Updated: Karrie Baloga Third At FL-NE, Declines NXN Invite

Update: While invited to NXN, a scheduling conflict has caused Karrie Baloga to decline her At-Large Invitation.  She is the second known athlete to decline their invite, as of 10am Sunday Morning.


The freshman from Cornwall, Karrie Baloga, is on a roll this year.  After near misses at the Manhattan Frosh Course Record and Frosh Bowdoin Course Record, she is now #2 All-Time on the VCP 5K Course for Freshman.  Her time of 17:36.8 is just shy of Cathy Schiro's 17:23.4, run in 1981.  Schiro went on to set the Overall Course Record as a senior, running 16:46.0.  Baloga is now the only New York Athlete to be participating in this year's Foot Locker Nationals, held on December 14th.  Baloga was 4th the New York State Meet, behind some of the top ahtletes in the Country.  She is the third athlete from Cornwall to make Foot Locker, and the 11th female athlete from Section 9.


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