Running Lane Cross Country Championships

This past Saturday freshman Emma Goetz competed in the Running Lane Cross Country Championships held in Huntsville, Alabama. RunningLane is one of three annual post-season National Level Cross Country Championships forhigh school athletes. Running in three heats, over seven hundred girls from across the nation toed theline on Saturday. Emma in the GOLD HEAT (fastest) on a rainy and muddy course ran 18:50.5 for 5000 meters (3.1 miles) and finished in fifty-ninth place. Most notably she was recognized at the post-race awards ceremony for being the third-fastest freshman finisher on the day.