Cross Country Runner Faceplants Across Finish Line
Congratulations to Jimmy Gressier, a 21-year-old French runner who defended his title in the Under-23 European men’s…
Joanna Warmington Becomes Latest Female Ex-Coach To Accuse UMD Of Harassment And Discrimination
University of Minnesota Duluth women’s cross country and track and field coach Joanna Warmington announced her…
Galen Rupp And Evan Jager Couldn't Take Down Lenny Korir
American track and road superstars Evan Jager and Galen Rupp decided to run the U.S. cross country championships this…
The New Thing Teens Are Doing Is Called The "Port-A-Potty Challenge"
Teens, mostly on cross country teams are attempting to cram as many people as possible into port-a-potties. It’s called…
Ahead For 9,400 Meters, Joshua Cheptegei Wobbles To Finish At World Cross Country Championships
With 2,000 meters left in the weekend’s World Cross Country Championship, 20-year-old Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei was…
Amherst Suspends Men's Cross Country Team After Publication Of Racist, Misogynist Emails
In statements from the school president and athletic director issued Monday, Amherst College announced the suspension…
Harvard Places Men's Cross Country Team On Athletic Probation For Misogynistic Spreadsheets
Another Harvard men’s athletics program has been disciplined for creating and maintaining a spreadsheet used to…
The Strange Case Of The Manhattan Bandit, Serial High School Track And Field Cheater
It seems like it would be fairly difficult to cheat in a cross country or track race. There’s little gamesmanship in…
Deer Lowers The Boom On Cross Country Runner
A herd of deer interrupted Saturday’s NCAA Division III Mideast Regional, and one of the animals slammed into a runner.…
15-Year-Old Cross Country Runner With Autism Assaulted After Wandering Off Course
Over the weekend, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported on the sad story of Chase Coleman. Coleman is a skinny, black,…
The Best Runners To Coach Are Middle Schoolers
What I do at the middle school is generously called cross country coaching. To the untrained eye, our program looks a…
McFarland Cross Country: They Built It And Hollywood Came
Given how Hollywood likes to tart up the truth (see American Sniper, Frozen, et al.) you probably have a very good…
High School Runner Breaks Leg, Crawls To Finish
Connor Callihan, a high school student in Asheville, N.C., had been feeling pain in his lower leg all weekend, but he…
High School XC Coach Charged With DUI, Child Endangerment
A Spartanburg, S.C. math teacher was arrested on Friday after she was pulled over for driving erratically on the way to…
Cross Country Must Die So That Running Can Live
Even though the first day of fall isn't technically until the 23rd, students all over the U.S. are returning to school.…
Why The Heck Some Good Runners Started Running In The First Place
It's back-to-school time and junior high players everywhere are contemplating how best to make their mark on the…
Jalen Rose Ran Cross Country, Terrorized Runners
Jalen Rose and David Jacoby released their latest Grantland podcast, during which Rose still had a baseball bat over…
College Runner Older Than His Coach
Kyle Butler, a 26-year-old cross country athlete at Florida Southern College, is older than his coach.
Russians Have Horrible Time In Men's Free Sprint Final
In the men's cross country sprint finals, Russian skier Anton Gafarov broke his ski and gave us one of the sadder…
The NCAA Was Shamed Into Overturning Another Dumb Eligibility Ruling
After tons of public pressure and negative media attention, the NCAA has reversed its stance and will allow BYU runner…