Elise Cranny (225), a senior at Niwot High School running unattached, and Carrie Verdon (21) of CU, race for first place at the women’s 5.8K at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Shootout, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Buffalo Ranch Cross Country Course in Boulder, Colo. Cranny won the race with a time of 20:39, while Verdon finished second. The 15th-ranked CU women’s cross country team took first overall in the meet. (Kai Casey/CU Independent)