On Saturday, many of the all-star seniors of the state of Florida will line up on the Holloway Park course. This race will mark the end of their high school cross country seasons for some, and others will use this race as a tune up before Footlocker and NXR next week.
On Saturday, many of the all-star seniors of the state of Florida will line up on the Holloway Park course. This race will mark the end of their high school cross country seasons for some, and others will use this race as a tune up before Footlocker and NXR next week.
We recapped all 16 regions so you can stay in the know on the top storylines from this past week. Here are the recaps and takeaways from all the FHSAA 4A regional meets.
Take a look at the fastest teams heading into all 64 district championship meets to be held this week in Florida.
With over 70 schools and 2,000 athletes attending, the 2018 Katie Caples Invitational is set to be the largest and one of the most competitive years in the events long running history.
We wanted to know which girls team you think performed the best this year.
We take a look at each athlete's road to Foot Locker Nationals.
We caught up with the duo and their coach Stephen Dunn as they prepared for Foot Locker Nationals.
Newsome senior and Indiana signee Bailey Hertenstein discusses training with fellow finalist Alyssa Hendrix, making her second trip to San Diego for Foot Locker Nationals, and more.
Which individual did you think had the best performance from the 2017 Cross Country Finals?
Blaine Thomas recaps the 4A girls and boys races at the 2017 FHSAA Cross Country Finals.
Check out all the state meet and NXN Regional action going down this weekend.
Ricky Quintana previews all the individual and team match ups in class 4A.
Andy Warrener recaps the 4A Region 2 Championship at Holloway Park.
Watch Bailey Hertenstein pick up her fourth regional championship in record setting fashion as she and former teammate Alyssa Hendrix shatter the Holloway Park course record in sub 18 times.
Bailey Hertenstein and Alyssa Hendrix provided another epic showdown at the 4A District 7 Championship.
Andy Warrener recaps all the action from the Hillsborough County Championships.
The college decision is in for Newsome senior and 2016 Foot Locker National Finalist Bailey Hertenstein.
Andy Warrener recaps the 2017 Land O'Lakes Gator Invitational.
Andy Warrener recaps all the highlights from the state's largest meet.
Fast times were at the norm at Chain of Lakes Park, but Saturday Bailey Hertenstein picked up her third straight ROC title with a Holloway Park course record time of 18:10.36 and leading ten girls sub 19 in the process.
We break down this marquee match up between two former teammates and two of the fastest runners in the field and all of 4A.
Former FSU standout and 2016 Olympic Colleen Quigley is the special guest on the latest Running With The Wolves podcast started by former Newsome distance runners Christian Tucker and Dustin Fletcher.
We announce our first round of girls and boys teams in our FLRunners.com Invitational Race of Champions.
We rank the best girls and boys teams in 4A.
Andy Warrener recaps the 2017 Lecanto Invitational.
Coach Orlando Greene gives us the Scouting Report on the 2017 Wolves.
Cross country season is here. A total of six teams made their way to Strawberry Crest High School in Dover for the Easts Hillsborough Invitational to kick off 2017.
We project the top JV girls cross country squads in the state of Florida based on the season best times from last year of the #8-14 returning runners.
We take a look at the girls teams to watch at the 2017 FLRunners.com Invitational
The 2017 FLRunners.com Invitational is less than two months away, but it's never too late to check out our virtual meet feature and see which girls athletes and teams entered have the best shot at winning.
We take a look at the top 25 4A girls teams headed into the 2017 season.
As part of our Saucony Flo 50 rankings series, we take a look at the top 25 boys and girls individuals as well as the top 25 boys and girls teams and rank them. Here are the top boys teams after the cross country state championship.
Bailey Hertenstein and Kayley Delay came into the 4A Cross Country Finals with the top two times regardless of class. In the end it was Hertenstein who came away with her second straight title. On the team front, Steinbrenner ended a two year run by Winter Park at the top of the podium. Matt Doyle of Winter Springs won his first state title to end his senior cross country season, while St. Thomas Aquinas took their third team trophy in four years. Andy Warrener recaps the class 4A meet.
In the state's largest classification 4A, three of the four state champion individuals and teams from 2015 have a good chance to repeat in 2016. The easiest perhaps is in the team races where the Winter Park girls are looking for their third straight while the St. Thomas Aquinas boys are favorites to go back to back with their core nucleus. Bailey "Hurricane" Hertenstein is the reigning girls champion, is ranked number one, and has lost one race in her whole career as a junior. On the boy's side the title is up for grabs with a group of runners all relatively close in time and skill. We take an in-depth look at the 4A meet.
Bailey Hertenstein smashed the Holloway Park course record in a time of 18:13.83 with freshman teammate in second place with a time of 18:58.22. On the boy's side it came down to a sprint to the finish with Jordan Gonzalez of Sarasota giving the Sailors a regional champion for the second straight year. Steinbrenner girls dominated with 46 pts. while the Lakewood Ranch boys edged out Newsome by four points 85 to 89. Andy Warrener recaps all the action from 4A Region 2.
It's regionals week! 4A, Florida's largest cross country classification, will kick off the road to state at the regional level as athletes head to South Florida on Thursday for 4A Region 4. We preview all four regionals in addition to seeing how our virtual meets see things playing out. It's going to be a crazy ride as the top individuals and teams hope to advance to Tallahassee for the Cross Country Finals on November 5th.
The Niceville girls are undefeated this season in competition, while Pine Crest's lone loss came against our third best team, Winter Park, and without one of their top runners Simone Vreeland. Unfortunately for fans across the state, two of the top squads will not face off as the Eagles are in 3A and the Panthers in 2A. Our XC team scores show an all classes battle would give Niceville a three point advantage.
On the nicest day of the cross country season and the fastest course in Hillsborough County, the county cross country championships at Al Lopez Park in Tampa, made for some eye-popping times and the Tampa powerhouse Steinbrenner swept both varsity races and both JV races.
Riverview junior Bailey Hertenstein clocked her 4th sub 18 minute time of the season, running a new state leading time of 17:30.7, and defend her Hillsborough County Championship crown. Watch all the race videos and interviews to see the best of the best from the Tampa area.
District tiles are great, regional titles, are nice too, but there is something about a county championship that screams bragging rights. Andy Warrener caught this photo of the boy's varsity race at the Hillsborough County Championships as runners go all out from the gun. This photo plus over 800 more from the meet.
Over three dozen teams will head to Al Lopez Park in Tampa for the site of the Hillsborough County Championships. County pride is on the line as is an undefeated win streak for Riverview's Bailey Hertenstein, and a battle of four girls teams ranked in our latest Flo 50 rankings. On the boy's side Haftom Fliegelman of Durant looks to break 16 minutes and improve on his 4th place showing from 2015 while Steinbrenner and Newsome duke it out for the team title. We preview all the action and don't forget to stay tuned to flrunners.com for race videos, interviews, photos, recaps, and results of this meet.
As part of our Saucony Flo 50 rankings series, every week we will subjectively rank the top 25 boys and girls individuals as well as the top 25 boys and girls teams. Take a look at the top girls teams halfway into the cross country season.
As part of our Saucony Flo 50 rankings series, every week we will subjectively rank the top 25 boys and girls individuals as well as the top 25 boys and girls teams. Take a look at the top boys teams halfway into the cross country season.
The 20th Annual Land O' Lakes Gator Invitational, recently renamed the Keppel Invite after late Gator coach Kris Keppel went off on Saturday at Crews Lake Park in Spring Hill. The course was a familiar one for many teams, starting down a grass straightaway before hitting pavement, then circling clockwise around the open starting area.
Preseason Jamborees are over and the regular season for cross country is finally here. Plant City High School played host to one of the first meets on the calendar, the East Hillsborough Invitational, and the theme was dominating performances. Bailey Hertenstein and Haftom Fliegelman continued where they left off in 2015, earning their first wins of the season, while both the Newsome girls and boys won team titles.
Winter Park claimed the last two 4A crowns and lose only two of their seven athletes from that championship squad. Rafaella Gibbons, an NXN qualifier, and 2014 individual state champion, will lead the Wildcats that have a team average under 19 minutes and will benefit from Dr. Phillips' transfer Charis Ivey. Sarasota and Wharton who finished second and third last year will battle for that second podium spot. We look at the top ten teams in the state's largest classification.
Of all the classifications nobody is favored to win more than the boys of St. Thomas Aquinas. The 2015 4A state champions return five of their top seven and have an incredible 1-5 split of 21.89s! The real battle will be for second place where Lakewood Ranch, North Port, Sarasota, and Newsome all have a shot to make the podium and will rely on the back end of their line up to get there. We take a look at the top ten boys teams in 4A.
Held on the tough Holloway Park Course, 4A-2 will be part of Friday morning's triple regional (1A-2, 3A-3 and 4A-2) hosted by Tampa Bay HEAT. We take a look at both the girls and boys individual and team battles and see how our database thinks the meet will play out in our virtual meet feature. Also, remember to stay tuned to flrunners.com for on-site coverage, results, and a recap of all the action!
Watch EVERY race video plus interviews from the 2015 Hillsborough County Cross Country Championship.
The Plant boys win by one point over Steinbrenner while Wharton girls add another team win to their resumes. On the individual side, Seffner Christian senior Noah Perkins and Riverview sophomore Bailey Hertenstein continued their impressive seasons with victories at the Hillsborough County Championships. Andy Warrener recaps all the action!
The 31-team Don Bishop Invite at Brandon High School ran in the shadow of the FSU Pre-State meet in Tallahassee and on the heels of the Flrunners Invite in Titusville the week before. Yet, even as teams are gathering themselves for the county championship and state series, Saturday's meet at Brandon had several notable performances.
The Seffner Christian Invitational will have a new home in 2015 after moving from Sydney Dover Trails to Holloway Park in Lakeland. With the change of venue comes a record number of OVER SIXTY teams for Saturday. We preview all the action and take a look at both the girls and boys virtual meet. Stay tuned to flrunners.com for on-site coverage of the meet including ALL race footage, interviews, thousands of photos, results, and a recap from one of our featured meets of the week!
Brandon High School will play host to over two dozen teams, many from the Hillsborough County area, for the Don Bishop Invitational. Newsome senior Emily Zwijacz has finished in the top four in three of her four meets and was 30th at the UF Mt. Dew Invitational with a time of 19:46.32. Look for Newsome and a solid Wharton team to battle it out for the team championship. On the boy's side Noah Perkins of Seffner Christian is coming off a win in the invitational race at the flrunners.com Invitational race and will face off against Robinson's Jack Rogers who has a nearly identical season best. On the team front, Newsome will go for the sweep, but have Steinbrenner and Robinson standing in their way. Flrunners.com will be on-site with photo coverage by Jeff Adams, plus results, and a recap of all the action!
North Port High School will host one of the largest meets this weekend as teams from across the state and southwest Florida compete in the North Port XC Invitational. The event which had 52 teams entered this year will up the ante with 60 squads toeing the line throughout the course of the morning. The girls elite race will start at 7:30 a.m. followed by the boys, then girls and boys invitational and girls and boys junior varsity races. Flrunners.com will be on-site with coverage including race video, interviews, photos, and a complete recap of all the action. Scout the competition and check out a virtual meet for the elite races that includes the top 25 individuals and top ten teams or click on the complete list to view all the entrants!
This year's Crusader Gallop 5k was once again held at Sydney Dover Trails. Always known as a tough course this year was no different. This year there were even more challenges to the course. There have been wild boar tear up a good bit of the starting field so runners had to maneuver through a narrow start. Runners this year had to navigate up a 150 meter long hill, once at the start and again just before the 2 mile mark. The back part of the course a 1k loop proved most difficult. After heavy rains most of the day Friday there were many parts of that section under water or just down right muddy. The course is hill, sandy in parts and uneven.
No one besides Plant, Hillsborough and Wharton has won the Vernon Khorn Hillsborough County track championships, boys or girls, for the last three years. Tuesday at Jefferson ushered in a changing of the guard as the Steinbrenner girls comfortably out-paced the field with 91.5 to second-place Wharton with 78. Freedom girls were third with 61.
At the gateway between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, you will find the small island of Barbados. The island nation is home to a little over 250,000 people, around a third of whom live in and around the capital of Bridgetown. While pockets of poverty exist today, the country has enjoyed growth over the past three decades fueled by tourism, banking, and manufacturing. As a child, Newsome coach Orlando Greene remembers the rural life he enjoyed there. Each day the former Olympian would run three or four miles to school with his fellow classmates, kicking a soccer ball along the way or simply racing.
