Great American barn-burner in NC!  Sean McGorty and Jacob Thomson fly, CBA exerts more dominance. (File photo by Joseph Bond)

Check out our latest track chat with Billy Bragg from US#1 Christian Brothers Academy, NJ.  CBA seems better than ever in their quest to defend their NXN title from last year.  

MileSplit's National Cross Country Rankings

Grant Nykaza is one of the top runners in the state of Illinois. He has three top four finishes at the 1A state meet and was a Foot Locker Finalist in 2011. Recently, Nykaza ended his college recruitment deciding to head to Tallahassee and run for Bob Braman and the Florida State Seminoles.

MileSplit's National Cross Country Rankings

Erin Finn (West Bloomfield HS, MI) commits to run for the Wolverines of Michigan next year! (Photo by Don Rich)

Check out the latest track chat from Flathead's Zach Perrin, who looks to punch his ticket to San Diego this fall.

  MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

  MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

He had started in on his second loop, halfway through the cross country course, and Seth Goldstein liked the way the race was unfolding. (via Knoxville News Sentinel)

Check out the latest Track Chat with NC star Colin Godwin. (Photo by Joseph Bond)

Alli Cash rolls Rim Rock. US#1 Christian Brothers Academy started their quest for another national title in Wappingers Falls NY with a perfect 15 score. (Photo by Michael Frazier)

  This is in a series of interviews with athletes whom MileSplit considers is among the top USA HS XC runners in 2012; with Haley Meier, senior, Grosse Point South HS, Grosse Point, Michigan.

MileSplit's National Cross Country Rankings

Bakri has really turned it on this year and running in NC should be very exciting as the season progresses.  (Photo by Joseph Bond)

Nearly 12,000 people flocked to 19th and Chicago Streets near the Civic Auditorium on Sunday morning for the 32nd annual Corporate Cup. (via Omaha.com)

MileSplit's National Cross Country Rankings

Legendary distance runner Jim Ryun stopped by MileSplit Headquarters recently. Todd Grasley had the chance to sit down with Ryun to talk about his running career from growing up in Kansas to becoming an Olympian.

It’s not often that a woman’s wedding does not shine above all else. But when Brittany Borman says her nuptial vows this weekend, the wedding will at least have to share the stage as the biggest event of her 2012

MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

  MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

Jacob Thomson lets it out as he crosses the line well ahead of Jacob Burcham in KY!  Arcadia is back and looking very solid while Kaylee Flanagan looks scary good in IL! (Photo by Jonathan Grooms)

MileSplit’s Top 25 National Cross Country Rankings, Boys Teams.

  This is the ninth in a series of interviews with coaches of whom MileSplit considers will be among the top USA HS XC teams in 2012. 

MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

It is very possible that this years edition of the Christian Brothers Academy XC juggernaut will be better that the squad that went to Portland for the NXN and came home eith the National title. John Healy took at look at and spoke with Colts last week in Lincroft.

Joe Sansone returns for his senior year to lead a loaded Southlake Carroll squad toward a Nike berth.  Sansone was 5th in last years South Regional. (Photo by Alex Aldaco)

MileSplit’s National Cross Country Rankings

Bakri Abushouk opens season quickly at the adidas Seahawk Invite in NC!  34 meets and counting now featured! (Photo by Jeff George)

  This is the eighth in a series of interviews with athletes whom MileSplit considers will be among the top USA HS XC runners in 2012; with Laura Leff, junior, West Genesee HS, Syracuse, NY.  (photo from ny.milesplit.com)

COLUMBIA – Connie Grant shakes his head when he talks about running cross-country at Rock Hill some 40 years ago in Converse tennis shoes.

Five weeks after suffering serious injuries in a bicycle accident that could have left him a paraplegic, Lukas Verzbicas walked out of a Colorado Springs hospital Tuesday with hopes of resuming his career as an elite triathlete. (via www.denverpost.com)

  Included are MileSplit’s selection of the top 2012 U.S. boys’ individual and team cross country performances August 27 through September 3.  Photo - Southlake Carroll HS (TX), preseason ranked #2, started the season impressively.

  Included are MileSplit’s selection of the top 2012 U.S. girls’ individual and team cross country performances August 27 through September 3.  (Photo -  Glenbard West HS, IL, who upset preseason #4 ranked New Trier HS)

Alli Cash blazed a 13:46 solo in the 4k race at the Greg Wilson Classic in KS. (Photo by Greg Hall)

Bronx NY - After many years apart, Bill Meylan of Tullyrunners has reported that the Foot Locker Northeast Regionals would be held on November 24th  at Van Cortlandt Park for the 2012 xc season.   "From Footlocker Northeast Director Phil Zodda - the Northeast Regional is returning to Van Cortlandt Park on November 24th; registration information can be found on the Footlockercc.com website"

  This is the ninth in a series of interviews with coaches of whom MileSplit considers will be among the top USA HS XC teams in 2012.