Overall, it was a solid outing for the Chico State women, but it was also hard to get a gauge of just how well some of their newcomers fared a year ago, a couple of these rookies could certainly make an impact

However, Friday will be a good opportunity for us to truly gauge the ceiling of this still-developing If Jack McMahon improves and Jesse Hamlin has the fringe low-stick impact that we think he can, then great, but all of the uncertainty about how good the rest of this squad will be makes it difficult to gauge Texas Longhorns When it comes to Texas, this race will likely be a good gauge for how we should view

That makes it challenging to figure out and gauge what their current fitness is like.

We struggled to truly gauge how good she was at Chile Pepper XC Festival, but in her first collegiate race against legitimate competition, this former high school star proved that she is can be an instant-impact That's why Saturday seemed like the perfect opportunity to truly gauge just how good the Ducks are.

Yes, these team rankings are meant to be gauges of the summative value that each team boasts rather than Earlier, I mentioned that there was, "one other key name," who could potentially impact Texas' lineup

with freshman inexperience and only three races on her resume this season, it's hard to get a proper gauge

Truthfully, the West Coast Conference XC Championships was a tough race to gauge. He ran 8:42 in the steeplechase this past spring (which was super encouraging to see), but his impact

Trying to properly gauge the performances from a Division Three program like Hope College was admittedly As far as potential impact freshmen go, Madison Stern will be the one to look out for.

Transferring in from Mount Olive is the aforementioned Cas Kopmels who will likely be an immediate impact wouldn't have highlighted all of those names if we didn't think that they could each have a legitimate impact It's also hard to gauge just how good this team was throughout last fall.

Even so, it's still hard to properly gauge how effective she'll be on the national stage in that event She has hit three different PRs in three different events this winter with her most impactful performances