Vuzun wrote:
Based on XC 2022 results, NO ONE was going to touch Ventura during XC 2023. After XC CIF finals 2023, everyone knew how this worked out
Well it's a discussion forum, and we wanted to hypothesize results for next year even if there was a chance they wouldn't come true. If it wasn't for injuries, they probably would have made NXN based off their previous results. They definitely would have cruised to a D2 win at least if healthy.
They lost one of their top 5 runners, and FastHorse uncharacteristically faltered at State Finals after dominating his other races.
It's like people saying L&L were only top 20 runners for 2022 because they bombed at NXN. Any ranking would still have them top 10 or top 5 based off all their previous results and you wouldn't be ridiculed for predicting a year before that they would dominate the year just because they failed to perform at NXN.