Girls Rankings
US#1 Aisling Cuffe continues to lead the way, winning back to back Footlocker Northeast Championships finishing this year with a 17:51.
Allison Woodward moved up in the rankings to US#2 after winning both the Nike Heartland Regionals and the Footlocker Midwest Regionals. Also moving up in the rankings to US#4 is Washington's Maddie Meyers who won the Oregon - Washington Border Clash beating some top ranked runners.
Added to the rankings this week are a few Nike Regional winners. Julia Foster from New Mexico won the Nike Southwest Regionals and Molly McNamara won the Midwest Regionals. Erika Fluehr joins her sister Kathryn in the rankings after finishing 4 seconds behind for a 2nd place finish at the Footlocker South Regionals. Carrie Verdon won the division 3 race at the California State Meet with the 2nd fastest time of the day behind freshman Sarah Baxter who won the division 1 race. Verdon has had a consistantly improving season and appears to be peaking at the right time.
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| Current Rank | Athlete Name | State | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Aisling Cuffe - Continues her undefeated season winning Footlocker Northeast in 17:51 |
NY |
1 |
| 2 | Allison Woodward - Won the NXN Heartland Regionals 2 weeks ago and the Footlocker Midwest Regionals last weekend in 17:19. | WI | 10 |
| 3 | Kathryn Fluehr - Won Footlocker South with a brisk 17:06 | FL | 5 |
| 4 | Maddie Meyers - Won the Washington - Oregon Border Clash beating ranked runners Katie Knight and Amy Eloise-Neale | WA | 6 |
| 5 | Sarah Baxter - Won the California State Meet with the fastest time of the day clocking a very quick 16:57. | CA | 8 |
| 6 | Abbey Leonardi - Finished 2nd at Footlocker Northeast behind Aisling Cuffe with an 18:02 | ME | 11 |
| 7 | Gabrielle Anzalone - Finished 2nd at the Footlocker Midwest Regionals behind Allison Woodward with a 17:26. | MI | 21 |
| 8 | Erika Fluehr - Finished 2nd at Footlocker South behind sister Kathryn clocking a 17:10. | FL | NR |
| 9 | Rachel Johnson - Won Nike South in 17:50 | TX | 9 |
| 10 | Megan Venables - Finished 4th at Footlocker Northeast. | NJ | 2 |
| 11 | Jillian Fanning - Won Nike NY in 18:00 | NY | 20 |
| 12 |
Molly Grabill - Undefeated all season remains in the rankings in spite of a tough California State Meet |
CA | 3 |
| 13 | Katie Knight - Won the Nike NW regional, finishing in 17:34. | IL | 14 |
| 14 | Kayla Beattie - Won the Nike MW Regionals in 17:45 and finished 6th at Footlocker Midwest | WA | 14 |
| 15 | Molly McNamara - Won the Nike Midwest Regionals in 18:32 | NJ | NR |
| 16 | Samantha Nightingale - Finished 2nd at the Nike MW Regionals in 17:51.60 two weeks ago. | MO | 17 |
| 17 | Haley Pierce - Won the Nike Southest Regionals in 17:14.2 | DE | 24 |
| 18 | Shelby Houlihan - Finished 2nd at the Nike Heartland Regionals 2 weeks ago clocking a 17:35.40 | IA | 15 |
| 19 | Shanon Osika - Finished 3rd at Footlocker Midwest | MI | NR |
| 20 | Amy Eloise Neale - Finished 2nd at the Nike Northwest Regionals with a 17:44.20 and 3rd at the Washington - Oregon Border Clash. | WA | 16 |
| 21 | Megan Lacy - Finished 3rd at Nike Northeast with a time of 17:45 | NJ | 22 |
| 22 |
Julia Foster - Won the Nike Southwest Regionals in 17:39 but will opt out of the National race to run Footlocker West this weekend. |
NM | NR |
| 23 | Michelle Thomas - Finished 3rd at the Nike Midwest Regionals with a 17:53. | OH | 23 |
| 24 | Kelsey Lakowske - Finished 5th at Footlocker Midwest in 17:30 | CO | 4 |
|
25 (tie) |
Carrie Verdon - Finished 2nd overall at the California State Meet Alli Billmeyer - Finished 2nd at the San Diego Finals in 15:30 and 4th overall at the California State Meet. |
CA CA |
NR NR |
Boys Rankings
Lukas Verzbicas, IL, remained atop the rankings after another impressive performance, winning the Foot Locker Midwest champs over Futsum Zeinasellassie. This sets him up nicely to win the NXN and Foot Locker championships, to be the first to ever accomplish the feat.
Jim Rosa recorded an impressive victory over Edward Cheserek to go up 2-0 over his fellow NJ statesman, winning the NXN Northeast champs with a course record time of 15:35.5.
South Dakota's Tony Smoragiewicz rose two spots to #11 after an impressive 3rd place showing at the FL MW meet behind US#1 Lukas and US#2 Futsum.
The Floridians, Jimmy Clark and Armando Del Valle, made big climbs with impressive post-season wins. Clark dominated at the Foot Locker South champs with a winning time of 14:55 to move from #24 to #10. Del Valle won the NXN Southeast champs with a 15:14.80 clocking to go from #23 to #13.
A host of new harriers join the rankings this week. William Kinkaid, CO, ran strong to finish 4th in an ultra-competitive Foot Locker Midwest meet. Chad Noelle, NY, won the Foot Locker Northeast champs with the #3 time all-time on the Sunken Meadow course. Morgan Pearson, NJ, ran a strong 2nd behind Noelle at FL NE. Jeff Lacoste, NH, was 3rd at FL NE, just ahead of US#25, John Murray, who was 4th. Matt Jablonski, MD, finished 2nd at the NXN SE meet behind Del Valle. Sam Place out-paced fellow New Yorkers big time to win the NXN NY meet. Scott Morgan, NC, was 3rd at FL South behind Clark and 2009 Foot Locker finalist Blake Williams. Ahmed Bile, VA, finished a solid 4th at FL South and continues to improve rapidly as the post-season progresses.
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| Current Rank | Athlete Name | State | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Lukas Verzbicas - Won the Foot Locker Midwest Championship, setting up at attempt to win both the NXN and Foot Locker national titles. |
IL | 1 |
| 2 | Futsum Zeinasellassie - 2nd at the Foot Locker Midwest meet behind Lukas. | IN | 2 |
| 3 | Ammar Moussa - Won the Division 1 CA state championship with a time of 14:43, fastest of all divisions. |
CA | 3 |
| 4 | Jim Rosa - Won the NXN Northeast championship with a course record time of 15:35.5. |
NJ | 7 |
| 5 | Craig Lutz - Idle. | TX | 5 |
| 6 | Elias Gedyon - Won the Division 2 CA state championship with a time of 14:52. |
CA | 6 |
| 7 |
Edward Cheserek -
Runner-up to Rosa at the NXN NE champs. |
NJ | 4 |
| 8 | Kenji Bierig - Idle. |
WA | 8 |
| 9 | Billy Orman - Idle. Will forgo NXN champs to race the Foot Locker West champs this weekend. |
AZ | 9 |
| 10 | Jimmy Clark - Won the Foot Locker South with a time of 14:55. | FL | 24 |
| 11 | Tony Smoragiewicz - 3rd at the FL MW champs behind Lukas and Futsum. | SD | 11 |
| 12 | William Kincaid - 4th at the Foot Locker MW champs. | CO | NR |
| 13 | Armando Del Valle - Won the NXN Southeast with a time of 15:14.80. | FL | 23 |
| 14 | Vince Hamilton - Idle. | WA | 14 |
| 15 | Chad Noelle - Won the Foot Locker Northeast meet with a time of 15:42. | NY | NR |
| 16 |
Blake Williams - 2nd at Foot Locker South behind Jimmy Clark. |
NC | 16 |
| 17 |
Jack Driggs - 5th at FL MW, but raced a strong post-season so far behind Lukas. |
IL | 11 |
| 18 | Jeramy Elkaim- 3rd at NXN NE behind Rosa and Cheserek. |
NJ | 18 |
| 19 | Morgan Pearson - 2nd at the Foot Locker Northeast meet with a time of 15:42.8. | NJ | NR |
| 20 | Nathan Weitz - Idle. | WA | 17 |
| 21 | Jeff Lacoste - 3rd at the FL NE champs with a time of 15:45.30. | NH | NR |
| 22 | Matt Jablonski - 2nd at the NXN SE meet behind Del Valle. | MD | NR |
| 23 | Sam Place - Winner at the NXN NY champs with a time of 15:45.5. | NY | NR |
| 24 | Scott Morgan - 3rd at Foot Locker South with a time of 15:01. | NC | NR |
| 25(tie) | Ahmed Bile - 4th at the Foot Locker South champs with a time of 15:03. | VA | NR |
| 25(tie) | John Murray - 4th at Foot Locker Northeast with a time of 15:45.60. |
MA | 25 |
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