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WILDCATS' DAVIS TAKES STATE TITLE
VHSL state girls cross country championships
Date published: 11/15/2009
BY ADAM HIMMELSBACH THE PLAINS-- Mountain View senior Kaitlyn Davis keeps a written log of every run she completes.After each workout or race, she scrawls details about how far and how fast she went, as well as what body parts ached more than others. "Every meet," Davis said, "a minimum of five things hurt." Yesterday morning, as Davis prepared for the Group AAA state meet at Great Meadow, she flipped through the pages of that log to remind herself how far she had come. She noticed a blank spot on the paper. It was a spot where she would have recorded the results from last week's Northwest Region meet, where she finished second, 1.7 seconds out of first. "I didn't write that one down because I didn't like the feeling at all," she said. "And that race really stuck with me." So yesterday, the senior took to this hilly and muddy course with focus and determination. She was about 11 seconds off the pace with one mile remaining, but she used her strong kick to glide past Brooke Point's Katherine Walker down the final stretch. Davis crossed the finish line in 18 minutes, 21 seconds, and she won the Group AAA state championship. "I knew coming down that straightaway that if I could get my foot down a little faster than [Walker] and move my arms a little faster," Davis said, "it would happen." Walker, who failed to qualify for this meet last season, finished second, 3 seconds behind Davis. Stafford freshman Hannah Lowery came in fifth, giving the Fredericksburg area an impressive trio in the top five of the state's largest classification. "At the beginning of the year I had no expectations," Lowery said. "so it's so exciting to be able to do this." Davis said she did not approach Great Meadow with a specific plan. Instead, she chose to react to the progress of her competitors. She said one girl burst ahead of the field at the start. But when Davis approached her near the two-mile mark, she could tell the girl was low on energy. "She was making weird noises," Davis said. "I've grunted at the end, but she was grunting at the two-mile." Davis pushed forward and saw Walker, her Commonwealth District rival, in front of her. She said this was somewhat comforting, because she was familiar with Walker's style.
Date published: 11/15/2009
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