With the first meets of the season just a couple of sunsets away, runners are ready to ready to take on the 2026 season. There are a handful of Kansas City area runners who will be names to watch this fall. There will always be surprises along the way, but here are a few names to keep an eye out for during the next two months. 1. Rockhurst's Jack McGovern enters the season as the defending Missouri Class 5 cross country state champion after putting together one of the state's