Between Gina Hauptman, Hannah Everson, and Heather Bates (plus a few more), the distance competition figures to be pretty brutal around Colorado Springs this spring. Colorado Track XC file photo.
It's no secret. Girls distance in Colorado is as tough as it gets. California and New York may have bigger populations to work with, and almost every state races at lower elevation (most of the time), but, on an athlete-by-athlete basis, no state gets as much production out of its female high school distance runners as Colorado does. And this figures to be a pretty solid year, even by Colorado standards.
800 Meters
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Littleton's Kaela Edwards had things going her way all season long, right up until the second lap of the state 800. Edwards ran under 2:10 more than once during the season and looked to be headed to a state title until two somewhat more seasoned competitors, Olivia Anderson and Eleanor Fulton, caught her on the second lap of the state 800. You ...