Boys cross country runners to watch

Helped lead a resurgence for the Eagles last season, highlighted by a second-place team trophy at the Class 2A Highland Regional. Collman finished 36th at the Illinois Class 2A state meet with a personal best time of 15 minutes, 39.33 seconds, on the three-mile Detweiller Park course.

Continued the strong Lafayette tradition last season. Helped Lancers to a first-place team finish in the highly competitive Festus Bowles Invitational. His personal best of 15 minutes, 38.50 seconds, came in the Gans Creek Classic's Gold Division midway through the season. Finished 18th in the Class 5 state championship meet.

Returns after helping Tigers win a Missouri record eighth consecutive team state championship last season, breaking a tie with Jefferson County rival Herculaneum. Krieg finished fifth individually in the Class 4 state meet with a season-best time of 15 minutes, 30.7 seconds. The Tigers will try to push their streak to nine in a row this season and are seeking their 11th team title overall.

Ran to a fourth-place finish in the Class 3 state championship meet last season. His personal-best time of 15 minutes, 53 seconds, was set earlier in the season on the same Gans Creek course. Snoke helped Lancers to a fourth-place finish at the Class 3 District 1 meet and then an eighth-place finish at state.

Burst onto the scene as a freshman with eye-popping times and continued that trend last year. Ybarra has the area's top returning time on a three-mile course of 15 minutes and 7.20 seconds, set in the Class 3A state championship meet at Detweiller Park. Also showed off his skill on a 5K course with a 16:27 at the Forest Park Festival.