Missouri All-Time Kinney Foot Locker High School Cross Country Nationals Finalists

Missouri All-Time Kinney Foot Locker High School Cross Country Nationals Finalists

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The Championships were known as the Kinney Cross Country Championships from 1979 – 1992 and the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships from 1993 – present.

The Foot Locker website says that from 1979 – 1980 five qualifiers from five regions =25 made it to Nationals. The website’s results seem to suggest something different. The 1979 results only list the top ten while the 1980 results show 32 finishers in each race. From 1981 – 2003 there were 38 National qualifiers, normally 8 from each of four regions. But in 1981 it appears there were 9 Midwest girls and only 7 Northeast girls. Also in 1981 there were 9 South region boys while there was one unknown non-finisher. In 1982 there were just 6 Northeast boys while there were 10 boys from the South. Things seemed to even out in 1983, with 8 qualifiers from each region. In 2004 the field was expanded to 40 National qualifiers, 10 from each region. For a long time now there have been four regions: Northeast, South, Midwest, and West.

Nationals were held at Balboa Park in San Diego California in 1979 and 1980, 1983 to 1996, and from 2002 to the present. Since 1983 the meet when held in San Diego was run on the Morley Field course in Balboa Park. From 1981-1982 and 1997 to 2001 Nationals were held in Orland Florida. From 1997 to 2001 the meet was held more specifically in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at Disney’s Oak Trail Golf Course.

Individual National Champions are honored as well as the top 15 finishers in each race are honored as All-Americans. Regional teams compete for the team championship.

Missourians have competed at the Kinney Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships 31 times in its 32 years.

13 girls have competed 21 times

9 boys have competed 10 times

10 times multiple Missourians have qualified for Nationals in the same year.

1987 had the most Missourians qualify for Nationals in one year with three.

4 time Finalists:

Megan Thompson Hazelwood Central, Florissant, 1986-1989

Emily Sisson, twice as Missourian, twice as Nebraskan, 2006-2009

2 time Finalists:

Jill Kingsbury Washington, Washington, 1981-1982

Susan Bliss Francis Howell, St. Charles, 1986-1987

Amy Wiseman Lee’ Summit, Lee’s Summit, 1995-1996

Emily Sisson Parkway Central, Chesterfield, 2008-2009

Diane Robison Parkway Central, Chesterfield, 2008-2009

Joe Kirby Jefferson City, Jefferson City, 1984-1985

Schools with multiple finalists:

West Plains: 5 Qualifiers for 5 Championships

Francis Howell: 2 Qualifiers for 3 Championships

Lee’s Summit: 2 Qualifiers for 3 Championships

Parkway Central: 2 Qualifiers for 4 Championships

Hazelwood Central: 2 Qualifiers for 5 Championships

High School Head Coaches with multiple qualifiers:

Dave Denny: 3 athletes for 4 championships

Joe Falcon @ Belton

Amy Wiseman @ Lee’s Summit 2x Qualifier

Matt Tegenkamp @ Lee’ Summit

Joe Bill Dixon: 5 athletes for 5 championships @ West Plains

Chris Zinn

Jon Hatley

Lisa Brown

Jason Sandfort

Josh Harper

                       

Paul Enke: 2 athletes for 5 Championships @ Hazelwood Central

Megan Thompson 4x Qualifier

Mark Colvis

Steve Miller: 2 athletes for 3 championships @ Francis Howell

Susan Bliss 2x Qualifier

Sarah Bliss

Ken Greathouse: 2 athletes for 4 championships @ Parkway Central

Emily Sisson 2x Qualifier

Diane Robison 2x Qualifier

Missouri All-Time Kinney Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals Qualifiers/Competitors by Year

Year	Place	Time	Name	Grade	High School	Hometown
1981	28	18:48.7	Jill Kingsbury	11	Washington	Washington
1982	14	17:45.8	Jill Kingsbury	12	Washington	Washington
1983	5	15:09.7	Chris Zinn	12	West Plains	Pottersville
	16	15:31.8	Joe Falcon	12	Belton	Belton
1984	20	15:45.3	Joe Kirby	11	Jefferson City	Jefferson City
	23	15:51.6	Mark Colvis	12	Hazelwood Central	St. Louis
1985	7	14:53.3	Jon Hatley	12	West Plains	West Plains
	14	15:07.3	Joe Kirby	12	Jefferson City	Jefferson City
1986	22	18:17.1	Megan Thompson	9	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
	25	18:28.2	Susan Bliss	11	Francis Howell	St. Charles
1987	2	17:16.7	Susan Bliss	12	Francis Howell	St. Charles
	3	17:27.6	Megan Thompson	10	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
	21	18:24.7	Sarah Bliss	12	Francis Howell	St. Charles
1988	6	17:40.0	Megan Thompson	11	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
1989	2	17:12.7	Megan Thompson	12	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
	26	19:09.6	Megan McGrath	10	William Chrisman	Independence
1991	8	18:12.3	Lisa Brown	12	West Plains	West Plains
1995	5	17:41.1	Amy Wiseman	11	Lee’s Summit	Lee’s Summit
	17	15:43.8	Greg Speicher	12	Marquette	Chesterfield
1996	11	18:25.0	Amy Wiseman	12	Lee’s Summit	Lee’s Summit
	22	18:51.0	Allison Medlin	11	Carthage	Carthage
1999	5	14:47.72	Matt Tegenkamp	12	Lee’s Summit	Lee’s Summit
2000	30	16:00	Jason Sandfort	12	West Plains	West Plains
2002	16	15:24.3	Josh Harper	12	West Plains	West Plains
2003	23	18:32	Amber Warren	11	Lutheran St. Peters	St. Charles
2005	33	18:33	Merideth Snow	12	Eureka	Wildwood
2008	29	18:37	Emily Sisson	11	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
	36	18:54	Diane Robison	11	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
2009	3	17:19	Emily Sisson	12	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
	19	18:08	Diane Robison	12	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
2010	20	18:07	Colleen Quigley	12	Nerinx Hall	St. Louis

Missouri All-Time Kinney Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals Qualifiers/Competitors by Place

Place	Name	Year	Time	Grade	School	Hometown
2	Susan Bliss	1987	17:16.7	12	Francis Howell	St. Charles
2	Megan Thompson	1989	17:12.7	12	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
3	Megan Thompson	1987	17:27.6	10	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
3	Emily Sisson	2009	17:19	12	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
5	Amy Wiseman	1995	17:41.1	11	Lee’s Summit	Lee’s Summit
5	Chris Zinn	1983	15:09.7	12	West Plains	Pottersville
5	Matt Tegenkamp	1999	14:47.72	12	Lee’s Summit	Lee’s Summit
6	Megan Thompson	1988	17:40.0	11	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
7	Jon Hatley	1985	14:53.3	12	West Plains	West Plains
8	Lisa Brown	1991	18:12.3	12	West Plains	West Plains
11	Amy Wiseman	1996	18:25.0	12	Lee’s Summit	Lee’s Summit
14	Jill Kingsbury	1982	17:45.8	12	Washington	Washington
14	Joe Kirby	1985	15:07.3	12	Jefferson City	Jefferson City
16	Joe Falcon	1983	15:31.8	12	Belton	Belton
16	Josh Harper	2002	15:24.3	12	West Plains	West Plains
17	Greg Speicher	1995	15:43.8	12	Marquette	Chesterfield
19	Diane Robison	2009	18:08	12	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
20	Joe Kirby	1984	15:45.3	11	Jefferson City	Jefferson City
20	Colleen Quigley	2010	18:07	12	Nerinx Hall	St. Louis
21	Sarah Bliss	1987	18:24.7	12	Francis Howell	St. Charles
22	Megan Thompson	1986	18:17.1	9	Hazelwood Central	Florissant
22	Allison Medlin	1996	18:51.0	11	Carthage	Carthage
23	Mark Colvis	1984	15:51.6	12	Hazelwood Central	St. Louis
23	Amber Warren	2003	18:32	11	Lutheran St. Peters	St. Charles
25	Susan Bliss	1986	18:28.2	11	Francis Howell	St. Charles
26	Megan McGrath	1989	19:09.6	10	William Chrisman	Independence
28	Jill Kingsbury	1981	18:48.7	11	Washington	Washington
29	Emily Sisson	2008	18:37	11	Parkway Central	Chesterfield
30	Jason Sandfort	2000	16:00	12	West Plains	West Plains
33	Merideth Snow	2005	18:33	12	Eureka	Wildwood
36	Diane Robison	2008	18:54	11	Parkway Central	Chesterfield