Haile & Jones Win Foot Locker Cross Country Champs Northeast Regional

November 30, 2008 from press release (Bronx, NY) Solomon Haile of Silver Spring, Md., and Emily Jones of Harvard, Mass., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCC) Northeast Regional at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY. Runners enjoyed good race conditions, with partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 46 degrees.

In the boys’ race, Haile, a senior at Sherwood High School, took charge early on and maintained his lead throughout the entire race to secure the win in 15:21. Tyler Udland, a junior from Short Hills, N.J., finished second in 15:36, followed by Joe Whelan, a senior at Hamburg High School in Hamburg, N.Y., finishing third in 15:38.

In the girls’ race, Aisling Cuffe, a sophomore at Cornwall Central High School in Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y., was in the lead with less than a mile remaining, when Jones surged ahead to claim the lead to finish in 17:31. Jones is a three-time FLCC National Finalist. Shelby Greany of Suffern, N.Y., is a four-time FLCC National Finalist finishing second in 17:37. Cuffe finished third in her first FLCC race in 17:39.

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.13 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.

FSN will air an hour-long special of the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals on Monday, December 22. Check your local listings.

2008 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships – Northeast Regional Results
Van Cortlandt Park – Bronx, NY

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Boys
Place Name Hometown High School Time
1) Solomon Haile Silver Spring, Md. Sherwood High School (12) 15:21
2) Tyler Udland Short Hills, N.J. Millburn High School (11) 15:36
3) Joe Whelan Hamburg, N.Y. Hamburg High School (12) 15:38
4) Andrew Springer Westerly, R.I. Westerly High School (12) 15:39
5) Philip Wood Yardley, Pa. The Pennington School (12) 15:42
6) Michael Moverman North Easton, Mass. Oliver Ames High School (12) 15:48
7) Phil Galebach Medford, Mass. Medford High School (12) 15:49
8) Brett Johnson Ocean City, N.J. Ocean City High School (12) 15:50
9) George Galasso Holmdel, N.J. Holmdel High School (12) 15:50
10) Ben Furcht Haverford, Pa. Lower Merion High School (12) 15:53

Girls
Place Name Hometown High School Time
1) Emily Jones Harvard, Mass. The Bromfield School (12) 17:31
2) Shelby Greany Suffern, N.Y. Suffern High School (12) 17:37
3) Aisling Cuffe Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y. Cornwall Central High School (10) 17:39
4) Melanie Thompson High Bridge, N.J. Voorhees High School (12) 18:05
5) Chelsea Ley Clarksboro, N.J. Kingsway Regional High School (11) 18:08
6) Katie Kellner West Windsor, N.J. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (12) 18:09
7) Kirsten Kasper North Andover, Mass. North Andover High School (12) 18:10
8) Erin Cawley Newark Valley, N.Y. Newark Valley High School (12) 18:14
9) Emily Lipari Greenvale, N.Y. Roslyn High School (11) 18:14
10) Laura Vigilante Brookside, N.J. West Morris Mendham High School (11) 18:15

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