Ravenscroft cross country
Ravenscroft's Wesley Frazier grabbed sixth place at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships South Regional race in Charlotte Saturday morning.
Frazier, George thrive at
Foot Locker regional event
Led by Ravenscroft freshman Welsey Frazier's sixth-place finish, female runners from Raleigh made a name for themselves at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships South Regional race in Charlotte Saturday morning.
Competing against runners from 14 states, five Raleigh girls finished in the top 100 in the 5K race held at the McAlpine Greenway.
Chelsey Sveinsson of Addison, Texas, set the pace, capturing first place with a time of 16:53. But just 24 seconds off Sveinnson's time was Frazier, who continues to build an impressive resume, having already won a NCISAA 3-A cross country title this fall.
Frazier's Top 10 finish qualified her for the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals in San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 12.
Millbrook sophomore Samantha George also put together an impressive showing, grabbing 15th place with a time of 17:48.
Other Raleigh finishers included Cardinal Gibbons' Sarah Rapp, who took 75th place with a time of 18:57. Nine spots behind her finished Leesville Road senior Lauren Strapp with a time of 19:10.
Athens Drive's Kasey Briggs snagged 95th place, Sanderson's Allison Cook took 125th and Cardinal Gibbons' Kelly Maw crossed the finish line in 150th place.
No local runners — student-athletes in the NorthRaleighSports.com readership area — competed in the boys' race.
Craig Lutz of Highland Village, Texas, won the boys' event, finishing in 14:34.
