The senior boys potentially feature the best grade-level team in meet history. Individually, Owen Mackenzie (Los Altos) is favored and returns to defend his title. His 15:27 last season was good for #20 all-time at Toro and he also blasted a 9:07 2 mile in the spring. But, we think Colton Colonna (St. Francis) will pose a huge threat and may steal his first win here, especially if his teammate Eric Eng can help him early on and through the famous Toro hills. Colton had a stellar spring with a 4:13 mile and will hope to keep it close at the end. Chris Anderson (SLV), Maximiliano Chavez (Cupertino), Ross D'Orfani (Bellarmine), Owen Tanaka (Cupertino), and Luca Bommarito (Los Gatos) seek to crack the top 10 once again. Teammates Daniel Skahill and Mason Elefant (St. Francis) will also mix it up in the top pack and hope to give the Lancers the best team showing in our 23 years. Christopher Plascencia (Marina) had a nice breakthrough in the spring and hopes to translate that into the fall. Others to watch include Jorge Benitez (Aptos), EJ Kelly (St. Francis-Watsonville), Max Chavez (Cupertino), Tommy Padilla (Palma), Rigo Garcia (Greenfield), Ryan Lawlor (Los Altos), Christian Santana (Kerman), Michael Vaquilar (Clovis West), Devin Makhini (Mitty), teammates Luke Hammers and Ted Fuell (Bellarmine), Joseph Loredo (San Benito), Peter Maciel (Alisal), Fausto Medina (King City), Jiovanni Garcia (North Monterey County), and Isaac Gensel (Monterey). Teams to watch are St. Francis and Bellarmine.