Many runners keep up with their spacing, their pack, or track timing at certain checkpoints throughout a race. The dynamics of cross country running—something that otherwise seems overly simplified and linear in nature—are the ebb and flow of the pacing from start to finish. Not only do runners have to be physically talented, but they have to train the mind to become part of that rhythm.
2016 BOYS RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Tyler Fox, Lambert
Longhorns junior overcame injury to lead Lambert to first state title