For the last several years, MileSplitCA Senior Editor Jeff George has produced a Countdown to XC feature in the 30 days leading up to the start of the fall season. This strange school year was no exception! However, the usual format for the countdown won't work this time around -- it depends heavily on spring track data (which we don't have) to evaluate championship contenders and try to predict emerging challengers. So, instead of a rankings-style countdown, I'm going to feature 30 boys teams and 30 girls teams that I think will have a significant impact on the upcoming, unique winter cross country season. The series began with the obvious contenders state-wide and in every section, and then we worked our way to some potential sleepers.
This article is an alphabetical list of all programs featured with links to those articles.
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Photos by DeAnna Turner and Daniel Tyree.