Colorado Girls Top Returners In The Field...

Green Mountain's Eva Ballot is the top returner in the high jump....

Colorado Boys Distance Top Returners...

Estes Park's Austin Tice is the No. 6 returner in the 800, and the No. 2 returner in the 1,600.

Colorado Girls Sprints And Hurdles Top Returners...

Eaton's Andie Rasmussen is the top returner in the 400....

Top Girls Sprints And Hurdles, So Far...

Golden freshman Abigail Trapp is currently No. 7 in the 400 with a 59.72 clocking, and No. 1...

Colorado Girls Top 100 Weekend Results Merge...

Check out the top-performances across every event from the weekend!...

Colorado Boys Top 100 Weekend Results Merge...

Kahari Wilbon and Anthony Smith are currently the top 200m sprinters, clocking 22.17, and 22...

Top Returners For The 2024 Indoor Season: Boys Field Events...

Xander Checketts did not compete indoors last year, but he's currently the No. 2 ranked high...

Top Returners For The 2024 Indoor Season: Boys Distance...

Darren Hayden is the No. 4 returner in the 3,000 with his 8:56.99 clocking from the...

Colorado 900: Top Boys Returners For 2024...

Regis Jesuit's Braeden Focht is the No. 27 returner based on time....

Colorado 900: Top Girls Returners For 2024...

Heritage's Emry Schwalm is the No. 15 returner based on time....

Fastest Freshmen Girls At The 2023 Colorado State Champs...

Chaparral freshman Sutton Persichina was the third-fastest freshman at the Colorado State Ch...

Fastest Freshmen Boys At The 2023 Colorado State Champs...

Summit freshman Jay McDonald ran the second-fastest time - a 16:06 clocking - in the freshme...

Colorado Girls Senior Rankings...

Arapahoe's Karli Holmes is currently the 11th-fastest senior with her 18:07 personal best fr...

Colorado Boys Senior Rankings...

Eagle Valley''s Cooper Filmore is currently the eighth-fastest senior with his 15:13 persona...

Top Returning Senior Girls For The 2023 Colorado XC Season...

Legacy's Keira Wilkinson is the No. 9 returner in the senior class....

Top Returning Senior Boys For The 2023 Colorado XC Season...

Battle Mountain's Porter Middaugh (left) and Will Brunner (right) are two of the top-three r...

Colorado 4A Boys Top Returners For 2024...

Montrose's Dylan Jessop is the top returner in the triple jump....

Colorado 4A Girls Top Returners For 2024...

Taegan Olson is the top returner in the girl's pole vault....

RANKINGS: Great Southwest Classic Boys All-Time Top 100...

Check out which boys are among the top 100 from the Great Southwest Classic in each event....

Golden Baton: Top Girl Relays From The Colorado State Champs

Mesa Ridge's 47.21 in the 4x100 was the No. 1 time across all classifications....

Top Freshmen Boys At The Colorado State Championships...

Xzavier Campos and Rocco Culpepper are the only two freshmen two compete in the 1,600....

Colorado 100: Tops Girls Field Events, So Far...

Eaglecrest senior Blythe Cayko is currently ranked No. 5 in the 5A shot put, and No. 9 in th...

Colorado 100: Top Distance Girls, So Far...

Grace Moroney is currently ranked No. 4 in the 800, and No. 4 in the 1,600,....

Colorado 100: Top Girls Sprints And Hurdles, So Far...

Battle Mountain's Presley Smith is currently ranked No. 9 in the 400....

Colorado 100: Top Distance Boys, So Far...

Legacy's Cian Nagle is currently ranked No. 13 in the 800 with a 1:57.02 clocking....

Top Girls Relay Squads, So Far...

Fossil Ridge's 4x200 squad is currently the No. 7 team in Colorado....

Colorado 100: Girls 4A Top Returners In Every Event...

Janise Everett is the top returner in the 100 and the 200....

Colorado 100: Girls Top Returning Sprints & Hurdlers...

Rachel Bair is the No. 3 returner in the 100, No. 3 in the 200, No. 8 in the 400, No. 23 in ...

Colorado 100: Boys Top Returning Distance Runners For 2023...

Corbin Hobert is the No. 5 returner in the 800, and No. 13 in the 1,600....

Colorado 100: Girls Top Returning Field Events For 2023...

Defending state champ Elizabeth Heumann is the top-returner in the high jump....

Colorado 100: Boys Top Returning Sprints & Hurdlers For 2023

Ace Malone is the top returner in the 400 with a 47.18 clocking....

Colorado 100: Top Returning Distance Girls For 2023...

Ella Johns is the No. 11 returner in the 800, No. 21 in the 1,600, and No. 14 in the 3,200....

Colorado 900: Top Returning 4A Girls...

Northfield's Taylor Buese is the No. 9 returner based on time....

Colorado 900: Top Returning 4A Boys...

Summit's Joshua Shriver is the No. 9 returner based on time....

Colorado 900: Top Girls Returners For 2023...

Denver East's Rosie Mucharsky is the ninth-fastest returner....

Colorado 900: Top Boys Returners For 2023...

Cherokee Trail's Brady Smith is the No. 12 returner based on time....

Top 900 Incoming Junior Boys From 2021...

Rock Canyon's Brady Hill is the No. 11 returner in the junior class based on time....

Top 900 Incoming Junior Girls From 2021...

Dakota Ridge's Hanan Aldelemy is the No. 18 returner in the incoming junior class based on t...

Top 900 Incoming Senior Boys From 2021...

Golden's Henry Stubenrauch is the No. 10 returner in the the senior class based on time....

Top 900 Incoming Senior Girls From 2021...

Frontier Academy's Madison Brosig is the No. 18 returner in the Class of 2023....

North Carolina A&T Irwin Belk Track Boys' Facility Records...

With adidas Nationals in a week we look at the best performances at NC A&T's venue's history...

RANKINGS: Great Southwest Classic Boys All-Time Top 100...

Check out which boys are among the top 100 from the Great Southwest Classic in each event....

RANKINGS Top 25 Overall Boys Marks At Arcadia Since 2013...

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

Heritage, Palmer Ridge Claim Doherty Team Titles...

Save for the crowds, Ella Johns ran the second half of the race alone....

Niwot Sweeps The Colorado State T&F Champs: 4A Recap...

Zane Bergen won the 800, 1600, and 3,200 state titles....

True Grit At The PPAC League Meet...

Ben Conlin swept the 800, 1,600, and 3,200 at the PPAC League Meet....

Harrison Panther Invite: Hello, Banning Lewis Prep...

Mikayla Hutchison is one big reason Banning Lewis Prep is no longer flying under the radar....

Fire On The Course At The 4A Region 2 Championships...

Scott Prieve telescoped away to claim the 4A Region 2 individual title Friday....

Soloing At The Cheyenne Mountain Stampede...

Bethany Michalak ran the second-fastest time ever on the Penrose course....

Bethany Michalak Shines Under The Lights At Peyton XC Invite

Bethany Michalak raged over the sand and grass in Peyton Friday night....

A Look At The Fastest Boys 4A Teams In The State...

Palmer Ridge returns with the third fastest squad in 4A....

Bracing For A New Wave Of Freshman Boys...

Introducing a large portion of the boys cross country class of 2024....

Senior Boys Who May Have Been The Difference: 4A...

Braeden Holcombe's big indoor season seemed poised to spill over into a big outdoor season....

Senior Girls Who Could Have Been The Difference 4A...

Joslin Blair warranted a much better ending to her high school career than COVID-19. It wasn...

Top Boys 4x400 Teams Of The Past Decade...

The 2012 squads from Rangeview and Heritage make up two of the top three 4x400 squads over t...

Colorado 4A Boys Decade Meet (Corrected)...

A seven-foot high jump clearance by Colt Sessions was the 4A standard for the decade....

Pre-Season 4A Power Rankings: Niwot Girls Out Front...

Can anyone keep pace with the Niwot girls?...

4A Region 2 Girls: A 3-Team Race...

Tatum Miller pulls away from Ella Chura and Jocelyn Millican at the end....

Rock Canyon, TCA run to Polson Ranch team titles...

More meets are won by fifth runners than by first runners, but packing up your 3-4-5 is part...

A Revealing Run At The Vista Nation XC 2 Mile...

Cole Sprout opened up his 2019 campaign with the fastest time ever run at the Vista Nation X...

A Look Ahead: Pikes Peak Athletic Conference Boys...

Air Academy's Cal Banta is the top returner in the 800 and 1,600....

A Look At The 2019 Boys 4A State XC Championships...

Niwot's Cruz Culepper is set to defend his title, but he'll likely have some challengers nex...

NXR-SW 2018: Three Colorado Teams to NXN...

By midway through the race, there were no challengers left for Cole Sprout and Easton Allred...

4A Boys: Cruz Cruises, Centaurus Gets Redemption...

Ares Reading (center) and Cruz Culpepper kicked late to finish 1-2 Saturday....

Best 1-5 Splits From The Weekend...

Who 'won the weekend' with the best 1-5 split?...

Clash Of The Titans At Vista Nation 2 Mile...

Cruz Culpepper beat a stacked field to claim the course record....

Palmer Ridge Busts Rust At Legacy Rust Buster...

Palmer Ridge swept the individual races, and team races Friday afternoon. ...

Kieran Nay: Palmer Ridge To Western State...

Kieran Nay will head into Colorado's high country to Western State next season....

A Look Ahead At PPAC Boys...

Dontavis Moore Ford will look to help Vista Ridge in the sprints this season. ...

A Look Ahead At PPAC Girls...

Jumper Annalese Edwards is but one of a long list of talented returnees for Palmer Ridge....

The Deep Dive For XC, 2018: 4A Boys...

Ares Reading was a huge addition for Niwot this fall and a key piece of the Cougar puzzle ne...

The Deep Dive For XC, 2018: 4A Girls...

The age-old distinction between rebuilding and reloading applies at Battle Mountain. Look fo...

What Colorado Stories Did NXR-SW Reveal?...

Carley Bennett was one of a lengthy list of Colorado athletes enjoying stellar days at this ...

Southwest Region Boys 2017: Will The American Fork String Be...

Brace yourself for another rousing edition of NXR-SW Boys, but with lots of new faces this t...

Southwest Region Girls 2017: Can Anyone Break The Colorado S...

Of course it's another year of hold-your-breath racing shaping up at NXR-SW! And a few girl...

Combined Program Scores - Colorado State XC...

When you win both team state titles, it's hard not to win the combined program score for you...

Give State 10 Questions; Get Back 10 Answers...

Charlie Perry checked in on his competition midway through the race, but by the end there wa...

Colorado State Cross 2017: Battle Mountain Vanquishes Resist...

Naomi Harding was one of four Battle Mountain Huskies claiming top-20 finishes on Saturday....

Colorado State Cross 2017: Sprout Prevails, Palmer Ridge Bid...

Brock Dykema dogs the heels of Cole Sprout nearing the midway point of the race....

4A Boys In-Race Scoring...

Ryan Matson's patient persistence helped keep Palmer Ridge in a position to execute their dr...

Weekend Rundown: State Meet Action Kicks Into Full Swing...

Check out what's going down across the country this weekend in this edition of the Weekend R...

Around The Southwest Region: Weekend Of October 19 - 21...

Catch up on the moving and shaking among the region's top teams here....

4A State Previews...

If Niwot is going to win this thing, the pack is how it's going to get done....

Regional Week in Review...

Andrew King beats Levi Chambers and Christian Fagerlin to the finish line in 3A Region 4....

Around The Southwest Region: 1st Weekend Of October...

The Albuquerque Academy and Rio Rancho girls mixed things up nicely at the Albuquerque Metro...

Colorado Week in Review: October 2 - 7...

Hannah Ellis got a slow start to her season owing to an injury from spring, but she has thin...

PPAC 2017: Chaston, Miller Claim Individual Races...

Thomas Chaston approaches the finish line with Ryan Matson safely in the rear-view mirror....

Around The Southwest Region, Weekend of September 28 - 30...

New Mexico's Kashon Harrison barely outdueled Colorado's Cole Sprout in the cool of the Ariz...

4A Week 7 Rankings...

Battle Mountain retains the top girls position, but Durango and Palmer Ridge continue to clo...

This Week In Colorado High School Cross Country...

Adventure calls your name at the Chris Severy Invitational Saturday in Aspen....

Who Has The Best Young Team? 4A Girls...

It's a deep Durango roster, on the starting line and in terms of freshmen and sophomores....

2017 Polson Ranch Invitational: Everything It Was Expected T...

Though things were fairly tight through the mile, Chris Theodore and Easton Allred would tak...

This Week's Meet Of The Week: The Polson Ranch Invitational...

The teams won't all be the same as the last time there was a meet at Polson Ranch, but all t...

Southwest Region In Review: Weekends of Sept 16 & 23...

There have been big doings across the region the last couple of weeks. Get caught up here!...

An All-Colorado Merge From Woodbridge...

Grandview's Kaitlyn Mercer had a very nice second-place finish in the Girls Varsity Gold A r...

What To Watch For This Weekend...

The Palmer Ridge boys are one of several teams with a lot on the line this weekend....

Around The Southwest Region: September 7 - 9...

Monarch High School out of Colorado used a strong early presence up front to help pick up a ...

2017 St. Vrain Invitational: Perry, McConnell Offer No Quart...

There weren't any meet records set at Saturday's St. Vrain Invitational, but Charlie Perry h...

2017 St. Vrain Invitational Meet Preview...

There are few spectacles in Colorado high school cross country at stirring as the St. Vrain ...

4A Week 2 Rankings...

Back-to-back strong showings moved Lucy Hart and Pine Creek up a notch in a strong 4A Girls ...

Grading 4A Freshman Classes Around The State...

Joshua Simpson has already begun his impact on Montrose High School cross country fortunes....

2017 Vista Nation 2-Mile Tells A Few Tales...

Carter Dillon broke free on the second loop and carried it forward to a convincing win at th...

The 4A Preseason Coaches Polls...

The race to the front of 4A is on again, featuring most of the same teams as last year....

Vista Nation 2-Mile Meet Preview...

Chris Theodore checks around to make sure his lead is for real at the finish of last year's ...

The Top 10 4A Boys Teams...

Elliot Cassidy figures to be part of a loaded Silver Creek roster for this fall....

The Top Ten 4A Girls Teams...

Naomi Harding is just one of the things you worry about when you go up against Battle Mountain.

An Early Look At The Top NXR-SW Boys Team Possibilities...

Grant Gardner added a very good track season to his outstanding cross country season from th...

Who Has The Toughest Region? 4A Boys...

Some of the Palmer Ridge pack has gone the way of graduation, but much of it is back again t...

4A Boys XC By Rankings...

Ryan Matson figures to inherit the role of leader of the pack for the Bears, but can Palmer ...

Palmer Ridge Girls XC, 2017...

Anna Busath was new to Palmer Ridge cross country and track and field last year, but you wou...

4A Girls XC By Rankings...

The rankings are a big fan of the girls from Battle Mountain....

A Virtual Meet Of The Freshman Class: 4A Boys...

Dylan Schubert is one big reason the future looks promising for Thompson Valley track and fi...

4A Boys, 2018...

James Lee should enter the 2018 as 4A Boys' top distance threat....

4A Boys: The Deep Dive (corrected)...

Nik Chappee's stride that each up enormous lengths of track with every bound has him as a ke...

Colorado in Review: April 23 - 25...

Isaac Green (3200) and Madison Mooney (400) went to alternate events at Monday's Stutler Bow...

Where Do Things Stand Now? 4A Boys (Updated)...

Dontavis Moore Ford is one of Vista Ridge's multiple very effective relay pieces....

Week 3 Report Card: 4A Boys...

Once again, it appears to be distance by committee at Palmer Ridge High School....

A Long, Hard Look at 4A Boys...

Brandon Pappas will be one of the 4A athletes to watch this spring. Watch for him especially...

Western Slopers Light Up Results at Western State...

Zaccre Kenward douple dipped for titles Saturday in the long jump and triple jump. File Phot...

PPAC Boys Depth Analysis...

Jacob Adelgren figures to be launching a few more big throws for Palmer Ridge this spring....

PPAC Girls Depth Rankings...

Katelin Gallegos returns as one of the league's top throwers and a leading reason Air Academ...

Top 10 Cross Country Stories of 2016: #5...

Mountain Vista and Palmer Ridge shared a stunning moment in the California spotlight back in...

Drew Lester: Following in a Family Tradition of Service...

Drew Lester and his Palmer Ridge teammates once again have high hopes for this year's 4x800....

NXN Southwest Boys Preview: Six Ranked Teams, Six Ranked I...

Casey Clinger meets the Utah state meet finish line with a large gap on his pursuers. Photo ...

Saucony Flo50 Boys XC Team Rankings Five New Teams Crack Int...

NXR mixing up the top 25 teams....

2016 Tomahawk 2 Mile: Murphy, Enterman Take Center Stage...

Former Nike Cross Nationals champion Craig Lutz sends Girls Heat 2 on their way. Photo by Al...

A Look at Next Year: 4A Boys...

The three seniors at the front of the Palmer Ridge pack won't be back next year, but the nex...

A Look at Next Year: 4A Girls...

Nobody figures to get much relief from Battle Mountain next year. Photo by Alan Versaw....

What?! No Palmer Ridge in the MileSplit National Rankings?...

Colorado has learned that Bears are dangerous. Who's next? Photo by Alan Versaw....

State Meet Overall Program Scoring...

Monarch had the second-best overall program score in 5A, falling behind only Mountain Vista....

2016 Colorado State XC 4A Girls: Battle Mountain Rises Highe...

In complete command of the race with 200 meters to go, Maria Mettler heads toward home. Phot...

2016 Colorado State XC 4A Boys: Palmer Ridge Slams the Door...

The white of Palmer Ridge was in evidence early, but not as a flag of surrender. Photo by Je...

10 Questions for State, 2016, to Answer...

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

4A Boys State Forecast...

The current Widefield team has been four years developing. It all comes together for one fin...

Final 2016 Season Saucony Flo 50 Colorado Rankings...

The Hotchkiss boys made their first appearance in the rankings with a strong showing at 2A R...

A Quick Wrap on Regionals, 2016...

Platte Valley's Andrew King won the battle in 3A Region 4, but Cody Jones and Frontier Acade...

4A Region 2 Preview...

In a region dominated by Air Academy, Pine Creek, and Palmer Ridge, Ashley Polk could be pot...

Southwest Region Week in Review: October 9 - 15...

Broomfield's girls packed it up, ran relaxed, and still came away with the Front Range Leagu...

Colorado Week in Review: October 10 - 15...

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

Teams of the Future: 4A...

Jackson Ponce de Leon is part of a whole phalanx of young Pine Creek Eagles who could spell ...

Colorado in Review: October 4 - 6...

Mackenzie Moss followed up a solid performance at Desert Twilight on Friday with a PPAC indi...

Around the Southwest Region: September 26 - October 1 (updated)

The Desert Vista girls stuck together nicely early at Desert Twilight and ended up as decisi...

2016 Metro State/Mountain Vista Inv: Broomfield and Palmer R...

Ivy Gonzales ended up second, but still contributed in an enormous way to a tiny margin of v...

In-depth Preview: Metro State/Mountain Vista (high school only)

Hopefully you haven't yet had your fill of Mountain Vista vs. Palmer Ridge, because neither ...

September Fades into October...

Rye's Makayla Rodriguez gets to pound out a few thousand strides in front of the home folks ...

Mid Season Exam: 4A Boys...

James Lee is part of a long list of standouts on the Silver Creek roster, but can they take ...

Saucony Flo 50 Colorado Rankings...

No rankings leads changed hands this cycle, but a win over Lyons helped Nick Lovato and Vang...

Saucony Flo 50 Southwest Region Rankings: September 20...

No result over the last two weeks made more waves in the rankings than the 1-2 finish of Mou...

Southwest Region in Review: September 11 - 17...

In Mountain Vista's system of interchangeable parts, it was Joshua Romine who came up big th...

Woodbridge Notes: Colorado Summary...

Mountain Vista and Palmer Ridge bask together in the glow of a stunning performance. Photo b...

Southwest Region in Review: September 5 - 10...

Reina Paredes led Rio Rancho's girls to a second-place finish at the St. Vrain Invitational....

The Week Ahead in Cross Country...

Sophomore David Fine is enjoying a breakout year at Elizabeth. He gets to run in front of th...

Colorado Week in Review: September 6 - 11...

Durango's Anna Smagacz led the Demons to a crushing defeat of the assembled field at Saturda...

2016 St. Vrain Invitational: Mountain Vista, Monarch, & Palm...

The battling at the front was at fever pitch between 5A giants Mountain Vista and Monarch, p...

In-depth Preview: St. Vrain Invitational...

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

Saucony Flo 50 Colorado Coaches Polls (Now Complete!)...

Colton Stice had a big win at Lake County last weekend, leading the Gunnison boys to a close...

In-depth Preview: Centaurus Invitational (updated)...

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

Southwest Region in Review: August 22 - 27 (amended)...

Palmer Ridge, Mountain Vista, and Rock Canyon mixed it up spendidly at the Vista Nation XC 2...

Colorado Weekend in Review: August 25 - 27 (corrected)...

With the finish line directly ahead and all the green behind him, Chris Theodore takes a qui...

Colorado 4A Preseason Virtual Meets...

Andrew Rudnicki and his Palmer Ridge teammates just missed last year, but are aiming to fix ...

In-depth Vista Nation XC 2-Mile Preview...

A rare frontal view of the Great Green Wall at a Mountain Vista cross country meet. Photo by...

Saucony Flo50 Southwest Region Preseason Rankings...

Preseason rankings are here for the Southwest Region!...

Meet Preview: 2016 Cheyenne Mountain Stampede (4A Boys)...

In case you missed, or otherwise overlooked, Widefield's show of force at the Run for Rwanda...

How Good of a Predictor Are Virtual Meets? 4A Boys...

William Chandler and his senior teammates at Durango proved remarkably constant through last...

The Colorado Preseason Top Ten 4A Girls Teams...

With the emergence of girls like Kelsey Lagunas, Roosevelt is suddenly a much bigger force w...

NXR-SW Preview: Colorado's Top Boys Teams...

Alex Fu and Mountain Vista have made a habit of leaving the opposition in their dust, their ...

The Colorado Preseason Top Ten 4A Boys Teams...

If you're looking for a most-improved team from last year to this, Montrose should be high o...

Colorado 4A Region 2 Boys Cross Country Preview...

The pack is almost entirely back for Palmer Ridge, but that doesn't necessarily mean that th...

Colorado 4A Region 2 Boys Cross Country Preview...

Track season suggests that Ryan Matson, after a couple of years of relative obscurity on a v...

NXR-SW: An Early Assessment of the Boys Teams (Appended)...

Camren Todd heads up a very strong returning delegation from the Davis program. Photo by Ala...

Caleb Ojennes Recognized as Gatorade Boys Track & Field AOY...

Caleb Ojennes closed out his high school career with state titles in the 400, 200, and 4x400...

Hannah Capek: A Bear Who Rolls with the Tide...

Hannah Capek saved her best seasons for her senior year and became one of Colorado's top hig...

Kelly Christensen to Niwot...

Kelly Christensen has accepted the offer of a position coaching cross country at Niwot High ...

4A Boys: Winning One for the Gipper...

Logan Stewart hits the sand en route to a state long jump crown. Photo by Jeff McCoy....

Friday Notes on State Track and Field...

Ben Kelley reveals some of the excitement of an approaching finish line with nobody close. P...

State Meet Analysis: 4A...

Katie Rainsberger and Andrea Willis have already broken all-classification records this seas...

Yet Another Rousing Edition of the St. Vrain Invitational...

Kiana Gomez dominated the 100 hurdles early in the meet. Photo by Ben Hershelman....

Thunder and Wolves and Bears, Oh My!...

Liam Cox leads a pack of bears to a 1, 2, 3, 5 finish in the boys 1600m with the top three...

A Quick Look at the Last Three Days of Track and Field Actio...

Meets have been coming at us the last few days almost as fast as Melanie Doty and Shea Zeman...

4A Boys Mid Season Depth Analysis...

If you look closely at 4A Boys discus, it's not difficult to see the potential for a lot of ...

April 25 - 27 in Review...

Center's Adrian Behena saw some nice improvement on his 100 meter time at Wednesday's Pine R...

A Rising Star Among Meets: the Stutler Bowl Twilight...

Brandon Pappas is doing very well with late-hour 800s this season, winning last night's Stut...

Kyle Rex: Multiple Reasons to Choose UCCS...

The pole vault is Kyle Rex's headliner event--at least until you start thinking about the de...

Racing the Leading Edge of the Storm...

Adam Dawson winds up on the biggest discus throw Colorado has seen in a while. Photo by Alan...

Colorado's Arcadia Weekend...

Matt McDonald's 4:21.08 1600 was one of the best Colorado performances of the weekend in Arc...

The Dam Gives Way at Palmer Terror...

Nik Chappee now has something nobody else in Colorado has--the fastest 200 meter time of the...

Colorado Weekend in Review: March 17 - 19...

Brandon Pappas outduels Dakota Cleveland of New Mexico to the finish line on Saturday night....

Favorite Images: March 12...

Palmer Ridge does a lot of things well, including, apparently relay symmetry. Photo by Paul ...

An Early Glance at Track & Field Depth: PPAC Girls...

Sam Rippley returns as the PPAC's top-ranked 400 and as a key component of a very deep Palme...

The Preseason Top Five Teams: 4A Boys...

Bailey Rosenstrauch is one of the many pieces to the state championship puzzle who returns f...

An Early Glance at Track & Field Depth: PPAC Boys...

It's easy to think of Palmer Ridge as a distance program, but these are multi-dimensional Be...

The Top Ten Stories of Colorado HS XC for 2015...

Katie Rainsberger's was all smiles at the finish line of NXN 2015. Photo by Ashley Green....

10 Questions that Cross Country 2015 Answered...

When it came to deciding the 5A boys individual crown, it all came down to this. Photo by Al...

Colorado's Boys Cross Country Individual State Champions...

Joseph Manilafasha, a two-time state champion and one of the best the state has ever seen. C...

A Look Ahead at 4A Boys Cross Country, 2016...

Henry Barth helps to make Glenwood Springs one of the 4A teams most worth watching for next ...

Returning State Teams: Boys (updated)...

Jeremy Meadows and Andrew Rudnicki are two big reasons to give Palmer Ridge their due for ne...

Around the Southwest Region: Weekend of October 30, 31...

Alex Raichart and Battle Mountain made their case as the top small-school girls team in the ...

10 Questions about State Answered...

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

Scoring the 4A Boys Regions...

A great team battle between Durango and Palmer Ridge up front was carried all the way throug...

4A Boys: Two Points and a Combined Half of a Second...

Even half way into the race, it was clear that the team battle of interest was being waged b...

A Hard Look at State: 4A Girls...

Katie Rainsberger is slated to close out her storied Colorado high school career at 12:30 on...

A Hard Look at State: 4A Boys...

Ian Meek brings the status of top returning finisher from last year to this year's 4A Boys s...

10 Questions for State to Answer...

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

Nothing New Here: Air Academy and Palmer Ridge Control 4A Re...

The scene at one mile of the boys race was pretty much what everyone expected it would be. P...

Saucony/Flo 50 Colorado Coaches Poll: October 13...

In what's become a bit of a game of hot potato, the 3A Girls #1 ranking went back to Cecilia...

Colorado Weekend in Review: October 8 - 10...

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

Live Updates: October 8, 9, and 10...

It's October, so it's time to expect Andrew Lester and a few other Bears to try to cause som...

Southwest Region in Review: Weekend of September 25/26...

Will Handley's second-place finish was a key piece in the stunning Timpanogos upset at Bob F...

Saucony/Flo 50 Colorado Week 5 Rankings...

Tiana Bradfield is member #3 of the Peak to Peak freshman class that has the Pumas stalking ...

The Jet Setters of Colorado Cross Country (updated)...

Catherine Liggett broke to a lead early and dominated the gold race at Saturday's Rim Rock C...

September 22 - 26 in Colorado High School Cross Country...

Lake City offers scenic and remote solitude as part of its cross country meet experience. Ph...

Colorado Weekend in Review: September 17 - 19...

Kyra Hanson picked up her debut high school meet title this weekend at Platte Valley. Colora...

Norman, Steele Run to Pueblo Central Titles...

Tanner Norman and Chantae Steele took wins by very different models at the Pueblo Central In...

Liberty Bell/St. Vrain Boys Merge...

If you thought Mountain Vista looked like the top team in the state before this weekend, you...

Colorado Track XC Week 3 Coaches Polls...

At least for the time being, Lamar and Jacob Rogers have firmly ensconced themselves atop th...

Mountain Vista Dominates 4A/5A St. Vrain Invite...

The boys race was very competitive through more than two miles up front, but even here you c...

This Week's Featured Meet: The 4A/5A St. Vrain Invitational...

After a huge win at Centaurus last weekend, Catherine Liggett gets to take on Katie Rainsber...

Palmer Ridge, Air Academy Retain Top 4A Positions...

But Palmer Ridge lost their hold on unanimity in the 4A Boys rankings....

Colorado Weekend in Review: August 27 - 29...

Last year, Henry Barth was a top-10 finisher at middle school state. This year, he opened as...

Colorado Track XC Coaches Polls: 4A Preseason Rankings...

It didn't take long for Palmer Ridge to reassert their claim to the #1 spot....

NXR-SW Outlook: Colorado Boys...

Paxton Smith enters his senior season as the leader of Vista Nation, and it promises to be a...

Pikes Peak Girls Preview: Ware the Kadets...

Kayla Wiitala has been running alongside Katie Rainsberger for three years now, but she's fa...

10 Questions for Cross Country 2015 to Answer...

Will Tyler Scholl and Quinn McConnell be the big impact freshmen of 2015? Photos by Alan Ver...

Pikes Peak Boys Preview: The View from Palmer Ridge...

Liam Cox was the #2 finisher at state for Palmer Ridge last fall, but the top guy for the Be...

Caleb Ojennes the Latest to Accept a Brooks PR Golden Ticket

Running in the low 47s for the 400 can take you places you didn't expect to go. Photo by Ala...

Cast Your Vote: Colorado Track and Field Story of the Year...

Cast your vote for the story of the year!...

Who's Back Next Year? 4A Boys...

Mountain View returns a lot of punch for next spring, and hurdler Luke Gordley is definitely...

There Is No Soft Underbelly to the Palmer Ridge Monster...

Caleb Ojennes won the 200 and 400, and helped Palmer Ridge to a 4x400 title at the end of th...

Looking at Team Depth Heading into State: 4A Boys...

Sprinter Cole Pappas exemplifies the kind of depth that permeates the Palmer Ridge roster. P...

Eric Hamer: Ramming Doors Open...

Eric Hamer's senior season off cross country raised a few eyebrows--evidently including some...

4A Boys Mid Season Analysis...

Jordan Swango might be more important that you'd first suspect to Palmer Ridge's title hopes...

Favorite Images: April 3 and 4...

Competitors in the Sand Creek 3200 got to run under a full moon--if any of them bothered to ...

No Clear Winner Among Palmer Terror Invite Girls Teams...

When the dust had settled at the end of a breezy day, Celia Smith's 5-4 winning high jump wa...

Show of Force...

Tevin Donnell was unstoppable in the sprints. Photo by Alan Versaw....

Spring Sprung on the Mickey Dunn...

It missed the wind-legal criterion, but Riley Rowles-Birdsong did get off one of the monster...

4A Team Proving Grounds at Valor Invitational...

Regis Jesuit's Austin Campbell took his recent indoor success outdoor on Saturday, producing...

Preseason Track and Field Rankings - 4A...

We begin the preseason rankings with Class 4A....

Palmer Ridge Boys Preview...

Figure Cole Pappas handles a lot of batons for Palmer Ridge again this spring. Colorado Trac...

Younger Athletes Come Up Big at Mines Twilight...

Riley Geldean and Maya Evans left a pair of serious impressions at Steinhauer Field House th...

Eric Hamer Named Gatorade Boys Colorado Cross Country Runner...

Eric Hamer's state race served notice of bigger things to come. Photo by Alan Versaw....

A Glance at Next Year's Leagues: Pikes Peak Girls...

Cheyenne Mountain will hope for another solid season for Veronica Brtek next fall as they ma...

The Top Ten Stories in Colorado HS Track & Field/XC for 2014

Okay, so we'll do a little spoiler here and tell you up front that Dior Hall's story ranks #...

Next year's scary teams: Palmer Ridge girls...

Hannah Capek was Palmer Ridge's top finisher at State, but the Bears rotated that honor ...

Colorado dreamin' at NXR-SW...

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

NXR-SW girls preview (updated)...

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

NXR-SW boys preview (updated)...

Paul Roberts, though running in Colorado's smallest classification, brings the best stat...

Southwest Region in review: November 7,8...

Cora Cannedy and her Taos teammates set of very high standard for small school girls cross c...

Next year's road for this year's state champs: Palmer Ridge ...

Andrew Rudnicki is one candidate to be Palmer Ridge's front runner for 2015, but there a...

Southwest region rankings, October 29...

With the Colorado and Utah state meets now completed, what's left to settle of this is f...

Southwest Region in review: October 19 - 25...

The Palmer Ridge boys, fresh off of running what was arguably the best boys race of the Colo...

4A fireworks...

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

Colorado State XC boys merged scoring...

Paul Roberts of Lyons owned the best time of the day, but it was easily Palmer Ridge who won...

Fort Collins girls say SELFIE THIS! Colorado State Champs Ag...

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

4A Boys State analysis...

Niwot's tightly-packed regional finish has helped to push the Cougars a little more into...

4A Girls state analysis...

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

Southwest Region in review: October 12 - 18...

It could very easily be that the Rio Rancho girls end up as the youngest team on the NXR-SW ...

Regional redux: large schools...

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

Palmer Ridge sweeps 4A Region 2...

Palmer Ridge had a firm grasp on the team standings lead at one-third of a mile. Photo by Al...

Southwest Region in review: October 6 - 11...

The picture is starting to look brighter once again for Heather Holt and her Fort Collins te...

4A rankings, October 14...

In our final 4A poll of the season, Palmer Ridge and Mountain View stay on top, but there wa...

League meet week in review: large schools...

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

Young rewrites the Wiggins record book...

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

Which boys teams are set to surge in 2015?...

Chris Theodore and Bailey Timmons are two big reasons why the future of Rock Canyon cross co...

Southwest Region in review: September 22 - 27...

It was difficult to miss the Albuquerque Academy presence at the front of their own invitati...

4A Rankings, September 30...

Palmer Ridge and Mountain View retain their perches atop the 4A rankings, but......

September 22 - 27 in review: large schools...

Aubrey Till cruises to a win at her home invitational on Thursday. Photo by Joel Hawkins....

Dave Sanders preview...

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

4A Boys top 20 teams by rankings...

The emergence of James Jones is a big part of the story behind Cheyenne Mountain's succe...

Southwest Region in review: September 14 - 21...

Tyler Day and Marcus Wheeler (Corona del Sol) enjoy some shoulder-to-shoulder running at the...

Large schools in review: September 14 - 20 (updated)...

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

Favorite images - week five...

Synchronized start....

Who has the best second team in the state? Boys version....

Meet the Mountain Vista B team, best B team in the state. Photo by Mark Obernesser....

Above the clouds and under the thumb of Palmer Ridge...

Palmer Ridge had Eric Hamer's backside covered, over the bridge and everywhere else. Pho...

4A rankings, September 16...

Palmer Ridge and Mountain View top the rankings!...

Southwest Region in review: September 1 - 7 (updated)...

Most of New Mexico's top teams saw their first action at this weekend's UNM Lobo Inv...

Large schools in review: September 4 - 6 (updated)...

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

Monarch, Palmer Ridge dominate on the best day Lyons has to ...

Though Zachary Alhamra would push the pace early, it was Paul Roberts who eventually took th...

4A rankings, September 2...

Thompson Valley and Palmer Ridge retain this week's top spots, but the heat is on both t...

Southwest Region in review: August 25 - 30...

Each year, one of the greatest spectacles in cross country in the entire Southwest region is...

August 28 - 30 in review...

Tabor Scholl was spotted this weekend at the CU Alumni/Open Time Trial. Photo by Lyle Knudso...

Weathering the Arapahoe Warrior Invitational...

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

Amped up for Arapahoe!...

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

Assigning meaning to the message of the Stampede...

Corey Lewenkamp enjoyed the day's largest margin of victory over the rest of a classific...

Stampede preview, 4A and 5A...

Thornton's Joshua Joseph is the top returning state finisher among the fields for Thursd...

4A Preseason Poll...

Check out who our panel of coaches picked as the top ten teams in the state!...

4A Boys season preview...

Kaleb Simington, already well-established in the ranks of 4A, is joined by younger brother L...

Trahan, Crist named USTFCCCA coaches of the year...

Josh Trahan and Conrad Crist join an elite group of coaches across the nation as USTFCCCA Co...

4A Boys by 1600 and 3200 times...

Palmer Ridge has an abundance of distance depth. You've heard a lot about Eric Hamer, bu...

4A girls by 1600 and 3200 times...

The showdowns between Lauren Offerman, Emily Leidig, and Christa Boettiger figure to endure ...

4A Region 2 boys: don't feed the Bears...

The list of candidates for top runner in the region is a short one--Eric Hamer is your guy. ...

A first look at NXR-SW boys...

Most (though not all) of the boys at the front of last year's pack have graduated, but t...

From construction management to team management, and loving ...

Back in his days at Western State, Kelly Christensen stakes out a lead at the Rocky Mountain...

4A Region 2 girls: another year of high expectations...

Beth DeLaurell is one key reason that Discovery Canyon could easily improve on their fourth-...

Girls 100 meter cross country...

Ally Watt helped carry Pine Creek to a couple of sprint relay state titles, but Pine Creek d...

Josh Trahan: Bear graduates to Moose...

Josh Trahan enjoys a moment with his state champion 4x400 team this spring. Contributed phot...

Roth defends title, shatters national 2000 steeple record...

Bailey Roth ran away from the NBNO field in today's 2000 steeple at NBNO. Photo by Ashle...

4A boys for 2015...

With Vincent Hood and several more coming back, Valor will be looking to be among 4A's t...

4A boys: Palmer Ridge, handily...

By the time Thomas Busath got the stick on leg #3, Valor was already fading from view. Photo...

4A girls: Niwot, the hard way...

Alexei Cox enjoyed a big state meet for Broomfield, including winning the 100. Photo by Jeff...

2014 Golden Baton...

Paonia's relays were golden this weekend and a big reason why the Eagles were able to re...

Friday notes: 4A...

Elise Cranny's 10:17.48 3200 eclipsed all other state meet news on Friday. Photo by Alan...

Thursday notes: 4A and 5A...

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

4A boys, take two...

So far as 4A boys are concerned, all that's left to do is to run the state meet. And, th...

St. Vrain adds another stirring chapter to its legacy...

Andrew Walton takes a moment to revel in the thrill of winning the 1600. Photo by Ashley Green.

The complete fan's guide to the St. Vrain Invitational...

For those who haven't yet discovered, Palmer Ridge has developed some exceptional relays...

Delving deeper into the Mullen mine...

Ashley Miller made the 100 hurdles look simple in a wind-legal 13.87. Photo by Alan Versaw....

4A Boys (updated)...

There are Bears loose in the 4A boys picnic ground!...

4A Girls...

Okay, it was only a matter of time until we could resist talking about 4A girls no longer. T...

Centennial Invitational - 1, Weather - 0...

The Centennial Invite completed with a girls 4x400 run under conditions of driving snow. Pho...

What if......

Thompson Valley's Lindsey Kroboth nips Cydney Billups and Gianna Tesone at the finish li...

The rest of week two......

Lutheran's relays created a stir in Fort Morgan last weekend. This weekend they show up ...

Of Bears and syncretistic spelling: Palmer Ridge boys...

As a freshman last spring, Caleb Ojennes was already leaving folks in his dust. Colorado Tra...

4A boys records on the lam...

Jackson Spalding is the kind of guy who can give the 4A throws records a few sleepless night...

Boys 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A cross country for 2014 (updated)...

Everyone in 4A knows about Eric Hamer, but if Palmer Ridge has a big year next year, it'...

PPAC Girls in 2014...

Yana Brown is one of a trio of returning Discovery Canyon runners who figure to make life di...

State Previews: 4A Boys...

If you're looking for a team to create havoc at the state meet that you might not have b...

Air Academy boys stun 4A Region 2...

Late in the race, Luc Hagen and Danyon Anderson of Air Academy maintain a stranglehold on pl...

An Afternoon for Cyclones and Titans...

Alison Deitsch and Delaney Fitzsimmons set the pace in early stages of the Doherty varsity g...

Colorado Week in Review: Travel Weekend Special (Updated)...

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

What Happened this Weekend?...

Dismiss it as coincidence or ignore it if you must, but for many of us, the exceptional roun...

Starting to Feel Like Cross Country...

On a gloriously cool August morning in Colorado Springs, a whole bunch of high schoolers got...

Colorado's Cross Country Regions: Colorado Springs...

Few people have ever dominated Colorado high school cross country the way Allie McLaughlin d...

4A Boys XC 2013...

Adam Egger is one of the guys Coronado will be counting on to step up to bigger roles this f...

4A Girls XC 2013...

Based on what we saw in track season, Caitlin Schmitt will be bringing a lot of impact to th...

A Tiger of a Meet...

Lamar's Ashley Snyder strides away from the field in the 100 meter prelims. Photo by Ala...

Missed the Valor Invitational? You Missed a Bunch....

Matt Norton shares a few observations and thoughts after an eye-opening day at the Valor Chr...

Passing the Baton to a New Week...

Not all meets were as fortunate as the City to City Challenge. About half of last weekend&#3...

4A Boys 2013: Detour Ahead...

Ethan Gonzales is a certified contender in Broomfield blue. How the rest of the team develop...

A Closer Look at the Teams: 4A...

Fair warning: Mandy Ortiz already owns a meet title on the NPEC/BCRP course. Colorado Track ...

Bear Problems...

There were still nine runners in the lead pack at the mile. Photo by Alan Versaw....

League Week in Review...

Rachael Chacko gets a little encouragement from Coach Jeff Bliven as she goes by at the Cent...

Championship Season Previews: 4A Boys...

On a cold day when a few of Coronado's top guns were taking a break from racing, Andres ...

Liberty Bell 2012 Preview...

While the Liberty Bell course qualifies as tame on just about every count, things are never ...

4A: What We've Learned So Far...

Mandy Ortiz of Battle Mountain passes Jessica Kleven and Sam Skold at the Cheyenne Mountain ...

Over Hill, Over Dale, As We Hit the Dusty Trail...

Paul Roberts took it to a lot of upperclassmen from larger schools, winning his second meet ...

Week One Wake-Up Calls...

Freshman Caroline Kawula was the top finisher for a vastly-improved Kent Denver team at the ...

After the Stampede...

Clayson Shumway awakens a few echoes out of Liberty's storied past by winning the Cheyen...

Palmer Ridge Boys: Don't Feed the Bears!...

Eric Hamer quietly posted one of the best freshman seasons in the state last fall. This year...

Records: Made to be Broken (Updated)...

Kelley Robinson and Elise Cranny enjoyed stellar performances at Saturday's Boulder Coun...

A Little of Almost Everything...

On a day when it wasn't necessarily easy to stand out, Cody Nitzel's 159-7 discus ma...

Regional Week in Review...

Despite a little lead bike misdirection, Kirk Webb recovered for the win at 5A Region 3, fol...

Something Old, Something New (4A)...

At 2.1 miles, Alfredo Lebron and Josiah Valenzuela were still neck-and-neck. Over the next m...

Scouting El Paso County...

Colorado Springs has been home to a lot of top cross country talent for a long time. Hannah ...

Gazing into April's Crystal Ball: 4A Boys...

Cyler Miles is part of a Mullen sprint group that is as deep and as talented as any this sta...

Track Teams to Watch, #6: Palmer Ridge Boys...

Hunter Warwick brings the top returning hurdle times to the track in the 4A classification. ...

Post-Season Analysis: 4A Girls...

Niwot had a solid 2010 campaign with Elise Cranny leading the way, but could be even better ...

Week In Review: Winding Down the Invitational Season...

Desmin Ramierez, Alex Pawlak, Gerardo Rodriguez, Nic de Herrera, and Jack Burger mix it up a...

Week in Review: The Triumph of Hard & Hilly Over Flat & Fast

Shelby Stableford surprised a few fans of cross country--and her coach--by cruising to a 12-...

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