Ben Garner finished 2nd at state last year and is the preseason #1 boy in 6A in 2016. The Opelika senior is ready for big things this season!
We interrupted Grace Jensen at a team Pasta Dinner to interview the Junior before the season starts. An 18:36 last season also makes her the #5 Overall returner in the state. She also loves garlic bread....
Scottsboro Senior Karysn Whitehead has been one of the top runners in her classification each season. This year she is back in 5A and looking for a big win. We sat down with her to check how the summer has been and get her expectations for 2016!
We hear from Coach Hind about the Bucs prospects and upcoming season.
We previously listed a complete ranking based on average times of all returners that ran a 5K for a High School team last year. Our second phase of pre-season coverage will be a classifiication rakning based on 2013 averages of returning runners. Let the debates begin!
We previously listed a complete ranking based on average times of all returners that ran a 5K for a High School team last year. Our second phase of pre-season coverage will be a classifiication rakning based on 2013 averages of returning runners.
Our first set of XC previews will give runners, coaches and fans a good sense of who the top returning runners might be based on their averaged 5000 meter times from last season. Averaging takes all races at all the different venues...hilly or flat , fast or slow into consideration to give a good picture of where a runner might fare statewide.