Watkins was the 2011 national high school indoor 800 champion (1:50.84) and national outdoor runner-up (1:49.70).

Elena Duren, Senior at Madison East High School, is a three-time letterwinner and was a captain as a senior. She was also named the Purgolders' Most Valuable Runner and received the Dan McClimon Award at the All-City Banquet her senior year. (via madison.com)

The Badgers of the University of Wisconsin are the NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2011 cross country season as announced Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Wisconsin won their first NCAA Cross Country Championship title since 2005 this fall.

Spring is just around the corner, which means high school track season is just around the corner, which means young runners are about to get hurt. It happens every year: Track season starts. (via Running Times)

HONORED: Milwaukee Bradley Tech's Ken Williams, who won four state team titles with the Trojans, Milwaukee Lutheran's Tom Burger, who won seven WISAA titles in the hurdles and high jump from 1989-'91, and Waukesha North's Bryan Schultz, a two-time state champion in the 100 and 200 in 1988 and '89, were among those inducted into the Wisconsin Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame last weekend. (via www.jsonline.com)

Algoma, WI All-State Thrower Signs with Alabama University

  Emma-Lisa Murphy Class of 2012 Whitefish Bay High School, Whitefish Bay, WI Signs with University of Wisconsin-Madison

Steve Marcelle, a 2005 graduate of Green Bay Preble, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame today as one of 10 members of the Class of 2012. (via Green Bay Press Gazette)

There are plenty of reasons for people to run. For senior Joe Dixon, running is a way to escape the struggles life throws at him and to follow his dreams. Dixon is on the men’s cross country and track and field teams at UW-Whitewater. Dixon is a runner, an honors student, an aspiring chemist, a dancer and a loving son. (via Royal Purple News)

  CHICAGO (January 23, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Chandler Diffee of LaFollette HS as its 2011-12 Gatorade Wisconsin Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Diffee is the first Gatorade Wisconsin Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from LaFollette HS.    

In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN HS, today announced Molly Seidel of University Lake School as its 2011-12 Gatorade Wisconsin Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Seidel is the first Gatorade Wisconsin Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from University Lake School. 

Molly Seidel of University Lake Schools wins by 2 seconds the Foot Locker Nationals.

Congrats to Neenah Girls' XC Club for taking 14th place at NXN!

Congrats to the Hartland Boy's XC Club for taking 8th at Nike's Cross Country Nationals!

We've compiled a list of the top Wisconsin times at this past weekend's (11/26) Foot Locker Midwest Regional which took place on UW-Parkside's cross country course.

Covering the Midwest Regional for the Foot Locker Championships, MileSplit compiled the following PHOTOS: Boys Seeded Race Boys Seeded - Top 10 Finishers Girls Seeded Race Girls Seeded - Top 10 Finishers Boys Freshman / Sophomore Race Girls Freshman / Sophomore Race

MileSplit's continuing coverage of the Foot Locker Midwest Regionals at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, WI. Click here to view the VIDEO COVERAGE of both the BOYS Seeded Race. Click here to view the VIDEO COVERAGE of the GIRLS Seeded Race.   Top 10 Interview Coverage of the following runners: Boys 1. Futsum Zeinasellassie - 14:58 3. Michael Clevenger - 15:11 5. Tony Smoragiewicz - 15:15 Girls 1. Molly Seidel - 17:08 2. Julia Bos - 17:14 (part 1 and part 2) 6. Sydney Scott - 17:43 7. Nicole Mello - 17:43

In 14:58, Futsum Zeinasellassie dominated this year's Midwest Regional Foot Locker 5K Championship.  In 17:08, Molly Seidel proved she's one of the nation's fastest with another PR. Both Seidel of University Lake School and Alexandria Fons of Franklin High School earned the right to compete in the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego two weeks from now. Way to represent Wisconsin, ladies!  

Click on the “Nike Cross National Qualifiers, from Heartland Regional” title for more.    

Futsum Zeinasellassie is in at NXN, now to qualify at Foot Locker before beginning the quest to win both titles. (Photo by Paul Everett)

Click on the “Charting the NXN Heartland Regionals, 11/13” title for more.  

Compiled from this year's races, the following are the Girl's Top 50 Times from 2011's Cross Country season in Wisconsin:

Compiled from this year's races, the following are Wisconsin's Top 50 Boy's Cross Country times for the 2011 season.

Led by a 2-3 finish by seniors Russ Sandvold and Kyle Lewin, Arrowhead repeated as the WIAA Division 1 boys cross country state champion Saturday at Ridges Golf Course. (via www.jsonline.com)

WISCONSIN RAPIDS � The Oshkosh Lourdes trophy case will have a little more gold in it tonight. (via www.thenorthwestern.com)

On a day when University Lake's Molly Seidel became the second runner in state history to win four WIAA state cross country titles, Franklin's Allie Fons won her second. (via www.jsonline.com)

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Hartland University Lake senior Molly Seidel kicked off the WIAA state cross country meet in record fashion (via madison.com)

Wisconsin won its 13th consecutive and 45th overall Big Ten Men's Cross Country Championship, placing five runners in the top six en route to the title. (via www.bigten.org)

Boys Division 1 Boys Division 2 Boys Division 3 Girls Division 1 Girls Division 2 Girls Division 3

This weekend's State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids is sure to produce some drama, with tight matchups in almost every WIAA Division. Good luck to all teams!

freshman Megan Paule hasn’t wasted any time in her pursuit of some heavy hardware as a runner with the cross country team. Paule will make the nearly three-hour trek to Wisconsin Rapids Saturday to run for gold in the girl’s WIAA Division 1 cross country championship starting at 12:20 p.m. at Ridges Golf Course, 2311 Griffith Ave. Paule qualified for the state tournament after finishing seventh overall and posting a time of 15 minutes 20 seconds at sectionals Oct. 22 at Tendick Park in Saukville. She’ll start in the fifth lane Saturday, and her sectionals time is in the top tier amongst the other athletes competing from around the state.   (via Menomonee Falls Patch)

Courtesy of the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association, here are the All State Honors for standout runners this season:

This Saturday's State Meet has some stiff competition for both boy's and girl's high school cross country. The following are the top runners in each division:

For the Oshkosh Lourdes Knights girls cross country team, it's all elementary. The seven girls that will be running at the WIAA Division 3 state  meet on Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids all went to the same elementary school — St. Francis Cabrini.  (via www.thenorthwestern.com)

The Wausau West girls cross county team has collected a Wisconsin Valley Conference and a WIAA Division 1 sectional championship over the past two weekends. Now, the Warriors hope to continue their run of success in the biggest meet of the season. (via www.wausaudailyherald.com)

The weekend of October 21-22 was Sectional Meets, including some of the fastest times recorded in the state this season. Congrats to all teams who qualified, along with individual state qualifiers!!!

In a dominant display of running, Brookfield Central boys and girls teams won today's sectional at Greenfield Park. Hosted by Nathan Hale, the 7th ranked Lancer boys team put an 18-point spread between 12-ranked Waukesha South. Led by standout Jr., Carl Hirsch, with a winning time of 15:57, BC had 4 guys ahead of Waukesha South's 3rd man

The following is hypothetical but needlesstosay, Foot Locker Championships and NXN are going to be exciting this November and December: While Wisconsin stand out Seidel has experience, Iowa phenom Topham has a bright future ahead of her. Good luck, ladies!        

As of 10/15/2011, the following are Wisconsin's fastest boy's and girl's cross country times in the 5k and 4k respectively.

The following previews this Saturday's (10/22) WIAA D1 Sectional at Washington Park hosted by Marquette University High School. Several competitive girls' squads will be vying for the 2nd birth to the State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids behind the highly favored, 5th-ranked team in the state, Whitefish Bay. 11am is the Varsity Girls race, following by the Boy's varsity at 11:45am.

The Neenah High School girls' cross country team has been ranked No. 1 in the state all season, and the Rockets lived up to their ranking Thursday by running away with the Fox Valley Association title at ...  

MILTON — Ethan Moehn was, as his cross country coach put it, running “in no-man’s land” Saturday — too far (via madison.com)

The weekend of October 14-15 was Conference Meets, including some of the fastest times recorded in the state this season.

The following previews this Saturday's (10/22) WIAA D1 Sectional at Greenfield Park hosted by West Allis Nathan Hale High School. As one of the most competitive Sectionals in the State, 4 teams behind 9th-ranked Brookfield Central will be vying for the 2nd slot in hopes for a birth to the State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids.

Notable highlights from Saturday's area events, including the Brookfield Central boys and girls cross country teams winning Greater Metro Conference titles. (via www.jsonline.com)

Ideal tool for track & field coaches and athletes. Convert marks/times/pace. This is a nice, easy tool for any fan, coach, or athlete of cross country running, road racing, or track & field.

This first episode covers core training techniques. These workouts will apply to you whether you are already on an elite level or just the beginning. For beginners they may serve as an intense workout to build your core muscles. If you're already in shape they are crucial for you to maintain and sharpen that core strength and to prevent injury by helping you stabilize your movement.

We're proud to introduce the "The Fit Runner," a new series from MileSplit. Each month a new episode will be published related a fitness or wellness topic geared towards the runner.

Universal Sports has complete coverage of the 2011 World Track and Field Championships from Daegu, South Korea. Watch all of your favorite athletes, including Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Americans Bernard and Allyson Felix and Croatia's Blanka Vlasic. Sign up now to watch livestreams of both sessions on all nine days of the competition.(via www.universalsports.com)

Track Chat with Ciarra Brewer, James Logan CA, who boasts a 43-04.25 PR for the Triple Jump, good for US#7 All-Time.

The outdoor season is in full swing.......please send results in a flat html format to the webmaster in your state (located at the bottom of the home page).  We do not want to leave anyone out of the rankings!

Each week Milesplit will be highlighting the top athletes across the nation.  Please make sure the results from meets in your area are sent to your state webmasters so we can keep our rankings accurate and up to date.  We don't want to leave anyone out! 

  Each week Milesplit will be highlighting the top athletes across the nation.  Please make sure the results from meets in your area are sent to your state webmasters so we can keep our rankings accurate and up to date.  We don't want to leave anyone out! 

Sarah Glidden has never picked up a rifle, but she's getting offers to join hunting parties for Wisconsin's upcoming gun deer season. (via www.postcrescent.com)

New harriers make rank, while the top of the guys rankings is as tight as ever!  Here comes the post-season!

Molly Seidel (in green) is burning up Wisconsin, and hopes to take that talent to San Diego in 2 months.

Three years after hiring its first editor to provide weekly coverage from a national perspective, MileSplit.US–-the national portal of the 50-state MileSplit Network-–has received a long-overdue makeover.

A few changes and a few editions, but look for the action to heat up in the coming weeks!

As Tommy Meister’s times continue to fall, his stock continues to rise. The Janesville Craig High School junior remained unbeaten on the season after winning Midwest Invitational cross country meet Saturday at Blackhawk Golf Course. (via gazettextra.com)

Tommy Meister continues to leave his mark on the high school cross country scene. The Janesville Craig junior ran a personal-best 15:37 on Thursday to win the Arrowhead Invitational. (via gazettextra.com)

It was all Arrowhead last Friday at the Leighton Betz Invitational at Greenfield Park in West Allis. The AHS girls won the crown with 39 points, while Brookfield East was second in the field of 13 teams with 54 points. Pewaukee, the defending WIAA Division 2 state champions, was third with 102 points. (via www.livinglakecountry.com)

Tanner Lundquist and Clarissa Jauregui led runners from the Gibraltar High School boys and girls cross-country teams, respectively, in the Freedom Invitational meet Friday night. (via www.greenbaypressgazette.com)

Cross country teams at the Blackshirt Challenge at Minooka Park in Waukesha had to slog through a soggy, tough course Saturday. The Prairie School boys and Burlington girls did the best slogging among Racine County teams to finish fourth in their respective races. (via JournalTimes.com)  

... or several important facts you should know about the availability of college track and field scholarships.

Final Nike Elite story on Bryan Clay continues our Elite coverage as we get closer to the Nike Track Nationals on June 2nd.  One more video interview to go! (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

In addition to the video interviews, Reese Hoffa kicks off a series of stories on Elite Nike athletes as we get closer to the Nike Track Nationals. (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

Galen Rupp and Chris Solinsky both went under the old US record with Solinsky the victor in 26:59.60.  (Photo by Andrew McLanahan, PhotoRun.net) 

4/28/10 Weekly Update

Enjoy our first installement in a series of interviews & stories leading up to the 2010 Nike Track Nationals in Eugene, OR on July 2nd. (Photo by Victah Sailor, PhotoRun.net)

  Today Nike opened registration and announced details for the Nike Track Nationals competition, the first ever national championship competition to name the best high school track and field program in the United States.

Now, field events may not always play a big role in some elite meets, but this is an invite that has continually brought in great talent in the field. Pole vault looks to be an area of strength this time around with a couple of 16-footers on the boys’ side and a 12-footer leading the girls. Look for some strong performances in the girls’ long jump and high jump as well. 

Each year, some of the best high school athletes in the nation make their way to the Bluegrass State for the UK High School Invitational and this year is no different. The meet consistently yields some of the best performances in the nation as the oval in the University of Kentucky’s Nutter Fieldhouse is a friendly 290-meters, which means fewer curves in all the races 200 meters and up. Last year, Tavaris Tate (Starkville, MS) and Takeia Pinckney (Columbia, GA) both scored US #1 performances for the entire indoor season, with Tate running 47.06 for 400 meters and Pinckney running 7.33 for 60 meters. In all, there were close to 20 different performances that ranked in the top 10 in the nation for the entire indoor season during last year’s edition, continuing an impressive tradition that keeps the talent level high each year.While the meet has consistently brought in several athletes that were clearly the best in their event nationally (Wayne Davis, Chalonda Goodman, and Jacquelyn Coward to name a few), this year the entries don’t pack so much star power, but there is depth in almost every event that should make for nationally-ranked results in all but a few of the events on the day.

Marya Haegler of Winnebago Lutheran Academy signed an NLI today to University of Wisconsin-Parkside for cross country and track.  Marya is a the Gatorade girl cross country runner of the year for Wisconsin and the Wisconsin High School Coaches' Cross country female runner of the year.  She won the State D2 cross country championship, placed 49th at Nike Nationals and 29th at Footlocker Nationals in 2009.  Congratulations to Marya, her family, coaches, and to her new crew in Parkside!  

Megan Goethals and Chelsey Sveinsson battle to the line, Lukas Verzbicas dominates front-to-back in the boys race.  Tons of coverage from our on-site team...

  With her seventh place finish at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional, Winnebago Lutheran Academy senior Marya Haegler became the first female national qualifier from the state of Wisconsin since Jackie Mulrooney qualified for the Foot Locker finals in 2001. Haegler's biggest role model happens to be one of the all-time greats to ever come out of the state in Suzy Favor Hamilton, while her beginning in running started in grade school when her grandfather timed her in a loop around the block.

             

  Photo courtesy John Olson, SCRUNNERS                                                    

MileSplit.us will be taking a new approach to our national coverage beginning with this fall's cross country season. If you are in a state that does not yet have a MileSplit webmaster, you now have a specific person to send information to from your state - including results.

Part Two of our eight segment series on the lost years of prep cross country rankings shows the dominance of Indiana and Illinois teams and the recognition of one of the true national powerhouses out of Oregon.              

Start List for the 2009 Midwest Distance Gala being run in Lisle, Illinois on Saturday.

Version 5.0 of the Midwest Distance Gala is taking place this weekend on the campus of Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois. This year’s version looks to be bigger and better than last year’s version and shows that this meet, which started with just 37 finishers the first year, is growing quickly and the quality of the fields assembled is unbelieveable. This year there are storylines by the dozen and the main one looks to be a match-up that has been building since last cross-country season.    

Gatorade State XC POY: Trevor Dunbar (AK),  Joash Osoro (ND) and Evan Appel (CO), pictured left to right, are three of the Gatorade State Boys Cross Country Runners of the Year.

Gatorade State XC POY: Lindsay Flanagan (IL), Melanie Thompson (NJ) and Jordan Hasay (CA), pictured left to right, are three of the Gatorade State Girls Cross Country Runners of the Year announced today.

Hear what the participants had to say about their Foot Locker CC Championships experience. More than 40 athlete interviews are available, including 28 of the 31 FL All-Americans. Also, full boys and girls race videos are available on demand.

  WATCH LIVE ON MILESPLIT!!! Coming to you from the course Milesplit's own Jason Byrne, Don Rich, Fran McLaughlin, and Margot Kelly bring unparallelled live onsite coverage.

Catch all of the action from the 30th Foot Locker Cross Country Championships live right here on MileSplit. Live coverage from Balboa Park begins around 8am ET on Saturday, December 13.