Preseason XC Countdown: Girls #5

<p> Texas MileSplit is counting down the 12 days until the first full weekend of cross country meets. &nbsp;Each day we will highlight one boys team and one girls team, with the idea that they are &quot;programs to watch&quot; for the upcoming season. &nbsp;This series is not intended to be a true ranking of the top 12 teams in the state overall, but instead an opportunity to highlight schools that have had strong recent success or have lots of talent returning for this fall.</p>

Cypress Woods has plenty of talent back, but there isn't much data to evaluate the team's progress since last fall.

 

Cypress Woods has very impressive returning 5K times, good enough to rank 3rd among all teams in the state.  The Wildcats finished 4th in the 5A state meet last year, and they return their top 5 from that race, so the talent level is not in question.  The only big problem is that the cross country state meet was 9 months ago, and we don't have a lot of data with which to evaluate this team's progress in that time.  Only two returning girls have times in the database from track season, although returning #1 Madison Gilcrease does have marks of 5:09 and 11:13.  The rest of the returners are a mystery, and so Cypress Woods could be looking at anything from contending for the 6A title to going home after the regional.

 

  Cypress Woods (TX)  
  1) Madison Gilcrease   18:41.00 19
  2) Lorena Malendez   19:05.60 42
  3) Kelsey Evans   19:31.31 99
  4) Gabby Howes   19:34.30 106
  5) Alexis Dunn   19:34.33 107
  Average Time: 19:17.31 Total Time: 1:36:26.54 1-5 Split: 53.33
  6) Kara Sanstrom   19:40.94 135
  7) Katie Deakins   21:02.56 497