With the opening of each new year of high school cross country comes a
changing of the order. Not everywhere, but here and there.
This weekend has brought just such a changing of the order to Colorado high school cross country.
While there's still a lot of season left to finalize things, Colorado's
new king (and queen) of the hill appears to be aptly named: Monarch.
And, you had better be hill-qualified if you have aspirations of
bringing home the team trophy this year.
While most of us thought Boulder was running away with the 5A girls
race, Monarch's white singlets slipped by with little notice. In the
end, it was a three-point victory for Monarch over their in-district
rivals. Whether Monarch can keep the magic brewing all season long is a
question that must wait another eight weeks to be answered. On this day,
however, Monarch was hitting on all cylinders.
