SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Claudia Lane of
Malibu, Calif., and Dylan Jacobs of Orland
Park, Ill., captured first place titles at the
39th Annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
(FLCCC) National Finals at Morley Field, Balboa Park in
San Diego, today. Race conditions
were ideal with dry terrain, sunshine and temperatures reaching 63
degrees Fahrenheit.
In the girls' 5K race,
Claudia Lane successfully defended
her 2016 FLCCC national title with a wire-to-wire victory in
17:03.4. With the win, Lane became FLCCC's ninth two-time champion
in its history. In the boys' 5K,
Dylan Jacobs took control at the
halfway mark, en route to a 15:19.7 victory.
Lane, still only a junior, jumped out to a sudden lead in the
girls' race and sailed through a mile split of 5:17. A well-formed
pack trailed her by 14 seconds with Marlee
Starliper (Wellsville, Pa.)
at the head. Lane kept the pressure on at the race's halfway mark
where the duo of Katelynne Hart
(Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and
Olivia Theis (Lansing, Mich.) surged past Starliper and
initiated a side-by-side charge for second place. Lane, like last
year, charged across the final steep uphill/downhill portion of the
course and began her push to the finish line. Hart, meanwhile,
outkicked Theis over the final 200 meters to finish second
(17:22.5) with Theis third (17:22.6). Katherine Lee (Wading
River, N.Y.) finished fourth (17:38.3) and Jacqueline Gaughan (Exeter, N.H.) fifth (17:44.6).
In the boys' race, two-time FLCCC national qualifier Jacobs
(placed 11th in 2016) waited in a large lead pack that
started out conservatively with a mile split of 4:56 with
Kashon Harrison (Fruitland, N.M.) in command. After
Dalton Hengst (York, Pa.) grabbed a slight lead on the first
steep downhill, the race finally began to spread out. It became a
two-man duel at the halfway mark, with Jacobs being closely tracked
by Daniel Kilrea (La Grange Park, Ill.) through a two-mile split
of 9:49. Kilrea managed to nudge ahead briefly before Jacobs made
his second big move on the final big hill, leaving Kilrea to fend
off the late charges of John Tatter (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Graydon Morris (Aledo,
Texas). In the final mile it was all Jacobs (15:19.7) while
runner-up Morris (15:23.3) overtook Kilrea (15:27.3), who held on
for third with Tatter crossing the finish line fourth (15:27.9).
Jake Renfree (Knoxville, Tenn.) rounded out the top five
(15:38.7).
The Foot Locker Cross Country Championships is comprised of four
regional 5K races, which took place
across the country in the Midwest (Kenosha, Wis.), Northeast (Bronx, N.Y.), South (Charlotte, N.C.) and West (Walnut, Calif.), culminating in the National
Finals here today.
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