The Journey to Compete: Cross-Country, Event 4, #NXR Southwest, November 22, 2025, Results and Photo Gallery, photos by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica
The NXR Southwest-Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
November 22, 2025
Mesa, Arizona
Top 5 Boys
1. Jackson Spencer, Herriman, 14:31.1
2. Robbie Hunter, REAL Training Colorado, 14:34.2
3. Yohannes Van Meerten, Run Flagstaff, 14:34.3
4. Quinn Sullivan, REAL Training Colorado, 14:34.5
5. Oliver Horton, Coronado Cougars, 14:37.6
Top 5 Boys Teams
1. REAL Training Colorado, 79 points
2. Herriman, 174 points
3. Coronado Cougars, 216 points
4. American Fork XC, 218 points
5. Thursder Distance, 228 points
Top 5 Girls
1. Lily Alder, UNA-Utah, 16:36.1
2. Delaney Reuter, UNA-Colorado, 16:46.6
3. Addy Ritzenhein, REAL Training Colorado, 16:53.4
4. Gianna Rahmer, ABQ Golden Eagles, 16;54.9
5. Emry Schwalm, Liberty Bell Distance, 16:56.1
Top 5 Girls Teams
1. Lone Peak, 68 points
2. Liberty Bell Distance, 114 points
3. REAL Training Colorado, 115 points
4. American Fork XC, 143 points
5. Vista Nation XC, 213 points
This is the fourth of the NXR regionals in 2025, the Southwest regional, held in Mesa, Arizona on November 22, 2025. The Southwest Regional had 3,500 competitors in the morning of races, and two fantastic championship races.
I was fascinated with not only the athletes, coaches and families, but just the atmosphere of the event, where, the pressure of the regular season was over, the excitement of a new race, and the excitement of running your fastest race of the season, as the athletes were on a flat course. Nearly every athlete from Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada told us how they had run courses with big hills and at altitude, and that the Mesa course was just, plain fast!
Fans, NXR Southwest, November 22, 2025, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaTeam cheer, NXR Southwest, November 22, 2025, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaThe Boys Champs race is off! NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaAnd they are off! NXR Southwest, November 22, 2025, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaThe battle is on, NXR Southwest, November 22, 2025, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaJackson Spencer takes the win in the Boys Champ race, in 14:31.1, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaEarly in the Girls Champ race, NXR Southwest, November 22, 2025, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaA great competition in the Girls Champ race, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, NXR/Southwest, November 22, 2025Impressive depth in the Girls Champ Race, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, November 22, 2025, NXR SouthwestThe girls champ fieild was very deep! November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaThe pace did not falter, Girls Champs Race, November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera AthleticaLily Alder Breaks the race open, November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, photo 1Lily Alder Breaks the race open, November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, photo 2Lily Alder Breaks the race open, November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, photo 3Lily Alder Breaks the race open, November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, photo 4Lily Alder Breaks the race open, November 22, 2025, NXR Southwest, photo by Brian Eder for Camera Athletica, photo 5
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
