Organ Mountain High Schools Corbin Coombs Qualifies for XC Foot Locker Nationals Dec 14th

Corbin Coombs places 8th in regionals to compete at Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals Championships. From Southern New Mexico and district 3-5A Corbin Coombs, a senior at Organ Mountain High in New Mexico, earned eighth place in the boys 5-kilometer championship race in 15:38.7 at the Foot Locker West Regional at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. Coombs has since advanced to compete December 14th, 2024 at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships at Balboa Park's Morley Field in San Diego, Calif.

Cassidy Armstrong of Seattle, WA, and Tyler Daillak of Paso Robles, CA, won their respective Foot Locker Cross Country Championships West Regional races today. Armstrong, a junior at Ballard High School, claimed the title in the girls’ championship race in 17:42. Chiara Dailey, a junior from La Jolla, CA, finished second in 18:05 and Jaelyn Williams, a junior from Chula Vista, CA, placed third in 18:12. Dailey, from La Jolla High School in La Jolla, CA, and 10th-place finisher Eleanor Raker, a senior at Galena High School in Reno, NV, were Foot Locker Cross Championship National Finalists last year. Note: Sophomore Ruby Ihmels, who was a national qualifier last year from the West Region out of Boise, ID, advanced to the 2024 finals out of the Midwest Region having finished sixth (this year hailing from Bismarck, ND) in that regional race held last Saturday in Wisconsin.

Daillak, a senior from Paso Robles High School, took the title in the boys’ championship race in 15:28. Kade Brownell, a senior from Colbert, WA, finished second in 15:34 and Yohanes Van Meerten, a sophomore from Flagstaff, AZ, finished third in 15:35. Brownell and fourth-place finisher in today’s race Trey Caldwell, a senior from Danville, CA, competed in last year’s Foot Locker Cross Championship National Finals.

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