At the start line along with 174 other girls is the Texas High girls Cross Country team awaiting the fire of the gun. From July to October they have conditioned and trained for the biggest meet of the...

There is  2.7% of the population that have run a 5k yearly. The Texas High Cross Country Team does it weekly. Every day they get up before the sun to run as fast as they can for as long as they can, which...

Running can be described in many ways, depending on who is asked. For some, running is described as the devil’s workout. For others, it is a necessary evil. For one Texas High School runner, it is his...

Junior Owen Likins advanced to the state cross country meet after placing sixth in the UIL 5A Region 2 Championship on Oct. 22. Likins ran the race with a time of 15:37 allowing him to place sixth out...

He comes to a stop, hands on his knees, breathing heavily. He can’t hear the noise around him because of the beating of his own heart and blood rushing in his ears. He looks around at the red clay track...

Two months and the crutches. Two months, fifteen days, and the boot. Three months and nothing, but literally, nothing. Everyone said the recovery process would be the easy part. Hi, I'm Lauren, I'm...

The finish line is just a couple hundred meters ahead and the pain throughout the race has been unbearable. The runner digs down and surges forward in order to keep his postseason hopes alive. He crosses...