Go to Source   SARATOGA SPRINGS — After being sidelined with a knee injury earlier in the season, Saratoga Springs senior Jay Navin made no doubt about  where he would finish his high school career—on top.   Navin clinched first place in the individual 800-meter final at the New York State Track and Field Championships […]

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Go to Source   Plain and simple, she was never the fastest Lady Hawk runner.   Then again—in Rio Rico High cross country and track and field program’s that are consistently among the state’s best—few are.   That, however, didn’t stop red and old gold graduate Edith Arvizu from reaching her goal—which is to run […]

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Go to Source   The process of turning Yahara Hills Running Course into an extension of the Dane County Landfill has forced Madison West to transition to a new home cross country course next season.   The Regents will use Lake Farm County Park after hosting between three and five meets per season at Yahara, […]

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Go to Source   MADISON, Wis. — Molly Hanson doesn’t hear voices when she runs. But there are some important sounding boards in her life, some influential people who have voiced their support.   The inner circle includes a former All-American in cross country at Wisconsin, a high school cross country and track coach, and […]

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Go to Source   SOUTH HAVEN | Portage Township Schools cross country coaches and runners will lead a cross country camp at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County-South Haven Unit for youths entering grades 4 though 8. The Portage cross country camp will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday at […]

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Go to Source   Eight-time Arizona NCAA distance-running champion Lawi Lalang found more than just athletic success in his 3½ years at Arizona. His relationship with cross country coach James Li helped bridge the loneliness of leaving his native Kenya.   “Coach Li is more than a coach,” Lalang told me. “He mentored me and […]

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Go to Source   The final run Perham senior Keeghan Hurley and his dad, Don, had together was when Keeghan was in eighth grade.   Some torn cartilage in his knee hasn’t stopped Don from being with Keeghan for every run after. At every mile on Keeghan’s 12- or 16-mile runs, Don is there to […]

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Go to Source   ALBANY — The Darton State College cross country program hosts a 3K trail run every Tuesday night, and the Albany community is invited.   The race, which is 1.9 miles, begins each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Darton Tennis Complex and winds through a wooded trail located behind the soccer […]

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  Athletics Canada has announced that Kingston has won the right to host the 2015 to 2018 editions of the Canadian Cross Country Championships after Physi-Kult Running Group led the winning bid.   “Physi-Kult is excited and honoured to have won the hosting right to the 2015-2018 Canadian Cross Country Championships and are looking forward […]

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