2008 Brooks Memphis Twilight XC Classic

Bill Hoffman, race director and founder, expects over 2000 high school and college runners from throughout the southeast, midwest and California to converge on Memphis. Nationally ranked high school teams including Hoover High from Alabama, West Plains High from Missouri, St. Agnes Academy from Memphis, and Daviess County HS from KY will be on hand along with college powerhouses Harding University, Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham, San Jose State Univ., Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville, and Eastern Kentucky University.

Individual stars competing in this year's event will include former high school girls national cross country champion Kathy Kroeger (Independence HS, TN), Katlyn Will (defending Twilight champ from Corinth HS, MS), Casey Nobert (St. Agnes Academy, TN) the defending TN state cross country champion (Div. IIAA), and Katherine Steinman (Tupelo HS, MS) the defending class 5A MS state champion. In the boys high school race expect to see defending AL state cross country champion and nationally ranked miler Patrick McGregor (Hoover HS, AL) to be tested by Nathan Hall (Tuplelo HS, MS) the defending MS 5A state cross country champion. Strong performances will also be expected from William James (Cordova HS, TN) and Kyle Mclarty (Collierville HS, TN), two of the top returning runners from the state of Tennessee.

The college races should yield some of the fastest times in the country. The strong women's field will include multi-defending champion Whitney Kerth (UALR), Stephani Gammon (UAB), Jessica Ortman (Univ. of KY), Bertha Castillo (Austin Peay), Alli McMaster (Eastern KY), and Nisha Richardson and Jenna Hicks (San Jose St.). On the men's side the race is equally as loaded. Leading the way will be last year's champ Daniel Kiwa (Harding Univ.), Hillary Maiyo (Union Univ.), Stephen Hill (Christian Brothers Univ.), Sean Dundon and David Haefele (San Jose St.), Julius Kosgei (Harding Univ.), Joseph Maina (Eastern KY) .

Alltrax Timing will manage the timing and post results, while Flotrack will conduct live interviews and race coverage for posting on the internet. For more information please visit www.alltraxtiming.com or www.gobucsgo.com and follow the link to the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic.

Mark Newman Start Line Coordinator Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic 901-734-3589

Year after year the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic has proven to be one of the premier cross country events in the south. This year will be no exception. On September 13th, 2008 at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Memphis, TN the night time running event will see some of the top runners in the country performing. Spectators will witness six top-caliber races starting at 6 pm with the junior varsity high school girls followed by the JV high school boys, high school girls, high school boys, college women and college men. Races will start at 40 minute intervals and are run on a very fast spectator-friendly course with the finish located inside the Mike Rose soccer stadium.

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