After a slow week one, action on the trails will pick up speed this week when several invitationals and duals are held across the state.Two of the biggest names in the sport will make their season debuts this week-BRIANA GESS OF HADDONFIELD AND US #1 C...

With only a few big meets during the opening weekend of the season, there's not very much movement in the NJ XC Boys Top 20 compared to the preseason rankings.But there was one team that moved into the rankings this week. Middletown North went from unr...

HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME THINGS WE LEARNED FROM WEEK ONE OF THE NJ XC SEASON!!These are in no particular order.1-Catherine Pagano of Northern Highlands is super fit.The senior star at Northern Highlands, who missed nearly the entire season last year with ...

After a breakout sophomore season on the trails last year, big things were expected from Sierra Castaneda when she took the line to open her season on Saturday night at the Randolph Invitational at Freedom Park.And the West Morris star delive...

One of the best things about the opening week of the cross-country season is seeing runners that ran under the radar in the past emerge as potential stars.Jagger Garguilo of West Orange wasted no time showing that he looks like he's heading for a break...

Catherine Pagano of Northern Highlands and Patrick Sullivan of Don Bosco Prep had the fastest times of the day and led their squads to the top team performances at the first Big North Conference meet of the season on Saturday at Darlington Park in Mahw...

Paul Ehmann of Mendham, who got his season off to a great start with a victory on Friday night at the Randolph Invit, told me after his race at Freedom Park about a couple official college visits he has lined up.Ehmann, who won the B race at the Randol...

Ok, now that first weekend of the NJ season is in the books, it's time to look back at all the top highlights.There aren't a lot of meets to go over as the Randolph Invit. at Freedom Park on Saturday night was the only real big Invitational held.There ...

Paul Ehmann spent much of his summer pounding out miles with his brother, Pete, on the trails of Jockey Hollow and Patriots Path and the streets in Morris County.The senior at Mendham didn't run more miles than his usual summer training, but his brothe...

All day and all night there was the threat of thunder and lightning in the Randolph area, but it looked like the Randolph Invitational on Friday night might luck out and finish before any bad weather rolled into Freedom Park.MEET RECAPBut during the bo...