CHICAGO (January 21, 2009) — In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in partnership with ESPN RISE Magazine, announced its 2008-09 Gatorade State Boys Cross Country Runners of the Year.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the racecourse.
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field. The selection process is administered by ESPN RISE Magazine, which works with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport.
For more on the Gatorade Player of the Year program, including nomination information, a list of past winners, and the announcement of the Gatorade National Player of the Year, visit gatorade.com/playeroftheyear.
Front page photos by MileSplit's Fran McLaughlin, Margot Kelly
Patrick McGregor | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Hoover | AL | |
Trevor Dunbar | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Kodiak | AK | |
Brian Shrader | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Flagstaff | AZ | |
Cameron Efurd | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Rogers | AR | |
Chris Schwartz | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Bakersfield | CA | |
Evan Appel | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Littleton | CO | |
John Raneri | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | New Fairfield | CT | |
Greg Morrin | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Wilmington | DE | |
John McGowan | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Washington | DC | |
Brian Atkinson | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Melbourne | FL | |
Taylor Lord | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Douglasville | GA | |
Bryce Jenkins | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Wahiawa | HI | |
Barak Watson | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Nampa | ID | |
Steve Sulkin | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Elmhurst | IL | |
Drew Shields | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Fishers | IN | |
Lewi Manirumva | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Cedar Rapids | IA | |
PJ Greer | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Overland Park | KS | |
Ryan Eaton | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Bowling Green | KY | |
Philip Primeaux | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Baton Rouge | LA | |
Will Geoghegan | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Brunswick | ME | |
Zach Sullivan | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Severn | MD | |
Mike Moverman | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | North Easton | MA | |
Stephen Walker | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Midland | MI | |
Lukas Gemar | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Moorhead | MN | |
Max Holman | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Tupelo | MS | |
Kevin Colon | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Lee's Summit | MO | |
Drew Coco | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Whitefish | MT | |
Jarren Heng | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Norfolk | NE | |
Wade Meddles | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Minden | NV | |
Eric Malnati | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Langdon | NH | |
Tyler Udland | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Millburn | NJ | |
Bryce Palmer | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Albuquerque | NM | |
Joe Whelan | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Hamburg | NY | |
Taylor Gilland | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Chapel Hill | NC | |
Joash Osoro | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Bismarck | ND | |
Zach Wills | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Mason | OH | |
Taylor Monaghan | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Tulsa | OK | |
Elliott Jantzer | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Phoenix | OR | |
Ben Furcht | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Ardmore | PA | |
Andrew Springer | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Westerly | RI | |
Aaron Ramirez | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Piedmont | SC | |
Alex Muntefering | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Parkston | SD | |
Bill Matthews | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Chattanooga | TN | |
Reed Connor | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | The Woodlands | TX | |
Jonathan Nelson | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Provo | UT | |
Adron Pitmon | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Jericho | VT | |
Thomas Porter | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Stafford | VA | |
Andrew Kimpel | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Spokane | WA | |
Cody Pelliccioni | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Morgantown | WV | |
Brett Kelly | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Madison | WI | |
Dominick Robinson | 2008-09 | Boys Cross Country | Gillette | WY |