With a mile to go it was clear someone from Peyton would win.
The only question was who.
Nathan Schluessler led teammate Josh Kearse by a few strides, but Kearse used the undulating terrain over the final mile to turn the tables.
In what had become a team-race, Kearse caught Schluessler with nearly half-a-mile to go, and stretched his lead to a few seconds.
The Peyton senior crossed the finish line in 17:28, which was just five-seconds ahead of Schluessler's 17:33.
Just under half-a-minute passed before Lutheran's Ayden Terning sprinted in third in 18:09. That got the pencils moving in the team race.
Lutheran put three in the top-nine, and all five scoring runners in the top-24 to claim the team title with 52 points. Golden View Classical Academy was second with 86, while Wheat Ridge was third with 101.
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