Blacksburg boys and girls will not be running at full stretch as they are sitting out some of their top runners on both sides including Nick Link and Matthew Paiser for boys and Claire Ewing-Nelson and Jennifer Fleming for girls, so the door is open with a field including many of their top challengers to state team titles in Group AA present at the Clash with the Titans. The top four ranked girls' squads in Group AA will be racing at Hidden Valley's home course on Saturday between #1 Blacksburg, #2 Jefferson Forest, #3 Christiansburg, and #4 Hidden Valley. Meanwhile, the boys' team race is loaded as well with four of the top six ranked Group AA squads in #1 Blacksburg, #3 Christiansburg, #5 Brentsville, and #6 Hidden Valley.
With last year's Clash with the Titans boys' individual runner-up Nick Link of Blacksburg sitting out this weekend's race, a handful of runners now find themselves in contention to start their 2012 season off with a victory. Christiansburg's Zach...
