This article is including in a series ranking the top returners in each event heading into the 2015/16 indoor track and field season. Check out the other rankings lists in this series here.
Sarah Walker (left) and Gabrielle Wilkinson (right) are preparing for round two on the track at indoor states (Photo by Morgan)
Last year lived up to the hype.
At the PTFCA State Championship at Penn State, we figured there would be a great matchup between two of the best half milers in not just the state, but the entire country. In the 800, Friends Central's freshman sensation Gabrielle Wilkinson and Germantown Friends School's Sarah Walker were set to square off.
With two laps to go in the state finals, there they were. Wilkinson and Walker. Neck and neck. Walker took the lead into the final lap, and on the back stretch Wilkinson overtook her. Walker tried one final move on the outside and when they crossed the finish line, they were rig...
