A massive weekend of meets is behind us and the rankings have experienced major shakeups. We are ready to vote on who was the top performer of, quite possibly, the biggest weekend of the regular season.
Below are the top girls performances from the past week around Kansas. The winner will be crowned the Kansas Girls Runner of the Week for Week Four.
Congratulations to Washburn Rural's Payton Fink for her Week Three poll win! Fink finished 2nd at the Shufelberger Top City Classic on Saturday behind national star Ryin Miller. Her 18:16.18 was her third mark under 18:20 already in the young season. She will move on to the finals during State week in which she will compete against the rest of this season's weekly winners to see who had the best performance of the season.
Kaylie Shultz - Salina Central - Shultz had a big day at the Rim Rock Classic Saturday, running number one on her team for the first time in her career, and earning a personal best of 17:17.40 on the famous course.
Ella Ash - Shawnee Mission East - Ash was the top Kansan at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, running the race in a new personal best of 18:52.30 and finishing 31st in the fastest El Caliente heat.
Madison Howland - Smith Center - Howland is back for a second ROTY poll after winning the Rim Rock Crimson division in a 18:35.50, just off her 18:33 personal best from earlier this season. She is 2A No. 1 by 42 seconds.
Ani Allen - Olathe South - Allen was the top Kansan at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree, running 19:10.60 and finishing 9th overall.