The first month of the season has wrapped up and we are about to hit a fast start to October with many top individuals matching up this weekend all across the country.
Great American in Cary, North Carolina will feature the a strong boys field with Marcelo Mantecon (FL), Brooks Barbee (NC), Andrew Beroset (TN), Ruel Newberry (TX), Wyatt Dann (CO) and Ryan Sykes (NY) alongside some guys looking to prove themselves in a national field like Carson Dobur (GA), Rivers Matthews (VA) and Jack Dennehy (NC). On the girls side we'll see Averi Lowen (GA), Madison Lange (CO), Elle Dawson (NC), Maysen Fletcher (WV), Madeline Dorsch (NC), Mackenzie Skelly (PA) and Kaitlyn Estep (NC) battle.
We've seen many boys emerge as national stars over the first month of the season with Robert Jazwinski (Whitehall, MI) dominating in MIchigan while posting impressive times as well as Noah Garcia (El Paso Eastwood, TX) who looked strong in his first few races, and proved it by winning at Desert Twilight in what was the strongest field we've seen this season. Yosuke Shibata (South Eugene, OR) got a major win at Bob Firman running 14:28 and holding off a strong field with sophomore Miro Parr-Coffin (Gonzaga Prep, WA) and Wyatt Morgenstern (Coeur d'Alene, ID) just behind him.
We've seen Natasza Dudek (Ann Arbor Pioneer, MI), Averi Lowen (Bowden, GA) and Leah Starkey (Ocean Township, NJ) debut with dominant wins looking as strong as expected. We've also seen Madison Lange (Cherokee Trail) open with a big win at Liberty Bell over Delaney Reuter (Eaton, CO) as both girls posted strong performances of 16:30 and 16:40 respectively. Hattie Ray Beshears (Har-Ber, AR) and Elle Dawson (Ragsdale, NC) are two girls who had really strong track seasons, and opened in impressive fashion putting themselves amongst the top girls in the country. Beshears opened in 16:38 in a solo effort at Rogers State Distance After Dark, and Dawson with back to back impressive marks of 17:01 at Friday Night Lights and 16:45 at adidas XC Challenge in North Carolina beating some ranked athletes by a wide margin at both.
The first month of the season has wrapped up and we are about to hit a fast start to October with many top individuals matching up this weekend all across the country.
Great American in Cary, North Carolina will feature the a strong boys field with Marcelo Mantecon (FL), Brooks Barbee (NC), Andrew Beroset (TN), Ruel Newberry (TX), Wyatt Dann (CO) and Ryan Sykes (NY) alongside some guys looking to prove themselves in a national field like Carson Dobur (GA), Rivers Matthews (VA) and Jack Dennehy (NC). On the girls side we'll see Averi Lowen (GA), Madison Lange (CO), Elle Dawson (NC), Maysen Fletcher (WV), Madeline Dorsch (NC), Mackenzie Skelly (PA) and Kaitlyn Estep (NC) battle.
We've seen many boys emerge as national stars over the first month of the season with Robert Jazwinski (Whitehall, MI) dominating in MIchigan while posting impressive times as well as Noah Garcia (El Paso Eastwood, TX) who looked strong in his first few races, and proved it by winning at Desert Twilight in what was the strongest field we've seen this season. Yosuke Shibata (South Eugene, OR) got a major win at Bob Firman running 14:28 and holding off a strong field with sophomore Miro Parr-Coffin (Gonzaga Prep, WA) and Wyatt Morgenstern (Coeur d'Alene, ID) just behind him.