TERRE HAUTE – Ashley Erba returned to her winning ways Sunday. The Warsaw Community High School cross country star won the Nike Cross Nationals Mid-West Regional Qualifier meet on a very windy and mild day at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course. Erba, who was second Oct. 27 at the IHSAA State Finals meet …read more.

  In a recent cross country meet against South Whitley Elementary School, Pierceton Elementary School had four of the top six runners. The PES Cross Country team, coached by Paula Popenfoose, is composed of mostly third, fourth and fifth graders. Those top runners in the South Whitley were Kaiden Templeton, Sara Walters, Lily Spurlin and Paige …read more.

GRAND RAPIDS – Both the men’s and women’s cross country squads for Grace College finished in their fastest times of the season on Saturday at the Great Lakes Challenge. The Lady Lancers’ top four runners were just 35 seconds apart, and the men’s squad finished ahead of three Crossroads League opponents in the race. Jenna …read more.

ELKHART — One of the perks of the boys and girls cross country state tournaments is a runner doesn’t have to run an ‘A’ race to keep a season alive. Wawasee didn’t light the Ox Bow course on fire, but both of its teams did enough to advance to the regional with top-five finishes. The …read more.

  The race for postseason glory starts Tuesday for both highly-touted Warsaw cross country programs. The tournament path this year starts in a different place too for both talented teams. Warsaw will compete in the Culver Academies Sectional Tuesday after years of running in the Elkhart Sectional at Ox Bow Park. The No. 6 boys …read more.

Wawasee had a huge night from its boys cross country team, grabbing two wins over Plymouth and Memorial in the final round robin races ahead of the Northern Lakes Conference championship. Austin Yoder won his first-career race, running an 18:17 to lead Wawasee in a clean sweep of Memorial 15-48 and Plymouth 15-50 on the …read more.

Wawasee Fourth At Culver Invite In the final invitational of the season for the Wawasee cross country teams, the boys placed fourth at the small team standings. Wawasee scored 165 points to take fourth out of 40 teams, short of champion Illiana Christian’s 64, West Lafayette’s 103 and Brebeuf Jesuit’s 144. The Warriors were led …read more.

SYRACUSE — It was Wawasee versus Warsaw. Throughout the pantheon of history, those three words should have harkened extra security and sharp demands for divide and conquer. The mood Tuesday on the Wawasee cross country course, however, was anything but hostile. In fact, the double win by Warsaw in the boys and girls races was …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College cross country teams hosted its only home meet of the season on Saturday with the Lancer Invitational at Miller Field. Both the men’s and women’s team earned top-10 finishers, including Ben Drew for the men and Jenna McClellan for the women. The Lady Lancers finished second out of seven …read more.

SYRACUSE — It wasn’t an ideal night for a 5,000-meter run, but the schedule mandated Northridge and Goshen converge on Wawasee for the boys and girls cross country openers for all three schools. Hot, muggy and downright blech was the atmosphere at the Wawasee cross country course, and with stars unaligned from the three schools, …read more.

Boys XC Claims Marion Title A tour-de-force at the Marion Invite Saturday had the Wawasee boys team take six of the top 15 spots to run away with the team title. Adam Doll won the race with an overall time of 16:55, with teammate Reid Stichter runner-up at 17:07. Fellow Warriors Austin (9th, 17:38), Joey …read more.

WINONA LAKE — The Grace College cross country team brings in a talented roster for the 2012 season. Under the direction of third-year head coach Jeff Raymond, the Lancers hope to fully realize their potential for both the men’s and women’s squads. “Our biggest goal for the year is to continue showing improvement, not just …read more.

Ashley Erba is firmly focused on her future despite a wonderful whirlwind of experiences related to running over the past two months. The Warsaw Community High School long distance superstar is definitely not living in the past though as she prepares to enter her senior season. But, what a summer it was for Erba. The …read more.