Chris Schwartz

The top boys' 5-kilometer performances produced at the Clovis XC Invitational meet history.

A list of California's Cross County Gatorade Player of the Year Award Winners since 2007.

Southlake's Reed Brown (TX) coasted to a 15:01.80 en route to victory at Foot Locker Nationals in 2016, posting the 36th fastest time run at Balboa Park.

Highland's (AZ) Leo Daschbach recorded the fastest out-of-state boys 3-mile at the Mt. Sac Invitational in 2019, running 14:32.00.

Check out the best marks ran at the Mt. SAC XC Invitational!

A look at the best ever marks on the Clovis XC Invitational course!

San Diego Francis Parker HS senior Kenan Pala placed second in the 2021 race but where does he rank all-time among CA boys at the XC National Championships?

Colin Sahlman's 14:26.50 from last season is the second-fastest boys time ever on the Woodward Park 5K course at the CIF-State Championships.

Each week here at MileSplit we will be giving you a quick look at four of the nation's best runners in our new feature called MileSplit Fast Four. Featured this week are Sarah Andrews (TX), Chris Schwartz (CA), Melanie Thompson (NJ) and Andrew Colley (VA).

With only six of the twenty Foot Locker finalists from last year returning back in 2008, the West seems to be wide open for newcomers to make names for themselves. Leading the way on the girls side is '05 national champion and '07 third placer Jordan Hasay (CA) (pictured above by John Herzog), while Chris Schwartz (CA) is the lone male national returnee.

With the track and field season coming to an end, and teams across the land getting coming into the heart of their summer cross country training, we take a look forward towards the fall and what lies ahead. To kick-off our 2008-2009 cross country coverage we take a look at the top ten male returnees, which includes a trio of Colorado athletes, all of whom are Foot Locker National returnees as well. While athletes like German Fernandez, Mike Fout, Chris Derrick, Colby Lowe and Luke Puskedra have all moved on, a new class of distance talent is ready to take over and create their own legacy. (Pictured left: Colorado's Bobby Nicolls is the top Foot Locker returnee)