It's progress. We talked about three meets where we got second last year and wanting to move up. We're 1-for-1 so far.

We finished second in our invitational as a team. Then we finished second in the regional as a team. In between those, we finished second in our conference as a team. With four girls back, I think there's only one way to go.

The No. 5 is the question mark for the team with the departure of Ashley. It's open to a freshman, a sophomore, whomever. It's pretty cut and dried in cross country. They'll all have the chance to show what they can do.

We'd get together for group runs this summer and I had a good turnout. Most of them ran a 5K or a 10K over the summer.