We are off and running on the 2024 Cross Country Season!
It was a huge week/weekend of racing and we saw several impressive performances across the Sunflower State. Below are some of the top boys performances from the past week around Kansas. Vote who you think should be crowned the Kansas Boys Runner of the Week for Week Two.
Congratulations to Spring Hill's Logan Beckman for the win in Week 1! Beckman got his season started with a win at the Greg Wilson Classic in a new personal best of 15:42.20, 0.1 seconds off last year's personal best at NXR Heartland. He will move to the finals during State week where he will face off with the season's other winners as we determine who had the performance of the year.
Polling starts on Monday, Sept. 16 at 8 a.m. and ends on Friday at 12 p.m.
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Carter Cline - Mill Valley - Cline was the top KS finisher at the Olathe Twilight, earning a 2nd place finish and massive sub-15:00 performance. The 14:55.80 was a 36 second improvement from last year.
Brody Anderson - Topeka Seaman - Anderson won the Joe Schrag Invitational in a new personal best of 15:17.05. Anderson has had two major improvements from last year with a 1:31 year-over-year change at the Manhattan Invitational and now a 1:14 change at the Schrag Invitational.
Houston McGown - Girard - McGown picked up a win at his home meet, his second win of the season already, in a new personal best of 15:24.67.
Caleb Tofteland - Wichita Trinity Academy - Tofteland has picked up the torch left behind by 2024 grads Clay Shively and Samuel Ferguson and is now leading the charge for Trinity Academy. He was the top 3A finisher at Olathe Twilight with a massive personal best of 15:06.60 for 5th overall.