SMITHTON • Triad junior Abigail Richter was a little concerned with the runners from Breese Mater Dei, but she ran the race she wanted anyway and came away as the individual champion in the Fr…

Coach Carl Florczyk's boys and girls cross country squads at Freeburg High are routinely among the best in Class 1A.

EDWARDSVILLE • Nerinx Hall senior Sophia Racette turned on the jets around mile 1-mark Saturday and blew away the competition at the Edwardsville Invitational at SIU-Edwardsville.

CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

ST. LOUIS • Mikayla Reed s running diary over the summer included at least one horror tale.

ST. LOUIS • If Hannah Long and Taylor Werner had been in different cross-country meets Saturday morning, they likely would have traded notes with each other about how they ran.