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A few last-minute details about Nike Cross Southwest 2016 that you don't want to overlook.
What are speed ratings? What do they mean? Which teams have have been earning the best rated performances this season?
Check to see who you're toeing the starting line with on Saturday!
This year's Nike Cross Regionals - Southwest will be November 19 in Casa Grande, Arizona. That's the same place and same course it's been for the last two years
Camren Todd heads up a very strong returning delegation from the Davis program. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Sara Musselman returns for her senior season with hopes of landing another American Fork berth at Nike Cross Nationals. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Jesse Madrid (2002) is part of a deep roster of returning runners for Hobbs who figure to give the rest of New Mexico fits this fall. Photo by Alan Versaw.
MileSplit previews the top returning girls teams for the meet.
MileSplit previews the top returning teams in the NXN Southwest Region
MileSplit previews the top returners in the NXN Southwest Regional
MileSplit previews the top returning girls of the meet.
Alex Fu and Mountain Vista have made a habit of leaving the opposition in their dust, their spray, or whatever other debris the course provides. Photo by Jeff McCoy.
Battle Mountain fields one of the top small-school girls teams anywhere in the nation. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Preseason rankings are here for the Southwest Region!
Much has been written over the years about the Albuquerque Academy boys, but the AA girls also run a pretty solid show. Photo by Adam Kedge.
No result over the last two weeks made more waves in the rankings than the 1-2 finish of Mountain Vista and Palmer Ridge at Woodbridge. Photo by Amanda Tivnan.
Although they came up short of SW #2 Alamosa, the TCA boys showed well at the Pueblo Central Invitational on Saturday. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Peak to Peak shoved their way into the regional top 10 with a strong performance at Desert Twilight on Friday night. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Girls XC team score rankings for all 9 region qualifiers for the Nike Cross Nationals based on XC team scoring the season best 5K times in the MileSplit database teams from all states in each NXN region.
Boys top 100 XC team score rankings for all 9 region qualifiers for the Nike Cross Nationals based on XC team scoring the season best 5K times in the MileSplit database teams from all states in each NXN region.
If you're not registered but still wanting to be part of this year's show, you need to act quickly. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Nobody in Colorado came close to solving the Brie Oakley puzzle this fall. Photo by Jeff McCoy.
Casey Clinger meets the Utah state meet finish line with a large gap on his pursuers. Photo by Bryan Deibel.
With the NXN Southwest Regional coming up this weekend, we take a look at the fastest performing teams and individuals this season in the region's states.
We go back and take a look at the top 500 times run at the NXN Southwest Regional's meet history as well as look at the top performing programs all-time taking the top 7 runners over the meet's history.
Watch all race videos from the 2016 NXN Southwest Regional in Casa Grande, Arizona.
Check out photos taken by Alan Versaw from the 2016 NXN Southwest Regional in Casa Grande, Arizona on Saturday, November 19th.