Jimmy breaks down some of the top male underclassmen after the first month of XC!
After almost a month of XC action, there are some shakeups in the Saucony Flo50 team rankings. Jimmy takes a look at some of those changes on the guys' side.
Audrey Belf has shown her dominance in this young season. She captured another win on Friday with a 17:32 performance at the Michigan State Playmakers Invite and was happily greeted by her teammate just over 20 seconds later as Rachel Dadamio (17:54) of Birmingham Seaholm finishes with the 1-2 punch. The US #17 girls took home the team victory by a margin of more than 80 points.
The nation's leader (14:53) preps for The First to the Finish tomorrow in Peoria, IL and Jimmy catches up with him about his outstanding early season performance, summer training, being a potential big name among the greats in Illinois, and much more. Jimmy takes Jesse on in a Skype Challenge as well!
We break down some of the top national individual boys risers and performers over the first few weeks of the 2014 high school cross country season. This newest "Who's #1" all builds into our latest update to the national top 25 rankings.
Get to know Allie Ostrander! From mountain racing to building confidence to her desire to be a starting center but settling for point guard in basketball, this Alaska native is ready to tackle her senior year with tenacity. Also, she battles Jimmy in a classic game of 'two truths and a lie.'
The Southlake Carroll Boys (US ranked #7) took home the win over Rodgers of Arkansas. The Dragons of Southlake averaged 15:55 (boys 1-5) and had a 36 second spread between its first and fifth man.
Maddie Reed takes the individual win and leads the Marcus girls to a team win at their home course on Saturday at the Marcus I Invitational. Watch the 5A/6A girls varsity race video.
Jimmy and Brandon talk about some of the top meets in the country this weekend.
Jimmy breaks down the top 10 pre-season ranked boys teams.
Jimmy releases the pre-season team rankings (top 10) on the girls side and breaks down why those teams fall where they do.
Jimmy takes a look at the top 10 pre-season ranked XC individual boys in the nation.
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Great battle between some of the finest athletes in California. Austin Tamagno of Brea Olinda runs a tremendously smart race and puts on a late kick to take the win in 14:04.
A new series, "Who's Number One?" has just been released and the first episode highlights the pre-season top 7 ranked girls from the Saucony Flo 50 rankings as we approach this fall. Keep your eyes out for "Who's Number One?" episodes this season as Jimmy showcases some of the top movers and shakers for the 2014 XC season.
We caught up with Matthew Maton, one of the top returners this fall, to chat about his breakthrough spring, how the summer training has been going, and waht he's looking forward to this fall and winter... also played a little hangman.
Pre-season scouting report on last year's NXN runner-up team, Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft, New Jersey.
Pre-season scouting report on a national powerhouse cross country program in the Wayzata boys of Minnesota.