After losing the Championship in 2024 to to BYU, a (currently) 21 page thread was dedicated to the NC State women rebuild:
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=12603190
The reload has splendidly turned them into this year’s overwhelming favorite to take back the trophy. We have a thread discussing how we came to the conclusion that they are now soundly the favorite:
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13815995
But after NC State most likely, per currently on paper, crushes their opponents at Natty’s, things will quickly shift to the post-Natty’s BU Indoor race, World Cross Country Trials, etc., etc. Therefore, in order to not leave anyone confused or shell-shocked at the time of Natty’s, as to what NC State is preparing to pull off, versus what the polls had said, we will break it down here as to how it happened going into the big meet.
This thread is open to discussing not just specifically NC State, but also to interesting related side-topics, like the building of their opponent’s counteractions this season, and in future years.
But I want to kick it off with the following podcast, for a historical and informative history for those of us that don’t follow high school cross country closely. Because certainly, NC State’s current #4 is set to be one of the huge difference maker’s in the final tally:
