If any meet can rival the huge times at the Providence Invitational, it is the Jungle Run and its exciting, night-time races.
Meet records and expectations were blown away, as two good friends pushed each other to the limit at McAlpine Greenway.
The infamous bottleneck at Jackson Park is just one of the features of the two big invitationals that highlight this weekend.
The first gun of the fall season fired at 8 AM in Cary, and even though it was a scrimmage it certainly felt like cross country had started.
Megan Sullivan begins her senior year on Saturday, and you can bet she has even higher goals than last year at this time.