PHOTOS: Will Frankenfeld at FootLocker Nationals
We’ve got some great shots of Frankenfeld’s run from Image of Sport’s Kirby Lee.
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Long Beach Poly’s Frankenfeld Finishes Year At FootLocker Nationals
Long Beach Poly cross country senior Will Frankenfeld’s season ended right where he wanted it to, in San Diego at the prestigious FootLocker Nationals. Frankenfeld did the city proud with an outstanding finish, taking 14th in the nation with a 15:52 5K time, along with a third-place finish out of all West Region runners and […]
Cross Country: Poly’s Will Frankenfeld Makes Foot Locker Nationals
Frankenfeld (fourth from the left) and the other top 8 finishers at the Foot Locker West Regional. A long, grueling season for Long Beach Poly senior cross country runner Will Frankenfeld will end exactly where Frankenfeld wanted it to: in San Diego at the 40th annual Foot Locker Nationals, where he’ll be joined by 39 […]
CIF State Cross Country: Will Frankenfeld Takes Third, Poly Takes Sixth
The Long Beach Poly boys’ cross country team had a successful trip to Clovis for the CIF State Division 1 championship, where senior Will Frankenfeld finished third overall as an individual and the team finished sixth. “It was a great trip, the guys performed well in a super competitive race,” said Poly coach Mike Fillipow. […]
FEATURE: Poly’s Will Frankenfeld Is Finishing His Unfinished Business
When Will Frankenfeld began this cross country season, he put two words as its theme: unfinished business. Last year as a junior, the Long Beach Poly standout proved himself the best distance runner in the city, but was disappointed with the way he finished the season, taking 13th place in the CIF-SS Finals and falling […]
Cross Country: Poly’s Will Frankenfeld Wins CIF Title, Jackrabbits State-Bound
Long Beach Poly senior Will Frankenfeld continued his record-setting year with a huge honor, winning the CIF Southern Section Division 1 cross country championship with an eye-popping time of 14:35.8. The Finals were held at Riverside City Cross Country course on a dusty three-mile route. Frankenfeld is Long Beach’s first individual cross country champion since […]
CIF Cross Country: Millikan’s Jason Parra Wins State!
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. There’s an argument to be made that Millikan’s Jason Parra is the best distance runner Long Beach has ever produced. That was true even before this year’s CIF State Cross Country Championships. But after Saturday’s […]
Cross Country: Millikan’s Jason Parra Wins Division 1 Gold at CIF-SS Championships
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. As a high school freshman back in February of 2021, Jason Parra won his first ever varsity race. He was running in a dual meet hosted on the Millikan High campus, in Long Beach’s first […]
Wilson’s Aujane Luckey, Poly’s Colin Geer Named All-City Athletes of the Year
Our All-City Athletes of the Year award has been around for nine years, just a fraction of the 120+ year history of amazing youth athletes in Long Beach. But over the last decade we’ve gotten a good look at the top flight of the city’s talent pool: previous recipients of this award have been NFL […]
Cross Country: Millikan, Long Beach Poly Win at Emotional Opener at El Dorado Park
The562’s coverage of cross country and track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The start of the Moore League cross country season came with big storylines as there were some fireworks as well as some history made at El Dorado Park. Long Beach Poly’s Cameron Rhone narrowly edged two-time defending league champion Jason Parra for […]