No. 2: Crater (OR)
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Analysis: Crater may have graduated its top runner in school history, Tyrone Gorze, but it would be a mistake to sleep on Crater in 2023.
With five returners back, including No. 1 Josiah Tostenson -- a high school junior with as much talent as Gorze -- this team could be dangerous far down the line.
They are the defending Oregon Class 5A champions, the winners of NXR Northwest and fourth-place finishers at NXN. The team's returning average of 15:31.79 is no. 3 in the nation, only behind Southlake Carroll and American Fork.
Crater also owns the fifth-best returning speed rating average in the country at 175.8.
Biggest Question: Can this experienced crew have one last hurrah?
Gorze's graduation will have some doubting whether this team is capable of its heights last year. But that would be a mistake. With three seniors and two juniors returning, the squad will be upperclassmen savvy. The question will be: Can they silence the doubters?
RANK | DATE-TEAM |
|---|---|
| 25 | Aug. 21 -- Ridgefield (CT) |
| 24 | Aug. 21 -- Bentonville (AR) |
| 23 | Aug. 21 -- Ventura (CA) |
| 22 | Aug. 21 -- McCallie School (TN) |
| 21 | Aug. 21 -- Rocky Mountain (ID) |
| 20 | Aug. 22 -- Portland Jesuit (OR) |
| 19 | Aug. 23 -- Downers Grove North (IL) |
| 18 | Aug. 24 -- Riverton (UT) |
| 17 | Aug. 25 -- Great Oak (CA) |
| 16 | Aug. 26 -- Valor Christian (CO) |
| 15 | Aug. 27 -- Carmel (IN) |
| 14 | Aug. 28 -- Wichita Trinity Academy (KS) |
| 13 | Aug. 29 -- Union Catholic (NJ) |
| 12 | Aug. 30 -- Farragut (TN) |
| 11 | Aug. 31 -- University (WV) |
| 10 | Sept. 1 -- CBA (NJ) |
| 9 | Sept. 2 -- Stevens Point (WI) |
| 8 | Sept. 3 -- Herriman (UT) |
| 7 | Sept. 4 -- Wayzata (MN) |
| 6 | Sept. 5 -- Belen Jesuit (FL) |
| 5 | Sept. 6 -- Coeur d'Alene (ID) |
| 4 | Sept. 6 -- Southlake Carroll (TX) |
| 3 | Sept. 6 -- New Orleans Jesuit (LA) |
| 2 | Sept. 6 -- Crater (OR) |
| 1 | Sept. 6 -- American Fork (UT) |