Each year in late August, the sleepy town of Wilmore, KY becomes the testing ground for early season XC racing as many teams from Central KY battle head to head to see who put their summer to the best use. It never fails that this race, always run in the afternoon, seems to bring out the last remnant of summer heat and take place in 90+ degree weather. Today was no exception. Coupled with the grueling course behind Asbury University’s athletic complex makes for one tough early season test a runner.
Nevertheless, the day of high school competition was kicked off by the girl’s race and from the start it was the “Nikki Coffey Show.” She jumped out to the front of the pack early and by 800m into the race had put some distance between her and the competition. Her mile was a solid 6:13 and the only athletes relatively close were Alyssa Hyden and Devin Mayfield of Pul...
