Kenosha, Wis., November 29, 2008 – Jakub Zivec of Grand Rapids, Minn., and Megan Goethals of Rochester, Mich., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCC) Midwest Regional at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis., today. Runners enjoyed good race conditions, with sunny skies and a temperature of approximately 35 degrees. A group of seven runners, including Jakub Zivec, Drew Shields, Evan Appel, and Joseph Manilafasha, led the race for the first half-mile, at which point Manilafasha took a five meter lead with Zivec just behind. By the two-mile mark, Manilafasha and Zivec increased their lead by nearly 75 meters, with Appel leading the pack that followed behind. In the last 200 meters, Zivec, a senior at Grand Rapids High School, powered passed Manilafasha and secured the win in 15:09 . Manilafasha, a senior at Denver North High School in Denver, Colo., finished second in 15:13, and Appel, a senior at Dakota Ridge High School, finished third in 15:19. The girls' race began with Allie McLaughlin, Emily Sisson, and Ashlie Decker leading through the first mile. Before the two-mile mark, McLaughlin and Sisson gained a small lead with Decker falling behind. In the last 200 meters everything changed. From behind, Megan Goethals surged ahead of Sisson to take the lead, while McLaughlin slipped into fourth. Goethals, a junior at Rochester High School, claimed the win in 17:31, with Sisson, a three-time FLCC national qualifier, finishing second in 17:32 . Chelsea Oswald of Medina, Ohio, finished in 17:36, with McLaughlin of Colorado \Springs, Colo., fourth in 17:39.

Pl	Name	Hometown	Time
1)	Jakub Zivec	GrandRapids, MN	15:09
2)	Joseph Manilafasha	Denver, Colo.	15:13
3)	Evan Appel	Littleton, Colo.	15:19
4)	Futsum Zeinasellassie	Indianapolis, IN	15:20
5)	Dylan Sorensen	Zionsville, Ind.	15:20
6)	Drew Shields	Fishers, Ind.	15:24
7)	Andrew Berberick	Littleton, Colo.	15:26
8)	Joseph DeMoor	Buena Vista, CO	15:27
9)	Danny Pawola	Naperville, Ill.	15:28
10)	Steve Sulkin	Elmhurst, Ill.	15:28

Pl	Name	Hometown	Time
1)	Megan Goethals	Rochester, Mich.	17:31
2)	Emily Sisson	Chesterfield, Mo.	17:32
3)	Chelsea Oswald	Medina, Ohio	17:36
4)	Allie McLaughlin	Colo Springs, CO	17:39
5)	Becca Addison	Spring Lake, Mich.	17:44
6)	Ashlie Decker	Des Moines, IA	17:49
7)	Jess Zangmeister	Fairview Pk, OH	17:55
8)	Lindsay Flanagan	Roselle, Ill.	17:57
9)	Jordan Tomecek	Milan, Mich.	18:03
10)	Diane Robison	Chesterfield, MO	18:04