Nike Cross Nationals 2009

The 2009 Nike Cross Nationals were held at Portland Meadows in Portland, Oregon on December 5, 2009. It was the sixth edition of the nationals, and for the second year in a row individual runners were allowed to compete alongside team qualifiers. The boys' race was won by Craig Lutz, a junior from Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, in a championship record time of 15:09.2 for the 5 km course. Lutz came from third to first in the closing stages of the race, overtaking Joe Rosa and just holding off a strong kick from Elias Gedyon. The top five finishers in the boys' race were all juniors.

On the team side, Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School from Boerne, Texas narrowly defeated Joel E. Ferris High School from Spokane, Washington and defending champion The Woodlands High School from The Woodlands, Texas. Boerne Champion held a narrow lead from 3 km on out, gaining the biggest advantage from their second runner Nathan Christianson who finished 16th in team scoring to Ferris' second runner Alexander Avilia who finished 36th.

The girls' race was won by Katie Flood, a senior from Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines, Iowa, who just held off Kathleen Stevens of Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Results

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Boys' Championship 5km

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Grade School Time (m:s.mm)
  Craig Lutz 11   Marcus High School 15:09.2
  Elias Gedyon 11   Loyola High School 15:09.5
  Joe Rosa 11   WW-P North High School 15:09.8
4 Ammar Moussa 11   Arcadia High School 15:17.6
5 Zach Wills 11   Mason High School 15:18.5
6 Sherod Hardt 12   Queen Creek High School 15:18.7
7 David Osborn 12   Chesterton High School 15:19.6
8 Ben Johnston 12   North Central High School 15:22.3
9 Justin Vilhauer 11   Redwood High School 15:24.6
10 Adam Thorne 12   Ferris High School 15:25.5

Boys' Team Championship

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Teams
Rank Team Points
    Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School 195
    Joel E. Ferris High School 201
    The Woodlands High School 207
4   Loyola Academy 208
5   Albuquerque Academy 236
6   Dana Hills High School 238
7   Mead Senior High School 239
8   American Fork High School 247
9   Fayetteville-Manlius High School 270
10   Bishop Hendricken High School 284

References

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  1. NikeCrossNationals.com - Nike Cross Nationals Official Site - NXN