Connor Meaux may have made the transition to full-fledged stardom in the spring, and he leads a very experienced squad.
The database rates College Park as the 10th-best returning team using 5K rankings. I don't believe it, though, and here's why: the Cavaliers run well when it really counts, as evidenced by their performances at the regional and state meets last fall. After narrowly losing to their cross-town rivals at the Region II championship, this team finished second in the 5A race. During the course of the 2013 season, College Park also posted the best returning 3-Mile times in Texas despite the fact that Southlake Carroll and all of Region I ran on a 3-Mile course. History is on the Cavaliers' side, as well: over the last 3 years, their average final all-classes ranking has been just over 3rd, and they have the second-best track record of year-to-year improvement. Speaking of track, this is the top-rated team in the state when you look at team 1600 rankings, with 5 guys under 4:30 and Connor Meaux runnning 4:17 (he also clocked 9:08 for the 3200). College Park did graduate 3 of last year's top 7, but only one was in the top 5 at the state meet. The Cavaliers project to have a whopping 5 seniors in the top 7 this fall, including all of their top 4, so expect this team to be in "win-now" mode.
| The Woodlands College Park (TX) | |||
| 1) Connor Meaux | 15:36.30 | ||
| 2) Walter Sagehorn | 16:10.30 | ||
| 3) Cooper Burner | 16:10.70 | ||
| 4) Colton Nettleton | 16:37.50 | ||
| 5) Adam Filkowski | 17:31.50 | ||
| Average Time: 16:25.26 Total Time: 1:22:06.30 1-5 Split: 1:55.20 | |||
| 6) Adam Breaux | 17:39.70 | ||
| 7) Luis Nieto | 17:46.00 | ||