The 4K is where it is at in the Heartland for girls and currently Macy Heinz of Ipswitch High School in South Dakota owns the fastest time among them all after a US #1 time of 14:25 in her win at the Beresford Invitational. Heinz has already won a double digit number of state individual track titles over the past few years as a freshmen last year and prior as a middle school athlete, but is still searching for her first cross country championship title (3rd last year in the South Dakota Class B state race). A state champion in the 100, 400, 800, and 1600 last spring as a 9th grader (yes both the 100 & 1600 in same meet!), Heinz might be the best XC/track & field athlete to come out of the state of South Dakota if she continues her development over the next 3 years. (Photo by Kernit Grimshaw)
Vote for MileSplit's National Girls XC Performer of the Week #2 (Monday, August 25th through Saturday, August 30th meets). The following 12 girls from 11 different states had national noteworthy wins in major invitationals and races this past week. Pick the one that most impressed you. Voting ends on Thursday, September 4 at 8 PM ET.
Congrats to last week's poll winner - Makenzie Jones of Morristown-West (TN)
