Twenty-two of the nations' top teams and forty-five of the best individuals will make the trek to Portland, Oregon for Nike Cross Nationals. The teams are comprised of two winners from nine different regions and four “At-Large” berths, decided on by a team of Nike consultants.
Congratulations to Maggie Drazba and Eric Graf for placing the highest of all West Virginia runners at the Foot Locker South Reginal held at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC. Drazba competing in the seeded race placed 13th in a personal best and WV#1 time of 17:40. Graf also running in the seeded race placed 14th and ran a personal best and WV#2 time of 15:15.
Edward Cheserek of St. Benedict's Prep, NJ set course record in 15:20. Foot Locker Regionals take place in the North, Southeast and Midwest. NXN Regionals in the Northeast, New York and Southeast. (Photo by Don Rich)
US#7 Jacob Burcham and his coach have decided to take a much needed break from running and skip the Foot Locker South Regional and the NIke Cross National events in order to prepare for the upcoming track season. Open the article to see the comments from Cabell MIdland.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Achieving its first Top-10 ranking since the 2009 season, the West Virginia cross country team jumped four spots to No. 9 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches of America (USTFCCCA) national poll released ...
West Virginia Claims Boy’s Individual Crown for 2nd Year Kaitlyn Workman Top West Virginia Girl’s Finisher Running on a tough and hilly Smokey Glen Farms 5K course, Eric Graf broke away from the field after the 2 mile mark and never looked back to notch the victory at the sixth annual Battle of the Potomac in Gaithersburg, Maryland yesterday.
Live steraming video of today's NCAA Div.I Championships will be available at Noon at: http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule
US#7 Jacob Burcham won a tune-up this morning for Foot locker cruising to an easy win in 15:55.6 clocking on his home course at the 2011 Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships. All results will be posted today. Update: Separate West Virginia Results included.
US#7 and WVRunners male athlete of the year Jacob Burcham of Cabell Midland High School and female WVRunners athlete of the year Maggie Drazba lead the West Virginia contingency competing at the South Regional of the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships to be held at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, November 26, 2011. Check here for up to date WV entrants: WV Entrants
As of Thursday at 1:45 p.m. there are over 1100 young athletes signed up for the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championship meet on Saturday at Cabell Midland High School.
Alan Webb has returned to train in his native Virginia. He will be honored in the area he dominated as a high school X-country runner and track athlete... Read More
Top-10 Ranking for Mountaineers By Daniel Whitehead for MSNsportsNET.com November 15, 2011 03:31 PM MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Achieving its first Top-10 ranking since the 2009 season, the West Virginia cross country team jumped four spots to No. 9 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches of America (USTFCCCA) national poll released Tuesday.
Senior Matt Schiffbauer, who has paced the Herd at nearly every meet this season, earned a spot in the championship with a 10th place finish in the 183 person field.
US#1 Julie Macedo and US#8 Haley Pierce battled each other relentlessly in Delaware this past weekend, with Haley collapsing and Julie finishing 2nd after staggering close to the finish. US#4 Grace Tinkey is back and won a state title with the only sub-18 time on the day. US#6 Erin Finn won her state title in MI and looks poised for a great championship season ahead. US#7 Katie Knight blasted a 17:10 5k in WA to win a state title and run the fastest time in the state by far. Full updates on each athletes recent accomplishments are below. Be sure to click on each athletes name to see times, articles, photos and interviews of each athlete if available.
WV Runners is proud to announce that juniors Jacob Burcham of Cabell Midland and Maggie Drazba of St. Marys are the 2011 male and female cross country athletes of the year.
The top 50 sophomore 5K times in West Virginia as of season end 10/29/2011. Sophomore state leaders are Matthew Brafford (16:31.31) of George Washington and Ameilia Paladino (18:26.50) of University.
The top 50 freshmen 5K times in West Virginia as of season end 10/29/2011. Freshmen state leaders are Zach Wiberg (17:20.10) of Jefferson and Victoria Cooke (18:58.46) of Morgantown.