Really hope our ladies took their game up another level this summer! If Julia Black, Abbey Santoro, Gemma Goddard, and Maddie Livingston improved that would be amazing! Grace Plain looked extremely well during track and possibly our top girl, hopefully it can transfer over to xc! Really excited to see who else will crack the top 7 maybe even push these 5 mentioned ladies. Carson Parker and Amanda Hogan are a few of the freshman I expect to contribute!!
As for the men it's a little more complicated to choose who our best 5 will be, therefore we need many to step up! Eric Casarez will lead us and hopefully have a consistent season. Transfer Francesco Romano can be a solid number 2 and push Casarez! We just need others like Hoffpauir, Cawthra, Benn, and Chung to step up and carry their momentum from the strides made on the track! Let's see what freshman can contribute although it's hard to gauge based on the bigger jump in distance. Kyle Easton will be a solid freshman, but I'm curious to see what Chandon Chhikara will do! Hasn't ran xc since 2018, BUT has gotten so much stronger especially in track! Ran a 5k not far behind Casarez at Texas Relays