
Camren Todd heads up a very strong returning delegation from the Davis program. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Before November 19 rolls around, we will look at this year's version of Nike Cross Southwest from just about every angle imaginable. Today's angle is simply to score last year's meet by eliminating all the seniors and looking only at returning runners.
The scoring below reflects all returning runners from all races. Obviously, schools that brought large delegations to NXR-SW 2015 are at an advantage here over schools that brought only seven individuals. But, even this analysis tells us quite a bit worth knowing, and most of the teams in the Boys Championship race did bring enough individuals down for open races to give us a reasonable idea of what they have coming back this year.
Vista Nation (Mountain Vista, CO) and Davis (Davis, UT) fare best in this analysis. In fact, both come out ahead of "Unattached," a conglomeration of returning athletes who weren't attached to any team last f...