Who is our competition ?

For the boys:
While it is really hard to say this early in the season how things will play out at the ridges there are a few things that we know for sure. Top of the list is that Port washington will be very hard to beat. Port was D1 last year where they finished 7th as a team. Their top runner was Joe Hackett who ran 16:30 and was 17th over-all. They got bumped down from D1 and put in our sectional. They replace CM in the sectional so that's a wash in terms of advancing. Tendick park is Port's home course so that's in their favor, but not a huge deal.

I did some digging for historical times and came up with the following:
Port
Runner.........Time at State last year .....Best time this year

Hackett ...............16:30 ...............................17:06
Zauner.................17:00 .............................. 16:56
Allen.....................17:02...............................16:45
Ross......................17:22 ..............................16:52
Jones....................18:00...............................17:20

As you can see they will be tough to beat, and are ranked first in all of the polls.
However they are not unbeatable.

Catholic memorial, Dodgeville, and Hayward could also push us but aren't looking great in the early races.

For the parents, most of the races we run are against D1 schools because of geography. We generally don't see our real competition until State. This year we will see Port at Griak and sectionals before the final run at the ridges.

As far as the girl's go.... I have no clue. Once again injuries and illness have plagued our varsity to the point that I have no idea what our team really looks like. They could be great, if everyone recovers and is still in shape. I believe that the sectional got a little easier as well, so I expect them to make the trip to State, I just don't know what the raod looks like at this point.

Cheers!