A whole lot of Lincoln Trojan at the Bainbridge Bearcat Invitational

At the 18th annual Bearcat Invitational Cross-Country Meet, it was the second year in a row that a school from Tallahassee, Florida went home with the high school team titles. On Saturday morning, 16 September 2017, it was Lincoln High carrying home the loot to Tallahassee, as both the Trojan boys and the Trojan girls were the first team in their respective races. Lincoln senior Clayton Carlson was the fastest individual in the high school boys' 5K, but Tift County sophomore Emily Golden kept it from being a total Trojan sweep by winning the high school girls' 5K.


The high school girls' 5K was in fact the first race of the meet, starting at 8:00 AM. Improving on her 2016 Bearcat Invitational performance by eight seconds, Emily Golden toured the course around the Bainbridge High campus in 20:41, finishing nearly 70 meters ahead of the next runner. Gianna Forte, a Bishop Snyder junior, was runner-up in 20:58, and Lincoln sophomore Chase Merrick took third in 21:06.


Merrick was joined by Lincoln teammates Lexi Gray (8th, 22:19), Rylee French (11th, 22:49), Asta Hemenway (16th, 23:14), and Arianna Neely (25th, 23:44) in amassing 53 points for the Trojans, giving Lincoln the top spot in a field of fifteen teams. Lindsay James finished fifth in 21:51 for Chiles, leading her team to second place with a score of 88. Tift County was third with 144 points, just ahead of the 147 scored by fourth-place Bainbridge.


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Lincoln, 53
2. Chiles, 88
3. Tift County, 144
4. Bainbridge, 147
5. Bishop Snyder, 161
6. Community Christian, 165
7. Lee County, 189
8. Lowndes, 194
9. Westover, 207
10. Wakulla, 233
11. Seminole County, 245
12. Dothan, 259
13. Headland, 341
14. Thomasville, 371
15. Grace Christian, 435

Top Ten High School Girls, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 20:40.76, Emily Golden (Tift County) 10
2. 20:57.42, Gianna Forte (Bishop Snyder)
3. 21:05.74, Chase Merrick (Lincoln)
4. 21:11.40, Katherine Resavage (Leon)
5. 21:50.17, Lindsay James (Chiles)
6. 22:00.71, Riley O'Linn (Valwood)
7. 22:12.81, Alyssa Langston (Wakulla)
8. 22:18.50, Lexi Gray (Lincoln)
9. 22:24.54, Viviana Schuyler (Bainbridge)
10. 22:44.40, Macy Williams (Seminole County)

Like Golden, Lincoln's Clayton Carlson had also raced at the Bearcat Invitational in 2016. Carlson, though, improved more than half a minute over his previous year's performance, running a winning 17:12. Finishing some 60 meters behind Carlson, Henry Plowden of Westover was second in 17:25. David Keen of North Florida Christian took third in 17:35.


In addition to Carlson, Lincoln had two other runners in the top ten--Kevin Majano was fifth in 17:41 and Joey Jung eighth in 18:08. Charles Hruda (12th, 18:28) and Dennis Majano (17th, 18:43) completed the Trojan scoring, giving Lincoln 39 points and first place out of fifteen teams. Wakulla put two runners in the top ten--Scott Lloyd (6th, 17:54) and Chris Porter (9th, 18:13)--leading Wakulla to second place with a score of 54. Lowndes was third with 111 points behind the performance of their top runner, Brishen House (4th, 17:40).


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Lincoln, 39
2. Wakulla, 54
3. Lowndes, 111
4. Chiles, 144
5. Tift County, 155
6. Bainbridge, 166
7. Westover, 204
8. Grace Christian, 257
9. Lee County, 258
10. Seminole County, 280
11. Thomasville, 302
12. Rickards, 313
13. Dothan, 325
14. Fitzgerald, 347
15. Jefferson County, 379

Top Ten High School Boys, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 17:11.10, Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 12
2. 17:24.10, Henry Plowden (Westover)
3. 17:34.62, David A Keen (North Florida Christian)
4. 17:39.44, Brishen House (Lowndes)
5. 17:40.57, Kevin Majano (Lincoln)
6. 17:53.90, Scott Lloyd (Wakulla)
7. 18:02.69, JD Bengston (Tift County)
8. 18:07.12, Joey Jung (Lincoln)
9. 18:12.84, Chris Porter (Wakulla)
10. 18:22.11, Efrain Diaz (Bainbridge)

The middle school girls ran two miles, and the girl who ran it fastest was Lee County eighth-grader Emily Phillips, who went 13:38. Another Lee County eighth-grader, Alea Bochette, was second in 13:50. Tift eighth-grader Ainsley Toews was third in 14:10.


While Lee County was waiting for their next scorer, Tift put two more athletes in the top ten--eighth-grader Alexandria Vaughan (8th, 15:19) and sixth-grader Amanda Tovar. Tift seventh-grader Madeline Perrin (11th, 15:31) was close behind. Tift's fifth scorer was seventh-grader Hannah Larger (17th, 16:16), giving the Tift girls 44 points and first place out of the nine middle school teams competing. Led by seventh-grader Camille Resavage (5th, 14:32), Holy Comforter was second with 58 points. Lee County took third with 64.


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Tift, 44
2. Holy Comforter, 58
3. Lee County, 64
4. Trinity Catholic, 117
5. Early County, 131
6. Baconton Charter, 150
7. Seminole County, 160
8. Wakulla, 194
9. Whigham, 251

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 13:37.17, Emily Phillips (Lee County)
2. 13:49.99, Alea Bochette (Lee County)
3. 14:09.93, Ainsley Toews (Tift)
4. 14:13.33, Lily Moore (Trinity Catholic)
5. 14:31.48, Camille Resavage (Holy Comforter)
6. 14:31.74, Mary Clayton Soto (Holy Comforter)
7. 15:12.28, Madi Sims (Trinity Catholic)
8. 15:18.47, Alexandria Vaughan (Tift)
9. 15:18.62, Anika Imhoff (MacIntyre Park)
10. 15:25.59, Amanda Tovar (Tift)

Alex Collins, a Lee County eighth-grader, won the middle school boys' two mile by more than 150 meters, running 11:53. Holy Comforter eighth-grader Leo Kelly was second in 12:29, and Early County eighth-grader Mikhael Crispen placed third in 12:38.


After that it was a Lee County deluge, with Edward Ostrander (4th, 12:42), John-Robert Ellington (5th, 13:00), Wyatt Waddell (6th, 13:07), and Ryan Hicks (7th, 13:08) cascading across the finish line. Lee County also had two other runners in the top ten--Jeb Parr (8th, 13:13) and Landon Jones (9th,13:14). But five in the top seven was enough to give Lee County a mathematically unbeatable score of 23 points and first out of ten teams. MacIntyre Park, led by Matthew Lewis (10th, 13:17), was second with 69 points. Tift was third with 106.


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Lee County, 23
2. MacIntyre Park, 69
3. Tift, 106
4. Holy Comforter, 121
5. Bainbridge, 123
6. Seminole County, 160
7. Trinity Catholic, 165
8. Early County, 225
9. Baconton Charter, 266
10. Whigham, 300

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 11:52.67, Alex Collins (Lee County)
2. 12:28.34, Leo Kelly (Holy Comforter)
3. 12:37.89, Mikhael Crispen (Early County)
4. 12:41.21, Edward Ostrander (Lee County)
5. 12:59.66, John-Rob Ellington (Lee County)
6. 13:06.83, Wyatt Waddell (Lee County)
7. 13:07.35, Ryan Hicks (Lee County)
8. 13:12.16, Jeb Parr (Lee County)
9. 13:13.68, Landon Jones (Lee County)
10. 13:16.13, Matthew Lewis (MacIntyre Park)

Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed the 2017 Bearcat Invitational.

Bainbridge High School Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2000 - 2017
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Tift County, 39	22:28, Demonessa Pyle (Berrien County)
24 September 2005	Tift County, 32
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Bainbridge, 39	21:06, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 10
19 September 2009	Westover, 45	19:31, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 11
18 September 2010	Lee County
17 September 2011	Tift County, 36	21:50, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 11
22 September 2012	Thomasville, 64	21:05, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Thomas County Central, 55	19:56, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
20 September 2014	Maclay, 35	19:11, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 9
26 September 2015	Lincoln, 60	21:10, Juliana Krueger (Lincoln) 12
17 September 2016	Maclay, 31	18:06, Alyson Churchill (Lincoln) 9
16 September 2017	Lincoln, 53	20:41, Emily Golden (Tift County) 10
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Westover, 41	17:47, David Marley (Westover)
24 September 2005	Bainbridge, 54
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Tift County, 37	17:13, David Daniel (Thomasville) 11
19 September 2009	Tift County, 49	16:04, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 10
18 September 2010	Westover
17 September 2011	Tift County, 55	16:48, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 12
22 September 2012	Bainbridge, 77	16:40, Josh Mason (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Bainbridge, 65	16:15, Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11
20 September 2014	Maclay, 51	16:59, Bryce Swindell (Lassiter) 12
26 September 2015	Lowndes, 43	16:52, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
17 September 2016	Maclay, 32	16:41, Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 10
16 September 2017	Lincoln, 39	17:12, Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 12
Additions and corrections to this table will be accepted gratefully. ~HW

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Bainbridge High Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDdLNuj61aP37Vsv7-N-8ENUGCVlkW64KDZaB83cedXK5JlTPKG0zEOZBikZpfCgdCkhvkYwml1lMI/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Lincoln frosh Alyson Churchill stuns Southwest Georgia with an 18:06”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/bearcat-xc-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Krueger leads Lincoln and Wolfenden leads Lowndes to victories in Bainbridge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/bearcat-xc-2015.html
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of running in Bainbridge, Georgia
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Bainbridge
  
  
• Stop playing on the computer and run a race! You can find one here:
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2083

Carlson and Sack take Miller Landing Madness

In Tallahassee, Florida nearly 600 athletes were at Phipps Park on Saturday morning, 19 August 2017, for three different cross-country races. It was Gulf Winds Track Club’s tenth annual Miller Landing Madness. Clayton Carlson won the 8K, the headline race, covering the not-quite-five-mile course in 29:11. Kat Sack took the women’s title for the second year in a row, placing fourteenth overall in 35:01.

Clayton Carlson

“The guy who won the 8K was so far ahead of me I didn’t know he was in the race,” said Bryan Koon, who placed third in 31:05.


Some confusion was understandable. The 5K race was run concurrently with the 8K. Carlson had a big enough lead that he was out of sight by the time it would have become clear that he was running the 8K. As a six-year veteran of the Miller Landing Madness, Carlson has run each of the three races at one time or another. In 2012 and 2013, when he was a member of the Swift Creek Middle School cross-country team, Carlson raced the Miller Landing Madness 3K. From 2014 to 2016, his first three years running cross-country for Lincoln High, he raced the 5K. This year, though, his senior year at Lincoln, Carlson moved up to the 8K.


“Coach Sumner wanted me to do the 8K, something harder,” explained Carlson. However difficult the extra distance was, he enjoyed the run. “It’s got a lot of hills and the water pit kind of threw me off but it’s a nice course. We’ve got a race here next weekend at the Cougar Challenge.”

Kat Sack

The Cougar Challenge on Aug. 26 is the cross-country season opener for Carlson, his Lincoln teammates, and many of the other high school runners in town. The “water pit,” an obstacle that the runners in the 5K and 8K had to splash through twice, won’t be part of the course that day.


Carlson wasn’t the only high school harrier in the 8K. Weston Schrock, a senior on the Blountstown High cross-country team, was second in 30:58. Elsewhere on the age spectrum, Bryan Koon was the top master runner in the race, third overall in 31:05.

Sheryl Rosen

In the women’s competition, three-time Miller Landing Madness champion Sheryl Rosen was close enough to see that Kat Sack was in the 8K, but not close enough to catch her. Rosen, the women’s record holder in the event, was second in the women’s standings and fifteenth overall in 35:20. Alyssa Terry was the third woman and 32nd overall in 39:35. Monica Judd was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, 35th overall in 40:12.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Miller Landing Madness 8K

1. 29:11, Clayton Carlson (M, 17)
2. 30:58, Weston Schrock (M, 17)
3. 31:05, Bryan Koon (M, 45)
4. 31:35, Travis Parks (M, 21)
5. 31:44, Jim Halley (M, 37)
6. 31:53, Gary Droze (M, 56)
7. 32:31, Zach Deveau (M, 29)
8. 33:10, Myles Gibson (M, 51)
9. 33:20, Charles Hruda (M, 16)
10. 33:56, Tony Guillen (M, 48)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Miller Landing Madness 8K

1. 35:01, Kat Sack (F, 25)
2. 35:20, Sheryl Rosen (F, 33)
3. 39:35, Alyssa Terry (F, 24)
4. 40:12, Monica Judd (F, 43)
5. 41:02, Cammie Hungerford (F, 25)
6. 41:41, Stacy Biggart (F, 40)
7. 41:58, Julie Duggins (F, 34)
8. 42:30, Kate Chunka (F, 34)
9. 42:48, Emma Clegg (F, 26)
10. 43:18, Shelbi Evans (F, 29)

While preps Carlson and Schrock were leading the 8K, most of the high school athletes at the Madness raced the 5K. Blountstown High senior Jesse Boyd won the race in 17:55. Gatlin Nennstiel, an alumnus of the Aucilla Christian Academy cross-country program, took second in 18:25, and North Florida Christian frosh David Keen edged Wakulla High junior Chris Porter for third, both runners clocked in 18:36. Randall Porcher was the fastest master runner in the 5K, placing 25th overall in 20:48.



Elizabeth Skipper topped the women's standing in the 5K. Skipper, a third-year runner on the Life University cross-country team, was 29th overall in 21:07. Maclay School's Hannah Hosay was the second woman and 31st overall in 21:30. Chase Merrick, a Lincoln High sophomore, was the third woman and 32nd overall in 21:38.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Miller Landing Madness 5K

1. 17:55, Jesse Boyd (M, 17)
2. 18:25, Gatlin Nennstiel (M, 18)
3. 18:36, David Keen (M, 15)
4. 18:36, Christopher Porter (M, 16)
5. 18:46, Mason McCord (M, 15)
6. 18:56, Caleb Wiedeman (M, 18)
7. 18:56, Daniel Wiedeman (M, 16)
8. 19:14, Kevin Majano (M, 15)
9. 19:21, Daniel Sweeney (M, 17)
10. 19:21, Seth Kemeny (M, 17)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Miller Landing Madness 5K

1. 21:07, Elizabeth Skipper (F, 20)
2. 21:30, Hannah Hosay (F, 15)
3. 21:38, Chase Merrick (F, 15)
4. 22:09, Megan Churchill (F, 15)
5. 22:42, Samantha Reilly (F, 25)
6. 22:43, Alyssa Langston (F, 16)
7. 23:05, Avery Smith (F, 15)
8. 23:23, Meagan Giddens (F, 19)
9. 23:50, Genevieve Printiss (F, 17)
10. 23:56, Mackenzie Mazziotta (F, 16)

Even younger runners made up most of the field in the 3K, with middle school athletes dominating. Patrick Koon, a sixth-grader on the Fairview Middle School cross country team, raced 11:01 for the win. Paige Churchill, a seventh-grader on the Swift Creek Middle School squad, was the first female finisher, placing eleventh overall in 12:43.

Patrick Koon

“About half a mile in I took the lead,” said Koon. “It’s fast, downhill, and I like the water. I really love this course.”


“I got a good start, but after that hill--well, I didn’t get enough to eat this morning. I don’t really do well in morning races,” said Churchill. “I liked the water! It was fun.”

Paige Churchill

Swift Creek seventh-grader Eric Stillman was second in 11:15 and Holy Comforter eighth-grader Leo Kelly took third in 11:18. Taking second on the girls’ side, Maclay School eighth-grader Madeline Lillie was seventeenth overall in 12:58. Holy Comforter eighth-grader Sophia Umana was the third girl and 30th overall in 13:37.


Top Ten Males, 2017 Miller Landing Madness 3K

1. 11:01, Patrick Koon (M, 11)
2. 11:15, Eric Stillman (M, 12)
3. 11:18, Leo Kelly (M, 13)
4. 11:50, Connor Edwards (M, 12)
5. 11:51, Jackson Yarbrough (M, 13)
6. 11:53, Yili Liu (M, 15)
7. 12:22, Jacob Kuell (M, 23)
8. 12:34, Trenton Blake (M, 12)
9. 12:39, Ryan Stillman (M, 12)
10. 12:40, Aiden Van Iddekinge (M, 13)

Top Ten Females, 2017 Miller Landing Madness 3K

1. 12:43, Paige Churchill (F, 12)
2. 12:58, Maddie Lillie (F, 13)
3. 13:37, Sophia Umana (F, 13)
4. 13:45, Amy Grossman (F, 40)
5. 13:49, Alima Hemenway (F, 8)
6. 13:50, Elise Ferguson (F, 13)
7. 13:53, Clifton Lewis (F, 9)
8. 13:59, Grace Reichelderfer (F, 12)
9. 14:01, Maya Tang (F, 12)
10. 14:05, Camille Resavage (F, 12)

Miller Landing Madness Winners, 2008 - 2017
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
30 August 2008	8K	28:57, David Altmaier	32:49, Sheryl Rosen	76
	5K	17:12, Austin Stevens	18:46, Jana Stolting	110
	3K	11:21, Will Henderson	13:14, Autumn Wable	73
29 August 2009	8K	28:05, Chris Lake	33:03, Sarah Docter-Williams	151
	5K	18:17, Austin Stevens	18:17, Jana Stolting	243
	3K	11:26, Chase Harris	12:04, Cecelia Williams	136
28 August 2010	8K	26:28, Kevin Cook	33:29, Sheryl Rosen	168
	5K	17:15, Patrick Swain	19:22, Stefanie Kurgatt	160
	3K	11:14, Wil Luca	13:30, Madeline Horgan	110
27 August 2011	8K	25:54, Kevin Sullivan	32:17, Sheryl Rosen	236
	5K	16:59, Jacob Slupecki	20:14, Stefanie Kurgatt	212
	3K	11:08, Evan Francis	12:59, Cheyenne Hildinger	157
25 August 2012	8K	27:50, Vince Molosky	36:36, Jane Johnson	190
	5K	16:32, Joseph Garcia	19:12, Stefanie Kurgatt	258
	3K	10:57, Jake Mazziotta	12:16, Adrianna Dugan	148
24 August 2013	8K	26:29, Will Stanford	35:11, Katie Showman	150
	5K	16:55, Joseph Garcia	19:20, Emily Ness	237
	3K	10:48, James McClure	12:20, Chase Merrick	135
23 August 2014	8K	28:26, Chris Lake	35:26, Brittney Barnes	154
	5K	17:09, Joe Garcia	21:13, Caroline Willis	172
	3K	11:33, Jonathan McClure	12:34, Alyson Churchill	173
22 August 2015	8K	28:45, Roger Schmidt	38:07, Jane Skalski	126
	5K	18:16,James McClure	20:33, Caroline Willis	207
	3K	11:14, Jonathan McClure	11:34, Alyson Churchill	205
20 August 2016	8K	31:06, Geb Kiros	37:19, Katie Sack	160
	5K	18:03, Jake Mazziotta	19:20, Alyson Churchill	203
	3K	11:41, Trenton Blake	12:52, Lindsay James	171
19 August 2017	8K	29:11, Clayton Carlson	35:01, Kat Sack	125
	5K	17:55, Jesse Boyd	21:07, Elizabeth Skipper	237
	3K	11:01, Patrick Koon	12:43, Paige Churchill	212
The Miller Landing Madness was preceded in history by the Miccosukee Madness (2004-2007) and the Tom Brown Bash (1977-2003) races.

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Miller Landing Madness at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/MLM%202017.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2017 Miller Landing Madness
  
  • 8K & 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10110388555468413.1073742291.5215641&type=1&l=95ff20ee1d
    
  • 3K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10110401893259373.1073742292.5215641&type=1&l=b16a080e84
    
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2017 Miller Landing Madness
  https://plus.google.com/photos/112560881455823075870/album/6456440643091741473
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kiros and Sack lead a celebration of cross country Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/madness-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Schmidt and Skalski top Miller Landing Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/madness-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lake and Barnes take Miller Landing Madness 8K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/madness-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Stanford and Showman go crazy on the competition”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/madness-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Isaac a no-show at Madness, Molosky and Johnson dominate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/madness-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen run like mad in Miller Landing 8K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/madness-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Cook and Rosen lead the Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/madness-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Chris Lake wins Miller Landing Madness 2009”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/chris-lake-wins-miller-landing-madness.html
  
  
• Lots of upcoming races, some more mad than others
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2057