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Fluehr and Clark Capture First Place Titles in 32nd Annual

Foot Locker Cross Country Championships

South Regional

 

RACE HIGHLIGHTS:                      Kathryn Fluehr of Naples, Fla., and Jimmy Clark of Jacksonville, Fla., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) South Regional today.  Fluehr took the lead from the start, never faltering, to win the race in 17:06, with her twin sister Erika Fluehr right behind her finishing in 17:10. The Fluehr sisters, both seniors at Community School of Naples, qualified for the National Finals for the second consecutive year.  Rachel Johnson, a senior at Plano High School in Plano, Texas, placed third in 17:15.  Johnson is also a two-time FLCCC National Finalist, placing third in both the 2009 and this yearÕs South Regional races.

 

A tight group of runners dominated the boysÕ race, remaining steady throughout the heated competition.  With only 200 meters remaining, Clark, a senior at Creekside High School, broke away from the lead pack to capture the South Regional title in 14:55.  Blake Williams of Durham, N.C., claimed second in 14:58, and Scott Morgan of Clemmons, N.C., placed third in 15:01. Williams is the only boy from todayÕs South Regional race to qualify again for the FLCCC National Finals.

 

WHEN/WHERE:                                Saturday, November 27, 2010

                                                            McAlpine Greenway Park in Charlotte, N.C.

 

COURSE/WEATHER:                      5,000-meter course; good race conditions; sunny; 36 degrees

 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:  The top ten boys and the top ten girls in todayÕs seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the Northeast, Midwest, and West Regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals, on Saturday, Dec.11 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.   


 

 


 CONTACT:                                      Kenny Fried, 202-468-8200, kfried@bwfcom.com

 

*Race photos and video highlights are available by request or online at www.footlockercc.com

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2010 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships – South Regional Results

McAlpine Creek Park – Charlotte, N.C.

 

Boys

 

Place

Name

Hometown

High School

Time

1)

Jimmy Clark

Jacksonville, Fla.

Creekside High School (12)

14:55

2)

Blake Williams

Durham, N.C.

Northern Durham (12)

14:58

3)

Scott Morgan

Clemmons, N.C.

Calvary Baptist Day School (12)

15:01

4)

Ahmed Bile

Annandale, Va.

Annandale High School (11)

15:02

5)

Elliot Clemente

Miami, Fla.

Belen Jesuit Preparatory School (11)

15:03

6)

Silas Frantz

Richmond, Va.

Douglas S. Freeman High School (12)

15:04

7)

Cody Pelliccioni

Morgantown, W.Va.

Morgantown High School (12)

15:04

8)

Donovan Torres

Lubbock, Texas

Coronado High School (12)

15:05

9)

Thomas Graham

Cary, N.C.

Cary Academy (11)

15:06

10)

Ryan Pickering

West Palm Beach, Fla.

John I Leonard High School (12)

15:10

 

Girls

 

Place

Name

Hometown

High School

Time

1)

Kathryn Fluehr

Naples, Fla.

Community School of Naples (12)

17:06

2)

Erika Fluehr

Naples, Fla.

Community School of Naples (12)

17:10

3)

Rachel Johnson

Plano, Texas

Plano Senior High School (12)

17:15

4)

Joanna Thompson

Knoxville, Tenn.

Knoxville Catholic High School (12)

17:20

5)

Emma Brink

Louisville, Ky.

Sacred Heart Academy (12)

17:25

6)

Wesley Frazier

Raleigh, N.C.

Ravenscroft School (10)

17:27

7)

Mattie Webb

Crozet, Va.

Western Albemarle High School (12)

17:28

8)

Sophie Chase

Burke, Va.

Lake Braddock Secondary School (10)

17:31

9)

Shelby Davidson

Melbourne, Fla.

Cocoa Beach Junior Senior High School (11)

17:36

10)

Grace Tinkey

Macon, Ga.

First Presbyterian Day School (10)

17:41

 

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