Top Regional Runners Compete in Foot Locker Cross Country Championship Midwest Regionals Saturday

Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka, Ind., and Jake Leingang of Bismark, N.D., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) Midwest Regional Saturday.  The girls’ race was dominated by a tight group of runners, with the lead exchanging several times. At the two-mile mark, Rohrer made her move to take the lead and never looked back, breaking the course record in 16:54. (The previous course record was held by Claire Durkin of Columbus, Ohio at 17:01 in 2007.)  Taylor Werner of Bloomsdale, Mo., placed second in 17:06, and Maria Hauger of Shakopee, Minn., placed third in 17:07.  Hauger is a two-time FLCCC National Finalist.

In the boys’ race, Nicholas Raymond of Erie, Mich., was in the lead at the one-mile and two-mile marks.  At 2.5 miles, Leingang, a senior from Bismarck High School, and Sam Wharton of Tipp City, Ohio, surged ahead of Raymond to battle for the coveted first place spot. Leingang claimed the title in 14:56, and Wharton placed second in 14:56.  Raymond finished in 15:02, placing third.  Leingang is a two-time FLCCC National Finalist.

WHEN/WHERE:                              Saturday, November 24, 2012, UW-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis.

COURSE/WEATHER:                    5,000-meter course; good race conditions; cloudy with a temperature in the mid-20s.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:  The top ten boys and the top ten girls in today’s seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the Northeast, South and West Regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals, on Saturday, Dec.8 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.

Full Results can be found here.

Boys

Place

Name

Hometown

High School

Time

1)

Jake Leingang

Bismarck, N.D.

Bismarck High School (12)

14:56

2)

Sam Wharton

Tipp City, Ohio

Tippecanoe High School (12)

14:56

3)

Nicholas Raymond

Erie, Mich.

Erie Mason High School (12)

15:02

4)

Patrick Perrier

O’Fallon, Ill.

O’Fallon Township High School (11)

15:03

5)

Grant Nykaza

Beecher, Ill.

Beecher High School (12)

15:04

6)

Samuel Prakel

Versailles, Ohio

Versailles High School (12)

15:04

7)

Ryan Kromer

Hudson, Wis.

Hudson High School (12)

15:08

8)

Connor Mora

Cedar Springs, Mich.

Cedar Springs High School (12)

15:09

9)

Scott Milling

Elmhurst, Ill.

York Community High School (12)

15:10

10)

Nicholas Elswick

Chardon, Ohio

Chardon High School (11)

15:12

 

 

Girls

Place

Name

Hometown

High School

Time

1)

Anna Rohrer

Mishawaka, Ind.

Mishawaka High School (10)

16:54

2)

Taylor Werner

Bloomsdale, Mo.

Ste. Genevieve Senior High School (9)

17:06

3)

Maria Hauger

Shakopee, Minn.

Shakopee High School (12)

17:07

4)

Jordyn Colter

Centennial, Colo.

Cherry Creek High School (10)

17:08

5)

Courtney Ackerman

Wilmette, Ill.

New Trier High School (12)

17:13

6)

Anna Holdiman

Waverly, Iowa

Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School (12)

17:33

7)

Hannah Long

Pacific, Mo.

Eureka High School (10)

17:33

8)

Kaylee Flanagan

Roselle, Ill.

Lake Park High School (12)

17:34

9)

Bobbie Burgess

West Lafayette, Ind.

West Lafayette Senior High School (12)

17:35

10)

Melanie  Nun

Thornton, Colo.

Legacy High School (12)

17:39