Midway through the race, Josh Davis sets the pace, but Centennial's Michael Duran sits dangerously on his shoulder while Charles Lucero and Corey Lewenkamp keep contact. Photos by Alan Versaw.
For several hours Saturday morning on the Elmwood Short Nine, it was just like old times. Friday's meet cancellations pushed a number of extra teams down to the Pueblo Central meet, the venerable golf course circuit was crowded with spectators, and you could almost feel the history in the air at the old state meet course. Or maybe it was just the extra helping of humidity?
In any case, it was a fine morning of racing down in Pueblo, the kind of morning this setting would like to see more of but which has become more infrequent in the last 10 or so years.
For most cross cou ntry races, the crack of a starter's pistol gets things started, but starter's pistols were apparently in short supply for the opening boys varsity race, so an airhorn was substituted. It didn't seem to matt...