The New Mexico Cross Country Countdown breaks down the top boys and girls teams returning this fall. These rankings will include projected top runners and weighing how each team may do in their respective districts and state competitions. Changes to class alignments and adaptions to state championship format have been taken into consideration.
We can only wonder how the Bulldogs would have fared in 2019 with now graduated Emily Schoellkopf and Vivian Micono who only competed in the Cleveland invite last season. They likely would have been in the realm of a 5th place finish. Fast forward to this season with the hope of Micono returning to competition, Albuquerque high once again sets its sights on a better-contested state race. Returning runners include Safiya Zavala-Sweet, Ava Straton, Elena Dunn, Sofia Sanchez, and Sofia Hren. This is a team that could arguably be ranked higher on the list but with the uncertainty of Vivian Micono they will remain in that 8t...
