For most of the teams at Saturday's University of New Mexico Lobo Invitational, this will be the start of another season of cross country. And there's always a little buzz that goes with the opening of a new season.
The UNM Lobo is the early-season proving grounds for large-school New Mexico cross country. To be sure, there are a few intrepid small school programs that show up and race, but the UNM Lobo is a big meet without divisions and that tends to keep the crowd to mostly large schools.
Last year, this meet featured a boys showdown between Cleveland and Los Alamos. We all already had a good idea how strong Cleveland would be. We learned very quickly how good Los Alamos would be. As it was under the lights on opening weekend, so it was under the clouds at state--a picture of Cleveland and Los Alamos domination.
What boys team or teams will be revealed this year? There has been a lot of chatter about how strong Albuquerque Academy will be this fall, To this poin...
