Volunteers Needed to Work the 2009 NCAA Div. 1 Mid-East Championship at UL Press Release May 18, 2009

The University of Louisville is hosting the 2009 Mid-East Regional Championship on May 29th and 30th.  They are looking for volunteers to help them work the athletes' and officials' tents as well as to help reset the track between races and events.

Wills and Morgan Named Ohio Gatorade Cross Country Runners of the Year Press Release Feb 08, 2009

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field.  The selection process is administered by ESPN RISE magazine, which works with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport. 

 

Gainesville Indoor Meet Announced, Renamed for Jimmy Carnes Press Release Nov 28, 2008

The 2009 Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet, presented by the GSC, will be held at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center at the University of Florida on February 7.  It features competition for youth, open, and collegiate athletes.  Additional information can be found at http://www.gsoc.com/events/trackandfield/jimmyCarnesMeet.aspx.  More than 800 competitors are expected at this years meet as the inaugural event in 2008 featured more than 600 athletes and 700 other visitors from twelve states and throughout Florida.  Participants’ ages ranged from five through 87.

KYtrackXC.com Class AAA All-Region Teams and Runners of the Year Press Release Nov 24, 2008

We present the All-Regional runners for each region of Class 3A.  All-Regional status is determined by a runner’s top 10 finish in their respective Regional Meet.  The top finisher in each Region is designated as the Runner of the Year for that Region, and the highest finishing Freshman or Sophomore in each region is designated as that region’s Frosh-Soph Runner of the Year. (Hillary Raidt, Assumption finishes in front of Annie Barry, Oldham County)

KYtrackXC.com Class AA All-Region Teams and Runners of the Year Press Release Nov 24, 2008

We present the All-Regional runners for each region of Class 2A.  All-Regional status is determined by a runner’s top 10 finish in their respective Regional Meet.  The top finisher in each Region is designated as the Runner of the Year for that Region, and the highest finishing Freshman or Sophomore in each region is designated as that region’s Frosh-Soph Runner of the Year.  

KYtrackXC.com Class A All-Region Teams and Runners of the Year Press Release Nov 24, 2008

We present the All-Regional runners for each region of Class 1A.  All-Regional status is determined by a runner’s top 10 finish in their respective Regional Meet.  The top finisher in each Region is designated as the Runner of the Year for that Region, and the highest finishing Freshman or Sophomore in each region is designated as that region’s Frosh-Soph Runner of the Year.

SUNY Cortland Opens Up Well Press Release Sep 14, 2008

OSWEGO, N.Y. – Despite resting six of its top runners, the nationally top-ranked Cortland men’s cross country team finished in third place out of 14 schools at the Oswego Laker Invitational. Houghton College won the race with 43 points, edging RIT by three points. Cortland finished with 82 points, with Ithaca (115) and Clarkson (146) rounding out the top five.

Rumble Through The Jungle Preview Press Release Sep 11, 2008

The 5th Annual Rumble Through the Jungle Cross Country Invitational, hosted by North Oldham High and Middle Schools, will be held on Saturday, September 13 at the Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve in Goshen, KY.  Boys and girls races will be contested in the high, middle and elementary school divisions.


Plattsbugh State Cardinals Beat 5-Team Field, Take Own Classic Press Release Sep 07, 2008

Plattsburgh State took the top five scoring places en route to a win in Saturday's Cardinal Classic men's cross country event at the Field House Rugar Woods, finishing with a perfect team score of 15 points.

The unranked Plattsburgh State women's cross country team captured its own Cardinal Classic championship on Saturday by virtue of a tiebreaker, defeating 14th-ranked Middlebury in the process.

Franklin-Simpson Wildcat Wilderness Invitational Press Release Aug 12, 2008

On October 25th, 2008 Franklin-Simpson will be hosting it's 1st Annual Wildcat Wilderness Run.  We promise excellent awards, and lower entry rates, than any other race held on this particular weekend. 

This is an absolutely amazing course, as it is half in open fields, and half in the woods, the terrain is smooth, and the 5k course is 1 big loop, as will the middle school race will also have the privilege of no overlapping.  Although many coaches including myself, worry about the safety of athletes in wooded areas, as we often deal with rough rooted areas.  This should not be a problem on our course.

The start of this race I can estimate could hold that of 15-20+ teams, and the start being well over 200 yards long, and a 100+ yards wide, which will lead onto a 5 to 6 feet wide gravel or dirt path, with the only exception being a couple tight spots in the deeper wooded section.

It would be of the greatest appreciation, if many of you could swing this on this seasons schedule. 

The course map will have spectator friendly areas in the woods, and WILL BE MARKED OFF ADEQUATELY!!

Lipscomb's Track and Field program highlighted honors earned by Atlantic Sun institutions Press Release Aug 06, 2008

 Lipscomb's Track and Field program highlighted honors earned by Atlantic Sun institutions from U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for their respective academic excellence.

Lipscomb's Men led all institutions with a 3.320 team cumulative GPA, tied with Yale while the Lady Bisons posted a cumulative GPA of 3.540 to rank second nationally behind West Virginia by a mere 0.04.

Gliders Spring Classic Press Release Press Release Apr 14, 2008

To help revive and promote 2 areas of high school track, the Central Florida Gliders Track Club and Lake Brantley High School will offer a multi-event competition and a “Race of Champions” meet specifically for high school athletes. This will be a meet where all the high school state champions in the different classifications would compete against each other in one end-of-the-season race the weekend following the high school state track meet. 

NFHS Responds to Maryland Track Situation Press Release Jan 24, 2008

Last Saturday, Juashuanna Kelly, a runner on the girls track team at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C., elected not to compete in the Montgomery Invitational indoor track and field meet in Maryland after meet officials advised her that she would need to replace her undergarment because it violated track and field playing rules published by the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS).

The NFHS issues the following statement regarding this incident.

Brasovan Named Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year Press Release Jan 24, 2008

It's been an amazing year for Florida's Wellington High junior Ashley Brasovan! After finally overcoming the "Footlocker South curse", she not only qualified for Foot Locker Nationals, but won the national championship! With a fearsome and uncharacteristic late race surge, she outkicked the best the nation had to offer including two former national champions. With that performance, along with another stellar year of races including a third cross country state championship, Gatorade announced today that Ashley has been named its first-ever Gatorade Girls National Cross Country Runner of the Year.

Ashley's family threw her a surprise dinner party last night to annonce the news to her, apparently under the guise of her sister's birthday party. Imagine what her reaction must have been when she found out! We have an interview scheduled with Ashley, which will be posted perhaps tonight.

NKU Men Finish 16th at NCAA Division II Nationals Press Release Nov 18, 2007

OPLIN, Mo. – Following a disappointing finish at the 2006 NCAA Division II nationals, the Northern Kentucky University men’s cross country team has been striving to better their 22nd place finish. All the hard work they’ve done throughout the postseason until now has indeed paid off as the Norse finished 16th out of 24 squads in the 50th anniversary meet.

Oklahoma State Wins Cowboy Jamboree Press Release Sep 30, 2007

The No. 8 Oklahoma State men's cross country team upset No. 5 Arkansas en route to winning the 71st Cowboy Jamboree at the OSU Cross Country Course Saturday. The race was extremely close between OSU, Abilene Christian and Arkansas, as the Cowboys and Abilene Christian finished with 69 points apiece, but OSU got the tiebreaker based on the performance of its players who did not score. Arkansas was right behind with 73 points.

Rumble Throught The Jungle Preview Press Release Sep 06, 2007

The 4th Annual Rumble Through the Jungle Cross Country Invitational, hosted by North Oldham High and Middle Schools, will be held on Saturday, September 8 at the Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve in Goshen, KY.  Boys and girls races will be contested in the high, middle and elementary school divisions.  
 
With over 1,400 runners slated to compete, the "Rumble" features a wooded, trail oriented layout that is quickly becoming one of Kentucky's premier early season meets.  Several top-ranked teams and individuals are slated to be in attendance.

BorderChallenge Promotes In-Season Pre-Region Meets Press Release Jun 22, 2007

The BorderChallenge Championships have announced they will be promoting eight major in-season cross country invitationals as "BorderChallenge Pre-Regional Championships".  This label is being added to large pre-existing meets that are held at the courses where the post-season BorderChallenge Regional Champioships will be held.