Foot Locker Qualifiers From South, Northeast And Midwest

Nov 25, 2023

* Zariel Macchia won the Foot Locker Northeast Regional on Saturday in Massachusetts

Photo Credit: Derick Dingle/MileSplit

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Saturday was a critical day for Foot Locker Nationals qualification.

Three of the four regionals in Foot Locker's que went down in Massachusetts (Northeast), Wisconsin (Midwest) and North Carolina (South), giving us 30 qualifiers each across the boys' and girls' fields heading into the Dec. 9 race in San Diego.

The nation's top runners, including Zariel Macchia, Elizabeth Leachman, Rachel Forsyth, Patrick Koon, Ryan Pajak and Drew Griffith all booked their tickets to the big dance.

Check out the full qualifiers below.

NORTHEAST

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TOP 10 GIRLS

rank	name	school	time
1	Zariel Macchia	William Floyd (NY)	17:13
2	Ellie Shea	Belmont (MA)	17:21
3	Ruth White	Orono (ME)	17:30
4	Logan St. John Kletter	Mount Lebanon (PA)	17:30
5	Virginia Klaus	Moravian Academy (PA)	17:40
6	Katherine Bohlke	Newington (CT)	17:50
7	Liliah Gordon	Northern Burlington (NJ)	17:51
8	Brynn Crandell	Indian River (DE)	18:01
9	Lily Lyons	Greenwich Academy (CT)	18:01
10	Aoife Shovlin	Cambridge Rindge and Latin (MA)	18:16

TOP 10 BOYS

rank	name	school	time
1	Ryan Pajak	Ringgold (PA)	14:51
2	Drew Griffith	Butler (PA)	14:54
3	Paul Bergeron	Westford Academy (MA)	15:02
4	Tamrat Gavenas	Phillips Academy Andover (MA)	15:07
5	Peyton Shute	Co-Op Gateway (NJ)	15:08
6	Colin Whitaker	Lampeter Strasburg (PA)	15:09
7	Alex Fisher	Loomis Chafee (CT)	15:09
8	Jack Graffeo	Westford Academy (MA)	15:11
9	Jack Bertram	North Allegheny (PA)	15:22
10	Soheib Dissa	Newtown (CT)	15:32

SOUTH

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TOP 10 GIRLS

rank	name	school	time
1	Elizabeth Leachman	Boerne Champion (TX)	16:33.27
2	Abby Faith Cheeseman	Webb School (TN)	16:50.09
3	Allie Zealand	Lynchburgh (VA)	16:50.38
4	Claire Stegall	Nolensville (TN)	16:51.71
5	Maddie Gardiner	The Covenant School (VA)	16:53.12
6	Mary Bonner Dalton	Myers Park (NC)	16:53.80
7	Samantha Humphries	Flower Mound (TX)	16:57.03
8	Reese Dalton	The Covenant School (VA)	17:07.46
9	Zoie Lamanna	Jefferson Forest (VA)	17:09.48
10	Jaynie Halterman	Independence (TN)	17:10.41

TOP 10 BOYS

rank	name	school	time
1	Patrick Koon	Tallahassee Leon (FL)	14:48.61
2	Riku Sugie	Bardstown (KY)	14:54.81
3	Colin Eckerman	Webb School of Knoxville (TN)	14:55.25
4	Berkley Nance	Mills Godwin (VA)	14:55.58
5	Ty Steorts	Hurricane (WV)	14:55.75
6	Matt Ryan	Nease (FL)	14:56.09
7	Gabriel Schmid	Orange (NC)	14:57.89
8	Brayden Marshall	Winfield (WV)	14:58.00
9	Jake Liebert	Wando (SC)	15:01.12
10	Raghav Gopalakrishnan	Ardrey Kell (NC)	15:03.48

MIDWEST

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TOP 10 GIRLS

rank	name	school	time
1	Rachel Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI)	16:57.76
2	Addison Knoblauch	Homestead (IN)	17:23.98
3	Libby Dowty	Indian Creek (IN)	17:30.73
4	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart (MI)	17:32.08
5	Nicki Southerland	Delta (IN)	17:32.26
6	Payton Meineke	Riverdale Ridge (CO)	17:35.50
7	Emily Cohen	Cherry Creek (CO)	17:36.04
8	Addison Dorenkamp	Valley (IA)	17:40.00
9	Victoria Garces	Sheboygan North (WI)	17:40.06
10	Liv Phillips	Naperville Central (IL)	17:43.54

TOP 10 BOYS

rank	name	school	time
1	Thomas Westphal	New Baltimore Anchor Bay (MI)	14:59.18
2	Connell Alford	Chelsea (MI)	15:01.30
3	Cameron Todd	Brebeuf Jesuit (IN)	15:03.97
4	Isaac Rivera	Lincoln College Prep (MO)	15:06.61
5	Anthony Provenzano	Carmel (IN)	15:07.60
6	Juan Gonzalez	Fremont (NE)	15:08.68
7	Benjamin Anderson	Mountain Vista (CO)	15:09.73
8	Ben Crane	Winnetka (IL)	15:10.00
9	Micah Blomker	Shawnee Mission North (KS)	15:10.99
10	Matthew Edwards	Classical	15:12.76

* Zariel Macchia won the Foot Locker Northeast Regional on Saturday in Massachusetts

Photo Credit: Derick Dingle/MileSplit