Not that there’s anything wrong with the present, but the program’s core runners — Aja Curth, Kacy Smith,

Maria Frank and Katy G. Solis — only have one season left at Estero.

Slater, a freshman, is just at the start of her prep running career. She was assigned the job of running the last leg of the state final, an enormous task for a rookie considering she was up against Lakewood Ranch senior Devin McDermott.