All Photos by Michael G. Brown for NIKE NXR Heartland
The NXN Qualifying season has begun. Over the next four weeks, high school cross country runners from around the country will be hoping to qualify (top two teams in each regional, plus top five individuals NOT on those teams qualify). South Dakota opened with snow and wind, and that athletes were up to it!
We thought that you might enjoy seeing some of the amazing photos supplied by Michael G. Brown!
The Top Teams for Boys:
SFL Patriouts (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), 134 points
Lincoln Pius X Thunderbolts, 209 points
Wayzata XC Club, 220 points
Cedar Falls XC Club, 228 points
Stevens Point Distance Crew, 228 points
The Top Boys Individuals:
Sean Fries, Tonka H, 14:55.00
Canaan Dunham, Pellham Windmills, 15:05.1
Grady Lenn, Scray Hill Running Collective, 15:06.9
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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.
