As boys’ cross country nears State on Saturday, November 8, varsity prepares for the meet, and the rest of the team trains for track season.

In the regular season, the team was undefeated in dual races, which consist of two to five other school teams and usually are not very intense.

The team is different this year, and with a different focus. The focus this year was to keep the 2-5 runners together consistently, according to Matt Milner, junior.

“We also have a much younger team this year. A majority of the team is underclassmen, and our varsity is made up of four underclassmen,” Milner said.

The last race for was the Conference Championship at Lake Forest High School on Saturday, October 18. The freshmen/sophomore team and varsity team placed first at Conference, but the rest of the team is still training.

“We’re looking to put in a good winter of training to set us up for a strong track season,” Burns said.