Max King and Bret Schoolmeester competed in the National Cross Country championships 12K at Agricultural History Farm Park. The race also serves at the World Cross Country Trials at the top 8 in each race opt to have a spot on the US Team.

Both Max and Bret raced very well as the competion is very deep. Max got 9th in a time of 36:54 and Bret got 22nd in 38:06 out of 168 runners.

http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAXCChampionships/schedule.asp

Though Max got 9th, odds are he will still be representing the US in the World Cross Country Championships next month because typically runners ahead of him will give up their spot.