Metro Championships 2012

Just as they did last Saturday, New Mexico's high school cross country crowd will be rising with the sun to great another glorious morning of racing. Photo by Tim Host.

The days leading up to the 2012 Albuquerque Metro cross country championships were characterized by a high degree of anticipation. 

As we pass the midpoint of the season, one consistent theme emerging is that the strong teams are not faltering. If there is to be a changing of the order of things, the time window for that to happen is growing shorter with each weekend of action.

Once again, we hit the road across the Great Southwest. Really big and meaningful meets were difficult to come by this weekend, but I'll tell you what we turned up: