By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer
The difference Saturday afternoon between an outright team championship for the Albuquerque Academy girls track and field team, and a first-place tie with Los Alamos, was this:
0.08 seconds.
The Richard A. Harper Memorial meet at Academy was in doubt — at least for the girls — until the final lap of the final race of the meet, the 1,600-meter relay.
The Chargers had to finish no worse than fourth, or tied for fourth, if they wanted to win the Harper meet outright. A fifth-place finish, combined with a Los Alamos win, would have left the two rivals sharing first place.
A sensational anchor leg by Academy sophomore Callie Hile provided the clinching margin.
