Big changes are afoot as the New York girls get ready to head to the line for another season of momentous feats. Serving up the overall view and the previews for the New York City and Buffalo area schools.
After many months of official study of the data, the final results for the Tour de NY XC are in, and we now know who were the king and queen of the mountains, best sprinters, best young runners, and all the other titles for the last year of New York XC.
After a year of historic record smashers, were the Empire State's track stars up to the task at Nationals?
Expectations were huge for the New York States meet and most were met, but there were a few surprising twists and odd numbers.
Looking over what has happened at NY States and NB Nationals during the last year in track, what can we expect at CNS and Cary, NC? We delve into the past to search for the future.
Gone and forgotten, the 1 and 7-8 Mile Relay was once a huge event at track meets in the US. The time has come to bring it on back.
The Battle of the Years top athletes from 2008 to 2015 are inside their comfort zones as they meet head to head to prove which year was the best. It's also section vs. section, inside vs. outside, and boys vs. girls.
The Battle of the Years crews from 2008 to 2015 are back at it to unleash their inner demons and show who really burnt it up in the heat of winter.
The final rankings for the NY boys teams sums up the season's performances as some great teams and runners head to Nationals.
The final rankings for the NY girls teams sums up the season's performances as some great teams and runners head to Nationals.
A hundred NY runners competed at NCAA Nationals on Saturday, November 21, and at the end of an historic day, five of them were celebrating on national championship winners.
At six or more different levels, the college runners from New York shoot for a chance at Nationals. We track them down as they make tracks.
The CHSAA teams will be battling for supremacy in Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday with a titanic contest on tap for the boys.
On November 8, 1975 a group of NY girls stepped to the line at Elma Meadows to run in the first State Championship that wasn't just for the guys. Help us to remember the historic moment.
As usual, the main action at the Manhattan Invitatational was on the backs of the tee shirts. We caught some of the best to enjoy, if you can stand the heat.
The Eastern States is charging into Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx again this Saturday, and once more the Manhattan Invitational will be at the center of the known universe.
Following Week of Saturday, October 3
This is the third State rankings of the season for MileSplit, and it follows a humongously exciting weekend centered around the huge McQuaid Inviational out by Rochester, along with the Grout, St. Anthony's, Brewster Bear, and Mayor's Cup (NYC) meets among others. All of the major teams in the state have raced at this point in at least one meet, and the rankings are beginning to sort themselves out.
This is the third State rankings of the season for MileSplit, and it follows a fantastically exciting weekend centered around the huge McQuaid Inviational out by Rochester
The second week of rankings for the season follows a busy weekend that saw a lot of teams going to out of state meets, while teams from out of state paid a visit to Bowdoin Park to get a preview of the course for NXN regionals. Among the NY meets where major action was occurring were Baldwinsville,
The second week of rankings for the season follows a busy weekend that saw a lot of teams going to out of state meets, while teams from out of state paid a visit to Bowdoin Park to get a preview of the course for NXN Regionals
Following Week of Saturday, September 19
This is the first State rankings of the season for MileSplit, and it follows a very exciting weekend that saw Monroe-Woodbury hosting the Pre-States meet course preview during the Crusader Classic. Other major meets were held at New Hartford, Galway, Bob Pratt, East Syracuse-Minoa, Suffern, Ballston Spa, Fort Plain, McDaniel-Baxter, and Villa Bears, among others.
First state rankings of the season for the boys, and there are some surprises.
Boys' turn to fight it out over the seasons in the Battle of the Years XC. Three races featuring Blood, Sweat & Tears will decide which year's top runners were the best.
The top NY XC runners from 2004 to 2014 battle against each other and themselves in three virtually epic races of Blood, then Sweat, then the Tears. Everything culminates in the head-to-head match-up of two national champions