The rain-soaked turf slowed down competitors this weekend at the Brooks Memphis Twilight meet, but didn’t seem to have an effect on Houston Middle School runner, Felicity Bost. Now, wait, are we really putting a 6th grade junior high girl as our FloRunner of the week?

Yes.

Memphis local Felicity Bost had one of the greatest kicks of all time, yes, even rivaling Nick Symmonds in the 2008 Olympic Trials 800m. Granted it was only a 2k middle school race, the drive and pure competitiveness of this magnificent and noble mare shocked the crowd and electrified the event. Through the first 1000m, Bost sat comfortably in the back of the lead back. With her eyes on the prize, she slowly moved her way up the pack and right on the shoulder of E.T Booth Middle School’s Sydney Runyan. The 7th Grader made a valiant effort to pull away from Bost with 200m to go, but Bost dug deep. With the hometown crowd on her back, she powered down the homestretch, arms pumping, legs churning, spiked up, psyched up, through the line. Bost's come-from-behind effort edged Runyan by .31 seconds. 

Cross country is back. What a way to “kick” it off, eh?

Skip to 6:40 to witness this killer kick.



Other FloRunner nominees:

Gordon's pick: Bernard Lagat
This past weekend in Berlin, Germany, a 39-year-old man ran 13:06. That's right, a man who is old enough to still own a rotary phone ran faster than you ever will. Just like Pharrell, Bernard Lagat never ages. He is my FloRunner of the Week!


Lincoln's pick: Jenny Simpson
After kicking down the field in Stockholm, Simpson followed that up with a race for the ages in Zurich. With the Diamond Race title at stake, Simpson led the majority of the race before being challenged heavily by Shannon Rowbury over the final 50 meters. Both women dove for the line, with Simpson winning by .01 seconds. 

Joe's pick: Anita Wlodarczyk
I know it's called FloRunner but I just can't ignore Anita Wlodarczyk's world record in the women's hammer at ISTAF Berlin. The Pol heaved that sucker 79.58m to take down the 3-year-old mark of 79.42m. Bonus points for not busting an ankle celebrating, like she did after her last WR in 2009.

Meg's pick: Molly Huddle
Molly Huddle took home her third US title of the year after winning the USA 20-k championships in a hot and humid New Haven, Conn. Huddle, the newly crowned American Record holder in the 5k, ran 1:08.34 for 12.4 miles and was nearly 20 seconds better than the second place finisher.