VTHSXC.COM Vermont HS Boys Cross Country Rankings - Oct. 2, 2023
Boys Overall Top 10
St. Jay
U32
CVU
Essex
MHS
BFA StA
Burl
SB
Midd
MMU
The Wood Trail Invitational this coming Saturday is one of the great Green Mountain State sporting traditions. The leaves are in fine form and almost every high school team and runner in the state is on hand to battle over the brutal but beautiful 5k course on the campus of Thetford Academy. The race serves as a preview of the State Championship Meet in a month's time but also offers a unique format. At Woods Trail all runners are grouped into 5 heats (five each for boys and girls) based on relative ability. This means that every runner is in a race with 100-200 competitors with similar projected finishing times. In other words both potential state champs and complete novices are in a race where they can compete for a high finish.
With most teams idle or competing in relatively small races there were no changes in the rankings this week. The one noteworthy run was from #3 CVU which performed impressively at the Black Bear Invite against some of the best teams from MA and NH. Look for the Redhawks to put some pressure on #1 St.Jay as they look to close the gap with the Hilltoppers for the D1 crown.
While the boys from the NEK are the clear favorites on the team side, their top three runners Andrew Thorton-Sherman, Emmett Johnson and Carson Eames have to be among the favorites to win the individual title. To do so they will have to go through U32’s Cyrus Hansen,BFA’s Porter Hurteau and CVU’s Dan Knight and Owen Deale who have all shown excellent form in the early season races.
VTHSXC.COM Vermont HS Girls Cross Country Rankings - Oct. 2, 2023
Girls Overall Top 10
CVU
U-32
South Burlington
Essex
Harwood
MMU
St Johnsbury
Burlington
Burr and Burton
Middlebury
The Wood Trail Invitational this coming Saturday is one of the great Green Mountain State sporting traditions. The leaves are in fine form and almost every high school team and runner in the state is on hand to battle over the brutal but beautiful 5k course on the campus of Thetford Academy. The race serves as a preview of the State Championship Meet in a month's time but also offers a unique format. At Woods Trail all runners are grouped into 5 heats (five each for boys and girls) based on relative ability. This means that every runner is in a race with 100-200 competitors with similar projected finishing times. In other words both potential state champs and complete novices are in a race where they can compete for a high finish.
A week after CVU loses its first meet of the season, while running without their top 2 runners, they venture to Thetford to show the competition what they are like at full strength once again. For the first time in a while all of the VT top 10 girls teams will be competing at Thetford. This will give everyone a great opportunity to see where people stand head to head with one month to go until the State Championship Meet.