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3A Girls Preseason Team Preview: #25 to #11 Explodes...

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By The Numbers: Top Returning 300 Sophomore Girls Harriers...

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Freshmen Boys Rankings (5/17): Sectional Version...

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Freshmen Girls Rankings (5/10): A Deeper Look Inside...

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2023 Team Power Rankings: Outdoor Week 5...

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Sophomore Girls Rankings (5/4): A Deeper Look...

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Freshmen Boys Rankings (5/2): A Deeper Look...

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Weekly Boys Merge (wk 2): Top 500 Three-Milers By Time...

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3A Boys Preseason Team Preview: The Full Monty Is Here!...

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2022 Class 3A Girls Preseason Preview: #25 to 16...

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By The Numbers: Top 150 Returning Girls Harriers...

This season is expected to be as fruitful for the girls as it was in 2021...

By the numbers: top returning sophomore boys 3-milers...

The class of 2025 proved to be another good one coming out of the deep covid period....

Premium Stats: Top 100 Returning Sophomore Girls 3 Milers...

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Final Edition: 2022 Boys Relays Outtake...

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2022 Girls Final: Top 100 Distance Performers By The Numbers

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Top 100 boys distance aces updated and explained: 6/8...

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2022 IHSA Girls State Championship Merge Explained...

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3A Boys preseason preview: Sandburg gets the #1 bill...

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2021 Class 3A girls unclassified preview is stacked!...

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Class 3A Girls Preseason Preview Begins Numbers Game...

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Buckeye State Breakdown: Talking All-Time Best Performances...

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Throwback: Caleb Brown Talks 3rd Place Finish At NXN...

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Flashback: Caleb Brown Takes 2nd In Terre Haute, Off To NXN...

Caleb Brown pocketed a Nike Cross Nationals qualifying spot due to his 15:02.50 runner-up pe...

Mhalicki Bronson Talks Taking 3rd In Terre Haute, NXN Goals...

Defiance senior, Mhalicki Bronson will be making his way to Portland for Nike Cross National...

3A Girls Preview: This Is Katelynne Hart's Swan Song...

Katelynne H for the individual scene and Naperville North will patrol the team block...

St. Charles E Boys Aiming For 1st State Title in 3A...

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MileSplit LIVE: Notre Dame Continues Recruiting Success...

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3A Boys Preview: #1 York Will Be Hard To Defeat...

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3A Girls Team Preseason Preview: #25-11...

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2019 Milesplit Illinois Power Rankings: Week 1...

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The Fast And Prodigious Rise Of Hersey's Josh Methner...

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Missouri Athletes Descend Upon Terre Haute for NXR Midwest...

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Palatine MOC Promises To Be A Scorcher...

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