Katie Rainsberger, who will run for the Oregon Ducks in 2016-17, probably is the best girls prep mid-distance/distance runner in Colorado history.
Here is a profile of the Colorado Springs senior by Neil H. Devlin that appeared in today's Denver Post.
Devlin quotes Air Academy High School coach Steve Rischling, who has been on the job for 33 years this way:
"She's special, a once-in-a-career athlete. Colorado has a very rich history of female distance runners. ... Probably no one is better than she is."
John Hancock, coach of rival Mullen High School, told Devlin: "Obviously with her mile time, that in itself says she is (among the state's elite).