Photos: Cross country running state championship 2014

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Molly Mitchell of Homer crests a hill on the course of the 1A-2A-3A girls race. High school runners from across the state raced the Bartlett High School trails in Anchorage for the state championship cross country meet on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

On a day when Alaska running stars from the past, present and, dare we say, the future gathered at Bartlett High for the state cross-country championships, Allie Ostrander and Kodiak senior Levi Thomet went out in a blaze of glory, etching their names alongside the greats.

The pair won the Class 4A 5-kilometer races by landslides. Ostrander ran the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 6 seconds for a 98-second victory, and Thomet finished in 15:10 for a 33-second victory.

It was the third straight title for both runners.

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