{
  "id": 4699615,
  "title": "What you need to know about the 2026 CIAC high school boys cross country season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-2026-ciac-high-school-boys-cross",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T19:16:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/know-2026-ciac-high-school-191658623.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 CIAC Boys State Open Cross Country Championship season kicks off on September 8, 2026, at Wickham Park in Manchester. Greenwich, the defending Class LL and State Open champion, returned only one of its top five runners from last year's championship. Amity, Xavier, Ledyard, Haddam-Killingworth, and Thomaston are also returning champions, with varying levels of success. Nineteen of the top 25 finishers at last year's State Open have already graduated. Griswold's Tycen LaBelle, the 2025 Class M champion and runner-up at the Open, is touted as a key player for the upcoming season. The 2026 CIAC divisional championships will be held on October 31, with the State Open on November 6, both at Wickham Park in Manchester.",
  "summary": "Key dates and outlooks for the 2026 CIAC boys cross country season.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}