2021 Cross Country Storylines: Hardin Valley Boys

Hardin Valley Boys

Last Year

At the outset of last year, I thought we would have a better grasp of the cross country landscape because I thought everyone would compete in state all season but that's not what happened at all. Many courses in large counties told host schools "you can't have that meet" (i.e. Steeplechase, Hermitage, & The Cedars of Lebanon) So what happened? Lots of schools went to Alabama every other week, the Knoxville schools created their own plan to only compete against each other, and Shelby County Schools shut it down altogether. There was little to no cross pollination from region to region.

All we had were times to base the rankings on so let's revisit these that were published in October of last year.

Rank Team Average Time
1 Bartlett 15:59
2 Franklin 16:04
3 HVA 16:18
4 Siegel 16:28
5 Houston 16:39


Now let's remind everyone what happened in November.

                                   Team Scores                                   
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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   1 Hardin Valley Academy        33    2    3    4    7   17   21  100          
      Total Time:  1:21:18.28                                                    
         Average:    16:15.66                                                    
   2 Franklin                    134   12   20   29   31   42   54  109          
      Total Time:  1:24:27.99                                                    
         Average:    16:53.60                                                    
   3 Houston                     162    5   15   39   46   57   64               
      Total Time:  1:24:37.16                                                    
         Average:    16:55.44                                                    
   4 Farragut                    164    6   16   25   37   80   92  127          
      Total Time:  1:24:35.40                                                    
         Average:    16:55.08                                                    
   5 Siegel                      193   10   24   38   51   70   91   97          
      Total Time:  1:25:08.34                                                    
         Average:    17:01.67