Jakob Hiett planned to spend this past summer racking up the mileage in anticipation of a run for the state Division 4A state cross-country championship.
Instead, after a nagging injury turned into a stress fracture, the senior was forced to stay off his feet for much of the summer and found himself looking at the backsides of runners he used to beat handily as this season progressed.
That changed Saturday afternoon, Oct. 4, when Hiett…