Texas Junior Overcomes Injuries And Illness To Win Second Consecutive Foot Locker Championship
By Keenan Gray of DyeStat
SAN DIEGO – For all that Elizabeth Leachman has been through in her junior season, getting back to the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships was more than a reward. It was also a blessing.
Despite ongoing injuries and sickness she endured throughout the fall, the junior from San Antonio, Texas found a way to overcome all of it in the final months of the season and made her way back to Balboa Park in San Diego on Saturday to defend her national title.
Leachman became the sixth girl in Foot Locker meet history to win back to back nationals, taking the girls title in 17 minutes, 31.1 seconds at the 45th installment of the oldest high school cross country championships in the country. She has a chance to become the first three-time champion next year.
“An unexpected end to the season in a good way,” Leachman said. “I think there’s been a roller coaster of emotions and expectations for what I was going to be able to do, so to be able to finish on a strong note is a huge blessing.”
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Place Grade Name Time School
1 11 Elizabeth Leachman 17:31.1 Boerne Champion HS
2 12 Victoria Garces 17:39.9 Midland Dow HS
3 12 Zariel Macchia 17:49.6 William Floyd HS
4 10 Ruby Ihmels 17:50.5 Century HS
5 11 Libby Dowty 17:55.9 Indian Creek HS
6 12 Kerrigan Chaney 18:00.9 North Cross School
7 11 Lilly Beshears 18:04.0 Rogers HS
8 11 Virginia Kraus 18:04.6 Saucon Valley HS
9 11 Jaelyn Williams 18:04.9 Eastlake HS
10 11 Macy Wingard 18:06.9 Braswell HS
11 12 Sophia Bendet 18:08.0 Randolph HS
12 12 Norah Hushagen 18:08.9 Forest Lake Area HS
13 11 Brooke Chapman 18:14.1 Olentangy Orange HS
14 11 Emily Cohen 18:16.9 Cherry Creek HS
15 12 Rosie Mucharsky 18:19.9 Denver East HS
16 11 Kate Foltz 18:20.1 Tuscola Community HS
17 11 Cassidy Armstrong 18:21.7 Ballard HS
18 12 Caroline Barton 18:23.0 Carolina Day School
19 12 Abby Faith Cheeseman 18:25.5 The Webb School
20 11 Mallory Weller 18:28.6 Concordia Lutheran HS
21 10 Adria Favero 18:30.1 Olympus HS
22 12 Brooke Strauss 18:32.7 Glastonbury HS
23 12 Liliah Gordon 18:33.5 Northern Burlington County HS
24 12 Jessica Jazwinski 18:37.3 Shelby HS
25 12 Dylan McElhinney 18:40.1 Hunter College HS
26 11 Chase Gilbert 18:42.1 Lyme-Old Lyme HS
27 11 Carolina Areheart 18:43.2 Webb School of Knoxville HS
28 12 Kate Loescher 18:45.4 Colonial Forge HS
29 11 Allison Lee 18:50.3 West Windsor-Plainsboro HS
30 11 Ayanna Hickey 18:52.4 Bishop's School
31 11 Jazzlyn Garmer 18:53.0 Webb School of Knoxville HS
32 9 Tatum Flach 18:57.8 Park City HS
33 12 Eleanor Raker 19:00.5 Galena HS
34 12 Erika Kirk 19:15.0 Vista Murrieta HS
35 12 Lillian DiCola 19:18.5 Hatboro-Horsham HS
36 9 Sadie Krueger 19:21.9 Moanalua HS
37 12 Nicole Alfred 19:31.8 Rancho Cucamonga HS
38 12 Tess Sherry 20:50.2 Conard HS
39 12 Liv Sherry 21:45.3 Conard HS
11 Chiara Dailey DNF La Jolla HS
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