Weekend 10/3-4 Preview
| 10/02 - 10/04 |
Medina Cross Country Festival
Medina
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Medina, OH |
| 10/03 - 10/04 |
 flrunners.com Invitational 9 Presented by Nike
Astronaut HS
Senior Ashley Brasovan (Wellington), the reigning Foot Locker and NON 5K Champion is running her third race of the season, and first against serious competition. More than 4000 runners will compete at the two-day event. Footlocker finalists Kayla Hale and Brittany Koziara will be in the Girls Race of Champions along with Brasovan.
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Titusville, FL *MileSplit On-Site Coverage |
| 10/03 | Paul Short Run
Lehigh University
The boys team race should be very exciting, with Cumberland Valley coming off of a great race at the Carlisle Invite. On the girls side, Two teams have the best chance of winning this 40-team race. PA#1 EMMAUS (2007 AAA PA STATE CHAMPION) is certainly the favorite and PA #2 CUMBERLAND VALLEY, who won in 2007 and has two 2nd place finishes this year at Gettysburg and Carlisle has a good shot.
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Bethlehem, PA *MileSplit On-Site Coverage |
| 10/04 | 72nd OSU Cross Country Jamboree
Stillwater Hs
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Oklahoma City, OK |
| 10/04 |
Alaska State Cross Country Championships The state championship season gets an early start with top teams and individuals from Alaska competing. Foot Locker finalist Trevor Dunbar (Sr.) and teammate Sam Salus (Sr.) will vie for individual supremacy as Kodiak chases the 4A team tile. Leah Francis (Jr., Juneau), Ivy O’Guinn (Jr. Skyview), Esther Kennedy (Sr., Service) and freshman Bree Mucha (Soldotna) are among the prospective 4A girl’s champs while Kailey Wilson (Fr., Kenny Lake) is among the favorites in 123A. |
Palmer, AK |
| 10/04 | Alexander/Asics Invitational
Alexander
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Whitesburg, GA |
| 10/04 |  Centerville Stampede
Centerville
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Centerville, OH |
| 10/04 |
More than 230 teams from six states compete. |
Oakville, AL |
| 10/04 | Maine Festival of Champions
Belfast Area High School
Forget lobsters. Maine is all about cross country this weekend. The Maine Festival of Champions, has 63 teams, mostly from Maine, with one other from RI. Eight of the top 10 boys teams and six of the top 10 girls teams from the current Maine CC Coaches Association poll will be in attendance, including the top-ranked Greely boys and second ranked boys and girls from Scarborough. Individually, James LePage (Sr. Greely) should face a strong challenge from Alex Moser (Jr. York), who comes in having won three of four races this year. This is the debut 5k for star freshman Abbey Leonardi (Fr., Kennebunk), who has clocked a three-mile best of 18:19 and could be a threat to challenge the FOC course record of 18:25. Previews: Girls Team | Girls Individuals | Boys Team | Boys individuals | |
Belfast, ME *MileSplit On-Site Coverage |
| 10/04 | McNeil Invitational
Round Rock McNeil
At Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock, TX, Mark Pinales (Jr., Round Rock Stony Point) and freshman Tricia Terry (McAllen Memorial) are the favorites for the respective, boys and girls, individual titles. Lockhart boys appear to be a slight favorite in what should be a closely contested meet whSile the Texas-Kingwood girls lead the top teams going into battle.
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Round Rock, TX |
| 10/04 | NCAA DII Pre-National Meet
Slippery Rock University
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Slippery Rock, PA |
| 10/04 | New Balance/Centerra Cross Country Classic
Mountain View High School
Dakota Ridge, Thompson Valley, and Fort Collins girls. Dakota Ridge boys. Joseph Manilafasha, Evan Appel, Miranda Benzel and Natosha Rogers.
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Loveland, CO *MileSplit On-Site Coverage |
| 10/04 | Nike South Invitational
The Woodlands
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The Woodlands, TX |
| 10/04 | Octoberfest Invitational
Mountain View
Held on the VA state course venue (not same course) at Great Meadow, featuring headliner is NIN/NON 5K champ Solomon Haile (Sherwood, MD).
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The Plains, VA |
| 10/04 | Portage Invitational
Portage High School
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Portage, IN |
| 10/04 |
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Holmdel, NJ *MileSplit On-Site Coverage |
| 10/04 | Steel City Invitational
Coatesville
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Coatesville, PA |
| 10/04 | TCA Titan Thunder Cross Country Invitational
Classical Academy, The
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Fountain, CO |
| 10/04 | Wendy's Invitational
Preview of the Foot Locker South Regional course
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Charlotte, NC *MileSplit On-Site Coverage |
| 10/04 | Wheaton North Invitational
Wheaton North High School
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Wheaton, IL |
Many New Jersey teams will get their only preview of the state championship course at Holmdel Park. Most notably Doug Smith will make his season debut. West Windsor-Plainsboro North, led by sup-soph, Joe Rosa should be a full strength for the first time this year. The Varsity C race, which includes NJ #5 Millburn and #8 Mendham, also features an interesting individual battle between Tyler Udland (Jr., Millburn) and Brett Johnson (Sr., Ocean City). Johnson looks to get rolling, having been slowed by some early-season injuries. On the girls side, NJ #1 Voorhees (D Race) and #2 Toms River North (A Race) will both comptete, but not head-to-head. Freshman Kristen Traub, an age group phenom, who has two invitational wins in as many tries, takes her first shot at Holmdel in the F Race.