Panorama Cross Country head coach Greg Thompson says his girls are the favorite to win this afternoon’s West Central Conference meet at Lake Panorama. The boys race, Thompson says, isn’t so clear cut. “On the boys side, we’ve talked now for two weeks how it could Madrid, Des Moines Christian, it could be us, depending on who runs well that day and who doesn’t, there could be seven teams that could walk out of there as conference champions.”

Middle school racing starts at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Lake Panorama with varsity to follow.