Pictured Above - Adalyn Racines (Photo By Michael Giglio | MileSplit)
The Fleet Feet Biggest Mover Award, is a weekly award that goes to an athlete who, in the minds of our team at MileSplit, we believe made the most strides in their respective Brooks XC Region. Whether that means they made big leaps up the leaderboards, or shattered a course record, we recognize that this athlete has established themselves as a contender at their upcoming championship race.
Adalyn Racines (Cheyenne Central, WY) ran her personal best 5K in 2025 at Liberty Bell in Colorado with a 53rd place finish in 18:27. She would go on to run a 19:35 at the WHSAA 4A State Championships where she finished 7th overall and the third girl for Cheyenne Central's team. Her 18:27 put her at 258th in the West Returning Regional rankings ahead of the cross country season.
This year, she'd open her season with an 18:25 5K at the Horizon Invitational, then at Liberty Bell she would shatter that mark running 17:13 to take fourth overall in a national caliber field!
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Her new personal best of 17:13 would not only rank her as the top girl across Wyoming this season, but would put her as the sixth fastest girl currently in the West Region.
The Top 30 athletes at Brooks XC West Region Championships in Walnut, CA on December 5th will receive All-Region Honors, while the top ten individuals will book their ticket to compete at the Brooks XC National Championships in San Diego on December 13.
Racine since would race in at the Thornton Invitational where she would take the win in 17:50. She ran 19:09 at the same meet in 2025. The next week she'd win the Arvada West Durdan Invitational in 18:08. She ran 19:15 there in 2025.
Racine has a strong track season setting massive personal best of 4:58.61 in the 1600m and 10:59.30 in the 3200m, but she's certainly taken another step forward since and is a major threat to take a Brooks West Regional qualifying spot to Balboa Park this December.
Notable Movers From Other Regions
South Region - Elle Dawson (Ragsdale, NC) - Dawson in back to back weeks has run 17:01 and 16:45 for major wins in North Carolina at the Friday Night Lights XC Festival and adidas XC Challenge. At the same two meets in 2025 she ran 19:04 and 18:34. She ended her sophomore season with a 17:15, but is already 30 seconds faster on the same course in the early stages of the season.
West Region - Sammy Connell (Inglemoor, WA) - Last year Connell held a 5K personal best of 15:23 as a junior. In his first honest effort of the season, Connell won the Bellevue Invitational in 14:47 to ran him fourth in the West Region over 5000m. He returned with the 125th best 5K PR in the West Region.
Northeast Region - Madeleine Lane (Hopkinton, NH) - The senior just travelled out West over 3000 miles to win the Woodbridge Classic in 15:47 over 3 Miles. The week prior she ran a 17:00 5K to ran her fourth in the Brooks Northeast Region. She's proven she's not only a threat in the Northeast, but at Brooks XC Nationals in December.
Midwest Region - Nathaniel Haberlach (Liberty North, MO) - Haberlach was ranked in 87th in the Brooks XC Midwest Region returning rankings with his 15:23 2025 season best, but now he could be a contender for the Brooks XC Midwest Championships Title after moving to sixth in the current Brooks Midwest rankings running 14:40 at the Sugar Creek Showdown.
Pictured Above - Adalyn Racines (Photo By Michael Giglio | MileSplit)
The Fleet Feet Biggest Mover Award, is a weekly award that goes to an athlete who, in the minds of our team at MileSplit, we believe made the most strides in their respective Brooks XC Region. Whether that means they made big leaps up the leaderboards, or shattered a course record, we recognize that this athlete has established themselves as a contender at their upcoming championship race.
Adalyn Racines (Cheyenne Central, WY) ran her personal best 5K in 2025 at Liberty Bell in Colorado with a 53rd place finish in 18:27. She would go on to run a 19:35 at the WHSAA 4A State Championships where she finished 7th overall and the third girl for Cheyenne Central's team. Her 18:27 put her at 258th in the West Returning Regional rankings ahead of the cross country season.
This year, she'd open her season with an 18:25 5K at the Horizon Invitational, then at Liberty Bell she would shatter that mark running 17:13 to take fourth overall in a national caliber field!
