Bolles sophomore Charles Hicks added his name to a long line of Florida distance runners who have qualified for Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego. Hicks placed 9th at Foot Locker South to become just the 4th 10th grader from the Sunshine State to advance. Ricky Quintana looks at Hicks accomplishment from a historical perspective.
By The Numbers:
He became the 38th boy qualifier from Florida. It was the 45th time a boy has qualified for Foot Locker Nationals. Florida has qualified a boy 27 times in the 37 year Foot Locker History. This is the third longest streak of qualifiers in Florida history with four years straight. The longest streak was 1987-1993- 8 years followed by 1979-1984- 6 years. In those years, there were only eight qualifiers
Charles Hicks became the fourth tenth grader in Florida history to qualify for Foot Locker Nationals. Previous tenth graders and their place are as follows.
|
Year |
Place |
First |
Last |
School |
|
1980 |
2 |
Fred |
Carley |
Niceville |
|
1987 |
6 |
Teddy |
Mitchell |
Lyman |
|
1991 |
3 |
Luiz |
Prestes |
Miami Beach |
|
2016 |
9 |
Charles |
Hicks |
Bolles |
Hicks recorded the fastest time of any of the tenth graders who have qualified for Foot Locker
|
Time |
First |
Last |
School |
|
15:07.50 |
Charles |
Hicks |
Bolles School |
|
15:22.1 |
Luiz |
Prestes |
Miami Beach |
|
15:30.0 |
Fred |
Carley |
Niceville |
|
15:38.0 |
Teddy |
Mitchell |
Lyman |
Hicks became the 2nd qualifier from Jacksonville/Duval County joining Colin Barker of Bishop Kenny who qualified in 2009
|
Year |
Place |
Time |
First |
Last |
Grade |
School |
|
2009 |
8 |
14:53.0 |
Colin |
Barker |
12 |
Bishop Kenny |
Hicks had the nineteenth fastest qualifying time of Florida qualifiers. Matthew Mizereck of Leon holds the fastest time with his 14:51 finish time and 4th place finish in 2009.
Hicks became the second boy in Florida history to finish ninth and qualify for Foot Locker Nationals. Nicholas Diaz of Sunset was the other. He ran 15:01 in 2014.
Foot Locker Qualifiers by school- Boys from 31 schools have qualified for Foot Locker Nationals
|
School |
# of qualifiers in history |
Year |
First |
Last |
|
Atlantic |
2 |
1999 |
John |
Jefferson |
|
|
|
1999 |
Sean |
Jefferson |
|
Belen Jesuit |
2 |
1998 |
Edward |
Acosta |
|
|
|
2010 |
Eliot |
Clemente |
|
Bishop Kenny |
1 |
2009 |
Colin |
Barker |
|
Bolles School |
1 |
2016 |
Charles |
Hicks |
|
Boyd Anderson |
1 |
1986 |
Michael |
LeValle |
|
Creekside |
1 |
2010 |
Jimmy |
Clark |
|
Dillard |
1 |
1983 |
Greg |
Green |
|
Flagler Palm Coast |
2 |
2004 |
Justin |
Harbor |
|
|
|
2005 |
Justin |
Harbor |
|
Fort Myers |
1 |
2013 |
Tyler |
Bennett |
|
Jackson |
1 |
1990 |
Danny |
Harrell |
|
Jesuit |
1 |
2004 |
Andy |
Biladeau |
|
John I Leonard |
1 |
2010 |
Ryan |
Pickering |
|
Lake Howell |
1 |
1982 |
Ken |
Cheeseman |
|
Largo |
1 |
1979 |
Basil |
Magee |
|
Leon H.S. |
1 |
2009 |
Matthew |
Mizereck |
|
Leto |
1 |
1991 |
James |
Sellers |
|
Lyman |
6 |
1987 |
Teddy |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
1987 |
Nick |
Radkewich |
|
|
|
1988 |
Teddy |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
1988 |
Nick |
Radkewich |
|
|
|
1989 |
Teddy |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
2015 |
Joshua |
Jacques |
|
Maclay |
1 |
2002 |
Ryan |
Deak |
|
Melbourne |
1 |
2009 |
Brian |
Atkinson |
|
Merritt Island |
2 |
2014 |
Steven |
Cross |
|
|
|
2015 |
Steven |
Cross |
|
Miami Beach |
1 |
1991 |
Luiz |
Prestes |
|
Niceville |
2 |
1980 |
Fred |
Carley |
|
|
|
1989 |
Chris |
Wilson |
|
North Fort Myers |
1 |
1984 |
Thomas |
Tissell |
|
P.K. Yonge |
1 |
2006 |
Michael |
Anderson |
|
Palm Beach Gardens |
1 |
1998 |
Alexander |
L'Heureux |
|
Ransom Everglades |
1 |
1982 |
Billy |
Convey |
|
Sunset |
1 |
2014 |
Nicholas |
Diaz |
|
Vanguard |
1 |
2002 |
Steven |
Hassen |
|
Washington |
2 |
1992 |
Brian |
Good |
|
|
|
1993 |
Brian |
Good |
|
Winter Haven |
1 |
1979 |
Keith |
Brantly |
|
Winter Park H.S |
4 |
1981 |
Brian |
Jaeger |
|
|
|
1982 |
Brian |
Jaeger |
|
|
|
1986 |
Kenneth |
Gamber |
|
|
|
2000 |
Mike |
Swope |
