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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Willis and Rutherford win in District 3-1A; Maclay sweeps the team titles

The Florida High School Athletic Association decreed that the 2013 cross-country season would start and finish a week earlier than it had in 2012. In spite of the calendar, when it was time for the District 3-1A championships on Thursday morning, 24 October 2013, temperatures were almost autumnal. You know, real cross-country weather. So under clear skies and in cool air, the small schools of the Big Bend came to Maclay School for the first round of the state championship series in cross country.


The program opened with the girls' 5K race, three times around a loop on the Maclay School campus. Almost immediately after the starting siren sounded at 9:15 AM, Maclay freshman Caroline Willis was setting the pace for a lead pack that consisted almost entirely of Maclay School athletes. Not quite halfway through the 3.1 miles, Willis had broken away, and the first seven positions were all held by Maclay runners. It stayed that way through the second loop, then the third loop, and all the way to the finish line. Caroline Willis won in 21:32 and her fellow Marauders took the next six places, giving Maclay a perfect 15-point score and the district title. Aucilla Christian was second with 60 points and John Paul II Catholic was third with 69 points. All three teams qualified advanced to the Region 1-1A championships in Lake City, Florida, on Saturday, 2 November 2013.


Girls' team standings, 2013 District 3-1A Cross-Country Championships
  1. Maclay School, 15
  2. Aucilla Christian Academy, 60
  3. John Paul II Catholic High School, 69
  4. Community Christian School, NTS

Girls' results, 2013 District 3-1A Cross-Country Championships
  1. 21:31.17 ~ Caroline Willis (Maclay) 9
  2. 21:36.55 ~ Clara McClure (Maclay) 12
  3. 21:36.94 ~ Molly McCann (Maclay) 9
  4. 21:43.94 ~ MacKenzie Mazziotta (Maclay) 7
  5. 21:47.92 ~ Anna Lewis (Maclay) 8
  6. 22:01.72 ~ Rachel Rumana (Maclay) 9
  7. 22:06.20 ~ Kathleen Whitworth (Maclay) 10
  8. 22:17.35 ~ Julia Travis (John Paul II) 9
  9. 22:37.21 ~ Emma Travis (John Paul II) 9
  10. 23:13.63 ~ Camryn Grant (Aucilla) 8
  11. 23:17.72 ~ Sarah Tharpe (Aucilla) 10
  12. 23:23.32 ~ Whitney Stevens (Aucilla) 12
  13. 23:28.49 ~ Abby Reams (Aucilla) 6
  14. 23:36.25 ~ Hanna Searcy (Aucilla) 7
  15. 23:47.27 ~ Taylor Bickett (John Paul II) 10
  16. 23:47.76 ~ Grace Beshears (Aucilla) 7
  17. 24:04.53 ~ Jessica Giddens (Aucilla) 8
  18. 24:49.34 ~ Kelly Kolman (John Paul II) 10
  19. 30:34.14 ~ Casey Gwartney (Community) 11
  20. 30:54.09 ~ Margaret Hollis (John Paul II) 11

The boys' 5K race followed at 9:45 AM, and by 9:46 AM North Florida Christian School senior Griffith Rutherford, the District 3 defending champion, was in the lead. NFC's Luke Strickland and Maclay's Connor Daughton battled for the second position. Later in the first loop, Jack Rutledge of Maclay joined the struggle for second. By the end of the second loop, Rutledge had fallen back, leaving Strickland and Daughton. Meanwhile, Rutherford just got farther and farther ahead. Strickland left Daughton during the third loop, taking sole possession of second. Aucilla Christian's Braden Mattingly passed Daughton to move into third. Rutherford and Strickland held their positions to take the top two places for North Florida Christian, running 16:43 and 17:06. Aucilla's Mattingly took third in 17:10. Connor Daughton held off Aucilla's Gatlin Nennstiel for fourth, 17:22 to 17:24. After Nennstiel, though, Maclay took four of the next five places, putting all five of the Marauder's scorers in the top ten and giving the host team a score of 35 points--just barely good enough to beat North Florida Christian's total of 37, giving Maclay another district title. Aucilla was third in the team standings with 58 points, and John Paul II fourth with 111. The top three teams advanced to the Region 1 meet, but the season was over for John Paul II.


Boys' team standings, 2013 District 3-1A Cross-Country Championships
  1. Maclay School, 35 points
  2. North Florida Christian School, 37
  3. Aucilla Christian Academy, 58
  4. John Paul II Catholic High School, 111
  5. Community Christian School, NTS

Boys' results, 2013 District 3-1A Cross-Country Championships
  1. 16:42.24 ~ Griffith Rutherford (North Florida) 12
  2. 17:05.89 ~ Alexander Strickland (North Florida) 12
  3. 17:10.85 ~ Braden Mattingly (Aucilla) 12
  4. 17:21.66 ~ James Daughton (Maclay) 12
  5. 17:23.16 ~ Gatlin Nennstiel (Aucilla) 9
  6. 17:26.08 ~ Jake Mazziotta (Maclay) 9
  7. 17:41.47 ~ Jack Rutledge (Maclay) 12
  8. 17:47.30 ~ Christopher Barkas Jr. (Maclay) 12
  9. 17:49.30 ~ Alexander Kallinger (North Florida) 12
  10. 17:57.97 ~ James McClure (Maclay) 8
  11. 18:20.56 ~ Garet Grant (North Florida) 10
  12. 18:27.99 ~ George Gwynn (Maclay) 10
  13. 18:50.39 ~ Steven Simpkins (Maclay) 10
  14. 19:02.78 ~ Nathan Czarnowsky (North Florida) 12
  15. 19:11.82 ~ Carson Nennstiel (Aucilla) 11
  16. 20:03.02 ~ Matthias Laywell (John Paul II) 10
  17. 20:29.49 ~ Nick Arceneaux (Aucilla) 9
  18. 20:47.87 ~ Taylor Nugent (Aucilla) 10
  19. 21:08.13 ~ Brandon Slaughter (Aucilla) 8
  20. 21:10.35 ~ Daniel Mangan (John Paul II) 12
  21. 21:16.40 ~ Zach Arceneaux (Aucilla) 11
  22. 21:32.38 ~ Dominic Bristol (North Florida) 10
  23. 21:36.18 ~ Christopher Lucas (North Florida) 9
  24. 22:11.09 ~ Sean Mangan (John Paul II) 11
  25. 22:40.82 ~ Nathan Rabideau (John Paul II) 10
  26. 24:37.32 ~ James DiMarco (John Paul II) 10
  27. 24:49.98 ~ Michael Stavres (John Paul II) 11
  28. 27:22.05 ~ Trevor Bryant (Community) 10

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Maclay sweeps one on the slopes at the Ski Lift Invite

Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does the cross-country calendar. In Tallahassee, Florida, after the 2013 Lincoln Invitational cross-country meet was canceled, Maclay School scheduled the Ski-Lift Invitational for the open date, Saturday, 7 September 2013. 112 athletes from five different schools ran in the meet, held at Phipps Park--site of the earlier Cougar Challenge and the preseason Miller Landing Madness. However, the Ski-Lift races were held in a different part of the park, farther east near the soccer fields and the utility line trail known as "the ski lift."


Competition opened with the girls' 5K race. Maclay frosh runners Caroline Willis and Mollie McCann took the first two places, posting times of 21:57 and 22:31 on the hilly 3.1-mile course. Led by Willis and McCann, the Marauders took six of the first eight places scoring a mathematically unbeatable 21 points to place first in the four-team field. Langlee Toothman, a Florida State University School junior, finished third in 22:49, leading her team to edge out Lincoln for second place, 63 to 65.


2013 Ski-Lift Invitational Team Standings, Girls
  1. Maclay School, 21
  2. Florida State University School, 63
  3. Lincoln High School, 65
  4. Aucilla Christian Academy, 86

Top Ten Girls, 2013 Ski-Lift Invitational
  1. 21:56.95 ~ Caroline Willis (Maclay) 9Caroline Willis
  2. 22:30.23 ~ Molly McCann (Maclay) 9
  3. 22:48.60 ~ Langlee Toothman (Florida High) 11
  4. 22:57.40 ~ Savannah Fisher (Lincoln) 12
  5. 23:37.35 ~ Lindsey Poole (Maclay) 10
  6. 23:43.30 ~ Katie Whitworth (Maclay) 10
  7. 23:56.82 ~ Regan Hermeling (Maclay) 6
  8. 24:08.69 ~ Nicole Heinz (Maclay) 11
  9. 24:15.92 ~ Kasey James (Florida High) 11
  10. 24:27.10 ~ Kenna Forehand (Lincoln) 12

North Florida Christian senior Griffith Rutherford followed up his second-place finish at the Cougar Challenge a week earlier with a 17:14 win in the boys' 5K at the Ski Lift meet. Maclay senior Connor Daughton was well back in second at 17:29, and Lincoln's Hunter Scott was third in 17:45. North Florida Christian was successful in putting four runners in the top ten, with Rutherford joined by Luke Strickland (4th, 17:47), Garrett Grant (7th, 19:01), and Alex Kallinger (9th, 19:13). But Maclay put all five of their scorers in the top ten, as Daughton was followed by Jack Rutledge (5th, 17:58), Jake Mazziotta (6th, 18:06), Garrett Grant (7th, 19:01), and Steven Simpkins (9th, 19:13). That was enough to give Maclay a 30 to 39 edge over NFC, giving first place among the five teams to the Marauders. Lincoln was third with 67 points.


2013 Ski-Lift Invitational Team Standings, Boys
  1. Maclay School, 30
  2. North Florida Christian School, 39
  3. Lincoln High School, 67
  4. Aucilla Christian Academy, 105
  5. Florida State University School, 121

Top Ten Boys, 2013 Ski-Lift Invitational
  1. 17:13.31 ~ Griffith Rutherford (North Florida Christian) 12Connor Daughton
  2. 17:28.52 ~ Connor Daughton (Maclay) 12
  3. 17:44.12 ~ Hunter Scott (Lincoln) 11
  4. 17:46.72 ~ Luke Strickland (North Florida Christian)
  5. 17:57.86 ~ Jack Rutledge (Maclay) 12
  6. 18:05.94 ~ Jake Mazziotta (Maclay) 9
  7. 19:00.26 ~ Garrett Grant (North Florida Christian)
  8. 19:08.61 ~ CJ Barkas (Maclay) 12
  9. 19:12.12 ~ Steven Simpkins (Maclay) 10
  10. 19:14.46 ~ Alex Kallinger (North Florida Christian)

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