Innocent Murwanashyaka opened his season strong for the Iowa Central CC Tritons, who are the defending NCAAJ National Champions. Check out how Minnesota's graduates performed last week!
Innocent Murwanashyaka opened his season strong for the Iowa Central CC Tritons, who are the defending NCAAJ National Champions. Check out how Minnesota's graduates performed last week!
Check out the first update for this season's Minnesota XC Coaches poll!
It was one of the best opening weeks in recent memory for Minnesota Cross Country, and there were no boys better than Caleb Haugland. Check out the 500 best times of the week for each gender!
We collected some of our observations of the events of this past week in cross country, and we want to hear yours! Check our our first Grains of Thought" article...
The boys squads from Wayzata and Stillwater will duke it out in Marshfield, WI today, while both Edina teams make the trek down to Bettendorf, IA to face some elite competition...
Emily Covert's record performance highlighted a huge day at the St. Olaf Showcase, featuring over 2000 runners in a span of two races getting their seasons kicked off right...
While not as big a day as yesterday, the rankings for this weekend could receive a significant shakeup as a result of today's action in Maple Lake and Rosemount, where three NXN qualifiers will take the course...
St. Olaf has a lot of great runners and excellent teams today, but with nearly a dozen other meets going on like the Bill Glomski Invite in Stewartville (featuring the Pings), there is a lot of other action to follow too...
The St. Olaf Showcase is back and bigger than ever, featuring some of the biggest athletes and teams, not only in Minnesota, but across the nation as well. Check out our preview for this huge meet!
The Paul Metcalf Invite in Mountain Lake will boast the best girls battle of the season thus far (at least til tomorrow), while the Tri-Metro Conference and Minnesota's charter schools get their chance to run too.
Check out our race videos and interviews from the Wabasha-Kellogg Gallop!
Will the rain hold off enough today to get every scheduled meet in? The couple-dozen teams making their season debuts today hope so. Check out our previews for today's meets across the state!
There weren't a whole lot of races, but there were a few notable ones. Check out the fastest times run by Minnesota athletes last week!
There is a lot of power packed into today's six meets, ranging from places like Moorhead to Wabasha, with five of them featuring ranked individuals or teams. Check out our previews for each meet here!
Look to Saint Cloud today for the state's only racing action as the Wayzata boys hit the grass for their first official competition, as well as a bevy of other schools from the Central Lakes Conference...
Buffalo, Saint Paul Central, Lakeville South, Edina, and Saint James are just a few of the ranked teams set to race today in Brooklyn Park, Saint Paul, and Fairmont - assuming the rain doesn't get to them first...
Emily Covert is ready for her encore season after her breakthrough junior campaign
Up next on the MileSplit50 individual countdown is No. 12 Tierney Wolfgram
Check out our first meet previews of the season for the Duluth East Invitational and the Chub Lake Time Trials, featuring the first race of the season for Farmington & their star runners...
Check out the first edition of the 2018 XC Coaches Association Rankings!
Who has the strongest teams coming into the season based on last year's season bests? We calculate that it very-well may be the defending State Champs. Check out our preseason composite class team scores!
Up next on the MileSplit50 individual countdown is No. 14 Lauren Ping
Goals are great, but when should those goals (especially short-term goals) be adjusted? How should someone deal with unmet hopes and dreams? Maddy Lawler provides some advice and insight on how...
Up next on the MileSplit50 individual countdown is No. 16 Anna Fenske
How do you motivate young athletes? How can a coach pique their interest? How can you help them really enjoy activities for the sake of fun? This latest Element addresses the question of starting athletes young...
If you have either a camcorder or a camera and love the sport of cross country, you can help us! We still want help in providing the greatest possible amount of photo and video coverage possible...
In our final preseason preview, the only thing that is left is to look back at the best returning Class A boys teams, a field so saturated by youth that it is hard to imagine some of these squads ever growing up!
Checking in at No. 20 on our MileSplit50 individual girls rankings is Grace Ping
After one of the closest finishes in State history (for the second year in a row), can the team battles get even more exciting? Or will one squad surge to the front? Here are ten of the top Class A girls teams...