Northeast Boys
The lone returning qualifier for the Northeast boys from last year's Foot Locker Nationals, 14:16 5K runner Alex Ostberg is looking to lead a strong group of newbies from his region to Balboa Park.
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1st @ New England Champs
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Last time he raced at Van Cortland Park, he nearly took down Ed Cheserek's course record in 11:57. What can he do on the 5K course at Vanny for Foot Locker Northeast? Lone returning Foot Locker finalist in meet (3rd in last year's regional).
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1st @ New York State Meet
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Will be the individual favorite at NXN New York leading his top nationally ranked F-M squad.
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1st @ Pennsylvania State Meet
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Destroyed the Pennsylvania state meet course record at Hershey Park while running away from the best in his state in a 15:24 performance.
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1st @ New York Feds
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Making the switch from NXN to Foot Locker this year with a strong team to support him. The outdoor national champion 2 miler has had an up and down season with more ups as of late including a 15:30 win at Bowdoin Park for the Feds title.
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1st @ NJ Meet of Champions
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Big win last weekend at Holmdel. Now looking for even bigger race at Van Cortland Park as the potential top finisher from New Jersey.
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1st @ NJCTC Champs
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30th at last year's regional. Trying to follow former St. Benedict's teammate Ed Cheserek and move onto Foot Locker Nationals. Showed flashes of potential in win at adidas Shores Coaches Invite and 3rd place finish at Manhattan Invite.
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2nd @ NJ Meet of Champions
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Runner-up last weekend at Holmdel by two seconds (15:42). Won Group title previous Saturday. Last year ran at NXN Northeast with team and finished 19th.
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2nd @ Pennsylvania State Meet
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Has qualified and competed with his Cardinal O'Hara squad past two years at NXN, but with team having weaker chance of qualifying, will the 9:03 3200/15:11 5K runner go for Foot Locker instead this year?
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2nd @ New England Champs
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Should be make a big leap from his 77th place finish in 2013 Foot Locker Northeast after a strong fall as second best runner in CT behind Ostberg while consistently running in mid 15's.
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2nd @ New York Feds
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Beat some quality runners of New York with his runner-up finish at New York Feds.
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1st @ VA/MD Border War
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Maryland state 3A champ who had the top time of the day. Tuned up for post-season winning the VA/MD border war race last weekend.
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1st @ Maryland State Meet
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27th in last year's Foot Locker regional. Coming off his first Maryland state title in XC and ran 15:20 for 5K earlier in season.
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Foot Locker Northeast
Fastest 500 Rankings: Boys - Girls
Regional Meet Date: Saturday, November 29th
Regional Meet Location: Van Cortland Park - New York, NY
Official Foot Locker Meet Website