Colorado State Cross Country Championships 2012

Things get a little intense on the state meet starting line. Photo by Jeff McCoy.

The pieces are largely interchangeable on Monarch's varsity seven. On Saturday, it was Elissa Mann leading the pack. Photo by Karen McCoy.

Exultant, Ashi Geberkidane approaches the finish line to his state championship run. Photo by Karen McCoy.

Things were at pretty close quarters for the start of the 4A girls race and stayed that way well into the event. Photo by Jeff McCoy.

Garrett Coles rounds the turn at the creek crossing en route to a third-place individual finish. Photo by Jeff McCoy.

Danielle Medearis leads a parade of finishers to start the scoring for eventual state champion Holy Family. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Bailey Roth held a slim lead at two miles, but Eli Hemming kept Roth well within range for the final surge. Photo by Alan Versaw.

All wrapped up in the finish banner, Paul Roberts claims what could be but the first in a long list of state titles. Photo by Karen McCoy.

Pine Creek's Heather Bates breaks the tape all alone, but it took some late rewriting of the script to get us to this point. Photo by Karen McCoy.

Rachel Hampton not only maintained her lead on the second half of the course, but gained on all of the field except Miriam Roberts. Photo by Alan Versaw.

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