Following up on our announcement of the prestigious All-Decade Team members earlier this week, we are going to host a series of articles highlighting as many of these legends of the sport as possible.  In the series we will highlight some of their career highlights, tell their story, and ask them some questions.  We hope that you will enjoy the series and that it will both be interesting to reflect with them on their high school careers and also that current athletes will be able to learn from their experiences and foresight.  Enjoy!

  Wellington High senior Ashley Brasovan travelled to Amman, Jordan this past weekend to compete at the Cross Country World Championships.  She was one of five representing the United States in the Junior Women's 6K race. Ashley finished in 26th place with a time of 21:55, as the second American in the race. According to reports on the forum, Brasovan was competing with an injury and as a result may not see any further action this season.  Let's hope that's not the case and we get to see more of our former Footlocker National champ before her high school season is concluded and she leaves us for Duke University! Photo courtesy of Vic Sailer

Photo by Timothy O'Dowd, IrishRunner.com for MileSplit.us Neely Spence took the lead about half way through the race and didn't let it go to win the Girls Junior Race, while Footlocker runner-up Ashley Brasovan stayed in tow for second.   For the Boys Junior race, German-mania contiued as Mr. Fernandez took the tape with Chris Derrick in second.

Mission Prep senior Jordan Hasay used a late surge to become just the fourth repeat girls champion in the 30-year history of the Foot Locker CC Championships.

Race summary, videos, interviews, photos, and more.  

Will it be Hasay, Brasovan or Kroeger? Or will a new girls champion be crowned? Catch all the live action from the Foot Locker CC Finals right here on MileSplit.

Ashley Brasovan, Bobby Nicolls, Doug Smith and Jordan Hasay are four of the best cross country runners in the country this fall, and they've each signed up to share their journey throughout the fall in our seasonal feature.

Wellington senior Ashley Brasovan, Leon junior Matt Mizereck and Bishop Kenny junior Michael Wallace are among those vying for titles at the FHSAA XC finals on Saturday

Ashley Brasovan announced to friends today that she will be going to Duke University next year.  We talked with Ashley about her decision.

Ashley Brasovan, Bobby Nicolls, Doug Smith and Jordan Hasay are four of the best cross country runners in the country this fall, and they've each signed up to share their journey throughout the fall in our seasonal feature.

Ashley Brasovan, Bobby Nicolls, Doug Smith and Jordan Hasay are four of the best cross country runners in the country this fall, and they've each signed up to share their journey throughout the fall in our seasonal feature.

Coming off back-to-back record-setting perfermances, Kodiak, Alaska senior Trevor Dunbar jumps to the top spot in the West. With a showdown at Mt. SAC looming, the question is: can he stay there?

Ashley Brasovan, Bobby Nicolls, Doug Smith and Jordan Hasay are four of the best cross country runners in the country this fall, and they've each signed up to share their journey throughout the fall in our seasonal feature.

#10 in a Series: What makes a T&F fan? Fred Carlson AKA sverige55 and known by the teams around Pittsburgh as Mr C, was raised in Connecticut and attended Simsbury High School.  As a HS athlete he ran a 4:27 mile and a 9:47 2-mile.    

Andrews (pictured above, TXRunners photo) 17:07, Lutz in TX at Nike South | Hasay 17:54 season debut at Atascadero Invite |  A pair of all-time bests at Salesianum, DE | Dunbar, Kodiak, Francis three-peat in Alaska | Brasovan course record 16:46 at flrunners.com | PA Girls #1 Emmaus, Furcht 15:18 @ Paul Short | Doug Smith unchallenged 16:29 debut at Shore Coaches (NJ) | Quick times at Holmdel | Freshmen girls rock Maine FOC |

Ashley Brasovan, Bobby Nicolls, Doug Smith and Jordan Hasay are four of the best cross country runners in the country this fall, and they've each signed up to share their journey throughout the fall in our seasonal feature, the MileSplit Cross Country Journals. In the first edition each athlete introduces themselves and talks about their summers. Keep checking back throughout the season as we have much more to come from each athlete.

We have a heck of a weekend in store for you with on site coverage at 8 meets on Friday and Saturday! We will be bringing you on-site coverage from the Ferguson Falcon Invitational, Ft. Myers Optimist, UF Mountain Dew, Winter Haven Elite Invitational, Embry-Riddle Classic, Astronaut Invitational, Mt. Dora Invitational, and the Katie Caples Invitational. Of course we'll also have meet results from the other meets around the state... it's hard to be everywhere but we try! Friday meet coverage has already began.

With the Great American XC Festival only five weeks away, the NSSF is extending registration to enter the meet.  Check out the press release and read about the outstanding girls field that is coming together.  Since it's inception, the Great American XC Festival has been one of the best meets in the country, and this year should be no different. (Photo Courtesy of Brandon Miles)

Last fall the Foot Locker South girls squad ran strong from start to finish in San Diego, scoring a 1-2 finish up top and tying the Northeast girls for the team trophy. This year eight of the ten female Foot Locker qualifiers return, led by defending national champion Ashley Brasovan (FL) and 2006 national champion Kathy Kroeger (TN) (pictured above by John Herzog). The boys side will follow the lead of '07 Foot Locker qualifiers CJ Brown (TX) and Thomas Porter (VA). These could very well be the strongest boys and girls contingents for the South squad in some time.

Will it be Our Lady of Lourdes or Bartram Trail for the state title? Which of 11 great teams will get the six state births out of the 4A-1 "Region of Death"? Can Vero Beach hold off Melbourne in Region 2? How much will the Lauren Ross transfer help Stoneman Douglas in Region 3? Can Braddock or Ferguson upset South Dade for second place in Region 4?

It's never happened before and it may never happen again, but the 2008 cross country season is shaping up to become one of the most memorable ever. In a rare twist of fate, this year's national meet could host three Foot Locker national champions, as '07 champ Ashley Brasovan, '06 champ Kathy Kroeger and '05 champ Jordan Hasay all come back for their senior seasons, hoping to repeat the magic they've had before in San Diego. All three top our preseason girls top ten, but see who else made the list. (Pictured left by John Herzog: Ashley Brasovan is defending national champion)

The talented quartet of Chanelle Price (PA), German Fernandez (CA), Ashley Brasovan (FL) and Chris Derrick (IL) flew into Los Angeles Tuesday, taking part in a two day extravaganza that Gatorade puts on once a year. As the male and female winners of the Gatorade track and field and cross country Player of the Year awards, each athlete was put up a five-star hotel, got to mingle with such notable athletes as Matt Leinhart, Greg Oden, Allyson Felix and Candace Parker, and took part in an awards ceremony that preceded the ESPY Awards. The Gatorade Player of the Year program drew to an end, naming the male and female national winners. Read about Brasovan's and Derrick's experience, as the two took time out of their busy schedules to talk with MileSplit.

The Gatorade National Player of the Year program selects an overall male and female winner each year, and on Wednesday Pennsylvania track star Chanelle Price was one of those athletes. Price, who won the national female track and field award last month, was the overall national female winner. Price joins a select group of individuals on the national list, including such notable professional athletes as track phenom Allyson Felix and basketball standout Candace Parker. Individual national athlete of the year winners from track and field and cross country, which were represented by Price, German Fernandez (CA), Chris Derrick (IL) and Ashley Brasovan (FL), were flown out to California Tuesday to take part in an awards ceremony on Wednesday and then invited to watch the ESPY's, where many of the top professional athletes receive awards for their accomplishments throughout the year. Congratulations to Chanelle on such a great honor. Gatorade Player of the Year Press Release Gatorade Player of the Year Website

What a weekend it's been in Greensboro, North Carolina and Columbus, Ohio! Nike Outdoor Nationals provided all the theatrics and more than fans were expecting, including a new national two-mile record set by German Fernandez (CA) Friday evening and another set in the girls DMR by Warwick Valley (NY) (pictured above). Out in Columbus at USATF Junior Nationals, Elijah Greer (OR) and William Wynne (GA) have been showcasing their talents, qualifying for Team USA. Check out this weekend's highlights and results. Nike Outdoor Nationals MileSplit Exclusives: Race Videos / Interviews / Photo Albums (6100+) Full Results: Boys - Girls Meet Coverage: Thur. Coverage / Fri. Coverage / Sat. Coverage NON Winners Table (ArmoryTrack) Warwick Valley Girls DMR National Record: MileSplit Interview Fernandez Interviews: MileSplit Exclusive / Announcer Interview Top NON Weekend Highlights - Warwick Valley (NY) sets new girls DMR national record in 11:31.81 - German Fernandez (CA) blazes new U.S. two-mile record, 8:34.40 - Dwight Barbiasz (NH) clears 7-01 in the boys high jump for the win - Allison Horner (GA) tosses 177-02 to win girls hammer throw - Chalonda Goodman (GA) wins girls 100m dash in 11.51 - Neely Spence (PA) wins girls two-mile with big kick in 10:20.77 - Ashley Brasovan (FL) blazes U.S. #6 all-time 5k in 16:18.53 - Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) wins girls 4x200m relay in 1:36.95, U.S.#2 - Trotwood-Madison (OH) wins boys 4x200m relay in 1:25.18, U.S.#2 - Solomon Haile (MD) wins boys 5k in 14:38.23, meet record Official Website / Meet Page / Meet Schedule Heat Sheets : Boys - Girls Meet Previews: Boys - Girls USATF Junior T&F Nationals Official Website / Meet Page / Schedule & Results Meet Coverage: Fri. Coverage / Sat. Coverage / Sun. Coverage Elijah Greer Running U.S. #4 All-Time, 1:47.68 Video Heptathlon Winner Ryann Krais (PA) Video Interview Top Junior National Weekend Highlights - Elijah Greer (OR) wins 800m dash in 1:47.68, U.S.#4 all-time - Roxi Grizzle (KS) throws U.S.#5 all-time javelin in 170-03 - Booker Nunley (NC) blazes 13.40 in mens 110m hurdles - Jordan Hasay (CA) wins women's 1500m race in 4:18.44 - Rachel Laurent (LA) vaults 13-10 to win women's pole vault - William Wynne (GA) runs 50.42 in mens 400m hurdles - Christian Taylor (GA) leaps 52-08 for second in mens TJ - Shanay Briscoe (TX) wins womens high jump in 5-10.75 - Anna Jelmini (CA) throws 173-01 to win womens discus throw - Marquise Goodwin (TX) leaps 25-00 to win mens long jump Entries: Men - Women Junior National Meet Preview

Ashley Brasovan may not have won tonight, but her battle was impressive coming off of the 16:18 meet record less than 24 hours before. The Girls Seeded 2 Mile race was a sit and wait dramafest. You felt like at any moment someone was going to blow it out and space out the pack... it never happened. The super-talented field stayed bunched up for the ENTIRE race. Ashley found herself from very early on boxed in and stranded toward the back or middle of the pack. Since they never stringed out it made it tough for Ashley to get into any kind of position. She spent a lot of time in lane 2 and 3 trying to get around, which took even more out of her already tired legs. The double just wasn't meant to be. Neely Spence of Pennsylvania was the victor of the sit and wait, which was a pretty safe conclusion given her speed. Dentarious Locke was the top Florida placer of the night. After coming out of the prelims as the top seed (10.43), he took it all the way to the tape. In a photo finish, he was just outleaned by Hunter Furr of North Carolina 10.56 to 10.60 to finish in second place. David Howard of Spruce Creek concluded his high school career with a 14.15 in the 110 Hurdles finals for fourth place. We have a full list of all Florida finishers tonight's events. Look for race videos from all of these races coming throughout the weekend. Interview with Ashley after the 2 Mile  |  Boys 100 Finals  |   Boys 110H  |  Girls Seeded 2 Mile Full Coverage on MileSplit US

The first events of this year's Nike Outdoor Nationals go off tonight in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 5000 meters will start at 8PM EST. While Florida has no dogs in the fight in the boys race, three girls will be representing the Sunshine State on the girls side: Jessica Butler (St. Thomas Aquinas), Jana Stolting (Maclay), and Ashley Brasovan (Wellington). While there are a lot of excellent girls in this race, including Jessica Butler who is fresh off of a big PR road 5K last month of 17:54, let's face it Brasovan is in a league of her own in this race. It is hers to win. The national record in this event belongs to Caitlin Chock. By the end of the night it may very well belong to Ashley. The time of 15:52 seems extraordinary--and sure it's nothing to sneeze at--but let's remember Ashley has put down multiple 16:40 times over her career on the grass. If she's feeling up to it the meet record should be squarely in her grasp. One has to expect that if she is feeling good (and the pace is right) tonight she will go after it. Especially after having missed the state record attempts in the 3200 earlier this spring she's probably eager for a page in the record books here! If she is not feeling up to snuff or falls off record pace, I'd assume she will pull up and put on auto-pilot for the win to save for tomorrow. She is also entered in the two mile race at 7:45pm on Friday. That one should be a lot more competitive with girls like Kathy Kroeger (NY), Neely Spence (PA), and Emiliy Lipari (NY). LIVE VIDEO ON NOW!!!!  

The first day of Nike Outdoor Nationals is about to start a fabulous weekend of action. Tonight the only high school races were the boys and girls 5k runs. From start to finish the 5k races were quite interesting, but in opposite ways. Foot Locker champion Ashley Brasovan (FL) ran away from the girls field, running by herself after two laps, winning in 16:18.53, U.S. #6 all-time. On the boys side NIN 5k champion Solomon Haile (MD) continued his impressive streak of national appearances, winning the boys race in 14:38.23, tying the meet record. Haile showed his strength at the mile, jumping to the lead and slowly lowering the pace. His tractics worked perfectly and he took home another Nike Nationals title. Such great results signify great things ahead this weekend in Greensboro. 5K Race Videos by Brandon Miles: Girls 5K Section #1 - Girls 5K Section #2 (Seeded) - Boys 5K Section #1 - Boys 5K Section #2 (Seeded) Ashley Brasovan Interview w/ Announcer / Solomon Haile Interview

The two girls from Florida, Ashley Brasovan and Jessica Butler, won their respective heats tonight at the Nike Outdoor Nationals 5K. Butler won the first heat with nice closing speed to come from behind. Brasovan left no doubt in the 5K running all alone the entire race and basically lapping every girl in the field of the fast heat. She set a meet record of 16:18.53. We had live video of the race tonight. Will have plenty of videos, articles, and photos up on the national portal: Thursday Coverage Interview w/Ashley | Ashley's Race | Jessica's Race | All Videos

Wow! That's all that can really be said to sum up this past weekend's performances across the nation. With great weather, peak performances and deep fields, some of the results simply impressed. With nearly ten seperate state meets to cover, and numerous other top-tier invitationals, we've decided to merge it all into one big article, a new feature we're going to call The Awards Stand. Each week for the rest of the season we'll recap what the top performances were in each event grouping. See who made it this week. (Photo of Texas' Kyle Clemons by Alex Aldaco)

Five seperate states host state meets this weekend as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma all crown individual and team champions. While Florida should produce some of the best and deepest results of the weekend, every state meet has at least a few national caliber individuals worth watching. Along with the state championships, the BYU Invitational and Anchorage Invitational should provide some fantastic marks as well.

On each of the coasts this past weekend big meets took place that grabbed much of the attention, while throughout the Heartland and Midwest meets were cancelled due to inclement weather. However, a duo of meets stood out through their results, as the Sun Angel Invitational (AZ) and John Jacobs (OK) Invitational posted some national level results. Leading the way at the John Jacobs Inv. was the intense throws battle between Cameron Tabor (OK) and Hayden Baillio (OK) that created some national level results. News & Notes Highlights - AZ's Giorgio Giurdanella (pictured by Margot Kelly) runs big 200m - Terra Evans (AZ) comes up big at Sun Angel (AZ) - Cameron Tabor (OK) throws 176-05 discus, 62-04 shot put - Hayden Baillio (OK) throws 63-03 shot put, 175-03 discus - Injury Report: Fout, Jarrett, Fernandez, Evans - The Week Ahead: University meets and Chris Derrick's double

Our national editor, Scott Bush, is on site at the Arcadia Invitational in California today and he called in that rumor had it that Ashley Brasovan had pulled out of the much anticipated 3200 out there. We have confirmed this with another source: we will not get to see the Brasovan vs. Jordan Hasay rematch this weekend. While Brasovan managed to run a completely uncontested 10:33 last week (which followed a solo 5:06 1600 just hours earlier), she and her new coach decided to pull plans for the trip. The reason stated was that they did not feel she was yet 100%, since she missed so much time due to her injuries, therefore she did not want to face Hasay at this juncture and potentially lose by 10+ seconds. It was looking to be a great race--and still be a great race with some of the other talent in the field--and another look at the battle we watched at the end of Footlocker Nationals where Brasovan came out victorious. While we might question the logic in opting out of a trip that was already paid for and a chance to (win or lose) get more big race experience... ultimately, she and her coach did what they felt was right for her this season. While Ashley might not be competing, there will be a ton of amazing showdowns at this storied meet. Representing Florida will be Antonio Brandon of Wellington (800m) and Footlocker Finalist Emilie Amaro of Cypress Bay (3200m). Look for on site coverage from the Arcadia Invitatinal on our national portal MileSplit.us. Good luck to Ashley at district/region/state (and beyond)!

Ashley Brasovan shows that she is really back with 10:33/5:06 double. Leonardo Seymore makes claim to fastest-in-Florida (maybe in the nation) with wind-legals of 10.35/10.39 and 21.14/21.19! Robert Clark soars to a 24-5 long jump, further than anyone in the nation with legal conditions this year. Full Story | Complete Results

It's been an amazing year for Florida's Wellington High junior Ashley Brasovan! After finally overcoming the "Footlocker South curse", she not only qualified for Foot Locker Nationals, but won the national championship! With a fearsome and uncharacteristic late race surge, she outkicked the best the nation had to offer including two former national champions. With that performance, along with another stellar year of races including a third cross country state championship, Gatorade announced today that Ashley has been named its first-ever Gatorade Girls National Cross Country Runner of the Year. Ashley's family threw her a surprise dinner party last night to annonce the news to her, apparently under the guise of her sister's birthday party. Imagine what her reaction must have been when she found out! We have an interview scheduled with Ashley, which will be posted perhaps tonight.

Photo by John Herzog Last night national cross country champion Ashley Brasovan found out in a surprise party that she had been named Gatorade National Girls Runner of the Year. Today we asked Ashley about the honor, her training and upcoming season, and got a chance to find out a little more about this little starlet who has gone from Florida phenom to the nation's high school distance runner going into track season.

 Ashley Brasovan (FL) -  the 2007 Gatorade Nat. Girls XC Runner of the Year(Photo courtesy of Gatorade/Mark Elias)The Gatorade Player of the Year program announced Thursday morning that Ashley Brasovan (FL) is the 2007-2008 National Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Ashley ran strong all season long, breaking her curse at the Foot Locker South Regional course, then went on to San Diego and won Foot Locker Nationals.  Congratulations Ashley!

 Oh there were plenty of doubters!  There were doubts that she could qualify through Footlocker South--a course that jinxed her for the prior two years.  And then there were doubters after she qualified with a 6th place finish out of the South region.  But you'd be hard pressed to find any doubters today!Ashley ran what was described by many as the "perfect race" and it was exactly what Coach Doug Butler had prescribed that she do.  Brasovan went out conservatively, hanging roughly around 10th place.  Then slowly she started moving up in the pack... to 7th... to 5th.  At about the 1.75 mile mark, she really started to make her move.  At that point, Jordan Hassay of California had a big lead and looked like she would take it home--although some said Hassay looked weathered even early in the race despite her leading.  Ashley moved into second place just before the 2.5 mile mark.  She then whiddled away at Hassay's lead and finally took the lead for good with about 600 to go.  Her lead grew and Hassay got caught.The rest of the Florida girls also ran great races.... four girls qualifiers and national championship!  What a great day for Florida!  Tons of coverage, photos, videos, results, and articles are up.  Click the headline for coverage.

Ashley Brasovan (Wellington) proved why she is ranked #2 in the nation. Against some of the finest competition in the nation including defending national champion Kathy Kroeger, Floridians Emilie Amaro and Kayla Hale, and several other 2006 Footlocker finalists Brasovan closed the race with a fine last mile to extend her lead and win the Nike Race of Champions at Great American. In fact, she didn't just win: she destoryed the field. Kroeger, coming back from some issues that kept her sidelined during the spring, was the second place finisher--over 30 seconds behind Brasovan. Brasovan's time was 17:05.6. Emilie Amaro (Cypress Bay) looked very impressive though, defeating nationally ranked Emily Reese of Georgia, for a 18:00.7 third place performance. Kayla Hale (Holy Trinity), who reportedly was fighting off illness this week, was 28 second back from Amaro in sixth place. Episcopal girls had a decent but disappointing showing for a fifth place finish. Eric Larson of Penscaola Washington had a good day as the top Florida boy. Read full summary....

While overall the entry numbers are at their lowest levels ever for Great American, the competition--especially on the individual girls level--is looking pretty amazing.  For the first time this year all of Florida's "big three" will race each other (ironically at a meet in Alabama).  Ashley Brasovan, Kayla Hale, and Emilie Amaro are all ranked in the MileSplit South Rankings and favored to be Footlocker Finalists.  Brasovan is currently ranked #2 in the nation and will face off against defending Footlocker national champion Kathy Kroeger of TN.  Emily Reese (US#7 from GA) will also be vying for the individual victory, along with several other Footlocker hopefuls.  This race will be the best individual battle of the regular season in the South this fall.Team-wise Episcopal, coming off its win over nationally ranked Eleanor Roosevelt at flrunners 8 last week, will test its strength against Mountain Brook AL (who is favored to win), Oak Ridge TN, Collins Hill GA, and others.We have the full list of Florida teams entered in the race and links to the entire entry list. 

 After a strong performance at UF two weekends ago, Ashley Brasovan leapfrogs defending Foot Locker National Champion Kathy Kroeger (TN) and last year's runner-up Aurora Scott (VA) to grab #1 spot in the MileSplit US Foot Locker South "Power Rankings".  Kayla Hale and Emilie Amaro, who qualified for Foot Locker Nationals last year, find themselves in the sixth and seventh positions.This puts Brasovan in an odd position of being a potential favorite for the national title, even though she failed to qualify for Nationals out of the South Region meet last year--when she finished 19th at the meet last season.  With some additional big meet experience and two frustrating years at McAlpine behind her, we will all be hoping this is her year and she has learned to get out fast at McAlpine Park in NC.  If she does pull it off, she'd become the first Floridian to win Footlocker Nationals.No Florida boys were mentioned this week.  Previouslly, Danny Manco (currently out with a minor stress fracture) and Joseph Franklin received "on the bubble" shout outs. See the full list. 

It isn't every day that one elite runner simply dominates another, but that happened today at the University of Florida Mountain Dew Classic.  FL South #5 Ashley Brasovan beat FL South #3 Emilie Amaro by over a minute, as Brasovan won in 17:10 over the 5k course.  Amaro is no slouch either, finishing thirteenth at Foot Locker Nationals in 2006.

 Some runners start their season and have some cobwebs to dust off after the summer offseason.  A couple of meets in and they're back to their old self.  And then there is Ashley Brasovan.  This little diva comes out and just tears out of the gate!  She dominated the field by over a minute today with an official time of 17:10.77 for the 5K at the UF Mountain Dew Invitational.  And it wasn't a field of slackers either... Footlocker finalist Emilie Amaro was her closest competition at 18:19.53!To really make the jaws drop, reports have it this looked more like a jog in the park for Brasovan, rather than the fastest time in the nation so far this season!  Ashley was seen laughing and talking with people on the sidelines as she cruised by.  Brasovan could easily take her game to new heights this season never seen by ANY Florida high school girl in the past.  Look out!Joseph Franklin proved he's no slouch on the grass after a record setting season in the mile this spring.  He won the boys race easily in 15:32.91.  Guillermo Echarte was second about 25 second back, followed by Eric Larsen. The boys race backed up past the chute at about 40th place, so times past that point should not be considered accurate, although everyone was kept in order so places and team scores are on target. Full Results and Coverage

The MileSplit US national portal today released its Footlocker South Power Rankings for girls, with the boys list released yesterday.  Florida's Big Three were prominent on the list, being the only state with three in the top 12 (actually all three were in the top seven): Amaro, Brasovan, and Hale.  For the boys Franklin and Manco make an appearance on the watch list.  Read the full story.

Audio Interview with Ashley Brasovan after fourth place finish at Nike Outdoor. Brasovan says no one really pushed the pace in her Seeded Two Mile race, leaving her to lead. That took its toll on her at the end of the race when the other girls dropped big negative splits and her legs didn\'t have it. She will hang up her track spikes for the summer and start training for cross country after a short break. Also be sure to notice the rest of the NON photos that have been uploaded in the Floridia at NON Gallery. Click To Play

Teona Rodgers had a very impressive double with two second place finishes in the 200 and 60H.  Ashley Brasovan had the lone Florida national title with a huge performance in the 2 mile.  While Chris Ward and Kayle Hale each took third place in their respective events.  Check out the full summary and tons of coverage including photos, results, articles, videos, and audio interviews from our on-site coverage through the MileSplit Network, which featured a team of six people covering the two days of Nike Indoor Nationals in Landover, MD.

Emilie Amaro finished third in the girls seeded race, Kayla Hale close behind in sixth--both will be on the plane to San Diego for nationals. Ashley Brasovan is not a fan of McAlpine Park, having another off race this year and will not advance. In the boys race, Michael Anderson finished 8th in 15:14.

Ashley Brasovan and her Wellington teammates were at a disadvantage Saturday running in the Alabama hills Saturday at the Great American Cross Country Festival at Spain Park in Hoover, Ala.

In less-than-ideal conditions on a muddy course, Ashley Brasovan still managed to break 18 minutes and defend her title in the first major meet of the season at the Wellington Invitational at Village Park.

If Saturday is any indication, Wellington\'s sophomore sensation Ashley Brasovan is ready for an amazing cross country season! She set a new Florida high shcool girls road race record going 16:37 for the 5K.

Full race footage from several races at the Holy Trinity Elite Classic, including Ashley Brasovan\'s 3200 win in 10:36.

Six photos from Friday night\'s girls 3200 meter race, as Ashley Brasovan goes 10:37 with Kayla Hale taking a close second. Seven photos from the boys race as Austin Joiner wins with Sean Blaney and Michael Anderson in tow.

Ashley Brasovan dominated the field on the girls side, while Kyle Cooke wrapped up another win in the boys varsity race. We have some great action shots here by Barry Jones!

Freshman phenom Ashley Brasovan won the girls race with the second fastest time of the day (boys included) at 17:46. Surprisingly, this is not a 5K PR for her--she bettered it by some 10 seconds in a road race last month. Craig Peroni won the boys race easily in 17:10.

DERWOOD, MD - Neely Spence of Pennsylvania lead the 6K race early, but around 4K she found she had some company.  Ashley Brasovan of Wellington High challenged her for the lead.  Spence was able to get away from her with a strong last mile to win in 20:43 to Ashley's 20:57. Complete Results Posted