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Isla Rahmer wins another junior national title
Isla Rahmer, of Albuquerque, won another national title on Saturday, placing first in her age group at the 2024 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Rahmer, 12, ran the girls 3K in 10 minutes, 27.03 seconds to beat 360 other girls ages 11 and 12 years old. She won the girls ages 9-10 USATF race two years ago and placed second in the girls 11-12 race last year. This is her fourth individual national title and sixth USATF All-America award, according to her team, Albuquerque Athletics Track.
Gianna Rahmer, Isla's older sister, won the girls ages 11-12 USATF race in 2022. Gianna Rahmer's time in that race was 10:25.0 on a 3K course in College Station, Texas.
Isla Rahmer won the 2024 race by more than 10 seconds over second-place Martina Rodriguez-Villen, 11, of the Rain City Flyers team. Rodriguez-Villen crossed in 10:38.98.
Rahmer paced her AAT team to a 10th-place finish in the 11-12 race. Her age-group teammates included Ava Denton (26th with a time of 11:14.28), Molly Downing (120th, 12:07.02) Amelia Waugh (133rd, 12:13.36), Zoe Zamora (152nd, 12:19.93) and Virginia Michael (212th, 12:38.58).
AAT had 16 athletes compete in this year’s national meet.
