Ashlie Decker

The top girls performances delivered at the Roy Griak Invitational in meet history.

Malibu's Claudia Lane (CA) cruised to a 17:03.40 en route to victory at Foot Locker Nationals in 2017, posting the 18th fastest time run at Balboa Park.

Beavercreek's Taylor Ewert (OH) ran the 13th all-time fastest girls 5K at the NXN National Championships en route to a 3rd place finish in 2018.

Dowling Catholic's Katie Flood & Ashlie Decker finishing 8th and 9th in Footlocker National XC, 2009 With the NXN and Footlocker “national” meets concluding the 2010 U.S. HS XC season, some thoughts on the ultimate opportunities for Iowa high school XC (and T&F) athletes.. (Click on “Beyond the Iowa HS State Meet” title for details.)

  Ashlie Decker and Dowling Catholic High School (IA) teammate Katie Flood have the opportunity this weekend to be one of the greatest duos ever from the same school in meet history at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships. Decker and Flood are both past Foot Locker finalists, but will be racing for the first time together at Balboa Park. Decker has ran in the shadows often of teammate and NXN champion Flood often, but is certainly a star runner in her own right with the ability to finish among the top 10 in a talented field assembled for Saturday's national championship race.

  Photo courtesy John Olson, SCRUNNERS                                                    

With so much action this past weekend, our coverage spilled over Monday into our weekly News & Notes section. The Woodbridge and Mt. Carmel Invitationals are highlighted, which saw some impressive individual and team results, including a few upsets. See what else took place, as well as our weekly look ahead.