My first year of cross country was my freshmen year of high school(98-99). I ran CC becuase I ran a 4:57 mile when I was in 8th grade, and I knew I could run long distances very well. I did not know how well I would do, but I did extremely well. I finished first in all of the races, except for two races(that was just on my team, not other teams). I finished 3rd in the Luaral Highlands Athletic Conference, behind two state qualifiers. One of them finsihed second in the state in Class AAA. At districts I had a disappointing race finishing 19th. But my sophmore year I finished 10th in District VI, and then went on to states.