
Great teams are able to pack it in up front; Frontier Academy is a great team. Photo by Jeff McCoy.
All the same caveats that applied to 5A girls apply here. A lot of rankings--and especially so the earlier in the season we go--are dependent on the courses and conditions you run to that point in the season. Some teams have had excellent opportunities, and others not so much so.
We see, as expected, Alamosa and Frontier Academy at the top of the list. Both schools have had a fast-course opportunity--Alamosa at the Joe Vigil Invitational and Frontier Academy at Liberty Bell. If you're not inclined to think of those as equal opportunity, weigh the times as you think best. Lamar, Vanguard, and Jefferson Academy keep themselves in the hunt, but probably at a little distance from the big two.
At the bottom of the list of rankings, we take a look at what next year might look like with a set of rankings based on the times of only returning runners. Enjoy!