Lee and Gordon from New Jersey qualify for the Foot Locker XC Nationals

Allison Lee NJ and Liliah Gordon of New Jersey qualified for the Foot Locker National Championships by showing very strong racing at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional Championships on Saturday at Franklin Park in Boston.

The top ten finishers automatically qualified for the Foot Locker National Championships on December 14th at Balboa Park in San Diego.

Lee, a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High, continued her breakout season by finishing sixth in 17:59, and Penn State native Gordon, a senior at Northern Burlington, qualified second Consecutive Nationals by placing seventh in 18:01.

Lee’s goal puts an exclamation point on a fantastic season that included a course record of 17:46 at Thompson Park as she won the Central Jersey Group 3 title. She also won the Colonial Valley Conference Championship, placed second at the State Group 3 meet and finished third at the Meet of Champions.

Gordon, who won her third straight Group 3 title and placed second at the Meet of Champions earlier this month, added her name to a small list of New Jersey runners who have qualified for the FL Nationals multiple times! Gordon also placed seventh at the FL NE Regional last year before placing 33rd at the FL Nationals.