Eaglecrest's Omotumininu Olatipo puts a little space between herself and the field in the 200 meters. Photos by Alan Versaw.
On a weekend of meets with monster implications for rankings, this was one where you had to pick your spots a little. Many teams came to this meet with less than fully-loaded rosters.
If you picked the right spots, though, you saw plenty of women in black. But, it helps to be clued in about those women in black. There isn't much about their teamwear that would give the school idenity away. You just have to know that the women in black are fast and that they run for Eaglecrest High School. They just don't advertise than on their singlets. If you're good enough, you don't have to say who you are very often.
Eaglecrest had several nice results out of this meet. They started things off with a 1:44.97 SMR8, a mark that would take them to the #3 ranking in the state. But, it wasn't long before two of the SMR8 cast were back on the track blazing a 1:...