Other than the obvious talent and work ethic of this year\'s class of Foot Locker Finalists from Pennsylvania, each of these runners share something else
Five Photo Galleries by Karen Ward & Don Rich from 11/26 Foot Locker Northeast Regional @ Van Cortlandt Park, NYC
PA BOYS - Keith Capecci comes from behind on the best in the Northeast. Josh Hibbs exceeds everyone\'s expectations, even his own. PA GIRLS - Liz Costello ignores the hype, predictions, and mud to capture a FL Finalist spot with nation\'s elite. (PHOTO: Keith Capecci, Council Rock North, at 3000 meters on the way to a spot in the finals.
Inside is a list, sorted from fastest to slowest, of everyone who ran at Foolocker from MD. Enjoy!
Alison Smith got the closest out of anyone in Maryland to making the Foot Locker Nationals today, with a 16th place finish in 18:28. Katie Hursey of North Carroll was right behind her, placing 22nd in 18:35. Matt Centrowitz and Kyle Ryan were the top finishers for Maryland, placing 41st in 16:15 and 49th in 16:22, respectively. Mikias Gelagle placed 63rd in 16:27, Andrew Revelle garnered 72nd place in 16:31, and Anders Hulleberg of Park School ran 16:55 to finish 115th in the seeded boys race. Full Results up.
The good news is, virtually every 2005 Pennsylvania champion in cross country
Neely Spence didn\'t have high school cross country teammates to call in the summer of 2004 to go on those long training runs required for a successful cross country season. She lives in the Shippensburg School District and is homeschooled. Shippensburg is one of 221 districts that did not permit participation by homeschoolers in extracurricular activities. Neely -- who as a freshman finished 14th in the 2004 Foot Locker Northeast Regionals -- did something about the first problem... and Governor Ed Rendell and the Pennsylvania Legislature did something about the second.
The announcement on the Foot Locker web site...