photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Free State junior Kiran Cordes approaches the first-mile mark of the Rim Rock Classic girls gold division race on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Rim Rock Farm. Cordes placed 31st overall with a 5,000-meter time of 19:45.3.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Free State junior Emily Venters runs neck-and-neck with St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore Margaret Pigott with less than 400 meters to go in the girls gold division race, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Rim Rock Farm. Venters finished third overall, clocking in at 18:31.7 for 5,000 meters.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Free State junior Emily Venters comes down the home stretch Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in the girls gold division race of the Rim Rock Classic at Rim Rock Farm. Venters finished with a 5,000-meter time of 18:31.7 to help the Firebirds to place ninth in the team standings.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Free State freshman Sarah Walpole nears the finish line Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in the girls gold division race of the Rim Rock Classic at Rim Rock Farm. Walpole finished with a 5,000-meter time of 20:17.4, good enough for 48th place.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Free State senior Ethan Donley comes through King's Bridge during the boys gold division race of the Rim Rock Classic Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Rim Rock Farm. Donley's 5,000-meter time of 16:30.9 earned him a 31st-place finish. The Firebird senior helped the Firebirds to place 23rd overall.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Lawrence High freshman Anna DeWitt charges uphill Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in the girls crimson division race of the Rim Rock Classic at Rim Rock Farm. DeWitt led the Lions to finish 32nd in the team standings after placing 72nd individually with a 5,000-meter time of 21:48.5.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Lawrence High junior Mikayla Herschell finishes an uphill climb Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in the girls crimson division race of the Rim Rock Classic at Rim Rock Farm. Herschell clocked in at 24:21.8 for 5,000 meters.

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Lawrence High senior Nathan Pederson surges forward in the boys crimson division race of the Rim Rock Classic Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Rim Rock Farm. Pederson paced the Lions by placing 90th overall with a 5,000-meter time of 17:57.2, and led LHS to finish 27th in the team standings.