A passion for running led Philip Brock and Anthony Palmer to seek out ways to compete in cross country this fall. Both found opportunities at MTAC schools and quickly proved to be among the best in the conference.Brock, a freshman at Boyd Christian, was named the MTAC runner of the year last week after finishing the season with the best average time in 5K races this year. Palmer, who runs for Daniel One Academy, was named first-team all-conference in his first year of high school competition.Both runners were recognized at last Thursday's MTAC championship, where they both placed in the top 10.Brock won the event as he blazed past the field of 46 runners with a time of 17 minutes, 11 seconds.