The first Nike Cross Nationals Regional is up this weekend in South Dakota. Here's the breakdown.
The MileSplit Minnesota Staff digs into the data for a Nike Heartland Region preview!
Cedar Rapids Prairie Sweeps Races at West Invitational
Caleb Eilert of St. John-Beloit fights off Girard's Cormick Logue in the boys blue race
Check out nine of the top girls teams heading into the Nike Heartland Regional this Sunday!
Current girls XC team scores rankings in all 50 states and the team at the top of each state's leaderboard as of September 26th.
Splechter places third with second fastest time ever for Kansas runner at Rim Rock
Tim Sindt and Micah Poellet came through with the individual wins, fighting through some major heat index!
Today's action features three star-studded meets that could really shake up the rankings - in total 20 ranked athletes and teams in Class AA are competing, plus many more challenging to be ranked....
Brooke McKee and Tim Sindt ran exceptionally fast for the first meet of the year at DMACC in Ankeny, hosted by Ankeny Centennial.
Who are the top returning teams in each state? We project the fastest returning teams as well as links to full statewide rankings in all 50 states using our XC team scores rankings feature.
Iowa was well represented at the NXR Heartland race with solid performances by the Dowling boys and Johnston girls.
Here are our picks for the favorites at next year's Iowa State High School Cross Country Championships!
Paige Horner was the surprise winner of this year's State meet, leading the Johnston Dragons to another exciting win.
The return of Paige Horner to the Johnston girls team has changed the outlook on the upcoming State meet.
Check out the current XC team scores rankings for Iowa girls as of October 10th.
The Johnston (Iowa) girls cross country team made headlines last year after fielding a team of mostly underclassmen to win the state title with a record-low score of just 26 points.
The Johnston Girls and Boys teams competed well at their home meet at Camp Dodge on 9/7, sweeping both the Varsity and JV races.
Take a look back at last year's results from the Spartan Challenge as we prepare for the big meet this year!
Check out the top 100 girls cross country times in Johnston High School history according to the MileSplit database.
We take a look at the top boys times run last November for the third month of cross country in Iowa.
Take a look at our predictions of who will be fighting for the individual and team titles for 4A Girls and Boys.
Taking the top 7 all-time 5K cross country performers in the MileSplit.com database for each team in the state, we attempt to rank the top girls XC all-time in Iowa history.
The Hostetler sisters and McKee sisters have taken the Iowa running scene by storm! Read on to see how they compare.
Check out the list of top returning sophomore girls in the state of Iowa for the upcoming cross country season.
A preseason projection of the top returning cross country teams in each classification in the state of Iowa.
Check out the fastest returning boys cross country teams in the state of Iowa for the 2017 season based on season best 5K times of returnees from last XC season.
The Drake Relays are just getting going, but on Thursday we saw some major performances go down in Des Moines
The Urbandale Chuck Silvey Invitational was a great meet leading into Drake Relays week! Check out the full results and photos from the meet.
The Gary DouBrava Invitational at Frerichs Field in Urbandale provided some excellent performances across the board. Check out some of the top performances from the evening!
Johnston High senior Patrick Bose was back on the track on Tuesday, and he was ready to go.
Check out the top returning girls cross country squads for the 2017 season in the state of Iowa.
With the NXN Heartland Regional coming up this weekend, we take a look at the fastest performing teams and individuals this season in the region's states.
Check out rankings for the top 15 teams and individuals for 4A State XC!
Check out the top girls teams in the state of Iowa as of September 22nd based on XC team scoring all of the 5K times currently in the MileSplit database for the 2016 season.
At the 2016 Heartland Classic, Johnston's Patrick Bose ran to a 6-second victory over Edina's (MN) Patrick Roos. Bose's 14:54 on the 3-mile course put him nearly 20 seconds over the next Iowan finisher, Nicholas Yanek of Pleasant Valley, solidifying his hopes of a top-5 finish at state this year.
The Johnston girls' cross country team proved to have depth and power at the Roosevelt Heartland Classic in Ames, IA on Saturday September 17th. With Jessica McKee's 2nd place finish and the rest of the 5 scorers finishing in the top 15, Johnston proved they're depth is a force to be reckoned with.
Check out the top girls teams in the state of Iowa as of September 5th based on XC team scoring all of the 5K times currently in the MileSplit database for the 2016 season.