Destiny Collins (CA): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Sep 01, 2014

Summer training blog from Greak Oak (CA) rising junior Destiny Collins, who runs for one of the top cross country programs in the country. Collins was a California state runner-up in the 1600 and ran a 4:45 personal best this past spring along with three sub 10:20 races at the two mile/3200 meter distance. She was the top finisher for her 8th place NXN squad last December in Portland with a 34th place individual showing at Nike Cross Nationals. 

Alex Ostberg (CT): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Aug 25, 2014

The fastest returning 5K runner in the country from his 14:16 victory on the track this past June at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Darien High School (CT) rising senior Alex Ostberg catches us up on his summer training building into a cross country which he hopes to claim the New England Championships title and mix it up with the best in the nation at Foot Locker Nationals after his 11th place All-American finish one year ago from San Diego.

Audrey Belf (MI): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Aug 25, 2014

Michigan state champion and US Junior Nationals 5K champion Audrey Belf blogs on her summer training entering her senior year of high school. The Birmingham Seaholm High School distance runner ran a 10:10 two mile in New Balance Nationals indoor runner-up finish in March and also ran a lifetime best of 4:45 for fifth place in the adidas Dream Mile.

Conner Mantz (UT): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Aug 19, 2014

Conner Mantz from Sky View High School in Utah blogs for us with summer training schedule as he returns for his senior season of cross country as a two-time Foot Locker All-American and New Balance Nationals Indoor 5K champion.

Lucy Biles (UT): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Aug 18, 2014

First summer training blog entry from Lucy Biles, a rising senior at Herriman High School in Utah. Biles is a returning Foot Locker All-American (7th in 2013 national race) and returns to racing this fall after posting track times from this past spring of 2:11 in the 800, 4:50 in the mile, and 10:32 in the 3200.  Biles shares with us her first weeks of summer training.

Dani Jones (AZ): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Aug 04, 2014

Follow along with the summer training blog of Arizona state champion Dani Jones from Desert Vista High School in Phoenix as she prepares for her upcoming senior year of cross country season after an 11th grade year that included a 4:43 PR performance in the adidas Dream Mile and 15th place finish at the Nike Cross Nationals. 

Jesse Reiser (IL): Summer Training Blog MileSplit Staff Jul 27, 2014

A national qualifier last fall for both Foot Locker Nationals (33rd) and Nike Cross Nationals (13th), Jesse Reiser of McHenry shares his first 5 weeks of summer training which he looks to finish even higher nationally in the coming cross country season and also earn his first Illinois cross country state title following a track season that he dropped down to an 8:54 in the 3200 and won a state championship.