Michael Phillips adds Gatorade Florida Boys Cross-Country Runner Of The Year to his résumé

After the 2017 cross-country season, Chiles High senior Michael Phillips was named the Florida Dairy Farmers' 2017-2018 Mr. Cross Country. Phillips is now also the 2017-2018 Gatorade Florida Boys Cross-Country Runner of the Year. Gatorade announced the award in a press release on Monday, 12 February 2018.

Michael Phillips

During the 2017 cross-country season, Phillips won races at the Cougar Cross-Country Challenge, the Big Bend Cross-Country Invitational, the Buffalo Invitational, the District 3 Championships, the Region 1 Championships, and the FHSAA 3A State Championships. The State title was the second in a row for Phillips. In the post season, Phillips placed second in the boys' 5K at the Foot Locker South Regional, qualifying for Foot Locker Nationals, where he placed sixteenth. Phillips was the top Florida finisher in both post-season races, and his sixteenth-place finish at the National meet is the highest placing by a Florida boy since 2010, when Jimmy Clark placed seventh and Ryan Pickering ninth.


Phillips has committed to run for Syracuse University in fall 2018.

Gatorade Florida Boys Cross-Country Runners of the Year
Year	Athlete	School
2007-2008	Brian Atkinson	Melbourne
2008-2009	Brian Atkinson	Melbourne
2009-2010	Matt Mizereck	Leon
2010-2011	Jimmy Clark	Creekside
2011-2012	Andres Arroyo	Colonial
2012-2013	Thomas Howell	Niceville
2013-2014	Nick Diaz	Miami Sunset
2014-2015	Sukhi Khosla	Leon
2015-2016	Steven Cross	Merritt Island
2016-2017	Caleb Pottorff	Lincoln Park
2017-2018	Michael Phillips	Chiles

Links

• "Chiles High School Student-Athlete Named Gatorade Florida Boys Cross-Country Runner Of The Year"
  https://app.box.com/s/5fcaslab2vdcn2q64ye4ykhvxri4dgzp
  
  
• “Ana Wallace and Michael Phillips were Florida's finest finishers at Foot Locker”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/foot-locker-nationals-2017.html
  
  
• “Tallahassee goes to Foot Locker Nationals, 1979 - 2017”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/tallahassee-flccc-2017.html
  
  
• “State Championship Titles of Tallahassee & Leon County High School Cross-Country Teams, 1947-2017”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/11/tallahassee-titles-1947-2017.html
  
  
• “Phillips, Wallace, and Chiles win everything at the Big Bend Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/big-bend-xc-2017.html
  
  
• “Chiles sweeps, Phillips repeats, and Funderburk sets a record at the Cougar Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/cougar-xc-2017.html
  
  
• Build your own Runner of the Year credentials at events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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