The 42nd Eastbay High School Cross Country Championships National Final

Category: News

Published: 11 December 2021

The top 80 high school distance runners (40 boys and 40 girls) from across the United States will compete in the 42^ndEastbay (formerly Foot Locker) Cross Country Championships National Final this Saturday, Dec. 11, at Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.  The 5,000-meter course has launched the professional careers of an impressive array of prestigious runners in years past,

including Olympians Molly Seidel, Cole Hocker, Ryan Hall, Meb Keflezighi and Kara Goucher. The Eastbay Cross Country Championships (ECCC) is comprised of four regional 5K races, Midwest (Kenosha, Wis.), Northeast (Bronx, N.Y.), South (Charlotte, N.C.), and West (Walnut, Calif.), where the top 10 boys and top 10 girls from each region's seeded races qualified to compete in the National Finals.

WHERE:

Morley Field, Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif.

RACE TIMES:

Girls – Introductions: 9:00 a.m. PST; Race: 9:15 a.m. PST

Boys – Introductions: 9:45 a.m. PST; Race: 10:00 a.m. PST

AWARDS CERMONY (Onsite at the Championship Course, Balboa Park):

10:30 a.m. PST

LIVE WEBCAST:

Watch live starting at 8:00 a.m. PST at eastbayxc.com

GIRLS

REGION	BIB NO.	FINALIST	GRADE	HOMETOWN
Northeast	11	Angelina Perez	12	Ringwood, N.J.
Northeast	12	Zariel Macchia	9	Shirley, N.Y.
Northeast	13	Juliette Whittaker	12	Laurel, Md.
Northeast	14	Jenna Mulhern	12	West Chester, Pa.
Northeast	15	Karrie Baloga	11	New Windsor, N.Y.
Northeast	16	Ellie Shea	10	Belmont, Mass.
Northeast	17	Emily Toth-Ratazzi	12	Rome, N.Y.
Northeast	18	Daphne Banino	12	Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Northeast	19	Maya Cochran	12	Coraopolis, Pa.
Northeast	20	Lilly Shapiro	12	Morganville, N.J.
South	21	Natalie Cook	12	Flower Mound, Texas
South	22	Ciara O'Shea	11	Richmond, Ky.
South	23	Maddie Gardiner	10	Charlottesville, Va.
South	24	Abby Faith Cheeseman	9	Bell Buckle, Tenn.
South	25	Caroline Wells	12	Winter Springs, Fla.
South	26	Crawford West	12	Vestavia, Ala.
South	27	Allie Zealand	10	Forest, Va.
South	28	Irene Riggs	11	Morgantown, W.Va.
South	29	Thaïs Rolly	11	McLean, Va.
South	30	Ava Gordon	12	Leesburg, Va.
Midwest	31	Riley Stewart	12	Englewood, Colo.
Midwest	32	Ali Weimer	12	St. Michael, Minn.
Midwest	33	Sophia Kennedy	11	Indianapolis, Ind.
Midwest	34	Arianne Olson	11	Holland, Mi
Midwest	35	Ava Parekh	12	Chicago, Ill.
Midwest	36	Julia Flynn	12	Traverse City, Mich.
Midwest	37	Rachel Forsyth	10	Ann Arbor, Mich.
Midwest	38	Karina James	12	Lowell, Ind.
Midwest	39	Gretchen Farley	11	Indianapolis, Ind.
Midwest	40	Lauren Pansegrau	12	Verona. Wis.
West	41	Kate Peters	11	Lake Oswego, Ore.
West	42	Sadie Engelhardt	9	Ventura, Calif.
West	43	Olivia Williams	10	Lafayette, Calif.
West	44	Sophia Nordenholz	12	Albany, Calif.
West	45	Lauren Ping	11	Phoenix, Ariz.
West	46	Kaiya Robertson	12	Portland, Ore.
West	47	Taylor Rohatinsky	12	Highland, Utah
West	48	Anna McNatt	11	Sacramento, Calif.
West	49	Aidan Callanan	11	Rancho Palos Verdes, Calf.
West	50	Nelah Roberts	10	Idaho Falls, Idaho

BOYS

REGION	BIB NO.	FINALIST	GRADE	HOMETOWN
Northeast	51	Gavin Sherry	12	West Hartford, Conn.
Northeast	52	Marco Langon	12	Raritan, N.J.
Northeast	53	Gitch Hayes	12	Albany, N.Y.
Northeast	54	Myles Hogan	12	Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Northeast	55	Shane Brosnan	12	West Orange, N.J.
Northeast	56	Aidan Puffer	12	Manchester, Conn.
Northeast	57	Jack Gregorski	12	Painted Post, N.Y.
Northeast	58	Luke Anthony	12	East Lyme, Conn.
Northeast	59	Sam Burgess	11	Framingham, Mass.
Northeast	60	Michael Bohlke	12	Newington, Conn.
south	61	Ethan Ashley	12	Cumming, Ga.
South	62	Sahil Dodda	12	Dallas, Texas
South	63	Michael Toppi	12	Melbourne, Fla
South	64	Emmanuel Sgouros	12	Bellaire, Texas
South	65	Owen McArdle	12	Arlington, Va.
South	66	Kevin Sanchez	11	Austin, Texas
South	67	Keegan Smith	9	Kingston, Tenn.
South	68	Patrick Koon	10	Tallahassee, Fla.
south	69	Ferenc Kovacs	10	Woodberry Forest, Va.
South	70	Nathan Solomon	12	Snellville, Ga.
Midwest	71	Riley Hough	12	Fenton, Mich.
Midwest	72	Izaiah Steury	12	Pleasant Lake, Ind.
Midwest	73	Zane Bergen	12	Longmont, Colo.
Midwest	74	Nick Falk	12	Glencoe, Ill.
Midwest	75	Hunter Jones	11	Thompsonville, Mich.
Midwest	76	Gabe Hinrichs	12	Elkhorn, Neb.
Midwest	77	Luke Venhuizen	12	Traverse City, Mich.
Midwest	78	Kole Mathison	11	Carmel, Ind.
Midwest	79	Peter Baracco	12	Farmington, Mich.
Midwest	80	Caleb Jarema	12	Pinckney, Mich.
West	81	Tyrone Gorze	11	Central Point, Ore.
West	82	Kenan Pala	12	San Diego, Calif.
West	83	Luke Athay	10	Idaho Falls, Idaho
West	84	Charlie North	12	Portland, Ore.
West	85	Michael Maiorano	12	Medford, Ore.
West	86	Zach Ayers	12	Davis, Calif.
West	87	Jefferson McMullin	12	Lehi, Utah
West	88	Mark Trammell	12	La Jolla, Calif.
West	89	Caleb Lakeman	12	Tualatin, Ore.
West	90	Max Sannes	12	Big Bear Lake, Calif.

2021 NOTES:

Ava Parekh (Chicago, Ill.), a senior at the Latin School of Chicago in the city’s downtown, is coached by former NCAA 1500-meter champion Jim Spivey (Indiana University). Spivey, in 1984, won the Olympic Trials and placed fifth in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He was also a bronze medalist in the 1500 at the World Championships in Rome in 1987. He currently heads up the Jim Spivey Running Club in Illinois.

Sophia Kennedy, a junior at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis, Ind., is the daughter of former ECCC winner Bob Kennedy, who took the title in 1987. Kennedy was an Olympian in 1996 and placed sixth in the 5000 meters in Atlanta.

Caleb Lakeman, a senior from Tualatin High School in Tualatin, Ore., is the son of Dirk Lakeman, the former Oregon state mile record holder prior to Galen Rupp (Olympic Silver Medalist and former ECCC finalist in 2003) breaking the 27-year-old mark in 2004.

Lauren Ping, a junior at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ari., is the younger sister of Grace Ping – a 2019 ECCC national finalist now at Oklahoma State.

Riley Stewart, a senior at Cherry Creek High School from Englewood, Colo., is the only three-time ECCC National Finalist to qualify for this year’s field. Aidan Puffer, a senior at Manchester High School in Manchester, Conn., Karrie Baloga, a junior at Cornwall Central High School in New Windsor, N.Y., and Gavin Sherry, a senior at Conard High School in West Hartford, Conn., are two-time finalists competing in this year’s national championship races.

Abby Faith Cheeseman, a freshman at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tenn., is the sister of Carter Cheeseman (Notre Dame), who ran sixth in the 2017 ECCC National Finals.

Rachel Forsyth, a sophomore at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., is the sister of former ECCC National Finalist Anne Forsyth (University of Michigan), who finished fifth in 2016.

2021 Eastbay Cross Country Championships Field

By Class

Seniors – 51 (20 girls/31 boys)

Juniors – 16 (11 girls/5 boys)

Sophomores – 9 (6 girls/3 boys)

Freshman – 4 (3 girls/1 boy)

By State

Alabama – 1

Arizona – 1

California – 9

Colorado – 2

Connecticut – 4

Florida – 3

Georgia – 2

Idaho – 2

Illinois – 2

Indiana – 5

Kentucky – 1

Massachusetts – 2

Maryland – 1

Michigan – 8

Minnesota – 1

Nebraska – 1

New Jersey – 4

New York – 7

Oregon – 6

Pennsylvania – 2

Tennessee – 2

Texas – 4

Utah – 2

Virginia – 6

Wisconsin – 1

West Virginia – 1

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