
Alexa Cruz looked like she had turned on the "Cruz control" at the 2013 Cross Country Finals. The St. Thomas Aquinas standout and runner-up the previous fall, ran away from the field to win the championship in 18:02.26, the fastest time of any returner. Cruz had a very successful outdoor track and field season winning the 3200m state championship and posting season bests of 5:07.03 (1600m) and 10:43.79 (3200m at Texas Relays). She headlines the 4A leaderboard. Standing in her way will be Emily Headley. The Olympia senior was second as a freshman, fourth as a sophomore, and third as a junior. The only place she hasn't finished is first. Is this her year? She ran 18:07.42 at the district meet last year and has gone 5:09.00 on the track. The second pack should include Cruz's teammates Margaret Schloss and Brianna Rischar along with Kayley Delay and Winter Park juniors Katherine Kuhn and Emily Nix. Check out the top twenty returning 4A girls below, and click the link for the complet...