2008 Foot Locker - Finals the runners 12/13/08 at Balboa Park, San Diego CA

West Girls Gallery

Page Design by Dave Devine, Photos by Photorun.net
XC Stats and Analysis by SteveU, Track PRs by Mike Kennedy

JENNIFER BERGMAN Valley Christian (San Jose, Ca.) Senior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 6th FL West, 3rd D3 State (#10 overall), 1st Mt. SAC D3 Previous Foot Locker: ’07-23rd West, ’05-34th West Track PRs: 10:26.09, 10:59.19 Analysis:  Great job coming out of CA D3 to face great competition for one of first times this year … top 15-20 will be a nice goal, but challenging.

ALEX DUNNE San Clemente (Ca.) Senior ’08 XC: Rank-US#8 D1 state champ (#2 overall); 2nd’s at FL West, Mt. SAC Indiv., Woodbridge Previous Foot Locker: ’07-28th West Track PRs: 2:10.82, 4:46.6, 4:54.72 (mile), 9:45.3, 10:28.67 (2-mile) Analysis:  Has done great this fall to push herself into national top ten, losing only to Hasay and Sarah Andrews TX (Woodbridge) … should be a solid top ten, or maybe top five if she’s at her best.

JORDAN HASAY Mission College Prep (San Luis Obispo, Ca.) Senior ’08 XC: Rank-US#2 Won 4th straight FL West, D5 state and Mt. SAC titles Previous Foot Locker: ’07-1st West/3rd Finals, ’06-1st West/10th Finals, ’05-1st West/1st Finals Track PRs: 2:09.92, 4:14.50, 4:42.50, 9:19.6, 9:53.13 Analysis:  Great chance to be the one of the three previous champs to get her 2nd title … probably would do best by not taking it out as fast as’07, being in good position on final downhill, and/or being in position to use strong kick.

SHALAYA KIPP Skyline (Salt Lake City, Ut.) Senior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 7th FL West, DQ 5A State (would have been 2nd to Menlove) Previous Foot Locker:  ’07-46th West Track PRs: 5:04.01, 10:57.00 Analysis:  After DQ at state for uniform violation, many fans were thrilled to see Kipp make it here … top 15-20 would be a good goal.

DANIELLE MENLOVE Jordan (Ut.) Freshman ’08 XC: Rank-US#16 3rd FL West, 4A state champ (#1 overall) Previous Foot Locker:  none Track PRs: 4:29.90 (’07), 10:04.80 (’07) Analysis: Has lived up to youth track accomplishments with great freshman season, establishing herself as best in Utah … top 10-15 could happen with a good day.

MEGAN MORGAN Torrey Pines (San Diego, Ca.) Junior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 5th FL West, 4th D1 state (#11 overall), 2nd Mt. SAC Team Previous Foot Locker: ’06-41st FL West Track PRs: 10:13.3, 10:47.59 Analysis:  On a sharp improvement curve after strong finish at state … Would probably aspire to top 15-20 finish, but could go higher if she makes another step of improvement.

SHEREE SHEA University City (San Diego, Ca.) Senior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 8th FL West, 4th D3 State (#14 overall) Previous Foot Locker:  ’07-45th West Track PRs: 5:08.75 Analysis:  One of the bigger surprises to make team as CA D3 showed up well … top 20 would be great accomplishment.

JACQUE TAYLOR Casa Grande (Petaluma, Ca.) Junior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 10th FL West, 3rd D2 State (#6 overall), 5th Mt. SAC Indiv. Previous Foot Locker:  ’07-12th West, ’06-37th West Track PRs: 4:33.1, 4:49.63, 9:59.76, 10:47.02 Analysis:  Has been one of CA’s top harriers for three years … could well perform better than her FL West finish would indicate … her 6th overall at CA state and 5th at Mt. SAC individual race more indicative of her talent.

JESSICA TONN Xavier Prep (Phoenix, Az.) Junior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 4th FL West, 5A-1 state champ (fastest overall), 2nd NXN SW, 6th Great American, 4th Mt. SAC Indiv. Previous Foot Locker: ’07-3rd West/20th Finals, ’06-3rd West/24th Finals Track PRs: 2:14.70, 4:50.42, 9:59.1, 10:24.57 (2-mile) Analysis: After a super 2M PR to end ’08 track, has plateaued a bit … but still made top four of FL West for third straight year … improving ’07 FL Finals finish would be good accomplishment.

TAYLOR WALLACE Klamath Falls (Or.) Senior ’08 XC: Rank-US Honorable Mention 9th FL West, 1st Border Clash, 1st 4A State Previous Foot Locker: ’07-7th West/33rd Finals Track PRs: 2:12.26, 4:28.79 Analysis:  2007 Finalist has come back strong after injury to start the season … great chance to better her 33rd place from last year.