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  10.    <published>2016-12-10T10:38:27-08:00</published>
  11.    <updated>2016-12-10T10:38:27-08:00</updated>
  12.    <title>Reed Brown Kicks to Win 2016 Boys’ Foot Locker XC Championship</title>
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  14.  
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  16.      &lt;img alt="Track and Field: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track &amp;amp;amp; Field" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/35JRjAtWjsx0lUPgYQe9NDgDho0=/0x0:5568x3712/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52228355/usa_today_9366430.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  17.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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  19.  
  20.  &lt;p&gt;Brown used the downhill to put himself in contention and the final straight to showcase his mile speed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="DUHrgn"&gt;Coming into the 2016 Footlocker Boys’ race, the only thing we really felt comfortable saying we knew is that we didn’t know how this race would play out at all. With as many as 10 boys in possible contention for the win, we expected that the race would be close throughout, but had no confidence to claim to know who would emerge from that group.&lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="CMXZ2y"&gt;In the early going, Seth Hirsch—the top returning runner from the 2015 race—took the lead and held the lead through the mile, which he led the field through in a controlled pace at 4:46. The first shake-up occurred on the uphill after the first mile with Dylan Jacobs taking the lead on the hill. &lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;p id="uRrm7i"&gt;Jacobs held the lead through the plateau at the top before Hirsch took it back on the downhill only to be passed by Reed Brown—keep this in mind going forward. Coming off the hill at halfway through the race, there was a clear group of five runners in the lead. Joining Brown and Hirsch were Finn Gessner, Connor Lane, and Tibebu Proctor. Sam Worley and Noah Affolder were leading the next pack, but were not really threatening the lead.&lt;/p&gt;
  23. &lt;p id="yYh6nn"&gt;Going into the second time through the hill, it appeared that the elder Affolder was going to make a push to join the apparent contenders. Instead, Gessner, Hirsch, and Brown used the uphill to open up a gap on the field with Gessner in the lead. Gessner held the lead through the uphill with he and Hirsch gapping Reed Brown on the plateau. &lt;/p&gt;
  24. &lt;p id="b5O9lo"&gt;On the downhill, Hirsch too the lead from Gessner, but, out of nowhere, Brown came thundering past to take the lead and make it a three-boy race with 600m to go at the bottom of the hill. He sat with the others coming into the final straight before showcasing his superior mile speed in the final 150m to pull away from Gessner and Hirsch to win by nearly three seconds in 15:02.&lt;/p&gt;
  25. &lt;p id="uuVCbx"&gt;As we mentioned in our preview, Brown came into Foot Locker on the heels of four consecutive losses to fellow Texan Sam Worley. In this race, though, Worley never put himself in contention while Brown put himself in position to take advantage of his speed at the end. Ultimately, I would imagine Brown would gladly choose again to suffer four straight losses to Worley—Texas states, NXN regionals, Footlocker regionals, NXN nationals—if it meant winning a national championship.&lt;/p&gt;
  26. &lt;p id="ivEzQr"&gt;Full results:&lt;/p&gt;
  27.  &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
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  35.    <author>
  36.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  37.    </author>
  38.  </entry>
  39.  <entry>
  40.    <published>2016-12-10T09:59:55-08:00</published>
  41.    <updated>2016-12-10T09:59:55-08:00</updated>
  42.    <title>Sophomore Claudia Lane Wins 2016 Footlocker XC Title</title>
  43.    <content type="html">  
  44.  
  45.    &lt;figure&gt;
  46.      &lt;img alt="Cross Country: Foot Locker National Championships" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ml1dsra-f8gcvMwTvEyqrhL32TE=/186x0:5334x3432/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52228095/usa_today_8992249.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  47.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  48.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  49.  
  50.  &lt;p&gt;She led wire-to-wire and held off last year’s third place finisher Nevada Mareno to claim the win. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="gWHvMv"&gt;California sophomore Claudia Lane has been known this season for her front-running strategy. The question for her coming into today’s Foot Locker championship was not whether she would attempt to run from the front, but how it would play out for her against this group of talent. &lt;/p&gt;
  51. &lt;p id="Abx0AL"&gt;Lane took the lead from the gun, which, historically, has not been a great strategy on the Balboa Park course as the hill that the runners face twice in the race tends to take its toll by the second time around. Still, Lane tried to gap the field even before the mile and the first time up the hill. She had opened up a significant gap on the field at the mile mark, which she came through in around 5:17 or 5:18. &lt;/p&gt;
  52. &lt;p id="5gR7eJ"&gt;She maintained her lead on the hill, but that part of the race set up the race for what it would become over the final two miles with Anne Forsythe and Nevada Mareno—two other regional champions—gaining separation from the other 37 girls in the race. &lt;/p&gt;
  53. &lt;p id="iSZC9N"&gt;Rounding off the downhill coming up on the halfway point of the race, Mareno had gained a lead on Forsythe and looked like she would eventually overtake Lane. &lt;/p&gt;
  54. &lt;p id="dL7ZSi"&gt;Just after two miles, heading up the hill the second time, Mareno puled up onto Lane’s shoulder. We’ve seen this story before; Mareno was going to hang there until the downhill and then put the entire thing away. Only, that didn’t happen. Mareno did stick with Lane on the uphill and on the brief flat section at the top, but instead of blowing by Lane on the downhill section, Lane actually opened up a commanding lead. &lt;/p&gt;
  55. &lt;p id="DajB74"&gt;Mareno stayed within striking distance to potentially win it with another gear or Lane falling off, but instead of that strategy playing out, Lane found another gear with 200m to go and opened up a four-second lead on last year’s third-place finisher to lock up the wire-to-wire win as a sophomore in 17:05.&lt;/p&gt;
  56. &lt;p id="UtDBdP"&gt;Mareno finished strong for second in 17:09, with a 27-second gap over Rebecca Story in third place. With juniors Story and Forsythe taking third and fifth, respectively, more than half of the top five finishers were non-seniors. Seven of the 15 All-Americans in the race were non-seniors. &lt;/p&gt;
  57. &lt;p id="PBXPYW"&gt;Full Results:&lt;/p&gt;
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  66.    <author>
  67.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  68.    </author>
  69.  </entry>
  70.  <entry>
  71.    <published>2016-12-09T10:00:02-08:00</published>
  72.    <updated>2016-12-09T10:00:02-08:00</updated>
  73.    <title>2016 Footlocker XC Boys’ Race Preview</title>
  74.    <content type="html">  
  75.  
  76.    &lt;figure&gt;
  77.      &lt;img alt="Cross Country: Foot Locker National Championships" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/BCG8KvykstSttvzcfO9XlYO21-Q=/588x0:4932x2896/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52216717/usa_today_8992247.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  78.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  79.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  80.  
  81.  &lt;p&gt;The winner of the boys’ race could challenge Casey Clinger for the national No. 1 ranking.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="BU7uXd"&gt;Welcome to Footlocker in the age of NXN. Earlier, &lt;a href="http://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/9/13894704/2016-footlocker-xc-girls-race-preview"&gt;we looked at how the girls’ race might play&lt;/a&gt; out Saturday and concluded that, regardless of who wins, it will not be the best girl in the country. To a lesser extent, the same analysis holds for the boys. With Casey Clinger winning NXN last weekend, Saturday’s Footlocker winner will, at best, have to share the number one crown. Still, four of the top six finishers from NXN are attempting the double Saturday, meaning that this field is by no means light on talent. Where the girls’ race seemed easy to pare down to two favorites, the boys’ race figures to be much more open, with Tully Runners projecting the top 9 runners as all being within 10 seconds of each other.&lt;/p&gt;
  82. &lt;p id="JztPaJ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Watch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  83. &lt;p id="i1YzI9"&gt;The boys’ race will start at 1:00 p.m. EST (the girls’ race precedes it at 12:15 p.m.) and can be viewed via a free live stream available either at &lt;a href="http://footlockercc.com"&gt;footlockercc.com&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ns3fHjp9484"&gt;this YouTube page&lt;/a&gt; beginning at 11:00 a.m. EST.&lt;/p&gt;
  84. &lt;p id="qNv0mX"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Contenders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  85. &lt;p id="TvE58y"&gt;If anyone enters as a favorite, it’s &lt;strong&gt;Sam Worley. &lt;/strong&gt;He finished second to Clinger last weekend at NXN and has run his best races of the season in his last four races, with the best coming last weekend. He’s trending upward at the right time and, historically, Footlocker has been kind to senior boys. However, with other contenders like Noah Affolder and Finn Gessner not competing in the NXN circuit, that lack of rest could be a crucial variable in a race that’s, on paper, a toss-up.&lt;/p&gt;
  86. &lt;p id="RynrfM"&gt;Like Worley, Nebraska’s &lt;strong&gt;Sam Hirsch&lt;/strong&gt; is attempting the NXN/FL double. Hirsch finished fourth at NXN and is the top returner from last year, during which race he finished 9th. He only finished fifth in his Footlocker regional meet, but that comes with the obvious qualification that he surely knew that he had two national championships in his near future. He ran arguably his two best races of the season at NXN regionals and nationals, so the explanation that he was holding back at the Midwest regional has some evidence behind it. As with any runner attempting the double, though, the question will be how many races Hirsch has in his legs.&lt;/p&gt;
  87. &lt;p id="S5Mhql"&gt;That brings us to the next two true favorites, &lt;strong&gt;Noah Affolder &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Finn Gessner&lt;/strong&gt;, who are coming in relatively rested compared to their doubling counterparts. Gessner would have entered NXN with the second-highest speed rating in the race, but he withdrew from the meet to focus on winning the Footlocker individual title. Despite his speed ratings, Gessner enters as a bit of a mystery with suspicions that he hasn’t yet really unleashed in a major race. He finished ninth in the Midwest region, and may have held back to run with Hirsch at NXN Heartland, where he was listed as the winner, though he and Hirsch essentially crossed the line together. He finished 11th last year at this meet and, perhaps more than any other boy in this field, has the potential to unleash something special.&lt;/p&gt;
  88. &lt;p id="yeDxNz"&gt;Affolder held out of the NXN cycle entirely, focusing entirely on Footlocker. He is the only entrant with an undefeated record on the season, but has not shown dominance in any of his victories. He finished 15th last year and has won two consecutive Northeast regional meets now, beating his brother Sam by eight seconds this year. &lt;/p&gt;
  89. &lt;p id="akKpzH"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Possibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  90. &lt;p id="20O4P0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexander Maier &lt;/strong&gt;had his best race of the season last weekend with his fifth place finish at NXN. However, he’s only a sophomore, which, historically, makes him a long shot to win Footlocker. Only Lukas Verzbicas has ever won as a sophomore. He’s tested against top competition, racing in Texas against fellow contenders Sam Worley and Reed Brown all season. This year might not be his year, but he’s worth watching both Saturday and for next year.&lt;/p&gt;
  91. &lt;p id="bxsM2H"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Talon Hull  &lt;/strong&gt;won the West regional in the absence of Clinger, but that qualification doesn’t disqualify Hull from consideration in this meet for two reasons: 1) Clinger isn’t at Footlocker nationals either and 2) his performance at the West regional received the second-highest speed score of any competitor in a regional meet. Running against Clinger in Utah all season should prepare him will for the quality of competition at Footlocker, but his overall body of work places him below the four runners above.&lt;/p&gt;
  92. &lt;p id="vGTLTD"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reed Brown &lt;/strong&gt;finished sixth at NXN last year, successfully did the double last year (two top-20 finishes), and is the fastest miler in the field. All of those facts should position him well for this race. However, Worley has his number with four consecutive head-to-head wins—Texas state meet, NXN regionals, Footlocker regionals, and NXN. That isn’t a deal-breaker, but it’s not a good omen either.&lt;/p&gt;
  93. &lt;p id="VriBMm"&gt;Lastly, &lt;strong&gt;Luis Grijalva &lt;/strong&gt;is a darling of Tully Runners’ speed rating system with the fifth highest overall rating in the field. So, why haven’t we talked about him yet? Well, he finished fourth at the West Regional without the sort of compelling explanations Hirsch and Gessner had in attempting the double. Still, winning the California state meet—his best race by speed rating on the year—isn’t easy to discount. A Californian has finished in the top 10 each of the last four years. Consistency seems to be an issue for Grijalva, though, which places him a tier below the other top runners in this field.&lt;/p&gt;
  94. &lt;p id="6buwfe"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prediction: &lt;/strong&gt;While Worley’s resume is tempting, I’m wary of picking someone attempting the double to win, especially when other similarly talented runners have the benefit of rest. So, the pick here is Affolder to join Edward Cheserek and Solomon Haile as the only Northeast runners to win Footlocker in the current century.&lt;/p&gt;
  95.  
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  99.    <author>
  100.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  101.    </author>
  102.  </entry>
  103.  <entry>
  104.    <published>2016-12-09T06:00:04-08:00</published>
  105.    <updated>2016-12-09T06:00:04-08:00</updated>
  106.    <title>2016 Footlocker XC Girls’ Race Preview</title>
  107.    <content type="html">  
  108.  
  109.    &lt;figure&gt;
  110.      &lt;img alt="Cross Country: Foot Locker National Championships" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LfEjYV-keyxnWPccbv0xCQTpJ-A=/186x0:5334x3432/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52209325/usa_today_8992249.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  111.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  112.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  113.  
  114.  &lt;p&gt;With the top girl in the country racing NXN, Saturday’s competition will be open.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="FNsK2b"&gt;With Brie Oakley having won last weekend’s Nike Cross Country Nationals by a stunning 28 seconds, Saturday’s Footlocker race will not truly crown the top high school girl in the country. According to &lt;a href="http://tullyrunners.com"&gt;tullyrunners.com&lt;/a&gt;, Oakley had the best speed rating in the country by seven points—the equivalent of 21 seconds on a typical 5k cross country course. There’s next to nothing any of the girls competing in San Diego can do to steal Oakley’s spot at the top of the pack.&lt;/p&gt;
  115. &lt;p id="ssqITN"&gt;Even without the top dog, this is not a weak field. It is headlined by, arguably, the second and third best girls in the country this season in sophomore &lt;strong&gt;Claudia Lane&lt;/strong&gt; and last year’s third-place finisher &lt;strong&gt;Nevada Mareno&lt;/strong&gt;. By just about any account, they are your co-favorites.&lt;/p&gt;
  116. &lt;p id="yzNumN"&gt;Lane in particular has, unlike the typical trajectory for high school runners, come on strong in the last month. Her two best performances of the season, according to speed ratings, have come in her last two races—Footlocker West Regional and the California State Meet--both of which she won by margins exceeding 35 seconds. While that sounds a lot like the resume of the best girl in the country—the West is a tough region and California a tough state—her one matchup against Oakley in September ended in a 23-second defeat. She’s only a sophomore, but, historically, that doesn’t disqualify her from serious consideration as over half of the last 30 girls champions have been non-seniors.&lt;/p&gt;
  117. &lt;p id="29IjuB"&gt;Despite her third place finish in 2015 and a win in the South region this year, Mareno enters as a bit of a mystery. She’s run a limited schedule this season and doesn’t have the body of work she entered the race with last year. If she’s in shape—and a state championship and regional win suggest she is—that light schedule could actually be to her benefit as the other girls in this field have all been racing heavily since September. She has the best mile and two-mile bests in the field, so, even with the lack of 2016 results, you would bet against her winning at your own peril.&lt;/p&gt;
  118. &lt;p id="wCi035"&gt;Though this seems today like it will be a two-girl race, we all know that Footlocker doesn’t always play out like we expect it to. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the two other regional champion and one other runner—all of whom enter with speed ratings of at least 150 in the last month.&lt;/p&gt;
  119. &lt;p id="PV98xz"&gt;New Jersey’s &lt;strong&gt;Alyssa Aldridge &lt;/strong&gt;only finished 23rd in this race as a sophomore in 2015, but enters with the second-best speed rating in the field—remember, Mareno has laid low this season—and a 15-second victory at the Northeast regional meet. After a relatively pedestrian start to the season, Aldridge has rounded into form in the last month with her best performances of the season coming when it mattered most. She won’t enter Saturday as a favorite, but she seems to be timing her season right and has familiarity with the Balboa Park course that could pay dividends. &lt;/p&gt;
  120. &lt;p id="W7SXbG"&gt;The highest finisher from NXN attempting the double this year, &lt;strong&gt;India Johnson&lt;/strong&gt; of Ohio, will be making her first Footlocker appearance. One has to wonder how she’ll respond to the grueling schedule she’s subjected herself to over the last two months—Ohio state championship circuit, NXN regional and final, Footlocker regional—against a field that features runners who aren’t attempting the double. Johnson came in second in the Midwest to fellow doubler Anne Forsythe by a whopping 19 seconds. She also finished behind Forsythe at the NXN regional before beating her at Nationals. &lt;/p&gt;
  121. &lt;p id="gK7mT4"&gt;The second notable girl attempting the NXN/Footlocker double is Johnson’s fellow midwesterner &lt;strong&gt;Anne Forsythe&lt;/strong&gt;. She finished 14th at NXN last weekend, just five seconds behind Johnson. Unlike Johnson, however, Forsythe doesn’t have the recent wins. She was second in her state meet in Michigan—unusual for a true contender at Footlocker—and the only race she’s won since the start of November was the Footlocker Midwest regional meet. Don’t let the lack of wins fool you though; Forsythe’s three best performances of the season, by speed rating, are her three most recent—NXN Nationals and both regional meets. She may well be coming into form at the right time, but will the schedule of attempting the double counteract that?&lt;/p&gt;
  122. &lt;p id="1TGpOt"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prediction:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  123. &lt;p id="aAOpNI"&gt;It’s not the safe pick by any stretch, but I’m sufficiently intrigued by Marero’s experience and approach in 2016 to pick her over Lane for first place.&lt;/p&gt;
  124. &lt;p id="qGoS8Q"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Viewing Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  125. &lt;p id="ThM5zo"&gt;The girls’ race begins at 12:15 p.m. EST, followed by the boys at 1:00 p.m. Footlocker will be providing a free live stream of the race, which is available both at &lt;a href="http://footlockercc.com"&gt;footlockercc.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ns3fHjp9484"&gt;this YouTube page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  126.  
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  129.    <id>https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/9/13894704/2016-footlocker-xc-girls-race-preview</id>
  130.    <author>
  131.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  132.    </author>
  133.  </entry>
  134.  <entry>
  135.    <published>2016-12-08T13:58:29-08:00</published>
  136.    <updated>2016-12-08T13:58:29-08:00</updated>
  137.    <title>Great Moments in Footlocker History #1: 2000 Boys Race</title>
  138.    <content type="html">  
  139.  
  140.    &lt;figure&gt;
  141.      &lt;img alt="Dathan Ritzenhein #534" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ckgpEagVj4eLYfbJngq2B5f1gaM=/0x481:2358x2053/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52206111/628730.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  142.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  143.  
  144.  &lt;p&gt;A race between Dathan Ritzenhein, Alan Webb, and Ryan Hall sets the stage for the next decade of American distance running.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="eOptMc"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Every fall, the high school cross country season gets a moment of exclusive access to the spotlight with the Footlocker Regional and National Cross Country Championships. Though in recent years, Nike Cross Country Nationals have threatened to overtake Footlocker in both attention and competitiveness, the latter’s history as the premier high school race in the country keeps it in the top spot. Add to that the fact that NXN’s team competition in which high schools compete under confusing club names that make it difficult to make meaning of the team competition, and Footlocker’s enduring beauty dwells in its simplicity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  145. &lt;p id="9z0uWS"&gt;&lt;em&gt;With the annual championships set to take place Saturday, December 10, we figured we’d look back at the top five moments of the 2000s before undertaking a full preview of both the boys and girls races Friday.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  146. &lt;p id="db87gd"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Field&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  147. &lt;p id="H011mN"&gt;The 2000 boys race probably featured the most heralded field up front of any race in Footlocker history. Throughout this series, we’ve seen some fields that are arguably stronger overall—depending on your level of preference for depth versus star power—but none can match the headliners of the three seniors at the front in Dathan Ritzenhein, Alan Webb, and Ryan Hall. &lt;/p&gt;
  148. &lt;p id="NAX3MV"&gt;Before LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade in Miami, these were the Big Three. Not only did they live up to their billing as such in this particular race, where they finished 1-2-3, but all three went on to figure prominently in the next decade of American distance running. Alan Webb, of course, set an American Record in the mile as a professional. Ryan Hall arguably ushered in the current era of American marathoning with his Olympic Trials win in 2007. Prior to that, he set an American Record of his own in the half marathon. Ritzenhein also managed to carve out some space for himself in the American record book, breaking the 5000m record in 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
  149. &lt;p id="E7mVrJ"&gt;It’s not always the case that high school success predicts a successful professional career, but for all three of Ritz, Webb, and Hall, it did. That, I would argue, is what makes this race so special historically. Sure, Hall and Webb entered as 4:00 milers and Ritz was looking to repeat as Footlocker champion, but this meet has seen those sorts of credentials before. We can’t explain the lasting greatness of this race entirely by looking at the credentials of the field that entered it. It only becomes truly far-and-away the best Footlocker championship of all time when you add in what occurred in the following 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;p id="6tvUIV"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Race&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  151. &lt;div id="LWgdcq"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UgHJjmRk71U?wmode=transparent&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;autohide=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;start=801" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  152. &lt;p id="370qdP"&gt;Of the races we’ve looked at in this series, this is the only one that took place during the five-year stretch from 1997-2001 when the championships were held in Orlando, Florida. The Orlando course is much flatter than its San Diego counterpart, which led to some fast times, but perhaps not as fast as one would expect. &lt;/p&gt;
  153. &lt;p id="2RApos"&gt;Everyone expected Ritzenhein to take the race out hard to take the kick out of Hall’s and Webb’s legs. But, for the first 1200m, it wasn’t Ritz leading the group, but Wesley Keating. Heading into the mile mark, with the group all still solidly together, Ritz made his move to take the lead. The only surprise being not that Ritz was looking to take the lead, but that he waited nearly a mile to do so. &lt;/p&gt;
  154. &lt;p id="K3hPyM"&gt;Webb made a move to go with him, but never presented a significant threat to overtake Ritz. Unlike many of the other races in this countdown, this was a rout from the mile mark to the finish, with Ritz eventually winning in a Footlocker record margin of 20 seconds. &lt;/p&gt;
  155. &lt;p id="rFWJLu"&gt;What was additionally impressive about Ritz’s performance beyond the fact that he obliterated Alan Webb and Ryan Hall is that he somehow came close to his record 14:29 time set the previous year despite coming through the mile in only 4:47. He cut it down to 4:37 for the second mile, but Webb was able to stay close enough that it wasn’t a lock that Ritz would win it. &lt;/p&gt;
  156. &lt;p id="mhD6vu"&gt;Ritz clearly had enough of the possibility of this being a competitive race. Over the next half mile, Ritz opened up the lead to the point that he would go on to win by over 20 seconds against perhaps the most recognizable high school runners of all time. He came through three miles in 14:05, meaning that he ran a pretty even pace of 4:41 one that next mile. Webb and Hall finished second and third, 20 and 24 seconds behind Ritz, respectively. &lt;/p&gt;
  157. &lt;p id="dXyc1p"&gt;Other Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
  158. &lt;ul&gt;
  159. &lt;li id="LA3cQM"&gt;At the 16:10 mark in the video, take a gander at Peter Meindl’s media photo. Everyone in every other photo is wearing obvious running attire—either a singlet or a jacket—but Meindl is going full unabomber. Did no one advise him that everyone else was dressing differently?&lt;/li&gt;
  160. &lt;li id="jCQpCa"&gt;At 17:30, the announcers refer to Alan Webb as a hanging chad, immediately dating the video. Hanging chads on physical Florida ballots were a great source of controversy in the 2000 Presidential election, which was only a month old at the time of the race. &lt;/li&gt;
  161. &lt;/ul&gt;
  162. &lt;p id="WCs6tf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full Results&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  163.  &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  164.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/um3kZ4aSiH5kM7xP16nXtxZjwbc=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7612197/Screen_Shot_2016_12_08_at_3.37.05_PM.png"&gt;
  165.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  166.  
  167.  
  168. </content>
  169.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/8/13888354/great-moments-in-footlocker-history-1-2000-boys-race"/>
  170.    <id>https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/8/13888354/great-moments-in-footlocker-history-1-2000-boys-race</id>
  171.    <author>
  172.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  173.    </author>
  174.  </entry>
  175.  <entry>
  176.    <published>2016-12-07T11:44:59-08:00</published>
  177.    <updated>2016-12-07T11:44:59-08:00</updated>
  178.    <title>Great Moments in Footlocker History #2: 2008 Girls Race</title>
  179.    <content type="html">  
  180.  
  181.    &lt;figure&gt;
  182.      &lt;img alt="U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials - Day Six" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/utbj4HWd6lZ7miiUPKfdoQiYuEs=/0x123:2049x1489/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52183361/81827442.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  183.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  184.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  185.  
  186.  &lt;p&gt;Jordan Hasay emerges from a field of three returning champions to win her second Footlocker title.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="eOptMc"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Every fall, the high school cross country season gets a moment of exclusive access to the spotlight with the Footlocker Regional and National Cross Country Championships. Though in recent years, Nike Cross Country Nationals have threatened to overtake Footlocker in both attention and competitiveness, the latter’s history as the premier high school race in the country keeps it in the top spot. Add to that the fact that NXN’s team competition in which high schools compete under confusing club names that make it difficult to make meaning of the team competition, and Footlocker’s enduring beauty dwells in its simplicity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  187. &lt;p id="yXtQUf"&gt;&lt;em&gt;With the annual championships set to take place Saturday, December 10, we figured we’d look back at the top five moments of the 2000s before undertaking a full preview of both the boys and girls races Friday.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  188. &lt;p id="k7RKR7"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Field&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  189. &lt;p id="FeSUdq"&gt;In their preview of the event, Letsrun declared the 2008 girls race an all-time classic and for good reason. Three previous winners were in the field. Jordan Hasay had won in 2005 as a freshman and was coming off a stunning performance at the Olympic Trials over the summer; Kathy Kroeger won in 2006 as a sophomore and finished second as a junior; and Ashley Brasovan won in 2007 as a junior. Three returning champions is the most you can possibly have in a once-per-season high school race, but, against all odds, this race added a fourth champion in Chelsey Sveinsson, who was the reigning NXN winner. &lt;/p&gt;
  190. &lt;p id="G2wnUG"&gt;Beyond the previous champions, Megan Goethals came in with a win in the Midwest region and was undefeated on the season. Emily Sisson only finished one second behind her at regionals and was 3rd at Footlocker as a freshman in 2006, so she figured to be in the mix as well. Additionally, &lt;a href="http://Tullyrunners.com"&gt;Tullyrunners.com&lt;/a&gt;, a site the assigns scores to every performance to attempt to compare runners across different courses—similar to park adjustments in baseball—ranked Allie McLaughlin, a senior who finished fourth in the Midwest, as entering with the third-best performance on the season. On the track, Northeast regional champion Emily Jones stacked up well against Kroeger and Brasovan and was returning for her third national meet after an 11th-place finish as a junior. &lt;/p&gt;
  191. &lt;p id="EQro7D"&gt;On paper, then, this shaped up to be one of the greatest fields ever assembled at a Footlocker final.&lt;/p&gt;
  192. &lt;p id="QEg7HJ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Race&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  193. &lt;p id="XLDWi1"&gt;(The race is broken up into three videos on Youtube)&lt;/p&gt;
  194. &lt;div id="YUjNVc"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 75.0019%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C_qVx-P_o1U?wmode=transparent&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;autohide=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  195. &lt;div id="ssb7Mn"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 75.0019%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gKgg1soQcSE?wmode=transparent&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;autohide=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  196. &lt;div id="aCNJrZ"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 75.0019%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kh-rkxXD4l0?wmode=transparent&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;autohide=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  197. &lt;p id="EPRYfU"&gt;The excitement generated on paper translated to the actual race. Allie McLaughlin was the first girl to try her hand at the lead, stringing the field out starting around 400m in. Lauren Smith, who finished fifth in the South regional, was the only other runner to break from the main pack to maintain contact with McLaughlin. All three previous champions—likely wary of the hill at one mile—were content to lay back and let the race play out.&lt;/p&gt;
  198. &lt;p id="i1W5uF"&gt;McLaughlin held the lead through the hill and appeared to even widen her gap on the entire pack of 39 on the downhill. Entering the second loop of the course—an approximate halfway mark—McLaughlin maintained a nine-second lead on the field. If Hasay, Brasovan, Kroeger, and the others were at all nervous about the gap that had opened, they weren’t showing it hanging behind New Jersey’s Chelsea Ley. &lt;/p&gt;
  199. &lt;p id="kNzgOU"&gt;Soon after the 2.5k mark, Hasay took the lead of the chase pack and the gap between them and McLaughlin started to narrow. It narrowed slowly under the stewardship of Hasay, but, once Brasovan took the lead over Hasay, the two pulled away from the rest of the chase and began to dramatically cut into McLaughlin’s advantage.&lt;/p&gt;
  200. &lt;p id="4OQfeV"&gt;Entering the second time through the hill (5:40 mark in the second video), we can finally see Brasovan and Hasay in the same camera shot as McLaughlin. Cresting the hill, Brasovan ditched Hasay and made her move to overtake McLaughlin. The latter held her off through most of the downhill, but, coming across the road with about 600m to go, Brasovan finally made her pass with McLaughlin not letting it be definitive.&lt;/p&gt;
  201. &lt;p id="uDo14U"&gt;At this moment, it was easy to forget about Hasay, but, suddenly, we see her stalking McLaughlin and making her way back into our leader’s camera shot with 400m to go. Coming off the turn and crossing the road into the final straight, Hasay turned on the jets and passed McLaughlin and Brasovan in rapid succession. Brasovan hung on for second.&lt;/p&gt;
  202. &lt;p id="1HnakR"&gt;But, further back, McLaughlin finally hit the wall that she seemed to be inviting with her early aggression. In the final straight, both Megan Goethals and Chelsey Sveinsson passed her by to claim third and fourth places, respectively, with the early leader settling for fifth. After that, the results of McLaughlin’s early pace and the Brasovan/Hasay splinter group were manifest with an eight-second gap between McLaughlin and 2006 champion Kathy Kroeger in sixth place. &lt;/p&gt;
  203. &lt;p id="zeCByF"&gt;It’s not quite worthy of number-one honors in our rankings—you know what’s in that spot—but that is not a slight on the 2008 girls race at all. It remains hard to argue against as the greatest girls field ever assembled at Footlocker, a field made even more special by the exciting and suspenseful race that played out.&lt;/p&gt;
  204. &lt;p id="plDed7"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full Results&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  205.  &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  206.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wW2hLPC4S0ZR-qvt8b5FOQnOl3M=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7602533/Screen_Shot_2016_12_07_at_11.17.40_AM.png"&gt;
  207.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  208. &lt;p id="Yw1NS7"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  209.  
  210. </content>
  211.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/7/13869454/great-moments-in-footlocker-history-2-2008-girls-race"/>
  212.    <id>https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/7/13869454/great-moments-in-footlocker-history-2-2008-girls-race</id>
  213.    <author>
  214.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  215.    </author>
  216.  </entry>
  217.  <entry>
  218.    <published>2016-12-07T10:35:54-08:00</published>
  219.    <updated>2016-12-07T10:35:54-08:00</updated>
  220.    <title>Diamond League Announces New Tournament Style Format</title>
  221.    <content type="html">  
  222.  
  223.    &lt;figure&gt;
  224.      &lt;img alt="Track and Field: London Anniversary Games" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/8GYJNWEiLzDDVnOp20wYDaJsxs0=/4x0:4924x3280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52181715/usa_today_9402404.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  225.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  226.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  227.  
  228.  &lt;p&gt;The 12 meetings of the Diamond League will culminate in two championship meets.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="YXPclM"&gt;The IAAF announced Wednesday that the Diamond League will operate under a &lt;a href="https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-diamond-league/news/32-million-prize-money-2017-iaaf-diamond-leag"&gt;new format&lt;/a&gt; beginning in 2017. The new structure will feature two championship meets at the end of the circuit in Zurich and Brussels that athletes must qualify for based on performances in the first 12 meetings on the circuit.&lt;/p&gt;
  229. &lt;p id="qQ9jFV"&gt;In recent years, Diamond League prize money was awarded based on cumulative points earned throughout the 14-meet series. That format was often difficult to keep tabs on for the casual fan as athletes rarely enter in all 14 competitions. On the whole, it led to uncomplying viewing due to a number of factors. First, a couple wins early in the cycle could put the first-place prize money out of reach by the final meets, making the races toward the end lacking in intrigue. Second, the points-based model could reward athletes who simply showed up to more meets rather than those who were more selective and performed better. As a result, winning the Diamond League title didn’t really capture much attention. Sure, it was cool to see athletes get a nice payday for their work, but the structure didn't produce any culminating championship competition that other sports feature.&lt;/p&gt;
  230. &lt;p id="WKZfKu"&gt;Under the new structure, the athletes will earn points in the first 12 meetings of the Diamond League—presumably under the same allocation as previous years—in order to qualify for the championship in their event. The final two meets of the season in Brussels and Zurich will now be held as championship races, open only to athletes who have qualified for them in previous meets. All Diamond League prize money will be awarded based on the results of those championships. &lt;/p&gt;
  231. &lt;p id="ewp20s"&gt; “After seven seasons which have established the IAAF Diamond League as our premier circuit it is important to assess its impact and build for the future,” said IAAF President Seb Coe in a statement. “These decisions are the first step to growing the attractiveness of the series.” &lt;/p&gt;
  232. &lt;p id="kHQ15c"&gt;While the point structure to qualify for the championship will face the same pitfalls as previous years, the championship will be a fun conclusion to what could now be properly considered the regular season of track and field. We may find going forward that the introduction of an NCAA-style qualifying time structure will further improve the format, but, for now, this is a welcome change. At least questions like, “how did this person win the Diamond League if they haven’t raced since June?” or “why did he win despite never finishing better than third in a race?” will never be asked again. &lt;/p&gt;
  233. &lt;p id="2EaPVf"&gt;For years, track and field has only captured public attention during the Olympics, where all the stakes are piled into one race. Perhaps yearly championships for the sport will generate some level of interest from non-diehards. Well done, IAAF! &lt;/p&gt;
  234.  
  235. </content>
  236.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/7/13872624/diamond-league-announces-new-tournament-style-format"/>
  237.    <id>https://www.stridenation.com/2016/12/7/13872624/diamond-league-announces-new-tournament-style-format</id>
  238.    <author>
  239.      <name>Eric Chesterton</name>
  240.    </author>
  241.  </entry>
  242.  <entry>
  243.    <published>2016-12-07T07:56:07-08:00</published>
  244.    <updated>2016-12-07T07:56:07-08:00</updated>
  245.    <title>Great Moments in Footlocker History #3: Boys 2011 Race</title>
  246.    <content type="html">  
  247.  
  248.    &lt;figure&gt;
  249.      &lt;img alt="Cross Country: NCAA Championships" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HpZy7PRt3SgA9R-haV5C4dDcbiU=/0x0:3568x2379/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/52176425/usa_today_8940210.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  250.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  251.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  252.  
  253.  &lt;p&gt;Edward Cheserek and Futsum Zeinasellassie trade leads throughout the race.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="eOptMc"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Every fall, the high school cross country season gets a moment of exclusive access to the spotlight with the Footlocker Regional and National Cross Country Championships. Though in recent years, Nike Cross Country Nationals have threatened to overtake Footlocker in both attention and competitiveness, the latter’s history as the premier high school race in the country keeps it in the top spot. Add to that the fact that NXN’s team competition in which high schools compete under confusing club names that make it difficult to make meaning of the team competition, and Footlocker’s enduring beauty dwells in its simplicity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  254. &lt;p id="CBVHRI"&gt;&lt;em&gt;With the annual championships set to take place Saturday, December 10, we figured we’d look back at the top five moments of the 2000s before undertaking a full preview of both the boys and girls races Friday.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;p id="LDKLS0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Field&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  256. &lt;p id="klYlx0"&gt;Despite three runners entering the season undefeated—Edward Cheserek, Futsum Zeinasellassie, and Darren Fahy—the race was billed as a showdown between Cheserek and Zeinasellassie with each winning their respective regions by over 10 seconds. Zeinasellassie was the returning runner-up after finished second to Lukas Verzbikas in 2010, but Cheserek’s dominance winning the Northeast regional by 25 seconds made it clear that it wouldn’t be a cake walk for the top returner. &lt;/p&gt;
  257. &lt;p id="wvKkAR"&gt;The field also featured two other top-four finishers from 2010 in South Dakota’s Tony Smoragiewicz and Spokane, WA’s Andrew Gardner. With Cheserek and Zeinasellassie clearly headlining the field, though, neither figured to pose a serious threat to win.&lt;/p&gt;
  258. &lt;p id="bHUy1K"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Race&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  259. &lt;div id="5XKXMp"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 75.0019%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MkGmomwMDcM?wmode=transparent&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;autohide=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  260. &lt;p id="paoqoH"&gt;Watching the video of the race, you’ll notice that neither of our two prohibitive favorites are running away from the pack in the first mile. Starting at around 400m into the race, though, there is someone running away from the pack. That boy is CJ Albertson, a senior from Fresno, California, who finished eighth in the West regional to qualify for the meet. By 1200m, Albertson had opened a commanding 30m lead on the field with Cheserek and Zeinasellassie pacing the pack behind him. &lt;/p&gt;
  261. &lt;p id="GebJqG"&gt;He held that gap through the first mile. But, immediately after the mile mark, the course embarks on the first round up the big hill. On that hill, Cheserek and Zeinasellassie clearly decided that enough was enough and quickly reeled in Albertson in the span of only about 200m. They both stormed past him as they crested the hill, and that marked the beginning of what would be a two-boy duel to the finish.&lt;/p&gt;
  262. &lt;p id="WHA85X"&gt;Though the two let the pack catch up for about a minute coming down the hill, Cheserek made the next big move around the turn at the bottom of the hill to remove any doubts about who this race would be between. &lt;/p&gt;
  263. &lt;p id="dY2mOI"&gt;For the next mile and a half, the two traded blows, alternating leads and running shoulder-to-shoulder mostly the entire time. By the second time through the hill, both appeared to be sprinting. Zeinasellassie made a move just before it, but Cheserek responded at the outset of the hill and both boys were going all out up the hill. Without historical splits to justify it, I feel confident saying that their ascent on the second loop was as fast as any in the history of the race. &lt;/p&gt;
  264. &lt;p id="uxcTA5"&gt;The two remained shoulder-to-shoulder from the top of the hill until about 100m to go. Cheserek refused to surrender the half-step lead he gained on the uphill, but Zeinasellassie certainly wasn’t going anywhere either. Entering the finishing straight with 100m to go, Cheserek found one more gear that Zeinasellassie couldn’t match. He opened up about five meters on his rival and held that through the finish, beating Zeinasellassie by less than one second. &lt;/p&gt;
  265. &lt;p id="OKQXO4"&gt;Their dominance over the rest of their competitors is evidenced by the 28-second gap between Zeinasellassie and Nathan Weitz in third place. Cheserek, of course, went on to repeat as champion the following year before becoming one of the most accomplished collegiate runners of all time at Oregon. Zeinasellassie didn’t win any national championships at Northern Arizona, but did finish in the top four in cross country three times over his career and took home a second-place (to Cheserek, of course) in the 10k outdoors as a senior in 2016. &lt;/p&gt;
  266. &lt;p id="QGUp2F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full Results&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  267.  &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  268.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/r4K9oRbPPiX6TnPpSPNbuy1e8Wk=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7600107/Screen_Shot_2016_12_06_at_9.46.06_PM.png"&gt;
  269.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  270.  
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