
Veterans Park in Lehigh Acres played host to the annual Ft. Myers Optimist Invite. Tyler Stowell and Ryan Stafford of The Elite Runner running store pulled double duty also helping out our coverage team this week. Check out Tyler's recap, as well as, Ryan's race videos (coming later) and interviews. Special thanks to Ed Guttery for the awesome images!
On-Site Coverage
Girls Varsity

The 2014 Optimist Invite started with a bang, literally. For some this was the first race of the season, but for Sarah Candiano this was just another stepping stone to November. Candiano took it out hard with Devin Molloy of Barron Collier. The pair went through the mile right around 5:55. Following closely behing was Daley Cline from Estero and Krissy Gear from Fort Myers. As they came around the second time to go up the hill, Candiano had opened up a lead and wen...