Mainland Regional junior Sofia Day placed 11th out of 150 runners Saturday morning in the championship race at the RunningLane Cross Country Championships.
Day ran 18:05.4 over 5,000 meters at John Hunt Running Park in Huntsville, Ala. She was out in a very fast 5:35, which put her 19th through the mile, but she moved up to 12th at the two-mile mark and despite the hot early pace she moved up another spot over the final 1.1 miles.
Day, the state Group 3 champ at 800 meters indoors as a sophomore, placed 7th last nonth in the Meet of Champions in 18:34 at Holmdel County Park.
Evelyn Prodoehl of Lakota West High in West Chester, Ohio, outside Cincinnati was the overall winner in 17:32.8.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 