Monster UIL State Meet Preview!!!

Both these are MUST WATCH races. Whether or not you like distance races is irrelevant. The boys race is wide open. Everyone here looking for big PRs and you have some lethal kicks in this field. The Canyon duo has a big advantage being able to strategize ahead of time and could end up 1-2 in this race. On that same note could the Viegra brothers pull off an unprecidented family sweep? They will all have an eye on the youngster from Southlake Carroll who's kick is now becoming famous. Reed Brown has shown composure beyond his years and someone will have to keep the pace high or they'll have a tough time trying to out sprint Brown if they run a 4:17-4:20 pace.

We finally get to watch Heymach and Clark go head to head, and it will repeat in the 3200m and 1600m. Both athletes run well in the 800-3200 so they have the speed to drop fast times in the 1600. As long as the race doesn't get too tactical, I'm predicting the record to go down. Since running 4:48 in 2013, haven't seen that kind of results from Boreman, though she is in better shape this year and could play a factor down the stretch. Maddy Reed is one of the few with only one race on her schedule and that certainly plays into her hand not having a 3200 or 800 in her legs. Everyone else will have to have big races to contend with Heymach & Clark, and with Clark's 400m speed she will be tough to beat.

Out of the two races he's in this week, this is the best chance for someone to take down Carter Blunt. He's been the best in the state run 4:12-4:13 pretty consistently, he'll face off against some other athletes who can also push that range. Andrew Tankersley is shooting for sub-4:10 and Tank has the strength of a 400-800 runner to out sprint anyone if he can keep up with the fast pace Blunt is sure to set straight from the gun.

On the girls side, UT commit Jordan Welborn will look to wrap up her senior year in on her future home track. Could she see a sub-5 for the first time? With the top-5A 1600 girl Kelsie Warren not in the race, Gray and Johnston are the most likely to challenge Welborn.

Both the 4A races are going to be closely contested. The boys have a big group running sub-4:25 and the girls running around 5:16-5:18. The races are pretty wide operand dominated by upperclassmen.

The girls race is going to be a battle aiming at 5:30. No one has run under that mark so far, but with a pack in the low 5:30s we could see that easily broken in the race for the State Title.

Uribe and Bell are evenly matched having both run 5:30. No one else has shown they can run in that range in 2015, but the state meet is place to make that happen.