Members of the 2025 Texas County Track & Trail club who competed at this year’s Cross County Coaches National Youth Championships. From left: Liam Stickel, Charlie Benoist, Myles Copley, coach Justin Copley, Oliver Choate, Rocky Gilbert and Dominic Stice. Credit: SUBMITTED PHOTO

Six runners from this year’s Houston Middle School cross country program competed last Saturday (Nov. 22) in the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Doug Davison is a writer, photographer and newsroom assistant for the Houston Herald. Contact him by phone at 417-967-2000 or by email at ddavison@houstonherald.com.