Top Teams, Individuals Start Making a Move, as We Preview Week 3

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It's Week 3 of the 2017 cross country season in Kansas, and we're getting a few more clues about how it's all going to shake out when the state championships roll around in late October.

For one, I think Mill Valley is a legitimate contender in class 5A. I got a first-hand look at them last weekend in Emporia, and aside from winning the boys and girls divisions, I saw a team that runs together and fights at the finish.

 

Now, you have got to have some talent, too, and the willingness to work hard. But state trophies are won by teams that give that little bit of extra, and it seems to me that forming a tight pack and winning a few finish-line battles qualifies as being a "little extra."

 

They're also taking on the best teams in the state week-to-week. After running at the Greg Wilson Classic in Week One - where the girls' squad beat 5A powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas - the Jaguars swept the team titles at the Emporia Invitat...