SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Claudia Lane
of Malibu, Calif., and
Reed Brown of South Lake,
Texas, captured first place titles at
the 38th Annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
(FLCCC) National Finals at Morley Field, Balboa Park in
San Diego today. Race conditions
were good with dry terrain, cloudy skies and cool temperatures
reaching 60 degrees.
In the girls' 5K race, Lane won a
wire-to-wire victory in 17:05 while Brown took control in the final
quarter mile of the boys' 5K which featured more than 10 lead
changes, en route to a 15:02 victory.
Lane, a first-time FLCCC national
qualifier, took an early lead in the girls' race and cruised
through a mile split of 5:18. Anne
Forsyth (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
was the only competitor to go with her in the early stages.
Nevada Mareno (Raleigh, N.C.) closed the gap on the duo,
overtook Forsyth, and turned it into a two-girl race between
regional winners from the West and South. Mareno eventually caught
the pace-setter going uphill two and a half miles into the race,
but could not overtake her. Lane
responded on the steep, downhill portion of the course and
continued to pull away to the finish line. Mareno finished second
(17:09) with Rebecca Story
(Knoxville, Tenn.) placing third
(17:36), India Johnson (Hilliard, Ohio) coming in fourth (17:46) and
Forsyth in fifth (17:46).
In the boys' race, two-time FLCCC national qualifier
Seth Hirsh (Omaha, Neb.) went out aggressively and
continued to pick up the pace cruising through a mile split of
4:46. Brown took his first lead sprinting down the big hill on the
first loop. At the two-mile mark, Hirsch
and Finn Gessner (Madison,
Wis.) were side-by-side (9:44 split) with Reed maintaining
pace. From there, the trio of Hirsch, Gessner and Brown jockeyed
for the lead numerous times. Brown's speed on the downhill the
second time rocketed him to the front once again. Gessner was the
last runner to lead before Brown used a final surge to pull away
and break the tape (15:02). Gessner finished second (15:05),
edging Hirsch (15:05). Talon Hull
(Ogden, Utah) was fourth (15:08)
and Alexander Maier (Flower Mound, Texas) was fifth (15:11).
The Foot Locker Cross Country Championships are comprised of
four regional 5K races, which took place across the country in the
Midwest (Kenosha, Wis.), Northeast
(Bronx, N.Y.), South (Charlotte, N.C.) and West (Walnut, Calif.), culminating at the National
Finals here today. This year's race sponsors are global footwear
and athletic brand, New Balance, and Eastbay, a division of Foot
Locker, Inc., offering product direct-to-consumer through its
e-commerce site.
Click here for race results and photos
(Photo credit: PhotoRun for Foot Locker Cross Country
Championships)
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