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Published October 31, 2026 4:18pm

Oliver Horton was thinking of his team as he barreled toward the finish line with no one else in sight.

The Coronado senior is one of the best high school runners in the country, but at Saturday’s state meet he was more concerned with helping the team than the glory of being a champion.

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“The team is in more of a rough spot than we were last year, so I wanted to do what I could do for my team,” Horton said. “Being that low stick and giving us the best chance we could do to succeed as a team.”

Horton earned back-to-back 4A state titles at Norris Penrose Event Center on Saturday and reset his own Colorado state cross country meet record with a season-best time of 14:40.6, about 18 seconds ahead of second.…