by Larry Eder
The West FootLocker Regional was held on December 7, 2024. The 5,000 meters on the Mt.SAC cross-country course had some of the finest West Coast high schoolers. Who will fare well this weekend at the 45th FootLocker Nationals? We will have to wait and see until this weekend!
Cassidy Armstrong and Tyler Daillak Capture First-Place Titles in the
45th Annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships West Regional; Top 10 Boys and Girls Qualify for National Finals
RACE HIGHLIGHTS:
Cassidy Armstrong of Seattle, WA, and Tyler Daillak of Paso Robles, CA, won their respective Foot Locker Cross Country Championships West Regional races today. Armstrong, a junior at Ballard High School, claimed the title in the girls’ championship race in 17:42. Chiara Dailey, a junior from La Jolla, CA, finished second in 18:05. Jaelyn Williams, a junior from Chula Vista, CA, placed third in 18:12. Dailey, from La Jolla High School in La Jolla, CA, and 10th-place finisher Eleanor Raker, a senior at Galena High School in Reno, NV, was Foot Locker Cross Championship National Finalists last year. Note: Sophomore Ruby Ihmels, who was a national qualifier last year from the West Region out of Boise, ID, advanced to the 2024 finals out of the Midwest Region, having finished sixth (this year, hailing from Bismarck, ND) in that regional race held last Saturday in Wisconsin.
Daillak, a senior from Paso Robles High School, took the title in the boys’ championship race in 15:28. Kade Brownell, a senior from Colbert, WA, finished second in 15:34 and Yohanes Van Meerten, a sophomore from Flagstaff, AZ, finished third in 15:35. Brownell and fourth-place finisher in today’s race Trey Caldwell, a senior from Danville, CA, competed in last year’s Foot Locker Cross Championship National Finals.
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024
Mt. San Antonio College (SAC) in Walnut, CA
COURSE/WEATHER:
5,000-meter course; good course conditions; 70 degrees; calm winds; sunny skies.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The top 10 boys and the top 10 girls in the championship races qualify to compete against runners from the South, Northeast, and Midwest Regional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, CA.
2024 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships – West Regional Results
Mt. San Antonio College (SAC) in Walnut, CA
Girls
Place | Name | Hometown | High School (Year) | Time |
1) | Cassidy Armstrong | Seattle, WA | Ballard High School (11) | 17:42 |
2) | Chiara Dailey | La Jolla, CA | La Jolla High School (11) | 18:05 |
3) | Jaelyn Williams | Chula Vista, CA | Eastlake High School (11) | 18:12 |
4) | Adria Favero | Salt Lake City, UT | Olympus High School (10) | 18:18 |
5) | Tatum Flach | Park City, UT | Park City High School (9) | 18:26 |
6) | Sadie Krueger | Honolulu, HI | Moanalua High School (9) | 18:28 |
7) | Ayanna Hickey | La Jolla, CA | The Bishops School (11) | 18:28 |
8) | Erika Kirk | Murrieta, CA | Vista Murrieta High School (12) | 18:29 |
9) | Nicole Alfred | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Rancho Cucamonga High School (12) | 18:30 |
10) | Eleanor Raker | Reno, NV | Galena High School (12) | 18:31 |
Boys
Place | Name | Hometown | High School | Time |
1) | Tyler Daillak | Paso Robles, CA | Paso Robles High School (12) | 15:28 |
2) | Kade Brownell | Colbert, WA | Mt. Spokane High School (12) | 15:34 |
3) | Yohanes Van Meerten | Flagstaff, AZ | Flagstaff High School (10) | 15:35 |
4) | Trey Caldwell | Danville, CA | De La Salle High School (12) | 15:35 |
5) | Josiah Tostenson | Central Point, OR | Crater High School (12) | 15:39 |
6) | Max Douglass | Newport Beach, CA | Corona del Mar High School (12) | 15:39 |
7) | Conor Lott | Fresno, CA | Clovis North High School (11) | 15:39 |
8) | Corbin Coombs | Las Cruces, NM | Organ Mountain High School (12) | 15:39 |
9) | Aydon Stephanopoulos | Los Gatos, CA | Los Gatos High School (12) | 15:42 |
10) | Vincent Recupero | Seattle, WA | Bishop Blanchet High School (12) | 15:46 |
