With the Foot Locker South and NXN Southeast Regionals this weekend, the state of North Carolina will be a bit spread out.
The Green Hope girls and the TC Roberson girls look to have legit shots at moving onto Portland, especially if Green Hope runs the way they did this past weekend (see below). Look for an individual or two and quite possibly a team to make it to Portland from the NXN Regional in Cary.
Foot Locker is strictly about the individuals and NC has some of the best. Currently, there are 3 girls ranked among the nations best. Laura Hoer of Roberson will compete with her team at the NXN Regional, hoping to qualify individually if her team doesn't make it. Wesley Frazier of Ravenscroft and Carolyn Baskir of East Chapel Hill will both compete at the Foot Locker race with high hopes of making it to San Diego.
On the boys side, a number of boys have shots and if they can bring down their personal bests about 10-20 seconds, should be in the mix for the top 10.
NC Top 25 Running Footlocker (by time in NCRunners.com database)
Boys:
1) Jake Hurysz, Eastern Alamance, 15:12 *9:08 at Reagan 3200, odds are in his favor
2) Blake Williams, Northern Durham, 15:14 *ran solo 15:18 at Wendy’s Invitational at McAlpine in September, 9:20 at Reagan 3200
3) Thomas Graham, Cary Academy, 15:15 *ran 9:27 at Reagan 3200
4) Mohamed Abushouk, Cary, 15:23 *ran 9:17 at Broughton 3200 on Friday
5) Patrick Crawford, East Forsyth, 15:23 *4A State Champion beating Abushouk and Williams, 9:27 at Reagan 3200m
6) Jared Neely, Mount Tabor – not on current list
7) Josh Cox, Mooresville – not on current list
8) Reidy Jones, Broughton – running NXN in Cary
9) Bryan Spreitzer, Green Hope – not running either race, resting
10) Scott Morgan, Calvary Baptist, 15:30 *Won 1A/2A NCISAA Championship with fastest time of the day, running faster than Thomas Graham’s winning 3A time
11) Jack Anderson, Reagan, 15:33
12) Chase Christianson, Terry Sanford, 15:40 *Won NC Meet of Champions on very sloppy course & 9:39 at Broughton 3200m
13) Bobby Mintz, Cary Christian, 15:41 *coming off a huge PR at Reagan 3200 of 9:21
14) Isaac Presson, Asheville – not on current list
15) Ben Sterett, Swansboro, 15:49 *2nd place at 2A State Championships
16) Pierre Malherbe, Broughton – running NXN in Cary
17) Jack Klecker, Ardrey Kell, 15:52 *ran 9:38 at the Charger Tune-Up
18) Carl Ward, Durham Academy, 15:53 *no 3200m action
19) Sean Magee, Cardinal Gibbons, 15:53 *ran 9:33 at the Broughton 3200m
20) John Harwell, Asheville - not on current list
21) Matt Schick, Sanderson – running NXN in Cary
22) Mason Boyles, Hoggard – not on current list
23) Bryan Noreen, Apex, 15:56 *9:45 at Broughton 3200m
24) Chris Colo, Marvin Ridge – running NXN in Cary
25) Chad Massengill , West Johnson – not on current list
Look out for: Matus Kriska of Mount Airy is looking very good and has run 9:35 twice in the last two weeks; Mark Sullivan of Cardinal Gibbons ran 9:23 for 2nd at the Broughton 3200m and looks to be peaking at the right time
NCRunners.com Top Choices to Qualify
1) Jake Hurysz,
2) Blake Williams
3) Mohamed Abushouk
4) Thomas Graham
5) Patrick Crawford
Sleepers: Scott Morgan, Bobby Mintz
Girls:
1) Wesley Frazier, Ravenscroft, 17:05 *Ranked top-10 nationally, is she still in top form?
2) Carolyn Baskir, East Chapel Hill, 17:12 *Ranked top-20 nationally, the 17:12 was phenomenal, is she still there?
3) Laura Hoer, TC Roberson – running NXN in Cary
4) Samantha George, Millbrook, 18:12 *ran 10:53 at Broughton 3200 for a new PR
5) Kaitlyn Kramer, Ardrey Kell, 18:17 *4A all-state athlete
6) Kersie Jhabvala, Apex, 18:21 *ran Broughton 3200m in
7) Brooke Gordon, TC Roberson– running NXN in Cary
8) Chelsea Hollingsworth, NW Guilford – not on current list
9) Alyssa Torres, NW Guilford, 18:27
10) Haylee Dawe, Charlotte Latin, 18:30 *ran 11:22 at Charger Tune-Up for a big PR
11) Lauren Strapp, Leesville Road, 18:31 *ran 11:18 at Broughton 3200m
12) Maura McDonell, Green Hope – running NXN in Cary
13) Becca Deloache, Myers Park – not running, gearing up for 800!
14) Olivia Enright, Green Hope – running NXN in Cary
15) Deanna Foshee, Cary, 18:37 – not on current list
16) Lexie Schustrom, Pinecrest, 18:37
17) Ashley Matthews, West Johnston – not on current list
18) Kelly Montague, West Johnston – not on current list
19) Zoe Dubin, TC Roberson – running NXN in Cary
20) Allison Cook, Sanderson – not on current list
21) Jenny Gallagher, Lake Norman, 18:50
22) Margaret Leak, Mount Tabor – not on current list
23) Madelin Talbert, South Mecklenburg, 18:54 *Coming off the swine flu
24) Sarah Hope, TC Roberson – running NXN in Cary
25) Emily Amatori, Green Hope – running NXN in Cary
Look out for: Carol Blankenship of East Wilkes if she runs, not currently signed up for could go 18:15
NCRunners.com Top Choices to Qualify
1) Wesley Frazier
2) Carolyn Baskir
3) Samantha George
Sleepers: None, all the sleepers are running NXN
**On the NXN note, look for Green Hope’s girls to do something NASTY. Here were their top 5 from the Broughton 3200m
• Olivia Enright, 11:02.60
• Maura McDonell, 11:23.40
• Erica Amatori, 11:23.70
• Jessica Rossabi, 11:26.40
• Lauren Colberg, 11:34.30
