...20 spots in the state meet last year. Only four of those girls graduated so the section will be a battlefield of top-flight runners including, Alexandria's Jamie Piepenburg, who was the state runner-up and a Monticello team that graduated...

...Hannah's number. We've seen her a number of times. Hannah is getting closer and closer. Piepenburg's a top-flight runner, Hannah is too. "Hannah and Jenna ran together for much of the last mile. It was a sprint through the mud to...

...would crush everyone, and we were so close, which was awesome." Herath said this was a special group, with no top-flight runner, but a group of girls who stuck together and watched good things happen when they run close to teammates. "Not...

...the tables. "They're comparable runners. Thomas was ninth at state last year, Drew was seventh. They're top-flight runners and good friends. It's kind of a friendly rivalry. "It was a good race for Thomas. He said his legs felt a...