Emily Venters

Kansas girls take down top marks in 10 of 18 events; boys rewrite 6 of 18

This week may be the first big week of some intense head-to-head matchups in Kansas track and field.

Several Kansas athletes looked to be in mid-season and late-season form during the first full week of track and field competition.

It's hard to pick a favorite for the team titles in Class 6A this year.

Shawnee MIssion Northwest's Molly Born placed 23rd and Lawrence Free State's Emily Venters was 32nd at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore.

Kansas standouts Molly Born and Emily Venters battled to a 1-2 finish at the Nike Heartland Regional in Sioux Falls, SD

Edina and Willmar of Minnesota get top two auto bids to NXN

Kansas' best cross country runners will give it another go at the Nike Regional Heartland meet Sunday in Sioux Falls, SD.

Girls state meet results merge of all 6 classification races from both Kansas State Cross Country Championships meet sites at Rim Rock Farm and Wamego Country Club.

Olathe East won the school's first-ever boy's state championship, while Lawrence Free State won the girls' title

A half-dozen boys teams and a half-dozen girls teams have emerged as legitimate contenders for the 2016 state championship

If regional races are any indication, Kansas' cross country runners are certainly ready to put on a great show at next week's state championships.

Check out the top girls cross country times in the state of Kansas from meets held between October 10th thru October 15th.

There was plenty of excitement as league champions were crowned all around Kansas

League championships are on tap all around Kansas this week.

Check out the top 500 girls cross country times in the state of Kansas as of October 10th in the MileSplit database.

Kansas runners and teams went through a final dress rehearsal before the post-season begins next week.

This may be a rest week for some, but there's still plenty of good competition around Kansas.

Emily Venters ran 18:07 to win the Girls Varsity Gold section at the Rim Rock Classic

Kansas runners shook up the year's Top Times list in Week 3 of the 2016 season.

Here's to hoping that the rain will stay away and let the runners come out to play.