“It’s kind of unique,” O’Donovan said of the outdoor take on the Stations of the Cross. “It’s a great event; next year it will probably be bigger and better.” Images from the ...

Juniors Julia Flanagan of Holy Cross Prep and Blythe Dudley of Villa ... at Stockton University with Flanagan taking the gold in an outdoor PR 10:52.74. Dudley stopped the clock in 10:58.46.

The mine at Serra Pelada has been long closed, yet the intense drama of the gold rush leaps out of these images.

The finish marked the U.S.’s first gold medal in cross-country skiing, and the first-ever Olympic medal for the U.S. women’s team. To many fans and participants of the sport, it was a long ...