Leon County Schools' 2019 middle school cross country schedule

The summer seems long, but there really aren't that many weeks of training till late August and the start of cross-country season. In Tallahassee, Florida, for the middle school harriers of Leon County Schools, the 2019 cross-country schedule has been set. Summer mileage now has a purpose. These are the meets the athletes are preparing for.

First Race of the 2018 Season

Leon County Schools 2019 Middle School Cross-Country Schedule
Date	Time	Meet	Venue
August 29 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	ARPXC Invitational	Apalachee Regional Park
September 5 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Fort Braden Run	Fort Braden Park
September 12 Thursday	10:30 AM Girls 11:00 AM Boys	Everhart Invitational	Gretchen Everhart School
September 19 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Mustang Invitational	Montford Middle School
September 26 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Falcon Invitational	Phipps Park
October 3 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	LCS Championship	Apalachee Regional Park

Like 2018, it's a six-meet season. Like 2018, the races will be three kilometers. Let's hope that unlike 2018, there aren't any rained-out races.


Whatever happens with the weather, many of the faces will be different. Swift Creek's Paige Churchill, three-time League Champion for the girls, has moved on to high school, as has her rival, Maya Tang of Deerlake. You won't be seeing any Churchill-Tang duels in the 2019 middle school races. Nor will you be seeing Deerlake's Wyatt Townsend running away with boys' races. Townsend is also heading to high school, following a 2018 season where he never lost a race and took both the League Championship and a State Title.

Maya Tang and Paige Churchill

In team competition, the Swift Creek girls will be working for a third-straight Leon County Schools title. The Deerlake boys will also be trying for a third-straight League Championship. The other teams in the ten-school conference will be doing their best to end those streaks.


The Leon County Schools meets aren't the only middle school cross-country meets in town. Holy Comforter Episcopal School hosts two very important events, the Crusader Cross-Country Classic on Thursday, 19 September 2019, and the Tallahassee Open on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. While the 2018 boys' state champ in middle school cross-country, Wyatt Townsend, was winning all the LCS races, Ella Porcher of Maclay, the girls' champ, was winning the 2018 Holy Comforter meets. The Tallahassee Open is a state qualifier, so you may very well see another State Champ or two racing there.

Wyatt Townsend

Additionally, several Tallahassee-area cross-country meets will include middle school races during the 2019 season. The Cougar Cross-Country Challenge at Phipps Park on Saturday, 24 August 2019 is the earliest, followed by the Big Bend Invitational at Apalachee Regional Park on Saturday, 31 August 2019. For the first time, Saint John Paul II will include a 3K middle school race in their Panther Invitational, scheduled for Saturday, 7 September 2019 on their Southwood campus. Just north of Tallahassee, a middle school two-mile will again be included in the Bearcat Invitational at Bainbridge High on Saturday, 21 September 2019. And there will be middle school races on Friday, 11 October 2019 during the Florida State University Cross-Country Invitational at Apalachee Regional Park.


So if you see any middle school athletes running on the Tallahassee trails this summer, now you know why they're out training.


Links

• The 2018 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • ARPXC Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/swift-creek-2018.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/fort-braden-2018.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/owl-run-2018.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/mustang-2018.html
    
  • Falcon Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/falcon-2018.html
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/lcs-champs-2018.html
    
  
  
• The 2017 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Swift Creek Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/swift-creek-2017.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/fort-braden-2017.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/owl-run-2017.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/mustang-2017.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/lcs-champs-2017.html
    
  
  
• The 2016 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/fort-braden-2016.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/owl-run-2016.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/mustang-2016.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/lcs-champs-2016.html
    
  
  
• The 2015 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Swift Creek Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/swift-creek-2015.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/fort-braden-2015.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/owl-run-2015.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/mustang-2015.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/lcs-champs-2015.html
    
  
  
• The 2014 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/fort-braden-2014.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/mustang-2014.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/owl-run-2014.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/lcs-champs-2014.html
    
  
  
• The 2013 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/fort-braden-2013.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/mustang-2013.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/owl-run-2013.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/lcs-champs-2013.html
    
  
  
• The 2012 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Battle at Tom Brown: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/battle-2012.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/fort-braden-2012.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/owl-run-2012.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/lcs-champs-2012.html
    
  
  
• The 2011 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/fort-braden-2011.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/owl-run-2011.html
    
  • Championship (boys): https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcs-ms-boys-2011.html
    
  • Championship (girls): https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcs-ms-girls-2011.html
    
  
  
• The 2010 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Battle at Tom Brown: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/battle-2010.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/ft-braden-xc-2010.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/owl-run-2010.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/lcs-champs-2010.html
    
  
  
• 2009 LCS middle school cross country coverage on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/zimmerman-and-williams-winners-at-owl.html
    
  
  
• The HCES Crusader Cross-Country Classic on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • 2018: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/crusaders-2018.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/crusaders-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/crusaders-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/crusaders-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/crusaders-2014.html
    
  • 2013: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/crusaders-2013.html
    
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/crusaders-2-2012.html
    
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/crusaders-2012.html
    
  • 2009: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/poole-bartlett-victorious-at-holy.html
    
  
  
• The HCES Tallahassee Middle School Open on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • 2018: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2018.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2014.html
    
  
  
• Past LCS Middle School Cross-Country Schedules
  
  • 2019: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/06/lcs-xc-2019.html
    
  • 2018: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/lcs-xc-2018.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/lcs-xc-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/lcs-xc-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/lcs-xc-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/lcs-xc-2014.html
    
  
  
• More races in the region, cross country and otherwise
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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