Here is the All-Txrunning Distance team. We still have the throws, hurdles, and class teams coming this week.

We are getting lots of reports of college signings and posting them as soon as they come in.  Please keep sending your updates.  If you do a signing ceremony please send us the photos and I'll post them in this article.   Comment to this article to announce your signings or email it to jason@flrunners.com.  Here is a the complete list of our current Florida signings/commitments...

 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!

Photo by Alex Aldaco

We recognize the top performances at the State Meet with the Txrunning All-5A Teams. We recognize the the top 28 runners with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mention teams. A medal will be added to each athletes Txrunning profile.

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

Connor Adams and Rachel Johnson had great 5000m meters races at the Southlake Carroll Meet on Saturday. Connor made a statement that he was going to be a contender this year with the victory in a state leading time of 15:05 while Rachel raced an impressive 18:07.

This is our next to last installment of the preseason series.Today we look at the boys first  team. The lists consist of what we think are the best runners in the state coming into the 2009 season. The lists are seperated by first team, second team, third team and honorable mention. last installment will be on Wednesday.

Congratulations to Connor Adams (Flower Mound) and Sarah Andrews (The Woodlands) for winning the Txrunning Athlete of the Week award. Connor ran a tremendous state leading 1600 and Sarah Andrews did the same with the 3200m. Her time places her #5 on our on time list. Check out top 500 all time list.

The talent came out today at Nike South. The boys elite race did not dissappoint with a competition for the team title and a dominant victory in the individual title. The individual race was highlighted by state contenders Zachary Ornelas, Craig Lutz, Reed Connor and Paul Snyder in 5A. Along with the best in the 5A division 4A and 2A featured state contenders 4A Alex De La Garza and 2A Contender Nathan Collier. The weather was perfect for a fast race and that is just what happened as the first mile was quick with Lutz coming through with a slight lead in 4:29. The rest of the pack were as follows: Zachary Ornelas 4:30 Reed Connor 4:30 Jimmy Welin 4:30 Neil Smith 4:30 CJ Brown 4:31 Paul Snyder 4:31 Chase Rathke 4:31 CJ Jessett 4:31 Drew Butler 4:31 Ryan Dohner 4:32 Connor Adams 4:32 Parker Stinson 4:35 Alex De La Garza 4:47 At 2 miles Lutz continued to open up his lead on the pack. Lutz was through approx at 9:30 followed by Zachary Ornelas 9:33 Reed Connor 9:33 Paul Snyder 9:34 Parker Stinson 9:38 CJ Brown 9:39 Jimmy Welin 9:39 Ryan Dohner 9:41 Alex De La Garza 9:41 Chase Rathke 9:42 Connor Adams 9:43 Drew Butler 9:44 Neil Smith 9:45 Lutz then made the same surge I saw him make at Marcus I Invitatoinal to gap the field after the 2 mile mark and nobody could respond. Lutz won the race in 15:13. Nike South Invitational Meet Results Video- Coming Photo Album: Nike South Invitational Boys Elite Photo Album: Nike South Invitational Girls Elite Photo Album: Nike South Invitational Varsity Boys Photo Album: Nike South Invitational Girls Varsity 5k Nike South Preview The team title was just as exciting as The Woodlands edged out Cedar Park 88-90. The Woodlands were up on the team scores at 2 miles 76-91 on Cedar Park. The Woodlands barely held on the last mile fading slightly to win 88-90 over a game Cedar Park squad. Marcus and Southlake Carroll continued its team battle today with Marcus coming out on top again by only 4 pts 159-163. These teams will meet again at District and at the Region I meet in Lubbock. The most surprising team finish of the day was probably highly ranked Klein Oak finishing 7th overall.

The best race in North Texas concluded Saturday with some answers to the questions on who was going to be state contenders.

The questions for Region I-5A are numerous. Who will take control of the Region I-5A race now the Colby Lowe is gone? Will Region II transplant Plano and Plano West have an effect on the Region I meet? Who makes it out of District 6-5A?