The area has always had a bevy of talent in track and field for girls, but over the past five years, the distance talent has skyrocketed. Many would say it's at a level that this area has never seen, ...

During his tenure as the cross country and track and field coach at Montgomery High School, Larry Meredith coached a future two-time Olympian and an American record holder — but in February 2020, his ...

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started ...

St. Albert Council Bluff's Lili Denton runs to the finish line during the 2024 Iowa state cross country meet on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Fort Dodge. / Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK ...

Franklin High School star distance runner Emily Orr has made her collegiate choice. Orr, who is a senior, has verbally committed to run for the Big 12 Conference member Texas Tech in Lubbock. "Texas ...

The 2025 N.J. outdoor track and field season is upon us and next up on our discipline previews are the distance runners. The mid and long-distance talent in N.J. is some of the best in the country and ...

"If it was the last thing I did before I died, I wanted to race a horse," Nicole Teeny said after her epilepsy diagnosis. NBC Universal, Inc. Nicole Teeny was the dark horse. She took her place at the ...