New Jersey's Allison Lee NJ and Liliah Gordon qualified for the Foot Locker National Championships by producing very strong races at Saturday's Foot Locker Northeast Regional Championships at Franklin Park in Boston.
The top 10 finishers automatically advanced to the Foot Locker National Championships, scheduled for Dec. 14 at Balboa Park in San Diego.
Lee, a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High, continued her breakout season by finishing sixth in 17:59 and the Penn State-bound Gordon, a senior at Northern Burlington, qualified for nationals for the second straight year by placing seventh in 18:01.
Lee's finish puts an exclamation point on an amazing season, which included a course record 17:46 at in Thompson Park when she won the Central Jersey, Group 3 title. She also won the Colonial Valley Conference Championship, was the runner-up finish at the State Group 3 meet and was third at the Meet of Champions.
Gordon, who won her third straight Group 3 title and was second at the Meet of Champions earlier this month, added her name to a small list of NJ runners who have qualified for the FL Nationals multiple times! Gordon also placed seventh at the FL NE Regional last year before finishing 33rd at the FL Nationals.
