Best of 2008: Kingwood Park girls win UIL 4A State cross country title (Kingwood Observer)

(from the Nov. 26 edition of the Observer) For the second year in a row, Kingwood Park has a state champion girls cross country team.

The Run Like the Wind Award - Minooka boys and girls cross country (Morris Daily Herald)

MINOOKA - It had been three decades since the Minooka cross country team experienced what it did this past fall. And while the girls had been there just six years ago, the thrill of hearing the Indians' feet pounding the trail at Detweiller Park in Peoria had never been better for Kevin Gummerson's Indians. After all, the race at Detweiller is the ultimate prize for a group of harriers - a run ...

The 2008 Times-Dispatch All-Metro girls cross country team (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Success could have become a burden for Kathleen Lautzenheiser. But the tiny Midlothian junior calmly retained her position as the pace-setter for Richmond girls cross country for another season. Lautzenheiser repeated her performance as the Dominion District and Central Region champion, leading the Trojans to district and regional titles. She paced the Trojans’ fourth consecutive state title ...

TWELL BOLSTERED IN BUILD UP TO BUPA GREAT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY (onrunning.com)

Stephanie Twell who has been bolstered by a winning display in her first race as a senior athlete in the Antrim International cross country at the weekend faces a much sterner test in her next outing.

STATE CHAMPIONS (Ravalli Republic)

MISSOULA - They are the best of the best. Their state titles say so. Running against top talent from around the state, the championship Hamilton and Darby boys’ cross country teams earned state titles Saturday at the University of Montana golf course.