Foot Locker XC ChampionshipsDec 14, 2015 by Gordon Mack
Which State Has The Best Foot Locker Athletes?
Which State Has The Best Foot Locker Athletes?
Foot Locker is in the books, which means it's time for indoor season! But, before we dive head first into track and field we decided to take one last look a
Foot Locker is in the books, which means it's time for indoor season! But, before we dive head first into track and field we decided to take one last look at the Foot Locker National Championships. This year both the boys and girls winner came from the same state, Virginia. Which got us thinking, which state has had the most success at Foot Locker in recent years?
Our Ranking Process:
1) To keep things recent we decided to only look at the past 12 years when 40 athletes competed (10 from each region)
2) In the NCAA the top 40 out of 255 are considered All-Americans (about top 15%). With only 40 athletes in Foot Locker we decided the top five are the equivalent to All-American (Top 12.5%) NOTE: Taking top six would be 15% however, we feel top five is still a better cut off point.
3) We then assigned point totals to the top five finishers. 1st = 5pts, 2nd = 4pts, 3rd = 3pts, 4th = 2pts, 5th = 1pt
4) We then totaled the points and ranked the states highest to lowest.
01) California (48 pts)
02) Indiana (29 pts)
03) Virginia (26 pts)
04) New York (25 pts)
05) Michigan (23 pts)
05) Illinois (23 pts)
07) Texas (18 pts)
08) New Jersey (15 pts)
09) Tennessee (14 pts)
10) Nevada (12 pts)
10) Washington (12 pts)
10) Colorado (12 pts)
13) Wisconsin (10 pts)
14) Florida (9 pts)
15) Pennsylvania (7 pts)
15) North Carolina (7 pts)
17) Arizona (6 pts)
17) Minnesota (6 pts)
17) South Dakota (6 pts)
20) Connecticut (5 pts)
20) Maryland (5 pts)
20) North Dakota (5 pts)
20) Oregon (5 pts)
20) Utah (5 pts)
25) Alaska (4 pts)
25) Massachusetts (4 pts)
25) Missouri (4 pts)
28) Idaho (3 pts)
28) Nebraska (3 pts)
31) Maine (2 pts)
31) Ohio (2 pts)
33) Kentucky (1 pt)
33) New Mexico (1 pt)
Our Ranking Process:
1) To keep things recent we decided to only look at the past 12 years when 40 athletes competed (10 from each region)
2) In the NCAA the top 40 out of 255 are considered All-Americans (about top 15%). With only 40 athletes in Foot Locker we decided the top five are the equivalent to All-American (Top 12.5%) NOTE: Taking top six would be 15% however, we feel top five is still a better cut off point.
3) We then assigned point totals to the top five finishers. 1st = 5pts, 2nd = 4pts, 3rd = 3pts, 4th = 2pts, 5th = 1pt
4) We then totaled the points and ranked the states highest to lowest.
Foot Locker State Rankings (2004-2015):
01) California (48 pts)
02) Indiana (29 pts)
03) Virginia (26 pts)
04) New York (25 pts)
05) Michigan (23 pts)
05) Illinois (23 pts)
07) Texas (18 pts)
08) New Jersey (15 pts)
09) Tennessee (14 pts)
10) Nevada (12 pts)
10) Washington (12 pts)
10) Colorado (12 pts)
13) Wisconsin (10 pts)
14) Florida (9 pts)
15) Pennsylvania (7 pts)
15) North Carolina (7 pts)
17) Arizona (6 pts)
17) Minnesota (6 pts)
17) South Dakota (6 pts)
20) Connecticut (5 pts)
20) Maryland (5 pts)
20) North Dakota (5 pts)
20) Oregon (5 pts)
20) Utah (5 pts)
25) Alaska (4 pts)
25) Massachusetts (4 pts)
25) Missouri (4 pts)
28) Idaho (3 pts)
28) Nebraska (3 pts)
31) Maine (2 pts)
31) Ohio (2 pts)
33) Kentucky (1 pt)
33) New Mexico (1 pt)
Top Five Finishers (2004-2015)
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2015 | 1 | Drew Hunter | VA | 5 |
2015 | 2 | Phillip Rocha | CA | 4 |
2015 | 3 | Ben Veatch | IN | 3 |
2015 | 4 | Garek Bielaczyc | UT | 2 |
2015 | 5 | Paul Roberts | CO | 1 |
2015 | 1 | Weini Kelati | VA | 5 |
2015 | 2 | Maryjeanne Gilbert | IL | 4 |
2015 | 3 | Nevada Mareno | NC | 3 |
2015 | 4 | Judy Pendergast |
IL | 2 |
2015 | 5 | Taylor Werner |
MO | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2014 | 1 | Grant Fisher | MI | 5 |
2014 | 2 | Olin Hacker | WI | 4 |
2014 | 3 | Elijah Armstrong | ID | 3 |
2014 | 4 | Drew Hunter | VA | 2 |
2014 | 5 | Austin Tamagno | CA | 1 |
2014 | 1 | Anna Rohrer | IN | 5 |
2014 | 2 | Ryen Frazier | NC | 4 |
2014 | 3 | Makena Morley | MT | 3 |
2014 | 4 | Paige Hofstad | TX | 2 |
2014 | 5 | Hannah DeBalsi | CT | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2013 | 1 | Grant Fisher | MI | 5 |
2013 | 2 | John Dressel | WA | 4 |
2013 | 3 | Matthew Maton | OR | 3 |
2013 | 4 | Mickey Burke | NY | 2 |
2013 | 5 | Joseph Hardy | WA | 1 |
2013 | 1 | Tessa Barrett | PA | 5 |
2013 | 2 | Hannah DeBalsi | CT | 4 |
2013 | 3 | Caroline Alcorta | VA | 3 |
2013 | 4 | Anoush Shehadeh | NY | 2 |
2013 | 5 | Anna Maxwell | CA | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2012 | 1 | Edward Cheserek | NJ | 5 |
2012 | 2 | Sean McGorty | VA | 4 |
2012 | 3 | Jake Leingang | ND | 3 |
2012 | 4 | Benjamin Saarel | UT | 2 |
2012 | 5 | Jacob Thomson | KY | 1 |
2012 | 1 | Anna Rohrer | IN | 5 |
2012 | 2 | Catarina Rocha | MA | 4 |
2012 | 3 | Maria Hauger | MN | 3 |
2012 | 4 | Jordyn Colter | CO | 2 |
2012 | 5 | Karis Jochen | TX | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2011 | 1 | Edward Cheserek | NJ | 5 |
2011 | 2 | Futsum Zeinasellassie | IN | 4 |
2011 | 3 | Nathan Weitz | WA | 3 |
2011 | 4 | Jake Leingang | ND | 2 |
2011 | 5 | Daniel Vertiz | TX | 1 |
2011 | 1 | Molly Seidel | WI | 5 |
2011 | 2 | Erin Finn | MI | 4 |
2011 | 3 | Laura Leff | NY | 3 |
2011 | 4 | Abbey Leonardi | ME | 2 |
2011 | 5 | Karlie Garcia | CA | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2010 | 1 | Lukas Verzbicas | IL | 5 |
2010 | 2 | Futsum Zeinasellassie | IN | 4 |
2010 | 3 | Tony Smoragiewicz | SD | 3 |
2010 | 4 | Andrew Gardner | WA | 2 |
2010 | 5 | Chris Walden | IN | 1 |
2010 | 1 | Aisling Cuffe | NY | 5 |
2010 | 2 | Rachel Johnson | TX | 4 |
2010 | 3 | Julie Nacouzi | CA | 3 |
2010 | 4 | Kelsey Lakowske | CO | 2 |
2010 | 5 | Megan Venables | NJ | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2009 | 1 | Lukas Verzbicas | IL | 5 |
2009 | 2 | Matthew McElroy | CA | 4 |
2009 | 3 | Wade Meddles | NV | 3 |
2009 | 4 | Craig Lutz | TX | 2 |
2009 | 5 | Brian Shrader | AZ | 1 |
2009 | 1 | Megan Goethals | MI | 5 |
2009 | 2 | Chelsey Sveinsson | TX | 4 |
2009 | 3 | Emily Sisson | MO | 3 |
2009 | 4 | Aisling Cuffe | NY | 2 |
2009 | 5 | Megan Ferowich | TN | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2008 | 1 | Solomon Haile | MD | 5 |
2008 | 2 | Trevor Dunbar | AK | 4 |
2008 | 3 | Thomas Porter | VA | 3 |
2008 | 4 | Drew Shields | IN | 2 |
2008 | 5 | Jakub Zivec | MN | 1 |
2008 | 1 | Jordan Hasay | CA | 5 |
2008 | 2 | Ashley Brasovan | FL | 4 |
2008 | 3 | Megan Goethals | MI | 3 |
2008 | 4 | Chelsey Sveinsson | TX | 2 |
2008 | 5 | Allie McLaughlin | CO | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2007 | 1 | Michael Fout | IN | 5 |
2007 | 2 | Christopher Derrick | IL | 4 |
2007 | 3 | German Fernandez | CA | 3 |
2007 | 4 | Colby Lowe | TX | 2 |
2007 | 5 | Luke Puskedra | UT | 1 |
2007 | 1 | Ashley Brasovan | FL | 5 |
2007 | 2 | Kathy Kroeger | TN | 4 |
2007 | 3 | Jordan Hasay | CA | 3 |
2007 | 4 | Neely Spence | PA | 2 |
2007 | 5 | Claire Durkin | OH | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2006 | 1 | Chad Hall | CA | 5 |
2006 | 2 | Craig Forys | NJ | 4 |
2006 | 3 | Steve Murdock | NY | 3 |
2006 | 4 | Hassan Mead | MN | 2 |
2006 | 5 | Matt Tebo | NM | 1 |
2006 | 1 | Kathy Kroeger | TN | 5 |
2006 | 2 | Aurora Scott | VA | 4 |
2006 | 3 | Emily Sisson | NE | 3 |
2006 | 4 | Kaitie Vanatta | CO | 2 |
2006 | 5 | Marie Lawrence | NV | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2005 | 1 | AJ Acosta | CA | 5 |
2005 | 2 | Michael Coe | CA | 4 |
2005 | 3 | Ryan Craven | IL | 3 |
2005 | 4 | Kenny Klotz | OR | 2 |
2005 | 5 | Landon Peacock | MI | 1 |
2005 | 1 | Jordan Hasay | CA | 5 |
2005 | 2 | Marie Lawrence | NV | 4 |
2005 | 3 | Aislinn Ryan | NY | 3 |
2005 | 4 | Megan O'Reilly | WA | 2 |
2005 | 5 | Kauren Tarver | CA | 1 |
YEAR | PLACE | ATHLETE | STATE | PTS |
2004 | 1 | Kenneth Cormier | AZ | 5 |
2004 | 2 | Andrew Bumbalough | TN | 4 |
2004 | 3 | Mark Matusak | CA | 3 |
2004 | 4 | John McGuire | CO | 2 |
2004 | 5 | Chris Rombough | WI | 1 |
2004 | 1 | Aislinn Ryan | NY | 5 |
2004 | 2 | Marie Lawrence | NV | 4 |
2004 | 3 | Ramsey Kavan | SD | 3 |
2004 | 4 | Whitney Anderson | CO | 2 |
2004 | 5 | Brittany Tinsley | OH | 1 |