Seventy-one Granite State Flash youth runners, ages 6-16, traveled to Long Island, N.Y. to race on a very flat Eisenhower Park course at the Region 1 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships.

Coming from 19 towns across New Hampshire and competing in nine divisions, Flash athletes competed against the top youth runners across New England, Maine, Connecticut and NY (Metro, Long Island and Adirondack). The conditions were perfect for fast races – sunny, cool and flat grass fields – and Flash runners had strong results. GSF had two first-place teams – Youth Girls and Bantam Girls – as well as two overall race winners in Caroline Fischer (Bantam Girls) and Ben Platt (Intermediate Boys). In the end, the Flash had 25 athletes medal with top-20 finishes in their respective races and automatically qualify for Nationals. In addition, five of the six teams also qualified for Nationals by placing top three in each race.

Even with some athletes deciding to focus on their quickly-approaching indoor track school seasons, 38 Flash runners are heading to Albuquerque, N.M., to compete at the Junior Olympic National Championships.

REGION I RESULTS FOR FLASH RUNNERS

Top 20 individuals and top 3 teams (minimum of five runners) automatically qualify for Nationals.

Sub-Bantam Girls 2K (8 and Under): Charlotte Sullivan (11, 9:28, Brentwood), Masho Primmer (18, 9:40, Amherst), Kathryn Craig (22, 9:51, Manchester), Ashereka Primmer (31, 10:20, Amherst).

Sub-Bantam Boys 2K: Garrett Vaillancourt (17, 9:10, Manchester), Cole Borovicka (22, 9:21, Londonderry).

Bantam Girls 3K (9-10)*: Caroline Fischer (1, 10:44, Merrimack), Morgan Nault (11, 11:23, Manchester), Katelyn Pepin (12, 11:27, Auburn), Keegan Pepin (19, 11:43, Auburn), Kaylee L’Etoille (20, 11:48, Litchfield), Gillian Gallagher (24, 12:10, Litchfield), Taylor Clark (37, 12:35, Contoocook), Lilly Law (45, 12:53, Londonderry), Cailin Borovicka (46, 12:55, Londonderry), Emma Pyles (51, 13:05, Amherst), Lily Sabol (52, 13:07, Hopkinton), Alexandra Roy (57, 13:15, Manchester), Madison Carrillo (73, 13:41, Merrimack), Victoria Smith (86, 12:53, New Ipswich).

Bantam Boys 3K*: Zack Allen (17, 10:53, New Ipswich), Joseph Ntengeri (19, 10:55, Nashua), Ryan Fischer (20, 10:59, Merrimack), Christian Garcia (40, 11:46, Amherst), Matt Bernier (41, 11:47, Rindge), James Sullivan (42, 11:48, Brentwood), Connor Donoghue (47, 11:55, Amherst).

Midget Girls 3K (11-12)*: Violet Sullivan (9, 10:32, Brentwood), Kalin Gregoire (14, 10:43, Londonderry), Mollie Simpson (25, 11:00, Manchester), Marley Sullivan (28, 11:02, Manchester), Rebecca Ntengeri (29, 11:04, Nashua), Bailey Carrillo (33, 11:07, Merrimack), Jordan Vaillancourt (37, 11:10, Manchester), Alexandra Seeley (49, 11:24, Londonderry), Taylor Clark (67, 11:45, Amherst), Kimberly Fountain (68, 11:45, Bedford), Rylee Ducharme (69, 11:50, Manchester), Arielle Zlotnick (73, 12:00, Amherst), Shauna Kimura (74, 12:03, Merrimack), Julia Pascucci (79, 12:10, Amherst), Sloan Facques (81, 12:12, Amherst), Emma Desmarais (125, 13:41, Chester).

Midget Boys 3K: Joseph Gagnon (25, 10:13, Hooksett), Zena Primmer (35, 10:24, Amherst), Nick Garcia (45, 10:37, Amherst), DJ Turner (60, 10:51, Greenville), Mitch Nault (65, 10:58, Manchester), Nathan Seeley (70, 11:02, Londonderry), Ethan Desmarais (78, 11:14, Chester), Simon Doneski (86, 11:23, Hopkinton).

Youth Girls 4K (13-14)*: Madeleine Hunt (2, 15:03, Amherst), Madison Clark (4, 15:10, Contoocook), Ariel Vaillancourt (9, 15:13, Manchester), Heidi Ntengeri (14, 15:30, Nashua), Katie Valin (17, 15:32, Wilton), Molly Power (19, 15:35, Hampton), Erica Lane (25, 15:46, Merrimack), Jessica Ewing (26, 15:48, Amherst), Taylor Lacey (31, 15:56, Chester), Isabela Fast (53, 17:04, Windham).

Intermediate Girls 5K (15-16): Shannon Glidden (18, 20:39, Greenfield), Sophia Simard (22, 22:15, Londonderry).

Intermediate Boys 5K*: Benjamin Platt (1, 15:42, Amherst), Sean Munnelly (12, 16:14, Litchfield), Christian Parenteau (15, 16:25, Hollis), James Busi (18, 16:40, Plaistow), Dan McColley (19, 16:42, Brentwood), Tyler DeChane (21, 16:50, Danville), Byrne Cronin (22, 16:51, Goffstown), Sam Richmond (30, 17:51, Bedford).

*– Team qualified for Nationals.