HOLYOKE — Greenfield cross country coach Stu Elliott calls sophomore Amy O’Sullivan “the real deal.”
After winning her fourth straight victory of the fall in Tuesday’s quad meet with Holyoke Catholic, Central and Mohawk&nb...

Note: Although five kilometers (3.1 miles) is the norm for cross country courses, not all of the Western Mass. high school courses feature that distance. As such, sometimes seemingly slower speeds are ranked higher, as we treat 3.1 as our benchmark. Al...

With a few weeks in the books, some of the top athletes in Western Mass. are starting to establish themselves at the top of the leaderboards. You can find the latest scoring leaders in soccer and field hockey, as well as the top cross country performan...

WILBRAHAM — Minnechaug’s Heather Leckey won the race against a talented Northampton girls cross country team on Tuesday, finishing Minnechaug’s 3.1-mile course in 21:10 as the Falcons fell to the Blue Devils, 23-38.
Leckey’s tim...

Agawam's Erin Dustin placed first set a new freshman course record at Robinson State Park Tuesday, but the Belchertown girls cross country team won the meet 20-43.

Dustin's time broke a record set by Agawam's Jenny Dudek in 2007. Dustin's time was 20:...

NOTE: Each week, MassLive cross country beat writer Mark C. Volain will select one of the week’s top performers for The Rundown, a hybrid profile that features both Q & A and standard article formats. The gender will alternate week-to-week, start...