Red, white, and flew! Leon harriers Audrey Dogan and Sukhi Khosla win District 3-3A

The red and white of Leon High School was prominent at Tallahassee's Apalachee Regional Park cross-country course on Saturday morning, 26 October 2013. Leon freshman Audrey Dogan ran 19:36 for 5K to take the FHSAA District 3-3A girls' cross-country title, then Leon junior Sukhi Khosla posted a 15:52 to take the boys' title. But cross-country is primarily a team sport, and Stanton Prep took the girls' team title home to Jacksonville, scoring 37 points. In the boys' race Chiles repeated as team champs, edging cross-town rival Leon by three points for the second straight year.


The girls got the course first, racing at 9:00 AM. Stanton runners Emily Isely, Breck Peterson, and Emily Faltemier went to the front right away, and they were still holding the first three positions at the 3200-meter mark. But 20 seconds behind Iseley, Leon's Audrey Dogan and Chiles runners Ashton McMurray and Alex Wallace were in pursuit. Over the last mile Dogan, McMurray, and Wallace overtook the three Stanton runners then raced for home. Dogan broke away to take the district title in 19:36. McMurray and Wallace took second and third, both runners clocked in 20:00. Iseley (4th, 20:07), Peterson (5th, 20:07), and Faltmier (6th, 20:07) grabbed the next three places for Stanton. When they were followed across the finish line by their teammates Kayla Thomas (9th, 20:59) and Kayce Whitbeck (13th, 21:40), Stanton had a team score of 37 points--good enough to win the district team championship. Leon finished second with 42 points, while Chiles was third with 73. Those three teams advanced to the Region 1-3A meet, but the season came to an end for Lincoln, Columbia, and Terry Parker.


Team Standings, 2013 FHSAA District 3-3A Girls

1. Stanton College Preparatory School (Jacksonville), 37
2. Leon High School (Tallahassee), 42
3. Chiles High School (Bradfordville), 73
4. Lincoln High School (Tallahassee), 94
5. Columbia High School (Lake City), 102
6. Terry Parker High School (Jacksonville) 170

Top 15 Girls, 2013 FHSAA District 3-3A

1. 19:35.90 ~ Audrey Dogan (Leon) 9
2. 19:59.24 ~ Ashton McMurray (Chiles) 12
3. 19:59.69 ~ Alex Wallace (Chiles) 10
4. 20:06.24 ~ Emily Isely (Stanton) 12
5. 20:06.43 ~ Breck Peterson (Stanton) 12
6. 20:06.62 ~ Emily Galtemier (Stanton) 10
7. 20:36.68 ~ Gray Kinch (Leon) 9
8. 20:43.89 ~ Zoe Sheldon (Leon) 9
9. 20:58.05 ~ Kayla Thomas (Stanton) 12
10. 21:03.89 ~ Grace Lockhart (Leon) 10
11. 21:13.67 ~ Savannah Fisher (Lincoln) 12
12. 21:22.84 ~ Ashley Jones (Columbia) 11
13. 21:40.00 ~ Kayce Whitbeck (Stanton) 12
14. 21:40.59 ~ Kenna Forehand (Lincoln) 12
15. 21:47.21 ~ Juliana Krueger (Chiles) 10

Seven teams lined up for the 9:45 AM start of the boys' race, but only four squads would qualify to go on to the Region 1 meet. Trying to make sure their team would be one of the four, five runners charged into the lead group--Eric Tallbacka of Stanton; Lee runners Dominic Williams, Rayford James, and Ky're Griffis; and Leon's Sukhi Khosla. Khosla was the course record holder at Apalachee Regional Park on the strength of a 14:59.45 two weeks earlier at the FSU Invitational. By the 3200m mark, the pack had dropped Griffis, but they were being stalked by Stanton's Wesley Norton and Cade Zimmerman of Chiles. Zimmerman had won the district championship in 2012, outkicking Khosla for the title.

At 4K Khosla struck, running away from the rest of the lead pack. He was unchallenged over the last kilometer, taking the district title in 15:52. Wesley Norton followed, second in 15:59. Tallbacka was third in 16:08, and Dominic Williams fourth in 16:13. Zimmerman of Chiles was fifth in 16:20, the first of five Chiles runners who finished 17th or better, giving the Timberwolves a team total of 50 and the district title. Khosla-led Leon was second with 53 points. Stanton took third with 57, and Jackonville's Lee High School was fourth with 94. Lee was the last team to qualify for the Region 1 meet; it was the last race for Lincoln, Columbia, and Terry Parker.


The top six teams at the Region 1 meet would be back on the Apalachee Regional Park course in two weeks for the FHSAA State Finals in cross-country.


Team Standings, 2013 FHSAA District 3-3A Boys

1. Chiles High School (Bradfordville), 50 points
2. Leon High School (Tallahassee), 53
3. Stanton College Preparatory School (Jacksonville), 57
4. Lee High School (Jacksonville), 94
5. Lincoln High School (Tallahassee), 117
6. Columbia High School (Lake City), 179

Top 15 Boys, 2013 FHSAA District 3-3A

1. 15:51.41 ~ Sukhi Khosla (Leon) 11
2. 15:58.93 ~ Wesley Norton (Stanton) 12
3. 16:07.92 ~ Eric Tallbacka (Stanton) 12
4. 16:12.46 ~ Dominic Williams (Lee) 10
5. 16:19.21 ~ Cade Zimmerman (Chiles) 12
6. 16:25.01 ~ Hunter Scott (Lincoln) 11
7. 16:28.98 ~ Brandon Battle (Stanton) 11
8. 16:30.97 ~ Avery Bartlett (Chiles) 11
9. 16:34.72 ~ Wil Luca (Leon) 11
10. 16:35.03 ~ Ty Murray (Chiles) 11
11. 16:38.65 ~ Rayford James (Lee) 12
12. 16:39.10 ~ Jarod Hoffman (Leon) 12
13. 16:41.69 ~ Sean Turner (Chiles) 12
14. 16:42.00 ~ Jared Grigas (Chiles) 11
15. 16:42.92 ~ Kyle Buchholz (Leon) 11

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 FHSAA District 3-3A cross-country meet
  http://www.fhsaa.org/sites/default/files/orig_uploads/sports/cross-country/archives/2013-14/district/3_3.php
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 FHSAA District 3-3A cross-country meet
  
  • Girls: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103704495138893.1073741914.5215641&l=520b423340
  • Boys: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103705682269873.1073741915.5215641&l=1ae66b2fad
  
  
• Two days earlier, "Willis and Rutherford win in District 3-1A; Maclay sweeps the team titles"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "District 2 belongs to Chiles and Wakulla"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/fhsaa-district-2-3a2a-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "2011 FHSAA District 2-3A / 2A cross-country meet"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/fhsaa-district-2-3a2a-xc-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "2010 FHSAA District 1-3A Cross-Country Meet"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/2010-district-1-3a-xc.html
  
  
• Find a cross-country, road, or track race for your schedule on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1014

Montford girls and Swift Creek boys take wins home from Fort Braden

After two meetings, the Leon County Schools' 2012 middle school cross-country season is starting to look like a game of musical titles. At the season opener on September 5, the Battle at Tom Brown, Swift Creek won the girls' race, but at the Fort Braden Run on September 12 the top girls' team was Montford. For the boys, defending county champs from Raa took the Battle at Tom Brown, but Swift Creek answered with a victory at Fort Braden. There have been two constants, though. The team competition has been close, and Raa athletes Audrey Dogan and Matthew Cashin continue to be the fastest runners in their races.


The Fort Braden meet commenced at 6:00 PM ET in Fort Braden Community Park with the girls' two-mile race. Raa's Audrey Dogan and the 2011 Fort Braden Run champion, Swift Creek's Zoe Sheldon, led the field out of the park and across a bridge onto the grounds of Fort Braden School. Sheldon set the pace, hitting the half mile in 3:11 and the mile in 6:38. Then Dogan took over, leading the girls through a mile and a half in 10:28. When the runners came back across the bridge and returned to the park, Dogan was still in front and starting to open a gap. Dogan charged through the park to the finish line, recording a 13:58 winning time and becoming the first girl to ever crack 14:00 at the Fort Braden Run. Sheldon finished second in 14:10, just ahead of the 14:14 turned in by Ana Wallace of Deer Lake. The next two places went to Montford runners Caroline Grace Brantley (14:39) and Saige Kemeny (14:56), setting up Montford's team score of 48 points. However, Swift Creek also scored 48. Following NFHS rules, the tie was broken by comparing the sixth runner of each team, and Montford's Kinley Emerson gave her team the decision with a 16:29.


Team Standings, Girls

1. Montford, 48
2. Swift Creek, 48
3. Raa, 67
4. Fairview, 92
5. Deer Lake, 108
6. Elizabeth Cobb, 177
7. Fort Braden, 202

Top Ten Girls

1. 13:57.43 ~ Audrey Dogan (Raa) 8
2. 14:09.07 ~ Zoe Sheldon (Swift Creek) 8
3. 14:13.67 ~ Ana Wallace (Deer Lake) 7
4. 14:38.94 ~ Caroline Grace Brantley (Montford) 6
5. 14:55.15 ~ Saige Kemeny (Montford) 6
6. 15:00.41 ~ Clare Keenan (Raa) 6
7. 15:04.25 ~ Arianna Neeley (Swift Creek) 7
8. 15:17.15 ~ Bridget Isenberg (Fairview) 8
9. 15:26.18 ~ Asta Hemenway (Swift Creek) 7
10. 15:27.19 ~ Emily Culley (Montford) 6

In the boys' race, Raa's Matthew Cashin was the first runner out of the park, already with a respectable lead. By halfway through the race, Etavious Milton of Griffin had moved into second, but wasn't close enough to worry Cashin. Cashin returned to the park to finish with a winning 12:40. Milton ran 12:51 for the runner-up spot, while Fairview's Joseph Jones was third in 12:55. Swift Creek took the next two places, with Stephen Veliz running 13:03 and Shane Suchoki 13:08. The two accounted for the first nine points of Swift Creek's total of 54, good enough for the team title. Montford was disappointed in their ambitions of a sweep of the Fort Braden titles, placing a close second with 60 points. Raa, the victor a week earlier at the Tom Brown meet, was third with 76.


Team Standings, Boys

1. Swift Creek, 54
2. Montford, 60
3. Raa, 76
4. Fairview, 87
5. Deer Lake, 119
6. Elizabeth Cobb, 164
7. Griffin, 179
8. Fort Braden, 229

Top Ten Boys

1. 12:39.96 ~ Matthew Cashin (Raa) 8
2. 12:50.56 ~ Etavious Milton (Griffin) 7
3. 12:54.85 ~ Joseph Jones (Fairview) 7
4. 13:02.57 ~ Stephen Veliz (Swift Creek) 8
5. 13:07.28 ~ Shane Suchoki (Swift Creek) 8
6. 13:12.37 ~ Daniel Sweeny (Montford) 7
7. 13:14.03 ~ Matthew Newland (Montford) 7
8. 13:15.61 ~ Jacob Dodson (Raa) 7
9. 13:19.15 ~ Ricky Mobley (Fairview) 8
10. 13:23.97 ~ Jake Scott (Montford) 7

Fort Braden Cross-Country Meet Champions, 2010-2012
Date	Boys	Girls
22 SEP 2010	12:26, Sukhi Khosla (Raa)	15:01, Rebecca Clendinen (Raa)
14 SEP 2011	12:16, Evan Francis (Raa)	14:45, Zoe Sheldon (Swift Creek)
12 SEP 2012	12:40, Matthew Cashin (Raa)	13:58, Audrey Dogan (Raa)

Fort Braden Cross-Country Meet Team Titles, 2010-2012
Date	Boys	Girls
22 SEP 2010	Raa (15 points)	Raa (33 points)
14 SEP 2011	Montford (55 points)	Swift Creek (47 points)
12 SEP 2012	Swift Creek (54 points)	Montford (48 points)

Links

• Complete results of the 2012 Fort Braden Cross-Country Meet at FLRunners.com
  http://fl.milesplit.com/meets/122090/results/210808
  
  
• More photos of the middle school girls' race
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102279529726003.3391757.5215641&l=6fc0151a23
  
  
• More photos of the middle school boys' race
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102279581671903.3391760.5215641&l=9ebbe64009
  
  
• TallahasseeTrails.com tour of the Fort Braden Run course
  http://www.tallahasseetrails.com/Cross-Country-Course-Maps/Fort-Braden-MS-2M
  
  
• 2011 story, "Sheldon leads Swift Creek to title at Fort Braden"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/fort-braden-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Clendinen and Khosla first at Fort Braden"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/ft-braden-xc-2010.html
  
  
• 2012 cross-country schedule for the Tallahassee area
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/tallahassee-xc-2012.html
  
  
• Find your next road race or cross-country run in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1