Joshua Clark continued his great season on Saturday advancing to Foot Locker Nationals. / Photo by Don Rich
On Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, NY the Northeast squared off in their annual Foot Locker Regional meeting. An individual focused meet the top ten finishers all advance to Nationals on December 12th in San Diego, CA.
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The girls race was flying with nine finishers under 18 minutes. The top time was Madeleine Davison (PA) with a 17:39. In the pack behind her we had two New Jersey girls in position to advance. Running 17:44 for fifth was junior Briana Gess of Haddonfield. This is her second qualification for Foot Locker Nationals where she went in 2013 as a freshmen, due to illness she did not run at Regionals in 2014.
Right behind Gess in sixth with 17:48 was sophomore Alyssa Aldridge the Group 3 and NJ MOCs Champion from Mainland Regional. This was her first experience at Foot Locker Northeast after not running the event last year as a freshmen.
Also close to qualifying was Hannah Bonaguidi of Delaware Valley in 13th with 18:34 and Ciara Roche of Freehold Twp in 17th with 18:44.
| Place | NJ Athlete | Result | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gess, Briana | 17:44.20 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Aldridge, Alyssa | 17:47.80 | 6 | ||
| 13 | Bonaguidi, Hannah | 18:33.50 | 12 | ||
| 17 | Roche, Ciara | 18:44.20 | 16 | ||
| 43 | Kenny, Rachel | 19:31.20 | 33 | ||
| 52 | Bonner, Kara | 19:44.70 | 36 | ||
| 65 | Bakley, Amanda | 20:09.90 | 38 | ||
| Place | NJ AthleteS | Result | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Clark, Joshua | 15:28.40 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Dragon, Joe | 15:31.40 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Grossman, Matt | 15:33.50 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Kigen, Ronald | 16:03.60 | 19 | ||
| 20 | Pedersen, Robert | 16:04.90 | 20 | ||
| 21 | Rutto, Edwin | 16:05.60 | 21 | ||
| 27 | Rafferty, Ryan | 16:15.50 | 27 | ||