STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET

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Video: Spencer Wenck talks about winning Class 4A title
Class 5A Results
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Shelby Stableford's throat burned, her head hurt and she ached all over, but there was no way the Classical Academy junior was going to miss Saturday's State Cross Country Championships.
Cheyenne Mountain's Kali Maxwell had spent the entire season fighting an injury and struggling to return to the Indians' lead pack. But when they added the team points together, those she scored were the most important of all.
And when final runner had finished chewing through the dusty and windy 5K course at Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, The Classical Academy and Cheyenne Mountain girls' teams were the state champions, thanks largely to the huge efforts of Stableford and Maxwell.
And those championship celebrations were twice as rowdy because The Classical Academy and Cheyenne Mountain boys' teams also won state championships.
Individually, Palmer Ridge's Spencer Wenck capped an undefeated dream season with a run of 15 minutes, 55 seconds - the fastest time of the day - to win the Class 4A state championship.
It's no secret that the Colorado Springs-area cross country runners are tough to beat. They proved it. Here is how it all broke down. Read the story here...


CLASS 4A/5A REGIONALS

PHOTO: Vista Ridge's Ali Deitsch won the Class 4A Region 3 championship on Thursday, clocking 19 minutes, 2 seconds on the 5K course in Monument Valley Park.

Photo gallery from regional races
Video: Start of the Class 4A Region 4 Boys Race

Palmer Ridge's Spencer Wenck missed his season's goal by a sliver of time, but he came away from Friday's Class 4A Regional cross country meet with some impressive credentials.
Wenck, a senior, ran one of the fastest times ever recorded by a high school student on the Monument Valley Park course, covering the 5K distance in 15 minutes 23 seconds, possibly a course record.
Judy Fellhauer, former Doherty High School cross country coach, has confirmed that Adam Goucher ran a 15:14 in Monument Valley Park, but said the course may have changed. (See her comment below)
Wenck's time certainly is one of the best ever recorded there. Click here for story and results here


CLASS 2A/3A REGIONALS

The Classical Academy and Fountain Valley sweep boys' and girls' regional team titles.
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Video: Class 3A Region 2 Girls

METRO LEAGUE MEET



         Palmer's Andrew Goodman finished in 16:27 to win the 5A championship.

Liberty's Hannah Everson won the girls' 5A Metro League title, posting a time of 18:47. Palmer Ridge's Ali Deitsch is the girls 4A champ. She finished in 18:57.























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Video: Spencer Wenck's finish
Video: In the pack with the Metro League Girls
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SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

PHOTO: Palmer Ridge's Spencer Wenck charged to the finish line Thursday at the Spartan
Invitational at Bear Creek Park. Wenck won in a record time of 15:58.

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VIDEO: DANCE BREAKS OUT AT CROSS COUNTRY MEET

SPARTAN INVITATIOINAL - Palmer Ridge cross country runner Spencer Wenck has five victories in
five starts this season. He has pasted every course he's run with some
of the fastest times in recent memory.
He has an excellent opportunity to win the Class 4A state title. But he isn't thinking that way. Read More Here.