The bar was already set pretty high before Daniel Evans ever laced up his running shoes.

Jacob Shiohira entered the cross country season with some personal goals in mind, and there were no shortcuts for him to take to get there.
“I put in the work every day because I knew what I wanted,” the Bentonville sophomore said. “I...

CLASS 7A BOYS
1. Jacob Shiohira, Bentonville
2. Austin Salazar, Rogers High
3. Alex Battaglia, Bentonville
4. Austin Hunt, Bentonville
5. Taylor Bryant, Rogers High

Siloam Springs sophomore Adrienne McGooden was in the final leg of the Class 6A girls state cross country meet at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, running neck and neck with Mountain Home’s Kelsie Harris.

When her record-setting cross country and track year at Rogers High ended last spring, Maggie Montoya looked for another way to take her running to the next level.

All-State Cross Country
Boys
7A
Jacob Shiohira Bentonville
Austin Salazar Rogers High
Alex Battaglia Bentonville

Class 7A state girls cross country champion Rogers Heritage finished in 11th place at the Nike South Cross Country Regional Saturday at the Woodlands, Texas.

It was the first 5-kilometer race for many of the Oklahoma girls participating in the Arkansas-Oklahoma All-Star Cross Country Challenge on Saturday.

Several of Arkansas’ top cross-country runners chose to compete at the Nike South regional championships in Houston, rather than take part in the Arkansas-Oklahoma Cross Country Challenge on Saturday.

John King’s girls and boys cross country teams achieved the greatest tandem success in school history, with the girls repeating their second-place finish from a year ago at the Arkansas State High School Cross Country Championships held in Hot Sp...