Kaila Green has been a mainstay of Brighton's scoring five this season and ran to a second-place finish at last night's John Martinez Mercury Classic. Colorado Track XC file photo by Alan Versaw.
If you're a big fan of Brighton cross country, this was your kind of meet.
It was not merely a home meet, which should be good enough, but it was also a serious piece of domination by the homestanding team.
Brighton spotted Prairie View's Xavier Hunt the winning time of 17:26 for the boys race, but after that it was a ravenous pack of Bulldogs. Ricky Friedly, Chase Weliever, and Juan Martinez went 2-3-4, with Brighton stuffing three more into the top ten.
And so, an otherwise nice performance by Prairie View got relegated to second place in the team scoring.
It was even more convincing on the girls side. Kaitlyn Becker took off with the win in 20:34 with her back covered by Kaila Green, Alicia Montoya, and Kiran Green. Prairie View briefly made a fight of it with black-and-gold occupying the next...
