Lopez Lomong, a '03 FLCC alum, carried the U.S. flag in the Opening Ceremony.

 

The Foot Locker Cross Country Championship races are truly the stepping stone to excellence – our runners have gone on to become professional athletes and even Olympic medalists… This year's Summer Olympics featured several former Foot Locker Cross Country Championship runners who represented the USA in the Games:


3000m Steeplechase
Jennifer Barringer
(#3 in '03 FLCC Finals, #10 in '04 FLCC Finals)

10,000m/5000m
Kara Goucher
(#9 in '93 FLCC Finals, #17 in '94 FLCC Finals
)

10,000m
Shalane Flanagan
(#9 in '98 FLCC Regionals)


5000m
Jennifer Rhines
(#5 in '91 FLCC Finals)


1500m
Erin Donohue
(#17 in '98 FLCC Finals, #3 in '99 FLCC NE Regionals)

1500m
Christin Wurth-Thomas
(#12 in '96 FLCC Finals, #4 in '97 FLCC Finals, #12 in '98 FLCC Finals)

1500m
Lopez Lomong
(#20 in '03 FLCC Finals)

1500m
Leonel Manzano
(#14 in '03 FLCC South Regionals)

5000m
Matt Tegenkamp
(#5 in '99 FLCC Finals)

5000m
Ian Dobson

(#7 in '98 FLCC Finals, #3 in '99 FLCC Finals)

10,000m
Galen Rupp
(#32 in '02 FLCC Finals, #2 in '03 FLCC Finals

10,000m
Jorge Torres
(# 13 in '95 FLCC Finals, #5 in '96 FLCC Finals, #2 in '97 FLCC Finals, #1 in '98 FLCC Finals)

Marathon
Ryan Hall
(#3 in '00 FLCC Finals)


Marathon
Dathan Ritzenhein
(#8 in '98 FLCC Finals, #1 in '99 FLCC Finals, #1 in '00 FLCC Finals)



Triathlon
Jarrod Shoemaker #22 in '99 FLCC
10,000m
Amy Begley
(#10 in '89 FLCC Finals)
Marathon
Deena Kastor
(#6 in '90 FLCC Finals)
3000m Steeplechase
William Nelson
(#9 in '01 FLCC Finals)