This year’s Mason invite appears to be shaping up to be a distance showdown on both the girls and the boys side of things. The Mason teams appear strong, but so too do the challengers, especially the Wayne girls along with Gahanna Lincoln. On the boy’s side, the LaSalle squad has a lot of strong pieces, as do the Wayne and Westerville teams and never count out Saint Xavier as they come off of their State Championship XC season. The most complete team appears to be Centerville, but they are still holding their cards until the post season as is their tradition. Overall, both the girls and the boy's competition appears to be loaded, and should provide a great post season test as these squads gear up for the end-of-the-season run.