JANKE TO COMPETE IN FOOT LOCKER NATIONALS SATURDAY

December 9, 2015—For the sixth year in a row, one of Spokane’s top high school runners will be competing at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships, to be held Saturday at Balboa Park in San Diego. This year’s star is senior Justin Janke of North Central High School, who qualified for the Championships last Saturday with a seventh place finish in the Boys Seeded Race at the Foot Locker West Regional Cross Country Championships at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) in southern California.

 

This will be the first trip to Foot Locker Nationals for Janke, who won the Washington State 3A Cross Country Championship in November. No Spokane runner has ever won the Foot Locker Nationals, which have been held annually since 1979, but John Dressel of Mt. Spokane finished second in 2013. That finish tied Andrew Maris of White River High School (Buckley), who was runnerup in 1989.

 

The West Regional meet where Janke qualified last weekend was one of four Foot Locker competitions held across the country. The top ten runners from each of four regional meets advance to the National Championships.

 

Spokane area runners who have competed in the Foot Locker National Meet are listed below. More information on the Foot Locker Regionals and Nationals may be obtained by logging on to www.footlockercc.com.

 

Spokane Foot Locker National Competitors:

 

1982: Annette Hand, Central Valley H.S.—19^th place, 17:58

1983: Christine Slentz, Lewis & Clark H.S.—16^th place, 18:08

1987: Chris Lewis, Mead H.S.—12^th place, 15:22

1988: Lisa Dressel, Rogers H.S.—25^th place, 18:43

1989: Stuart Burnham, Ferris H.S.—7^th place, 15:15

          Greg Kuntz, Mead H.S.—16^th place, 15:31

          Sarah Schwald, Mead H.S.—4^th place, 17:35

          Carrie Moller, Rogers H.S.—14^th place, 18:14

1992: Matt Davis, Mead H.S.—31^st place, 16:51

          Jessica Fry, Rogers H.S.—25^th place, 18:58

1993: Matt Davis, Mead H.S.—3^rd place, 15:08

          Michah Davis, Mead H.S.—10^th place, 15:24

1994: Skiy Detray, Mead H.S.—30^th place, 16:08

1995: Isaac Hawkins, Ferris H.S.—12^th place, 15:33

1996: Isaac Hawkins, Ferris H.S.—26^th place, 16:29

2000: Michael Kiter, Shadle Park H.S.—23^rd place, 15:41

2001: Jesse Fayant, Mead H.S.—10^th place, 15:07

2002: Jamie Geissler, Mead H.S.—11^th place, 17:53

2003: Evan Garber, Mead H.S.—15^th place, 15:31

2005: Taylor Nepon, Mead H.S.—36^th place, 16:14

          Megan O’Reilly, Mt. Spokane H.S.—4^th place, 17:36

2010: Andrew Gardner, Mead H.S.—4^th place, 15:18

          Nathan Weitz, Shadle Park H.S.—31^st place, 15:52

          Kendra Weitz, Shadle Park H.S.—36^th place, 18:38

2011: Nathan Weitz, Shadle Park H.S.—3^rd place, 15:21

          Andrew Gardner, Mead H.S.—6^th place, 15:24

2012: Andrew Gardner, Mead H.S.—11^th place, 15:34

          John Dressel, Mt. Spokane H.S.—14^th place, 15:37

2013: John Dressel, Mt. Spokane H.S.—2^nd place, 15:10

2014: John Dressel, Mt. Spokane H.S.—6^th place, 15:18

2015: Justin Janke, North Central H.S

 

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