MANCHESTER – Annecy Vlieks and Sarah Roberts have been running against each other since middle school.
With Vlieks at Hand High and Roberts at Mercy, they’ve faced each other in regular- season meets, conference meets and at the state championships. Last year, Roberts beat Vlieks for the Class M state cross country championship at Wickham Park, winning in 20:10; Vlieks was second in 20:30.
The two, who are now juniors, went at it again at Wickham Park Saturday in the medium school race at the Wickham Invitational. The Invitational is usually in October but the race was moved to September due to the Jewish holidays…