So, who can lay claim to the best squad in the state?
Well, let's start with a disclaimer of sorts - take the PowerMerge with a slight subjective look - it was definitely much, much cooler in in the morning compared to the afternoon this year.
But - this is the one race where everyone runs the same course, on the same day.
So, who took the cake?
The Air Academy girls!
And get this -- their performance Saturday was The Best Ever in Colorado history.
Yes -- you read that last line right.
Air Academy averaged 17:56.74, and had a 1-5 split of just 20-seconds.
That made them not only the first squad to crack 18-minute average, but the first squad to crack 18:20 - that's how incredible they ran Saturday.
In this PowerMerge of all four races, Air Academy had four inside the-10, and their fifth as the 12th-fastest finisher. They "tallied" 42-points to take The Cake.
Niwot was a close "Runner-Up" in this PowerMerge with 59 points. They avera...