FootLocker CC News: NE Race moves to Long Island, release from FootLocker, Note by Larry Eder

Map of FootLocker NE race course, moved to Sunken Meadow State Park on Long Island for 2009! Map courtesy of FootLockercc.com. Keep reading for more details!
The FootLocker Cross Country is steeped in tradition. For 32 years now, many of the best American prep cross country runners have ventured on one of the four regional races, finished in the top seven and moved on to the FootLocker CC Finals, which will be held December 12, 2009 this year, in San Diego, CA. There has been a move this year for the NE regional race. Press release is shown below:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Kenny Fried, 202-468-8200, kfried@bwfcom.com
Gabriella Citrin, 212.720.3752, gcitrin@footlocker.com
Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Northeast Regional Race Moves to New Location on Long Island
New York, N.Y., September 10, 2009- Foot Locker announced today, that this yearâ€™s Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Northeast Regional Race will
move to Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, Long Island, to be held on Saturday, November 28.
The Northeast Regional Race has been held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York, for the 30-year history of the event. More than 65 acres of Van Cortlandt Park, including portions of the cross-country trail are currently being renovated.
â€œWe are very excited to move our race to Sunken Meadow State Park overlooking the Long Island Sound,â€ said Jeanine Zocks, vice president of sports marketing. â€œThe 5K course features â€œCardiac Hill,â€ sunken meadow creek, and is widely regarded as one of the most difficult cross-country courses in the country. We know our runners will be challenged there.â€
The Foot Locker Cross Country Championships is the longest running high school cross country race in the nation, comprised of four regional 5K races in the Northeast, Midwest (Kenosha, Wis.), South (Charlotte, N.C.) and West (Walnut, Calif.), with the National Championships in San Diego, Calif., on Saturday, December 12, 2009. More than 10,000 of the nationâ€™s leading high school runners are expected to compete in the regional meets this year.
For more information on the race visit www.footlockercc.com

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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. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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