The Foot Locker Cross Country Championship races are truly the stepping stone to excellence – our runners have gone on to become professional athletes and even Olympic medalists… This year's Summer Olympics featured several former Foot Locker Cross Country Championship runners who represented the USA in the Games:
3000m Steeplechase Jennifer Barringer (#3 in '03 FLCC Finals, #10 in '04 FLCC Finals) |
10,000m/5000m Kara Goucher (#9 in '93 FLCC Finals, #17 in '94 FLCC Finals) |
10,000m Shalane Flanagan (#9 in '98 FLCC Regionals) |
1500m Erin Donohue (#17 in '98 FLCC Finals, #3 in '99 FLCC NE Regionals) |
1500m Christin Wurth-Thomas (#12 in '96 FLCC Finals, #4 in '97 FLCC Finals, #12 in '98 FLCC Finals) |
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1500m Lopez Lomong (#20 in '03 FLCC Finals) |
1500m Leonel Manzano (#14 in '03 FLCC South Regionals) |
5000m Matt Tegenkamp (#5 in '99 FLCC Finals) |
5000m Ian Dobson (#7 in '98 FLCC Finals, #3 in '99 FLCC Finals) |
10,000m Galen Rupp (#32 in '02 FLCC Finals, #2 in '03 FLCC Finals |
10,000m Jorge Torres (# 13 in '95 FLCC Finals, #5 in '96 FLCC Finals, #2 in '97 FLCC Finals, #1 in '98 FLCC Finals) |
Marathon Ryan Hall (#3 in '00 FLCC Finals) |
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Triathlon Jarrod Shoemaker #22 in '99 FLCC |
10,000m Amy Begley (#10 in '89 FLCC Finals) |
Marathon Deena Kastor (#6 in '90 FLCC Finals) |
3000m Steeplechase William Nelson (#9 in '01 FLCC Finals) |