Colorado state: Niwot and Boulder meet a national-level field

Defending 5A champion Niwot brings DyeStat’s No. 4 boys team and No. 7 girls team to Colorado Springs, with No. 9 Boulder, No. 13 Fairview, No. 14 Heritage, No. 16 ThunderRidge and No. 20 Arapahoe in the girls race. Northfield’s Abdi Hassan, No. 2 in DyeStat’s individual rankings, Coronado’s Oliver Horton (No. 10) and Eaton’s Delaney Reuter (No. 9 girls) are all entered. No. 29 Mountain Vista looks to pull an upset in the boys race with its star-studded duo of Benjamin Adams and Riley Kiziah. The 5A girls race starts at 1:00 p.m. MT and the 5A boys at 2:20 p.m.