Cara Kiernan Places 14th in National Meet
A wonderful performance of 18:03 by the student at the Potomac School in Vienna, Virginia

Girls 5 Kilometers

Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
Saturday, December 14, 2002
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Results courtesy of Foot Locker

1    Zoe Nelson (10)           West        Flathead H.S.                 Kalispell                MT   17:30.0
2    Kathleen Trotter (12)     Northeast   Red Bank Regional H.S.        Little Silver            NJ   17:43.9
3    Caitlin McTague (11)      Northeast   Niskayuna H.S.                Niskayuna                NY   17:46.4
4    Laura Cummings (10)       Northeast   Bay Shore H.S.                Bay Shore                NY   17:47.2
5    Amber Smith (11)          Midwest     Westwood H.S.                 Ishpeming                MI   17:47.9
6    Heidi Magill (11)         West        Mountain View H.S.            0rem                     UT   17:50.5
7    Katelyn Kaltenbach (10)   Midwest     Smoky Hill H.S.               Aurora                   CO   17:50.9
8    Meghan Owen (12)          Northeast   Killingly H.S.                Danielson                CT   17:51.7
9    Nicole Blood (9)          Northeast   Saratoga H.S.                 Ganesvoort               NY   17:52.0
10   Sunni Olding (11)         Midwest     Minster Local Schools         Minster                  OH   17:52.4
11   Jamie Geissler (12)       West        Mead H.S.                     Spokane                  WA   17:53.3
12   Ruth Graham (12)          West        Henry M. Gunn H.S.            Palo Alto                CA   17:59.2
13   Amber Harper (12)         West        Orem HS                       Orem                     UT   18:01.5
14   Cara Kiernan (12)         South       The Potomac School            Vienna                   VA   18:02.8
15   Michelle Sikes (12)       Midwest     Lakewood H.S.                 Lakewood                 OH   18:03.1
16   Rachel Bryan (11)         West        Laguna Creek H.S.             Elk Grove                CA   18:05.6
17   Katie Harrington (11)     Midwest     Carmel H.S.                   Carmel                   IN   18:07.8
18   Chantelle Dron (10)       Northeast   Home Schooled                 Candia                   NH   18:10.8
19   Rachael Forish (11)       South       Lamar H.S.                    Arlington                TX   18:13.4
20   Megan Kaltenbach (12)     Midwest     Smoky Hill H.S.               Aurora                   CO   18:24.9
21   Sara Powell (12)          Northeast   Oliver Ames H.S.              Easton                   MA   18:32.2
22   Ari Lambie (12)           Northeast   Bromfield H.S.                Harvard                  MA   18:33.5
23   Maddie Schueler (11)      South       Sacred Heart Academy          Louisville               KY   18:42.3
24   Natalie Picchetti (11)    South       Reagan H.S.                   San Antonio              TX   18:48.5
25   Heather Wood (11)         West        Los Alamos H.S.               Los Alamos               NM   18:49.2
26   Caitlin Chock (11)        West        Granite Bay H.S.              Roseville                CA   18:50.2
27   Tara Lenn (10)            South       St. Paul's Episcopal          Mobile                   AL   18:53.4
28   Staci Honeyman (11)       Midwest     Scranton H.S.                 Reeder                   ND   18:55.3
29   Lauren Blankenship (12)   South       Wesleyan H.S.                 Alpharetta               GA   19:11.4
30   Kate Merrill (11)         South       C.E. Jordan H.S.              Durham                   NC   19:41.8
31   Nicole Bohnsack (11)      Midwest     Rockford H.S.                 Rockford                 MI   20:50.2
32   Kate Niehaus (DNF) (9)    South       Spring Valley H.S.            Columbia                 SC   

Kippy Keino Places 15th in National Meet
The student at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia finished with an outstanding time of 15:23.

Boys 5 Kilometers

Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
Saturday, December 14, 2002
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Results courtey of Foot Locker

1    Chris Solinsky (12)       Midwest     Stevens Point Area Senior H.S.Stevens Point            WI   14:40.5
2    Wesley Smith (12)         Midwest     Hudson H.S.                   Hudson                   OH   15:01.0
3    Bobby Curtis (12)         South       Saint Xavier H.S.             Louisville               KY   15:06.1
4    Neftalem Araia (12)       Midwest     Lawrence North H.S.           Indianapolis             IN   15:06.4
5    Matt DeBole (12)          South       Mount Tabor H.S.              Winston-Salem            NC   15:12.7
6    Garrett Heath (11)        Midwest     Winona Senior H.S.            Winona                   MN   15:14.5
7    Mohamed Trafeh (11)       West        Duarte H.S.                   Duarte                   CA   15:14.8
8    Ahmed Haji (11)           Northeast   Conard H.S.                   West Hartford            CT   15:15.3
9    Benjamin True (11)        Northeast   Greely H.S.                   North Yarmouth           ME   15:16.1
10   Lauren Jespersen (12)     West        Klamath Union H.S.            Klamath Falls            OR   15:16.4
11   Bobby Mack (12)           South       North Forsyth H.S.            Winston-Salem            NC   15:18.3
12   Ryan Deak (11)            South       Maclay H.S.                   Tallahassee              FL   15:20.3
13   Steven Hassen (12)        South       Ocala Vanguard H.S.           Ocala                    FL   15:20.7
14   Stephen Pifer (12)        Midwest     Edwardsville H.S.             Glen Carbon              IL   15:22.0
15   Kippy Keino (12)          South       Fork Union Military Academy   Fork Union               VA   15:22.2
16   Joshua Harper (12)        Midwest     West Plains H.S.              West Plains              MO   15:24.3
17   Andrew Jones (12)         West        Campbell County H.S.          Gillette                 WY   15:27.6
18   Tim  Nelson (12)          West        Liberty Christian H.S.        Palo Cedro               CA   15:30.7
19   Steve Shepherd (12)       West        Weber H.S.                    Eden                     UT   15:31.2
20   Hakon DeVries (11)        Northeast   John Jay H.S.                 Hopewell Jct.            NY   15:32.2
21   Ian Gottesfeld (11)       Northeast   West Chester Henderson H.S.   West Chester             PA   15:33.5
22   Michael Poe (12)          West        Etiwanda H.S.                 Alta Loma                CA   15:39.0
23   Justin Simpson (12)       South       Oak Glen H.S.                 Chester                  WV   15:40.5
24   Alec Wall (12)            West        Grant H.S.                    Portland                 OR   15:41.3
25   David Van Orsdel (12)     Midwest     Hopkins H.S.                  Minnetonka               MN   15:42.6
26   Brendan Fennell (12)      Northeast   Pearl River H.S.              Pearl River              NY   15:46.6
27   Christian Wagner (11)     Midwest     Columbus North H.S.           Columbus                 IN   15:47.2
28   Victor Gras (11)          Northeast   Belmont H.S.                  Belmont                  MA   15:55.8
29   Kevin Tschirhart (10)     Northeast   Northport H.S.                Northport                NY   15:58.9
30   Jonathan Pastore (12)     Northeast   Scranton Prep.                Dickson                  PA   16:03.9
31   Brian Sullivan (11)       South       The Woodlands H.S.            The Woodlands            TX   16:19.7
32   Galen Rupp (DNF) (11)     West        Central Catholic H.S.         Portland                 OR