By Grant Mollett, East Ridge High School

November 29, 2025-Charlotte, North Carolina

This past Saturday the Brooks Cross Country South Regional was held at McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Earlier this year Footlocker, the sponsor of the South Regional for the past 45 years, announced that this year’s race was cancelled. Thankfully, a few weeks later Brooks stepped in and took over the sponsorship for the South Regional, so that the race could happen.

Now, for 46 years the South Regional has been one of the four regional qualifiers for the Nationals held at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The South Regional takes runners from fourteen different states, including Florida, Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virgin

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