If Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe is the queen of the women's marathon, recent Saugus High School graduate Samantha Ortega is certainly the queen of Santa Clarita Valley cross country.
Radcliffe is the world record-holder in 2 hours, 15 minutes, 25 seconds. That mark is a whopping three minutes, 22 seconds, faster than the next female in history - Kenya's Catherine Ndereba.
Radcliffe is the world record-holder in 2 hours, 15 minutes, 25 seconds. That mark is a whopping three minutes, 22 seconds, faster than the next female in history - Kenya's Catherine Ndereba.