You don't often see a competitive boys' team that only graduates one runner over a two-year span, but this is one.
There are at least three strong contenders for the new 5A title entering the fall season, and Wakeland is one of them. What makes this team stand out? The Wolverines made a huge leap forward from 2012 to 2013, thanks largely to the infusion of three new freshmen that made the team's top 7 for the state meet (as opposed to only one senior on that squad). Add in the three sophomores they ran at last year's 4A state meet, where they finished third, and you can tell that Wakeland has an extremely bright future. The Wolverines will not graduate a single one of their projected top 7 for 2014, meaning they only lose one runner over the two-year span. That kind of youth is very rare in boys' competition, and it gives this team a longer window to try to bring home a state title: they should contend this year, but might not reach their full peak until 2015. It's not hard to imagine this team with at least three sub-16 runners this fall, and if one of the depth runners can close the gap between the 5-6-7 runners and the tightly-packed front four, Wakeland will be formidable.
| Frisco Wakeland (TX) | |||
| 1) Justin King | 16:04.40 | ||
| 2) Cameron King | 16:15.20 | ||
| 3) Cutter Oglesby | 16:19.90 | ||
| 4) Noa Cuellar | 16:39.90 | ||
| 5) Tristan Byram | 17:32.00 | ||
| Average Time: 16:34.28 Total Time: 1:22:51.40 1-5 Split: 1:27.60 | |||
| 6) Carson Cornett | 18:18.60 | ||
| 7) Jakob Cuellar | 18:20.50 | ||
