Cross Country

Riely Newport was named the Daily Chronicle Runner of the Year for the third straight season as his cross country career at DeKalb comes to an end.

Youth dominated in girls' cross country this season, with the all-area team featuring just one senior runner. We take a look at the best girls runners from our area this season.

DeKalb, Sycamore and Kaneland runners had strong showings this year on the boys' side. We look at some of the best performances on our all-area team

Here are the BCR Male Cross Country Runners of the Year over the years

At state, a more confident House plodded through a muddy and wet course in Peoria to place 60th in 16:43.51, an improvement of 96 places from a year before.

Here are the female BCR Runners of the Year over the years

A look at the top area boys cross country runners

The biggest obstacle in front of Bureau Valley senior Elijah House when he lined up to start a cross country race wasn’t any runner next to him. It was himself.

Here are the leading ladies from the 2022 Bureau County cross country season

Hinsdale Central junior Aden Bandukwala, who won the first state championship in Hinsdale cross country history earlier this month, is the Suburban Life boys cross country Athlete of the Year. Here is his story, and the All-Area list.

Oswego East senior and Bradley commit Parker Nold, who took second place at regionals and sectionals and eighth place for his second straight top 10 finish at state, is the Record Newspapers boys cross country Athlete of the Year.

York senior and Vanderbilt recruit Bria Bennis, who took third place at state and led the Dukes to second place as a team with their best team score ever in Peoria, is the 2022 Suburban Life Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year.

Oswego senior and Iowa commit Audra Soderlind, who overcame two separate injuries to win conference, regional and sectional titles and was a Class 3A All-Stater for the second straight year, is the Record Newspapers girls cross country Athlete of the Year.

Sandwich freshman Sunny Weber, who took second place in the Class 1A state cross country race in 17:26.38, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

The Bureau Valley senior capped his career by placing 60th with a time of 16:43.91. It was an amazing improvement of 96 places from his 156th-place finish last year.