Emily Sisson

Emily Sisson, who will join the Wisconsin women's track and field team this fall, ran a personal-best time of 9:16.80 to grab 10th place in the 3,000 meters on the opening night of competition in Moncton, Canada.

The University of Wisconsin's track and field programs will be represented by three athletes on the international stage this week, as the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships are set to take place in Moncton, Canada, beginning Monday.

Emily Sisson, USA, finished 18th overall in the Junior Women's race to lead the USA juniors to 6th place overall.  © Mike Scott http://miscottrunningphoto.shutterfly.com/ 2010.

Emily Sisson, Parkway Central MO, will be among the favorites this weekend in Boston in the NIN 2 Mile.  She boasts a 3k best of 9:25.70.  (Photos by Margot Kelly and Don Rich)

Emily Sisson led all prep girls with a 2nd place finish at the USAT Cross Country Championships in the Junior girls race.  (Photo by Margot Kelly)

 Athletes from across the country made it official today as they signed their letters of intent.  Keep checking back as we continue to add photos of athletes. Send your photos!

Big River Running Company Co-Owner Ben Rosario sat down with Missouri State Champion Emily Sisson in December to talk about her career thus far, what lies ahead for 2010 and about her future at the University of Wisconsin. Below is the article that will aslo appear in the next issue of Missouri Runner and Triathlete magazine. Enjoy!

Emily Sisson returns to San Diego this weekend for her fourth consecutive Foot Locker Nationals berth as she looks to wrap up her fantastic high school career with a strong showing in her final race at Balboa Park. After a sensational third place debut as a freshmen, Sisson had struggled in her last two trips to Foot Locker finals finishing outside of the top 20. Overcoming a diagnosis of Graves disease (overactivity of the thyroid gland) last year, Sisson has bounced back to top form as shown with her Nike Outdoor Nationals 5K victory last June and strong cross country this season fall including most recently a runner-up finish at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional. She joins an elite and small club of four-time Foot Locker Finalist, but looks to do more than just appear in a fourth straight national race. She wants to compete with the best and become an All-American once again.

Megan Goethals will enter next weekend's Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships as one of a few strong race favorites coming off her decisive win at the Midwest Regional in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The senior from Rochester High School in Michigan is the top returnee from last year's race with her third place run at Balboa Park in 2008 and is the #1 ranked in the country by MileSplit US with one of the fastest 5K performances in the season with her 16:54 course record breaking performance at Michigan State Meet earlier this month. One of her top competitors will be Foot Locker South regional champion Chelsey Sveinsson of Texas, who Goethals beat out for third place in last year's Foot Locker finals and then took two second place finishes in the mile and two mile at Nike Outdoor Nationals last June. Brandon Miles of MileSplit US interview Goethals as she prepares for the national race.

  Photo courtesy John Olson, SCRUNNERS                                                    

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  Photo courtesy: John Olson, South Carolina Runner's  

The second edition of the Milesplit Sweet 16 Individual National Rankings features new faces and familiar names  

The 2009 Missouri High School Cross Country Season is right around the corner and what better way to kick things off than with an article about two of the best cross country runners the State has ever seen! Big River caught up with returning Foot Locker finalists Emily Sisson and Diane Robison shortly after the Nike Outdoor Nationals in North Carolina. The following article will also appear in Missouri Runner and Triathlete Magazine and was written by Big River co-owner Ben Rosario. Make sure to check out the Big River site all year long for articles, rankings, pictures, videos and more!

  Parkway Central junior Emily Sisson won the 5K race at Nike Outdoors last Thursday.  Her time of 16:34.36 is the fastest 5K time in the country this season and second fastest ever at Nike Outdoor.  5K Race Summary Full Nike Outdoor results and coverage...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Even when Solomon Haile didn’t look as indestructible as people have been accustomed to, his pace still proved abusive to those that followed. Even when his stride length shortened and his lead shrank, he surged again and stifled any hope of chasing him down.

James White, a junior from Grandview High School in Missouri, took over as the national leader in the boys high jump with his 7'3.25" clearance at the Kansas Relays on Friday. After a string of 7 foot clearances in his last two meets, White took himself to new heights in the event at KU. Matt Byers extended his national lead in the javelin throw with a mark of 213'1". The Wichita East (KS) senior held the US #1 mark previously at a 204'11" season best in the javelin. The girls 3200 had a fast finishing top 3 including Emily Sisson (MO) in first at 10:31.07, Megan Yohe in second at 10:31.26, and Avery Clifton (KA) in third at 10:40.09. A close race between Sisson and Yohe ended up producing US #6 and US #7 times in the event. Kelby Dias, a senior from Sierra High School in Colorado, won the boys' 300 meter hurdles with a time which will just rank him outside of the US top 10 at 37.89. Dias is the fastest qualifier for Saturday's 110 meter hurdles finals also. Kansas Relays Results: Friday HS Boys - Friday HS Girls Check out the Live Results link during Saturday's events.

Emily Sisson will face Ashley Brasovan,  Kathy Kroeger, Stephanie Morgan and Jessica Tonn in a rare mid-season showdown of some of the nation's top harriers this weekend at the Great American XC Festival in Hoover, AL.

In this week's Monday News and Notes section we talk about the return of Dakota Ridge's Kaitie Vanatta.  We also discuss the opener of all-American Emily Sisson (pictured far left by Tracy Rollins) and focus forward to the big weekend ahead, which includes the first state championships of the season, this one taking place in Alaska.

With the second full week of the cross country season complete and in the books, many of the top athletes around the country have now had a chance to compete in some sort of competition. Each week we'll rank the top 12 athletes in each region, and now things start to get exciting as the big meets start to crank up with the season swinging into full gear.