| GIRLS THREE MILE RUN FINALS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||||
| 1 | Katelynne Hart | 10 | Glenbard West High School | 16:28.62 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Enyaeva Michelin | 12 | Evanston Township High School | 16:54.64 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Lindsey Payne | 12 | Glenbard West High School | 16:57.90 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Samantha Poglitsch | 9 | Wheaton Warrenville South High School | 17:21.48 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Olivia Niziolek | 12 | Maine South High School | 17:23.15 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Katie Hohe | 11 | Glenbard West High School | 17:35.87 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Maria Rucoba | 10 | Wheaton Warrenville South High School | 17:59.40 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Sarah May | 11 | York High School | 18:07.48 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Bridget Forbes | 10 | New Trier High School | 18:12.01 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Katie Schaefer | 12 | Glenbard East High School | 18:13.57 | 10 | |||
-Everyone knew that defending state champion and undefeated Katelynne Hart was the heavy favorite. But somehow we all wanted to believe an upset or at least a competitive rematch with Enyaeva Michelin (Sr., Evanston) would be in the works. From the gun and past the first 400 meters it was a two girl race. Hart accepted the challenge from Michelin, who has been lights out since her only loss to Hart in mid-September. The first mile went through in a brisk 5:19. "I kind of went out a tiny bit conservative," Hart quickly snapped back. Well, the pace was "brisk" for Michelin whose confort zone is usually around 5:30-35.
Hart was just like a heavy weight fighter in the ring winning round after round on points. But like a smart boxer she waited paitiently for her opportunity for the knockout. It occurred just after the second mile in 10:55. Michelin was holding on to the ropes in 11:01. But she was clearly in TKO territory and in big trouble. Hart took off and her teammate Lindsey Payne began to see a hurt Michelin. Payne tried to reel in Michelin during the last mile, but was not able to. Hart cruised home in 16:27 but the fight was a bit closer than the final outcome indicated. Michelin got home ahead of Payne by three seconds 16:54-16:57. The last individual spot went to Caroline Young (Sr., Chicago Taft) who ran a personal best 18:26.