Rylee Blade Runs Fastest HS Girls XC Race Ever at Woodbridge [Full Replay]

Watch more from the meet: www.runnerspace.com Rylee Blade of Santiago (Corona) stormed through Irvine's Great Park and served notice to the high school running community that she is a national championship contender. Blade led throughout and surged away from the field, never taking her foot off the proverbial gas on the way to a record-breaking time of 15:20.3. Her time smashed the meet record and fastest time ever by a high school girl on a 3-mile course with 15:20.3. "I'm super happy right now. I don't have many words for it," Blade said. "I'm super excited for the rest of the season." Blade was followed to the finish line by La Jolla CA's Chiara Dailey, who also ran under the previous record with 15:28.2. Lewisville Flower Mound of Texas proved to be far better than a No. 21 ranking, putting three runners between 14th and 19th place, and winning the Bob Day Sweepstakes team title with a surprising 92 points. Flower Mound is the first Texas team to win the sweepstakes crown. Alexandra Fox was 14th (16:23.1), Ava Cole was 17th (16:27.2) and Adeline Bennett was 19th in 16:27.7. In the battle royale among top-15 ranked California teams, the Sadie Engelehardt-led Ventura to a second-place finish with 112 points. Blade's Corona team finished third with 141 points. Braelyn Combe finished ninth overall. Buchanan, ranked No. 3 coming in, was fourth with 161 points. Defending NXN champion Air Academy, No. 2, finished behind J Serra Catholic and was sixth. Timpview UT senior Jane Hedengren, the 2023 winner, ran near the front until the final mile and ended up fourth (15:36.7), one spot behind teammate Lily Alder (15:28.9). Erika Kirk from Vista Murrieta CA won the rated girls race with 16:33.0 as El Toro claimed the team win with 90 points. Click subscribe to get alerts and never miss a new track video! Follow RunnerSpace.com on social media at @runnerspace. Copyright RunnerSpace.com.