Madeleine Davison and Noah Affolder capture First place in 37th annual Foot Locker Cross Country Champs NorthEast Regional

Noah Affolder wins FL NE, 11/28/15, photo by PhotoRun.net

Madeleine Davison, FL NE, 11/28/15, photo by PhotoRun.net

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The NorthEast regional of the FootLocker was highly competitive on both the boys and girls divisions. Making the top seven means that any high school runner from a school big or small can compete with the very best cross country runners in the country.

*** MEDIA ALERT ***

Madeleine Davison and Noah Affolder Capture First Place Titles in 37th Annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Northeast Regional

RACE HIGHLIGHTS:

Madeleine Davison of Wexford, Pa., and Noah Affolder of Fort Drum, N.Y., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) Northeast Regional today. Davison claimed the title in 17:40. Jessica Lawson of Addison, N.Y., placed second in 17:42, with Maria Coffin of Annapolis, Md., finishing third in 17:43. Returning to the FLCCC National Finals for the second time are Davison, Lawson, Hannah DeBalsi (4th place) of Westport, Conn., and Brianna Gess (5th place) of Haddonfield, N.J.

Noah Affolder, a junior at Carthage Senior High School, finished in 15:24, and claimed the Northeast Regional title. Returning national finalist, Jake Brophy of New Hope, Pa., placed second in 15:28, with Conor Lundy of Yonkers, N.Y., finishing third in 15:28.

WHEN/WHERE:

Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015

Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.

COURSE/WEATHER:

5,000-meter course; good course conditions; 58 degrees with clear skies.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The top 10 boys and the top 10 girls in today’s seeded races qualified to compete against runners from the South, Midwest, and West Regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals, on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.

(see attached chart for race results)

2015 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships – Northeast Regional Results

Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York

Boys

Place	Name	Hometown	High School	Time
1)	Noah Affolder	Fort Drum, N.Y.	Carthage Central High School (11)	15:24
2)	Jake Brophy	New Hope, Pa.	Central Bucks High School East (12)	15:28
3)	Conor Lundy	Yonkers, N.Y.	Fordham Preparatory School (12)	15:28
4)	Joshua Clark	Blackwood, N.J.	Highland Regional High School (12)	15:29
5)	Eric van der Els	Norwalk, Conn.	Brien McMahon High School (12)	15:31
6)	Viraj Deokar	Acton, Mass.	Middlesex School (12)	15:31
7)	Joseph Dragon	Sussex, N.J.	High Point Regional High School (12)	15:32
8)	Matt Grossman	Millburn, N.J.	Millburn High School (11)	15:34
9)	Gabe Altopp	Ridgefield, Conn.	Ridgefield High School (12)	15:35
10)	Marcelo Rocha	Peabody, Mass.	Peabody Veterans Memorial High School (11)	15:36

Girls

Place	Name	Hometown	High School	Time
1)	Madeleine Davison	Wexford, Pa.	Homeschool (12)	17:40
2)	Jessica Lawson	Addison, N.Y.	Corning Painted Post High School (11)	17:42
3)	Maria Coffin	Annapolis, Md.	Annapolis High School (11)	17:43
4)	Hannah DeBalsi	Westport, Conn.	Staples High School (12)	17:44
5)	Briana Gess	Haddonfield, N.J.	Haddonfield Memorial High School (11)	17:45
6)	Alyssa Aldridge	Linwood, N.J.	Mainland Regional High School (10)	17:48
7)	Ariel Keklak	Sudbury, Mass.	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (12)	17:53
8)	Eleanor Lawler	Wakefield, R.I.	South Kingstown High School (10)	17:58
9)	Sage Hurta	Hamilton, N.Y.	Hamilton Central School (12)	17:59
10)	Kathryn Munks	Chester, N.Y.	Monroe Woodbury High School (12)	18:10

*Race photos and video highlights are available by request or online at www.footlockercc.com

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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