A trail of runners race in the Varsity Girls Elite Race at the 3130-meter mark.
Fans at the finish area watch the live results and live video board and await for the ladies in the Varsity Girls Elite Race to run down the homestretch at the Gans Creek Classic.
Ladies sprint to the finish of the Varsity Girls Elite Race under the lights at the Gans Creek Classic twilight session.
After the starter's pistol is shot, boys in the Varsity Elite Race run away from the start line, racing under the lights at the first twilight session at the 6th Annual Gans Creek Classic.
A trail pack from 10th place-on runs through the 3k mark while one fan cheers while holding a printed blown-up head of one racer.
Medalists in the Boys JV Elite race stand on the Greg Hall Champions Plaza after their performance at the 2024 Gans Creek Classic and the first twilight session. The awards area was built after the father, runner, writer, photographer, and ambassador of the sport and young people passed away suddenly in 2020, and $40,000 was quickly raised by friends, family, fans, and strangers.
A plaque memorializing Greg Hall sits in front of the Greg Hall Champions Plaza at Gans Creek Cross Country Course. The Omaha native was a longtime Kansas City area resident and runner. He was a sports columnist who became a valued running and track and field writer, photographer, and ambassador while following his son Shannon's high school and college career.