cross country

Florida HS Track and Field Athlete May Sue Following Sucker Punch
According to multiple reports, the Florida high school track and field runner who was caught on film being run down from behind and sucker-punched during a race last week is considering pressing charges or filing a lawsuit against the student-athlete...

Clemson to Reinstate, Add Teams Post-COVID
Following months of discussion with student-athletes, their representatives, families, supporters, and others, Clemson University and the Department of Athletics announced earlier this week it will continue men’s outdoor and indoor track & fiel...

Preparing Your Team for Every Problem During the Season
Early in my 40-year coaching career, a colleague told me something that has proven to be true. He said, “If you stay in coaching very long, you will have teams that you don’t think are going to be very good, but they will shock you with how ...

CIAC Cites Low COVID Transmission for Fall Sports
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) released a report late last week that shared the contract tracing details by local departments of health and found that the rate of transmission was extremely low. According to a report in...

Hawaii Cancels March State Championships
The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) is forgoing its March 2021 state championships under their modified calendar, affecting air riflery, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, outrigger canoe paddling, soccer, swimming and ...

Where Each State Stands with Fall Sports
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has kept an updated tracker of where all 50 states stand in their efforts to resume fall sports safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending on how hard their region has been hit, so...

Climate Control: Handling Heat Acclimation in Athletes
The entire sports world hopes and prays for a return to normalcy by the Autumn of 2020 following a spring and summer rife with cancellations and disappointments. A return to the former status quo would mean that fall athletes will be gearing up for t...

Benefits of individual postseason meetings
“To be a good leader, you have to listen,” said veteran Indiana Tech baseball coach Kip McWilliams, who led his team to the 2019 NAIA World Series and was named ABCA Regional Coach of the Year. One of the most important times for McWilliams t...