It was a beautiful morning at 7,000-feet elevation in Salida, CO, for the 9th Annual National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) with the backdrop of the picturesque S Mountain. Assembled were some of the best high school trail runners in the country. The event was presented by Hoka and directed by Salida High School Cross… Read more »
Ella Hagen is the first female athlete to join HOKA’s NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) initiative that aims to support talented high school trail runners. The deal allows her to monetize her trail running career, with the support of popular running shoe brand HOKA, while maintaining her eligibility to compete in high school or collegiate… Read more »
The following article was written by Kenny Wilcox and features details on the upcoming National High School Trail Championships and Beas Knees Citizens’ Race to be held in Salida, Colorado on Saturday, July 27. As event director Wilcox says, “More fireworks, please.” The eighth running of the National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) and Beas… Read more »
The 2023 National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) lived up to its name headlining a star-studded field on Saturday, July 29, including the six members of Team USA who accumulated a team gold, a team silver, and two individual silver medals earlier this summer at the 2023 WMRA International U18 Mountain Running Cup in Annecy,… Read more »
The following article was written by National High School Championships race director Kenny Wilcox. Featured photo by Peter Maksimow featuring the top ten runners in 2022. Since 2017, the National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) have hosted many of the top young trail runners in the United States and that looks to be true again… Read more »
On Saturday, July 30, 2022, high school runners from across Colorado and neighboring states assembled in the small mountain town of Salida, Colorado, for the premiere youth trail running competition in the country, the National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC). Held annually for the past six years at the end of July, the NHSTC provides… Read more »
This past Saturday, the 5th annual National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) was held in the small mountain town Salida, Colorado. This youth trail running event attracted a new crop of talent and was a successful follow up to last year’s race which had a record number of participants. In addition to hosting more young… Read more »
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. On Saturday, July 27, 2019, the third annual National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC) were held in Salida, CO. The event was organized by Kenny Wilcox, local Salida resident and head… Read more »
A story about the first ever National High School Trail Running Championships written by Kenny Wilcox for ATRA’s Summer 2017 Trail Times Newsletter. It felt as if my lungs were expanding slowly like a thick, latex balloon. I looked down at the pronounced rising and falling of my chest to confirm what I already knew-my… Read more »
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