2009 State 3200 Meter Championship - May 22

On Friday, the championship race was held for the 3200 meter run (8 laps around the track.) Here's Heather on Lap 2 in 5th place with the leaders. The 1st and 2nd places in this picture ended up finishing 1st and 2nd respectfully. The battle throughout the remainder of the race was really for 3rd place.

Heather in 3rd place leading the 2nd pack of runners. This was Lap 3 or 4.

The next few pictures are Heather and Chloe from Kodiak competing for 3rd place on different laps.

On the final lap below, Heather was leading but Christi Schmitz from North Pole was gaining on Chloe and Heather through the last turn. It really came down to the last 50-100 meters.

Heather did place 3rd with a time of 11:37.22.