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Zivec and Goethals
Capture First Place Titles in
30th Annual Foot Locker Cross Country
Championships
Midwest Regional
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.
The top ten boys and the top ten
girls of the seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the three
other regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National
Finals, which takes place Saturday, Dec.13 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San
Diego, Calif.
*Race photos
are available by request or online at www.footlockercc.com*
**FSN will
air an hour-long special of the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National
Finals on Monday, December 22. Check
your local listings.**
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2008 Foot Locker Cross
Country Championships – Midwest Regional Results
University of Wisconsin –
Kenosha, Wis.
Boys
Place
|
Name
|
Hometown |
High School |
Time |
|
1) |
Jakub Zivec |
Grand Rapids, Minn. |
Grand Rapids High School
(12) |
15:09 |
|
2) |
Joseph Manilafasha |
Denver, Colo. |
Denver North High School
(12) |
15:13 |
|
3) |
Evan Appel |
Littleton, Colo. |
Dakota Ridge High School
(12) |
15:19 |
|
4) |
Futsum Zeinasellassie |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
North Central High School
(9) |
15:20 |
|
5) |
Dylan Sorensen |
Zionsville, Ind. |
Zionsville High School (12) |
15:20 |
|
6) |
Drew Shields |
Fishers, Ind. |
Fishers High School (12) |
15:24 |
|
7) |
Andrew Berberick |
Littleton, Colo. |
J. K. Mullen High School
(12) |
15:26 |
|
8) |
Joseph DeMoor |
Buena Vista, Colo. |
Buena Vista High School
(12) |
15:27 |
|
9) |
Danny Pawola |
Naperville, Ill. |
Neuqua Valley High School
(12) |
15:28 |
|
10) |
Steve Sulkin |
Elmhurst, Ill. |
York High School (12) |
15:28 |
Girls
Place
|
Name
|
Hometown |
High School |
Time |
|
1) |
Megan Goethals |
Rochester, Mich. |
Rochester High School (11) |
17:31 |
|
2) |
Emily Sisson |
Chesterfield, Mo. |
Parkway Central High School (11) |
17:32 |
|
3) |
Chelsea Oswald |
Medina, Ohio |
Walsh Jesuit High School (12) |
17:36 |
|
4) |
Allie McLaughlin |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
Air Academy (12) |
17:39 |
|
5) |
Becca Addison |
Spring Lake, Mich. |
Grand Haven High School (12) |
17:44 |
|
6) |
Ashlie Decker |
Des Moines, Iowa |
Dowling Catholic High School (11) |
17:49 |
|
7) |
Jessica Zangmeister |
Fairview Park, Ohio |
Fairview High School (12) |
17:55 |
|
8) |
Lindsay Flanagan |
Roselle, Ill. |
Lake Park High School (12) |
17:57 |
|
9) |
Jordan Tomecek |
Milan, Mich. |
Milan High School (11) |
18:03 |
|
10) |
Diane Robison |
Chesterfield, Mo. |
Parkway Central High School (11) |
18:04 |
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