Mary Summers

Third in 1A at state as a freshman in 18:27.9, the fastest returning 1A mark in Florida by nineteen seconds, and she opened by winning the Lecanto Invitational in 18:32.9. Even on the most conservative reading of that course, it is the fastest 1A time of the weekend by roughly a minute, and it belongs in the conversation with the best girls in the state regardless of class — she was seventh in our overall Florida top ten.

She ran it alone, which is the permanent condition of being Mary Summers. Lydia Vincent of Zephyrhills was eight seconds back and is the only girl who has made her work since November. Seven Rivers does not rank as a team in 1A. Nobody in this class is going to force a race out of her before the regional meet, and possibly not then.

Third in 1A at state as a freshman in 18:27.9, and the best small-school runner in Florida by a distance. Summers won at Lecanto in 18:32.9, on a course that graded within three seconds of Cecil, which makes it the third-fastest legitimate time in the state this weekend. She ran it essentially alone. The only knock is that she has not yet had to race anyone, and that will not change often in 1A.