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Lakaisha Willis, a native of Madison, Georgia, had an exceptional race at the Fort Hays Tiger Open last Saturday running her personal best. Amongst seven ranked teams in the race, Willis was able to finish 48^th place, running a 20:02 5K. With this time, Willis is now sitting in 12^th with the fastest time in HCC history. The women’s team finished 14^th in the final standings, averaging a time of 21:08.

Coach Clevenger had great words to say about Willis’ performance, “Lakashia has come a long way as a runner here! Very proud and excited about her development at HCC! This is a girl who only ran in a couple of Cross Country meets in high school as a favor, because she was a volleyball player, and XC needed a good athlete to help field a full team. In High school, she was running 23’s and 24’s for 5000 meters. We felt, she would grow eventually, but her progress has been pretty quick, and she’s developing into one of the best Highland has seen! I look forward to work with her on and off the track to help her become a successful student athlete!”

The women’s Cross Country team will travel to El Dorado, Kansas to participate in the Ollie Isom Invitational on October 17^th. This meet will also be considered as ‘Pre Nationals’ as this is the course that will be used for the National race on November 12^th.
Congrats on a great race Lakashia! Goodluck next week!