Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Xavier's Sarah Fakler is all alone as she nears the midway point of the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Fakler won her third title and had the largest margin of victory on the day, winning by 47.93 seconds. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Tempe's Diana Garcia sprints to the finish line to win the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Garcia delivered the first girls individual championship in Tempe High history. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Higley's Rhiannon Yazzie (1003) and Holly Arnold (1002) fight for room during the start of the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
The Campo Verde girls team warms up before the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. The Coyotes finished fourth in the meet. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Tempe's Diana Garcia, center, is flanked by Mingus' Skyler Storie, left, and Fountain Hills' Sierra Jarriel during the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Garcia broke away from Storie and Jarriel and won by 32 seconds, with Jarriel placing second and Storie third. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Saguaro's Jelani Huma runs during the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Huma finished 13th. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Saguaro's Jake Wynn leads during the Division III Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Rio Rico's Ben Noriega (505), Tuba City's Shawn Tsinnijinnie (636) and Chinle's Searle Tracy (121) are in pursuit of race leader Jake Wynn of Saguaro during the Division III Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Wynn emerged with is second straight victory in the race, with Tracy finishing 3rd, Noriega 4th and Tsinnijinnie 9th. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Saguaro senior Jake Wynn builds a slight lead over the pack near the midway point of the Division III Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Wynn went on to win his second straight title. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Seton Catholic's Jake Thompson, left, leads Sahuarita's Marcus Morales up a hill during the Division III Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Runners take off during the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. The runners, from left, are Chaparral's Ali Kallner (905) and Mary Piatak (909), Xavier's Shelby Brown (1373) and Sarah Fakler (1375), Desert Vista's Dani Jones (947), Mountain View's Angela Ellsworth (1103) and Erica Adams (1099), and Cibola's Monica Houston (927). [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Xavier's Sarah Fakler leads the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Teams warm up before the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Desert Vista's Dani Jones, back, and Jenna Maack, front left, race against Highland's Kristi Rush during the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Rush wound up finishing in second place, with Jones placing sixth and Maack 11th. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Mountain View's Angela Ellsworth, left, runs next to Xavier teammates Jane Miller, center, and Sierra Brown during the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Two freshman runners, Desert Vista's Emily Smith, right, and Pinnacle's Andrea Arriaga, compete in the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Xavier's Sarah Fakler crosses the finish line to win the Division I Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. It was the third-straight title for Fakler, who also added her fourth straight team championship. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
The Desert Vista team, from left, Tyler Bonebright, Xavier Esparza, Jacob Walimaa, Ryan Dykstra (with Alec Hoyt behind him), Zach Smith and Ryan Smith walks to the start line before the beginning of the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. The Thunder won the team championship. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
An official walks along the starting line giving final instructions during the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Corona del Sol's Nate Rodriguez is followed by teammate Ryan Normand during the early part of the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Cibola's Bernie Montoya holds a slight lead over Rincon's Ryan Silva during the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Montoya went on to win by 36 seconds, with Silva holding on for second place. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Corona del Sol's Ryan Normand competes in the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Normand finished sixth. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Desert Vista's Jacob Walimaa, right, moves past Red Mountain's Jacob Kretinger early in the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Walimaa placed 11th to lead the Thunder to the team championship.
Cibola's Bernie Montoya breaks the finish line tape to win his third straight state title during the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Corona del Sol's Nate Rodriguez runs to the finish during the Division I Boys Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Rodriguez finished third, ahead of Sandra Day O'Connor's Ryan Wesson. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
The top three runners, Skyler Storie of Mingus, left, Diana Garica of Tempe, center, and Sierra Jarriel of Fountain Hills speed down a hill just before the midway point of the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
The Seton Catholic girls team, left, awaits the starting gun during the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
River Valley's Courtney Lewis (1201) leads Saguaro's Jelani Huma up the hill during the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Saguaro's Jelani Huma (1212) is followed close behind by teammate Hayley Prestwood (1215) during the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Huma finished in 13th place, followed by Prestwood in 14th. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Campo Verde teammates Jessica Watts (876), left, and Gabby Ybarra (877) race during the Division III Girls Cross Country State Championships, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
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