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.