Sydney McLaughlin, the NCAA record-holder in the 400m hurdles, has signed a professional contract with New Balance. 

While the top Division I teams were going to head-to-head in Madison, Wisconsin, at Pre-Nationals on Saturday, the majority of the best squads in Division III were doing the same an hour and a half north in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at their version of Pre-Nats. 

Saturday's Wisconsin Pre-Nationals marked the end of NCAA cross country's "regular season" and the final opportunity to race on the course that will host the NCAA Championships next month. The four races produced a long list of strong performances and rearranged some of the post-season projections. 

Back in June, the University of Wyoming men’s cross country team received an unexpected gift that immediately improved their outlook for the 2018 season.

For years, the mid-October weekend for NCAA XC separated the top collegiate programs at either Pre-Nationals or the Wisconsin Invite. But with nationals coming to Madison later this fall, those two prestigious events have become one in 2018, making for a giant cross country carnival featuring four races jam-packed with all the best teams in the nation.

Two weeks ago at the Nuttycombe Invitational, the women’s races held all the surprises. 

The epicenter of NCAA cross country this weekend is once again Madison, Wisconsin as Saturday’s Wisconsin Pre-Nationals will host a bevy of ranked teams and individuals. 

2017 U.S. 800m champion Donavan Brazier is taking his immense talent to the Nike Oregon Project.

By Rich Sands, @sands(c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

(09-Oct) -- Over the past year Shalane Flanagan and Desiree Linden have redefined what an American marathoner can achieve. But, as they approach the final weeks of preparation for the TCS New York City Marathon, it's clear that their paths to race day couldn't be more different this time around.

(c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved(09-Oct) -- Emily Sisson of Providence, R.I., won yesterday's 42nd Reebok Boston 10-K, the re-branded Tufts Health Plan 10-K for Women, in cloudy and cool conditions.  The recently-married Sisson, 26, covered the out-and-back course in Boston's Back Bay in 30:39, 33 seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Buze Diriba who had shadowed Sisson for most of the race.  Sisson won $9000 in prize money.