*Harrier XC Summer Camp Directory: Our annual special section with all the details on the best track and cross-country camps nationwide, for all goals, budgets and level of runner, and from all parts of the country. The camp experience is invaluable in helping all high school runners prepare for the fall season and bolster fitness with excellent advice and inspiration for the entire year.

*Foot Locker Boys Finalists: How They Train: The 40 boys from last December’s 2009 national championship in San Diego reveal their training methods, from summer base work to fall workouts to physical and mental preparation for the big races. Our annual look at the elite (next issue—the girls).

*World’s Greatest Coach: Many people would say it’s Joe Vigil, who at 80 is still going strong. In The Harrier XC interview, Vigil talks about “keeping it simple,” of becoming a great runner by nurturing the essential joys of running, not with complex formulas. Pretty much like the Kenyans do it. And Joe’s been to the Rift Valley many times to see it for himself.

*How Maturing Girls Can Be Comfortable in Their Own Skin: A special report on weight gain that girls face as they go through puberty, how it affects their running, and what they can do to it handle what is sometimes a bumpy ride into young womanhood. Coaches and athletes and a coach/physician offer approaches to success.

*Hatz Off to Alex: The Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) mile and cross-country star Alex Hatz (NXN NE regional XC champ in ’08 and NON 4:07 mile runner-up in ’09) had kidney surgery last August and then a case of shingles in late fall, ruining his cross-country season and leaving him with almost no base as indoor track started. But—still—the Wisconsin-bound senior was back on top in the mile this winter and even thinking of a possible sub-4:00 for this spring.

*Sisson Travels Well: The end-of-March World Cross Country Champs in Poland is the 3rd international running trip for young Emily Sisson, the Parkway Central (MO) senior, who competed on the American squad at last summer’s Pan Am junior meet in Trinidad, and first went abroad for the U.S. on the 2007 Pan Am junior squad in Sao Paolo—where she collected a bronze medal in the 3,000. Seasoned and mature, Sisson has overcome a serious thyroid condition to excel year-around. Like Alex Hatz (above), she will do her college running at Wisconsin.

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*Nike Cross Nationals 2009: Our behind-the-scenes coverage from Portland with perspectives and insight on the 4th straight championship by the Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls, and the close boys’ scoring that produced a victory for Boerne of Texas—the best of three tough Texas contenders.
*NXN: Texas also had the boys individual champion Craig Lutz of Flower Mound Marcus (correction: not Klein Oak as it said in the issue), who kept his cool while the somewhat favored Rosa twins of New Jersey got edgy in a pack for the first time and were unable to run their own race.
*Foot Locker Boys: Interview with victorious Lukas Verzbicas, the heralded Illinois wunderkind and Lithuanian native who is getting closer to obtaining U.S. citizenship.
*Foot Locker Girls: Interview with victorious Megan Goethals of Michigan, who had the kick to outrun Chelsey Sveinsson of Texas in the homestretch. It was make-up time as Goethals was 2nd to Sveinsson in last June’s national mile and 2-mile. Look for them to hook up again in 2010.
*Final Super 25 Rankings. Top boys and girls teams with season highlights and team leaders, plus our annual 26-50 list.
*Blood Brothers: Special feature on Albuquerque Academy at NXN, where a key scorer ran 12 days after a medical procedure to help save his brother’s life.

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*National championship preview highlights individual and team contenders for Nike Cross National, Dec. 5, in Portland, Ore., and Foot Locker Nationals, Dec. 12, in San Diego, Calif.
*NXN will feature two races that are total opposites: the girls’ race is led by 3-time defender Fayetteville-Manlius of New York, the overwhelming favorite to win a 4th straight and perhaps achieve “Kenya” status with its domination; and the boys race is led by no one in particular with as many as a dozen or more teams in contention from all parts of the country.
*Foot Locker should feature the two leading runners nationwide, both of whom have been working through recent injuries: Chelsey Sveinsson of Texas, who we feature with an up-to-date interview, and Lukas Verzbicas of Illinois, the multi-sport phenom who does not hide his dream of Olympic gold.
*42 State Meets are covered with highlights and our annual look at the line-ups and performances of winning teams, the complete and perceptive state coverage anywhere.
*Charging ahead, the Albuquerque Academy Chargers make their 5th appearance at NXN after taking 2nd in the Southwest Regional in a tie-breaking loss to American Fork (UT). We speak with Academy coach Adam Kedge on how to run the NXN Portland Meadows course when the best 22 teams are in action.
*Top 100 Harriers nationwide, 50 boys and 50 girls who were contention for Foot Locker and NXN berths and titles, our exclusive list.
*Editor Marc Bloom’s essay on the Rosa twins of New Jersey, who continued their record assault at the State Meet of Champions on Nov. 21: their prowess and boundary breaking is good for us all.
*Villanova women and the NCAA, we called it when we interviewed Wildcats’ coach Gina Procaccio as this issue went to press the morning of the NCAA meet, and named Villanova as ready to run with—and maybe outrun—defending champ Washington. And you know what happened.

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*Lukas vs. the Rosa Twins: Countdown to a showdown—the highly anticipated match-up of Lukas Verzbicas, the Illinois wunderkind from Lithuania, and Joe and Jim Rosa of New Jersey, who have been burning up the major courses in Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York all season, will take place at Nike Cross Nationals, Dec. 5 in Portland, Oregon.

*Harrier XC Interview: Coach Eric Hruschka of national contender Henry Jackson High in the Seattle suburbs talks about the mental training and visualization techniques used by his Timberwolves, who will contend with two other Washington powers—state 4A winner Ferris and 3A winner North Central—in the upcoming NXN Northwest Regional.

*State Meet Back Stories: How championship teams got the job done in a half-dozen states—summer training, best workouts, team bonding--as climactic competition highlighted the national scene from coast to coast.

*Ashley’s Column: Princeton junior Ashley Higginson tells young runners never to forget the camaraderie and influence of teammates in giving you the right frame of mind when the big meets come.

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*The Winning Attitude: Special feature on the 3-time national defending and #1 ranked Fayetteville-Manlius girls team of New York, with a mid-season interview with coach Bill Aris, and portraits of the squad’s top girls, who just won the Manhattan Invitational Girls Eastern States title with a record team time and low points score.
*Broadway Bound: The Manhattan meet officials had to move the century-old 2.5-mile finish line to Broadway because of park renovations, and the stars came out to a standing ovation as Joe Rosa of New Jersey shattered the course record, his twin Jim came close, and all those fantastic F-M girls crossed the line practically as one.
*Mind Power: Will Freeman of Grinnell College in Iowa, one of the nation’s leading coaches, offers a prescription for positive thinking and mind power based on his 36 years nurturing young talent in the midwest.
*5th Runner Blues: It’s the cry of many teams—“I’m looking for a 5th man!” Or woman… and there are two top squads in particular—West Windsor Plainsboro boys in New Jersey (where the Rosa twins run) and Highlands Ranch girls in Colorado—with sensational front fours but a lagging 5th (maybe not for long).
*The Stanford Magic: With the ultra-deep Pac-10 coming up, Stanford coach Jason Dunn, who’s got one of the plum jobs in the collegiate ranks at 37, tells Harrier XC how he grooms his young squads for the “controlled aggression” of major racing.
*Ashley Column: Princeton junior Ashley Higginson, facing her own challenges with the Heps coming up, gives advice on training diversity-- how pool work and weight training provide excellent balance for any runner logging tough workouts during the fall season.
*Hot Type: Editor Marc Bloom’s reminiscence of covering high school events in the ‘60s when used a device called a typewriter and filed newspaper stories via Western Union (taking the Pony Express to get there).

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*Magnificent Magnificat: Girls of destiny at Ohio private school gain national stature under coach who spends her mornings in court.

*Small Team, Big Heart: Cedar Park boys race to the front in hot Texas season as soccer-smart coach applies lessons he learned from the master.

*Team Player: Sarah Dorrell, who summers in Japan where she learns perseverance, is an exemplary team player for undefeated Blacksburg of Virginia.

*Melody’s Music: Former high school super-star Melody Fairchild of Colorado—now 36—reflects on her career and the best approaches for female runners.

*Harrier XC All-Americans: 15 top runners off to a flying start this season include Wade Meddles of Nevada, Brian Shrader of Arizona and Chelsey Ley of New Jersey.

*College Story: Home girls and Canadians make West Virginia women NCAA threat under rising coach Sean Cleary.

*Born to Run: The best-selling book by Christopher McDougall has lessons for all runners including insights from the great Joe Vigil.

*Ashley’s Column: Princeton junior Ashley Higginson talks about iron issues and allergies that affect runners in the fall.

*Super 25: Latest Harrier XC national team rankings show Cedar Park (TX) boys and Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls number-1.

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*One Cool Kid: The leading girls’ distance runner in the country, Chelsey Sveinsson of Texas, is starting her junior year after sweeping the national mile and 2-mile in soph-record time.

*Sweet 16: The nation’s best and most alluring runner, 14:18 freshman indoor 5,000 performer Lukas Verzbicas of Illinois, begins his 3-year Magical Mystery Tour as a junior at a new school with many questions about his future path.

*Super 25 National Rankings: For boys, it looks like another big Washington season with Ferris High of Spokane succeeding NXN champion North Central of Spokane in the #1 position. For girls, New York domination continues with top-ranked Fayetteville-Manlius favored to collect a 4th straight national title, and Empire State schools taking 4 of the top 6 with 6 of the top 25 positions.

*100 All-Americans: The top 50 boys and 50 girls from all parts of the country, including the top 8 super-elite contenders for the Foot Locker and Nike Cross Nationals in December.

*Best of 50 States: Team and individual previews of all 50 states with key match-ups, winning streaks, coaching changes and major meets.

*Post-Season Blues: For some teams, cross-country can stretch for 5 months or more, and one girls national contender from California has found the long season a mixed blessing.

*Run Less For Success: Master coach Jack Daniels, whose training plans are followed by coaches throughout the nation, explains the “Daniels” system with advice on “getting maximum benefit from the least possible work.”

*Evan Jager’s Oregon Odyssey: With the young pro who left college to follow his coach to Portland poised to compete in the World Champs 5,000 in Berlin, see his exclusive comments about being a “green” runner still searching for the right training formula.

*Vigilante Movement: Jason Vigilante, who in 9 years coaching at U-Texas in Austin had great distance success while developing world-class miler Leonel Manzano, is attracting top high school talent in his 2nd year at the University of Virginia.

*Ashley’s Column: Princeton junior Ashley Higginson offers a 10-point program for teen athletes to do their best running ever this fall. Like: “Slow down and listen to yourself, your health, needs, emotions…

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*The Magic of The Mile: The enduring appeal of the mile at all levels of running with the tantalizing prospect of a high school sub-4:00 this spring by New Jersey’s Robby Andrews.

*Robby Andrews: 14 questions in the aftermath of his breathtaking 1:49.21 indoor 800 at the National Scholastics, a national record by 1.4 seconds, which came a month after he broke Alan Webb’s 1000 record, also by more than a second. Will Robby get the “right race” for a sub-4:00 mile attempt this spring? His first chance may be at Penn Relays, where his Manalapan squad was hoping to secure entry into the High School Distance Medley. Imagine Robby on the anchor 1600 chasing down the field!

*Predicting College Success: How do you like Jen Barringer, the Colorado senior who was a very good high school runner but not really on the A-plus list going on to college—but has become an Olympian and U.S. steeple record holder, and that was before her recent indoor fireworks at the mile, 3k and 5k. Her secret? Being a small fish (who soaks up knowledge) in a big pond.

*Foot Locker Girls’ Training: In the 2nd part of our exclusive annual feature, the 40 girls’ finalists from 2008 discuss their training and racing approaches, with details on specific workouts, cross-training, mileage and pre-race psyching techniques.

*Summer Running Camps: The 2nd installment of our annual Camp Directory featuring the best camps nationwide for summer fun, fitness and expert preparation for the fall season and beyond. The leading source of camp info for the nation’s young runners and their parents. For all levels, interests and budgets.

*Finding Focus: Harrier XC editor Marc Bloom’s essay on how young runners vary in when they get serious about running and the need to let even the best athletes proceed at their own pace.

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*The Freshman: Interview with runner/triathlete Lukas Verzbicas, the Illinois freshman from Lithuania who has dominated the few high school X-C and track races he’s entered so far and could be a national favorite next fall. He’s entered in the 2-mile and 5,000 at Nike Indoor Nationals in Boston in mid-March.

*Summer Camps 2009: Our annual directory features the best camps nationwide—a must-read reference for all parents, athletes, coaches, to help young runners decide where to go for the best training and fun this summer. Great locales, great bargains, top-notch coaching and world-class guest speakers. It’s all here.

*Super 25 Workouts: How do the best HS cross-country teams nationwide train for peak performance? Read about their race course workouts, 200 repeats, trail intervals, hill work, even “rest” days. Top coaches reveal their proven methods for success.

*Foot Locker Boys Training Programs: In the first part of the Harrier XC/Foot Locker annual Training Survey, the 2008 boys’ finalists reveal their cross-country programs, from summer base work through the fall season, with comments on cross-training, high-quality efforts, mental focus and more. (Next issue, the girls.)

*USA XC Nationals: Harrier XC spotlight on junior race runner-up Chris Derrick, who despite falling at 3k on the muddy course in Maryland last month gave victorious German Fernandez a good run and was set to compete in the world meet March 28, in Amman, Jordan. These two athletes, plus Luke Puskedra (3rd in the race) and Galen Rupp, give the U.S. a great “next generation” of distance stars.

*Forever Young: Harrier XC editor Marc Bloom, wearing spikes for the first time since 1964, also competed in Maryland, in the masters 8k, and found that finishing in the back of the pack has its own rewards

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* Foot Locker Nationals: Interviews with 2008 winners Jordan Hasay of California and Solomon Haile of Maryland, who may have more in common than you think.

* Nike Cross Nationals: Editor Marc Bloom’s riveting, in-depth story of how the 5th scorers for the winning teams—North Central (WA) boys and three-peat titlist Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls—overcame 11th-hour illnesses to produce courageous performances.

* Harrier XC Final Super 25: The final team rankings for boys and girls with highlights for each team and listing of coaches.

* Harrier XC 26-50: The next best teams in the country for boys and girls.

*Ashley’s Column: It was a bittersweet collegiate climax, with a new urgency to get back on track.

*Mississippi Learning: Special report on an all-black high school team from rural Mississippi that is making its mark with a state title and looks for greater success to come.

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*It’s Nationals Time: Previews and updates on Nike Cross Nationals coming up on Dec. 6 in Portland, Oregon, and the Foot Locker Nationals, Dec. 13, in San Diego

*State Meets Galore: Coverage of 40 State Championships with sweeps, streaks, upsets, records, tie-breakers, and more, from the freshmen girls that dominated in Maine to the Jesuit boys and girls that dominated in Oregon… with “back stories” on the training and motivation that produced triumphant races.

*Who’s Number 1?: Harrier XC interview with Jonathan Knight, coach of boys national #1 North Central of Spokane, as the team does its final preparations for Portland.

*Harrier XC Top 100: Rating top 50 boys and top 50 girls seeking national honors in the post-season championship events.

*Another Bromfield Star: After 3-time world cross-country champ Lynn Jennings, and 14-time Stanford all-American Ari Lambie, the latest young female star at Bromfield School in Massachusetts in Emily Jones, seeking a 3rd Foot Locker Nationals berth this season.

*Huskies Start Dynasty: How coach Greg Metcalf and the U-Washington women became the new collegiate power, with a Pac-10 sweep over Oregon, and their NCAA championship run in Terre Haute, Ind.

*Super 25 Rankings: Latest national team rankings with as the 2008 fall season nears it climax.

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*State Meet Week: National #1 North Central (WA) and many other top teams and their coaches reveal how they handle the last week leading to the state championships: workouts, rest, diet, motivation and racing strategies.

*Top 10 National Contenders: The 10 boys and 10 girls likely to contest the top places at Foot Locker and Nike Cross Nationals in December. Two athletes raised in Africa top the boys’ list. Three past national champs are among the girls’  headliners.

*State Meets 2008: Early championships from 9 states with winning team analysis shows streakers, sweepers, upsets and runaways.

*Back Stories From the Chute: Winning state meet coaches tell how they got from summer training to the first-place trophy—the workouts, team unity and season-long approaches that made the difference.

*Nicole Blood: The former high school star is now in her junior year at Oregon and one of the nation’s top collegians. She’s in her element in Eugene, living a healthy runner’s lifestyle to be fresh for those big-time workouts.

*Ashley’s Column: On the other coast, Princeton soph Ashley Higginson weighs in with her new illuminating think piece, learning to keep her cool amid the chaotic rush of a big race.

*Super 25 Rankings: The latest installment of the nation’s best teams, with a new girls’ leader that has been tearing up one course after another in California.

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*Greyhounds: Carmel High coach Chuck Koeppen of Indiana is in his 37th and final season of leading the Greyhounds to state and national supremacy, with no special system other than “loving the heck” out of his young athletes.

*Tough Runners: Strategies and mental toughness from successful harriers at the Manhattan Invitational meet on the hilly trails of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx—where more than 12,000 runners from 15 made their annual pilgrimage to the historic running site.

*Team Players: A girl from Los Alamos High in New Mexico leads by example as a caring, sharing athlete sparking one of the nation’s top programs.

*Harrier All-Americans: It’s a great season for sophomore boys, and two of the best are record-setting Joe Rosa of New Jersey and Craig Lutz of Texas.

*College: Former high school national champ Steve Murdock of NY continues his easy-going, pressure-free ways at Syracuse, which is building a national collegiate power under coach Chris Fox.

*Ashley’s Column: Princeton soph Ashley Higginson says, “It takes time to accept the responsibility of putting your body through agony for the good of fellow teammates.” Discuss.

*Super 25 National Rankings: North Central (WA) boys, decisive winners at the Richland Invitational, and Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls, decisive winners in the star-studded Manhattan Inv Eastern States race, remain unbeaten and at the top of the national rankings.

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*Incentive Plan: Leading coaches offer best ways to motivate runners, both from within and with “external” rewards.

*America’s Team: Interview with coach Bill Aris of New York’s Fayetteville-Manlius, 2-time defending Nike Nationals girls champions whose boys’ teams have also been at the top.

*Harrier All-Americans: Top harriers setting the pace in early season, including Alaska’s Trevor Dunbar, getting ready for his state meet on Oct. 4.

*Healthy Habits: 36 pointers from top teams nationwide on how they keep performance high and injuries low, with cross-training, core work, ice baths, good diet, and more…

*The Big 3: The last three Foot Locker girls’ champions—Ashley Brasovan (’07), Kathy Kroeger (’06) and Jordan Hasay (’05)—could duel in an historic showdown in San Diego in December. Find out their plans for this season.

*Team Player: This new Harrier XC feature spotlights Allyson McGinty of Collins Hill (GA), who selflessly helps teammates for the good of the team. And she’s a darn good runner herself.

*Cross Country in Japan: There’s growing HS competition in the Far Pacific among English-speaking schools, but while high school track is big within Japan, X-C has not yet caught on.

*Team Ticker: How the nation’s leading teams are doing in early meets, with big mid-season clashes coming up—especially in the Oct. 11 Manhattan meet featuring boys and Girls Eastern States Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.

*Three’s a Charm: Kenyan Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech seeks to become the first harrier, man or woman, to win 3 straight NCAA cross-country titles.

*Ashley’s Column: Princeton soph and former NJ HS star Ashley Higginson is one cool customer this fall, compared with being  Nervous Nelly as a freshman.

*Latest Super 25 National Rankings: North Central (WA) boys win big at the Firman (ID) meet to stay at #1. Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls were scheduled to open up at the McQuaid meet in Rochester on Sept. 27.

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*Preview of all 50 states: See the top teams and individuals, major coaching changes, state meet favorites, key meets, national contenders and more from coast to coast.

*2008 All-Americans: Top 50 boys and 50 girls nationwide—the elite Harrier 100 that sets the pace in high school cross-country and will contend for Foot Locker and Nike Nationals berths and titles.

*Harrier XC Super 25: The long-awaited pre-season list of the nation’s top 25 boys teams and girls teams as the fall season gets under way. North Central of Spokane (boys) and 2-time national championship defender Fayetteville-Manlius of upstate NY (girls) are the pre-season #1 picks.

*Garden State Turns Up The Heat: Super-soph twins Jim and Joe Rosa pace emerging power West Windsor-Plainsboro North of New Jersey in a banner season in the Garden State, emblematic of growing depth across the country.

*Are You Thin Enough? It’s consider taboo to check girls’ body fat, but a physician who specializes in female issues while also coaching a team in Colorado measures body fat every season. Find out why.

*Curtain Call For Illinois Winners: The big noise in Illinois last season came from national boys champ Neuqua Valley and its star, Chris Derrick, but on the girls’ side, Geneva High was quieting winning the state 3A title with an all-frosh squad. Find out how the girls, now sophs, will try for an encore.

*Making the Olympic Team: It’s all over in Beijing, but what about London 2012? See how one American in the 10,000 made it from age-group runner to Olympian. Read about Amy Yoder Begley’s 20-year run.

*Coaches On The Move: Many of the nation’s top high school and college coaches are moving around, from Southlake Carroll’s Rob Ondrasek (a record 7 NXN B&G appearances for his Texas team) to Yankton’s Dan Fitzsimmons (now at a nearby SD college) to Chris Buckham going from Northern Iowa to the gargantuan shoes of John McDonnell to be filled at Arkansas.

*The Long Green Line: Speaking of coaches, the pre-eminent Joe Newton of York High in Illinois is the subject of an excellent documentary crafted by a former runner and now film-maker. Read Marc Bloom’s review.

*Ashley’s Column: Princeton soph and former 3-time national HS champ Ashley Higginson renews her account of life in the collegiate fast lane after a summer in which she competed in the world juniors in her mother’s native Poland.

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*Girls Super 25 Workouts: See these elite training methods from the nation’s leading teams, on preparing for the fall season and peaking for the big meets. Like national #1 Fayetteville-Manlius’ (NY) “base shakeup workout.”

*Foot Locker Boys Training: In the 2nd part of our annual survey (the girls are in the March issue), we look at the 40 2007 FL boys’ finalists and how they structured their summer and fall seasons to make the national finals.

*Summer Camps: Another look at the leading summer camps for 2008, in the biggest and best camp directory to be found anywhere. Get motivated and inspired and learn from the experts in beautiful training locales with great facilities and special guests.

*Nike Team Nationals ’08: An early look at the best line-ups coming back for next fall from last year’s roster of finals qualifiers. “Stop NY” could be a theme as Empire State teams look like they could strike again.

*Faith Healing Spurs Comeback: Iona College freshman Ryan Sheridan burst into prominence as a NY HS soph in fall ’04… soon he was sidelined with health and injury problems… but others had faith in him. And now he’s a 2008 world XC team member with designs on the world junior track squad for this summer.

*New Faces For Fall: An Ethiopian senior from Maryland and half-Icelandic freshman from Texas could have a big impact on cross-country this fall. See what could be in store for Solomon Haile and Christy Sveinnson in Harrier editor Marc Bloom’s popular essay.

*Remember When: Deena Drossin (CA), Amy Rudolph (PA), Jen Rhines (NY) and Carrie Tollefson (MN) were HS XC stars in the early ‘90s. In our photo essay from the past, we recognize them as 2008 Olympic team candidates (all are past Olympians), with 2004 marathon bronze medalist Deena Drossin (now Kastor) leading the U.S. women’s marathon trial in Boston on April 20.

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*2008 SUMMER RUNNING CAMP DIRECTORY: Great track and cross-country camps from coast to coast, in all regions of the country, for all ability levels, goals and budgets. What they have in common is great coaching, beautiful running trails, excellent facilities and the opportunity to learn from experts and make lasting friendships. A win-win situation.

*SUPER 25 WORKOUTS: Coaches of Harrier Super 25 ranked boys teams from fall ’07 offer essential cross-country workouts that helped vault their teams to national prominence. Can be adapted by any athletes and teams for all levels and experience.

*FOOT LOCKER GIRLS FINALISTS: The annual Harrier/Foot Locker Training Survey, starting with the girls’ line-up from San Diego (boys follow next issue), showing summer and fall training, distance and quality work, and mental approaches to racing success.

*CAN GIRLS “SUFFER” MORE THAN BOYS? In a feature story on mile star Jillian Smith of New Jersey’s Southern Regional (decisive winner of the Boston and Millrose indoor events and poised for the upcoming Nike Indoor Nationals in Landover, MD), her coach Brian Zatorski weighs in on gender differences, insisting that girls are tougher than boys and can suffer more in workouts. [With a sidebar on Marc Bloom’s neighbor and Harrier asst. circulation manager Robby Andrews, the state 800 winner and top miler himself whose family running lineage goes back several generations.]

*MARION JONES: As the one-time super-star begins her 6-month prison term for drug and other offenses, Harrier editor Marc Bloom talks about the ramifications for young athletes and the need to emphasize citizenship over medals. 

*CHINA SYNDROME: The Beijing Olympics? Maybe Americans can bring home some more distance hardware in August, but at this point it looks like taking a breath in Beijing may be an Olympic event in itself.

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*Interview with Foot Locker boys champion Mike Fout of Indiana: Injuries the previous two cross-country seasons motivated him for ’07.

*Interview with Foot Locker girls champion Ashley Brasovan of Florida: Disappointing regionals the previous two fall seasons motivated her for ’07.

*Nike Team Nationals: Behind the scenes with boys champion Neuqua Valley of Illinois and repeat girls titlist Fayetteville-Manlius, the fourth-straight girls winner from New York, and a squad that could dominate for years to come.

*Final Super 25 Rankings: For all boys and girls  teams, a seasonal review that made them national powers.

*The Next Best Teams: The Harrier’s 26-50 team rankings plus final NTN regional rankings as compiled prior to the NTN finals.

*The Harrier’s High School All-Americans for 2007: Including the young talent (boys sophs, girls frosh) starting to make its mark.

*Ashley’s Diary: The Princeton frosh ran the NCAA with her Tigers’ teammates and found cross-country can be a contact sport.

*Kara Goucher: She’s our “Runner of the Year,” and not only because of her championship medals

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*43 State Meets: Our unique and comprehensive coverage of climactic events from coast to coast, with winning team lineups and analysis
*Team Strategies: State championship squads from Shawnee Mission Northwest (KS), Westfield (IN) and Hanover (NH) reveal their winning approaches from summer training on through state meet competition
*Katie Flood: The Dowling Catholic (IA) soph star leads her squad into Nike Team Nationals and shoots for the Foot Locker title on successive weeks
*Nation’s Top 100 Harriers: The top 13 boys and 13 girls in each of the 4 regions, all contenders for the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego
*The Harrier Interview: Mike Callor, Dakota Ridge coach in Colorado, talks about training, peaking, and adding a national caliber transfer to his already successful team
*NCAA: Catching up with Wisconsin’s Matt Withrow, former high school champion overcoming injuries to capture the Big 10 title and pace the Badgers
*Ashley’s Diary: Princeton frosh Ashley Higginson on final prep for the NCAA
*Super 25 Rankings: The latest national list as of the Nov. 17 weekend
*Young Runners: Harrier editor Marc Bloom talks about his new book on getting children and youth into running for good health—which Marc has started working on--and he invites input from interesting parties

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*State meet winners like Yankton High of South Dakota reveal success strategies in training, racing, avoiding injury, motivation and team togetherness.

*Manhattan meet team winners—North Penn (PA) girls and Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls--at Van Cortlandt Park could predict this season’s Nike Team Nationals outcome on Dec. 1 in Portland, Oregon.

* The Home Stretch—staying loose for racing, performance and injury prevention, with specific exercises recommended by the outstanding Tatnall HS program in Wilmington, Del.

* Foot Locker favorites: The latest “Harrier” all-Americans list the top 10 boys and 10 girls with the regional meets a few weeks away.

*Urban Legends of N.Y.U.: Growing D-III power New York University, with a long-ago history of running prowess, readies for the nationals with big-time mileage

*Dear Diary: Princeton frosh Ashley Higginson reports from the D-I pre-nats, where she and her Tigers teammates gained a major title.

*A Special Runner: Vermont’s Grace Kirpan, a Harwood Union junior, may finish last in races but in many ways she’s first and foremost. Read her touching story in Marc Bloom’s editor’s essay.

*The latest Super 25 National Rankings: Can Albuquerque Academy’s (NM) #1 boys hold off the charging pack, even in its home state? Can NTN-defending Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) #1 girls hold off threats from record-breaking Saugus (CA) and Dakota Ridge (CO), not to mention those, too, in its home state?

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*THE START RULES: Behind the weird first-meet DQ of the top-ranked Fayetteville (NY) girls, and why the start is so important to every race.
*HARRIER ALL-AMERICANS: Including defending Foot Locker Northeast champ Neely Spence, the home-schooled Pa. runner whose dad is 1991 world championship marathon bronze medalist Steve Spence.
*FORMER HOCKEY PLAYER ICES BIG WINS: Kevin Williams of Denver almost said no to cross-country as a freshman. But he left hockey to star on the open field.
*STILL GREAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: A pictorial on former high school stars—like 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb K.—getting ready for the upcoming U.S. Men’s Olympic Marathon Trial in New York.
*THE STRUGGLING RUNNER: Cross-country is not a breeze for every runner, and some need a lot of nurturing to enjoy it and even thrive. Expert coaches give their best advice.
*TOP TEAMS IN MID-SEASON FORM: Crater (OR) boys, Mountain Brook (AL) girls and many other fine teams achieving big results as the fall season gathers steam.
*FOR NY STAGE PERFORMER, XC PROVIDES A MUSIC OF ITS OWN: Claire Pettit of nationally-ranked Warwick Valley is in her first cross-country season, and has a long and glorious history in song and dance.
*THE HARRIER INTERVIEW: U-Michigan women’s coach Mike McGuire says that girls coming into college are better off with a lot of speed than a lot of distance.
*DEAR DIARY: In the latest installment by Princeton University freshman Ashley Higginson, a 3-time national HS champ last season, she says the running is great but she has to keep washing her hands.
*SUPER 25: The latest national rankings as of Oct. 7 results still have Danbury (CT) boys and Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls as #1, but the Oct. 13 Manhattan Invitational could change that as top schools from a dozen states come to Van Cortlandt Park to challenge.

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Danbury Takes It Laying Down: How the pre-season national #1 team from Connecticut gets psyched up before races

How Thin Is Too Thin: A talk with the last two Foot Locker girls national titlists, one of whom has had to confront severe weight loss

Harrier All-Americans: National-caliber athletes off to a great start this fall season

The Ups and Downs of Hill Training: Top coaches offer their specialized workouts , from dune running to race simulation to training up to 9,000 feet

Teams on the Move: National and regional powers making strides in the early season

One Coach’s “Accountability” System: Former world-class miler Erik Nedeau has the Amherst women ready for a D-III NCAA title run

The Harrier Interview: Coach Mick Byrne of Iona—hard training and lots of laughs

Ashley’s Diary: Princeton freshman and former HS national champ Ashley Higginson gets acclimated to college life in her latest diary installment

Super 25 National Rankings: Danbury boys of Connecticut (winning by 1 point with its top runner missing) and Fayetteville-Manlius girls of New York (dominating its meet but getting DQ-ed for a starting line infraction) hold on to the #1 spots in the latest national review

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*ACROSS THE COUNTRY: Previews and predictions on top runners and teams in all 50 states.

*STATE STANDOUT: It looks like a big season in New Mexico as Albuquerque Academy, led by national headliner Ben Johnson, plus Los Alamos and Eldorado have great national-caliber squads.

*100 MILES A WEEK? FOR GIRLS? One successful California coach thrives on big mileage—and with no injuries. Read all about it.

*ALL AMERICANS: See the top 50 boys and 50 girls who will lead the nation this fall.

*TRACK STARS READY FOR X-C: National mile champ Stephanie Morgan (OH) and “B” race 2M speedster Sean Keveren (TN) are poised for great fall campaigns.

*TOP PROS GOT GREAT H.S. STARTS: 2007 World team member Michelle Sikes and comebacking 10,000m star Alicia Craig—both NCAA champions—trace their current success in the professional ranks to smart, progressive high school programs.

*THE BEST CALIFORNIA DISTANCE RUNNER: Maybe he’s not the best yet, but a soph from Palo Alto High is turning heads, and he’s got a coach with strong Boston Marathon connections.

*COLLEGE FROSH DIARY: New Jersey HS all-seasons national champ Ashley Higginson, starting her college career at Princeton, writes the first installment of her college frosh diary. Plus, where more than 100 HS stars have gone on to college—and a college preview for NCAA I, II, III, etc.

*ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH HILLS? All it takes, says one top pro coach, is some 10-second sprints, and the result is big-time leg power.

*FREE SPIRITS: In editor Marc Bloom’s popular regular essay, he talks about female runners who have found a way to “stay in the moment.”

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--Sub-4:00 For ’07? After their respective Nike Indoor Nationals mile and 2-mile victories in Landover, Md, in March, Sam Borchers of Ohio and Craig Forys of New Jersey looked ahead to possible sub-4:00 attempts this spring. But would they find the right race? It could come at the Penn Relays, where Forys, on a come-from-behind Colts Neck foursome, could get close to a sub-4 anchor 1600 split, and, in the very next race, Borchers, from Yellow Springs High, will run the high school invitation mile. Last June, Borchers ran a 3:46.32 1500, roughly a 4:04 mile. On the Landover weekend, on Friday, two days before NIN, Forys split 4:05.8 in the National Scholastic distance medley at the New York Armory.

--Elite Boys Training Methods: Base work, distance, tempo runs, hills, intervals, cross-training and mental toughness strategies—see how the 2006 Foot Locker boys finalists put it all together for peak performance last fall. Led by Foot Locker champion Chad Hall of California, younger brother of world-class performer Ryan Hall.

--Out of Africa For Iowa Runners: Four youngsters who fled the Burundi civil war, enduring hardship for several years in refugee camps in Africa, came to Iowa a few years ago and have become varsity headliners on the Cedar Rapids Washington cross-country squad. Their coach comes from Africa himself. Will Harte, a former Georgetown runner, spent two years coaching in Eritrea. Read their inspiring story.

--State Rules For Summer Practice: In the aftermath of the Joe Newton controversy in Illinois over summer contact rules, The Harrier looks at state rules in 14 states nationwide, revealing wide disparity in rules governing coach-athlete contact for summer training. In some states, anything goes; in others, there’s a tight lid. Newton, the legendary York coach suspended last October because of an alleged rules violation, will be back next fall, said the Dukes’ A.D. in a Harrier interview.

--Summer Camp Directory: See the best camps nationwide, from coast to coast, with all manner of training locales, housing, creature comforts, recreation, coaching expertise and workout emphasis. There’s a camp for every runner, and every budget. Camps are the best way to sharpen your fitness, meet great friends, learn from the experts and get motivated for a terrific fall season. Go for it!

--Nike Team Nationals ’07. See the one 2006 top-10 boys team with almost everyone back for next fall. (Hint: the team hails from a state whose former governor is an announced Democratic presidential candidate.) For girls, New York teams look to continue their domination. We list all 7 team members of top-10 boys and girls teams from the NTN championship in Portland, in December.

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--Summer Camp Directory 2007: Great camps nationwide for all ages, training levels, goals, weekly mileage, budgets. Small camps, large camps, college campuses, mountain trails, forest paths… choose your path to fun-filled fitness to prepare for the fall X-C season. Learn from the experts, make friends, grow and mature—running camps offer invaluable experience for all high school runners.

--Patience is a virtue. Certainly true in running, but in a era when everyone seems to rush it (give me my “success” NOW), there is increasing proof that taking your time is the way to go. Just look at Shalane Flanagan, Lauren Fleshman, Kara Goucher, Blake Russell, Jen Rhines, Carrie Tollefson and other U.S. female stars running better than ever after more than a decade of running with a long-term attitude. A must-read story.

--Private coaches: See how a former U.S. world championship 1500 medalist, a national championship college coach, and a one-time Moroccan international competitor have enabled three young high school stars to excel. Private coaches can be a great help, but they are sometimes controversial. Read this penetrating story.

--Girls Foot Locker finalists from Dec. ’06: See how these elite girls put it all together to excel in cross-country and track. Approaches vary from low to high mileage, running 7 days a week to lots of cross-training, emphasizing aerobic work to focusing on speed. Dozens of different approaches, workouts, attitudes, including mental training tips to be race-ready, ease nerves and marshal confidence when it counts most.

--Elliott Heath of Minnesota won the USA junior men’s 8k in Boulder, and was set to run the world meet in Mombasa, Kenya. Everyone said his victory was a big surprise, but as “The Harrier Interview” shows, maybe not. Heath’s relaxed approach, cross-training on a bike and skis, and family fitness orientation gave him the poise and readiness for his breakthrough. Giving up basketball in his senior year didn’t seem to hurt either.

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--Nike Team Nationals: complete coverage with 3,700-word feature story on the event, dominated again by northeast teams, as Coatesville (PA) boys and Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls triumphed.

--The Kenyans at NTN: behind the domination of these remarkable young runners, who made a 24-hour journey, and ran away with the open-division races.

--Foot Locker Nationals: interviews with the winning athletes, Chad Hall of California, and soph Kathy Kroeger, the first titlist ever from Tennessee

--Final Super 25 National Rankings, plus the top 26-50 teams.

--Final 2006 HS All-American Teams

--Ritz on a roll: Story on Dathan Ritzenhein, the former HS great and now world-class runner, who's looking for a terrific '07 season after his successful marathon debut at New York in November.

--Brent Vaughn of Colorado: For the 2nd time in three years, Vaughn led the Buffaloes to an upset NCAA XC win over favored Wisconsin. See The Harrier interview.

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--Coverage of 43 state meets with rundowns of winning teams scoring fives

--Foot Locker preview rating the top 100 harriers nationwide by region

--Interview with Dan Fitzsimmons, coach of girls national #1 Yankton with Nike Team Nationals coming up

--Interview with Marie, 3-time Foot Locker runner-up, on how to stay cool in San Diego

--How they do it at Iowa City High: State champion girls coach Tom Mittman on training and racing

--Feature on emerging college star Julia Lucas of NC State, who overcame a fire in her home to have her best season ever

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*The Kid From NY City: How a Staten Island boy has overcome severe hardship to become the best public schools runner in the Big Apple

*State Meets Start: Reporting and team analysis as state championships begin, with many more to come soon

*A Win-Win Situation: Tales from the big Manhattan meet at Van Cortlandt Park, where records fell in the day of all days in the Bronx. New course recordholder Tommy Gruenewald of Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) said after his run: "I take pride in the fact that I don't mind going into pain."

*Spotlight on Spokane: The Harrier Interview with Ferris (WA) coach Mike Hadway, as another climactic Mead-Ferris dual neared in the Washington state meet

*Harrier All-Americans: Top 10 boys and 10 girls throughout the country with the Foot Locker Nationals a month away

*College Special: 4 teams with high hopes-from NCAA I, NCAA II, NCAA III and NAIA-and how they're preparing for the national championships.

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*Texas team makes every race a good one based on unconventional "Paavo" training methods (like intervals the day before meets)

*Harrier All-Americans: A dozen stars from coast to coast who are burning up the trails in mid-season

*Anchor runner Peter Vizcarrondo of NY City, helps his Collegiate team to a #1 NE ranking and high national ranking. And he had to overcome some difficult issues to do it (like breathing)

*New entry into Harrier Coaches Hall of Fame is a beloved educator from California

*Teams On The Move include Ferris (WA) boys, Dexter (MI) boys, Roosevelt (MD) girls, The Woodlands (TX) boys, Tupelo (MS) girls and West Valley (AK) girls, big winners at this season's first state meet

*She talks to her feet: How comebacking Shalane Flanagan, former UNC NCAA X-C champ, got back into great shape following foot surgery

*Low budget, high results: It's nationally ranked U-Portland, pride of the NW, coached by Rob Connor, in a no-holds-barred "Harrier" interview

*Frosh fortunes: How top college frosh navigate freshman cross-country, and all the big changes in moving away from home and HS team to a new, and sometimes threatening environment

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*High School All-Americans: 17 national stars, like senior Matt Tebo (NM) and frosh Emily Sisson (NE), running well in the early season

*"Anchor" runner Tari Helmers of North Dakota, a star in her own right as Minot High's 5 th -scorer

*Teams on the move: 16 boys and girls teams (like Woodridge, OH, boys and Episcopal, FL, girls) setting the pace nationwide in early season

*The Harrier Interview: Stanford coach Peter Tegen on his NCAA champion women's team, coaching men vs. women, using core body training and other provocative ideas

*College recruiting: Q&A with the master, Vin Lananna, who brought HS stars to Stanford and is now doing the same at Oregon

*Picking the "cool" school? Editor Marc Bloom's commentary on using a different mindset for college selection

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*State Stars: Top runners, teams and match-ups in all 50 states

*All-Americans: Top 50 boys and 50 girls nationwide

*Super 25: Pre-Season Team Rankings for boys and girls

*Coaches: Inductees announced for new Hall of Fame

*"Anchor" runners: Key scorers come through in middle of the pack

*Foot Locker: Top 7 favorites for the national title

*Nike Team Natls: Pre-Season regional rankings for 2006 event

*Amazing Comeback: Kara Goucher's new life in good health

*He's won 41 NCAA titles: Coach John McDonnell on training

*Leap of Faith: Steepler Jen Barringer, on NCAA title as a freshman

*New 5k Star: Matt Tegenkamp, threatening the 13-minute barrier

*Confidence Primer: Be cool, work hard, relax, be patient.

*In a Walk: How Ohio teen ran a 3:46 1500 (4:04 mile)

*Head Cases: Psych advice from runner who's "been there"

*College Frosh: Who went where, more than 100 college choices

*NCAA: Wisconsin (men), Stanford (women) favored to repeat

*Up Close & Personal: Getting to know your athletes

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THE ANCHORWOMAN: The self-less approach taken by Hilton (NY) soph Ashley Jones, the team's 5 th runner in the squad's Nike Team Nationals victory last December. Jones has been steadily improving since 7 th grade, and has demonstrated a big-meet temperament for coach Mike Szczepanik.

THE LONG RUN SOLUTION: The critical importance of the weekly long run for all athletes, and how to make it most effective, no matter what your background. Leading coaches and elite runners describe their approaches with useful advice to gain physical and mental strength from going long.

FOOT LOCKER GIRLS--HOW THEY TRAIN: Methods of the 40 finalists from San Diego, part 2 of our annual survey (in March issue, we covered the boys). See how these stars ran in summer and fall, committed to peak efforts in the big meets and an injury-free season. Weekly mileage, specific workouts, cross-training, and attitude. It's all here.

GREAT MEETS FOR FALL RACING: Our annual preview of major fall inter-state invitationals, where the top action will take place throughout the country. Plan now for fun, fitness and fast times. Meet other top teams from your region and beyond.

NIKE TEAM NATIONALS-TOP TEAMS COMING BACK FOR '06: An early look at the nationals' picture for fall with a list of the top squads' 2005 lineups, and each harrier's year in school. Which teams have 3 of top 7 coming back; which have 6 of 7. Follow these teams through the spring season.

MICHAEL EATON-WORLD XC TEAM MEMBER: The Kentucky HS champ is on a roll after a great fall and winter, and Eaton tells what it was like to run the recent world championship meet in Japan, where he competed in the junior 8k event.

2006 SUMMER CAMP DIRECTORY: The most complete list of summer camps nationwide, with all the information necessary to make smart choices for this summer. An expansion on the Directory that appeared in the March issue. Take advantage of the camp experience. There's a camp for every need and budget.

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--Exclusive Summer Camp Directory details dozens of outstanding camps nationwide. The SOURCE for all camp info. Pick the best one for your needs. Learn from the experts. Runners of all abilities have much to gain from the camp experience.

--As a high school runner, should you push to the limit now? Or hold back and pace yourself, thinking of the long-term? A look at 2 different approaches, one from a New York star, the other the son of an all-time great.

--Special Report from the recent USA XC Nationals in the Bronx: Advice from leading coaches on hard work, team values, summer training, peaking college prep, racing frequency, and more. a 33-point primer on how to train and race year-around.

--Special Report on the training of the Foot Locker boys finalists: Our annual review of the training approaches, workouts, physical and mental game plans, of the 40 elite-level boys who competed in the 2005 event in December. Tons of great info for all runners. (Next issue, we cover the girls.)

--For USA junior team member Marie Lawrence, the 3-time Foot Locker runner-up from Reno (NV) High, it's sushi time! Lawrence made the USA world team and will soon be on her way to the world meet in Japan. She expects a great running-and eating-experience.

--Quality over Quality: Find out how the Pennsylvania state XC champion girls from Greater Latrobe High pulled off a great season last fall. It was not from mega-mileage but carefully chosen speed-based workouts. Says the coach, "I would say that 75 percent of our workouts contained some sort of fast foot work," says the coach.

--Nike Team Nationals: An assessment after 2 years, says Harrier editor Marc Bloom, is that NTN has become the premier running event in America-an invaluable tribute to team values sorely needed among youth today. Every teammate counts.

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--Masters of the Mud: How Saratoga Springs boys and Hilton girls gave NY teams a sweep of Nike Team Nationals titles in Portland

--Behind the scenes at NTN: how teams trained and prepared for the big event

--The Young and the Restless: interviews with Foot Locker champions A.J. Acosta, an "Out There" (his words) leader on his team, at school, everywhere, and 14-year-old freshman Jordan Hasay, the girls winner

--Final Super 25 Rankings: Top 25 boys and girls teams nationwide with compilation of all-time rankings point leaders since 1989, plus 26-50 ranked teams

--Final regional rankings

--VS Athletics "All-Americans": top 50 boys and 50 girls nationwide plus best by grade

--The Harrier Interview with Ari Lambie: Stanford star who led the Cardinals' women to the NCAA XC title has come back after injuries caused two red-shirt seasons

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--Time for the Nationals: Nike Team Nationals and Foot Locker Championships Previews

--Nation's Top 100 High School Runners: Boys and Girls by Region

--42 State Meets: Covering the country with rundown of how top teams in every state scored to win

--How They Did It: State champs in Colorado, Indiana and Vermont reveal the training and focus that led to their state titles

--Danielle Tauro of NJ: State champ and national contender has big appetite, beautiful form and a combination of speed and strength

--Bill Sumner Interview-Part 2: The amazing California coach of national #1 Corona del Mar girls (and 2,000 adult runners) tells how he does it

--College star Josh McDougal (Liberty) as he prepared for the NCAA --The New High School Coaches' Hall of Fame-Send in your nominations

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--Taking the Risks: Should you push harder, and even reach 100 miles a week?

--7th and 8th graders on varsity: Pros and Cons from leading coaches

--Ivy League Women: 4 stars (from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia) poised for the NCAA champs

--Help for runners on eating and weight issues from ECHO-Eating Concerns and Health Outreach-at Yale University, a program run by former Foot Locker finalist and Yale runner Julia Pudlin, who's had 10 stress fractures stemming from eating issues.

--Dathan Ritzenhein: The Comeback Kid is fit again after blisters and a foot injury incurred by playing soccer with a dog (hey, Ritz is just like us) messed up his summer plans

--The Harrier Interview: first of two parts, with amazing California coach Bill Sumner, who coaches national #1 girls Corona Del Mar-plus 2,000 adult runners on a weekly basis

--Early state meets come in: See the lineups and team stats from big winners like Mt. View boys (UT), Fremont girls (UT), etc. --VS Athletics All-Americans: 16 of the latest stars who are setting the pace nationwide

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Coach Scott Raczko's program for Alan Webb, and his Oakton (VA) High team

Kingwood (TX) girls--they don't like to run slow

Manhattan meet: Former high jumper propels Fayetteville boys to #1 ranking

Great American: Once clueless, Murdock gives Saratoga boys some respect

100 miles a week and never injured: how an emerging NCAA II star trains

In the chute: do most runners know how to run through the finish?

17 All-Americans: latest stars from across the country

New Super 25 Rankings: Record-setting Corona Del Mar (CA) girls vault to #1

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*Interview with U-Michigan coach Ron Warhurst on training the greats

*Iron deficiency, fatigue, and what you can do about it (hint: eat meat)

*Interview with coach Bill Aris of national power Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) High

*Recruiting rules: how to get noticed and relate to college coaches

*HS All-Americans: 18 stars looking good in the early-season

*Lauren Fleshman profile, how she's excelled in HS, college and the pros

*Coaching strategies for tops teams including Fort Collins (CO) High

*Latest Super 25 National Rankings

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Preview Issue Line-up Includes:

*A Cross Country Primer: training, and gaining, from the cross-country experience.

*Families and Teams: Moms and dads who set the pace for their young runners.

*Coming Back From Injury: World-class runner Adam Goucher on coping strategies.

*Surge Training For a Great Kick: How one leading high school coach uses "surge training" to give his runners an edge.

*Frosh Phenom Starts High School: A record-breaking age-group star from NJ, Brianna Jackucewicz, brings a long and controversial resume to high school cross-country.

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*Coaching the Duke Women: Learn the training system that enabled the upstart Blue Devils to take 2 nd in the '04 NCAA XC.

*State Previews: Complete previews, boys and girls, of all 50 states.

*VS Athletics Pre-Season All-Americans: Top 50 boys and top 50 girls from across the country.

*Nike Team Nationals: the event is off and running for '05 with defending champs York boys of Illinois and Saratoga Springs girls of NY the early favorites to repeat.

*Foot Locker Nationals: Top contenders for the individual national title in '05.

*Out of Africa: A pair of Ethiopian brothers could have a big impact on the national scene. They've only been in the U.S. three years.

*California Dreaming: Meet the Calif. coach whose handles 2,700 athletes a week including 200 on his HS team, a contender for state and national honors.

*Great Sports: A new program honoring high school runners who help teammates and their team with personal acts of good will. Send us your candidates.

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