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2008 Foot Locker - Northeast
CT-DE-ME-MD-MA-NH-NJ-NY-PA-RI-VT-DC
11/29/08 at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York

Donna on the Side
by Donna Dye
 

Part 1 - Scene, Winners and Girls Race
Part 2 - Boys Race
Part 3 - Beyond The Top Twenty
Part 4 - Everyone Else on the Side
Part 5 - The Wave

The Foot Locker Northeast Scene

As the cross country season comes to a close, runners vie for a spot at the Foot Locker Championship in Balboa Park, San Diego California.   This year is a milestone year as Foot Locker celebrates its 30th year of running.  But the rules of the game are still the same and getting to the finals means qualifying in a regional meet by being one of the first 10 finishers. Runners compete in the South, MidWest, West and Northeast regionals. In a field of good and seasoned runners, getting to go to Foot Locker finals is no easy task.

The Northeast Regional is run on one of the most difficult courses in cross country, Van Cortlandt Park on the edge of New York City. Saturday was a beautiful day as the sun peaked in and out. The championship races are held in the middle of several races run during the day; family, friends, classmates and fans line the sidelines cheering for sometimes one and sometimes all. Parents pace on the sidelines, engaged sometimes in nervous chatter and even grandparents get in on the nerves game. And then when it's all over, kids smile or cry while parents celebrate or comfort. It's all in a day on the road to Footlocker Finals.

 

 

Now onto the Meet!

 

 

 Follow the Hare to the Finish Line
 
 
 


The Winners

 Emily Jones - MA
 Solomon Haile - MD

 
 

  The Girls Race

 At the girls finish, there were lots of hugs like these....

 

 
 
 
 And the winner is.....Emily Jones MA, here with her parents: mom,  Susan Hunter-Jones; dad, Dan and little brother
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 2nd Shelby Greany NJ with mom, Trish
 
 
 3rd Aisling Cuffe with family, friends and fan club
 
 
4th  Lanie Thompson NJ with fans and teammates
 
 
 6th Katie Kellner NJ
 
 
 8th Erin Cawley NY
 
 8th Erin Cawley NY with mom, Sheryl
 
 
 9th  Emily Lipari NY
 

 
 
10th Laura Vigilante NJ with her parents Frank and Nancy and Grandparents Frank and Diane and Brooke
 



Part 1 - Scene, Winners and Girls Race
Part 2 - Boys Race
Part 3 - Beyond The Top Twenty
Part 4 - Everyone Else on the Side
Part 5 - The Wave


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