Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Elizabeth Leachman and Keegan Smith Seize First Place Titles within the forty fifth Annual Foot Locker XC Championships South Regional!

The South Regional has a wonderful repute for some speedy racers and nice course circumstances. Thirty-five levels is chilly for North Carolina, however the athletes had been ready. Look ahead to the South high ten girls and boys to battle in San Diego! 

Elizabeth Leachman and Keegan Smith Seize First Place Titles within the
forty fifth Annual Foot Locker Cross Nation Championships South Regional;
Prime 10 Boys and Women Qualify for Nationwide Finals

RACE HIGHLIGHTS:

Elizabeth Leachman of San Antonio, TX, and Keegan Smith of Kingston, TN, gained the Foot
Locker Cross Nation Championships South Regional at this time. Leachman, a junior at
Boerne Champion Excessive College claimed the title within the women’ championship race in 16:55.5.
Caroline Barton, a senior from Asheville, NC, completed second in 16:59.4, and Lily
Beshears, a junior from Springdale, AR, positioned third in 17:01.3. Leachman, final 12 months’s
nationwide champion, and at this time’s Tenth-place finisher Abby Religion Cheeseman of Bell Buckle,
TN participated in final 12 months’s nationwide championship occasion in San Diego, CA.

Keegan Smith, a senior at Knoxville Catholic Excessive College, claimed the title within the boys’
championship race in 14:58.1. Jack Bowen, a senior from Chattanooga, TN, completed
second in 14:59.9, and Tristan Yoder, a senior from Broadway, VA, completed third in
15:00.4. Sixth-place finisher in at this time’s race, Riku Sugie of Bardstown, KY, is the one
nationwide returnee having competed on the nationwide championships final 12 months.

WHEN/WHERE:
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024
Larry McAfee Course At McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC
COURSE/WEATHER:
5,000-meter course; good course circumstances; 35 levels; slight winds; sunny skies.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The highest 10 boys and the highest 10 women within the championship races qualify to compete in opposition to
runners from the Midwest, Northeast, and West Regional meets within the Foot Locker Cross
Nation Championships Nationwide Finals, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Morley Subject,
Balboa Park in San Diego, CA.

2024 Foot Locker Cross Nation Championships – South Regional Outcomes
Larry McAfee Course At McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC

Elizabeth Leachman takes the South Regional for the 2024 FootLocker Cross Nation Champs, offered by HOKA, photographs by FootLocker

Women
Place Identify Hometown Excessive College (Yr) Time
1) Elizabeth Leachman San Antonio, TX Boerne Champion Excessive
College (11)
16:55.5
2) Caroline Barton Asheville, NC Carolina Day College (12) 16:59.4
3) Lily Beshears Springdale, AR Rogers Excessive College (11) 17:01.3
4) Sophia Bendet Common Metropolis, TX Randolph Excessive College (12) 17:08.0
5) Kerrigan Chaney Roanoke, VA North Cross College (12) 17:13.0
6) Carolina Areheart Knoxville, TN Webb College of Knoxville (11) 17:14.5
7) Jazzlyn Garmer Knoxville, TN Webb College of Knoxville (11) 17:16.4
8) Macy Wingard Aubrey, TX Denton Braswell Excessive College (11) 17:16.7
9) Kate Loescher Stafford, VA Colonial Forge Excessive College (12) 17:21.9
10) Abby Religion Cheeseman Bell Buckle, TN Webb College of Bell Buckle (12) 17:27.2

Keegan Smith takes the South Regional for the 2024 FootLocker Cross Nation Champs, offered by HOKA, photographs by FootLocker

Boys
Place Identify Hometown Excessive College Time
1) Keegan Smith Kingston, TN Knoxville Catholic Excessive College (12) 14:58.1
2) Jack Bowen Chattanooga, TN McCallie College (12) 14:59.9
3) Tristan Yoder Broadway, VA Broadway Excessive College (12) 15:00.4
4) Malachi Burnett Canton, GA Creekview Excessive College (11) 15:01.4
5) Asher Oates Franklin, TN Independence Excessive College (11) 15:02.0
6) Riku Sugie Bardstown, KY Thomas Nelson HighSchool (10)15:02.0
7) Jackson Hogsed Suwanee, GA Lambert Excessive College (12) 15:03.1
8) Owen Kelley Bentonville, AR Bentonville Excessive College (12) 15:04.2
9) Parker Adams Jacksonville, FL Bolles College (12) 15:08.6
10) Matthew Shelly Bentonville, AR Bentonville Excessive College (12) 15:09.5

South FootLocker Regional is November 30, 2024, McAlpine Park, Charlotte, NC.

  • Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement within the sport of athletics. Larry has skilled the game as an athlete, coach, journal writer, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was printed in RW in 1983. Larry has printed a number of magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. model of Spikes journal. He at the moment manages the content material and advertising improvement of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his each day pilgrimage with the game, Larry says: “I’ve to confess, I like touring to distant meets, writing concerning the sport I like, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, essentially the most of something I’ve ever executed, besides, possibly working itself.” Additionally does some updates for BBC Sports activities at key occasions, which he actually enjoys. Theme tune: Greg Allman, ” I am no Angel.”

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