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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

Dec 14, 2015 by Gordon Mack
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 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.

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