CEDAR RAPIDS -- Brian Ernst is staying around cross country. Not as a coach, but as a dad.Ernst, who coached Cedar Rapids Xavier's girls to state championships in 2003 and 2006 during his 14-year tenure, confirmed that he has resigned his post."It was a difficult ...

Waverly-Shell Rock's Anna Holdiman was announced Friday as the winner of the 2012-13 Gatorade Iowa Cross Country Runner of the Year. She becomes the first winner of the Gatorade award in the school's history.Holdiman won the Class 3A individual title with a time of 13:51 ...

TROY MILLS -- North Linn cross country coach Bob Mudd has been nominated for National Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.Mudd has coached 36 years at North Linn, taking 29 teams to state. The Lynx won a state championship ...

ALL-METRO GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYFirst TeamStephanie Jenks, fr., Linn-Mar; Alyssa Averhoff, jr., Kennedy; Amber Decker, fr., Linn-Mar; Katie Wampole, sr., Kennedy; Rachel Perry, jr., Linn-Mar; Maddie Saville, soph., Linn-Mar; Allison Culver, jr., Kennedy; Shannon Gorman, jr., Washington.Runner of the year -- Jenks. Coach of the year ...

MARION -- It's far too early to talk about a legacy. It's premature to discuss her standing among the state's all-time greats.All Stephanie Jenks wants to do is run.Jenks is a supremely talented freshman at Linn-Mar High School. She will run at the state cross ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- It was already a memorable season. It has become a banner season.With three runners in the top seven, third-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy captured its first regional girls' cross country title in school history Thursday, claiming a 4A championship banner at Tuma Soccer Complex.A ...

All the resources are there."Decorah is a community for runners," said Patrick Larson, a top runner for the boys' cross country team at Decorah High School. "We've got great trails. We've got (Luther College), which is a great college with a great team. And we've ...

Area conference cross country meet results from Thursday:MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISIONAt Tuma Soccer ComplexGIRLSTeams -- 1. C.R. Kennedy 35, 2. Iowa City West 50, 3. Iowa City High 52, 4. Dubuque Senior 100, 5. C.R. Jefferson 135, 6. Dubuque Hempstead, 7. Waterloo East 218.Individuals -- 1. ...

CEDAR FALLS -- It's almost as if Stephanie Jenks runs on autopilot."I just let my body do what it wants to do," she said.What her body wants to do is run fast. Faster than anybody else.Jenks got out fast, won the individual title with relative ...

LINK TO THEGAZETTE.COM REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT ... HERECEDAR RAPIDS -- The day after Washington High School student Patrick Reirden was hit by a car during cross country practice, his coach and teammates returned to the scene of the accident."We stood at the intersection (of Cottage Grove ...