The South Regional has a great reputation for some fast racers and great course conditions.Thirty-five degrees for North Carolina, but the athletes were ready. Check out the top ten southern boys and girls fighting in San Diego.
Elizabeth Leachman and Keegan Smith took first place
Foot Locker Cross Country 45th Annual Southern Regional Championships;
The top 10 boys and girls qualify for the national finals
Highlights of the race:
Elizabeth Leachman of San Antonio, TX and Keegan Smith of Kingston, TN won the Foot
Locker Cross Country Championship Southern Regional today. Leachman, Jr. at:
Boerne Champion High School won the girls championship race title in 16:55.5.
Caroline Barton, a senior from Asheville, NC, finished second in 16:59.4, and Lily.
Beshears, a junior from Springdale, AR, took third in 17:01.3 Leachman last year
national champion and today’s 10th place finisher Abby Faith Cheeseman of Bell Buckle;
TN participated in last year’s National Championship event in San Diego, CA.
Keegan Smith, a senior at Knoxville Catholic High School, won the boys title
championship race: 14:58.1. Jack Bowen, a senior from Chattanooga, TN, graduated
second in 14:59.9 and Tristan Yoder, a senior from Broadway, Va., finished third.
15:00.4. Sixth-place finisher Riku Sugi of Bardstown, Ky., is the lone finisher in today’s race.
national returner who competed in the national championships last year.
WHEN/WHERE?
Saturday, November 30, 2024
The Larry McAfee Course at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC
COURSE/WEATHER.
5000 meter course; good course conditions; 35 degrees; light winds; sunny sky
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
The top 10 boys and top 10 girls in the championship race are eligible to compete
Runners from the Midwest, Northeast and West meet at Foot Locker Cross
Country Championship National Finals, Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Morley Field,
Balboa Park in San Diego, CA.
2024 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships – South Regional Results
The Larry McAfee Course at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC
Girls
Place Name Hometown High School (Year) Time
1) Elizabeth Leachman San Antonio, TX Boerne Champion High
School (11)
4:55.5 p.m
2) Caroline Barton Asheville, NC Carolina Day School (12) 16:59.4
3) Lily Beshears Springdale, AR Rogers High School (11) 17:01.3
4) Sophia Bendet Universal City, TX Randolph High School (12) 17:08.0
5) Kerrigan Chaney Roanoke, VA North Cross School (12) 17:13.0
6) Carolina Areheart Knoxville, TN Webb School of Knoxville (11) 17:14.5
7) Jazzlyn Garmer Knoxville, TN Webb School of Knoxville (11) 17:16.4
8) Macy Wingard Aubrey, TX Denton Braswell High School (11) 17:16.7
9) Kate Loescher Stafford, VA Colonial Forge High School (12) 17:21.9
10) Abby Faith Cheeseman Bell Buckle, TN Webb School of Bell Buckle (12) 17:27.2
Boys
Place name during hometown high school
1) Keegan Smith Kingston, TN Knoxville Catholic High School (12) 14:58.1
2) Jack Bowen Chattanooga, TN McCallie School (12) 14:59.9
3) Tristan Yoder Broadway, VA Broadway High School (12) 15:00.4
4) Malachi Burnett Canton, GA Creekview High School (11) 15:01.4
5) Asher Oates Franklin, TN Independence High School (11) 15:02.0
6) Riku Sugie Bardstown, KY Thomas Nelson High School (10) 15:02.0
7) Jackson Hogsed Suwanee, GA Lambert High School (12) 15:03.1
8) Owen Kelley Bentonville, AR Bentonville High School (12) 15:04.2
9) Parker Adams Jacksonville, FL Boles High School (12) 15:08.6
10) Matthew Shelley Bentonville, AR Bentonville High School (12) 15:09.5
