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Ige and Sammons Capture First Place Titles in
27th Annual Foot Locker Cross Country
Championships
Midwest Regional
Kenosha, Wis., November 26, 2005 – Mohamud Ige of Littleton, Colo., and Keara Sammons of
Aurora, Colo., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) Midwest
Regional at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis., today.
In
the boys’ race, Mohamud Ige, a senior from Denver
South High School, and Landon Peacock of Morley, Mich., maintained a
significant lead for the majority of the race. The two runners held tight until
Ige, a two-time national qualifier, surged ahead to win the race in 14:58.
Peacock, a
senior at Cedar Springs High School, finished second in 15:01, with Brock
Hagerman, a senior at Pendelton Heights High School, placing third in
15:05.
The
girls’ race was led by a pack of six runners until Betsy Bies of Yankton, S.D.,
charged ahead of the pack at the two-mile mark.
With only 200 yards remaining, Keara Sammons, a senior at Smoky Hill
High School, claimed the lead to win the race in 17:26. Bies, a senior at
Yankton High School, took second in 17:29 and Hanna Grinaker, a senior at Detroit Lakes High School
in Minn., placed third in 17:30.
Sammons is a
two-time FLCCC national qualifier, placing sixth in last year’s Midwest
regional race and 11th in the 2004 National Finals.
The top ten boys and the top ten
girls of the seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the three
other regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National
Finals, which takes place Saturday, Dec. 10 at Balboa Park in San Diego,
Calif.
2005 Foot Locker Cross
Country Championships –
University
of Wisconsin – Kenosha, Wis.
Boys
Place |
Name |
Hometown |
High School |
Time |
|
1) |
Mohamud Ige |
Littleton,
Colo. |
Denver
South H.S. |
14:58 |
|
2) |
Landon
Peacock |
Morley,
Mich. |
Cedar
Springs H.S. |
15:01 |
|
3) |
Brock
Hagerman |
Markleville,
Ind. |
Pendelton
Heights H.S. |
15:05 |
|
4) |
Ryan
Craven |
Mount
Prospect, Ill. |
Prospect
H.S. |
15:06 |
|
5) |
Jeremy
Stevens |
Winnebago,
Ill. |
Winnebago
H.S. |
15:08 |
|
6) |
Daniel
Roberts |
Nicksburk,
Colo. |
Crested
Butte Academy |
15:09 |
|
7) |
Stephen
Finley |
Palatine,
Ill. |
Palatine
H.S. |
15:10 |
|
8) |
Noah
Shannon |
Fort
Collins, Colo. |
Fort
Collins H.S. |
15:12 |
|
9) |
Evan
Jager |
Algonquin,
Ill. |
HD
Jacobs H.S. |
15:16 |
|
10) |
De’Sean
Turner |
Indianapolis,
Ind. |
Warren
Central H.S. |
15:18 |
Girls
Place |
Name |
Hometown |
High School |
Time |
|
1) |
Keara
Sammons |
Aurora,
Colo. |
Smoky Hill H.S. |
17:26 |
|
2) |
Betsy
Bies |
Yankton,
S.D. |
Yankton
H.S. |
17:29 |
|
3) |
Hanna
Grinaker |
Detroit
Lakes, Minn. |
Detroit
Lakes H.S. |
17:30 |
|
4) |
Bria
Wetsch |
Chaska,
Minn. |
Holy
Family Catholic H.S |
17:33 |
|
5) |
Bridget
Franek |
Hiram,
Ohio |
Crestwood
H.S. |
17:37 |
|
6) |
Allison
Eckert |
Sioux
Falls, S.D. |
Sioux Falls Roosevelt H.S. |
17:42 |
|
7) |
Lindsay
Anderson |
Leeds,
N.D. |
Leeds H.S. |
17:44 |
|
8) |
Alexandra
Banfich |
Plymouth,
Ind. |
Culver
Girls Academy |
17:47 |
|
9) |
Elizabeth
Yetzer |
Lakeville,
Minn. |
Lakeville
North H.S. |
17:51 |
|
10) |
Merideth
Snow |
Wildwood,
Mo. |
Eureka
H.S. |
17:52 |
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