A quick little tour of the best of cross country and track and field in Colorado for the year 2009. Colorado Track XC file photo.

It will be a new set of legs going by next fall, but it's still the same sport scored the same way. Photo by Alan Versaw.

CHSAA has issued a revised cross country committee report with a few important changes.

Coronado's Travvis Scott returns as one of the state's top high jump contenders for 2010. Photo by Mark Weeks.

Changes are on the horizon for the 2010 CHSAA cross country season. Colorado Track XC File Photo.  

A few changes are in the wind for Colorado Track XC.

Kelsey Lakowske topped Colorado's entries at Foot Locker Nationals with a 6th-place finish. Photo by Don Rich.

Megan Goethals and Chelsey Sveinsson battle to the line, Lukas Verzbicas dominates front-to-back in the boys race.  Tons of coverage from our on-site team...

Colorado doesn't often have a small-school entry at Foot Locker Nationals. Ryan Poland makes it two years in a row for the small schools. Photo courtesy PhotoRun.net.

From the opening stages of the NXN Girls Championship race, Fayetteville-Manlius was in undisputed control. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Photos by Paul Everett and Vitctah Sailor, PhotoRun.net

This year’s Foot Locker Nationals will still crown the best cross country runner in the country and continue its rich 30 year tradition on Saturday as two champions will face off in Craig Lutz from Texas and Lukas Verzbicas from Illinois. Lutz is fresh off his win last weekend at Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon, while Verzbicas earlier this fall won the World Dualthon junior title. Along with battling it out with each other for the win, both Lutz and Verzbicas will be racing against history as the South region has not had a Foot Locker champion since 1985 (Lutz), while an underclassmen has never won the boys race at Foot Locker Nationals (Verzbicas).

Colorado has sent a lot of individuals, and a lot of teams, to Foot Locker Nationals and NTN/NXN. More than you might think. Photo by Jeff Bliven.

Doug Brady, Danny Nicolls, Walter Schafer, Scott Fauble, and Garrett Golesch represented Colorado at Foot Locker Midwest. The middle three are advancing to Foot Locker Nationals. Photo by Bob Nicolls.

Erin Hooker enjoyed the brightest moment yet of a very promising high school cross country career at NXN. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Less than 24 hours from the start of NXN, the start area is almost complete.

Melody Fairchild, shown here competing in the open race at the RMAC Championships, is a member of the newest class of the CHSAA Hall of Fame. Photo by Alan Versaw.  

It takes some composure to stick to your plan when you're running shoulder-to-shoulder with the crowd over the whoop-de-doos. Photo by Alan Versaw.