At a Nike Cross Nationals regional meet, there’s a sense of duty to push the season even further with full knowledge that an even bigger stage awaits in a collision of country’s top prep teams.
Every point matters and the weather — a wild card for every competitor — suddenly becomes a footnote.
In his own words, photographer Jordin De La Rosa recalls the choreographed chaos he witnessed at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, New York. Schools from the Northeast and New England states ripped through a course of partial unknowns with everything riding on earning to trip to Portland on December 6 for the national final.
