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Eight minutes, 41.05 seconds is a 3200-meter time that’s “crazy to even talk about,” said Rob Parish, Battle Mountain’s head track and field coach. “I never in a million years thought I’d coach a nine-minute...

Eight minutes, 41.05 seconds is a 3200-meter time that’s “crazy to even talk about,” said Rob Parish, Battle Mountain’s head track and field coach. “I never in a million years thought I’d coach a nine-minute...

Val Constien’s second comeback is right on schedule. The 2020 steeplechase Olympian conducted her first hurdle workout since injuring her ACL in her Diamond League debut last May. “It wasn’t anything too special,” she said...

Take the next step. That was the theme of 2023 for many of the area’s top prep athletes and teams. Battle Mountain celebrated four state titles, three of which came after runner-up representations. The soccer...

On a chilly November afternoon two weeks before Nike Cross Nationals (NXN), Porter Middaugh and Will Brunner marked off a 1-mile loop around the snow-blanketed Eagle-Vail golf course. The agenda for the Battle Mountain runners...

Get some swag. That was the gist of Rob Parish’s pre-meet motivational speech to Will Brunner and Porter Middaugh at last Saturday’s NXR Southwest regional championships in Mesa, Arizona. For the 22 teams and 50...

When you’re one of the fittest runners on the start line, the most-common approach to ensure being in contention at the end is to employ a conservative, tactical race strategy. When you’re the fittest …...

For Will Brunner, the journey has always been as much of a thrill as the destination. “I think building up to racing has always been the thing that really excites me,” the Vail Mountain senior...

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...