Bentonville’s Haley Loewe (100) leads the pack Thursday after the first mile of the Class 6A girls cross country state championship at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs. Loewe won the event with a time of 17 minutes, 49.77 seconds and teammate Devyn O’Daniel was second with a time of 18:34.38.
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
HOT SPRINGS -- Haley Loewe was more concerned with helping her teammate get a better finish than setting another Class 6A state meet record.
So after the Bentonville senior crossed the finish line Thursday afternoon, she turned her attention to Devyn O'Daniel and cheered for her fellow senior.
