USATF-NE runners score well at Junior Olympic Nationals

New England Elite and Valhalla RC topped USATF-NE club performances at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Shelbyville Indiana on Saturday. Teams and individuals advanced by place from Regional or Association Championship races in November.

In the Girls 15-18 team scoring, New England Elite and Valhalla RC placed 2-3. 
Three USATF-NE boys cracked the top 10 in their races; In the Age 13-14 4000m race, Noah Geiger (Waltham TC) placed 8th, while Gunner Currier (Granite State Flash (9th) and Tylar Mogavero (NE Elite, 10th) did the same in the age 15-18 race.  Geiger's run was outstanding considering the size of the field - 421 finishers and 37 teams. 

The largest race of the day for girls was also the age 13-14 division with 394 finishers and 37 teams.  New England advanced 4 of the 5 teams from Region 1 to Nationals in both 13-14 races.  The boys Age 11-12 300m also had over 400 (410) cross the line and 37 Teams - Wow!

Team placings in the 10 races.
Girls 
8/under:  15.Nashua PAL 360
9-10:  14.Nashua PAL 380
11-12: 23.Nashua PAL 557
13-14: 13.Waltham TC 388; 24.New England Elite 565; 25.Granite State Flash 606; 26.Nashua PAL 607. 
15-18: 2.New England Elite 59; 3.Valhalla TC 67

Boys
8/under: 9.Cheetah Running Club 192
9-10: 11.Nashual PAL 330; 18.Cheetah RC 438
11-12: 28.Sentinel Striders 686
13-14: 8.Granite State Flash 345; 10.Waltham TC 354; 16.Cheetah RC 441; 20.NE Elite 485; 
15-18: 4.Granite State Flash 108; 6.Nashua PAL 171

Full results are found at results.adkinstrak.com/meets/42244