Blistering temperatures couldn’t slow down Bayfield’s Eva-Lou Edwards.
She finished first in the girls 3A division of the Pre-State Invite on Thursday in Colorado Springs with a time of 20 minutes flat, according to Bayfield’s first-year head coach Joshua Walton.
“She distanced herself in the first mile from the girl behind her by about one hundred yards and kept pushing herself,” Walton said in a phone interview with The Durango Herald on Thursday night. “Second place ended up more than a minute behind her. She ran well for the conditions.”
Temperatures creeped into the 90s during the event, forcing some racers to quit because of dehydration and heat exhaustion.
The BHS girls, which finished 11th overall:
28. Aubree Lorenzen, 23 minutes, 45 seconds.
45. Bridget Goddard, 23 minutes, 45 seconds.
105. Maggie Zink, 29 minutes, 24 seconds.
111. Danielle Miller, 31 minutes, 44 seconds.
The BHS boys, which finished 12th overall:
6. Luke Webb, 18 minutes, 29 seconds.
30. Trevor Gabbard, 19 minutes, 45 seconds.
66. Caleb Sapa, 20 minutes, 53 seconds.
106. Alex Knight, 23 minutes, 8 seconds.
118. Justis Herrera, 24 minutes, 10 seconds.
120. Joey Webb, 24 minutes, 30 seconds.
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