(Photo: Greg Hall)
1. Fatima
Location: Westphalia, MO
Enrollment: 386
Head Coach: Marcus Bridges
District (Place): 4 (1st)
2016 State Place: 1st
Key Top 7 Returners: Brianna Haller (1), Kendall Haller (2), Katelyn Vanderfeltz (3), Alexis Fischer (5), Alyssa Stuemph (6), Kailey Woody (7)
Well, it's not even close here. Fatima's girls put their entire top 7 in the top 19 last year and are returning 6 of those girls. There are only 19 girls returning in all of Class 2 and Fatima has 6 of them. Brianna Haller is the returning champ and we've been able to say that three times now heading into cross country seasons. She will have challengers this year, but even if she doesn't score 1 point, her teammates, especially the three others previewed in our individual rankings, will most certainly be scoring low behind her. They've won 4 straight team titles and could very well make it 5. This is a dynasty, folks, and we all need to take notice.