team Rankings

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We return for the preseason MileSplit50 top 25 boys team rankings.

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I think they forgot “in 2024” in the question “Can Niwot challenge for a national title?”

Also, seems like Rocco is the only really good freshman on the team this year.

they’re gonna have a lot of work to do after class of 2025 graduates

came here to say that great oak is my dark horse

easily to tell the basics of what they have
- a nation caliber athlete (levings)
- depth (even behind their top 5)
- not as much talent as last year

Cheyenne Mountain will be running in this.

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Cheyenne Mountain Stampede (Pre-State) 2022 - Entries

MileSplits official entries list for the 2022 Cheyenne Mountain Stampede (Pre-State), hosted by Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs CO.

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we will get a better idea what they have. Seems like they are running everybody. Or at least, they have all the key guys in the entries list.

so far it’s looking like they are deep, though not as good as last year

Actually…race is done. Need to see results though

Results are here

Fairview boys and Air Academy girls. Wow. Both might need to be in the conversation for 5A.

Cheyenne Mtn had all their varsity guys run between 17:30 and 18….
Even Kerrigan. Must have been doing a workout or something

So how do the boys Colorado teams compare to the Utah teams?

varsity elite race included all best Utah teams

Herriman (coached by Doug soles) boys team wins

Liberty bell

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Liberty Bell Cross Country Invitational 2022 - Teams Attending

MileSplits official teams list for the 2022 Liberty Bell Cross Country Invitational, hosted by Heritage High School in Littleton CO.

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Fairview actually lost only one senior so it shouldn’t be surprising that they are doing so well

CT looked solid today.

They are deep all the way through #7 and beyond too. Also a freshman scoring with a 15:46.

Wish Niwot was there. Seems like the only top CO boys team that wasn’t there.

They were doing this instead:

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RE-1J District Meet 2022 - High School Results

MileSplits official High School Results formatted results for the 2022 RE-1J District Meet, hosted by Longmont High School in Longmont CO.

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Must have been some sort of a tempo but it’s pretty clear that Rocco will be scoring for them already.

The 6th/7th spots seem up for grabs. I thought some sophomores would finish with the top 5 too.

Mountain Vista has 3 sophs under 16:25. 2 of them already went sub-16 last year.

Not sure who else will be coming in but they always seem to have people step up or transfer in.