2017 Green Valley Boys Cross Country Capsule

League: Class 4A Southeast

Head coach: Bud Beam, third season

Returning lettermen: Five

Top athletes: Milton Amezcua (Sr.), Martin Nelson (Sr.), Jesus Narciso (Sr.), Cristian Kongsrud (Jr.), Ayden Patricalli (So.)

Outlook: Amezcua, a second-team all-state selection last year, finished 17th in the Class 4A state meet and leads a list of five returnees for the Gators.

Green Valley was the state runner-up last year, but five of the seven who ran at the state meet have graduated.

Nelson placed 17th in the Sunrise Region meet and joins Narciso, who is back after being injured last year, in providing leadership for a team with high hopes.

“We will rely on our three seniors, who all have big race experience, in our effort to make it back to the state meet in Reno,” Beam said.