Olin Hacker

Can anyone dethrone defending national champion Grant Fisher?

All you need to know from NXN including many firsts that went down at the new course

When the morning of the rites of passage arrives known as Footlocker Midwest held on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the air temperature is expected to be 6*F. But hopefully by the time of the seeded boys race things will move more to the desired 32*F.... 

NXN regional champ Tanner Anderson, Olin Hacker, and Jesse Reiser are building into a top 10 clash in Portland.

Watch as Olin Hacker pulls away in 15:05 course record & Wayzata boys repeat as Heartland Region champs.

Following a long line of Hacker greats, Olin appears calm and ready to make a splash at NXN 

WI state champ Olin Hacker and MN state champ Bethany Hasz score individual wins.

LIVE RESULTS NIKE HEARTLAND via PTTiming.com   

These 14 XC boys went into "beast mode" with their race performances this past week (10/27 through 11/3) 

Similar to last year, Olin Hacker gets the win, but this time leads team to victory as well

Highlights, coverage, and results from the top meets across the country on the weekend of October 18th. (via MileSplit)

The big boys are proving why they deserve a top 10 spot! Jimmy dissects the reasons why these guys are worthy as well as mentions some new runners to the Saucony Flo 50 rankings.

WATCH Olin Hacker's 15:35 Win & Replay of the Gold Boys Race from the 2014 Roy Griak Invitational.

The 50th Anniversary of Verona Cross Country was celebrated in great fashion.  Alumni from state championship teams, all-state runners, and even runners from the first ever team made themselves present.  Ryan Nameth (Verona) put on a show as he challenged defending State Champion, Olin Hacker (Madison West).  However, Hacker was able to fend off Nameth as he won in a state leading time of 15:20.  Nameth would run an impressive 15:34. On the girl's side, Amy Davis was the class of the field by winning in 18:23.  Equally fun to watch was the Middleton Pack Attack as they had a :27 gap as they won the team battle by 1 point over Madison West.  There will be many fun battles to come.  

The season really kicks off with the 50th Cross Country Reunion for Verona High School at the 38th Annual Verona Invitational.

2014 Nike Heartland Boys Preview.  Who are the teams and individuals that have what it takes to make NXN?  Photo by Kernit Grimshaw (kernit.zenfolio.com) 

Minnesota athletes were very successful in the various high school races at the Griak Meet held on September 28 at Les Bolstad Golf Course on the campus of the U of M.

Elijah Armstrong of Pocatello In the northwest Oregon & Washington runners made their final adjustments prior to their State qualifiers & Idaho runners ran their qualifiers.  The big news was on the national level, where Sara Baxter put in a performace, that was perhaps second only to that of Melody Fairchild.   Baxter ran three miles (not a 5K) at Mt. SAC in 16:00.