See that there is no blood, then give yourself the best birthday present you can! Inspired by the John Colter running from the Blackfoot Indian story, Sean Eustis did exactly that. Seeing his shiny new uniform was not covered in blood with 500 meters to go, he knew he could run harder... he knew he had to run harder! He knew he had to make up a few yards on Aberdeen's Poli Baltazar to capture his first District Championship - coming from 10 meters back with 150 to go, and producing what should become a legendary win in the Panther XC archives! Then he got to celebrate his birthday with Balloons in hand as he waltzed up to the awards as the whole crowd sang "Happy Birthday."
Well, let's make it 200 of them instead. That's what Hannah Wright was running away from in her own mind, to run an incredible race and pace the Panthers to a solid 5th place finish at the district meet. The John Colter story of being chased by 200 Blackfoot Indians made such an impression on her, she verbally reminded her teammates that "The Blackfoots are coming!" as she caught up to each one throughout the race. Her time of 21:35.7 (Fastest female Panther time of the year) and her fabulous finishing kick ensured that the Blackfoots would have to settle for catching the Hockinson gal in the photo above.