(via GoRacers.com)

Charlie Ruter, a prominent fixture for decades in Kentucky high school sports and the national track and field scene, died at his Fern Creek home Saturday evening from kidney failure. He was 91. (via The Courier-Journal)

 A report of the top collegiate performances from around the country of former Kentucky high school stars. Weekend of February 3rd - 6th.

For the second-straight week, University of Louisville women's track and field student-athlete Amashi Kendall was named the BIG EAST Female Field Athlete of the Week, league officials announced Tuesday.

New Flotrack/MileSplit Venture

2011 Mr. Track Ronnie Baker has signed to compete at Texas Christian University next year.  The Ballard High School senior was the Kentucky State Class AAA Champion in the 100m and 400m Dashes last May.

Seniors Cidnei Johnson and Kaysee O'Bannon of Ballard High School in Louisville signed yesterday to compete Bellarmine University in Louisville.

  A report of the top collegiate performances from around the country of former Kentucky high school stars. Weekend of January 27, 2012 - January 29, 2012

  The annual Wildcat Classic was held last Saturday at Nutter Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.  As the first big indoor track meet of the season it always loaded up with a ton of runner’s sprints and distance alike.  A recap of the action is below:

  CHICAGO (January 23, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Jacob Thomson of Holy Cross HS as its 2011-12 Gatorade Kentucky Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Thomson is the first Gatorade Kentucky Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Holy Cross HS.  

  A report of the top collegiate performances from around the country of former Kentucky high school stars. Weekend of January 20, 2012 - January 22, 2012

  A report of the top collegiate performances from around the country of former Kentucky high school stars. Weekend of January 13, 2012 - January 15, 2012

The indoor track season should start off with a bang with the annual Wildcat Classic held at Nutter Fieldhouse in Lexington at the University of Kentucky.

Samford senior Michael Seaman was named this week's Men's SoCon Field Athlete of the Week, announced by the conference office Friday.

  The indoor track season should start off with a bang with the annual Wildcat Classic held at Nutter Fieldhouse in Lexington at the University of Kentucky.  The running starts off at 12:00 and will last into the early evening.  This is the ultimate test of where everyone’s fitness level is in the middle of January as they start training for the Kentucky State Track Meets in mid-May.   

Video of Ryan Eaton's 4:13 One Mile Run from two years ago. 

Wildcat Classic will be held Saturday at Nutter Fieldhouse in Lexington.

These are based on times ran during the 2011 Indoor Track Season.  The full rankings for each event are available at http://ky.milesplit.com/rankings/2011/indoor/hs/m?rt=1&m=50&cn=&r=

These are based on times run during the 2011 Indoor Track Season.  The full rankings for each event are available at http://ky.milesplit.com/rankings/2011/indoor/hs/f?rt=1&m=50&cn=&r=

  Athletes, Coaches, and Parents it is once again the time of the year, let the senior commitments begin.  Please let me know via email at jonathan@kytrackxc.com or message me on Facebook when you commitment to a school for next year.  I will update the signing/commitment list, which is located at: http://ky.milesplit.com/signings.  If one of your teammates lets me know, I will double check with you, your parent, or a coach. Thanks, Jonathan Grooms, KYtrackXC.com

Olympic Marathon Coverage http://www.milesplit.com/meets/106720-2012-us-olympic-team-trials-marathon

The University of Memphis track and field teams completed their second meet of the indoor season Friday with strong finishes at the Blazer Invitational. Both the men and women's squads set personal bests and found top spots in the event standings.

The following will be added to the KTCCCA Hall of Fame on Saturday, January 7th in Lexington.

WALTON, Ky. -- A northern Kentucky cross country team makes one final run to honor their late coach. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. (via WLWT.com)

Merry Christmas from Jonathan, Daisy, Aiden, & Emma Grooms

Tretez Kinnaird, junior at Butler High School in Louisville has been invited to the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle, Washington to be held February 26th.

Holy Cross Junior Jacob Thomson finished 19th at Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego, California last Saturday.

Thor Newsome (Rineyville Elementary) earned All-American honors with his 12th place finish at the USATF Junior Cross Country Championships in the Sub-Bantam division. 

Cheserek held off a late charge by Zeinasellassie after a back and forth battle nearly the whole way.  Seidel was able to make a break with 300 to go after Finn led the race for close to 2.5 miles.  Great races all around from all the athletes!  (Photo by Don Rich)

Memphis sophomore James Maglasang was named to the 2011 Conference USA Cross Country All-Academic Team, as announced by the league on Friday.

Derby City shows well at AAU Nationals in Florida.

Sarah Baxter (CA) won the individual title with a time of 17:38, 3rd fastest on the course.  Haley Pierce (DE) was 2nd, Katie Knight (WA) was 3rd and Jillian Fanning (NY) was 4th. Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) set history once again with their 6th straight team victory at NXN.  This years squad faced quite a bit of adversity, losing two of their top-5 but still retained their position atop the podium.  Saratoga Springs (NY) made them work for it, finishing 2nd by just 24 points with a score of 60 to 84.  Tatnall (DE) finished an impressive 3rd with 186 points.

Class AAA State Champions Assumption finishes their amazing year with an 18th place finish at Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon today. 

The Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) brings together the best teams in the country and pits them against each other on the most unique course available.  Portland Meadows will once again play host to the championship battle and the manufactured course that traverses the interior of a horse racing track will have all the traditional features of European style cross country racing; including plenty of mud.

The girls of Assumption of qualified for Nike Cross Nationals next week in Portland, Oregon.

  Holy Cross Junior Jacob Thomson qualified for Foot Locker Nationals with a 7th place finish today at Foot Locker South in Charlotte, North Carolina.  He is the first Kentucky boy since Michael Eaton in 2005 to qualify for San Diego.  Big congratulations to Jacob!!!!!

Preview of Assumption and St. Xavier running at Nike Cross Southeast tomorrow.

  There are three big reasons to make the long journey to Charlotte for Foot Locker South every year.  #1 is the possibility of qualifying for Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego, California.  #2 is to gain experience to better you for trying to qualify for nationals next year.  #3 the course is super fast and you can run a big time PR.  Kentucky has 102 runners competing on Saturday all the way from the Open Race for the former high school runners to the Championship Races to the Youth runs at the end.

Entries for Foot Locker South and Nike Cross Nationals

Video of the ladies of Assumption doing a workout last week.

All the times from the Kentucky State Cross Country Meet broken down by grade.

Kentucky State Cross Country Meet Coverage

  Combined State Meet results for the boys meet.

Combined State Meet results for the girls meet.

  This Saturday morning, the same day as our high school state championship meet, another large championship meet was held, The NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. Playing host to this meet was the University of Louisville at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky. This meet could not have had more perfect running weather as it was in the low 50s throughout the competition. For those who have not been to E.P Sawyer Park, it is a must see venue for XC runners being a very flat and fast course with beautiful scenery throughout. 

Live Updates from the Kentucky Class AAA State Meet

Live Updates from the Class AA Kentucky State Cross Country Meet

Live Updates from the Kentucky Class A State Meet

Class AAA Girls Preview

Class AAA Boys Preview

Class AA Girls Preview

Preview of the Class AA Boys Race.

Preview of the Class A Girls Race.

  XC/Track Coverage on KRCC-TV.com All on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Nights   6 pm 2011 Region 7 AAA& 7 AA 7 pm Woodford County Invitational JV races Meet of Champions Boys MS Race 7:30 2011 Region 7 AAA Track Regionals 8 pm 2011 Region 7AAA & 7AA 9 pm 2010 Footlocker South (Emma Brinks next to last race)   The above schedule will be in effect for this Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night on KRCC-TV.com.  It is also available in Central and Eastern Kentucky on Time Warner Channel 306   

KYtrackXC.com All-Region Teams (Based on Top 10 Finishes at the KHSAA Regional Championships)

All-KYtrackXC.com Middle School, 5th/6th Grade, 4th and Under Teams

Preview of the 1st Race of the Day

Class AAA #1 Assumption sits at #13 in the XC Nation National Rankings.

    Get your New KYtrackXC.com T-Shirt delivered at the Kentucky State Cross Country Meet.  They are $12.00 and will be hand-delivered to you at the meet.  If you are interested in purchasing a shirt please email me at jonathan@kytrackxc.com.    Sizes and Colors Available Below Pink (Small, Medium) Navy (Small, Medium, Large, X-Large) Green (Small, Medium, Large)  

  In years past, we have celebrated State Meet with a look at memories of the champions. This year is an opportunity for anyone who ran, coached, or otherwise involved in a state cross country meet. If you would like to write about your memory, be it your first, last, or best state meet, please do so as a comment on this article. 

At the 43rd running of the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday former Villanova great Bobby Curtis made a terrific debut in the first marathon of his career. Curtis was the fifth American to finish and came in 15th overall with a time of 2:16.44 on the world-famous, five-borough New York course.

  KYtrackXC.com is pleased to announce the 6th Annual “Who Will Win Cross Country State?” Contest. The winner of the contest will receive a Free Subscription to KYtrackXC.com and a $25.00 Gift Card to a location to be chosen later. 

  Regional Updates   Class AAA News   Class AA News   Class A News  

All the Class A Regionals in one article.

Region 1 AA Preview

Region 3 AA Preview

Region 4 AA Preview

Region 5 AA Preview

Region 6 AA Preview

Region 7 AA Preview 

Region 7 AAA Preview

Region 6 AAA Preview

Preview of Region 5 AAA.

Region 4 AAA Preview

Preview of the Region 3 AAA action.

Region 2 AAA Preview

Make your life easier with direct links to class and regional rankings.

For the week ending November 1st.

  The KTCCCA Meet of Champions was held on Saturday at Masterson Station Park in Lexington.  The meet is the Middle School and Elementary School State Championships.  Results have been delayed coming out, but here is what we know.

  Today at Masterson Station Park in Lexington Kentucky, Kentucky Track & Cross Country Coaches Association played host to the 2011 edition of the Meet of Champions. This meet featured many of the greater-Lexington area’s best runners throughout many races. For today the races were divided by gender and grade for high schoolers  and by gender or open for 6th and under, 4th and under, and middle school. This was the state championship for all younger then high school with the middle schoolers running 4k, 6th & under running 3k, and the 4th & under running 2k. 

The boys of Daviess County and Apollo will battle it out once again for the Class AAA Region 1 team title.  Daviess County's Whitney O'Bryan and Muhlenberg County's Chase Geary are easy favorites to win.

  This region has changed significantly over the past ten years with the movement of Owensboro Catholic to Class A, the split of Greenwood, and the emergence of current #4-ranked Edmonson County. 

  The KTCCCA Meet of Champions will be held tomorrow in Lexington, Kentucky.  This meet is the host of the Kentucky Middle School and Elementary State Championships.  There will be high school races as well, but the focus has to rest on the younger crowd.  These races give us a glance at the best runners of the next few years.  Current top runners such as Maddox Patterson (Sayre), Amelia Reynolds (College View/Daviess County), Chase Geary (Muhlenberg County), Tretez Kinnaird (Johnson Traditional/Butler), and James Brown (Bell County) all have won the Middle School State Championship over the last four years.    

Preview of the Regional Championship being held at Stuart Nelson Park next Saturday including projected Kentucky State Meet Qualifiers.

  Coach Brent Ericksenis the new Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at Morehead State University.  In his twenty-two years of coaching he has won a pair of national championships, coached in the Olympic Games, guided athletes to 141 All-American honors, and directed teams to numerous top 10 national championship finishes.   KYTrackXC.com recently sat down with Coach Ericksen to chat about everything from his background, winning national titles, and philosophies on coaching.

KYtrackXC.com's Pat Fette's live updates from within in the races at the St. Henry Invitational today including splits and top 5 results for each race.

Full details into the days action.

The Bellarmine men's and women's cross country teams both finished second in today's Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships held today in Evansville, Ind., and a total of nine Bellarmine runners earned All-GLVC honors by finishing in the top 15.

A list of the meets from this Saturday along with the virtual preview links.

Runners of the Week for October 19, 2011.

October 17th KYtrackXC.com State Cross Country Rankings (Pictured: Sam Lewis of AAA #1 St. Xavier)

Coverage from the last week