Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional 2012

  KYtrackXC.com Top 12 of 2012 Below is the Top 12 Moments/Races of 2012.  This past year was quite arguably the greatest year in XC/Track history for the state.  Records were set across the board in track and XC.  KYtrackXC.com has sorted through some of the moments/races that really set the state on fire in a sense in 2012.  

Chuck Medley is the Head Coach at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky.  His senior heavy team won the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional last Saturday in North Carolina.  They won the top meets in Kentucky (Trinity Invitational) and Illinois (Palatine Invitational.)  They were also Runner-Ups at the nationally renowned Great American Cross Country Festival in North Carolina.  Below he answers questions about this weekend's Nike Cross Nationals Race in Portland, Oregon.   

No individual or team qualifiers, but MD and DC were represented well at FL and NXN by the guys and gals who competed!!!

CHARLOTTE -- Porter-Gaud's Brent Demarest qualified for Foot Locker Nationals with 10th place time of 15:06 at Foot Locker South today in McAlpine Park. 

Cheserek wins 2nd straight title! Rocha back to FL Nats also. McGorty and Chase light up FL South! Manlius, CBA and Pennsbury win. Leingang, Rohrer win Midwest, KY teams, dominate Nike SE. (Photo by Kane Baker)

Wesley Frazier's return to the national stage was one of many great performances by NC athletes in postseason regionals.

Jessica Molloy (Mountain Brook HS) qualifed Saturday at the SouthEast Regional of the Nike XC Nationals.  MileSplit was on site and has complete video and image galleries of the races.

Wesley Frazier ran away, but behind her there were a series of intense individual and team battles that made for an exciting race.

Jacob Burcham (bright green, center) had to fight some traffic in the first 200 meters, but stayed in front the rest of the way.

footage by Steve Lee, DE/MD/DC webmaster

footage by Brandon Miles, VA (MileStat) webmaster

footage by Steve Lee, DE/MD/DC webmaster

footage by Brandon Miles, VA (MileStat) webmaster

Results and coverage of the Virginians at the 2012 Nike Cross Southeast Regional.

Assumption/St. Xavier Win Nike Cross Nationals & Thomson Qualifies for Foot Locker Nationals

Belen Jesuit ran with extremely good-looking depth, but lacked the firepower up front to make a return visit to NXN Nationals. John Lindsey of Winter Park and Kelly Fahey of Trinity Prep were the top individual finishers from Florida.

Jacob Burcham of Cabell Midland wins!! More later, but here are the top 10 at Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Region from WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC. 2012 NXN SE Regional Race and Awards Jacob Burcham Interview  

MileSplit US #9 ranked Jacob Burcham from Cabell Midland (WV) wins the NXN Southeast Regional individual title in 15:09.80.

Blacksburg (VA) senior Nick Link finished 4th with a PR of 15:21 at the NXN Southeast Regional to lead his team to a second team finish.

Chantilly (VA) senior Logan Miller was the individual runner-up at NXN Southeast with a 15:19 5K PR to also help his team to a third place team finish.

Lake Braddock (VA) junior Hannah Christen was the individual runner-up at NXN Southeast with a PR time of 17:25 as her team placed 4th overall without #1 runner Sophie Chase (FL South winner).

Fourth-place individual, advances to nationals

Individual champion,NXN SE Regional

NXN SE, 5th place, advances to nationals

Footage by the MileSplit team from 9 points during the race

Footage by the MileSplit team from 9 points during the race

  Tomorrow brings the running world in Kentucky two huge races both being held miles away in North Carolina.  Foot Locker South sees Kentucky potentially having its first back to back national qualifier with Jacob Thomson.  Nike Cross Southeast has Assumption back in a spot to qualify again after becoming the first Kentucky girls team ever last year.  St. Xavier is also the same potential spot looking at their second trip to Portland (made NXN in 2005, before Regional Qualifying.)  Regardless of what actually happens this day just like the whole year, it will be one that shows Kentucky is on the move up . 

Your intrepid webmaster is going to Oregon next weekend and needs some NC runners to report on.  You in, Ben Huffman?

Top 50 Kentucky Runners EVER at NXN Southeast

Can St. Xavier live up to their status as pre-race favorites?  Will Tatnall's girls avenge a mid-season loss to Assumption?

Take a 7-minute tour of one of the most important courses in our state.

As a freshman at Loyola last fall, Michael Wegner excelled as one of the top cross country runners in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. (via baltimoresun.com)

The database predicts that the Assumption girls will advance to Oregon again; look inside to see how everyone else ranks.

Two of the greatest all time West Virginia cross country and track and field athletes have decided on their post season races. Maggie Drazba of St. Marys has chosen Foot Locker and Jacob Burcham of Cabell Midland has selected Nike.

Duboyce poised for successful cross country campaign (via Gazette.net Gazette Maryland Community News)