FOOT LOCKER CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL FINALS

• Finals home page - FLCCC overall home page
• PIX PAGES: Boys Race - Girls Race. - All American Boys finishes - All American Girls finishes - Awards Banquet - Awards: All American boys - Awards: All American girls - Victah Sailor's Finals: Boys - Girls - After the races: meeting the media - Gallery of Finalists: now pix of the 64 introductions
  
• DONNA ON THE SIDE at the finals
• Foot Locker notes and quotes - steveu empties his Orlando notebook
• Complete Results: Boys - Girls
• TV Coverage: FoxSportsNet December 12-23 listings
• BOYS RACE: A Battle for the Ages: Moore Nips Lockhart
  Tim Moore MI 14:50.4 - Exactly as expected, 10-12 boys had a shot at the title through 2 tightly contested miles in 9:32. Moore and Bobby Lockhart moved into the stretch as a team with first one, then the other getting the call, and Moore getting the last call by 1.1 second, closest Foot Locker finish ever. Another 1.4 second back was fast finishing Chris Solinsky WI. Then came three more runners under 15:00 -- Nurani Sheikh UT 14:56.5, Tim Ross MI 14:57.9, and Milos Mitric NC 14:59.2. The Midwest team edged the West 38-42 with South 52 and Northeast 87. Complete Boys Results
• GIRLS RACE: Queen Amber Reigns Supreme
  Amber Trotter CA 16:24 - Any hopes Amber Trotter would get a challenge were dashed quickly as the Ukiah CA senior made this just like every other race in her storybook year. Out on top in the first strides, first mile in 5:04 with a 20 second lead that lengthened to 30 seconds after 2 miles and an incredible 40 seconds at the finish. She took 31 seconds off the OakTrails course record set by Sara Bei last year, 15 seconds off Melody Fairchild's meet record (1990 in San Diego), and the second largest margin in meet history. The Fox TV lead cart let her go in the first mile and moved back to the chase pack so that someone other than Trotter would appear in the race film. The stretch battle was for second, as Erika Odlaug IL just caught Natasha Roetter MA after a long hard drive, 17:04.3 to 17:05.1. The West girls won again in a rout with 33 points, Northeast 61, Midwest 71, and South 73. Complete Girls Results
• GALLERY OF FINALISTS - photos, quotes, and past performances for all 80 finalists and alternates.

Junior Olympics Cross Country
national championship results

• USATF - James Snellen, Mason Dixon club 15:50.80 edged Bryce Peterson, Provo Track by 3 seconds in Young Men. Lindsay Hattendorf IN 18:37.7 was a 27-second winner in Young Women. Intermediate winners were Jonathan Cardenas, Silver State 16:04.8 and Alison Coren IL 19:02.3.
• AAU - Midwestern club teammates (Brocaw Blazers) Matt Noonan KS 15:38.2 and Adam Perkins MO 15:39.9 finish 1-2 in Young Boys. Ryan Deak FL 15:40.2 wins Intermediate Boys. Brocaw Blazers also got the Young Girls title with Allison Smith MO 18:34.2. In Intermediate Girls, Mallory Champa KS 18:37 was 3 seconds ahead of Heather Iatauro NY.

2002 Indoor - it's here!
BALTIMORE MD 12/6/01 - We've been trying to ignore it, but indoor season is knocking at the door. The first major meet of the season, the Bishop Loughlin Games, is December 15 at the New York Armory, just one week after cross country ends with the Foot Locker finals in Florida. More

College Choices 2002 now 192 names
New signings:
Ben Stern MD - Princeton
Jordan Wagenseller KY - Princeton
Ashley Kaufman PA - Akron
Dawn Harper IL - UCLA
Steve Mucchetti CT - Dartmouth
Justin Nelson CA - UCLA
Alyssa Harty CO - Kansas State
Bret Schoolmeester CO - Colorado
Kierra Foster FL - Maryland
Jessica Hellender FL - South Florida
Sara Jane Baker MI - Nebraska
Skyler Green LA - Louisiana State

One-week early signing period ended Nov 21. DyeStat now has 192 choices listed. Send information on college choices to John Dye at [email protected] with your name, your relationship to the information, and a way to verify the information.

USATF Convention notes (Mobile 11/30)
Scott Raczko honored - South Lakes Reston VA coach Scott Raczko, most known for coaching Alan Webb, was named the Nike Youth Coach of the Year at the USATF convention in Mobile last week.
Jr Nationals moved
The conflict of dates between the adidas Outdoor Championships and the USATF Junior Nationals was removed today at the USATF convention. AOC will be held June 14-15 at Raleigh and Jr Nationals will be held June 21-22 at Stanford University. The two meets were held on the same weekend last June.

FL finalist in auto accident
Northeast region Foot Locker finalist Andy Weilacher of PA was seriously injured in an auto accident Thursday 11/29 near his home, along with teammate Matthew Allenson. Weilacher apparently has damage to two vertebrae, but no spinal cord damage. He also sustained a head bruise. Weilacher has begun physical therapy, and is hoping for a full recovery. Allenson has sustained a spinal cord injury, but the extent of that injury has not been released. Foot Locker announced that Weilacher will not be able to run in the finals at Disney World Dec. 8, and Brendan Sullivan NY will take his place.
Details on PennTrackXC

About those fast times in the South - The top 8 boys in the Foot Locker South regional all beat the pre-Webb record at McAlpine and 11 girls were under 18 minutes, the most ever in this regional. The South regional produced 8 of the top 12 times in the US for the entire season on the DyeStat XC Leader List. Was the course short? Has the South risen again? Three expert observors -- Rick Hill, Doug Speck, and Stephen (steveu) Underwood - give their views

3,030 leading cross country times in DyeStat XC Leader List updated through the November 24 Foot Locker regionals and the California State Meet. There are 1,715 boys times and 1,315 girls times from 559 meets across the country.
DyeStat XC Leader List as of Nov. 29: Boys - Girls
XC Leader List explained - How to get listed

Harrier Rankings Nov 19
Kingwood TX boys,
Saratoga NY girls still #1

DONNA ON THE SIDE
Hundreds of pictures of athletes, coaches, parents, and fans at the big meets.

• SAN FRANCISCO
• HILLIARD OH
• CHARLOTTE
• MANHATTAN
• MT. SAC
• NY FEDERATION
• FOOT LOCKER WEST REGIONAL

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