Eye on NBNI: Sheridan Wilbur, La Salle Academy

Throughout the week, RI MileSplit will feature some of the top athletes that will be competing at the New Balance Nationals Indoor Championships this weekend (March 13-15).

Sheridan Wilbur, La Salle Academy

Sheridan will be running her final high school race on the indoor surface and all signs point to a PR performance in the two-mile run at the NBNI. The Ram senior finished as a runner-up at the New England Championship a few weeks ago where she ran 10:40.89. Leading up to the regional competition, she ran a 3K est of 10:07.37 to win the Class A title and then captured her first state crown the following week where she was timed in 10:17.50. This race features a talented field, including NBNO two-mile champion Hannah DeBalsi of Staples (Conn.), who defeated Sheridan at the NE meet with the nation's No. 1 time of 10:26.90. Also scheduled to compete is last year's runner-up, Michigan's Audrey Belf of Birmingham Seaholm, who has done 10:16 for two miles and 10:10 for 3,200m. There's also North Carolina's Ryen Frazier of Ravenscroft, the Foot Locker X-C National runner-up, who has a best of 10:12 for 3,200m. If Sheridan can run in the 10:20s or low 10:30s, she could place among the top six or 10. With the level of competition and with the success she's had lately, she can certainly do that.