* Sadie Engelhardt won the Woodbridge XC Classic in September
Photo Credit: Raymond Tran/MileSplit
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The final high school cross country national championship is just two days away.
The Champs Sports National Cross Country Championships will feature 40 of the best runners in the country on Saturday at Balboa Park.
The MileSplit team gathered recently to make their picks. Which athletes do they feel will win the big dance? Which ones will come in second, third, fourth and fifth?
Check out our picks below and make your own in the polls to follow.
BOYS PREDICTIONS
STAFF | first | Second | third | fourth | fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Mull | Kole Mathison | Rocky Hansen | Hunter Jones | Brian DiCola | Benne Anderson |
| Ashley Tysiac | Rocky Hansen | Kole Mathison | Hunter Jones | Drew Griffith | Simeon Birnbaum |
| Olivia Ekpone | Hunter Jones | Rocky Hansen | Kole Mathison | Drew Griffith | Simeon Birnbaum |
| Jeff Parenti | Hunter Jones | Rocky Hansen | Kole Mathison | Sam Hansen | Nathan Atchue |
| Tony Jones | Hunter Jones | Rocky Hansen | Kole Mathison | Benne Anderson | Drew Griffith |
| Kyle Brazeil | Rocky Hansen | Hunter Jones | Simeon Birnbaum | Kole Mathison | Noah Breker |
GIRLS PREDICTIONS
girls champs | first | second | third | fourth | fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Mull | Ellie Shea | Karrie Baloga | Zariel Macchia | Sadie Engelhardt | Allie Zealand |
| Ashley Tysiac | Sadie Engelhardt | Ellie Shea | Karrie Baloga | Ciara O'Shea | Sophia Kennedy |
| Olivia Ekpone | Ellie Shea | Karrie Baloga | Sadie Engelhardt | Ciara O'Shea | Isabel Conde De Frankenberg |
| Jeff Parenti | Sadie Engelhardt | Ciara O'Shea | Ellie Shea | Karrie Baloga | Sophia Kennedy |
| Tony Jones | Karrie Baloga | Ciara O'Shea | Ellie Shea | Sophia Kennedy | Sadie Engelhardt |
| Kyle Brazeil | Karrie Baloga | Ellie Shea | Zariel Macchia | Tatum David | Allie Zealand |