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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Solomon Stevens and Haleigh Martin repeat in 2A District 2

Solomon Stevens, Evan GarrisonThe Florida High School Athletic Association groups the cross country teams of the state into four different classes, each competing in sixteen different districts. This means that the state championship series in the sport opens with no fewer than 64 different district championships meets, spread out across Florida. That's 64 events looking for a venue. For the site of the class 2A District 2 Meet on Tuesday afternoon, 20 October 2015, Wakulla High got permission to use 3Y Ranch, a place where no one had ever held a cross country race before.


On that farm outside of Crawfordville, Florida, competition opened with the boys' 5K race. Suwannee sophomore Micah Hilliard set the early pace for the field. When Hilliard faded Timothy Choe, another Suwannee sophomore, took over the lead. The whole time, though, Rickards seniors Solomon Stevens and Evan Garrison were stalking Choe. With a kilometer to go Stevens and Garrison took over. Stevens got the district title, placing first in 17:39, while Garrison took second in 17:40. Choe was third in 17:51.


Timothy ChoeWakulla junior Bryce Cole was fourth in 18:02, but after a fifth-place 18:21 from Suwannee's Hilliard, the next six places belonged to Wakulla. Joining Cole in scoring for the Eagles were sophomore Caleb Wiedeman (6th, 18:31), sophomore Dylan Peebles (7th, 18:49), sophomore Dalten Wood (8th, 1:54), and senior Albert Smythe (9th, 18:57). Those five gave their Wakulla team 34 points and first place in District 2. Suwannee edged Rickards 68 to 70 for second. Those three teams advanced to the 2A Region 1 Meet in Lake City on Saturday, 31 October 2015. Florida High, fourth with 71 points, did not advance, but qualified three runners for the Region--frosh Ashton Smith (13th, 19:29), sophomore Mason McGalliard (14th, 19:50), and eighth-grader Morgan Castano (15th, 19:56). Marianna sophomore Bowen Rudd (10th, 18:59) also qualified as an individual for the Region 1 meet.


2015 FHSAA 2A District 2 Team Standings, Boys
  1. Wakulla, 34
  2. Suwannee, 68
  3. Rickards, 70
  4. Florida State, 71

2015 FHSAA 2A District 2 Top 15 Boys
  1. 17:38.11 ~ Solomon Stevens (Rickards) 12Top 15 boys at FHSAA's 2015 2A District 2 Cross Country Meet
  2. 17:39.58 ~ Evan Garrison (Rickards) 12
  3. 17:50.78 ~ Timothy Choe (Suwannee) 10
  4. 18:01.04 ~ Bryce Cole (Wakulla) 11
  5. 18:20.29 ~ Micah Hilliard (Suwannee) 10
  6. 18:30.93 ~ Caleb Wiedeman (Wakulla) 10
  7. 18:48.70 ~ Dylan Peebles (Wakulla) 10
  8. 18:53.74 ~ Dalten Wood (Wakulla) 10
  9. 18:56.77 ~ Albert Smythe (Wakulla) 12
  10. 18:57.42 ~ Alexander Smythe (Wakulla) 11
  11. 18:58.23 ~ Evan Guarino (Wakulla) 12
  12. 18:58.44 ~ Bowen Rudd (Marianna) 10
  13. 19:28.37 ~ Ashton Smith (Florida State) 9
  14. 19:49.15 ~ Mason McGalliard (Florida State) 10
  15. 19:55.52 ~ Morgan Castano (Florida State) 8

Haleigh MartinWakulla junior Haleigh Martin led the girls' 5K race from the start, but Florida State sixth-grader Tonie Morgan wouldn't go away. Morgan trailed Martin by as much as 20 seconds in the middle of the race, but began to narrow that gap during the final kilometer. With 400 meters to go Morgan was only four seconds behind Martin. With the finish line in sight, though, Martin began to pull away, going on to win in 21:11, successfully defending her 2014 2A District 2 title. Morgan was second in 21:19, and Wakulla senior Connie Lewis third in 21:58.


Florida State got a fourth-place 22:35 finish from frosh Summer Williams, and scoring performances from seventh-grader Olivia Dean (7th, 23:21), seventh-grader Ricondra Barrington (14th, 24:49), and frosh Jordan Jones (15th, 25:00). With that, Florida State had 38 points and the team title. Wakulla was second with 49 points. Suwannee, led by the eighth place 23:35 performance of sophomore Natalie Lord, was third with 60 points. Those three teams advanced to the 2A Region 1 Meet. Qualifying as individuals were Rickards junior Mezindia Nkembo (5th, 22:53), Taylor County senior Meagan Giddens (9th, 23:43), Rickards sophomore Mattie Mooney McMillan (11th, 24:14), and Taylor County frosh Haley Armstrong (13th, 24:48).


2015 FHSAA 2A District 2 Team Standings, Girls
  1. Florida State, 38
  2. Wakulla, 49
  3. Suwannee, 60
  4. Rickards, 84
  5. Marianna, 120

2015 FHSAA 2A District 2 Top 15 Girls
  1. 21:10.83 ~ Haleigh Martin (Wakulla) 11Top 15 boys at FHSAA's 2015 2A District 2 Cross Country Meet
  2. 21:18.85 ~ Tonie Morgan (Florida State) 6
  3. 21:57.31 ~ Constance Lewis (Wakulla) 12
  4. 22:34.20 ~ Summer Williams (Florida State) 9
  5. 22:52.34 ~ Mezindia Nkembo (Rickards) 11
  6. 23:07.24 ~ Alyssa Langston (Wakulla) 9
  7. 23:20.71 ~ Olivia Dean (Florida State) 7
  8. 23:34.29 ~ Natalie Lord (Suwannee) 10
  9. 23:42.11 ~ Meagan Giddens (Taylor County) 12
  10. 24:11.33 ~ Alexis Thompson (Suwannee) 10
  11. 24:13.25 ~ Mattie Mooney McMillan (Rickards) 10
  12. 24:27.40 ~ Courtney Sasso (Suwannee) 9
  13. 24:47.41 ~ Haley Armstrong (Taylor County) 9
  14. 24:48.61 ~ Ricondra Barrington (Florida State) 7
  15. 24:59.77 ~ Jordan Jones (Florida State) 9

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

A Wakulla day at District 2-2A

Haleigh MartinThe Wakulla War Eagles swept the team titles at the District 2-2A Cross Country Championships, hosted by Rickards High School at the Apalacheee Regional Park Cross Country Course on Saturday morning, 1 November 2014. It was the third year in a row that the War Eagles had swept the meet. Wakulla sophomore Haleigh Martin won the girls' race in 20:01, and Rickards junior Solomon Stevens led the boys' race with a 17:23.


The harriers of FSUS, Marianna, Rickards, Taylor County, and Wakulla got a preview of the State Meet course in their District 2-2A races. More than track and more than road racing, cross country is ruled by conditions. Conditions were great the morning of the District Meet. ARPXC was in excellent shape and the temperatures were in the 40s. A stiff wind was blowing from the west, a tailwind for the athletes on the top part of the course. On the bottom part of the course, the runners were sheltered from any headwind by the woods.


"Four of our girls ran PRs," reported one of the coaches.


Meagan GiddensHaleigh Martin didn't run her best time, but she did run fast. The Wakulla sophomore headed to the front right after the start of the race. Taylor County junior Meagan Giddens, the 2012 District 2-2A champion, ran with Martin during the first 800 meters. After that, Martin took command, leading by 40 seconds at the halfway point. The second half was more of the same, as Martin went on to win by over 300 meters in 20:01. Giddens took second in 21:29. Wakulla senior Lydia Wiedeman was third in 22:03, and the War Eagles also got top ten finishes from junior Constance Lewis (5th, 22:10), sophomore Juliana Prestia (8th, 23:08), and sophomore Emily Lawrence (9th, 23:54). That gave Wakulla a near-perfect score of 17 points and the 2014 District 2 girls' title.


Led by the 23:05 seventh-place finish of eighth-grader Summer Williams, Florida State University School took second in the team standings with 45 points. Both Wakulla and FSUS advance to the Region 1-2A Championship on Thursday, 6 November 2014 in Pensacola. Meagan Giddens also qualified for the Region, as did Rickards athletes Mezindia Nkembo and Carina Richardson, Mariana's Natasha Smith, Taylor County's Ruth Anne McGehee, and Marianna's Amanda Carnley.


Girls' Team Standings, 2014 FHSAA District 2-2A Cross Country Championships
  1. Wakulla, 17 *
  2. Florida State, 45 *
* Team advances to the Region 1 Championships


Top Ten Girls, 2014 FHSAA District 2-2A Cross Country Championships
  1. 20:00.27 ~ Haleigh Martin (Wakulla) 102014 District 2-2A Girls Cross Country
  2. 21:28.86 ~ Meagan Giddens (Taylor County) 11
  3. 22:02.34 ~ Lydia Wiedeman (Wakulla) 12
  4. 22:05.31 ~ Mezindia Nkembo (Rickards) 10
  5. 22:09.71 ~ Constance Lewis (Wakulla) 11
  6. 22:24.91 ~ Carina Richardson (Rickards) 9
  7. 23:04.47 ~ Summer Williams (Florida State) 8
  8. 23:08.00 ~ Juliana Prestia (Wakulla) 10
  9. 23:53.93 ~ Emily Lawrence (Wakulla) 10
  10. 24:09.47 ~ Natasha Smith (Marianna) 12

Solomon StevensUnlike the girls' race, the boys' 5K was far from over at the halfway point. A tight group of five runners crested The Wall together the first time around the course--Rickards Raiders Solomon Stevens, Abraham Grandison, and Evan Garrison, plus Bryce Cole and Lane Williams of the Wakulla War Eagles. Williams dropped off the pace, then Garrison. With a kilometer to go, the fight for the lead was down to Stevens, Grandison, and Cole.


Solomon Stevens broke away on the second trip up The Wall, leaving Grandison and Cole fighting for second place. Stevens charged home to win in 17:23, while Cole outran Grandison on the homestretch to take second, 17:29 to 17:37. Rickards junior Evan Garrison edged Wakulla senior Lane Williams for fourth, 17:54 to 17:55, giving the Raiders three of the top four places. However, the next three finishers after Williams were the next three scorers for the War Eagles--junior Evan Guarino (6th, 18:24), senior Travis Parks (7th, 18:29), and senior James Piotrowski (8th, 18:44). With that, Wakulla had 28 points, the District 2-2A boys' title, and a spot on the starting line in the Region 1-2A meet. Rickards and Florida State University School also advanced to Region, respectively placing second with 42 points and third with 69 points.


Boys' Team Standings, 2014 FHSAA District 2-2A Cross Country Championships
  1. Wakulla, 28 *
  2. Rickards, 42 *
  3. Florida State, 69 *
  4. Marianna, 105
* Team advances to the Region 1 Championships


Top Ten Boys, 2014 FHSAA District 2-2A Cross Country Championships
  1. 17:22.33 ~ Solomon Stevens (Rickards) 112014 District 2-2A Boys Cross Country
  2. 17:28.54 ~ Bryce Cole (Wakulla) 10
  3. 17:36.70 ~ Abraham Grandison (Rickards) 12
  4. 17:53.67 ~ Evan Garrison (Rickards) 11
  5. 17:54.94 ~ Lane Williams (Wakulla) 12
  6. 18:23.05 ~ Evan Guarino (Wakulla) 11
  7. 18:28.24 ~ Travis Parks (Wakulla) 12
  8. 18:43.65 ~ James Piotrowski (Wakulla) 12
  9. 18:46.66 ~ James Story (Wakulla) 10
  10. 18:49.24 ~ Jahaz Morgan (Florida State) 6

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