Lauren Gregory

The Liberty Bell Invitational has been the home to a lot of the state's history. Here...

Athletes from across the U.S. compete at the Arcadia Invitational. These are the top ...

Check out the Top 1,000 times run on the Liberty Bell course...

Niwot alumni Cruz Culpepper ran sub-4 in the mile this past weekend....

Next, we take a look at possible young women who could redshirt in their first years ...

Mckenna Mazeski's 17:38 from 2019 is the sixth-fastest time run by a freshman over th...

Air Academy's Maria Mettler comes in No. 4 on this list....

Brie Oakley and Lauren Gregory both left a significant imprint on Colorado's best all...

Bri Oakley and Lauren Gregory dipped under Elise Cranny's 3,200 state record at the 2...

Cole Sprout is Colorado's fastest runner over the past decade (and ever)....

Samantha Blair owns the No. 7 time run over the past decade. ...

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Three future 800 state champions, side by side......

Lauren Gregory squeezes out all the speed she can muster to challenge Brie Oakley off...

Elise Cranny was a formidable force on both the course and the track, and definitely ...

Brie Oakley dominated the field in 2016, running to the largest-ever margin of victor...

The top 10 freshman who could make an impact at the NCAA Championships....

Quinn Owen from Marcus High School is one of Texas' best middle-distance runners,...

Not surpisingly, Brie Oakley owns the top time on the current configuration of the No...

It was an all-Colorado Junior Women's team at this year's running of the World Mounta...

Here in Colorado, girls like Brie Oakley are separating from the field. And not just ...

Lauren Gregory and Brie Oakley embark on a journey that would earn both of them enhan...

Jockeying for first turn position....

Brie Oakley puts the finishing touches on the fastest outdoor two mile by an American...

Colorado athletes all over the place!...

Madison Mooney tries to take her PR below 4:47 this weekend in Seattle....

If you didn't get to see enough of Brie Oakley and Lauren Gregory at State this year,...

Sadio Fenner found success on his first steeplechase attempt....

Arria Minor did what she was expected to do: win the 100, 200, and 400....

Michaela Onyenwere was an enormous difference maker for Grandview all weekend long....

Fort Collins will need a big weekend out of their sprinters if they are to repeat as ...

Katelyn Sage is part of a CSCS girls hurdle tandem that wasn't on the radar screen wh...

Jacob Dack stayed busy throwing deeper than 53 feet this past week....

Four athletes punch their ticket to the big dance!...

Check in for an Easter spin on Run Junkie HS!...

One unmistakable message left by Taryn Ceglowski at Pomona: It's way too soon to coun...

Fairview's Hannah Freeman has been one of the mainstays of the Class of 2017 Distance...

The 2017 Brooks Mt. SAC Relays was an automatic Brooks PR qualifier, and four athlete...

Lauren Gregory was well free and clear of the 3200 competition at Mt. SAC before the ...

Jasmine Chesson and Audra Koopman got a nice early start on a big Fort Collins day in...

Last year, Fort Collins won a state title with Lauren Gregory functioning at less tha...

Weston Donati-Leach kept one of the state's longest sub-2 800 meter strings alive on ...

Madison Mooney threw down the gauntlet on the 800 season with a 2:13.21....

Sydnee Larkin has already gone over 40 feet, but is the 5A Girls record attainable?...

Emma Dern's throws are one big reason Fort Collins has a solid shot at repeating this...

Gabriella McDonald is part of a long list of top-tier talent represented by the Front...

USA brings home the win in Scotland at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country - Int...

Brie Oakley squeezes the last few seconds out of a breathtaking Liberty Bell race....

Lauren Gregory not only won the middle school individual state title in 2012, but als...

Twelve junior athletes get their first chance to wear the Team USA jersey in Scotland

Top 21 girls at Nike Cross Nationals...

Brie Oakley's race was mostly an exercise in solitude. Photo by Alan Versaw....

At the midway point, Brie Oakley's lead was already the stuff of legend. Photo by Ala...

The Mountain Vista girls and Coach Dalby help break in the course on this year's cour...

Lauren Gregory, Tanner Norman, and Brie Oakley are a few of the highlights of the ear...

On a day when heat, wind, and dust took their toll on a lot of runners, Casey Clinger...

Katie Rainsberger owns the leader board with Colorado's top four all-time marks on th...

Brie Oakley ran to the fastest time at State in all classifications. Photo by Jeff Mc...

Favorites keep winning...

Brie Oakley made her mark early, late, and often during the season. Photo by Jeff McCoy.

If you were thinking we're just about out of stuff to publish for the cross country s...

Lauren Gregory and Brie Oakley bookended being at the top of their class at State. Ph...

Among the stellar seniors we bid farewell to on Saturday were 5A standouts Lauren Gre...

Ivy Gonzales powers her way home on what would prove to be the first step toward a se...

Five battles we're excited to see at this weekend's slate of state championships...

Your top ten may not match my top ten point for point, much less in my ordering of th...

Beware of unharnessed blobs of blue on the course on Saturday. Photo by Alan Versaw....

With about a mile to go, the race will still up for grabs, but the remaining contende...

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Get up to date on all the great races that went down this weekend!...

We take a look at the quickest girls performers of the weekend...

Madison Mooney approaches the finish line with a huge grin and nobody in sight. Photo...

As story lines go, they don't get much bigger than Brie Oakley vs. Lauren Gregory. Ph...

While we've been waiting to see the real Mountain Vista team, Monarch gave some proof...

The view from second place at the Battle Mountain Invitational. Contributed photo....

Palmer Ridge, Mountain Vista, and Rock Canyon mixed it up spendidly at the Vista Nati...

Take a look at some of the weekend's most exciting races...

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Vanguard is a 2A program with everything to gain and just about nothing to lose at Fr...

Top 300 class of 2017 5K recruits....

The three-time Colorado state cross country champion is back after a season-ending st...

Lauren Gregory returns to defend a state title, but the bar for another repeat is ver...

MileSplit previews the top returning girls of the meet....

Becca Schulte takes over Friday's 800 entering the final turn. Photo by Alan Versaw....

Brie Oakley reintroduced lapping runners to the 5A 3200 en route to a new classificat...

Just when we thought that we might go a couple years without blazing, top-end sprint ...

Henry Raymond's 9:22 in the 3200 went to the top of the 5A charts and to #2 overall o...

In being competitive at state, it's usually very much about scoring points in big bun...

Kayla Young joins 39 more of the top female runners in the nation to compete at Foot ...

The junior from Fort Collins, Colorado placed 11th at Foot Locker last year...

Lauren Gregory is Colorado's most recent representative at Foot Locker Nationals, joi...

Dart Schwaderer was the first Colorado boy to qualify to NXN as an individual. Colora...

Lauren Gregory and Paul Roberts doubled their West Coast fun for December by earning ...

Ben Butler's near miss at last weekend's NXR-SW could be stoking the fires of his mot...

Long after most former state champions have hung up the spikes, Melody Fairchild is s...

Running the gauntlet of spectators. Photo by Alan Versaw....

At two miles, Katie Rainsberger's pace was taking its toll on Courtney Wayment and La...

Katie Rainsberger, Lauren Gregory, and Brie Oakley, three of Colorado's four top time...

Lauren Gregory ran to her third consecutive, and most closely contested, state title ...

Miguel Baltazar exemplified an Alamosa effort that kept both feet beneath them until ...

With Brie Oakley just out of view, Lauren Gregory attacks the final hill on the state...

Colorado Track XC talks to Paul Roberts, and a bunch of other athletes, about their s...

Lauren Gregory ran essentially unchallenged to last year's state title. That's not ho...

10 questions just begging to be answered......

Megan Mooney not only earned a second-place finish, but also helped her Horizon team ...

Henry Raymond continued a strong late-season run with a winning effort of 15:48 at th...

Check out the most recent update to the leaderboard!...

Harley Morgan's 7th-place finish led Vanguard to first-place honors in the Dave Sande...

Arapahoe gets a decisive 3-4 finish from Steven Goldy and Mason Brevig. Photo by Jeff...

Lauren Gregory reprised her 2014 Liberty Bell Division 1 effort with another winner t...

It's difficult to overstate Lauren Gregory's accomplishments over the last year, but ...

Devon Peterson is the top returner on a strong, deep, and experienced Cherry Creek sq...

Voting is a long and honored tradition in America. Exercise your vote here!...

If you remember this scene from late in last year's state race, you already know a lo...

Anthony Brown was busy making landings in Albuquerque last weekend. This weekend, it'...

Tonight will be only the second time ever for Jordyn Colter, Lauren Gregory, and Kati...

Rachel McArthur maintains her separation from Lauren Gregory on the final straight of...

Delaney Fitzsimmons wrote a stunning final chapter in her high school career this spr...

Sub-4:50 sophomores Rachel McArthur, Lauren Gregory and Ashton Endsley will challenge...

A massive collection of stunning images from state track, 2015. Photo by Ashley Green...

When it was time to put the meet away, nobody was even close to being as fast at Cher...

Jordyn Colter's final lap of her run to the record was strictly a solo effort. Photo ...

The 5A Girls race could easily be the most exciting of any classification when the st...

Among the athletes taking to the Longmont track in search of compelling efforts on Fr...

Back in January, Aikaterina Stefanidi was flirting with the best-ever women's pole va...

Bryan Hird added conference distance titles at 1600 and 3200 meters to his resume. Ph...

Smoky Hill's Dom Carrasco took his first Colorado hurdles meet title at Liberty Bell,...

It would be difficult to overestimate the impact Ally Watt, Shayna Yon, and Audra Koo...

Zoe Gilbertson has rapidly climbed to the top of her class in both hurdle events. Pho...

Broomfield's Regan VanDePol, enjoying a stellar senior year, nabs the top 1600 time o...

The top prospects for the 2015 adidas Dream Mile, part of the IAAF Diamond League series

Sam Hopfe helped Woodland Park to a team title in Salida on Saturday with an individu...

Eric Hamer will be representing Palmer Ridge and Colorado in the Invitational 3200 at...

Eric Hamer finished the 8K Junior Men's course in 42nd place at 25:58. Photo by Kirby...

John Dressel finished 27th place helping Team USA Junior Men place 6th overall. The J...

The start line for the World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China....

Dionne Taylor took over the top of the high jump leaderboard this weekend with a 6-9 ...

Durango's Justin Marcum clears 12-9 in the pole vault in Farmington, New Mexico. Phot...

Junior Women finish runners-up to Canada, led by Katie Rainsberger's fifth place...

The USA Junior Women finished second this morning at the APA Pan Am Cross Country rac...

Katie Rainsberger, Lauren Gregory, and Eric Hamer take a moment together before this ...

If you fade the singlet color into purple, you will see Fort Collins' answer to the g...

Get the power-packed recap from the record breaking weekend here...

Eric Hamer rounds the final turn before the finish with a Worlds qualifer in view. Ph...

Keep your finger on the pulse of HS T&F with this rundown of the weekend's top races ...

Jimmy & Jojo are live on the scene this weekend at the USA XC Championships in Boulde...

This year's conditions for the USA Cross Country Championships promise to be a lot wa...

Lauren Gregory, finishing 11th this year, takes her place in a long line of distingui...

Aidyn Woodall became a national champion this weekend in the 11-12 age division. Phot...

Calvin Banta will be representing Colorado in the 13-14 age division of the USA Natio...

MileSplit ranks the girls field of 40 for the 2014 Foot Locker Nationals!...

Lauren Gregory had to back up her brilliant run at NXR-SW with another big race at FL...

Meet the 10 girls finalists for the 2014 Foot Locker Nationals from the Midwest Regio...

As you might have guessed, Liberty Bell figured into the top five stories of the seas...

Lauren Gregory revives Colorado's tradition of representation at Foot Locker Nati...

Devon Peterson stepped up in a big way for a very good Cherry Creek team this fall. P...

It's a short, but impressive, list of Colorado entries registered to date for Foo...

Lauren Gregory had started her break by the two-mile mark. Photo by Alan Versaw....

Aubrey Argyle of Davis (UT) posted the #2 sophomore girls time--behind Lauren Gregory...

Riley Cooney's brilliant high school career will come to closure without an NXN a...

Watch the championship girls race from NXN Southwest!...

Allie Schadler races to a 3rd place finish: Photo by Alan Versaw...

Cami Squires and Sammy Hollingsworth lead the American Fork charge midway through the...

The top 21 sophomore girls XC performers in the nation from the last 4 weeks! ...

For several of Colorado’s cross country programs, Saturday brings the moment of truth.

Based on Desert Twilight and overall season performance, Katie Rainsberger looks like...

Isabelle Ponce-Pore and Annelise Sherman coud be stepping up to fill regular varsity ...

Ryan Currie's last competition of the season was the UNM Lobo Invitational, but h...

By the time Lauren Gregory dropped into the creek crossing at state she had forged an...

Elise Cranny and Heather Bates own the top two times on the course, and by a large ma...

A quick look at the top 50 freshman girls, by time, from the 2014 Colorado State Cros...

Lauren Gregory leads a group up Little Willis, but she would break the will of the gr...

The moment of triumph. Photo by Tim Hilt....

When you lay out all the factors leading to Fort Collins' stunning 5A girls title...

Never count out the Fort Collins girls!  Led by 5A race champ US #11 Lauren Grego...

What makes this year's state meet potentially special for Karina Mann? Read on an...

Do you like showdowns? They don't come prepackaged much better than this one. Pho...

When it came down to the final battle for third in 5A Region 3, Karina Mann, Cami Ken...

Kate Leatherman's success this season has been a big part of the Fossil Ridge suc...

You've probably already seen the national lists, and now Hoka One One helps us pi...

Lauren Ogg's big win at Liberty Bell marks her as a competitor of no small intere...

Liberty Bell is arguably the state's biggest showcase, and Zachary Alhamra and La...

We highlight the best girls performances by the Future Stars of the sport nationally ...

Vote for MileSplit's National Girls XC Performer of the Week #4 (Monday, Septembe...

One of the iconic images in Colorado high school cross country is the first pass by t...

These 14 XC girls went into "beast mode" with their race performances this past week ...

Lauren Gregory finished in front, well ahead of the pursuit. Photo by Jeff McCoy....

Fort Collins sophomore Lauren Collins smoked a 17:16 5K on Friday at the Liberty Bell...

Never underestimate how contentious things get on a Liberty Bell start line. Photo by...

As you start thinking of out-of-state entries who have the potential to snare a Liber...

Lauren Gregory's freshman year was filled with great moments, including a state c...

In a battle between two US top 15 ranked teams from the state of Colorado, the US #11...

Joshua Joseph bided his time early, then buried the field for a winning margin of 31 ...

Cerake Geberkidane won't be around to run this year's Arapahoe Warrior Invita...

Check out our pre-season list of the top 10 sophomore XC girls returning in the natio...

We teased you with a top 10 watch list article and a Who's #1 video ranking the t...

The first program of its kind to identify, recognize and award the future stars an...

Welcome to the Colorado Track XC preseason top ten list for girls cross country! Phot...

If you recall this scene from this year's 5A state 1600, you understand why Megan...

Apparently, this wasn't the weekend to lay low before cross country practice star...

We took a look at who who were the most popular female high school track & field ath...

Nate Fedel exploited the home course advantage with a nice finish at the Ourayce 10K....

Nicole Montgomery made her mark on the Rutherford List with a blazing 400 at state. P...

Darby Gilfillan and Lauren Gregory kept the state 3200 pace honest from the opening g...

A collection of favorite images of the state meet from Colorado Track XC photographer...

Generally speaking it didn't matter where Ally Watt got the baton, the race was over ...

Live results from the Colorado State Track & Field Championships this weekend in Lake...

Fort Collins moved by Monarch on the second leg of the 4x800 and never looked back. P...

The lay of the landscape has changed a little since the last time we visited 5A girls...

Cerake Geberkidane's mile from Chandler Rotary early this spring has him at #2 on...

One of the better spectacles of the weekend was Dior Hall and Shayna Yon battling in ...

Rock Canyon's Rhyan Pettaway hurdled her way to the Palmer Terror Invitational 10...

Freshman Audra Koopman scored the biggest day at the Altitude Running Invitational, i...

Bailey Hammer of Fruita Monument edges Moffat County's Ashlee Griffiths and Karme...

Colorado Track XC takes an early shot at identifying the top five 5A girls teams....

When you can't run fast enough to keep the hair out of your face, that tells you ...

Most of last year's 2A 3200 field is back this year, and you can expect the front...

These three figure to be toward the front once again in this year's 5A 1600. Colo...

Ally Watt will be chasing some way-out-there kind of records this spring. Colorado Tr...

Elise Cranny crosses the finish line in 16:53 with Sarah Baxter in her wake. Photo by...

The NXN boys race last ran on a frozen track in 2009. Colorado Track XC file photo....

Claire Green is one of only two members of the current Monarch team who have experien...

Fort Collins took flight when it counted, narrowly beating Davis and earning an NXN b...

Seniors and NXN veterans Audrey Oweimrin and Kari Van Zyl helped to key the biggest u...

Add Abby Cohen to the ever-expanding list of Legacy standouts. Photo by Paul Jaeger....

They've won a few of these before, but they keep finding ways to do it bigger. Co...

Lauren Gregory topped every category in the compilation for freshman of the year. Pho...

Elise Cranny, Senior, Niwot - Colorado Track XC Female Runner of the Year....

Lauren Gregory, Freshman, Fort Collins - 5A Girls Runner of the Year...

Before the race closed up and before the lighting grew harsh. Photo by Paul Jaeger....

It's tough enough just to overcome Lauren Gregory's talent, but as she starts...

Mt. SAC and the first crazy wave of State Championships across the nation made for qu...

Ashley Litoff crosses the creek with barely a splash to lead the Monarch Coyotes home...

Joel Such fights off a bid from Ben Butler to seal the deal on Lyons' perfect sco...

Great times in Colorado with Elise, Cerake and Lauren!  Sarah Baxter 16:11 #2 AT, Ta...

The top two questions for this year focus on the top two runners for the season so fa...

As they were at Pat Amato, Emma Gee, Kaitlyn Benner, Ashley Litoff, and Claire Green ...

There are a few more Invitationals on the schedule but we are starting to get into Co...

Midway through the race, Allie Chipman and Quinn McConnell battle for the lead. Photo...

That flash of purple you've seen streaking across the Colorado landscape has take...

Lauren Gregory leads her #3 ranked Fort Collins teammates to a dominating win at Frid...

The Manhattan Invite certainly lived up to the billing with top individuals and teams...

Paul Miller, barely showing a hint of exhaustion, runs to the Front Range League boys...

Well, who saw this jaw-dropper coming?! Alexa Efraimson (Camas WA) threw down this we...

Jake Erickson and Lauren Gregory earned athlete of the week honors with big wins at t...

Haney wins duel in the sun over Hardy and De La Rosa, Obsa Ali gets the win at Griak....

The biggest story is the emergence of freshman Lauren Gregory from Fort Collins, CO. ...

Elise Cranny wins the Rocky Mountain Shootout on Saturday. Photo by Rick Wilson....

At the midway point of the race Katie Rainsberger and Lauren Gregory were running sho...

It's always a sea of humanity when the TCA Titan Thunder winds back behind the st...

As weekends of cross country go, it doesn't figure to get much better than this w...

In a freshman class spilling over with talent, Vista Ridge's Ashlyn Polk is one o...

Cherry Creek and Fort Collins celebrate a 2-1 finish at John Martin, reversing their ...

Although Liberty Bell has a regional and national reputation for speed, it isn't ...

Cerake Geberkidane stakes out a lead over Bailey Roth and Andrew Walton early in Frid...

Rocky Mountain will be counting on Kacey Doner for some big production this fall. Col...

Manitou's Marcus Rodholm made life uncomfortable for Josh Davis in track season, ...

Will we see another showdown this fall like the one we saw last fall in 4A girls? Col...

Lauren Gregory may be the most recognizable name moving up to the high school ranks n...

Bound together by one another's arms and a little bit of kinesio tape, Salida&#39...

Tyler Scholl and Andrew King went at it hammer-and-tongs for most of the race before ...

Isaiah DeLaCerda and Miguel Baltazar of Ortega Middle School (Alamosa) should be two ...

The second annual Colorado Middle School State Cross Country Championships are coming...

The runner-up at the Colorado Middle School State Cross Country Championships in Octo...

Sydney Scott, right, raced to 26th and a time of 18:17.2 at Saturday's Foot Locke...

Jessica Kleven chased Kelley Robinson early, but Robinson would pull away from all co...