Edward Cheserek took the lead with a blistering run up the final hill and then held on over the challenging 3.1-mile Balboa Park course to win the Foot Locker National Championships boys race.

San Diego High alum Marc Davis says go out fast and stick with the leaders

For just a fraction of a second it looked like La Costa Canyon’s Darren Fahy might suffer his first loss of the season — in a race where a loss is acceptable since the top 10 qualify for Nationals.

In the 25 years that the high school cross country State Championships have been held, the San Diego Section has had numerous individual champions and several times had multiple top-10 finishers.

Runner likes Fresno’s Woodward Park course

School supremacy at stake in battle among Mavericks

After Darren Fahy ran the fastest time of the day to capture the Team Sweepstakes race at the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, La Costa Canyon High coach Bill Vice was asked if Fahy was the best runner in the state.

El Capitan High cross country runner Daniel Gomez knows his mother can’t attend many of his races. He needs only to come home, see her and their proudly decorated house to know she cares.

La Costa Canyon senior striving to combine his talent with toughness

Runners in cross country often look like they aren’t having a lot of fun either during the race or afterward.