RACE HIGHLIGHTS:
Karlie Garcia of Roseville, Calif., and Darren Fahy of Carlsbad, Calif., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) West Regional today. In the girls’ race, Garcia went out hard followed closely by a large chase group, including Kelsey Braithwaite of Perry, Utah, and Makena Morley of Bigfork, Mont. At approximately two miles, Garcia took command of the course and never looked back, capturing the title in 17:46, marking her second year to qualify for the FLCCC National Finals. Braithwaite, a senior at Box Elder High School, finished second in 17:55, with Morley, a freshman at Bigfork High School, placing third in 18:07.
In the boys’ race, Darren Fahy, a senior at La Costa Canyon High School, ran with a pack of twenty until the second mile when he made his move to distance himself from the other runners. Nathan Weitz of Spokane, Wash., attempted to overcome Fahy with 200 meters remaining, but Fahy held onto the lead to win the race in 15:29. Weitz, a senior at The Oaks Classical Christian Academy finished second in 15:30, with Robert Farnsworth, a senior at Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho, placing third in 15:41. Fahy and Weitz are two-time FLCCC National Finalists.
WHEN/WHERE:
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif.
COURSE/WEATHER:
5K; good course conditions; clear and sunny skies with a slight breeze; 55 degrees
NATIONAL:
The top ten boys and the top ten girls in today’s seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the Northeast, South and Midwest Regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals, on Saturday, Dec.10 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.
2011 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships – West Regional Results
Mount San Antonio College – Walnut, Calif.
Boys
Place
|
Name
|
Hometown
|
High School
|
Time
|
|
1)
|
Darren Fahy
|
Carlsbad, Calif.
|
La Costa Canyon High School
(12)
|
15:29
|
|
2)
|
Nathan Weitz
|
Spokane, Wash.
|
The Oaks Classical Christian
Academy (12)
|
15:30
|
|
3)
|
Robert Farnsworth
|
Pocatello, Idaho
|
Highland High School (12)
|
15:41
|
|
4)
|
Andrew Gardner
|
Spokane, Wash.
|
Mead High School (11)
|
15:41
|
|
5)
|
Billy Gaudreau
|
Dana Point, Calif.
|
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
(12)
|
15:42
|
|
6)
|
Cameron Miller
|
Bakersfield, Calif.
|
Stockdale High School (12)
|
15:43
|
|
7)
|
Luis Luna
|
Santa Rosa, Calif.
|
Pine High School (12)
|
15:43
|
|
8)
|
CJ Albertson
|
Fresno, Calif.
|
Buchanan High School (12)
|
15:46
|
|
9)
|
Myles Smith
|
Lakewood, Calif.
|
St. John Bosco High School (11)
|
15:47
|
|
10)
|
Kevin Durham
|
Lake Forest, Calif.
|
El Toro High School (12)
|
15:50
|
Girls
Place
|
Name
|
Hometown
|
High School
|
Time
|
|
1)
|
Karlie Garcia
|
Roseville, Calif.
|
Oakmont High School (11)
|
17:46
|
|
2)
|
Kelsey Braithwaite
|
Perry, Utah
|
Box Elder High School(12)
|
17:55
|
|
3)
|
Makena Morley
|
Bigfork, Mont.
|
Bigfork High School (9)
|
18:07
|
|
4)
|
Sarah Robinson
|
Los Altos Hills, CA
|
Gunn High School (10)
|
18:11
|
|
5)
|
Jordan McPhee
|
Normandy Park, Wash.
|
Mount Rainier High School (10)
|
18:13
|
|
6)
|
Nikki Hiltz
|
Aptos, Calif.
|
Aptos High School (11)
|
18:17
|
|
7)
|
Sydney Segal
|
Beverly Hills, Calif.
|
Beverly Hills High School (11)
|
18:32
|
|
8)
|
Clare Carroll
|
Folsom, Calif.
|
Vista del Lago High School (10)
|
18:33
|
|
9)
|
Camille Chapus
|
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
|
Harvard-Westlake High School (12)
|
18:34
|
|
10)
|
Anna Maxwell
|
Felton, Calif.
|
San Lorenzo Valley High School (10)
|
18:38
|
|
11)
|
Emily Nist*
|
Meridian, Idaho
|
Bishop Kelly High School (12)
|
18:41
|
* First Alternate qualifying for FLCCC National Finals. Fourth place, Sarah Robinson, is unable to attend the National Finals.
