Top 300 Freshmen
The season my be young, but Saturday is going to afford us a pretty awesome opportunity to see most of the names at the top of this list on the same course at the same time. Voyles Classic is the first major meet of the season for the Mid-State Cross Country Association and will feature ten of the top twelve ranked freshmen in these rankings including two reigning middle school state champions. Larkin Johnson and Sarah Potter both won their respective TMSAA Divisions in fall of 2021 and also won the 1600m in the TMSAA Track State Championship. This will be their first time on the course together over 5000 meters.
Brynn Balturshot placed runner up to Potter in the 1600m but through two races this season has not finished behind any other competitors including her most recent race below at Welch College.
While these competitors in middle school mostly avoided each other, I feel like we're going to see on the same course with more frequency over the next couple of s...