Being as this was her first-ever cross country race she took it conservatively and started out easy. She said she was never passed and from about 1/2 mile in started to pass people and on the uphills passed people in droves.

In the second mile is when she started to do the most damage and the top group really separated themselves from the rest.

Coming into the finishing chute a couple of girls tried to pick up their pace and hang on but she has a good finishing kick so she looked back to see where they were and turned it on!

12th out of 300+ runners... not bad!