Edinboro senior Kylie Anicic from Kingsway cruised to her 2nd straight NCAA Division 2 Atlantic Region Championship Saturday with a comfortable win over 6,000 meters in Lock Haven, Pa.
Anicic ran 20:19.2 – not far off her 6,000 all-course PR of 20:13.7 from September on the same course – and won by 75 meters over Julie LaFare of Charleston (W. Va.), who ran 20:34.1. Anicic won the title last year in 21:07.5 in Mansfield, Pa.
Anicic and LaFare gapped the field early in the race. Anicic led by 10 meters a mile into the race, 20 meters by the 3,000 and about 50 meters at the 5,000.
Anicic, a Kingsway graduate, qualified for the NCAA Division 2 Championship race on Nov. 18 on the Tom Rutledge XC Course in Joplin, Mo.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 