Foot Locker South: NC Entries as of 11/24

Ian Milder's big breakthrough at this race last year makes him the top returner from North Carolina, with eyes on a trip to San Diego.

There are 488 athletes from North Carolina entered into Foot Locker South, the largest number of any participating state.  Those entries are mostly scattered over the grade-level (unseeded races), but some of the Old North State's top runners will be competing in the seeded races, and a few of our elite runners can take a shot at one of the biggest prizes in high school running: the top 10 individuals in the race get to travel to San Diego in two weekends for Foot Locker Nationals.  Last year, North Carolina came up just short, with Bakri Abushouk and Alana Hadley both finishing 11th, after sending four athletes in each of the prior two years.  The last time that North Carolina failed to qualify a single athlete to nationals, before 2012, was 1995; two years without a qualifier would be unprecedented.  Luckily, our state has an excellent group of top-notch runners ready to bring their best and prevent that from happening.

Schedule:
8:00 a.m. Race O & M Open Race and Masters Race
8:30 a.m. Race A Boys Freshman Race
9:00 a.m. Race B Boys Sophomore Race
9:30 a.m. Race C Girls Junior/Senior Race
10:00 a.m. Race D Girls Championship Race
10:40 a.m. Race E Boys Championship Race
11:10 a.m. Race F Girls Sophomore/Freshman Race
11:40 a.m. Race G Boys Senior Race
12:10 a.m. Race H Boys Junior Race
12:30 p.m. Race I Boys and Girls 10 & under
12:50 p.m. Race J 11-12 Girls and 11-12 Boys
1:10 p.m. Race K 13-14 Girls and 13-14 Boys

Top  NC Boys Entered

• Ian Milder: top NC returner, 5th returner from FLS 2012; NC #6

• Ben Huffman: went to NXN last fall, NC #2, 5th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Patrick Sheehan: NC #1, 3rd-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Wyatt Maxey: 7th returner from FLS 2012, NC #5

• Philip Hall: NC #3, 16th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Tanis Baldwin: NC #4, 19th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Ryan Speer: NC #9

Top NC Girls Entered

• Kayla Montgomery: top NC returner, 6th returner from FLS 2012; NC #1, 5th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Grace Sullivan: NC #2, 12th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Bianca Bishop: NC #3, 14th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Sydney Foreman: NC #5, 19th-fastest time among FLS states this fall

• Lily Anderson: NC #7

• Eliza Dekker: NC #10

• Mary Grace Doggett: NC #11

• Sophie Ebihara: NC #13

Complete List of NC Entries