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A team-by-team look at all of the cross country programs in Boulder and Broomfield counties, as well as Mead, Erie and Frederick.
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Several months after Niwot boys cross country ended its 2024 season, Nike Global Running head coach Chris Bennett put it best: "This is one of the greatest programs in the United States."
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Niwot has dominated the running scene in both track and cross country for the past few years, but a move up to Class 5A in cross country last season saw the Cougars singing a different tune.
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The Cougar boys were the first team from Colorado to win a national title, just as junior Addison Ritzenhein was the first from the area to win an individual crown a year earlier.
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Her entire high school career at Silver Creek had culminated in that glittering, silver-worthy moment. It earned her the Times-Call runner of the year.
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Ritzenhein won the 5A state title with an all-classification time and finished fifth at NXN.
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The locals who made CHSAA's all-state team.
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Miles Miller had been waiting three years to have his breakout in cross country. It turned out he just needed to shed soccer in order to shine on the course.
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Niwot boys cross country shined in its first season under the Class 5A banner, winning the state meet over Valor Christian by just 33 points. The feat, naturally, resulted in CHSAA coach of the year honors for Kelly Christensen, as well as a number of nods on CHSAA's all-state team.
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Niwot junior Hunter Robbie’s brief running career continues to trend upward. […]
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Each full week of the fall season, BoCoPreps is highlighting 10 teams and 10 athletes. […]
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At the Class 3A and 2A levels, six local schools sent at least one athlete to Colorado Springs on Saturday for the state cross country championships.
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At the Class 3A and 2A levels, six local schools sent at least one athlete to Colorado Springs on Saturday for the state cross country championships.
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COLORADO SPRINGS — Three years into her high school career, no bar seems to be too high for Niwot’s Addison Ritzenhein, no triumph insurmountable.
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COLORADO SPRINGS — Three years into her high school career, no bar seems to be too high for Niwot’s Addison Ritzenhein, no triumph insurmountable.
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The Boulder, Longmont and Broomfield areas will be sending 159 individuals and 22 full teams to the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs on Saturday.
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The Boulder, Longmont and Broomfield areas will be sending 159 individuals and 22 full teams to the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs on Saturday.
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A look at some of the best performances last week.
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The best performances from last week. 
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The best performances from last week.
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The best performances from last week. […]
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Boulder’s Pat Patten Invitational always promises elite talent, and even in a scaled-down version, the Panthers know how to show out.
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Boulder’s Pat Patten Invitational always promises elite talent, and even in a scaled-down version, the Panthers know how to show out.
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Few cross country meets provide the type of backdrop of Boulder's Pat Patten Invite. Set in the shadow of the Flatirons, the competition welcomes top talent from all over the state, including in its own backyard.
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Few cross country meets provide the type of backdrop of Boulder's Pat Patten Invite. Set in the shadow of the Flatirons, the competition welcomes top talent from all over the state, including in its own backyard.
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“Delight” may be the last thing a runner thinks about when her lungs are burning and her muscles are going lactic, but Mead junior Ava Mierau has found just the right recipe of motivational and lively leadership to keep her younger teammates going.
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What to keep on eye on for the Week of Sept. 23. 
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After crossing the finish line at one, two, three, four, five, six at the St. Vrain Invite at Lyons High School on Saturday morning, the Cougars put the rest of Class 5A on notice.
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Fifty-eight teams will descend upon Lyons for one of Colorado's biggest meets throughout the regular season, and there will be no shortage of talent in attendance.
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A team by team look at all of the programs in our area.
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Lyons and its XC are closely knit. Part of it comes from the town's togetherness approach in the aftermath of destruction. […]
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Each week through the regular season, BoCoPreps will highlight five games or events to keep an eye on.
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Since winning her first state title in cross country last year, Niwot’s Addy Ritzenhein has become a household name in the world of running.
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Niwot grad makes her second Olympic Games.
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A list of 2024 student-athletes who have committed to sign letters of intent to play in college.
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Running royalty courses through the veins of Boulder County, and on Tuesday morning, a new queen was crowned.
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The Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont areas saw 24 boys make their respective CHSAA all-state lists following strong performances at the cross country state championships at the end of October.
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When Fairview senior Holden Krizek first began his high school running career, he never could have imagined where it would take him by the time he logged his final mile.
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Niwot's Rocco Culpepper finished third in 4A.
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The Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont areas had 18 girls make the Colorado High School Activities Association’s all-state cross country team.
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Niwot sophomore Addy Ritzenhein is already Colorado’s next female distance running icon.
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Kiki Vaughn’s high school running career began in the aftermath of COVID-19, but in the four years since she first stepped onto a cross country course, the senior has been instrumental in reshaping Boulder’s program.
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Niwot cross country can’t stop turning heads. Not on the Colorado scale, and certainly not on the national scale.
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Fairview's boys cross country team fell just short of a Class 5A team runner-up finish at the Norris Penrose Event Center on Saturday afternoon, but senior Holden Krizek couldn't help but beam with pride.
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A quick glance at the statewide best times in Class 2A prior to the CHSAA cross country state championships would show Lyons’ Sage Wynja at No. 13.
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When Niwot girls cross country steps onto the course at the Norris Penrose Event Center for the Class 4A state championships, a team title is almost a foregone conclusion.
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Over the past few weeks, fall sport after fall sport has started to drop off. Cross country is the next event to come to its season acme.
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There’s no proper replacement for experience.
At Friday’s Class 5A and 3A Region 3 cross country meet, the most seasoned runners reigned supreme in their final hurdle before the state championships.
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Through every strong performance that local cross country talent has seen so far in 2023 — and there have been many — few have been as dominant as Centaurus’ boys behind front man Jacob Schwarting.
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Whenever Niwot girls cross country graces a local course, victories generally follow. Saturday’s St. Vrain Invite at Lyons High School was no different. This time around, a win followed a jaw-dropping broken record from — who else — sophomore phenom Addison Ritzenhein.
