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.
One of the most interesting additions to 5A ranks, Los Lunas may be in a better position to succeed now that they are no longer under the shadow of those prominent programs of 4A. This is a fresh start for the Tigers who have been on an upward trend the past few seasons. For a team to move up in classification and immediately be a contender is not too common but that speaks to the level of competition this Tigers squad has endured. Mica Sparks and Butch Bottini lead Los Lunas after they both landed within the top 40 en route to their 6th place team finish. Eneas Armijo comes in as the only underclassmen for the Tigers as he fi...
