Rio Rico (Arizona) High junior Samantha Schadler had finished third at the Desert Twilight Festival a year ago, two places behind her All-American sister, Allie -- now at the University of Washington.
Well, Friday was the time for the younger Schadler to step up ... and she certainly did.
The multiple-state champion in Arizona who's looking for her first state Division 3 cross country title this fall -- and possibly a bid to NXN -- won the distinguished girls sweepstakes race in a career best 17:15.80, out-legging second-place Haley Wolf of Desert Vista (Arizona), who clocked a 17:21.60 career best 17:15.80, out-legging second-place Haley Wolf of Desert Vista (Arizona), who clocked a 17:21.60.
Air Academy (Colorado) sophomore Tatum Miller was third in 17:44.80, while Chandler (Arizona) junior Morgan Foster ws fourth in 17:44.80. Eight girls crossed the finish in under 18 minutes.
Chandler High won the team competition with 110 points, averaging a 18:49 between its five scorers.
Girls Sweepstakes
| 1 | Samantha Schadler | 11 Rio Rico High School | 17:15.80 | -- | |
| 2 | Haley Wolf | 12 Desert Vista High School | 17:21.60 | 9 | |
| 3 | Tatum Miller | 10 Air Academy High School | 17:44.80 | 10 | |
| 4 | Morgan Foster | 11 Chandler High School | 17:44.80 | 11 | |
| 5 | Richelle Sandin | 12 Catalina Foothills High School | 17:46.00 | 12 | |
In the boys race, Kirtland Central (New Mexico) junior Kashon Harrison threw down a filthy time of 14:48, just edging Valor Christian (Colorado) sophomore Cole Sprout by mere a hundredth of a second to take the win in the boys sweepstakes race.
Silver Creek (Colorado) High senior Brock Dykema posted a U.S. top 20 time to take third in 15:05.00, just two seconds of a mad finish for fourth between senior teammate James Lee, El Paso (Texas) sophomore Michael Abeyta, and Cibola (Arizona) senior Thomas Cain.
The trio all finished identically in 15:07.00.
The Desert Vista boys captured the team title with 101 points, posting its top three at 15-16-18 while its four and five were at 23-29 across a 15:24 average. Impressively, the Vista boys compiled an 18-second spread.
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| BOYS 5,000 METER RUN FINALS | ||||||
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| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Kashon Harrison | 11 Kirtland Central High School | 14:48.47 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Cole Sprout | 10 Valor Christian High School | 14:48.54 | -- | ||
| 3 | Brock Dykema | 12 Silver Creek High School | 15:05.00 | 2 | ||
| 4 | James Lee | 12 Silver Creek High School | 15:07.00 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Michael Abeyta | 10 El Paso Hanks | 15:07.00 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Thomas Cain | 12 Cibola High School | 15:07.00 | -- | ||
| 8 | Anthony Molina | 12 El Paso Eastwood | 15:11.00 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Edward Cerne | 11 Lake Braddock | 15:13.00 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Gabriel Armijo | 12 El Paso Eastwood | 15:16.00 | 7 | ||