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Wilmette's Courtney Ackerman qualifies for Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship with 5th Place Regional Finish

Wilmette’s Courtney Ackerman came in fifth at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship (FLCCC) Midwest Regionals last Saturday with a and qualified for the National Finals with her top ten finish.

Ackerman finished with a 17:13 time.

The top ten boys and the top ten girls in the seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the Northeast, South, and West Regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals, on Saturday, Dec. 8 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, California.  The girls race will start at 9:15 am PST.

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The race took place at the University of Wisconsin in Kenosha.

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Results from the 2012 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Midwest Regional are below:

 

Boys

 

Place

Name

Hometown

High School

Time

1)

Jake Leingang

Bismarck, N.D.

Bismarck High School (12)

14:56

2)

Sam Wharton

Tipp City, Ohio

Tippecanoe High School (12)

14:56

3)

Nicholas Raymond

Erie, Mich.

Erie Mason High School (12)

15:02

4)

Patrick Perrier

O’Fallon, Ill.

O’Fallon Township High School (11)

15:03

5)

Grant Nykaza

Beecher, Ill.

Beecher High School (12)

15:04

6)

Samuel Prakel

Versailles, Ohio

Versailles High School (12)

15:04

7)

Ryan Kromer

Hudson, Wis.

Hudson High School (12)

15:08

8)

Connor Mora

Cedar Springs, Mich.

Cedar Springs High School (12)

15:09

9)

Scott Milling

Elmhurst, Ill.

York Community High School (12)

15:10

10)

Nicholas Elswick

Chardon, Ohio

Chardon High School (11)

15:12

 

 

Girls

Place

Name

Hometown

High School

Time

1)

Anna Rohrer

Mishawaka, Ind.

Mishawaka High School (10)

16:54

2)

Taylor Werner

Bloomsdale, Mo.

Ste. Genevieve Senior High School (9)

17:06

3)

Maria Hauger

Shakopee, Minn.

Shakopee High School (12)

17:07

4)

Jordyn Colter

Centennial, Colo.

Cherry Creek High School (10)

17:08

5)

Courtney Ackerman

Wilmette, Ill.

New Trier High School (12)

17:13

6)

Anna Holdiman

Waverly, Iowa

Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School (12)

17:33

7)

Hannah Long

Pacific, Mo.

Eureka High School (10)

17:33

8)

Kaylee Flanagan

Roselle, Ill.

Lake Park High School (12)

17:34

9)

Bobbie Burgess

West Lafayette, Ind.

West Lafayette Senior High School (12)

17:35

10)

Melanie  Nun

Thornton, Colo.

Legacy High School (12)

17:39

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