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2018 ILXCTF.com XC Season Awards - 2A Girls XC Runner of the Year

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ILXCTF - Mike Newman   Dec 22nd 2018, 1:01pm
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By Michael Newman

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It was one of the best IHSA Girls State Cross Country Championship races ever. It should be when you have two of the top runners in the state pushing each other even faster and faster. That is what state champion Brooke Stromsland of Lakes Community and Lianna Surtz of Rosary achieved on that first Saturday in November at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.

Both runners had great seasons. Stromsland used a strong final 400-meters to win the 2A state title becoming the 20th fastest Girls runner ever at Detweiller Park running 16:32. Stromsland’s season was not perfect but close to it. She won four of the eight races she was in. The other four races she finished second. The three runners that she lost to included Aly Negovetich of Grant Community (twice), Katrina Schlenker of Batavia, and Aspen Gordon of Morton. That’s a good group.

Lianna Surtz won seven of eight races before that epic state race. Her only “setback” was when she finished sixth at the Richard Spring Invitational in a race where Katelynne Hart ran 16:14 in mid-September. In that race, every runner that finished ahead of her earned all-state honors in November.

What separates Surtz and Stromsland was the post-season. Surtz qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals where she finished 24th overall. Stromsland did not race after state.

You cannot penalize Stromsland for ending her season after state. The two runners competed against each other once…at state. Stromsland is on top in this category.

Congratulations to Brooke Stromsland of Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa as the 2018 ILXCTF.com 2A Girls XC Runner of the Year.

 

Photo Credit: © 2018 Laura Duffy

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