The top teams and runners from five New England states are headed for a showdown at Thetford on Saturday, and speed will be the name of the game.
We rank the top 30 teams in the NYSPHSAA and also recognize a top 10 from the CHSAA-PSAL-NYSAIS conferences.
The Sectional meets and most of the other conference championships have run their course, so now we look at how the teams stack up.
Two determined champions rose to the top on CIAC Open Friday to win championships, but how did they do it?
They came, they ran, they conquered. See the photos from the CIAC Open.
Watch all the videos from a fantastic day at the Open.
Teams ran for Class titles on Monday, and though there's no guarantees that the Open contenders will repeat those efforts, we show how they stack up.
Watch all the films from a fantastic CIAC Divisional meet.
The first teams get going for hot action in Sections 4, 9, and 10.
Monday morning blues are a thing of the past as teams gear up for big action in the Class races at the Divisional.
Class warfare is about to break out again on Monday, and it should all be a blast.
A relaxed weekend served as the opener for the frenetic weeks ahead.
The quiet weeks for the rankings are ending as we head into the time of Sectionals and big conference championships.
Heated league action set the stage for this Saturday's Class warfare.
Ridgefield won by a big amount on both sides of the FCIAC action as Katherine Rector and Ludlowe's Nate Cramer placed 1st.
In a weekend of light action, there was at least one key ratings boost.
Guilford and Xavier were tops at the SCC Championship, but there were lots of highlights in all the races.
In a week that was mainly quiet except at Burnt Hills, one class saw a lot of change at the top.
Glastonbury and Hall, Brooke Strauss and Callum Sherry, all took home the big trophies at the CCC Championship.
You can eat the hills for breakfast or snack them for lunch in the afternoon. The Mercy girls have their own unique outlook about them.
The two latest weeks of CT running have featured a big gathering at Wickham Park plus visits by some teams to the Manhattan Invite.
Some teams went to Van Cortlandt Park and survived, but for others there was no escape from Manhattan. The Week 4 rankings tell the story.
At the Manhattan Invite a flock of Eagles soared high, and some big feats were observed elsewhere too.
Some new teams entered the rankings from the McQuaid meet while the nation's top team got its machine cranked up at Guilderland.
The McQuaid Invite was the big story of the weekend, but a few other meets had a big impact.
Do you accept cookies? If you have the snazziest costumes and best hair day at the Slope, of course. They came, they ate, they conquered.
The Falcons of Xavier have run to 12 Open championships since their first in 1975. Is a 13th on the horizon?
CT teams and runners were on a hot streak and smashing records on the way to October.
Some major changes happened for the boys in the weekend before McQuaid and Manhattan.
New Milford opened a lot of eyes on Saturday at the Bowdoin Classic.