Ashley and Turner, Mosley and Arnold, are 2017 Bay County Cross-Country champs

In Bay County, Florida Bay District high schools Mosley, Arnold, Rutherford, and Bay each field cross-country teams, as does North Bay Haven Charter Academy. Two or more of those Bay County schools meet several times during the cross-country season. It's only at the Bay County Cross-Country Championships, though, that you'll find those schools and no others competing on the trails. The five teams convened for their annual championship on Tuesday morning, 10 October 2017, hosted by Arnold at Conservation Park in Panama City Beach. Mosley won the team title in the girls' 5K race, with Arnold frosh Marisa Ashley taking individual honors in 19:05. Arnold was the top team in the boys' 5K, a race won by Arnold senior Blake Turner in 17:40.

Marisa Ashley

Competition commenced with the girls' 5K, scheduled for 8:30 AM. Throughout the 2017 season, whenever Arnold and Mosley were at a meet it was a smart bet that Arnold frosh Marisa Ashley and Mosley senior Ella Swigler would be the first two Bay County girls. That wisdom held for the County Championships, as Ashley took first in 19:05 and Swigler second in 19:58. Arnold senior Kaia Stevenson placed third in 22:39.


Arnold had a third runner in the top ten when sophomore Stephanie Lindig finished eighth in 27:00. Mosley, however, put four runners in the top ten--Swigler, juniors Catherine MacLean (5th, 24:54) and Rebecca Salazar (6th, 26:19), and frosh Hanna Altman (7th, 26:24). Frosh Leah Smith (19th, 29:58) completed Mosley's scoring, giving the team a narrow 39 to 41 victory over Arnold. Led by junior Darby Bennett (4th, 24:21), Rutherford was third with 55 points. North Bay Haven placed fourth with 77.


Girls' Team Standings, 2017 Bay County Cross-Country Championships

1. Mosley, 39
2. Arnold, 41
3. Rutherford, 55
4. North Bay Haven, 77

Top Ten Girls, 2017 Bay County Cross-Country Championships

1. 19:04.99, Marisa Ashley (Arnold) 9
2. 19:57.47, Ella Swigler (Mosley) 12
3. 22:38.08, Kaia Stevenson (Arnold) 12
4. 24:20.91, Darby Bennett (Rutherford) 11
5. 24:53.52, Catherine MacLean (Mosley) 11
6. 26:18.79, Rebecca Salazar (Mosley) 11
7. 26:23.01, Hannah Altman (Mosley) 9
8. 27:00.00, Stephanie Lindig (Arnold) 10
9. 27:06.32, Mary Granducci (Rutherford) 10
10. 27:14.02, Audrey Richardson (North Bay Haven) 12

Arnold senior Blake Turner didn't quite win the boys' 5K by 200 meters, but his 17:40 winning time put him almost that far ahead. Arnold junior Mason Bennett was second in 18:16, and Rutherford junior Delrico Pearson was third in 18:42.

Blake Turner

Arnold also got scoring efforts from sophomore Alex Kendall (7th, 20:33) and juniors Brandon Hunter (12th, 21:11) and Cyrus Garringer (16th, 22:06), giving the team 38 points and victory. North Bay Haven, led by senior Bryce Johnston (5th, 19:39), was second with 56 points. Rutherford edged Mosley for third, 70 to 73. Bay was fifth with 131 points.


Boys' Team Standings, 2017 Bay County Cross-Country Championships

1. Arnold, 38
2. North Bay Haven, 56
3. Rutherford, 70
4. Mosley, 73
5. Bay, 131

Top Ten Boys, 2017 Bay County Cross-Country Championships

1. 17:39.98, Blake Turner (Arnold) 12
2. 18:15.82, Mason Bennett (Arnold) 11
3. 18:41.11, Delrico Pearson (Rutherford) 11
4. 19:25.62, Eric Reid (Rutherford) 12
5. 19:38.41, Bryce Johnston (North Bay Haven) 12
6. 19:48.73, Matthew Conkel (Mosley) 12
7. 20:32.58, Alex Kendall (Arnold) 10
8. 20:45.10, Chad Forgue (North Bay Haven) 11
9. 20:46.90, Seth Pietrowski (North Bay Haven) 10
10. 20:57.81, Kaden Jones (Mosley) 9

The Bay County Championship heralds the coming of the post-season and the state championship series. Arnold, Rutherford, Bay, and North Bay Haven will tangle again during the opening round of the state championship series in the class 2A District 1 meet at the Callaway Recreational Complex on Wednesday, 25 October 2017. Mosley's quest for a spot at the State Final starts at the class 3A District 2 meet, scheduled for Saturday, 28 October 2017, at the old Bay Dunes Golf Course.


Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed the 2017 Bay County Cross-Country Championship.

Bay County Cross-Country Championship winners, 2012 - 2017
Boys
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
23 October 2011
24 October 2012	Mosley, 39	16:03, Aaron Jane (Mosley) 11
16 October 2013	Mosley, 23	16:42, Aaron Jane (Mosley) 12
2014
15 October 2015	Arnold, 35	17:13, Ethan Mines (Mosley) 12
13 October 2016	Rutherford, 33	17:14, Alix Gennette (Rutherford) 12
10 October 2017	Mosley, 39	19:05, Marisa Ashley (Arnold) 9
Girls
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
23 October 2011
24 October 2012	Arnold, 28	19:00, Mikayla Hodges (Arnold) 12
16 October 2013	Rutherford, 37	19:49, Michaela Ashley (Arnold) 10
2014
15 October 2015	Mosley, 30	20:33, Michaela Ashley (Arnold) 12
13 October 2016	Rutherford, 36	21:08, Zeana Guirey (Rutherford) 12
10 October 2017	Arnold, 38	17:40, Blake Turner (Arnold) 12

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Bay County Cross-Country Championships
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTcPj8snVFf5RDpm7uZx54h3G7yq3KyKcoukz3ezMTBYguIyOndIQy7g7xcKDz6lsXOQuT_OaviguvZ/pubhtml
  
  
• Bay County's 2017 High School Cross-Country Season
  
  • Buccaneer Bash https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/buccaneer-bash-2017.html
    
  • Bay Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/bay-xc-2017.html
    
  • Ram Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/ram-xc-run-2017.html
    
  • Dolphin Dash https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/dolphin-dash-2017.html
    
  • Bay County Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/bay-county-xc-champs-2017.html
    
  
  
• Find an upcoming race in any county within 100 miles of Tallahassee using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Choctaw sweeps the team titles while Arnold's Ashley and Turner take individual honors at the Buccaneer Bash

In Florida's Bay County, the cross-country season got started on Saturday morning, 26 August 2017, with a new meet, North Bay Haven High's Buccaneer Bash. And how better to inaugurate a new meet than with a new course? The races started in Panama City, Florida cross-country standby, Harder Park, but from there they ventured onto the grounds of the closed Bay Dunes Golf Course, itself built atop the old Majette Landfill.


The history of the area wasn't on the minds of the leaders of the first race, Arnold High frosh Marisa Ashley and Mosley senior Ella Swigler. They were entirely consumed with competition as they battled for the win, far ahead of the rest of the field. At the finish line Ashley held the edge over Swigler, 19:53 to 19:57. Port Saint Joe senior Shamaria Cole took third in 22:32.


Fourth went to Choctawhatchee senior Alexa Gutierrez in 22:50. Gutierrez was joined in the top ten by Choctaw frosh runners Allison Boyle (7th, 23:47) and Amanda George (8th, 24:02). Once frosh Michaela Waddy (13th, 25:03) and sophomore Erin DeCocker (16th, 25:44) had finished, Choctawhatchee had 46 points, just enough to edge Port Saint Joe for the team title. Port Saint Joe was a close second with 47, while Arnold was third in the six-team field with 74.


Team Standings, 2017 Buccaneer Bash High School Girls' 5K

1. Choctawhatchee, 46
2. Port Saint Joe,47
3. Arnold, 74
4. North Bay Haven, 105
5. Mosley, 110
6. Rutherford, 121

Top Ten, 2017 Buccaneer Bash High School Girls' 5K

1. 19:52.29, Marisa Ashley (Arnold) 9
2. 19:56.66, Ella Swigler (Mosley) 12
3. 22:31.60, Shamario Cole (Port Saint Joe) 12
4. 22:49.24, Alexa Gutierrez (Choctawhatchee) 12
5. 23:12.69, Kiai Stevenson (Arnold) 9
6. 23:23.61, Emma Wilson (North Bay Haven) 10
7. 23:46.57, Allison Boyle (Choctawhatchee) 9
8. 24:01.28, Amanda George (Choctawhatchee) 9
9. 24:05.16, Lexis Fountain (Port Saint Joe) 7
10. 24:09.24, Autumn Kotelman (Port Saint Joe) 9

The high school girls' race started at 8:00 AM, and the high school boys' 5K followed at 8:45 AM. There was no tense battle for first in the second race of the morning; Arnold senior Blake Turner won by more than 150 meters, covering the five-kilometer course in 18:04. Rutherford junior Delrico Pearson was runner-up in 18:39, and Choctawhatchee junior Pablo Duque took third in 18:46.


Duque was only the first Choctaw runner in the top ten. He was joined by three more runners wearing Choctawhatchee green--sophomore Jacob Knox (5th, 18:57), frosh Christian Sterman (6th, 19:04), and junior David Santarosa (9th, 19:27). Junior Brian Cordier (15th, 20:17) finished the scoring for Choctawhatchee, giving the runners in green 33 points and first place out of five teams. Led by senior Kanon Martan (4th, 18:52), Port Saint Joe was second with 59 points. Mosley took third with 77 points behind the tenth place, 19:46 performance of sophomore Ivan De La Cruz.


Next on the slate for the Bay County schools is the seventeenth annual Bay Invitational, scheduled for Saturday morning, 9 September 2017, in Harders Park. Bleckley County was the top team in the boys' race last year, with Maclay School taking the girls' title.


Team Standings, 2017 Buccaneer Bash High School Boys' 5K

1. Choctawhatchee, 33
2. Port Saint Joe, 59
3. Mosley, 77
4. Rutherford, 102
5. North Bay Haven, 103

Top Ten, 2017 Buccaneer Bash High School Boys' 5K

1. 18:03.43, Blake Turner (Arnold) 12
2. 18:38.43, Delrico Pearson (Rutherford) 11
3. 18:45.25, Pablo Duque (Choctawhatchee) 10
4. 18:51.23, Kanon Martan (Port Saint Joe) 12
5. 18:56.63, Jacob Knox (Choctawhatchee) 10
6. 19:03.50, Christian Sterman (Choctawhatchee) 9
7. 18:46.42, Zack McFarland (Port Saint Joe) 10
8. 19:08.06, Bryce Johnston (North Bay Haven) 12
9. 19:26.75, David Santarosa (Choctawhatchee) 11
10. 19:45.88, Ivan De La Cruz (Mosley) 10

Links

• Complete results, 2017 Buccaneer Bash
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSgbPnHGZWYloEuVEj9tgZuRrv0hWERcUYg01dqWzEjCQ-KSqbugVRQAiYpubjS7KaC4LoKNIr0X_Js/pubhtml
  
  
• Find an upcoming Bash in the region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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