Is this the year that Fort Sumner's recent stranglehold on 1A girls track and field is broken?
If you're needing a reason to show up in Albuquerque for the 1A/2A state championships in early May, look no further than 2A boys.
In the 3A girls, it looks to be the age-old question of quality versus quantity.
There's good reason to be paying attention to what happens up in San Juan County this spring.
An early look at 5A girls suggests there are two strong contenders out of the gate in Sue Cleveland and La Cueva, but a few other schools have enough firepower to keep hopes alive.
Early indications are that 1A boys may become the tightest state title race in any classification this spring.
Of the classifications looked at thus far, Estancia in 2A girls looks like the biggest preseason favorite of all.
Here's a sneak peak at what a 3A boys state meet would look like based on (incomplete, but growing) results taken from the 2011 outdoor season.
And now for a quick glance at what the returnees in 4A Girls Track and Field look like in a mock meet from last year's state meet results...
Have you ever wondered what the state meet standings may have looked like if you took only the athletes who would be returning the next year?