Notes: Meet in 4 Weeks, Preseason Top 15 Teams, Top WHS Times, etc

• In 4 weeks, we have the Pioneer Clash of the Classes.  It's a great race to start the season, "a fun and low-pressure way to cap your pre-season training. Every class has its own separate 2-mile race. Separate races for each grade (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)."  
• NC Runners has started its Preseason Countdown of top 15 teams, announcing one Boys and one Girls team each day.  #15  -  #10 have been revealed and no Watauga so far.  I'm guessing about #5 and #8, but it's just preseason projections--not good information on focus, injury, freshmen, and other unpredictables.
• In the links to the left, Watauga's Top 5K Times are now updated.  A lot of times and names were added for meets since October 2010!
• Do other high schools have a website like this?  Not too many.  Some have probably moved on to FB, Twitter, and newer formats.  Here are a few: Allatoona HS, Georgia;  Meridian HS, Idaho;  Santa Rosa HS, California.
• How to Watch a Cross Country Meet  -- We'll take a look at this again as the season starts.  I especially like the last (3rd) page on "How to Cheer for Distance Runners," with good and bad examples.  You might also enjoy this same guy's "Uncool: How NBC Makes Track and Field Dull" for the Olympics.