There's a theme across both boys and girls races from the 2021 3A Colorado State Championships...
And that's that we'll see a lot of returners.
Two-time defending state champ Katelyn Maley tops this girls. The Basalt junior will look to make it a three-peat next year. She rah 18:37 this year.
Allison Pippert, Jaycee Williams, and Isabel Allori are a clear 2-3-4 among returners. Pippert finished second this year, Williams was fourth, and Allori was fifth.
Among the teams, Alamosa and Basalt return all seven from this year's squad, while Liberty Common returns five.
They are the top-three returning squads.
As mentioned in a previous edition of these "Top returners from the state meet..." articles, keep in mind that this list is based on returners from the 2021 state meet only. Team scores can only be tallied among teams who return five-or-more runners from this year's state meet.
Defending state champ Matthew Edwards tops the boy's list. The Classical Academy sophomore ran 15:34 for a dominati...