2012 XC: Are You the Best in your Area? (Boys) Jonathan Grooms Aug 13, 2012

 

During any cross country season the bulk of the actual races team compete at are in their local proximity.  These area rankings disregard school classification and allow you to see where you 2011 time ranks you coming into the season in your local area.  This only matters for those runners that actually like to win, enjoy!!!

 

2012 XC: Are You the Best in your Area? (Girls) Jonathan Grooms Aug 13, 2012

 

During any cross country season the bulk of the actual races team compete at are in their local proximity.  These area rankings disregard school classification and allow you to see where you 2011 time ranks you coming into the season in your local area.  This only matters for those runners that actually like to win, enjoy!!!

2012 XC: Daviess County's Whitney O'Bryan Jonathan Grooms Jul 30, 2012

Whitney O'Bryan is a junior at Daviess County High School in Owensboro.  She has placed third at the Class AAA Kentucky State Cross Country Meet the last three years.  She will look to get past the third spot and go after her first state title this fall.

2012 XC: Top 10 Returning Boys Teams by Time Jonathan Grooms Jul 24, 2012

 

Below are the top ten teams statewide based on returning times from the 2011 Cross Country Season.  These are not official rankings as these do not take into account variety of course conditions, weather, and/or difficulty.  No new runners are taken into account.  These are just for fun. 

 

The link below will take you to the full automated team rankings.

https://ky.milesplit.com/teamscores/2011/cc/hs/m/5000m?l=&cn=&m=10&z=&rt=1

 

2012 XC: Top 10 Returning Girls Teams by Time Jonathan Grooms Jul 24, 2012

 

Below are the top ten teams statewide based on returning times from the 2011 Cross Country Season.  These are not official rankings as these do not take into account variety of course conditions, weather, and/or difficulty.  No new runners are taken into account.  These are just for fun. 

 

The link below will take you to the full automated team rankings.

2012 XC: Assumption's Emily Bean Jonathan Grooms Jul 23, 2012

Emily Bean is a junior at Assumption High School in Louisville.  She was the Class AAA 3200m State Champion in May at the Kentucky State Track Meet where she helped guide her team to the Class AAA Team Title as well.  Last fall, she helped Assumption to a team win at the Kentucky State Cross Country Meet finishing 7th overall.  The team then went on to qualify for Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon. 

Once a Runner: 20 Years Later Jonathan Grooms Jul 17, 2012

In what sounds completely crazy to type out, this summer marks 20 years since I started running competitively.  In 1992, I was getting ready to start my freshman year at DeSales with no real clue about cross country or track.  All my dreams lay on the basketball court where I thought I was going to spend my high school years.  Oh, what a journey that followed.

2012 XC: Top Returning 3200m Team Rankings Jonathan Grooms Jul 09, 2012

 

Now that summer is in full swing, and teams have started training for the 2012 XC season, let's take a sneak peek at some track stats that may give us an indication of some teams to watch this fall. Take a look at the top returning high school teams in Kentucky for cross country based on 3200 meter season best times from the 2012 outdoor season as a virtually scored cross country meet through 7 runners.

The top three in each class are listed below, the full list is under the class listing.

2012 XC: Top 20 Middle School Returners by Time Jonathan Grooms Jul 03, 2012

Cross Country practice is just under one month from starting and KYtrackXC.com is ready to start rolling out XC pre-season coverage.  Below are the top 20 returning Middle School runners from each grade based strictly on their best time from the 2011 season. To access the full report of who is ranked where coming back just check out the link below each grade top 10 (Annual Subscription Required, best $36 you will ever spend)

2012 XC: Top 3 Returning A/AA/AAA Boys Teams by Time Jonathan Grooms Jul 01, 2012

Below are the top ten teams statewide based on returning times from the 2011 Cross Country Season.  These are not official rankings as these do not take into account variety of course conditions, weather, and/or difficulty.  No new runners are taken into account.  These are just for fun. 

2012 XC: Top 3 Returning A/AA/AAA Girls Teams by Time Jonathan Grooms Jun 29, 2012

Below are the top three teams from each class based on returning times from the 2011 Cross Country Season.  These are not official rankings as these do not take into account variety of course conditions, weather, and/or difficulty.  No new runners are taken into account.  These are just for fun.