Well here it is the final preseason ranking for the boys. Next week on Monday will be the first of the new season rankings.
Not a real busy week to start the season but some top athletes will be racing.
Wow only five teams in MHSAA Class 1A girls have at least five runners returning in preseason rankings.
It is a race for second place in MHSAA 1A boys this season.
This will be a good team race by the State meet this season. Remember this uses last years best times for the ranking.
When looking at team rankings please remember that this does not rank runners of teams without at least five returning runners. This is a team score ranking so places are based on that.
A second leading athlete in Mississippi starts his weekly blog.
One school has a fairly comfortable lead in Class 2A team rankings but there are some good teams lurking in the pack.
It is going to be a tough year in Class 2A boys to win. Two teams are really close in team score.
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We need more full teams in the MAIS Class AA girls. This is free but once the season starts all team rankings will require a MileSplit Mississippi subscription.
I hope more teams compete in the MAIS Class AA division. This article is free but once the season starts these rankings will be premium content and you will require a MileSplit Mississippi subscription.
Class 3A will be a place for racing as the teams that moved up and down in the MHSAA Classifications settle in.
Week two from Mississippi's number one girls XC runner.
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Wow what a battle it will be in the Class AAA girls this season. Normally this would require a MileSplit subscription to see this but for this start of the year article it is free.
Boys AAA will have to race hard to win this season. With only five scoring teams this could have been a subscription read only and will be as the season progresses.
Corinth could be going for a sweep in Class 4A.
It looks like Hartfield Academy could have a clean sweep this year.
Saltillo looks to win Class 5A easily unless to other teams step up their level of competition.
MHSAA Class 5A boys will be competitive this season at the top but the rest of the teams will be playing catch up to the top two.
MAIS AAAAA boys has four teams out of six in the classification that ran cross country last year. You must be a MileSplit subscriber to see this ranking.
MAIS Class AAAAA consits of six teams but not all competed in cross country. This is a subscriber only article.
This was supposed to be two articles but to keep in step I made it into one. The entire ranking for both girls and boys are on the link at the bottom of their pages. You must be a MileSplit subscriber to see the entire rankings.
A follow up look at Class 6A boys returning times.
What changes did the new MHSAA Classifications make in the Class 6A girls rankings?