SARAH BAXTER 16:00 MOUNT SAC!!!!!

That was actually INSANE. She won by 1:20 over a VERY good field....she went through the mile in 5:06!! That's crazy. Over a minute faster than last year, when she was the NXN champion.

This girl looks like she's grown and developed a lot in the last two years, but has only gotten faster. Great sign. She gets so much better the longer the distance, so the 6k XC and 5k/10k in college are going to be right up her alley.

Holy crap, that is smoking

Mile Splits: 5:06, 5:39, 5:15

She's most certainly gotten lankier. She was SO SO SMOOTH! The announcer was just totally blown away... some of the splits weren't even on the conversion charts :)

I know M. Cain is a super special talent at 800/1500 but at the 5k distance someone is going to have to prove to me that Baxter isn't the best in the country.

That was special...

Keeping in mind that the first mile is relatively flat, the second mile has two long enormous hills (switchbacks and poop out), and the third mile has the longest hill (reservoir). Very impressive.

She has gotten noticeably taller and has clearly grown some significant cleavage. Good to see this hasn't affected her running.

She has an unbelievable aerobic engine and is definitely the best hill runner in the country. If nationals were on the Mt. Sac course, she'd destroy. MAYBE Cain or Neale can stick with her on the NXN course, but she proved last year that she can handle that course pretty well too....

Sorry if you think I'm over excited but I just witnessed the single greatest high school xc performance in history...well for girls at least. 23000 athletes compete at Mount Sac every year in the 65 years of the meets existence. She just ran the fastest girls time by 16 seconds!!! As a California XC fan, I think this deserves a black page

Not anorexic, not overtrained by a crazy father.

Just a well-trained, excellent athlete.

Wowzers. This really is the best performance ever.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

that time is inSANE! I thought no one would EVER get close to Amber Trotter's record!

It's simply mind-boggling, that's an insane time for a BOY!

Are we sure this wasn't the rain course or something??

course runs about 25 seconds faster than when Trotter ran it.

breakfast in America wrote:

course runs about 25 seconds faster than when Trotter ran it.

From what I recall, Trotter's is 25 seconds faster than Julia Stamps' but been consistent ever since.

Nope I was there..it was the regular course! Absolutely i.nsane...this chick is unreal. Oh and did I mention she is a junior and has many more cracks at this course before she graduates

Where on the course dis she supposedly cut a corner? And why are you spreading absurd lies about a high school girl??

What turn did she cut?

There's almost no place on the course where it's possible to take a shortcut.

With Cain,Baxter,Wilson the future of American middle and long distance running looks bright.

i live in an igloo in a remote village 20 miles from the north pole and have never heard of this sport you call "cross country".

that said, I'm 100% sure she cut the course, that time is unbelievable yo!

hope she runs in the post season

I saw Lance Armstrong pass something to her just before the start of the race! He was there!

was there, she didn't cut or anything. That race was amazing, but Mt. sac is definately not the hardest xc course like the OP said.