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The same Denver North girls who staked out an intimidating early lead at the St. Vrai...

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

As best as we can tell, Josh Torres posted the fastest high school time of the 4th of...

Maria Mettler was reportedly sick. You'd have never known it by her performances....

Lauren Offerman, Kasey Klocek, and Maria Mettler are just three of the faces in an ab...

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

Simone Watkins is just one of the reasons Denver East figures to be a potent force on...

KJ Sapp probably won't get through the season with much anonymity this spring....

You had to see it to believe it....

Kayla Young closed out her high school cross country career, and the high school seas...

Top stars to watch at the Foot Locker Nationals this weekend in California...

Kayla Young, Maria Mettler, and Brie Oakley were the most consistent from spring to f...

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

Kayla Young checks the threat from India Johnson on her right en route to a third-pla...

Kayla Young tries to extend her high school cross country career for one more meet on...

Nobody in Colorado came close to solving the Brie Oakley puzzle this fall. Photo by J...

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

Of those on this year's Colorado Track XC 3A Girls All-State team, Hannah Ellis took ...

Race leaders both collapse to the ground in this stunning video ...

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

Peak to Peak's girls celebrate a team title that came in extraordinary fashion. Photo...

Kayla Young and Quinn McConnell would end up 1-2, but there would be a lot of shuffli...

It wasn't that long ago that Lauren Offerman, and a whole lot more familiar faces in ...

It is possible to get out in front of Salida, it's just much more difficult to stay t...

Ellie Fantauzzo opens a gap on Emma Willadsen en route to her first high school meet ...

Kayla Young leaves all but the lead bikes behind. Photo by Douglas Scudamore....

Simon Kelati led his Greeley Central Wildcat teammates to an overpowering team title ...

Josh Torres got the individual and team title earlier this week at the Sterling Invit...

Lots of recognition has been pointed in the direction of Brie Oakley and Lauren Grego...

Drew Seidel and Cale Englert battle to a photo finish at the front of the Division 2 ...

Michael Long continued his string of early season success with an individual title at...

Isaac Roberts sets out on a journey to join, and even enhance, the legacy of older br...

Justin Andrade will be putting his state-leading 5K mark on the line at Centaurus on ...

Quinn McConnell is the defending 3A state champion, but nothing will be easy this yea...

Kayla Young's 17:18 from last year's Wiggins meet is as fast as any returning runner ...

Anna Shults finished second at state last fall and could be pointed at least that hig...

Sam Hitchens left with top honors among Colorado high school runners at Monday's Love...

Caleb Palmer won his heat of the 3200 on Friday night in Pueblo, then won the 3200 ou...

Will Domier exhibits winning--and sub-11--form in the 100 meters. Photo by Ben Hershe...

Maya Evans took over the #1 slot in the national long jump rankings at 20-6.75. Photo...

Paul Roberts used a mid-race surge to pick off approximately half of the field en rou...

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

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...

Katie Rainsberger ran to her second 4A state title, and her fourth top-two finish in ...

Katie Rainsberger's 17:39 becomes the standard for the new configuration of the NPEC/...

Kayla Young punished the Lyons turf for the best time in all Lyons regions of 18:12. ...

Isa Marshall's second-place effort paved the way for a Denver East girls team title. ...

It wasn't intentional that the two top girls teams started out next to each other, bu...

Holly Bent was all business winning the Pat Patten girls title on Saturday. Photo by ...

Nicholas Vai and his Coronado teammates host a whole lot of folks in Monument Valley ...

Emily Mitchem was the leader of the Eagles this time as Broomfield once again vanquis...

Kayla Young cruises to a big win in the D2 girls race. Photo by Jeff McCoy....

Meet Maria Mettler, the latest in a long line of Air Academy weapons. Photo by Alan V...

You could likely count on one hand the athletes who made as much of a springboard of ...

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

Adam Maal, a face likely to soon be a bit more familiar on Colorado cross country cir...

Joel Such, seeming free from injury once again, had little trouble putting away the f...

Nicole Montgomery made a clean sweep of the 4A 100, 200, and 400 at state. Photo by A...

Like so many other athletes this week, Asia-Marie Kelly earned her way to state with ...

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

Maya Evans posted the top 4A Girls long jump of the week, as she has done a time or t...

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

Salida's Taryn Ceglowski had a nice Saturday meet, making sophomore top 10s for both ...

A lot of nice performances hit the cold weather ceiling on Friday, among those Dawit ...

Keely Parish has a big season well underway, pushing her season's best throw out to 1...

Andrew Barlow clears the bar at 16-4.75, locking him firmly into the driver's seat fo...

Eve DeLeon is one of a very promising group of Denver South girls returning for more ...

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...

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

The absence of the usual uniform color schemes made identification a little trickier ...

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...

The scene of Kayla Young and Lexi Reed sharing a lead is one we've seen a few tim...

Katie Rainsberger led an exceptional group of 4A competitors at state, and all season...

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....

Eric Hamer of Palmer Ridge combined a hard-earned team title with his individual titl...

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

If Katie Rainsberger's regional domination was the warm-up routine for state, we ...

The Niwot girls wasted little time moving toward the front of the pack--and then stay...

Yet another week of favorite cross country photos....

Marcelo Laguera negotiates the hairpin coming back onto the grass at about 2.5 miles ...

Kayla Young took a wrecking ball to personal and meet records at Saturday's Wiggi...

University's Jenna Ptaschek closes out her home career on Tuesday with the Univer...

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

Paxton Smith and Kayla Young both ran to big wins last week. Photos by Tim Hilt and A...

Jenna McCaffrey leaves the field in her wake at the RE-1J meet. Photo by Renee Haip....

Probably the worst draw on the entire starting line. Photo by Jeff McCoy....

Paxton Smith and Tyler Matzke get most of the ink, but it's guys like Addison Hel...

Zachary Alhamra and Eric Hamer share the burden of leadership midway through the race...

Kayla Young could be the top runner in the region, but from the team perspective it&#...

On a pleasantly warm day in San Antonio, where the temperatures crept into the 60s, t...

Olivia Hayden trades in her black-and-orange for Penguin colors (black-and-white, I b...

For those in attendance, Elise Cranny put on a remarkable show. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Ethan Gonzales sets his sights on another victim. Colorado Track XC file photo....

You've heard about Josh Davis, but it Lamar wins a state title, it will be on acc...

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

Runners from Montrose, Grand Valley, Coal Ridge, Delta, and Ouray make their way up t...