LAKEWOOD – Nadhia Campos said she didn’t have her best race Friday.

She still managed to crush the rest of the field.

Campos ran a season personal-best 11 minutes, 14.55 seconds in the 3,200-meter run for The Vanguard School and earned first place in the 2A girls’ race.

“I haven’t run the best I’ve wanted to this year,” Campos said. “Coming in, I was seeded third and I wasn’t sure if I was going to (win) but at the end, I didn’t hear anyone behind me so I knew I had it after that.”

Entering the race, Campos had run the 3,200 just twice this season — once in April and again May 4 — and earned her seeded time (11:32.27) in her second run of the event.

Campos hoped to run the two-mile more this season, but inclement weather canceled multiple meets for the Coursers and stopped the junior from competing in the race.

Campos worried that would affect her and that runners would catch her toward the end of the race.

But her blistering pace on each lap ensured that didn’t happen.

Campos took the lead after the third lap and widened the gap following each 400.

As she crossed the finish line, Campos had a near 12-second lead over the field.

“I wasn’t going to let them catch me,” Campos said. “I didn’t know how close they were, but I knew I had to get it since I already had such a big lead. Sometimes I get a little to excited at the beginning so I had to hold back a little bit. But overall everything felt pretty good.”