COLORADO SPRINGS — Addy and Jude Ritzenhein are openly competitive. They race in the swimming pool, then battle for Mario Kart dominance.

They even play a game of ‘Who can eat the most gross-flavored jelly beans?’ … Hard to determine the real winner there.

Running-wise, however, they’re strictly supportive.

On Saturday at the state cross country meet, senior Addy added to her already decorated high school legacy, sealing an individual three-peat by winning the 5A girls race. Jude, meanwhile, finished sixth in his freshman debut, and the Cougars celebrated both a girls and boys’ team title.

“It’s so special to have this last year with him,” Addy, the Northern Arizona commit, said.

In cold conditions at Norris Penrose Event Center, the state’s biggest name in girls running couldn’t brea

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