Boys race:
For the 2nd week in a row the team placed first in a competitive field, edging 2nd-place Manitou Springs in a tie breaker. McKeon Fogarty led the team, placing 6th overall in a huge personal best time of 17:07, chopping almost a minute off his previous fastest. Josh Pittman (12th in 17:32) and Canyon Cannell (13th with a 17:32 PR), also cracked the top 15. Jack Kwasny (18th) cut almost 20 seconds from his PR with a 17:49, and Jens Jorgensen (18:03) shaved 9 sec. from his previous best for 23rd. This would normally complete the scoring runners for the team, but after tallying the top-5 finishers' points (which are based on overall finishing position), Pine Creek and Manitou were tied for 1st with 68 points. When this happens, the win goes to the team whose 6th runner finished first, which was Luke Dulski, whose PR 19:07 was almost 40 places ahead of Manitou's #6.Miles Consadine (19:54 PR), Wesley Roth (20:09 PR), Wyatt Pittman (20:10), Collin Thomson 20:15 PR), Levi Andrews (20:31 PR), and Jadon Harvey (21:34 PR, 3 min. ahead of last week's time!) also edged Manitou's #6 runner.Other runners logging personal best times were Alex Nau (21:45), Aiden Barnett (21:50), Tyler Sullens (21:58), Andrew Buchanan (22:36), Thomas Spillane (23:19), Cody Schaeffer (23:53), Kenneth Linse (26:59), Azure Aguilar (27:07), Ezekiel Ramirez (28:48), Asher Burress (30:01), and Zac Quinton (30:36).
Girls race:
The girls team placed 5th of 14 teams, led by Kaylee Castellini, who finshed 20th overall in 21:46. Zoe Douglass, running 22:19 for a 19-sec. PR, Langley Arnold (22:20), Jill Hamilton (23:10), and Kate Swendsen (23:12) completed the scoring top 5. Girls team members notching personal best times in the race were Charlotte Stanton (23:30), Madilynn Simington (27:49), Hailey Serrano (28:48), Belle Woodburn (30:55), Naomi Shamebo (30:36), Callie Hazard (32:08, altitude PR), and Zoey Aker (36:10).
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