The latest in a long line of individual stars at Providence Day, he has also been a crucial cog in the team's recent championship streak.
If you want to know the most important thing about Nick Linder, the runner, just look at when his best time has happened in each of his cross country seasons. For three straight years, he has run his season best at the NCISAA State Championship. Last year at this point in the season, he had a PR of 15:58; he ended up running 15:34 at the state meet. This fall his PR is already down to 15:28, and he has run under last year's best twice - which makes you wonder where he will end up once his coach eases up on the training and allows him to race on full rest! Nick has obviously always had the ability to rise to the pressure of a big meet, but even more importantly this pattern means that team accomplishments come first for him. He also showed that in track season last spring, when he ground through 4 races at the state meet to help...
