![FIGHT. Feeling the burn, sophomore Maren Overgaard pushes through, making her way to the finish.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/53318582754_84b823076c_o-1200x800.png)
State finals wrap up girls cross country season
Andrew Lipinsky and Sonia Kharbanda
• November 16, 2023
![[SPARTANS MIC’D UP] Mile-run with cross country captain Ford Reedy](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ford-reedy-thumbnail.png)
[SPARTANS MIC’D UP] Mile-run with cross country captain Ford Reedy
Rita Li, Creative Design Webmaster
• October 17, 2023
![COACH TO COACH. Schmitz converses with fellow coach Robert Donnelly.
Submitted by Sophie Schmitz](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/coaching-for-lani-1200x800.jpg)
Cross country coach Sophie Schmitz finds new ways to love running through coaching
Lani Ngonethong, RubicOnline
• September 18, 2023
![LETs RECAP. With the conclusion of most fall sports, with the exception of teams currently in section or state tournaments, the highlights (and lowlights) of each team are shared with the community.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Fall-Sports-Image-900x450.jpg)
2022 Fall sports recap: Wins, losses, and teamwork
Orion Kim, Eliza Farley, Maddy Fisher, and Claire Kim
• October 27, 2022
![CONFERENCE CHAMPS. The Spartans gave it their all at the conference meet to beat rival Blake by one point, earning them the title of conference champs.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0ddf1852-fb59-4d5f-9d07-1d9cb26361b3-1.jpg)
Strong team community and a new coach is the recipe for cross country’s success
Alison Mitchell, RubicOnline
• October 13, 2022
![ON YOUR MARKS. Girls Swim and Dive Team manager Rishi Bhargava records a
race during practice. “We time with stopwatches and we are able to help [coach] Katy out with whatever she needs,” he said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG-4174-900x758.jpg)
Managers play a large role in team improvement and spirit
Claire Kim, The Rubicon
• November 8, 2021
![Senior Naci Konar-Steenberg finished in 35th place. He said, It was a breakthrough race for the team: we had five people on varsity under twenty minutes (four boys and one girl), and six out of the seven people on boys varsity got a personal best time. Thats significant because the course we ran on, which was at Battle Creek, is generally considered to be rather difficult, but we had plenty of personal and season bests.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/XCountryMeet_edited_151021_2-900x600.jpg)
[PHOTO STORY] Varsity Cross Country crosses the finish line for the IMAC Conference Championship
Elizabeth Trevathan, RubicOnline
• October 18, 2021
![PACE YOURSELF. Freshmen Inga Wing and Helen Townley sprint to the finish line in a 2-mile race. Sophomore Ford Reedy said, “My favorite part of being on the team is everybody on it.”](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51420409529_931ae50126_o-900x600.jpg)
Cross Country hits the ground running with new coach
Annie Bai, The Rubicon
• September 25, 2021
![Sports seasons have been altered and shifted at every turn during their 2020 fall seasons.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BVS-vs-Eddison-submitted-by-Kurt-Waltenbaugh--900x595.jpg)
Fall seasons wrap up amid pandemic changes
Maren Ostrem, Managing Editor
• October 26, 2020
![Soccer, tennis, and cross country will participate in their respective section tournaments in the next few weeks, marking an end to the season.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_1078-e1603294116441-900x607.jpg)
Section tournament updates, guidelines released by MSHSL
Zekiah Juliusson, RubicOnline
• October 14, 2020
![10 girls, 9 boys qualify for Cross Country section tournament](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-8.27.01-AM-900x617.jpg)
10 girls, 9 boys qualify for Cross Country section tournament
Sports Shorts
• October 13, 2020
![9th grader Becca Richman and 8th grader Violet Benson raced near eachother. We were really ready to keep our focus and really just raced as a team with the support of each other. Knowing that, we all could do it no matter what felt really good,” Richman said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_4726-900x600.jpg)
Cross country team achieves milestone in state meet
Lynn Reynolds and Annika Rock
• November 6, 2019
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