- Nike Cross Nationals 2009
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The 2009 Nike Cross Nationals were held at Portland Meadows in Portland, Oregon on December 5, 2009. It was the sixth edition of the nationals, and for the second year in a row individual runners were allowed to compete along side team qualifiers. The boy's race was won by Craig Lutz, a junior from Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, in a championship record time of 15:09.2 for the 5 km course. Lutz came from third to first in the closing stages of the race, overtaking Joe Rosa and just holding off a strong kick from Elias Gedyon. The top five finishers in the boy's race were all juniors.
On the team side, Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School from Boerne, Texas narrowly defeated Joel E. Ferris High School from Spokane, Washington and defending champion The Woodlands High School from The Woodlands, Texas. Boerne Champion held a narrow lead from 3 km on out, gaining the biggest advantage from their second runner Nathan Christianson who finished 16th in team scoring to Ferris' second runner Alexander Avilia who finished 36th.
The girl's race was won by Katie Flood, a senior from Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines, Iowa, who just held off Kathleen Stevens of Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Results
Boy's Championship 5km
Individual race Rank Athlete Grade School Time (m:s.mm) 
Craig Lutz 11 
Marcus High School15:09.2 
Elias Gedyon 11 
Loyola High School15:09.5 
Joe Rosa 11 
WW-P North High School15:09.8 4 Ammar Moussa 11 Arcadia High School15:17.6 5 Zach Wills 11 
Mason High School15:18.5 6 Sherod Hardt 12 
Queen Creek High School15:18.7 7 David Osborn 12 
Chesterton High School15:19.6 8 Ben Johnston 12 
North Central High School15:22.3 9 Justin Vilhauer 11 Redwood High School15:24.6 10 Adam Thorne 12 Ferris High School15:25.5 Boy's Team Championship
Teams Rank Team Points Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School195 Joel E. Ferris High School201 The Woodlands High School207 4 
Loyola Academy208 5 Albuquerque Academy236 6 Dana Hills High School238 7 Mead Senior High School239 8 
American Fork High School247 9 
Fayetteville-Manlius High School270 10 
Bishop Hendricken High School284 References
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