Tellico’s Hitson placed second overall, shatters school record

Imri Hitson wanted to have her moment.She found that in the final 200 meters of the girls’ Class A State Championship race at Shelby Farms in Memphis on Friday.Hitson kicked into her final gear, overtaking Cornersville’s Breah Crocker and surging forward into second place.“Just that all that work, I wanted it to be worth something. But I was also thinking about all those videos where the announcer is freaking out because of the comeback,” Hitson said of her thoughts in the final push.“I was thinking about that because I wanted to have that moment. That last 200 meters, I felt like jello, but I wanted to make it worth something.”The freshman’s final time came in at 19:33.37, shattering the school’s record by nearly 20 seconds.“I can't really put it into words. I've seen from day one, you know, all we've done in the cross-country season and where she has personally come from,” Tellico Plains coach Chris Hollinghead said.

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