2018 Atlantic XC Teams

The Atlantic cross country teams are coming off a stellar season that saw both the boys and girls squads make a team appearance at the state meet. With the bar raised expectations and goals are lofty for the 2019 season. Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason said they want to keep improving each week throughout the season.

On the girls side Taylor McCreedy is expected to lead the way again after a stellar season last year that ended with a sixth place medal at State. 5 of the top 7 scorers are back for the squad to help them try to make another state run. Coach Vargason said McCreedy has been a great leader by example and said she is pushing herself and the team to accomplish more.

The boys squad loses top runner Jalen Petersen who is off to continue his running career in college but the rest of the scoring runners from last season are back. Coach Vargason said they have seen good things from the returners and been surprised by some of the new runners into the fold.

Atlantic opens up the season at the Ram Invite in Glenwood on Saturday. You can hear the full interview with Coach Vargason on Saturday morning at 8:30am on our first 2019 fall edition of the Saturday Morning Coaches Show.