Four Connecticut girls cross country runners, led by third-place finisher Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury, finished in the top 10 of the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships Saturday and qualified for the Foot Locker National championships in San Diego Dec. 14.
Strauss, a senior who won the State Open and New England championships and will run at UConn next year, finished in 17:41.5 over the 5,000-meter course at Franklin Park in Boston Saturday.
Liv Sherry of Conard was right behind her in fourth (17:49.3) and Old Lyme’s Chase Gilbert was fifth in 17:56.9). Liv’s twin sister Tess finished 10th in 18:18.
On the boys side, State Open and New England champion Soheib Dissa of Newtown finished third (15:23.7) and Nathan Lee of Greenwich was seventh (15:30.3).