Tag: cross country
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Boys’ Cross Country Peak Performer of the Year: Coronado’s Oliver Horton learns from the past, wins first state championship
Oliver Horton doesn’t like to lose. But when he does, he uses it as a lesson to reshape the future. When Horton was in sixth grade, he wrote that he wanted to be an Olympic runner, and that goal hasn’t wavered. But becoming elite isn’t easy, and not every race will be a great one. …
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Girls’ Cross Country Peak Performer of the Year: Cheyenne Mountain’s Raegan McRae finds confidence, runs to school history
After placing seventh in the 3,200-meter run at last season’s state track meet, one of Raegan McRae’s coaches asked, “Are you ready to win state?” At the time, Cheyenne Mountain’s McRae was shocked to hear the question, but it sparked a long-term goal of winning a state championship. She immediately set her sights on Nov.…
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The Classical Academy cross country sweeps 3A state team titles; boys win by three points
The Classical Academy cross country continued its dominance Saturday to sweep the Colorado High School Activities Association 3A state championship team titles. The Titan girls put four runners in the top five at Norris Penrose Event Center to take their third-straight team title with 24 points. Junior Vivian Jack led the team with a second-place…
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St. Mary’s Ethan Kiptui wins 2A boys state cross country championship by less than one-tenth of a second
As Ethan Kiptui rounded the corner into Norris Penrose Event Center’s outdoor arena neck-and-neck with Soroco’s Nick Clark, he almost gave up. But when the sophomore heard his parents, St. Mary’s coaches, and teammates cheering for him, he decided to push and leaned at the finish line to win the 2A boys CHSAA state championship…
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Thomas MacLaren boys finish as 2A’s runners-up, narrowly miss first team title
Thomas MacLaren nearly made school history Saturday and almost did so without its top runner. The Highlanders placed second at the 2A Colorado State Cross Country Championships with 34 points at Norris Penrose Event Center. Thomas MacLaren’s score was five points shy of first place, which went to Golden View Classical Academy with 30. “We…
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What to know: 2025 Colorado High School Activities Association state cross country championships
The 2025 Colorado High School Activities Association state cross country championships will take place Saturday at the Norris Penrose Event Center, featuring 1,206 athletes across all classifications. The event will start at 9 a.m. with the 5A boys and conclude with the 3A girls at 2:20 p.m. The Unified race, featuring 10-20 runners, will be…
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Thomas MacLaren cross country seeking first state title in school history, for any sport, this weekend at Norris-Penrose Event Center
Eight years ago, Mandy Mindykowski came in as Thomas MacLaren’s new high school cross country coach with the goal of building a team around unity and community. That year, the school’s first year as part of the Colorado Activities Association, one athlete qualified for state, Jay Wood, who is now a runner at Colorado Christian…
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Cross country notebook: Several Pikes Peak region cross country teams take regional titles in preparation for state meet
High school runners competed in cross country regionals at Monument Valley Park on Thursday for a chance to compete at the 2025 Colorado High School Activities Association’s Cross Country State Championship next week. The top four teams and the top-15 individuals from each region qualified for the state championship. Cheyenne Mountain girls capture back-to-back regional…
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Manitou Springs boys cross country team has historic day with first regional title in 32 years in a tiebreaker
For the second year in a row, Manitou Springs cross country makes history at the 3A Region 2 championships. Last season, the Mustang girls earned their first regional championship title in 25 years and carried that momentum into another title on Thursday. This year was the boys’ turn to make history, taking the regional team…
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Gazette Preps rewind: Cheyenne Mountain has big week on the diamond; Kyleigh Croyle logs 150th career hit
14ners Kritapas Thanakornjuk, Fountain Valley, jr., boys soccer – Thanakornjuk has seven goals this season but has scored in just two games. That means the Danes’ striker had a monster game somewhere. Thanakornjuk blasted Ellicott in a 6-1 victory last week and scored five goals against the Thunderhawks. His outburst against Ellicott is his second…