The Baldwin boys took first and the girls finished second in Thursday in the Frontier League track meet in Ottawa.

A look at how Kansas Track Alum did in this past weeks action. 

It was the Kansas girls who led the way on Saturday at the KU Relays.

Highlights updated througout the day from Kansas Relays

MileSplit feature writer Craig Martin recaps the action for Kansas Athletes on day 1 of the 2012 Kansas Relays

Live updates from all the action in Lawrence!  Check back throughout the day for results, pictures and much more.

  Live tweets from the 2012 Kansas Relays.  

With a spot in the "Dream 100" on the line, this weekends 100 meter dash will be one of the greatest races at the Kansas Relays.  Milesplit previews the action for the races. 

Milesplit previews the Boys 1600m for this weekend's KU Relays. 

  Milesplit previews this weekends Golden Stripes Girls 1600.  The winner claims their spot in the Jim Ryun Dream Mile.  

Our coverage of the 2012 KU Relays kicks off.

Eight of the nation's top milers have agreed to race in the prestigious Glenn Cunningham Mile at the 2012 Kansas Relays it was announced Tuesday by KU officials. Headlining the competitive field will be Olympian Nick Symmonds, World No. 2 Will Leer and Oregon All-American A.J. Acosta. The group will look to break the elusive four-minute barrier at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 inside Memorial Stadium. (via www.kuathletics.com)

Kansas Alum's perform well as outdoor season begins. 

For many competitors the first few weeks are used to knock the rust off or to gain experience competing in meets.  However, for Lawrence High School senior, Blake Hocking, this was not the case.  At last year's Topeka West's Mid-Winter Relays, Hocking threw 56 feet 3 inches, but that was a year ago.

A number of Kansas Alumni competed at DI and DII Nationals. 

MoMileSplit.com High School All Star Mile is looking for the top milers in the region to compete at this years Festival of Miles on May 31st in St. Louis.

In the third episode of The Fit Runner our host is Dr. Giddeon J. Lewis, foot and ankle specialist, and Chairman of the MileSplit Medical Advisory Board. Joining Dr. Lewis to talk about "Heel Pain" are professional triathletes Jarrod Shoemaker and Alicia Kaye, along with University of Central Florida athletic trainer Jennifer Perez. The group will discuss causes of heel pain as well as preventative tips. This is the latest episode in our series on being a fit runner.

Highlights from Kansas Alum's in college.  

Brady Johnson rewrote history books this past week.  He took to the track in Bloomington, Illinios for the AAU Northern Indoor National Championship.  "I wasn't even planning on doing the meet, but my good friend Blake Goodin talked me into it the week before the meet" Johnson said.

Kansas Alum's compete at the collegiate level. 

Spring is on the horizon and that means West Virginia outdoor track and field season is preparing for another great year. I need your schedules in order for everyone to find your meets. The link below is all I have posted for now. Please keep checking the link for updates or look under calendar on the main menu bar. Let's fill this calendar up. Thanks. 2012 Outdoor Track and Field Meets

 In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Jacob Morgan of Washburn Rural HS as its 2011-12 Gatorade Kansas Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. 

Alli Cash earns Gatorade XC Runner of the Year honors.

In this second episode of The Fit Runner our host is Tara Gidus, aka the "Diet Diva" and nutritionist to the Orlando Magic. She gives us some solid meal and hydration ideas for before, after, and during a run. This is the latest episode in our series on being a fit runner.

FOUR SELECTED FOR CLASS OF 2012 (via www.kshsaa.org)

Click on the “Nike Cross National Qualifiers, from Heartland Regional” title for more.    

The 2012 USATF XC Championships are coming to Missouri.

Click on the “Charting the NXN Heartland Regionals, 11/13” title for more.

The Kansas cross country season comes to a head Saturday in Lawrence and Wamego for the state championship meets. Classes 6A, 5A and 3A will be held at Rim Rock Farm near Lawrence while 4A teams, such as the St. James Academy girls, will join Class 2A and 1A at the Wamego Country Club.

  Here is the most recent Kansas City metro poll (#3) for the boys as determined by the Greater Kansas City Cross Country Coaches Association.   

On-site coverage of the KC Metro Championships.

Craig Martin shares the inspirational story of Kaleb Wilson's 2011 season.

The 2011-2012 Classifications and Enrollments has been released by the Kansas State High School Activities Association. 

We recently added a new feature that allows anyone (must be logged in) the ability to submit videos to us. Once you do so, they are instantly posted on the meet page. This allows you to help us supplement our coverage by shooting some video at the meets you attend, show off your creativity, and share your videos with the Kansas Runners community.

Morgan Wedekind used her knowledge of Rim Rock Farm to cement her second victory on the course.

Max Jobson was just glad he was able to run at Rim Rock this year.

With eight states and more than 3,200 runners at the Rim Rock Farm Classic Saturday, it was inevitable that someone from outside the bi-state area would claim a race. The area runners were not going to let him do it without a challenge

MileSplit's Craig Martin highlights two outstanding performances by Kansas athltes in Part 1 of our Rim Rock Farms meet summary.

Jacob Morgan dominated the Varsity Boys Gold Division.  

It's a border battle at Rim Rock Farms on Saturday as the defending Missouri and Kansas champions face off in the boys varsity gold race.    

 Scintila Capalla’s presence has been absent from the starting line this season at cross country races.

The conditions for Saturday's Shawnee Heights Invitational cross country meet changed from minute to minute.  

Hiawatha's boys cross country team blew away the competition at their Invitational Thursday, taking first with 36 points, well ahead of second-place Sabetha.

There was a bit of coldness on Saturday morning at the Southeast Invitational, but North cross country coach Michael Pope never figured he would get the chills. (via www.varsitykansas.com)

The Bishop Miege Invitational had just six schools participating, but the Bonner Springs High School cross country team found out the small field was mighty large on talent.

Craig Martin shares the incredible story of the recovery of Curran Steck.

At the start of each summer, Rose Hill coach Brian Barger turns on his marketing charm and offers his cross country runners different training plans. (via www.varsitykansas.com)

 5 questions with Lee's Summit West freshman Samantha Phillips

Our pre-season coverage of the 2011 XC season continues with 5 questions for the defending Missouri Class 4 State Champion from Blue Springs South, Samantha Nightingale

MileSplit brings you all the information you need for the USATF Region 16 Championship. Kenneth Ferguson, President of USATF Missouri Valley Association, and Bob Sanner, Executive Director of Lawrence  Sports Corporation are here to bring you up to date on this exciting event.

Kuhlman, an all-state volleyball player, the leading scorer on the basketball team and a state powerlifting champion, is most well-known for her track success. As a freshman, Kuhlman won the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes and the 800-meter run and led the Wildcats to a second-place team finish. Kuhlman became the first athlete in Kansas history to win those events in one state track meet. She replicated that feat last spring to become one of only 4 girls ever to win 4 golds in two Kansas state meets.

Race Videos From the 2011 Seaman Relays.

PLAINVILLE -- Last year, La Crosse's Marcus Moeder drew the attention of the Wichita State University track and field coaches when he won the Elite Division of the long jump at the K.T. Woodman, a large regular-season meet hosted by WSU. Soon after that, Moeder, a six-time state track medalist, suffered a foot injury and didn't place at the state meet. Injuries again limited Moeder to half a season in football and he missed the first part of basketball. Wichita State, though, stayed interested and Moeder took his official visit in December. Moeder, who rushed for more than 3,400 career yards and is a Shrine Bowl selection, recently signed with WSU to run track, choosing the sport over other options for football.

On-Site Coverage of Saturday's Action at the 2011 Kansas Relays.

MileSplit is on location in Lawrence Kansas for the 2011 KU Relays. Check back often for coverage throughout the day.

Plainville, led by veterans Jameson Klein (throws), Dani Winters (throws), Brady Johnson (distance), transfer Nolan Weiser (triple jump), and newcomer Andrew Casey (jumps),  swept the 8-team Ellis Invitational.  Their girls scored 132 points to win by 28 points, and their boys scored 141 points to win by 8.

WaKeeney-Trego Community High School junior Lexi Riedel went up for a jump shot during the Purple and Golden basketball tournament last December in WaKeeney. Riedel felt something pop when she landed. Doctors did a test and determined she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee. She also had damage to the meniscus and medial collateral ligament. Riedel, one of the state's top sprinters, had surgery, spent eight weeks on crutches and hasn't been able to compete in track this spring. On Tuesday, Riedel watched her teammates compete at the season-opening Ellis Invitational. "The last few months have been the longest ever," she said. "I am so ready to come back."

  DeSoto distance standout Lacey Erickson signs with the University of Tusla. National Signing Day is here!  KansasRunners.com wants to know where you're going!  Send us your news and photos of your announcement  and we will share it with the Cross Country and Track and Field Community.   Email: nclair@milesplit.com

  CHICAGO (January 20, 2011) — In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced EvanLandes of Mulvane High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade Kansas Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Landes is the first Gatorade Kansas Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Mulvane High School. 

   CHICAGO (January 13, 2011) — In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced MollyMilbourn of El Dorado High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade Kansas Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Milbourn is the first Gatorade Kansas Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from El Dorado High School. 

The Kansas Cross Country and Track & Field Coaches Association announced the 2010 Academic All-State Cross-Country Team.  A student/athlete is eligible for this honor if they meet the following criteria: Must must be a junior or senior. Must have a unweighted GPA of 3.75 or higher. Must have placed in the top 30 at this year's state cross country meet. Must have been nominated by their high school coach by November 12, 2010.

BOSTON, MA, December 8, 2010 – Global athletic leader New Balance is pleased to announce an official multi-year partnership with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory in New York City in the New Balance Indoor Nationals. The event will bring together the best indoor track and field high school athletes from across the country for a weekend of intense competition.  

I heard about Joshua Gracia's story recently and knew that I wanted to do a feature on it immediately. In my opinion, too many kids get sucked into the D1 tunnel-vision. Nothing against big schools, but the spots at these large universities--especially the top programs--are so limited and so many athletes are going out for it. To me, a graduate of a small college (Florida Southern) myself, there are a lot of kids who should entertain the idea of smaller schools. There they would have a better chance to contribute while furthering their athletic careers, have a great experience, and perhaps even get to compete at national championship meets. Joshua Gracia is a great example of a mid-level distance athlete who was able to excel at the JuCo level. He improved tremendously, won two national championships, and will now sign with Division 1 University of Oklahoma in February.

MileSplit has a huge database of performances nationwide that numbers in the tens of millions.  We love to utilize this data to generate various rankings, virtual meets, and scoring systems.  Many people feel that time-based cross country rankings are worthless. I would disagree with those people and feel it is a valuable tool when used in context.  However, obviously is is hard to get an accurate picture by just looking at times with so many variations between courses.  We are in the process of deriving a scoring system, the first step of which is to design a statistically sound rating system of thousands of courses nationwide.

See who the top 200 returning Kansas Boys & Girls are based on their average time from last year (from results that are in our database).  This gives you a different look at how everyone stacks up than just seeing the fastest time from each athlete, which can be skewed by super speedways like Southern Stampede and Buhler. 

MileSplit Online Meet registration is quickly gaining popularity across the country.  Want to know why?  Because we provide a convenient way for coaches to enter right from the MileSplit calendar and save meet directors HOURS of time, and money (which is always nice).   Here are just a few of the benefits...      

Kearsten Peoples named GATORADE Kansas Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.  Peoples shattered her own state record in the shot put with a mammoth toss of 51'10.75", which was the best mark in the nation by more than two feet.  Her 166'7" discus throw was also a state record and ranked her 5th in the nation in 2010.

Johannes Swanepoel named GATORADE Kansas Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

Final Nike Elite story on Bryan Clay continues our Elite coverage as we get closer to the Nike Track Nationals on June 2nd.  One more video interview to go! (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

Kansas Runners brings you special on-site coverage of the 2010 Kansas State Track and Field Championships. 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the Championships.

(Kayson Matthews of Lakin to Ft. Hays State University) Kansas Cross Country, and Track and Field college signings for 2010.  Send in your photo's to add to the article.

In addition to the video interviews, Reese Hoffa kicks off a series of stories on Elite Nike athletes as we get closer to the Nike Track Nationals. (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

Kansas Runners On-Site coverage of the Central Plains League Championships.  Morgan Burns of Wichita Trinity Academy put on a show, winning the 100m (10.61), 200m (21.90), and 400m (48.80).

Highlights from Kansas for the week of 5-3 to 5-8, 2010

Kansas Runners On-Site Coverage of the Derby Invitational

Kansas Runners On-Site Coverage of the Circle Invitational

Galen Rupp and Chris Solinsky both went under the old US record with Solinsky the victor in 26:59.60.  (Photo by Andrew McLanahan, PhotoRun.net) 

4/28/10 Weekly Update

Enjoy our first installement in a series of interviews & stories leading up to the 2010 Nike Track Nationals in Eugene, OR on July 2nd. (Photo by Victah Sailor, PhotoRun.net)

On-Site coverage from Kansas Runners of all the action at the 2010 Kansas Relays.

On-Site coverage from Kansas Runners of all the action at the Shocker Pre-State Challenge. 

Kearsten Peoples threw just one inch short of 50 feet in the Shot Put at the Ottawa Invitational to establish a new Kansas State record, and the #1 throw in the nation so far for 2010.  In the boys Javelin, Johannes Swanepoel opened up his season with a 208'2" throw which makes him #1 in the U.S. by nearly 10 feet.  

Very strong winds at the Winfield Inviational eliminated any chances of super-fast times in the distance races, and the sprints (which were run into a head-wind), but it didn't stop the throwers from kicking off the season with big marks.

  Today Nike opened registration and announced details for the Nike Track Nationals competition, the first ever national championship competition to name the best high school track and field program in the United States.