Colorado History At Foot Locker (Kinney) XC Championships

*From 1979-1992 it was called the Kinney National Cross Country Championships.

* Since 1993 it has been called the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships.

*The race has been held at Balboa Park in San Diego every year except 1981-1982, and 1997-2001 when it was held in Orlando.

Colorado has had 41 female and 39 male qualifiers (as of 2018 race).

1980 - Michelle Burt - 31^st place - 19:59 (Honestly, I don't know much about her - including which high school she attended.  The only information provided on the Footlocker homepage is her name, place, time, region and state.  However, I'm sure somebody on here remembers her).

1981 - Deahn Hendrixson - 31^st - 18:58 - Northglenn H.S.

1983 - Lize Brittin - 15^th - 18:00 - Fairview H.S.

1984 - Lize Brittin - 7^th - 17:39 - Fairview H.S.

1985 - Jon Hume - 4^th - 14:51 - Green Mountain H.S.

1986 - Nathan Wright - 28^th - 15:50 - Poudre H.S.

1987 - Chris Nelson - 7^th - 15:15 - Florence H.S.

             Eric Morrison - 8^th - 15:17 - Poudre H.S.

             Pat Dolan - 16^th - 15:31 - Greeley Central H.S.

             Sarah Schwald - 4^th - 17:27 - Liberty H.S.

1988 - Kevin Herd - 30^th - 16:16 - Rangeview H.S.

             Melody Fairchild - 2^nd - 17:18 - Boulder H.S.

             Sarah Schwald - 5^th - 17:39 - Liberty H.S.

             Calley Nelson - 13^th - 18:07 - Florence H.S.

             Cruz Zarco - 16^th - 18:13 - Sargent H.S.

1989 - Melody Fairchild - 1^st - 17:05 - Boulder H.S.

             Cruz Zarco - 8^th - 17:51 - Sargent H.S.

             Calley Nelson - 18^th - 18:36 - Florence H.S.

1990 - A.J. Campbell - 22^nd - 15:59 - Central (Grand Junction) H.S.

             Melody Fairchild - 1^st - 16:39 - Boulder H.S. (existing course record at Morley Field, Balboa Park)

             Sarah DeMartini - 29^th - 19:55 - Poudre H.S.

1991 - Adam Goucher - 13^th - 15:41 - Doherty H.S.

             Faith Harvel - 27^th - 19:15 - Boulder H.S. 

1992 - Adam Goucher - 15^th - 15:47 - Doherty H.S.

             Marne Findley - 30^th - 19:30 - Ponderosa H.S.

1993 - Adam Goucher - 1^st - 14:41 - Doherty H.S.

1995 - Kerry Dugan - 21^st - 18:34 - Boulder H.S.

1996 - Aaron Blondeau - 12^th - 15:57 - Salida H.S.

2000 - Megan Kaltenbach - 18^th - 18:06 - Smoky Hill H.S.

2001 - Brett Schoolmeester - 27^th - 16:01 - Denver Christian H.S.

             Megan Kaltenbach - 14^th - 17:52 - Smoky Hill H.S.

2002 - Katelyn Kaltenbach - 7^th - 17:50 - Smoky Hill H.S.

             Megan Kaltenbach - 20^th - 18:24 - Smoky Hill H.S.

2003 - Ryan Deak - 6^th - 15:13 - Smoky Hill H.S.

             Bradley Harkrader - 12^th - 15:24 - Thornton H.S.

             Katelyn Kaltenbach - 1^st - 17:24 - Smoky Hill H.S.

             Morgan Schulz - 11^th - 17:56 - Smoky Hill H.S.

2004 - John McGuire - 4^th - 15:27 - D'Evelyn H.S.

             Mohamud Ige - 13^th - 15:44 - Denver South H.S.

             Whitney Anderson - 4^th - 17:49 - Summit H.S.

             Maddie McKeever - 9^th - 18:14 - Heritage H.S.

             Keara Sammons - 11^th - 18:20 - Smoky Hill H.S.

             Katelyn Kaltenbach - 15^th - 18:28 - Smoky Hill H.S.

2005 - Mohamud Ige - 10^th - 15:21 - Denver South H.S.

             Daniel Roberts - 12^th - 15:27 - Crested Butte Academy 

             Noah Shannon - 19^th - 15:39 - Ft. Collins H.S.

             Keara Sammons - 17^th - 17:58 - Smoky Hill H.S.

2006 - Richard Medina - 18^th - 15:52 - Grand Junction H.S.

             Joseph Manilafasha - 25^th - 16:07 - Denver North H.S.

             Anguel Tolev - 27^th - 16:09 - Thornton H.S.

             Evan Appel - 29^th - 16:12 - Dakota Ridge H.S.

             Katie Vanatta - 4^th - 17:57 - Ralston Valley H.S.

             Kristen McGlynn - 35^th - 19:14 - Platte Canyon H.S.

2007 - Bobby Nichols - 18^th - 15:44 - Regis Jesuit H.S.

             Evan Appel - 21^st - 15:48 - Dakota Ridge H.S.

             Joseph Manilafasha - 22^nd - 15:49 - Denver North H.S.

             Kevin Williams - 26^th - 15:52 - D'Evelyn H.S.

2008 - Evan Appel - 6^th - 15:36 - Dakota Ridge H.S.

             Joe DeMoor - 10^th - 15:44 - Buena Vista H.S.

            Andrew Berberick - 17^th - 15:54 - Mullen H.S.

            Joseph Manilafasha - 35^th - 16:19 - Denver North H.S.

            Allie McLaughlin - 5^th - 17:34 - Air Academy H.S.

2009 - Scott Fauble - 17^th - 15:44 - Wheat Ridge H.S.

             Walter Schafer - 22^nd - 15:46 - Cherry Creek H.S.

             Danny Nicholls - 26^th - 15:49 - Regis Jesuit H.S.

             Ryan Poland - 28^th - 15:51 - Denver Christian H.S.

             Kelsey Lakowske - 6^th - 17:33 - Boulder H.S.

2010 - William Kincaid - 11^th - 15:27 - Columbine H.S.

              Kelsey Lakowske  - 4^th - 17:29 - Boulder H.S.

              Eleanor Fulton - 13^th - 17:50 - Highlands Ranch H.S.

2011 - Sydney Scott - 26^th - 18:18 - Denver South H.S.

2012 - Jordyn Colter  - 4^th - 17:30 - Cherry Creek H.S.

             Melanie Nun  - 35^th - 18:37 - Legacy H.S.

2014 - Lauren Gregory - 11^th - 18:04 - Ft. Collins H.S.

2015 - Paul Roberts  - 5^th - 15:15 - Lyons H.S.

             Kayla Young - 33^rd - 18:31 - Denver North H.S. (injury replacement for Lauren Gregory)

             Lauren Gregory - Ft. Collins H.S. (could not compete, injured)

2016 - Kayla Young - 24^th - 18:04 - Denver North H.S. 

2017 - Harrison Scudamore - 13^th - 15:48 - Denver East H.S.

2018 - Ares Reading - 19^th - 16:00 - Niwot H.S.

             Riley Stewart - 21^st - 18:14 - Cherry Creek H.S.

Champions:  

Melody Fairchild (twice)

Adam Goucher

Katelyn Kaltenbach

Schools with multiple qualifiers (different athletes):  

Smoky Hill - 5 (Megan and Katelyn Kaltenbach, Keara Sammons, Morgan Schulz, Ryan Deak)

Boulder - 4 (Melody Fairchild, Kelsey Lakowske, Faith Harvel, Kerry Dugan)

Poudre - 3 (Nathan Wright, Eric Morrison, Sarah DeMartini)

Cherry Creek - 3 (Walter Schafer, Jordyn Colter, Riley Stewart)

Denver Christian - 2 (Brett Schoolmeester, Ryan Poland)

Denver North - 2 (Joseph Manilafasha, Kayla Young)

Denver South - 2 (Mohamud Ige, Sydney Scott)

D'Evelyn - 2 (John McGuire, Kevin Williams)

Ft. Collins - 2 (Noah Shannon, Lauren Gregory)

Florence - 2 (Chris and Calley Nelson)

Regis Jesuit - 2 (Bobby and Danny Nicholls)

Thornton - 2 (Bradley Harkrader, Anguel Tolev)

Schools with most total qualifiers:

Smoky Hill - 10 (M Kaltenbach x 3, K Kaltenbach x 3, Sammons x 2, Schulz, Deak)

Boulder - 7 (Fairchild x 3, Lakowske x 2, Harvel, Dugan)

Denver North - 5 (Manilafasha x 3, Young x 2)

Dakota Ridge - 3 (Appel x 3)

Florence - 3 (Calley Nelson x 2, Chris Nelson)

Doherty - 3 (Goucher x 3)

Poudre - 3 (Wright, Morrison, DeMartini)

Ft. Collins - 3 (Gregory x 2, Shannon)

Cherry Creek - 3 (Schafer, Colter, Stewart)

*several schools tied with 2

Schools with qualifiers from both genders:

Cherry Creek

Denver North

Denver South

Ft. Collins

Florence

Poudre

Smoky Hill

Sibling qualifiers:

Calley and Chris Nelson - Florence

Bobby and Danny Nicholls - Regis Jesuit

Megan and Katelyn Kaltenbach - Smoky Hill

Most common finishing position:

4^th place (has occurred 7 times)

13^th place (has occurred 5 times)

*followed by four times each for 1^st place, 11^th place, and 18^th place

*no one has ever finished 3^rd, 23^rd, 32^nd, 34^th, 36^th, 37^th, 38^th, 39^th, or 40^th place