Girls Individual Race
The girls race featured several of the state's top girls distance runners. Jr. Alyson Johnson of Creekside (University of Colorado commit)and Sr. Mackenzie De Lisle of Bishop Verot (University of Florida commit), and Jr. Eliana Black of Cambridge (Christian) School, the course record holder. Johnson going into today, was the #2 ranked girl in the state. De Lisle had not run. Johnson finished 2023 as the #1 ranked girl in the state and De Lisle was the #4 ranked girl. Johnson and her younger sister, Sydney, represented Creekside, but ran as individuals with Creekside not sending a team to the race. Everyone anticipated a fast race and Johnson went out and pressed the pace early with De Lisle in tow. The two separated from the field early and ran with no more than a 10m difference the entire race with Johnson holding on for the win in a state leading 17:31.58. De Lisle's 17:33.42 moved her into the #3 spot in the rankings. Black, after leaving Cambridge at the end of her freshman year, had a tumoltuous sophomore year running for IMG and returned to Cambridge this year. She has been ill the last couple of weeks, but is getting healthy. She was 5th in 17:46.70.
