Jack Packert News Today

January 15 wasn’t a perfect day for cross-country skiing. Steady 35 mph winds blew drifts of freshly fallen flakes over the Vail Nordic Center’s groomed paths. The sandpaper-slow snow was to be expected in 10-degree...

After 76 boys broke 15-minutes in the 5k at the RunningLane Cross-Country Championships in 2021, John Hunt Running Park rightfully earned a reputation as one of the fastest high school cross-country courses in the country....

At last, the Devils are cross-country region champs. “It was the goal and we finally just got it done on the day we needed to get it done,” said head coach Melinda Brandt, who has...

Those wondering how Battle Mountain’s Porter Middaugh could possibly produce an encore to last fall got a simple answer on Thursday: by running faster. The Husky harrier — who ran a jaw-dropping 14:56 for 5K...

After posting some of the top marks in the state at the Liberty Bell Cross-Country Invitational in Littleton the week prior, the Summit High School cross-country team stuck around the Western Slope and competed at...

It’s been a few years since the Eagle Valley cross-country team has hosted a meet, but clearly they haven’t forgotten how it’s done. The Devils dusted the competition at Siena Valley Club in Gypsum on...

Eagle Valley only needed three innings to put away Battle Mountain in girls softball action on Monday in Gypsum. The Devils defeated the Huskies 15-0 to improve to 7-3 on the season and put an...

Media outlets ought to take the Eagle Valley boys cross-country team seriously. Seriously. The Devils went from an overlooked third at the region meet to fourth a week later at the state meet last fall...

The cross-country programs at both Eagle Valley and Battle Mountain are sending a competitive contingent to the seventh-annual National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) in Salida this Saturday, including defending boys champion Will Brunner. “Personally...

In saluting the Steadman Philippon Research Institute and its Education and Public Outreach Committee this year, Dr. Marc Philippon cited some close ties. Philippon shares the institute’s namesake along with Dr. Richard Steadman, and Philippon’s...