2011 Footlocker Cross Country Midwest Regionals
Saturday is the Footlocker Cross Country Midwest Regional Meet in Kenosha Wisconsin. This is the 33rd year for the national high school cross country championship that is made up of four regional meets where the top 10 finishers in the boys and girls seeded races qualify for the National Finals in San Diego December 10. The meet's original title sponsor was Kinney Shoes and eventually became Footlocker.
It appears with more high school post-season meet options, there are fewer Missourians registered for this year's meet. The meet includes six races and includes an open race for all ages. It looks like there are just about 60 entrants from Missouri. Although some of the top runners in the state will look to add their names to the history books and join an elite list of national qualifiers.
The Footlocker Cross Country website lists several of the top entrants from each state and includes these Missourians:
http://www.footlockercc.com/midwest/2011/scouting.shtml
2011 TOP GIRL ENTRANTS FOOTLOCKER CC MIDWEST REGIONAL
MISSOURI
Hannah Long 9 Eureka 2nd Class 4 – 18:29
Brigette Caruthers 11 Branson 3rd Class 4 – 18:49
Sophia Racette 9 Nerinx Hall 5th Class 4 – 19:11
Saga Barzowski 11 Arcadia Valley 1st Class 2 – 19:37
Melissa Brown 10 Oakville 8th Class 4 – 19:41
Nicole Mello 11 Hickman 9th Class 4 – 19:41
MISSOURI
Caleb Wilfong 12 Rock Bridge 1st Class 4 – 15:54
Drew White 12 Festus 1st Class 3 – 16:05
Noah Kauppila 10 Marquette 4th Class 4 – 16:15
Billy Leighton 11 Central 11th Class 4 – 16:30
After good races at Nike Midwest Cross Regionals almost two weeks ago Drew White, Caleb Wilfong, Billy Leighton, and Kaleb Wilson will look more good 5k performances on the Wayne Dannehl National Cross Country Course in Kenosha Wisconsin. At first glance it looks like Saga Barzowski and Kayla Funkenbusch appear to be the only Missouri ladies who will run Saturday who also ran at Nike. Quite a few of the top Missouri girls will give it their best shot Saturday. The list includes freshman phenoms Hannah Long and Sophia Racette. Other top girls scheduled to compete: Amanda Behnke, Melissa Brown, Bridgette Caruthers, Nicole Mello, and Hannah Richardson.
Another Missouri runner finishing up a great season is California junior Elizabeth Kirby. Kirby, in just the second season of cross country for California High School (under head coach Josh Grotzinger), earned All-State honors in the Class 2 race at the state meet three weeks ago. She'll run the race where her father had great success. Joe Kirby is the lone Missouri male to ever qualify for Foot Locker Nationals multiple times. Kirby running for Jefferson City, qualified for Kinney Nationals in 1984 placing 20th and 1985 placing 14th, before an All-American career at The University of Nebraska.
Elizabeth Kirby Joe Kirby
A post following this one is will review the all-time Missouri Kinney/Footlocker National Qualifiers.
It appears that the Eureka girls will be sending a team to Footlocker as well the Class 3 State Champion Warrensburg Boys. Also, Ft. Zumwalt West and South appear to be sending quite a few runners. The Menghini clan is scheduled to race. Krista, the 2011 St. Joseph’s grad and current Southern Illinois Univeristy volleyball player, is entered with mother and super-endurance athlete Terri. Also 8th grade sister Melissa, also a future running/volleyball star candidate is registed. And finally Travis, the Rockwood Summit junior who just missed qualifying for the state meet this year. Running for Sophia Racette appears to be a family affair. Susan and Isabella Racette are entered and I believe I saw Sophia a month ago cheering somebody on, possibly her mother at the St. Louis Rock ‘n Roll Half/Marathon.
Good Luck to all! Hopefully the weather will be nice and the course not the normally muddy surface it usually is this time of year.
http://www.footlockercc.com/midwest/
Saturday November 26, 2011
Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course
Univeristy of Wisconsin Parkside
Kenosha, Wisconsin
10:00am Freshman/Sophomore Boys
10:40am Girls Seeded
11:25am Boys Seeded
12:05pm Freshman/Sophomore Girls
12:45pm Junior/Senior Boys
1:25pm Open Race
2:15pm Awards Ceremony
Top 10 finishers in the Seeded Races qualify for Footlocker National Championships December 10 at Morely Field at Balboa Park in San Diego California
Missouri Entries
http://www.footlockercc.com/midwest/entrants.php?name=
Name State Gender High School Year
Saga Barzowski MO F Arcadia Valley jr
Amanda Behnke MO F Lutheran South sr
Melissa Brown MO F Oakville so
Max Burson MOM Warrensburg so
Alex Burson MO M Warrensburg so
Brigette Caruthers MO F Branson jr
Aly Coleman MO F Ft. Zumwalt West sr
Creighton Collier MO M Warrensburg sr
Megan Cunningham MO F Eureka jr
Haley Delgado MO F Ft. Zumwalt West sr
Albert Fleer MO M Warrensburg jr
Brandon Foster MO M Ft. Zumwalt South jr
Kayla Funkenbusch MO F Rock Bridge fr
Caitlin Gervich MO F Ft. Zumwalt South so
Coleen Grone MO F Francis Howell North 2011
Dakota Harris MO M California jr
Jacob Humphries MO M Ft. Zumwalt South sr
Maggie juengst MO F Ft. Zumwalt South sr
Hadley Karandjeff MO F
Noah Kauppila MO M Marquette so
Elizabeth Kirby MO F California jr
Seth Kitchen MO M Ft. Zumwalt South so
Grace Lackner MO F Ft. Zumwalt West 2011
Dan Lasker MO M Marquette sr
Billy Leighton MO M Cape Central sr
Hannah Long MO F Eureka fr
Elise Marker MO F Villa Duchesne fr
Jessie McNeel MO F Eureka sr
Tucker Melles MO M Park Hill South fr
Nicole Mello MO F Hickman jr
Melissa Menghini MO F
Terri Menghini MO F
Travis Menghini MO M Rockwood Summit jr
Krista Menghini MO F St. Josephs 2011
Zachary Merrill MO F California so
Carson Miller MO M Ft. Zumwalt South so
Kyle Mrotek MO M Lindbergh fr
Andrew Nordyke MO M Warrensburg sr
Sydney O'Brien MO F Ft. Zumwalt South so
Kyle Pieper MO M Lindbergh
Jean Pierre Espinoza MO M Warrensburg
Sophia Racette MO F Nerinx Hall fr
Susan Racette MO F
Isabella Racette MO F
Hannah Richardson MO F Kirkwood fr
Adam Roderique MO M Marquette jr
Taylor Schulz MO F Eureka sr
Emily Shultz MO F West Plains sr
Tommy Skosky MO M Lindbergh jr
Gregory Spillman, Jr. MO M Linn so
Trevor Strader MO M
Angela Sumner MO F Eureka jr
Kaitlin Vaughan MO F Ft. Zumwalt South so
Lauren von Seelen MO F Eureka so
Drew White MO M Festus sr
Caleb Wilfong MO M Rock Bridge sr
Kaleb Wilson MO M Linn sr
Rachael Yergensen MO F Eureka fr
Sean Zimmerman MO M Ft. Zumwalt South sr
Photos of the athletes in bold are included in the photo illustration
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