Team Standings, High School Girls, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
- Leon High School, 27
- Wakulla High School, 58
- Maclay School, 67
- Lincoln High School, 98
- Aucilla Christian Academy, 123
- Florida High School, 153
Top Ten High School Girls, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
- 20:34.79 ~ Madison Harris (Wakulla) 12
21:08.14 ~ Meagan Giddens (Taylor County) 10
- 22:13.82 ~ Margaret Wiedeman (Wakulla) 12
- 22:43.20 ~ Gray Kinch (Leon) 9
- 22:46.04 ~ Zoe Sheldon (Leon) 9
- 22:59.05 ~ Audrey Dogan (Leon) 9
- 22:59.41 ~ Grace Lockhart (Leon) 10
- 23:09.59 ~ Lydia Wiedeman (Wakulla) 11
- 23:09.80 ~ Savannah Fisher (Lincoln) 12
- 23:11.51 ~ Mary Dixon (Leon) 11
What Madison Harris did to the field in the girls race, Sukhi Khosla did to the boys. The Leon High junior recorded a 16:47 win in the 3.1-mile race finishing nearly half a minute ahead of the runner-up, Griffith Rutherford (2nd, 17:15) of North Florida Christian. Maclay School runners Connor Daughton (3rd, 17:42) and Jack Rutledge (4th, 17:46) followed, and with Jake Mazziotta (7th, 18:12) Maclay had three runners in the top ten. Leon countered with top-ten finishes by Wil Luca (6th, 18:07), Kyle Buchholz (8th, 18:20), Jarod Hoffman (9th, 18:22), and James Dodson (10th, 18:24), giving the Lions five runners in the top ten, 34 points, and the team title. Maclay earned runner-up honors with 42 points, while North Florida Christian edged Wakulla 122 to 124 for third.
Team Standings, High School Boys, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
Leon High School, 34
- Maclay School, 42
- North Florida Christian, 122
- Wakulla High School, 124
- Lincoln High School, 129
- Chiles High School, 143
- Aucilla Christian Academy, 159
- Florida State University School, 214
- North Bay Haven, 276
Top Ten High School Boys, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
- 16:46.31 ~ Sukhi Khosla (Leon) 11
- 17:14.08 ~ Griffith Rutherford (North Florida Christian) 12
- 17:41.01 ~ James Connor Daughton (Maclay) 12
- 17:45.66 ~ Jack Rutledge (Maclay) 12
- 18:00.73 ~ Hunter Scott (Lincoln) 11
- 18:06.83 ~ Wil Luca (Leon) 11
- 18:11.49 ~ Jake Mazziotta (Maclay) 9
- 18:19.15 ~ Kyle Buchholz (Leon) 11
- 18:21.77 ~ Jarod Hoffman (Leon) 12
- 18:23.24 ~ James Dodson (Leon) 10
In the two-mile race for middle school girls, Maclay School sixth-grader Regan Hermeling took individual honors, outrunning runner-up Summer Williams of Florida State University School 14:52 to 15:26. But you need five runners to have a team in cross country, and Fairview was the only school to put five runners on the course. Led by Paris King (3rd, 15:30), Fairview won an unopposed team title, scoring a perfect 15 points.
Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
- 14:51.62 ~ Regan Hermeling (Maclay) 6
- 15:25.52 ~ Summer Williams (Florida State) 7
- 15:29.02 ~ Paris King (Fairview) 7
- 15:38.44 ~ Carina Richardson (Fairview) 8
- 15:41.92 ~ Kamryn Brown (Florida State) 7
- 16:11.06 ~ Nadia Batchelor (Maclay) 8
- 16:15.77 ~ Jirah Arnold (Fairview) 7
- 16:16.52 ~ Kiarra Jordan (Fairview) 7
- 16:20.33 ~ Olivia Borshel (Maclay) 6
- 16:23.99 ~ Rosalea Marshall (Raa) 8
Augusta Raa Middle School, a perennial contender in cross-country in the Leon County Schools' middle school competition, gave notice that they may be back in 2013. The first league meet was still ahead, scheduled for 4 September 2013 at Fort Braden, but at the Cougar Challenge Jacob Dodson and Benjamin Smith went one-two for the Rams, running 12:28 and 13:14. Smith had been in a dogfight for the runner-up spot, coming in just ahead of Maclay's Max Eastman (3rd, 13:16), Fairview's Joseph Jones (4th, 13:17), and Raa's Drew Feeley (5th, 13:17). With Dodson, Smith, and Feeley accounting for eight points, Raa went on to score 41, winning the team title. Maclay School made it into the runner-up spot just ahead of Fairview Middle, 61 to 62.
Team Standings, Middle School Boys, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
- Raa Middle School, 41
- Maclay School, 61
- Fairview Middle School, 62
- Community Christian School, 72
- Florida State University School, 96
Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2013 Cougar Cross-Country Challenge
- 12:27.05 Jacob Dodson (Raa) 8
- 13:13.13 Benjamin Smith (Raa) 8
- 13:15.69 Max Eastman (Maclay) 7
- 13:16.20 Joseph Jones (Fairview) 8
- 13:16.70 Drew Feeley (Raa) 8
- 13:21.51 Avery Whaley (Community) 7
- 13:23.12 Harrison Obrecht (Maclay) 8
- 13:33.36 Townsend Porcher (Fairview) 7
- 13:35.21 Pace Wilson (Maclay) 8
- 13:36.39 Thor Swanson (Florida State) 8
Links
- Complete results of the 2013 Godby Cougar Cross-Country Challenge at milesplit.com
http://fl.milesplit.com/meets/145763-cougar-xc-challenge
- More photos of the high school girls' 5K at the 2013 Cougar Challenge
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103492918155863.1073741887.5215641&l=4c24a968a9
- 2010 story, "The 2010 Cougar Challenge belongs to Kurgatt and Slupecki"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/cougar-xc-2010.html
- 2009 story, "Cougar Challenge opens cross-country season in Tallahassee"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/cougar-challenge-opens-cross-country.html
- Choose an upcoming race in the region from the selection on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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