Foot Locker Midwest Regional 2012

Hi everyone! My name is Patrick Perrier and I am currently a junior at O’Fallon Township High School in O’Fallon, Illinois. Although the cross country season is starting to wrap up with only Nike Cross Nationals and Foot Locker Nationals as the remaining races, Milesplit has given me the honor to blog about my recent experience at the 2012 Foot Locker Midwest Regional. I placed 4th at this year’s meet with a new personal best 5k time of 15:03. As a result, I will be at this year’s Foot Locker National Meet in San Diego, California.

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)

Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka, Ind. won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships (FLCCC) Midwest Regional Saturday while breaking the course record in 16:54.

Nearly two miles in, the Foot Locker Midwest boys’ championship race Saturday in Kenosha was looking an awful lot like the girls’ affair that had preceded it.  No, Michigan’s Nick Raymond isn’t a sophomore, like girls’ champion Anna Rohrer, and this wasn’t his first FL MW (he was 33rd last year). (Photo by Kane Baker)

Photo by Kane Baker for MileSplit.com. 

One year ago, Anna Rohrer (left) was recovering from a broken foot after a freshman season that included a 19:17 in her only race. Frosh Werner (in white) finished 2nd. (Photo by Kane Baker)

November 24, 2012 - Live Interviews following Foot Locker's Midwest Regional in Kenosha, WI Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka, IN - 1st place with new FL Midwest Course Record of 16:54 Taylor Werner of Sainte Genevieve, MO - 2nd place in 17:08 for Girls Seeded Race Jake Leingang of Bismarck, ND - 1st place in Boys Seeded race in 14:56 Sam Wharton of Tipp City, OH - 2nd place in 14:56 for Boys Seeded Race Nick Raymond of Erie, MI - 3rd place in 15:02 for Boys Seeded Race Samuel Prakel of Versailles, OH - 6th place with time of 15:04 in Boys Seeded Race   Girls Seeded Championship Race Footage Girls Seeded Race PICS - link here Boys Seeded Championship Race Footage Boys Seeded Race PICS - Link here Freshman / Sophomore Boys Race Pics

Foot Locker Midwest Regional Coverage - GIRLS SEEDED RACE Michiwaka, IN Sophomore, Anna Rohrer wins Foot Locker's Midwest Regional CC Championships in new FLMW course record of 16:54 at the UW-Parkside National Course in Kenosha, WI. Results Below Girls Seeded Race Championship Footage Link to Girls Seeded Race PICS here Link to Interviews with Winner Anna Rohrer and 2nd place Taylor Werner

Andrew Walton led Colorado's male contingent of finishers at Foot Locker Midwest. Photo by John Walton.

Foot Locker Midwest Regional Coverage - BOYS SEEDED RACE North Dakota's Jake Leingang outsprints Ohio's Sam Wharton for a 14:56 win of Foot Locker's Midwest Regional CC Championships in Kenosha, WI. Results Below Boys Seeded Race Championship Footage Link to Boys Seeded Race PICS here Link to Interviews with 1st place Jake Leingang, 2nd place Sam Wharton, 3rd place Nick Raymond and 6th place Sam Prakel.

Foot Locker Midwest Regional Coverage - Freshman / Sophomore Boys Race Link to Fr / So Boys Race PICS here Results Below  

The Foot Locker Midwest boys’ championship race can’t quite match the front-end, national championship-level firepower of the girls’ race.  Still, there’s a big handful of 2011 Finals returnees, aspiring national championship doublers and talented state champions that will be present Saturday. 

It’s an easy one – the clash of the “Big Four” (see analysis below) Michigan stars Erin Finn and Julia Bos, and Indiana standouts Anna Rohrer, and Ashley Erba should be the most exciting individual war for any of the Foot Locker or NXN regional races this season and there are several reasons why...

Kaylee Flanagan will compete at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Midwest Regional race on Saturday, Nov. 24 at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis. Kaylee Flanagan of Roselle, IL, returns to compete against some of the best runners in the region for a coveted spot in the national finals. Flanagan, a senior, placed 31st in last year’s national race.

  Six South Dakotans will compete in the annual Midwest Regional Foot Locker Cross Country meet this Saturday in Kenosha, Wisconsin.    

Here's a list of Colorado's Foot Locker Midwest entries, along with a quick discussion of a few of those entries.