One year after open heart surgery, Sam Gerken is back competing for state...
School record 4×400! pic.twitter.com/8J7Q6Ab3X8 — Yarmouth Athletics (@YHSClippers) May 21, 2015 Sam Gerken lay in a hospital bed after intensive open heart surgery and, for the briefest of moments,...
View Article60 for '16: First Baptist (La.) runner Gabrielle Jennings
Gabrielle Jennings' amazing career track haul: 37 state titles in just four years https://t.co/Ul9NB52UOQ — USA TODAY HSS (@USATODAYhss) May 11, 2015 USA TODAY High School Sports is launching a series...
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Gatorade National AOY Finalist Spotlight: Anna Rohrer, Girls cross country
For the past 30 years, Gatorade has honored the nation’s most elite high school athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character with the Gatorade Player of the Year...
View ArticleWashington state wildfires spark 'space race' as fall sports teams struggle...
As the worst wildfires in state history continue to plague Washington state, coaches are faced with a unique dilemma: They have to find a way for their teams to get in practice time in a safe climate,...
View ArticleBlind cross country runner Logan Anderson inspires in Indiana
Runner competes despite her blindness http://t.co/Nkqc60xRIE pic.twitter.com/75VJg9zJhS — Daily Journal (@DailyJournalNet) August 31, 2015 The Franklin Community High School cross country team’s most...
View ArticleGirls' cross country runner escapes abduction attempt in Texas
Following a frightening abduction attempt of a high school girls’ cross country runner, a Texas school district is taking several precautionary measures to ensure its student-athletes’ safety, as...
View ArticleHow cross country helped a teen overcome a dramatic paintball injury
Evie McGowan can’t feel her left arm below her elbow. That’s not an exaggeration; the teen literally has no feeling in her left arm below her elbow. The condition is the result of a tragically...
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Autistic Iowa teen and service dog race together, inspire all
Davenport West’s Tyler Gerdt and his German shepherd service dog Hugo nears the finish line during his JV race in Clinton, Iowa, Thursday Oct 15, 2015. Tyler was born with a brain injury, has had 15...
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Justin Reed of Ryle (Union, Ky.) about to reach cross-country state meet for...
Ryle’s Justin Reed is the reigning Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division I boys’ champion, and an individual favorite in Saturday’s Class 3A Region 5 meet.(Photo: The Community Recorder/James...
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Laingsburg (Mich.) junior with autism inspires cross country team
Ray Latchaw looks over at his teammates on the Laingsburg cross country team Wednesday, October 28, 2015 as they run exercises at Laingsburg High School. Latchaw, a junior, is autistic, but runs, he...
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Carmel (Ind.) pulls off amazing cross country 'grand slam'
Carmel boys and girls teams celebrate their victories with their trophies following the IHSAA Cross Country State Championship race at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute,...
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Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, Va.) cross country star Andrew Hunter is...
From many, there will be one. And while there’s still no guarantee contending athletes will win their own state at this point in the season, a number of elite performers are making a case for Gatorade...
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Air Academy (Colo.) cross country star Katie Rainsberger finishes with a...
From many, there will be one. And while there’s still no guarantee contending athletes will win their own state at this point in the season, a number of elite performers are making a case for Gatorade...
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2015-16 Gatorade State Girls Cross Country Runners of the Year
Katie Rainsberger crosses the finish line as the winner of the Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon (Photo: Nike) The Gatorade State Girls Cross Country Runners of the Year have been crowned. The winners...
View ArticleKansas City three-sport star is back in action after rare skin illness
Alana Vawter was always a multi-sport star. As a seventh grader, she was the standout player on her volleyball, cross country, swimming and softball team. She was headed for a starry future at Staley...
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30 Years of Honoring The Future: Former Gatorade National ROY's Molly Seidel,...
Molly Seidel (middle) of Notre Dame (404) and Anna Rohrer (right) of Notre Dame are former Gatorade Runners of the Year. (Photo: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports) Legacy. Tradition. A who’s who of American...
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Katie Rainsberger wins Gatorade National Runner of the Year
Katie Rainsberger wins 2015-16 Gatorade National Girls Cross Country ROY. (Photo: Gatorade) Attending high school inside a U.S. military facility means that flybys and parachute jumps are so routine,...
View ArticleTwo-time Gatorade National Cross Country ROY Lukas Verzbicas has overcome...
Legacy. Tradition. A who’s who of American sport. As the Gatorade Player of the Year program enters its fourth decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, fans can count many a household...
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Drew Hunter wins Gatorade National Runner of the Year
(Photo: Gatorade) American record-holder Alan Webb was high school running’s bridge from the legendary Jim Ryun into the 21st Century. Now, Drew Hunter is in the driver’s seat. The Loudoun Valley High...
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Drew Hunter spills about re-writing the record books, his daily salad rule...
(Photo: Gatorade) Loudoun Valley High (Purcellville, Va.) senior distance talent Drew Hunter was today named the 2015-16 Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. A two-time Gatorade...
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