At the New Balance Games this past weekend, many of the top prep milers converged at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York City, squaring off to see who would earn early indoor season bragging rights. A stacked boys field was highly competitve,...

Already one of the greatest high school cross country runners of all-time, Illinois' Lukas Verzbicas (Sr., Sandburg H.S., IL) is taking his shot at becoming a true legend on the track, too.

Earlier this month, Verzbicas announced that he will not run...

Happy New Year! We're excited for 2011 and hope you are too. The past six years have been a wild ride for the Midwest Distance Gala, but in 2011, we're taking what we've built to a whole new level. We'll make a few announcements in the coming weeks, bu...

Aisling Cuffe (Sr., Cornwall, NY), who ranks as the nation's top cross country runner, verbally committed to Stanford University earlier this month. Cuffe joins an amazing recruiting class for the Cardinal, which includes Jim and Joe Rosa from New Jers...

While the high school cross country season is hitting its peak, the college recruiting process is doing much the same. Over the past few weeks, many of the top prep harriers have begun to announce where they'll take their talents next fall. Here are a ...

The Distance Gala Report

For the past three years, American high school distance running fans have been in awe of the talents of Lukas Verzbicas (Sr., Sandburg, IL).  Verzbicas busted onto the scene as a freshman, setting national records, beati...

Over the weekend, 2010 Nike Cross Nationals individual champion Craig Lutz (Sr., Marcus, TX) verbally committed to the University of Texas.  The multi-time state champion decided upon the Longhorns after strongly considering the University of ...

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For the past four years, Laura Roesler (Sr., Fargo South, ND) has gone about her track season flying under the national radar, winning event after event, showing time and again that she is a rare combination of speed and strength.  Then, ...