Ponch Leonard and Amy Hines rewrite the records at the Saint Peter's 10K

You might remember Poncherella Leonard for some notable second-place finishes in the Tallahassee, Florida area when he was a cross-country runner at Bainbridge High. During his career as a Bearcat distance man, Leonard was second with a 16:56 in the boys' 5K at the 2015 Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational, runner-up at 16:47 in the 2016 Bowlegs 5K, and ran 16:17 to finish second to Stan Linton in the 2016 Bainbridge Memorial Day 5K Night Race.


But Ponch Leonard wasn't second to anyone on Saturday, 16 June 2018. That morning, Leonard won the second annual Saint Peter's Anglican Cathedral 10K, finishing more than a kilometer ahead of the next runner. Leonard's time, 35:52, set a new course record, trimming more than six minutes from the old standard of 42:02, set by Ann Centner in the 2017 race. Amy Hines, the top woman in the race, set a new Saint Peter's 10K women's record, placing second overall in 40:11.

2018 Saint Peter's 10K winners, Ponch Leonard and Amy Hines

Brad Busboom was second in the men's standings and third overall in 40:53. Geb Kiros was the top master runner in the race, the third male finisher and fourth overall in 41:30.


Elisha Boggs was the first woman master and second female finisher, placing fifth overall in 43:42. Nancy Moody edged Laura Hansen for the third woman's spot, 52:09 to 52:12. Moody and Hansen placed fifteenth and sixteenth overall.


Leonard, the 2018 Saint Peter's 10K winner, wrapped up his high school running career at Bainbridge High at the end of the 2017 track season. Since then, Leonard has gone on to the University of Tennessee-Martin, where he just finished the 2018 track season as a redshirt. During that spring, Leonard recorded season bests of 16:00.87 in the 5000, 4:07.24 in the 1500, and 1:56.91 in the 800.


145 athletes finished the 2018 Saint Peter's 10K, and another 43 completed a one-mile fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Saint Peter's Anglican Church 10K

1. 35:52, Ponch Leonard (M, 21)
2. 40:53, Brad Busboom (M, 30)
3. 41:30, Geb Kiros (M, 51)
4. 44:01, Jonathan Labarre (M, 45)
5. 45:11, Stokes Moore (M, 16)
6. 46:07, Chuck Lang (M, 52)
7. 46:13, Steven Sheward (M, 29)
8. 47:02, Chase Campbell (M, 33)
9. 47:40, Laryn Flikkema (M, 42)
10. 49:40, Kevin Malfa (M, 34)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Saint Peter's Anglican Church 10K

1. 40:11, Amy Hines (F, 37)
2. 43:42, Elisha Boggs (F, 41)
3. 52:12, Nancy Moody (F, 33)
4. 52:14, Laura Hansen (F, 33)
5. 52:36, Tsige Tadesse (F, 50)
6. 52:43, Christine Hansen (F, 52)
7. 52:55, Laura Sellati (F, 39)
8. 53:39, Martha Guyas (F, 33)
9. 53:44, Megan Orcutt (F, 33)
10. 54:02, Darcy Brinkmann (F, 37)

Saint Peter's Anglican Cathedral 10K winners, 2017 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
17 June 2017	42:32, Michael Peymann	42:02, Ann Centner	165
16 June 2018	35:52, Ponch Leonard	40:11, Amy Hines	145

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Saint Peter's Anglican Church 10K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ802KzTF5MvYw9UQUhSCbA2FXL649WYteoK7KYDcAoY9K5vp1m4Zo-5DvogArXPBBaeICec0T8C_WO/pubhtml
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2017 Saint Peter's Anglican Church 10K
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/7BvEbrTsoDNmYAg68
  
  
• 2017 story, “Ann Centner takes it all at the first Saint Peter's Anglican Church 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/saint-peters-2017.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL17030TY for the 2017 Saint Peter's Anglican Church 10K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL17030TY
  
  
• Upcoming races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2287

Poncherella Leonard and Elizabeth Funderburk have wings at Yellow Jacket Invite

Enduring sand, slopes, and stinging insects, more than 350 high school and middle school distance runners gathered at the Thomasville, Georgia, campus of Thomas County Middle School for the 23rd annual Yellow Jacket Cross Country Invitational, hosted by Thomas Country Central High School. Moultrie Colquitt County sophomore Elizabeth Funderburk won the high school girls' 5K race in 20:07, while Bainbridge junior Poncherella Leonard scored a come-from-behind victory in the boys race with a 15:47. Tallahassee Leon High took team titles in both the boys' and the girls' races.


In recent years the Yellow Jacket Invitational had found a home at Greenwood Plantation, a historic tract south of Thomasville that had hosted presidents and other dignitaries. But this year construction at the plantation had forced the meet to a new venue--the Thomas County Middle School campus, across US 319 from Thomas County Central High School. The grounds were expansive enough that the 5K races could be run as a single loop, some of it on woodland behind the school. It was a large enough forest to house wildlife, prompting the school to post "No Hunting" signs. Unfortunately, some of that wildlife included yellowjackets of the six-legged variety. The insects had been peaceful during workouts before the day of the Invitational. They had remained docile while people warmed up on the course the morning before the races. But during the first race of the morning, the high school girls' 5K, the yellowjackets became angry and attacked.


Well, what did you expect from the Yellow Jacket Invitational? At least it wasn't the Bear Invitational.


The fastest survivor of the wasp attack was Colquitt County sophomore Elizabeth Funderburk. Funderburk started off with the leaders but soon pulled away, going on to win the race in 20:07. Chiles frosh Olivia Miller was second in 20:25, and Leon frosh Katherine Resavage was third in 20:53.


Chiles and Leon were visiting from over state line in Tallahassee, Florida, and the two teams ended up battling for the girls' team title. Miller of Chiles had finished ahead of Resavage, but Resavage was joined by Leon scorers and Chiles sophomore Anne Elise Desotell (5th, 21:14) edged Leon junior Zoe Sheldon (6th, 21:19). But Leon's next three scorers--senior Grace Lockhart (9th, 21:48), sophomore Anna Gill (14th, 22:24), and sophomore Rosie Marshall (18th, 22:41)--gave the Lions a team total of 44 points and first place in the field of thirteen teams. Chiles was a close second with 49 points. Lee County, led by junior Ansley Cain (16th, 22:33) was third with 92 points.


2015 Yellow Jacket XC Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Leon, 44
2. Chiles, 49
3. Lee County, 92
4. Thomas County Central, 136
5. Bainbridge, 151
6. Westover, 158
7. Worth County, 195
8. Colquitt County, 204
9. Valdosta, 236
10. Thomasville, 253
11. Pelham, 261
12. Lincoln, 318
13. Cairo, 384

Top 15 High School Girls, 23rd annual Yellow Jacket XC Invitational

1. 20:06.31 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 10
   
   
2. 20:24.55 ~ Olivia Miller (Chiles) 9
3. 20:52.05 ~ Katherine Resavage (Leon) 9
4. 21:13.06 ~ Cara Eaton (Thomas County Central) 10
5. 21:13.45 ~ Anne Elise Desotell (Chiles) 10
6. 21:18.57 ~ Zoe Sheldon (Leon) 11
7. 21:19.70 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula Charter) 11
8. 21:20.44 ~ Riley O'Linn (Valwood) 10
9. 21:47.64 ~ Grace Lockhart (Leon) 12
10. 21:51.66 ~ Madeline Mathis (Valdosta) 11
11. 21:56.54 ~ Jamey Medders (Worth County) 11
12. 22:00.61 ~ Uriyah Davis (Bainbridge) 10
13. 22:23.36 ~ Carly Canavan (Chiles) 10
14. 22:23.69 ~ Anna Gill (Leon) 10
15. 22:24.34 ~ Alexis Hart (Chiles) 10

Because of the yellowjacket infestation, the course for the boys' 5K was hurriedly adjusted, making it closer to three miles than to five kilometers. At the halfway point of the somewhat abbreviated race, Valdosta junior Matthew Baun was leading, with Thomas Country Central senior Sam Gelabert close behind. Lee County senior Robert Grooms and Bainbridge junior Poncherella Leonard followed in third and fourth. Baun started to fade during the second half of the race, passed first by Gelabert and then by Leonard . With 800 meters to go, Gelabert led the field with Leonard six seconds back.


Half a kilometer out, Gelabert still had his six-second lead, but "Ponch" was making a move. This was the first season of cross country for the Bainbridge junior, but Leonard had 52.15 400 and 1:58.16 800 credentials from the track, and he displayed some of that speed on the way to the finish line. Leonard overtook Gelabert and then ran away from him, speeding to a 15:47 win. Gelabert was second in 15:58. Grooms held off a late charge from Leon senior Adam Wallenfelsz to take third, both runners clocked in 16:06.


A Leon Lion also grabbed fifth place, with sophomore Matt Cashin running 16:10. After Baun (6th, 16:12), two more Leon runners crossed the finish line--senior James Dodson (7th, 16:30) and junior Colter Foster--giving the Lions four runners in the top ten. Leon sophomore Jacob Dodson (12th, 17:02) finished the scoring for the Lions, giving the team 36 points and the top spot among fourteen teams. Bainbridge was second with 89 points. Third place came down to a tiebreaker. Led by sophomore Jimmy Bolen (13th, 17:06), Chiles had 118 points, but so did Valdosta. Chiles' sixth runner, senior Duncan Proctor (38th, 18:22), finished 53 seconds ahead of Valdosta's sixth runner, granting third place to Chiles.


2015 Yellow Jacket XC Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Leon, 36
2. Bainbridge, 89
3. Chiles, 118
4. Valdosta, 118
5. Thomas County Central, 124
6. Lee County, 142
7. Worth County, 232
8. Colquitt County, 232
9. Americus-Sumter, 251
10. Lincoln, 255
11. Westover, 258
12. Cairo, 297
13. Thomasville, 352
14. Pelham, 410

Top 15 High School Boys, 23rd annual Yellow Jacket XC Invitational

1. 15:46.63 ~ Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge) 11
2. 15:57.11 ~ Sam Gelabert (Thomas County Central) 12
3. 16:05.17 ~ Robert Grooms (Lee County) 12
4. 16:05.47 ~ Adam Wallenfelsz (Leon) 12
5. 16:09.53 ~ Matthew Cashin (Leon) 10
6. 16:11.40 ~ Matthew Baun (Valdosta) 11
7. 16:29.71 ~ James Dodson (Leon) 12
8. 16:41.54 ~ Colter Foster (Leon) 11
9. 16:42.01 ~ Jake Merritt (Colquitt County) 10
10. 16:53.92 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 9
11. 16:58.17 ~ Donovan Duchene (Lincoln) 11
12. 17:01.29 ~ Jacob Dodson (Leon) 10
13. 17:05.89 ~ Jimmy Bolen (Chiles) 10
14. 17:09.87 ~ Francisco Centeno (Valdosta) 11
15. 17:10.66 ~ Salvado Alonzo (Cairo) 12

The meet concluded with the middle school race. Thomas County seventh-grader Anna James won the girls' competition, running the two-mile course in 14:51. Seventh-grader Meg Houston of Pataula Charter was second in 15:25, and Thomas County eighth-grader Megan Curry was third in 15:40. Thomas County also got scoring performances from eighth-graders Gabriella Hough (8th, 17:53), Emma Goff (9th, 18:00), and Lexie Knapp (27th, 22:43), yielding a team total of 37 points and first place. Led by eighth-grader Leslie Nuneez (5th, 16:23), Colquitt County was a close second with 40 points. MacIntyre Park was third with 50 points; their top scorer was eighth-grader Addie Rinehart (4th, 16:20).


2015 Yellow Jacket XC Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Thomas County, 37
2. Colquitt County, 40
3. MacIntyre Park, 50

Top 15 Middle School Girls, 23rd annual Yellow Jacket XC Invitational

1. 14:50.66 ~ Anna James (Thomas County) 7
2. 15:24.03 ~ Meg Houston (Pataula Charter) 7
3. 15:39.43 ~ Megan Curry (Thomas County) 8
4. 16:19.26 ~ Addie Rinehart (MacIntyre Park) 8
5. 16:22.61 ~ Leslie Nuneez (Colquitt County) 8
6. 16:25.04 ~ Angel Lowe (MacIntyre Park) 8
7. 17:15.73 ~ Daliza Gachuz (Colquitt County) 8
8. 17:52.90 ~ Gabriella Hough (Thomas County) 8
9. 17:59.69 ~ Emma Goff (Thomas County) 8
10. 18:05.12 ~ Callie Lauder (Whigham) 8
11. 18:08.77 ~ Emily Everson (Pataula Charter) 7
12. 18:19.42 ~ Rebecca Jenkins (Colquitt County) 7
13. 18:21.50 ~ Lizette Nunez (Colquitt County) 6
14. 18:24.48 ~ Kathrine Brooke Wrigh (Colquitt County) 6
15. 18:28.42 ~ Madison Gonzales (Colquitt County) 7

Americus-Sumter eighth-grader Jesus Rivera led the middle school boys, winning the two-mile race in 13:06. MacIntyre Park seventh-grader Baylen Young was second in 13:34, followed by two more MacIntyre Park runners--seventh-grader Lawson Brinkley (3rd, 14:00) and eighth-grader Nicholas Peralta. Seventh-grader Christian Sadler (15th, 15:05)and eighth-grader Sam Bruhn (21st, 15:30) completed MacIntyre Park's team total of 34 points, good for first place. Led by eighth-grader Zach Goff (6th, 14:06), Thomas County was second with 39 points. Colquitt County was third with 80 points behind their top scorer, sixth-grader Case Gregory (7th, 14:18).


2015 Yellow Jacket XC Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. MacIntyre Park, 34
2. Thomas County, 39
3. Colquitt County, 80
4. Whigham, 86

Top 15 Middle School Boys, 23rd annual Yellow Jacket XC Invitational

1. 13:05.67 ~ Jesus Rivera (Americus-Sumter) 8
2. 13:33.29 ~ Baylen Young (MacIntyre Park) 7
3. 13:59.14 ~ Lawson Brinkley (MacIntyre Park) 7
4. 14:03.44 ~ Nicholas Peralta (MacIntyre Park) 8
5. 14:04.60 ~ Cameron Cooper (Whigham) 8
6. 14:05.47 ~ Zach Goff (Thomas County) 8
7. 14:17.12 ~ Case Gregory (Colquitt County) 6
8. 14:30.21 ~ Cameron Wilbourn (Thomas County) 6
9. 14:44.30 ~ Keith Spencer (Thomas County) 7
10. 14:44.94 ~ Aidan Gourley (Worth County) 6
11. 14:49.42 ~ Josh Hunt (Worth County) 5
12. 15:00.60 ~ JP Mitchell (Thomas County) 8
13. 15:01.33 ~ Bani Braswell (Thomas County) 6
14. 15:01.83 ~ Hurston Waldrep (Whigham) 8
15. 15:04.48 ~ Christian Sadler (MacIntyre Park) 7

Thomas County Central Yellow Jacket Invitational Cross-Country Meet Team Champs, 2008 - 2015
Date	Boys	Girls
18 October 2008	Tift County, 32 points	Valdosta, 30 points
17 October 2009
16 October 2010
15 October 2011
20 October 2012
19 October 2013	Maclay, 41	Maclay, 30
25 October 2014	Thomas County Central, 74	Berrien County, 47
17 October 2015	Leon, 36	Leon, 44

Thomas County Central Yellow Jacket Invitational Cross-Country Meet Individual Winners, 2008 - 2015
Date	Boys	Girls
18 October 2008	16:59, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County)	21:12, JaCourtney Alexander (Cairo)
17 October 2009
16 October 2010
15 October 2011
20 October 2012
19 October 2013	16:13, Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11	19:44, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
25 October 2014	16:25, Wil Luca (Leon) 12	20:58, Rebekah Smith (Thomasville) 11
17 October 2015	15:47, Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge) 11	20:07, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 11

Links

• Complete results of Thomas County Central's 2015 Yellow Jacket Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-WMc9wLRz9fy4sNG1XGVLRubXdDQSpiwB4EEM6A58BY/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of Thomas County Central's 2015 Yellow Jacket Cross-Country Invitational
  
  • HS Girls: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10106800326183663.1073742137.5215641&l=07fd2784d4
    
  • HS Boys: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10106801992763823.1073742138.5215641&l=18f4f72748
    
  • MS Race: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10106803321007013.1073742139.5215641&l=d7f28c7bc5
    
  
  
• 2014 story, “Wil Luca, Rebekah Smith finish the season right at Yellow Jacket Cross Country Meet”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/yellowjacket-xc-2014.html
  
  
• Can't get an invitation? Find an open race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1523

Victories at the Hornet Nest for the Bainbridge boys and Thomas County Central girls

Whatever the GHSA calendar may say, high school cross country in Southwest Georgia doesn't start until the annual Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational. This year the region's harriers raced in that opener on Saturday morning, 22 August 2015. The Bainbridge High Bearcats took the boy's title for the third year in a row scoring a nearly-unbeatable 30 points, while Bearcat sophomore Poncherella Leonard won individual honors with a 17:34. On the girls' side Thomas County Central totaled 75 points to reign as the top team. Colquitt County sophomore Elizabeth Funderburk was the winning individual in the girls' 5K, running 21:04.


The high school competition at the Invitational opened with the girls' 5K. The race was all Elizabeth Funderburk's; the Colquitt County Packer sophomore's 21:04 put her more than 150 meters ahead of the next athlete. However, Funderburk was the Packer's only runner in the top 20, which didn't bode well for the Colquitt County's chances in the team standings. Meanwhile, the Thomas County Central Yellowjackets not only had sophomore Cara Eaton finish second in 21:48, but also had sophomore Jinglei Horchler crack the top ten with a 24:20 ninth-place finish. The Yellowjackets put four runners in the top fifteen, then sealed victory and a 75-point total with a 41st-place 29:14 showing from junior Logan Covington. Close behind the Yellowjackets, Tift County edged Lee County for second, 81 to 82. Tift County was led by sophomore Ashlee Golden (7th, 23:56), and Lee County by junior Ansley Cain (11th, 24:32).


Team Standings, High School Girls 5K

1. Thomas County Central, 75
2. Tift County, 81
3. Lee County, 82
4. Bainbridge, 93
5. Worth County, 107
6. Colquitt County, 110
7. Pelham, 158
8. Valdosta, 171
9. Cairo, 258

Top Ten, High School Girls 5K

1. 21:03.13 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 10
2. 21:47.23 ~ Cara Eaton (Thomas County Central) 10
3. 22:18.56 ~ Kennedy Rutherford (Worth County)
4. 22:49.05 ~ Uriyah Davis (Bainbridge) 10
5. 22:57.38 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula) 11
6. 23:11.02 ~ Jamey Medders (Worth County)
7. 23:55.56 ~ Ashlee Golden (Tift County) 10
8. 24:15.53 ~ Madeline Mathis (Valdosta) 11
9. 24:19.89 ~ Jinglei Horchler (Thomas County Central) 10
10. 24:29.69 ~ Monica Webb (Pelham) 11

The bad news for everyone in the boys' 5K was that an error by the timing company running the finish line made it impossible to compile complete results for the race. The bad news for everyone but Bainbridge was that you didn't need complete results to tell that the Bearcats had won again. Even worse news for everyone but Bainbridge was that the Bearcats took the top two places in the race with a sophomore and a freshman--Poncharella Leonard (1st, 17:34) and Caleb Harris (2nd, 18:07)--two athletes that runners in the area could be chasing for the next three years. That one-two finish started Bainbridge toward a winning total of 30 points. Behind the third-place 18:43 finish of senior Sam Gelabert, Thomas County Central placed second with 40 points.


Team Standings, High School Boys 5K

1. Bainbridge, 30
2. Thomas County Central, 40
3. Colquitt County, 101
4. Early County, 104
5. Cairo, 106

Top Ten, High School Boys 5K

1. 17:33.28 ~ Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge) 10
2. 18:06.09 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 9
3. 18:42.02 ~ Sam Gelabert (Thomas County Central) 12
4. 18:55.57 ~ Jake Merritt (Colquitt County) 10
5. 18:56.61 ~ Salvado Alonzo (Cairo) 12
6. 19:07.24 ~ Noah Owens (Thomas County Central) 10
7. 19:15.21 ~ Conley Wilhelm (Thomas County Central) 12
8. 19:36.09 ~ Bennett Enfinger (Bainbridge) 12
9. 19:42.29 ~ Perry Waddell (Bainbridge) 12
10. 20:00.09 ~ Brenden Greene (Bainbridge) 12

Tift Middle Schools' eighth-grader Emily Golden was dominating in the middle school girls' two mile, running 13:28 and finishing more than 250 meters ahead of the next runner, Brianna Zupko (2nd, 14:37) of Worth County. Aside from Golden, Tift had three other athletes in the top ten--sixth-graders Caroline Vickers (6th, 15:35) and Ainsley Toews (8th, 15:42), plus seventh-grader Noelia Sandoval (10th, 16:05). Eighth-grader Alexandria Vaughn (11th, 16:15) wasn't far behind, giving her team a total of 32 points and the win. Led by sixth-grader Emily Phillips (3rd, 14:50), Lee County was seocond in the team standings with 85 points, just ahead of the 91 scored by third-place Valdosta.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls Two Mile

1. Tift, 32
2. Lee County, 85
3. Valdosta, 91
4. Whigham, 107
5. Thomas County Central, 129
6. Bainbridge, 152
7. Pataula, 167
8. Colquitt County, 169

Top Ten, Middle School Girls Two Mile

1. 13:27.09 ~ Emily Golden (Tift) 8
2. 14:36.05 ~ Brianna Zupko (Worth County)
3. 14:49.13 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 6
4. 14:50.19 ~ Anna James (Thomas County Central)
5. 15:19.05 ~ Renn Whitley (Whigham) 8
6. 15:34.05 ~ Caroline Vickers (Tift) 6
7. 15:40.94 ~ Victoria Natoli (Lee County) 8
8. 15:41.49 ~ Ainsley Toews (Tift) 6
9. 15:48.80 ~ Meg Houston (Pataula) 7
10. 16:04.45 ~ Noelia Sandoval (Tift) 7

Valdosta eighth-grader won the boys' two mile with a 12:29, just ahead of the 12:39 posted by runner-up Bryce Stephens, a Tift seventh-grader. However, it was the Lee County boys who won the team title. Lee County put sixth-grader Josh Macklin (4th, 12:55), eighth-grader Ben Phillips (5th, 13:03), and eighth-grader Walker Pinson (8th, 13:24) in the top ten. Four more runners Lee County runners made the top twenty, including scorers Will Tomlinson (11th, 13:58) and Robbie Collins (15th, 14:17), both in the seventh grade. It was enough to give Lee County a winning total of 43 points. Valdosta was a distance second with 97 points. Bainbridge squeaked by Thomas County Central for third, 106 to 107, Bainbridge led by eighth-grader Stokes Moore (3rd, 12:49) and Central by eighth-grader Brandon Hopper (14th, 14:10).


Whether their season ends with the Georgia State Middle School Cross Country Championships in Cochran on 17 October 2015 or the GHSA State Cross Country Championships in Carrollton on 7 November 2015, all of these athletes have a lot of racing ahead of them this fall.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys Two Mile

1. Lee County, 43
2. Valdosta, 97
3. Bainbridge, 106
4. Thomas County Central, 107
5. Tift, 123
6. Early County, 140
7. Whigham, 154
8. Worth County, 203
9. Colquitt County, 238
10. Pataula, 259

Top Ten, Middle School Boys Two Mile

1. 12:28.49 ~ Ladarius Dumas (Valdosta) 8
2. 12:38.86 ~ Bryce Stephens (Tift) 7
3. 12:48.35 ~ Stokes Moore (Bainbridge) 8
4. 12:54.35 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 6
5. 13:02.94 ~ Benjamin Phillips (Lee County) 8
6. 13:08.07 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 7
7. 13:13.60 ~ Hurston Waldrep (Whigham) 8
8. 13:23.34 ~ Walker Pinson (Lee County) 8
9. 13:25.88 ~ Rand McDonald (Early County) 7
10. 13:39.39 ~ Case Gregory (Colquitt County) 6

Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational team champions, 2013 - 2015
Date	HS Boys	HS Girls
24 August 2013	Bainbridge, 27	Valdosta, 40 points
23 August 2014	Bainbridge, 30	Valdosta, 64
22 August 2015	Bainbridge, 30	Thomas County Central, 75

Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational individual champions, 2013 - 2015
Date	HS Boys	HS Girls
24 August 2013	17:48, Chase Harris (Bainbridge)	21:51, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge)
23 August 2014	16:51, Chase Harris (Bainbridge)	22:39, Janie Plowden (Westover)
22 August 2015	17:34, Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge)	21:04, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt Co.)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Pelham Hornet Cross-Country Invitational
  
  • HS Girls' 5K: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384904
    
  • HS Boys' 5K: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384902
    
  • MS Girls' 2M: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384905
    
  • MS Boys' 2M: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384903
    
  
  
• 2014 story, “Valdosta girls and Bainbridge boys repeat in the heat at Hornet Invitational”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/hornet-invite-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Valdosta girls, Bainbridge boys take season opener in Pelham”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/hornet-invite-2013.html
  
  
• Course maps, 2015 Pelham Hornet Cross-Country Invitational
  
  • 5K: https://app.box.com/s/swf0ka4bsnjf8msfsg6vloy4xsw01stu
    
  • 2 Mile: https://app.box.com/s/2m1u1yk2ib1egqv9i5nv74yd8j7iipb8
    
  
  
• Get out there and run one of the races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1468