Hear what the participants had to say about their Foot Locker CC Championships experience. More than 40 athlete interviews are available, including 28 of the 31 FL All-Americans. Also, full boys and girls race videos are available on demand.

WATCH LIVE ON MILESPLIT!!! Coming to you from the course Milesplit's own Jason Byrne, Don Rich, Fran McLaughlin, and Margot Kelly bring unparallelled live onsite coverage.

Catch all of the action from the 30th Foot Locker Cross Country Championships live right here on MileSplit. Live coverage from Balboa Park begins around 8am ET on Saturday, December 13.

MileSplit US #1 North Central boys, competing as North Spokane XC Club, used a late surge to capture the Nike Cross Nationals. Reed Connor raced to a course record 15:15 for the individual crown.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Normally we see a stoic Fayetteville-Manilus squad unfazed by success, already on to the next challenge. Not this time. This time they made room for tears and hugs. And more tears. It’s not that none of the other races mattered. It’s that each race was another step climbed; another step toward its third-straight national championship. It was another step toward an ever-evolving stage of excellence.

Fayetteville-Manlius girls win 3rd straight national title with 66 points. Chelsey Sveinsson (Texas) wins individual title. Reed Connor (The Woodlands, TX) wins individual title. North Spokane, WA boys win national title.

NXN Boys Team Previews: Thumbnail sketches and analysis of all 22 boys teams

NXN Girls Team Previews: Thumbnail sketches and analysis of all 22 girls teams.

NXN Midwest Region Champion York (IL), led by a resurgent Steve Sulkin, moves to No. 2 in the rankings, while Magnificat (OH) makes its first appearance, entering at #14 after a runner-up finish in the girls Midwest race.

Photo: 3A Boys meet includes #1236 Abraham Berhe (Ingraham), #591 Michael Miller (Mt. Rainier), #531 Michael Williams (Bellevue), #615 Jeff Howard (North Central), #644 Drew O'Donoghue-McDonald (Seattle Prep), #642 Charlie McDonald (Seattle Prep), #617 Andrew Kimpel (North Central),  #614 Leon Dean (North Central).
 
North Central's team is ranked #1 in the country. 

 

Long-time Washington state track fan and statistician Jack Pfeifer still reports for Track & Field News, and is a regular contributor on high school and college events for armorytrack.com. He covered the Washington High School Cross Country Championships this year, and his story can be found here.

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Full results can be found on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association website.

Some great history there also!

Aside from missing the first two weeks of her freshman year in high school, veteran Paralympian Chelsea McClammer said that going to Beijing to compete was a great experience. Only 14 years old when she wheeled the 800 meters in the now-famous Bird’s Nest, Chelsea wasn’t the most experienced racer in China; however, she said racing in the 2008 Paralympics will help her when she goes back in 2012.