To keep things light heading into this week's pressure-packed state high school track and field championships, Kenai Central athletes drew names and decorated white T-shirts for one another.
The T-shirt Allie Ostrander wore Friday, courtesy of fellow distance runner Alex Bergholtz, featured a pithy statement on the front:
I run like a girl
Run a little faster and you can too
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Kaleb Korta and Briahna Gerlach are accustomed to running alone -- most of their training is done solo, and so is a decent amount of their racing.
They gained more experience on that front Friday, when Korta and Gerlach ran away from their respective fields in the 3,200 meters at the Class 1-2-3A state track and field championships.