Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mary Smoot and Stephen Robbins rule GISA Region 3-2A

In southwest Georgia, the road to the GISA-2A state cross-country championships started at the GISA Region 3-2A championships at Greenwood Plantation outside of Thomasville, Georgia on Wednesday afternoon, 20 October 2010. On a beautiful day for cross country, the Brookwood girls won the Region 3 championship while Valwood's Mary Alice Smoot ran to the individual title with a 22:01 5K. Brookwood also took the boys' title, led by Stephen Robbins' region-winning 18:54.


The girls' raced first. Mary Alice Smoot crossed the line for Valwood about a hundred meters ahead of the runner-up, Westwood's Virginia Vereen (22:28). Brookwood's first runner, Virginia Nash, was next in at 22:48. Valwood and Brookwood each put four runners in the top ten. Valwood's Smoot had beaten Brookwood's Vereen, but Brookwood's second runner (Leigh Stauffer) came in before Valwood's second (Ann Cannon), Brookwood's third finished before Valwood's third, Brookwood's fourth before Valwood's fourth, and Brookwood's fifth before Valwood's fifth. Advantage, Brookwood, 34 to 41. Westwood (3rd, 71 points) and Crisp (4th, 77 points) joined Valwood and Brookwood in advancing to the GISA State Championships.


Nothing was close about the boys' race. Stephen Robbins' finished nearly 200 meters ahead of the runner-up, his Brookwood teammate Alex Carico (19:42). All five of Brookwood's scorers finished 11th or better for a winning total of 25 points, a mathematically unbeatable score. Valwood (2nd, 47 points) and Westwood (3rd, 59 points) were the other schools' whose teams qualified for the state championships. Matt Bradley (5th, 20:05) from Randolph Southern qualified as an individual for the state championships by finishing in the top ten.


The Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) is the private-school counterpart of the Georgia High School Association, which governs sports for public schools. Westfield School will host the GISA state cross-country championships on October 30 at the Georgia Industrial Children's Home in Macon.


The two-loop course at Greenwood Plantation is Brookwood School's home cross-country course. The footing can be sandy for the runners as they follow the route through the upland forest of longleaf pines, punctuated by the occasional oak. The public can experience every hill of the Greenwood Plantation course on Saturday morning, 23 October 2010, when Brookwood hosts the Fun Run For A Cure 5K. The benefit for the Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center starts at 9:00am ET.


Girls' Team Standings
  1. Brookwood, 34 (3, 4, 6, 7, 14)
  2. Valwood, 41 (1, 5, 8, 9, 18)
  3. Westwood, 71 (2, 10, 11, 23, 25)
  4. Crisp, 77 (12, 13, 15, 17, 20)

Top Ten Girls
  1. Mary Alice Smoot (Valwood) 22:01
  2. Virginia Vereen (Westwood) 22:28
  3. Virginia Nash (Brookwood) 22:48
  4. Leigh Stauffer (Brookwood) 23:02
  5. Ann Rankin Cannon (Valwood) 23:15
  6. McKenzie Harrell (Brookwood) 23:21
  7. Caroline Penhallegon (Brookwood) 23:28
  8. Catherine Maxwell (Valwood) 23:35
  9. Jordan Lewis (Valwood) 23:56
  10. Claire Collins (Westwood) 24:14

Boys' Team Standings
  1. Brookwood, 25 (1, 2, 5, 7, 10)
  2. Valwood, 47 (3,6,8,13,15)
  3. Westwood, 59 (4, 9, 11, 17, 18)

Top Ten Boys
  1. Stephen Robbins (Brookwood) 18:54
  2. Alex Carico (Brookwood) 19:42
  3. Holden Holley (Valwood) 20:09
  4. Jake Kotter (Westwood) 20:40
  5. Matt Bradley (Randolph Southern) 20:5
  6. Daniel Fortner (Brookwood) 21:21.34
  7. Dallas Beal (Valwood) 21:21.67
  8. Hampton Worthey (Brookwood) 21:45
  9. Craig Smoot (Valwood) 21:53
  10. Matthew Hilliard (Westwood) 22:55

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