Humphreys sophomore Cassandra Jarzabek crosses the finish line the winner of the Far East Division I and the API girls race titles. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
NAGARA, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – Cassandra Jarzabek led comfortably through the first few hundred meters of Monday’s Far East cross country race, when she angled sharply around a goalpost – what she thought was the first major turn of the race.
“Wrong way! Go back!” her teammates and coaches yelled.
The Humphreys sophomore was, in fact, one of three runners who made a wrong turn. They each reversed field and Jarzabek went into a dash to catch up to Nile C. Kinnick’s Mia Bartram, who was then in front.
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