Led by Junious Brown and Ella Porcher, Maclay paints Region 1 blue

There was a lot of Maclay blue on the podium at the FHSAA 1A Region 1 Cross-Country Championship in Lake City. That Saturday morning, 2 November 2019, Maclay won team titles in both the girls' race and the boys' race. Maclay frosh Ella Porcher took first in the girls' 5K, running 19:42. Junious Brown, a Maclay senior, won the boys' 5K in 16:00.

Ella Porcher

Up front, the girls' race could have been a replay of the 5K at the 1A District 1 Championship Meet, ten days earlier. There, Porcher had finished thirteen seconds ahead of runner-up Laci Watford, a University Christian sophomore. In the Regional 5K, Porcher and Watford were again the first two finishers, with Porcher beating Watford across the finish line 19:42 to 19:52. Maclay senior Hannah Hosay placed third in 20:34.


Porcher and Hosay were only the first two of four Maclay athletes in the top ten. Eighth-grader Susan Koeppel was less than a second behind Hosay, fourth in 20:35. Maclay frosh Sofia Paredes was eighth in 21:09. Senior harrier Rachael Stockel completed Maclay's scoring, coming in eleventh in 21:31. Once Stockel had finished, the Maclay girls had a mathematically unbeatable 23 points and the Region 1 title for the sixth year in a row.


Providence, led by eighth-grader Caitlynn Schultz (12th, 21:34), was second with 83 points. Providence was the last school to beat the Maclay girls at the Region 1 meet, winning Regional titles in 2011-2013. Saint Joseph was third with 100 points; their top runner was frosh Ana Whitehouse (7th, 21:06). Baker took fourth with 114 points, led by senior Maya Espinosa (5th, 20:40). Espinosa had been the 1A Region 1 champion in 2014 and 2015.


The top eight teams qualified for the Florida's State Championship Meet in High School Cross-Country at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee on 9 November 2019, so Maclay, Providence, Saint Joseph, and Baker all earned their tickets to State. Pensacola Christian (5th, 148), Community Christian (6th, 148), Saint Johns Country Day (7th, 172), and Bishop Snyder (8th, 222) also advanced.


Team Standings, 2019 FHSAA 1A Region 1 Girls' Cross-Country Championships

1. Maclay, 23
2. Providence, 83
3. Saint Joseph, 100
4. Baker, 114
5. Pensacola Christian, 148
6. Community Christian, 148
7. Saint Johns Country Day, 172
8. Bishop Snyder, 222
9. Aucilla Christian, 255
10. Jefferson County, 279
11. Port Saint Joe, 303
12. Rocky Bayou Christian, 362
13. Trinity Christian, 390
14. Wewahitchka, 407
15. Paxton, 437
16. Freeport, 469
17. Altha, 477
18. Blountstown, 492
19. Saint John Paul II, 542

Top 15 Girls, 2019 FHSAA 1A Region 1 Cross-Country Championships

1. 19:41.3, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 9
2. 19:51.6, Laci Watford (University Christian) 10
3. 20:33.6, Hannah Hosay (Maclay) 12
4. 20:34.3, Susan Koeppel (Maclay) 8
5. 20:39.2, Maya Espinosa (Baker) 12
6. 20:53.7, RaeAnne Tutton (Pensacola Christian) 8
7. 21:05.1, Ana Whitehouse (Saint Joseph) 9
8. 21:06.7, Sofia Paredes (Maclay) 9
9. 21:08.5, Morgan Wilson (Community Christian) 10
10. 21:18.5, Kaylin Olivarez (Baker) 7
11. 21:30.7, Rachael Stockel (Maclay) 12
12. 21:33.8, Caitlynn Schultz (Providence) 8
13. 21:39.7, Isabella Goodwin (Saint Joseph) 12
14. 21:41.0, Lydia Barquilla (Providence) 7
15. 21:42.7, Gabriela Espinosa (Baker) 10

Ten days after successfully defending his 2018 1A District 1 title, Maclay's Junious Brown successfully defended his 2019 1A Region 1 title. The Maclay senior won the Regional race by an even bigger margin in 2019; his winning 16:00 put him nearly 100 meters ahead of the next runner. Matthew Stratton, a sophomore running for Saint Johns Country Day School, took second in 16:20. Blountstown senior Xander Peacock was third in 16:47, and North Florida Christian senior David Andrew Keen was fourth in 17:01.

Junious Brown

Pensacola Christian put three runners in the top ten--sophomore Jonathan Tutton (5th, 17:06), frosh Andrew Birx (6th, 17:22), and senior Carstan Cochran (10th, 17:52). But while the Pensacola Christian boys were waiting for their fourth runner, Maclay put their remaining scorers across the finish line--frosh Clayton Knox (11th, 17:54), frosh Carter Rothell (18th, 18:16), junior Michael Sweeney (21st, 18:21), and junior Sean-Patrick McCann (22nd, 18:24). The Marauder boys had 70 points and their first Region 1 team title since 2016.


Pensacola Christian was a close second with 79 points. Bishop Snyder, lead by sophomore Grayson Gully (9th, 17:45), placed third with 99 points. The remaining State qualifiers in the boys' 5K were Saint Joseph (4th, 153), Saint Johns Country Day (5th, 157), Paxton (6th, 168), Blountstown (7th, 179), and Community Christian (8th, 200).


Team Standings, 2019 FHSAA 1A Region 1 Boys' Cross-Country Championships

1. Maclay, 70
2. Pensacola Christian, 79
3. Bishop Snyder, 99
4. Saint Joseph, 153
5. Saint Johns Country Day, 157
6. Paxton, 168
7. Blountstown, 179
8. Community Christian, 200
9. Trinity Christian, 203
10. Providence, 223
11. Rocky Bayou Christian, 294
12. Aucilla Christian, 320
13. North Florida Christian, 348
14. Port Saint Joe, 390
15. Christs Church, 405
16. Wewahitchka, 468
17. Franklin County, 484
18. Jay, 485
19. Baker, 536

Top 15 Boys, 2019 FHSAA 1A Region 1 Cross-Country Championships

1. 16:00.0, Junious Brown (Maclay) 12
2. 16:19.2, Matthew Stratton (Saint Johns Country Day) 10
3. 16:46.3, Xander Peacock (Blountstown) 12
4. 17:00.4, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 12
5. 17:05.9, Jonathan Tutton (Pensacola Christian) 10
6. 17:21.1, Andrew Birx (Pensacola Christian) 9
7. 17:27.9, Andrew Fox (Saint Joseph) 12
8. 17:29.7, Jacob Kailes (Saint Johns Country Day) 11
9. 17:44.9, Grayson Gully (Bishop Snyder) 10
10. 17:51.9, Carstan Cochran (Pensacola Christian) 12
11. 17:54.0, Clayton Knox (Maclay) 9
12. 17:54.3, Eugene Hall (Paxton) 11
13. 18:00.8, Curtis Judd (Trinity Christian) 12
14. 18:02.8, Dalton Lewis (Central) 12
15. 18:08.0, Nicholas Ciarlariello (Community Christian) 11

FHSAA 1A Region 1 Cross-Country Champions, 1999 - 2019
Boys
Date	Team Champs	Individual Champs
13 November 1999	Maclay, 25	15:36, Ryan Deak (Maclay) 9
11 November 2000	Maclay
10 November 2001	Maclay, 20	16:20, Caleb Carmichael (Florida State) 12
16 November 2002	Maclay, 15	??:??, Ryan Deak (Maclay) 11
1 November 2003	Episcoal, 31	16:32, Justin Jackson (Episcopal) 12
30 October 2004	Episcopal, 82	16:32, Michael Anderson (P K Yonge) 10
5 November 2005	P K Yonge, 72	16:37, Geoffrey Anderson (P K Yonge) 11
4 November 2006	P K Yonge, 36	15:42, Michael Anderson (P K Yonge) 12
10 November 2007	Maclay, 41	16:11, Whitney Strickland (North Florida Christian) 11
15 November 2008	P K Yonge, 33	16:17, Whitney Strickland (North Florida Christian) 12
14 November 2009	P K Yonge, 21	16:21, Patrick Swain (Maclay) 11
12 November 2010	Maclay, 23	16:37, Patrick Swain (Maclay) 12
12 November 2011	Maclay, 25	16:48, Travis Covert (Maclay) 11
10 November 2012	Maclay, 43	16:05, Griffith Rutherford (North Florida Christian) 11
2 November 2013	Maclay, 52	16:38, Griffith Rutherford (North Florida Christian) 12
8 November 2014	Maclay, 34	16:39, Micah Kemp (Jay) 12
31 October 2015	Maclay, 52	16:35, Jackson Neri (Bishop Snyder) 12
28 October 2016	Maclay, 69	17:00, Clay Milford (Maclay) 10
4 November 2017	Providence, 70	16:31, Sean Snyder (Saint Joseph) 12
3 November 2018	Providence, 69	15:47, Junious Brown (Maclay) 11
2 November 2019	Maclay, 70	16:00, Junious Brown (Maclay) 12
Girls
Date	Team Champs	Individual Champs
13 November 1999	Maclay, 40	18:11, Kara Scanlin (Episcopal) 10
11 November 2000	Episcopal
10 November 2001	Maclay, 51	17:33, Kara Scanlin (Episcopal) 12
16 November 2002	Oak Hall, 40	??:??, Robyn Debenedet (Episcopal) 11
1 November 2003	Oak Hall, 31	18:56, Robyn Debenedet (Episcopal) 12
30 October 2004	Episcopal, 36	19:40, Emily Ingham (Episcopal) 10
5 November 2005	Maclay, 26	19:42, Meghan Roberts (P K Yonge) 8
4 November 2006	Maclay, 29	19:06, Meghan Roberts (P K Yonge) 9
10 November 2007	Maclay, 27	19:13, Alicia Fenley (Maclay) 10
15 November 2008	P K Yonge, 67	18:27, Jana Stolting (Maclay) 11
14 November 2009	Maclay, 46	18:21, Jana Stolting (Maclay) 12
12 November 2010	Oak Hall, 39	18:53, Brittney Olinger (Oak Hall) 9
12 November 2011	Providence, 34	18:17, Stefanie Kurgatt (Maclay) 11
10 November 2012	Providence, 49	19:27, Eden Meyer (Providence) 11
2 November 2013	Providence, 22	19:30, Eden Meyer (Providence) 12
8 November 2014	Maclay, 37	18:53, Maya Espinosa (Baker) 7
31 October 2015	Maclay, 49	19:10, Maya Espinosa (Baker) 8
28 October 2016	Maclay, 52	19:45, Caroline Willis (Maclay) 12
4 November 2017	Maclay, 47	19:55, Audrey Woods (Providence) 11
3 November 2018	Maclay, 48	18:24, Gianna Forte (Bishop Snyder) 12
2 November 2019	Maclay, 23	19:42, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 9
The 1A Region 1 meet was run at Port Saint Joe High in Port Saint Joe in 1999. The meet was run at the Miccosukee Greenway in Tallahassee in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The meet was run at Maclay School in Tallahassee in 2001 and 2002. The meet was run at Florida Community College in Jacksonville in 2003. The meet was run at Summit East in Tallahassee in 2004. The meet was run at Sainte Fe College in Gainesville in 2009. The meet was run at Oak Hall High in Gainesville in 2010. The meet was run at Sunnyhill Farms near Tallahassee in 2012 and 2014. The meet was run at Alligator Lake in Lake City in 2011, 2013, and 2015. The meet was run at Escambia Equestrian Center in Pensacola in 2016. The meet was run at New World Golf in Jacksonville in 2018. The meet was held at The Oaks Equestrian Park in Lake City in 2017 and 2019.

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 FHSAA 1A Region 1 Cross-Country Championship Meet
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQTTTCaRzAPd_MMUGyRZ1R3B1Rq39wm9epbqGI23xska5JyZPr-41Z8aIw6_Wl6SGhLTng_kv1P4gWD/pubhtml
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of 2019 FHSAA Region 1 cross-country
  
  • 1A: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/11/fhsaa-1a-region-1-2019.html
    
  • 2A: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/11/fhsaa-2a-region-1-2019.html
    
  • 3A: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/11/fhsaa-3a-region-1-2019.html
    
  • 4A: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/11/fhsaa-4a-region-1-2019.html
    
  
  
• 2012 story, “Region 1 cross country, Sunny Hill Farms and the road to State”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/fhsaa-regon-1-2012.html
  
  
• Find a cross-country, road, or track race for your schedule on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2640

Feeling blue--Ella Porcher and Junious Brown fronted Maclay to a sweep of 1A District 2

And just like that, the 2019 regular season was over, and the post-season for high school cross-country had begun in Florida.


Wednesday, 23 October 2019, didn't seem that long since the days of late August and the first races of the season. Nevertheless, that was the morning that the class 1A cross-country squads of Northeast Florida gathered at Suwannee Country Club near Live Oak, Florida for the first meet of the state championship series, the 1A District 2 Championship. Tallahassee's Maclay Marauders won the first race of the morning, the girls' 5K, with a mathematically unbeatable score of 26, led by the first-place finish of frosh Ella Porcher. Maclay completed their sweep of District 2, winning the boys' 5K with 32 points while their ace, senior Junious Brown, nabbed first in 15:42.


From 2011 to 2018, District 2 had been split into two smaller divisions, District 3 and District 4. For 2019, those two were once again reunited into a competitive unit that included Florida schools from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. Many of those schools had been at Suwannee Country Club earlier in the season, racing in the Live Oak Twilight Invitational, a kind of pre-district. The real thing opened on 23 October 2019 with the high school girls' 5K.

Ella Porcher

At the Twilight Invitational, Ella Porcher had slipped by University Christian sophomore Laci Watford to take first in the girls' race, 19:36 to 19:38. Watford ran faster in the District race, but Porcher ran much faster, crossing the finish line first in 19:16. Watford was second in 19:29. Maclay took the next two places, with frosh Sofia Paredes third in 20:37 and senior Hannah Hosay fourth in 20:44. Eighth-grader Susan Koeppel made it four in the top ten for Maclay, placing ninth in 21:31. Marauder junior Jane-Kathryn Whittington took thirteenth in 22:16, giving the Maclay girls 26 points and the District title.


Jacksonville Providence was second in the team standings with 55 points; eighth-grader Lindy White (6th, 21:05) was first across the line for Providence. Saint Augustine's Saint Joseph Academy scored 90 points for third, led by frosh Ana Whitehouse (7th, 21:09). The top ten teams qualified for the Region 1 Championship so Tallahassee Community Christian (4th, 103), Saint Johns Country Day (5th, 137), Bishop Snyder (6th, 140), Jefferson County (7th, 165), Aucilla Christian (8th, 199), Trinity Christian (9th, 233), and Saint John Paul II Catholic (10th, 304) also advanced.

Girls' Team Standings

1. Maclay, 26*
2. Providence, 55*
3. Saint Joseph, 90*
4. Community Christian, 103*
5. Saint Johns Country Day, 137*
6. Bishop Snyder, 140*
7. Jefferson County, 165*
8. Aucilla Christian, 199*
9. Trinity Christian, 233*
10. Saint John Paul II Catholic, 304*

* Team advances to the 1A Region 1 Championship


Top Ten Girls

1. 19:15.60, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 9
2. 19:28.70, Laci Watford (University Christian) 10
3. 20:36.40, Sofia Paredes (Maclay) 9
4. 20:43.80, Hannah Hosay (Maclay) 12
5. 20:57.40, Morgan Wilson (Community Christian) 10
6. 21:04.50, Lindy White (Providence) 8
7. 21:08.30, Ana Whitehouse (Saint Joseph) 9
8. 21:29.90, Caitlynn Schultz (Providence) 8
9. 21:30.30, Susan Koeppel (Maclay) 8
10. 21:33.20, Sydney Woods (Providence) 9

The meet concluded with the boys' 5K. Continuing the theme of running even faster than at the Live Oak Invitational, Junious Brown broke his own course record, setting a new mark of 15:42 and finishing more than 250 meters ahead of the next runner. Matthew Stratton, a Saint Johns Country Day sophomore, took second in 16:35. Maclay junior Leo Rutledge placed third in 16:59, just ahead of the 17:02 posted by the fourth-place finisher, North Florida Christian senior David Andrew Keen.

Junious Brown

The Maclay boys also had top ten performances from frosh Clayton Knox (7th, 17:32) and junior Michael Sweeney (10th, 17:51). Frosh Carter Rothell completed the scoring for Maclay, placing eleventh in 17:56. With that, the Marauders had 32 points and the District 2 championship.


Led by the eighth-place finish of sophomore Grayson Gully (17:35), Bishop Snyder placed second in the team standings with 80 points. Andrew Fox, a Saint Joseph senior, was the top finisher for his team; they were third with 124 points, just ahead of the 130 scored by fourth-place Saint Johns Country Day. The other squads qualifying for the Region 1 meet were Community Christian (5th, 164), Trinity Christian (6th, 165), Providence (7th, 171), Aucilla Christian (8th, 194), North Florida Christian (9th, 264), and Christ's Church Academy (10th, 278). For the remaining teams in the field, the 2019 season was over.


Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the 2019 FHSAA 1A District 2 Championships. Columbia High will host the 1A Region 1 meet at The Oaks Equestrian Center near Lake City, Florida on Saturday morning, 2 November 2019. The top teams at the Regional will advance to the State Championship at the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course in Tallahassee, Florida on 9 November 2019.


Boys' Team Standings

1. Maclay, 32*
2. Bishop Snyder, 80*
3. Saint Joseph, 124*
4. Saint Johns Country Day, 130*
5. Community Christian, 164*
6. Trinity Christian, 165*
7. Providence, 171*
8. Aucilla Christian, 194*
9. North Florida Christian, 264*
10. Christs Church Academy, 278*
11. Jefferson County, 307
12. Saint John Paul II Catholic, 322
13. Eagles View, 346
14. University Christian, 404
15. Florida Deaf and Blind, 425
16. Hilliard, 460

* Team advances to the 1A Region 1 Championship


Top Ten Boys

1. 15:41.10, Junious Brown (Maclay) 12
2. 16:34.90, Matthew Stratton (Saint Johns Country Day) 10
3. 16:58.60, Leo Rutledge (Maclay) 11
4. 17:01.30, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 12
5. 17:09.20, Jacob Kailes (Saint Johns Country Day) 11
6. 17:30.40, Andrew Fox (Saint Joseph) 12
7. 17:32.00, Clayton Knox (Maclay) 9
8. 17:34.70, Grayson Gully (Bishop Snyder) 10
9. 17:47.80, Curtis Judd (Trinity Christian) 12
10. 17:51.00, Michael Sweeney (Maclay) 11

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 FHSAA District 2-1A Cross Country Championships
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTSeeISMIWwxJutTcQCVgMR2q-z9TvPtmbdvYrw7MIledTq7-xbvKwTnV0mKyJI7sINQAnHRx5db5oS/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Junious Brown and Ella Porcher key another Maclay sweep of 1A District 3”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2018.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Milford and Willis lead a Maclay sweep of the individual and team titles in 1A District 3”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Caroline Willis and Jake Mazziotta lead a Maclay sweep of District 3-1A”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Willis and Rutherford win in District 3-1A; Maclay sweeps the team titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Championship season opens with District 3-1A and a Maclay sweep”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “First meet in the state tournament is all Maclay”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/fhsaa-district-3-1a-xc-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “2010 FHSAA District 1-1A Cross-Country Meet”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/district-1-1a-xc-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “2009 FHSAA District 1-1A Cross Country Meet”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/2009-fhsaa-district-1-1a-cross-country.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming road or cross-country race in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2625

Junious Brown, Ella Porcher, and Maclay take the brooms to Live Oak for the Twilight Invitational

Bishop Snyder High hosted the inaugural Twilight Invitational Cross-Country Meet at the Suwanee Country Club in Live Oak, Florida on Friday evening, 27 September 2019. With first year events, you never know if there is going to be a second year. But for as long as the Twilight Invitational survives, folks will remember the first year as the year that Maclay won everything. Junious Brown, a Maclay senior, was first in the boys' 5K at 16:09, leading his team of Marauders to a winning score of 45. Maclay sophomore Ella Porcher won the girls' 5K in 19:36, while her squad took the team title with a perfect score of 15.

Junious Brown

Golf courses are usually good places to run. Or they would be, if it weren't for all the white balls whizzing around. These are the size of large hailstones and are hard enough to do you serious injury if they strike you. At the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course or the Miccosukee Greenway in Tallahassee, you can call a sheriff's deputy if you spot someone hitting these dangerous projectiles around. For some reason, though, the authorities aren't interested in keeping these menaces away from country clubs. Somehow, though, the Bishop Snyder crew made sure that the Suwanee Country Club was safe for the duration of the Twilight Invitational.


The cease fire of dimpled white projectiles was in force when the boys' 5K started at 6:00 PM. Junious Brown won the race by over 100 meters, picking up his third victory of the 2019 campaign. Only one athlete has beaten Brown so far this season, Satellite junior Gabe Montague, who bested Brown at the Katie Caples Invitational on 21 September 2019. Saint Johns Country Day sophmore David Stratton ran 16:30 on the rolling hills of Suwanee Country Club to finish runner-up to Brown. North Florida Christian senior David Andrew Keen took third in 17:15.

Live Oak Twilight Invitational Course

Leo Rutledge, a Maclay junior, also cracked the top ten for the Marauders, placing fifth in 17:23. Frosh Clayton Knox (11th, 18:18), junior Michael Sweeney (13th, 18:26), and frosh Carter Rothel (15th, 18:35) also scored for Maclay, giving their team 45 points and first place in a field of fifteen schools. Led by sophomore Julian Bautista (6th, 17:31) Saint Francis Catholic was second with 97 points. Tallahassee Lincoln was a close third in the team standings with 103 points. Nicholas Samuel (4th, 17:20) was Lincoln's top scorer.


High School Boys' Team Scores, 2019 Live Oak Invitational

1. Maclay, 45
2. Saint Francis Catholic, 97
3. Lincoln, 103
4. Bishop Snyder, 157
5. Wakulla, 166
6. Columbia, 167
7. Saint Johns Country Day, 189
8. Trinity Christian Academy, 195
9. Branford, 203
10. Suwannee, 233
11. Community Christian, 242
12. North Florida Christian, 291
13. Saint John Paul II Catholic, 363
14. Jefferson County, 375
15. University Christian, 452

Top Ten Athletes, 2019 Live Oak Invitational High School Boys' 5K

1. 16:08.50, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 12
2. 16:29.50, Matthew Stratton (Saint Johns Country Day) 10
3. 17:14.10, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 12
4. 17:19.60, Nicholas Samuel (Lincoln) 11
5. 17:22.10, Leo Rutledge (Maclay) 11
6. 17:30.90, Julian Bautista (Saint Francis Catholic) 10
7. 17:32.50, Jacob Kailes (Saint Johns Country Day) 11
8. 17:44.50, Thomas Grabow (Saint Francis Catholic) 11
9. 18:05.50, Stephen Votaw (Wakulla) 12
10. 18:14.50, Alex McCollum (Columbia) 12

The girls' 5K was scheduled for 6:30, following the boys' race. In addition to being later than the boys' race, it was also a lot closer. Ella Porcher outkicked Laci Watford for a narrow win, 19:36 to 19:38. Watford, a University Christian sophomore, was one of only two representatives of her school in the race, so she didn't count in the team scoring. The next four runners did, and they were all Maclay athletes--eighth-grader Gracie Koppel (3rd, 20:57), frosh Sophia Paredes (4th, 21:01), and seniors Hannah Hosay (5th, 21:20) and Rachael Stockel (6th, 21:28). With the first five scorers in the race, Maclay had fifteen points, the lowest possible score.

Ella Porcher

Diamond Cooper, a senior, ran 21:40 for seventh, leading Wakulla High to second in the girls' team standings with 48 points. Community Christian scored 100 to place third in the eleven-team field, led by their sophomore ace, Morgan Wilson. Wilson was eighth in the 5K in 21:55.


Many of the athletes in the Live Oak Twilight Invitational will be back at the Suwanee Country Club on 23 October 2019, when the course hosts the FHSAA 1A District 2 Cross-Country Championship, the first round of Florida's state championship series in high school cross-country.


Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the 2019 Live Oak Twilight Invitational.


High School Girls' Team Scores, 2019 Live Oak Invitational

1. Maclay, 15
2. Wakulla, 48
3. Community Christian, 100
4. Lincoln, 137
5. Saint Johns Country Day, 138
6. Branford, 167
7. Suwannee, 197
8. Jefferson County, 202
9. Bishop Snyder, 223
10. Saint Francis Catholic, 255
11. Saint John Paul II Catholic, 334

Top Ten Athletes, 2019 Live Oak Invitational High School Girls' 5K

1. 19:35.40, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 9
2. 19:37.80, Laci Watford (University Christian) 10
3. 20:56.10, Gracie Koeppel (Maclay) 8
4. 21:00.60, Sofia Paredes (Maclay) 9
5. 21:19.40, Hannah Hosay (Maclay) 12
6. 21:27.80, Rachael Stockel (Maclay) 12
7. 21:39.30, Diamond Cooper (Wakulla) 12
8. 21:54.20, Morgan Wilson (Community Christian) 10
9. 22:09.40, Audrey Fender (Columbia) 9
10. 22:16.10, Nina Prince (Wakulla) 12

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Live Oak Twilight Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTwqD6OlSmMnbYVB-JYpPvC2KxxGojde9-oEJTtvqcA2Mjz1geaRvyM-JJCC07gjqCG_eeIGPRGklTx/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 Tallahassee Area Cross Country Schedule
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/tallahassee-xc-2019.html
  
  
• The Trouble Afoot! calendar of upcoming races in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2607

Caitlin Wilkey and Junious Brown rule the Red Hills Invitational

In 2017, Chiles High School hosted the first Red Hills Invitational Cross-Country Meet at Tallahassee, Florida's Phipps Park. There were three teams in the high school girls' race. Chiles won.


At the second annual Red Hills Invitational, there were five teams in the girls' race. Chiles won.


At the third annual Red Hills Invitational, on Saturday morning, 14 September 2019, there were eleven teams in the girls' race. Chiles won. Chiles senior Caitlin Wilkey was first in 19:29.


I'd say that history keeps repeating itself, but altho' Chiles had also won the boys' race in 2017 and 2018, Leon put an end to that in 2019, placing first in a field of 13 teams. Maclay senior Junious Brown won individual honors, finishing more than 200 meters ahead of the next runner in 15:55.

Caitlin Wilkey

The girls' 5000-meter race was first on the agenda, scheduled for an 8:00 AM start. Finishing more than 100 meters ahead of the next runner, Caitlin Wilkey got the win, her third in three weeks. Thus far undefeated in cross-country during 2019, Wilkey also took first at the Big Bend Invitational and the George Whitmire Classic. Leon High runners took the next two places, with Lion junior Avery Calabro second in 19:54 and Lion junior Lilli Unger third in 20:22.


But in addition to Wilkey, Chiles had three more runners in the top ten--senior Emily Molen took sixth for the Timberwolves in 20:39, sophomore Kelly Davis was ninth in 21:19, and senior Megan Churchill was tenth in 21:19. sophomore Kendall Meyer finished the scoring for the Chiles girls, placing fourteenth in 21:49. That gave the Timberwolf team 40 points and their third straight Red Hills title. Leon took second with 52 points. South Walton, led by the fifth-place, 20:34 finish of junior Patasha Bryan, was third with 83 points.


Girls' Team Standings, 2019 Red Hills Cross-Country Invitational

1. Chiles, 40
2. Leon, 52
3. South Walton, 83
4. Wakulla, 117
5. Lowndes, 146
6. Community Christian, 147
7. Maclay, 163
8. Valdosta, 236
9. Aucilla Christian, 258
10. Jefferson County, 274
11. Florida State, 302

Top Ten Girls, 2019 Red Hills Cross-Country Invitational

1. 19:29.00, Caitlin Wilkey (Chiles) 12
2. 19:53.40, Avery Calabro (Leon) 11
3. 20:21.90, Lillian Unger (Leon) 11
4. 20:30.10, Gracie Koeppel (Maclay) 8
5. 20:33.20, Patasha Bryan (South Walton) 11
6. 20:38.70, Emily Molen (Chiles) 12
7. 21:07.30, Lily Moore (Leon) 9
8. 21:13.50, Ava Flaherty (South Walton) 9
9. 21:18.50, Kelly Davis (Chiles) 10
10. 21:19.00, Megan Churchill (Chiles) 12

Tallahassee's 2019 high school cross-country season had opened at Phipps Park on 24 August 2019 with the Dueling Summits Invitational. Junious Brown hadn't been at that meet, but the Maclay senior was in Phipps Park for the Red Hills Invitational. You couldn't miss him. Brown was the guy crossing the finish line first in the boys' 5K with a 200-meter lead. Leon sophomore Jackson Yarbrough took second behind Brown in 16:41. Lowndes junior Alec Munger edged Leon frosh Jake Rogers for third, 16:50 to 16:53.

Junious Brown

Chiles put four runners in the top ten--junior Nathan Reffitt (6th, 17:04), sophomore Ben Kirbo (7th, 17:05), senior Hawthorne Hay (8th, 17:10), and frosh Wyatt Townsend (9th, 17:18). But while the Timberwolves were waiting for their fifth scorer, the Leon Lions answered with senior Bryce Bass (10th, 17:20), sophomore Leo Kelly (11th, 17:24), and seniors Jackson Roberts (12th, 17:25) and Bryson Gonzalez (13th, 17:29). With that, Leon had 39 points and the team title. The Chiles boys were a close second with 44 points, and Lowndes was third with 92.


Boys' Team Standings, 2019 Red Hills Cross-Country Invitational

1. Leon, 39
2. Chiles, 44
3. Lowndes, 92
4. Maclay, 118
5. Wakulla, 185
6. Community Christian, 212
7. Florida State, 230
8. Aucilla Christian, 235
9. South Walton, 252
10. North Florida Christian, 287
11. Rickards, 289
12. St. John Paul II Catholic, 313
13. Valdosta, 313
14. Jefferson County, 353

Top Ten Boys, 2019 Red Hills Cross-Country Invitational

1. 15:54.90, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 12
2. 16:40.90, Jackson Yarbrough (Leon) 10
3. 16:49.60, Alec Munger (Lowndes) 11
4. 16:52.50, Jake Rogers (Leon) 9
5. 17:01.00, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 12
6. 17:03.10, Nathan Reffitt (Chiles) 11
7. 17:04.90, Ben Kirbo (Chiles) 10
8. 17:09.30, Hawthorne Hay (Chiles) 12
9. 17:17.70, Wyatt Townsend (Chiles) 9
10. 17:19.10, Bryce Bass (Leon) 12

Red Hills Invitational winners, 2017 - 2019
Girls
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
14 October 2017	Chiles, 17	19:00.89, Ana Wallace (Chiles) 12
15 September 2018	Chiles, 23	19:23.31, Abby Schrobilgen (Chiles) 12
14 September 2019	Chiles, 40	19:29.00, Caitlin Wilkey (Chiles) 12
Boys
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
14 October 2017	Chiles, 16	16:17.99, Matthew Newland (Chiles) 12
15 September 2018	Chiles, 21	16:58.79, Connor Phillips (Chiles) 12
14 September 2019	Leon, 39	15:54.90, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 12

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Red Hills Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRDrzRmwseJthCXhZ3vJSRz9s6kxPbBFw-mNzb_gcImBjM2YZwYqwFEN4qfdvSPbfxo14eXmutgLvhm/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Abby Schrobilgen and Connor Phillips make it all about Chiles at the Red Hills Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/red-hills-xc-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Wallace and Newland lead the Chiles charge at the Red Hills Cross-Country Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/red-hills-xc-2017.html
  
  
• Tallahassee's 2018 Cross-Country Schedule
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/tallahassee-xc-2018.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2605

Bolles and Plant visit Tallahassee, leave with the Big Bend Cross-Country titles

On Saturday morning, 31 August 2019, west of Tallahassee, Florida, the third annual Big Bend Invitational Cross-Country Meet was under way in Apalacheee Regional Park. The first race, the high school girls' 5K, was finishing up. Bolles School coach Tony Ryan turned away from the home stretch. The last of his athletes had already gone by.


"I'm getting too old for this," cracked Ryan.

Caitlin Wilkey

You wouldn't guess it by the performance of his team. The Bolles girls logged 29 points, easily winning the race. Chiles High senior Caitlin Wilkey took first in the 5K, running 18:37. The Plant High boys, visiting from Tampa, Florida, were the top team in the boys' 5K, scoring 38. Maclay senior Junious Brown posted a 16:14, winning the boys' race for the second year in a row.


It was an iffy weekend for sports in the Sunshine State. A major hurricane, Dorian, was churning up the Atlantic east of the Bahamas and threatening to make landfall in Florida. The Florida State vs. Boise State football game had been moved out of Jacksonville to Tallahassee. Nor was cross-country immune to the state's storm preparations. In South Florida, the Florida Atlantic Invitational, slated for 30 August 2019, had been canceled. But in North Florida, the Big Bend Invitational went ahead as scheduled. The only inclement weather was heat and humidity, typical for the time of year.

Alyson Churchill

The girls' 5K started around 8:15 AM, after the runners in the Open 5K had cleared the course. Alyson Churchill, a Chiles senior, grabbed the lead. As a frosh, Churchill had won the 2016 class 3A state title on the Apalachee Regional Park course. Halfway through the Big Bend race, she was 70 meters ahead of the next runner, and looked likely to add another ARPXC win to her resume. It would also be Churchill's second win of the season. A week earlier, she had won the girls' 5K at Chiles' opening meet, the Dueling Summits. But Chiles senior Caitlin Wilkey hadn't raced at Dueling Summits.


"I was taking the SAT," explained Wilkey.

Ella Mickler and Elizabeth Csikai

During the second half of the Big Bend 5K, Wilkey closed the 70-meter gap that Churchill had opened. That margin was gone with half a kilometer left in the race, when the two runners had made their final trip over The Wall, the Apalachee Regional Park course's infamous hill.


"I passed Alyson at the top of The Wall," said Wilkey. "I saw an opportunity and I took advantage of it."


Wilkey drove towards the finish, leaving Churchill behind. At the line, it was Wilkey first in 18:37 with Churchill runner-up in 18:48. Bolles frosh Elizabeth Csikai placed third in 19:44. Another Bolles frosh, Ella Mickler, edged Leon junior Avery Calabro for fourth, 19:50 to 19:51.

Bolles girls

The Bolles girls put three more runners in the top ten, with junior Maxine Montoya sixth in 19:52, frosh Jillian Candelino seventh in 20:09, and junior Layne Rivera ninth in 20:38. Once Rivera was home, Bolles had 29 points and the win. The Chiles girls, the 2018 Big Bend champs, were second with 46 points. Leon was third in the fourteen-team field with 97 points.


Team Standings, 2019 Big Bend Invitational High School Girls' 5K

1. Bolles, 29
2. Chiles, 46
3. Leon, 97
4. South Walton, 135
5. Wakulla, 140
6. Maclay, 203
7. Deerfield-Windsor, 205
8. Lincoln, 220
9. Community Christian, 220
10. Valdosta, 248
11. Florida State University, 299
12. Jefferson County, 307
13. Franklin County, 400
14. Saint John Paul II Catholic, 417

Top Ten, 2019 Big Bend Invitational High School Girls' 5K

1. 18:36.60, Caitlin Wilkey (Chiles) 12
2. 18:48.00, Alyson Churchill (Chiles) 12
3. 19:43.60, Elizabeth Csikai (Bolles) 9
4. 19:49.10, Ella Mickler (Bolles) 9
5. 19:50.80, Avery Calabro (Leon) 11
6. 19:51.50, Maxine Montoya (Bolles) 11
7. 20:08.20, Jillian Candelino (Bolles) 9
8. 20:24.70, Megan Churchill (Chiles) 12
9. 20:37.30, Layne Rivera (Bolles) 11
10. 20:37.80, Lillian Unger (Leon) 11

Junious Brown is a fan of the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course.


"I love it! It's amazing," said Brown. "And so convenient as well, right here in town."

Junious Brown

Winning the Big Bend Invitational in both 2018 and 2019 could have something to do with Brown's love for ARPXC. After two kilometers of the 2019 race, there still half a dozen runners in the lead pack, a group paced by Brown. Half a kilometer later, after cresting The Wall for the first time, only two other runners were still with Brown--South Florida HEAT senior Joseph Anderton and Leon sophomore Jackson Yarbrough. After another half kilometer, Brown left Anderton and Yarbrough behind.


"I just figured they're probably still recovering from the hill," reasoned Brown. "So I glided on the next downhill and made a move on the uphill."

Jackson Yarbrough, Joseph Anderton, Junious Brown

By the four-kilometer mark, Brown had broken the race open. He finished the race in a winning 16:14, just ten seconds off his best time ever at ARPXC. Anderton was second in 16:30. Yarbrough held off Plant senior Keith Gibson for third, both runners clocked in 16:48.


Gibson was joined in the top ten by two of his Plant teammates, sophomore Ryan Maney (7th, 16:55) and junior Wynne Thomas (9th, 17:04). Sophomore Ashton Stringer (11th, 17:20) and senior William Carlson (12th, 17:23) completed Plant's score, giving their team 38 points and first place among fifteen teams. Chiles, led by senior Hawthorne Hay (5th, 16:49) and junior Nathan Reffitt (6th, 16:49), took second with 47 points. Leon was third with 63 points.

Joseph Anderton

Team Standings, 2019 Big Bend Invitational High School Boys' 5K

1. Plant, 38
2. Chiles, 47
3. Leon, 63
4. Lincoln, 139
5. Maclay, 141
6. Deerfield-Windsor, 188
7. Wakulla, 229
8. South Walton, 250
9. Community Christian, 268
10. Valdosta, 282
11. Florida State University, 326
12. North Florida Christian, 342
13. Saint John Paul II Catholic, 353
14. Jefferson County, 383
15. Franklin County, 387

Top Ten, 2019 Big Bend Invitational High School Boys' 5K

1. 16:13.10, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 12
2. 16:29.80, Joseph Anderton (South Florida HEAT) 12
3. 16:47.20, Jackson Yarbrough (Leon) 10
4. 16:47.80, Keith Gibson (Plant) 12
5. 16:48.10, Hawthorne Hay (Chiles) 12
6. 16:48.40, Nathan Reffitt (Chiles) 11
7. 16:54.90, Ryan Maney (Plant) 10
8. 16:57.10, Ben Kirbo (Chiles) 10
9. 17:03.60, Wynne Thomas (Plant) 11
10. 17:07.30, Jake Rogers (Leon) 9

The first Big Bend Invitational was scheduled for 3 September 2016, but the meet had to be canceled when damage from Hurricane Hermine shut down ARPXC. When the Big Bend Invitational debuted a year later, Clifton Lewis was there, racing in the middle school girls' 3K. She ran that event again at the 2018 Invitational. Lewis competed in the 3K a third time in 2019, and this time the sixth-grader won the race, running 12:19. Emerald Coast seventh-graders took the next two places with Annabelle Melberg second in 12:29 and Madilynn Jersey third in 12:41.

Clifton Lewis

Emerald Coast put two more athletes in the top ten, with eighth-grader Wren Hall sixth in 13:30 and seventh-grader Claire Griner eighth in 14:00. Seventh-grader Vivian Peele wrapped up the scoring for Emerald Coast, placing thirteenth in 14:25 and giving the Stingrays a winning 24 points.


Led by sixth-grader Lillian Koeppel (5th, 13:18), the Maclay girls were second in the six-team field with 35 points. Wakulla took third, scoring 85 points behind the ninth-place finish of eighth-grader Liliana Lewis (14:02).


Team Standings, 2019 Big Bend Invitational Middle School Girls' 3K

1. Emerald Coast, 24
2. Maclay, 35
3. Wakulla, 85
4. Marianna, 127
5. Community Leadership, 132
6. Valdosta, 136

Top Ten, 2019 Big Bend Invitational Middle School Girls' 3K

1. 12:18.10, Clifton Lewis (Unattached) 6
2. 12:28.80, Annabelle Melberg (Emerald Coast) 7
3. 12:40.10, Madilynn Jersey (Emerald Coast) 7
4. 12:58.20, Sophia Youngberg (Montford) 7
5. 13:17.60, Lillian Koeppel (Maclay) 6
6. 13:29.30, Wren Hall (Emerald Coast) 8
7. 13:41.80, Payton Thumm (Maclay) 7
8. 13:59.70, Claire Griner (Emerald Coast) 7
9. 14:01.50, Liliana Lewis (Wakulla) 8
10. 14:09.50, Lauren Guyer (Maclay) 7

In the middle school boys' 3K, Noah Deem, a seventh-grader racing in the colors of Community Leadership Academy, grabbed his first win of the 2019 season, running 11:19. Behind Deem, two eighth-graders dueled for the runner-up spot--Will Springer of Holy Comforter and Carter Ward of Emerald Coast. Springer broke away during the final kilometer to take second in 11:29; Ward was third in 11:35.

Noah Deem

Ward's third-place showing led the Emerald Coast boys to the top spot in the team standings. Ward; seventh-graders Matthew Minton (5th, 12:08), Kobe White (11th, 12:38), and Jaiden Weede (16th, 13:21); and eighth-grader Hudson Railton (39th, 15:19), totaled a winning score of 53 points for the Stingrays. Marianna was second among the seven teams with 72 points, led by the fifteenth-place, 13:17 performance of eighth-grader Richie Barnes. Seventh-grader Rollins Miller of Maclay was fourth in 11:49, leading his team to third place with 81 points.


Team Standings, 2019 Big Bend Invitational Middle School Boys' 3K

1. Emerald Coast, 53
2. Marianna, 72
3. Maclay, 81
4. Valdosta, 87
5. Florida State University, 118
6. Community Leadership, 123
7. Christ Classical, 136

Top Ten, 2019 Big Bend Invitational Middle School Boys' 3K

1. 11:18.80, Noah Deem (Community Leadership) 7
2. 11:28.20, Will Springer (Holy Comforter) 8
3. 11:34.80, Carter Ward (Emerald Coast) 8
4. 11:48.60, Rollins Miller (Maclay) 7
5. 12:07.30, Matthew Minton (Emerald Coast) 7
6. 12:09.60, Jonah Berry (GCU Elite Racing) 8
7. 12:10.30, Reece Juno (Franklin County) 8
8. 12:16.20, Peter Boulware (Community Leadership) 7
9. 12:24.20, AJ LaMothe (Montford) 8
10. 12:31.40, Hayne Miller (Maclay) 7

Big Bend Invitational Cross-Country Meet champs, 2017-2019
High School Boys
Date	Winning Teams	Individual Winners
2 September 2017	Chiles, 22 points	15:51, Michael Phillips (Chiles) 12
1 September 2018	Niceville, 46	17:00, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 11
31 August 2019	Plant, 38	16:14, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 12
High School Girls
Date	Winning Teams	Individual Winners
2 September 2017	Chiles, 27 points	19:02, Ana Wallace (Chiles) 12
1 September 2018	Chiles, 27	18:53, Lillian Holtery (Niceville) 10
31 August 2019	Bolles, 29	18:37, Caitlin Wilkey (Chiles) 12
Middle School Boys
Date	Winning Teams	Individual Winners
2 September 2017	Montford, 21 points	12:09, Patrick Koon (Fairview) 6
1 September 2018	Liza Jackson, 39	12:16, Clayton Knox (Maclay) 8
31 August 2019	Emerald Coast, 53	11:19, Noah Deem (Community Leadership) 7
Middle School Girls
Date	Winning Teams	Individual Winners
2 September 2017	Riversprings, 24 points	14:57, Stella Lewis (Panhandle Express) 7
1 September 2018	Ruckel, 36	12:47, Rory Claussen (Shaldera Panthers) 7
31 August 2019	Emerald Coast, 24	12:19, Clifton Lewis (Unattached) 6

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Big Bend Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQwMYMS9FcUyf5VcDU01e2j7aE0R0Yp2yw8V_Lr1xanrhQxHNPM8EbyxVDaKebLeAOW9Va5cAWyNcbB/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2019 Big Bend Cross-Country Invitational
  
  • HS Girls' 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114178382814033
    
  • HS Boys' 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114179161224093
    
  • MS Girls' 3K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114179478872523
    
  • MS Boys' 3K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114179658836873
    
  
  
• 2017 story, “Phillips, Wallace, and Chiles win everything at the Big Bend Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/big-bend-xc-2017.html
  
  
• 2019 Tallahassee Area Cross Country Schedule
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/tallahassee-xc-2019.html
  
  
• Find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2582

Junious Brown and Ella Porcher key another Maclay sweep of 1A District 3

For the 2011 cross-country season, the Florida High School Activities Association re-drew the District boundaries, creating sixteen districts. Florida has four high school classifications in cross-country, so since 2011 there have been 64 District meets. One of those is the 1A District 3 Championship. The Maclay boys have always won their race at this meet, as have the Maclay girls. 2018 was no exception. On Tuesday morning, 23 October 2018, the Maclay girls collected their eighth-straight District 3 crown, scoring a mathematically unbeatable 21 points, while Maclay eighth-grader Ella Porcher took the individual title in 21:16. The Maclay boys also made it eight-in-a-row, winning their District competition with a score of 18. Maclay junior Junious Brown successfully defended his individual title, covering the 5K course in 16:33. Both races were held on the grounds of Maclay School in Tallahassee, Florida.

For Porcher, it was the third win in seven days. On 17 October 2018 she had won the middle school girls 3K at the Tallahassee Open. Later that same week, on 20 October 2018, she had won the high school girls' 5K in the Eagle Invitational. At the District Meet, her winning 21:16 put her just over 30 meters ahead of the next runner. That next runner was Community Christian seventh-grader Sarah Tychsen, runner-up in 21:24. Maclay eighth-grader Sofia Paredes edged her seventh-grade teammate, Susan Koeppel, to take third, 21:38 to 21:41.


Karis Desotell, a sophomore, took fifth for Community Christian in 22:28. But after Desotell, Maclay sophomores Anna Grant and Madison Perkins finished up the scoring for the Marauders, placing sixth in 23:01 and seventh in 23:08. That gave the Maclay girls their winning total of 21. Community Christian was second with 36. Led by the fifteenth place, 24:04 showing of sixth-grader Finley Boyd, Jefferson County narrowly beat out Aucilla Christian for third, 93 to 95.


The top three teams advance to the Region 1 meet, so the girls from Maclay, Community Christian, and Jefferson County could book their travel plans for Jacksonville, where the 1A Region 1 championship is scheduled for the New World Sports Complex on Saturday morning, 3 November 2018. In addition to those teams, Saint John Paul II senior Natalie Laywell also qualified for the Region 1 Championship by placing ninth in 23:15. Any athlete who places in the top fifteen advances to Region as an individual.


Girls' Team Standings, 2018 FHSAA 1A District 3 Cross Country Meet

1. Maclay, 21 *
2. Community Christian, 36 *
3. Jefferson County, 93 *
4. Aucilla Christian, 95

* Team advances to the Region 1 Championships


Top Fifteen Girls, 2018 FHSAA 1A District 3 Cross Country Meet

1. 21:15.19, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 8
2. 21:23.62, Sarah Tychsen (Community Christian) 7
3. 21:37.49, Sofia Paredes (Maclay) 8
4. 21:40.57, Susan Koeppel (Maclay) 7
5. 22:27.35, Karis Desotell (Community Christian) 10
6. 23:00.58, Anna Grant (Maclay) 10
7. 23:07.72, Madison Perkins (Maclay) 10
8. 23:13.85, Morgan Wilson (Community Christian) 9
9. 23:14.25, Natalie Laywell (Saint John Paul II) 12
10. 23:22.32, Sarah Costello (Community Christian) 7
11. 23:29.97, Mackenzie Mazziotta (Maclay) 12
12. 23:35.56, Jane-Kath Whittington (Maclay) 10
13. 23:49.81, Katherine Bouck (Community Christian) 9
14. 23:56.39, Madeline Lillie (Maclay) 9
15. 24:03.15, Finley Boyd (Jefferson County) 6

The top four girls were all on the homestretch together, but the athletes in the boys' race weren't nearly as tightly bunched. When Junious Brown crossed the finish line in 16:33, he had a lead of more than 400 meters. North Florida Christian junior David Andrew Keen was runner-up in 18:07, 250 meters ahead of the next runner--Maclay sophomore Sean-Patrick McCann. McCann finished third in 19:04.


The rest of Maclay's scorers weren't far behind McCann, with senior James McDuffie fourth in 19:13, junior Damian Hundley sixth in 19:46, and eighth-grader Clayton Knox eighth in 19:48. For good measure, the Marauders also put their pushers in the top ten, with senior Alfredo Paredes ninth in 19:52 and sophomore Michael Sweeney tenth in 20:02. That put Maclay in first with a near-perfect eighteen points. Led by sophomore Nicholas Ciarlariello, fifth in 19:40, the Community Christian boys were second in the District with 58 points. Jefferson County was third with 81 points, led by sophomore Matthew Steen, twelfth in 20:15.


Those three teams--Maclay, Community Christian, and Jefferson County--qualified for the Region. David Andrew Keen advanced to the Region 1 Championship as an individual, as did Aucilla Christian sophomore Joseph Davis (7th, 19:48) and Saint John Paul II sophomore Nicholas Moran (14th, 21:02).


Boys' Team Standings, 2018 FHSAA 1A District 3 Cross Country Meet

1. Maclay, 18 *
2. Community Christian, 58 *
3. Jefferson County, 81 *
4. Aucilla Christian, 102
5. Saint John Paul II, 121

* Team advances to the Region 1 Championships


Top Fifteen Boys, 2018 FHSAA 1A District 3 Cross Country Meet

1. 16:32.46, Junious Brown (Maclay) 11
2. 18:06.93, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 11
3. 19:03.77, Sean-Patrick McCann (Maclay) 10
4. 19:12.19, James McDuffie (Maclay) 12
5. 19:39.97, Nicholas Ciarlariello (Community Christian) 10
6. 19:45.83, Damian Hundley (Maclay) 11
7. 19:47.11, Joseph Davis (Aucilla Christian) 10
8. 19:47.73, Clayton Knox (Maclay) 8
9. 19:51.84, Alfredo Paredes (Maclay) 12
10. 20:01.96, Michael Sweeney (Maclay) 10
11. 20:03.18, Chris Tychsen (Community Christian) 7
12. 20:14.18, Matthew Steen (Jefferson County) 10
13. 20:25.63, Keelan Tidwell (Community Christian) 9
14. 21:01.73, Nicholas Moran (Saint John Paul II) 10
15. 21:08.31, Elliott Maxwell (Community Christian) 8

FHSAA 1A District 3 champions, 2011 - 2018
Boys
Date	Team Champs	Individual Champs
5 November 2011	Maclay, 25	17:03, Travis Covert (Maclay) 11
1 November 2012	Maclay, 20	16:40, Griffith Rutherford (NFC) 11
24 October 2013	Maclay, 35	16:43, Griffith Rutherford (NFC) 12
28 October 2014	Maclay, 19	17:25, Jake Mazziotta (Maclay) 10
20 October 2015	Maclay, 22	17:21, Gatlin Nennstiel (Aucilla) 11
18 October 2016	Maclay, 16	17:28, Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 10
24 October 2017	Maclay, 15	16:30, Junious Brown (Maclay) 10
23 October 2018	Maclay, 18	16:33, Junious Brown (Maclay) 11
Girls
Date	Team Champs	Individual Champs
5 November 2011	Maclay, 21	18:16, Stefanie Kurgatt (Maclay) 11
1 November 2012	Maclay, 16	20:21, Kristin Sweeney (Maclay) 12
24 October 2013	Maclay, 15	21:32, Caroline Willis (Maclay) 9
28 October 2014	Maclay, 15	20:45, Caroline Willis (Maclay) 10
20 October 2015	Maclay, 15	19:57, Caroline Willis (Maclay) 11
18 October 2016	Maclay, 16	20:51, Caroline Willis (Maclay) 12
24 October 2017	Maclay, 15	21:05, Madeline Lillie (Maclay) 8
23 October 2018	Maclay, 21	21:16, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 8
District 3 in its current form didn't exist before 2011. The meet was held at Maclay School from 2011 to 2015 and 2017 to 2018. The meet was held at the UF IFAS Jefferson County Extension Office in 2016.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 FHSAA District 3-1A Cross Country Championships
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQroR0nabcocT7SnTP0JdhnEOxgKP7QLq-OTNxxWhBtizDfHafpuJLKQDkRz9UBlV1NWJkrHxyiks5K/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Milford and Willis lead a Maclay sweep of the individual and team titles in 1A District 3”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Caroline Willis and Jake Mazziotta lead a Maclay sweep of District 3-1A”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Willis and Rutherford win in District 3-1A; Maclay sweeps the team titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Championship season opens with District 3-1A and a Maclay sweep”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/fhsaa-district-3-1a-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “First meet in the state tournament is all Maclay”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/fhsaa-district-3-1a-xc-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “2010 FHSAA District 1-1A Cross-Country Meet”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/district-1-1a-xc-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “2009 FHSAA District 1-1A Cross Country Meet”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/2009-fhsaa-district-1-1a-cross-country.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming road or cross-country race in the Tallahassee region
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Junious Brown and Ella Porcher lead a Maclay sweep of the Panther Invitational

The event was John Paul II Catholic High School's third annual Panther Invitational Cross-Country Meet. The venue was John Paul II Catholic's home course, on the school's Tallahassee, Florida campus. But the competition that Saturday morning, 8 September 2018, belonged entirely to the Maclay School Marauders. Maclay eighth-grader Ella Porcher won the high school girls' 5K, running a meet record 21:49 and leading her squad to first place in the team standings. The Marauders followed that up by taking the team title in the boys' 5K, led by a 17:30 meet record performance by junior Junious Brown.


Ella Porcher's 21:49 was three seconds better than the previous girls' meet record of 21:52, set at the first Panther Invitational in 2016 by Gianna Forte of Bishop Snyder. The Maclay eighth-grader crossed the finish line 50 meters ahead of the runner-up, Community Christian eighth-grader Sarah Tychsen. A few steps behind Tychsen, Maclay eighth-grader Sofia Paredes took third in 22:07.


Including Porcher and Paredes, Maclay had six runners in the top ten, with the Marauders getting scoring performances from junior Madison Perkins (4th, 23:06), senior Kenzie Mazziotta (6th, 23:23), and seventh-grader Gracie Koeppel (23:36). Porcher, Paredes, Perkins, Mazziotta, and Koeppel logged a score of 21 points for their team, giving Maclay first place. Behind the runner-up performance of Sarah Tychsen, Community Christian was second in the team standings with 40 points. Led by the tenth-place, 24:06 performance of senior Natalie Laywell, host school John Paul II edged Aucilla Christian for third, 93 to 96.


John Paul II Catholic's 2018 Panther Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Maclay, 21
2. Community Christian, 40
3. John Paul II Catholic, 93
4. Aucilla Christian, 96
5. Lincoln, NTS
   Godby, NTS
   Florida State, NTS
   Rickards, NTS

Top Ten High School Girls, John Paul II Catholic's 2018 Panther Invitational

1. 21:48.93, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 8
2. 22:01.55, Sarah Tychsen (Community Christian) 7
3. 22:06.68, Sofia Paredes (Maclay) 8
4. 23:05.39, Madison Perkins (Maclay) 10
5. 23:13.59, Karis Desotell (Community Christian) 10
6. 23:22.30, Kenzie Mazziotta (Maclay) 12
7. 23:35.22, Gracie Koeppel (Maclay) 7
8. 23:40.82, Lexi Gray (Lincoln) 10
9. 24:02.57, Rachael Stockel (Maclay) 11
10. 24:05.25, Natalie Laywell (John Paul II Catholic) 12

Coming off a win seven days earlier at the Big Bend Invitational, Maclay's Junious Brown made it two in a row at the Panther Invitational, crossing the finish line with a lead of 200 meters. Brown may have demolished the field, but he also demolished the previous course record of 18:17, set in 2017 by Chris Porter of Wakulla. That same Chris Porter, now a senior at Rickards, was also under the old record, finishing runner-up to Brown in 18:16. David Keen, a North Florida Christian junior, placed third in 18:37.


After Keen came a cavalcade of Maclay runners, with senior James McDuffie fourth in 19:45, junior Damien Hundley fifth in 19:54, senior Alfredo Paredes sixth in 19:56, and sophomore Michael Sweeney seventh in 19:59. With that, the Maclay boys had a mathematically unbeatable score of nineteen points and the Panther Invitational team title. Behind Porter, Rickards was second with 60 points. Led by seventh-grader Chris Tychsen, Community Christian was third in the team scoring with 75 points.


Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the third annual Panther Invitational.


John Paul II Catholic's 2018 Panther Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Maclay, 19
2. Rickards, 60
3. Community Christian, 75
4. Aucilla Christian, 103
5. John Paul II Catholic, 107
6. North Florida Christian, NTS
   Godby, NTS
   Florida State, NTS
   Robert Munroe, NTS

Top Ten High School Boys, John Paul II Catholic's 2018 Panther Invitational

1. 17:29.41, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 11
2. 18:15.87, Christopher Porter (Rickards) 12
3. 18:36.95, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 11
4. 19:44.22, James McDuffie (Maclay) 12
5. 19:53.04, Damian Hundley (Maclay) 11
6. 19:55.03, Alfredo Paredes (Maclay) 12
7. 19:58.39, Michael Sweeney (Maclay) 10
8. 20:06.14, Malachi Richards (Rickards) 12
9. 20:59.25, Erik Cherashore (Maclay) 9
10. 21:11.49, Amarie Moore (Godby) 10

Panther Invitational Cross-Country Meet Winners, 2016 - 2018
High School Boys
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
9 September 2016	Lincoln, 38	18:18, Gatlin Nennstiel (Aucilla Christian) 12
23 September 2017	Wakulla, 15	18:17, Chris Porter (Wakulla) 11
8 September 2018	Maclay, 19	17:30, Junious Brown IV (Maclay) 11
High School Girls
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
9 September 2016	Florida State, 41	21:52, Gianna Forte (Bishop Snyder) 10
23 September 2017	Community Christian, 29	22:31, Alyssa Langston (Wakulla) 11
8 September 2018	Maclay, 21	21:49, Ella Porcher (Maclay) 8

Links

• Complete results of John Paul II Catholic's 2018 Panther Invitational from Miles & Minutes, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR_dQNRypJE06O2cbIfNY0R-dSzFIY0cUC9CHzJzn8Hv7XHXE5Zo9YcMMfQLttucxOxgHPea8tNzh-q/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “The Wakulla boys and the Community Christian girls prevail at the Panther Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/panther-xc-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Seminoles and Trojans triumph at the Panther Cross Country Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/panther-xc-2016.html
  
  
• 2018 Tallahassee Area Cross Country Schedule
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/tallahassee-xc-2018.html
  
  
• Upcoming cross country, road, trail, and track races in the Tallahassee region via Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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