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.
The Chieftains return to familiar standing as they finished 5th place among 4A in 2019 with the majority of their runners returning. They finished behind a senior-heavy Santa Teresa and were well behind the likes of Los Alamos and Academy. Now with another year of experience under their belt, they will be taking on some challenges from Kirtland Central and Miyamura who they dominated at 1-4A District meet and at state. Senior Demitrrius Young returns as the top returning runner for Shiprock as he finished 18th at the state meet and 3rd at District. The rest of the Chieftains pack together nicely Orye Franklin, Justin Bi...
