The Top 100 Returning 800m Runners In XC This Year

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* Knoxville Catholic's Keegan Smith has won four of five races this fall and is the fastest combined runner at 5K and 800m this season

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Not all elite half-milers are cross country athletes. But the majority of elite cross country athletes run the 800m over the outdoor season. 

We wanted to see how those two variables stacked up this cross country season. 

We pulled the top 100 returning 800m runners from both the boys' and girls' fields and then looked at their 5K performances over the season. Our first data set look at the fastest combined runners at the two distances, while the second sorts that data based solely on fastest returning 800m. 

That first one? Definitely an interesting study. Knoxville Catholic's Keegan Smith and Ann Arbor Pioneer's Rachel Forsyth are the fastest combined athletes at those distances this fall. 

Check out the data in the links below.


INDEX: 

TOP COMBINED BOYS XC-800M PERFORMERS - TOP COMBINED GIRLS XC-800M PERFORMERS