America's top junior middle distance runner, Jordan Hasay of Arroyo Grande, Calif., captured her fourth consecutive Foot Locker Cross Country West Regional Championships title to become the first athlete in championships's history to win four times in a row. The race was held yesterday at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., home of the famoust Mt. SAC Relays.
Hasay, running for Mission Prep, was in a pack of five at the 4 km mark when she pushed ahead on a dowhill to break free for the title. She covered the 5 km course in 18:02.
"My goal was to just to win this race to qualify for nationals," Hasay told the San Luis Obispo Tribune newspaper. "I really love running on this course, and it's sad to leave it."
Hasay, the 2007 IAAF World Junior Championships silver medalist at 1500m, advanced to the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in San Diego next Saturday, effectively the USA national high school cross country championships meet. As a freshman, Hasay was the surprise winner of that championship in 2005. As a sophomore, she finished tenth, and as a junior last year she was third.
Chris Schwartz of Bakersfield, Calif., won the boys title in Walnut by four seconds in 15:38.
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