UF GATOR MOUNTAIN DEW INVITATIONAL
HS Boys Invitational
Tampa Jesuit redeemed itself after losing to Sickles last week. The Tigers got their first win of the year, beating out PK Yonge by one point! Sickles placed third, 11 points behind Jesuit. PK Yonge had a team average of 16:59 to Jesuit's 17:11, although the average was skewed thanks to the Anderson twins who finished in 1st and 3rd places--each with a sub-16 time.
Michael Anderson beat out Kyle Cooke for the individual win, 15:40 to 15:53. Geoff Anderson and Eric Larson (Pensacola Washington) also put up sub-16 times.
HS Girls Invitational
Satellite pulled off the upset win over Holy Trinity with a stellar top four and a solid performance from #5 runner Alisa Kowaleski, who is starting to step it up for the Scorpions. Holy Trinity had a good showing, anchored by Kayla Hale who won the race easily with a time of 17:48. Satellite averaged 19:49 to HTA's 20:14 for a 22 poitn victory. Melbourne was also impressive, just 3 points behind Holy Trinity with a team average of 20:39. The Space Coast is proving to be a real hot bed for girls cross country this season!
Hailey Neal of King's Academy took second place with a time of 18:37. She was followed by Ashlyn Bickwermert at 19:04 and a 3-pack of Satellite athletes Kaitlin Shiver, Juliana Stern, and Ashley Shiver (19:06, 19:15, 19:19).
EDGEWATER INVITATIONAL
4A Boys
Warwick Valley, NY invaded Orlando and dominated the area teams. The Purple Wave put their top five in the top ten for a 66 point victory over second place Winter Park (31-97). Lyman and Boone were the next two teams in line with 122 and 125 points a piece.
Terence Prial scored one point for Warwick with a 15:51 victory. Bobby Saltsman of Lyman was next, continuing his great start to the season with a time of 16:03. Zack Price (Warwick), Alex Wills (Boone), and Kyle Miller (Timber Creek) came next. And let us not forget to mention notorious forum personality Seth Proctor with his new PR performance: 16:30 for sixth place.
1A-3A Boys
Trinity Prep took a 28 point victory over Lake Howell 53 to 81. John Culver was the individual champion with a time of 17:10.
4A Girls
The Lake Highland girls stepped up into the big division and performed well, but not quite well enough. Winter Park made a big statement with a 52 point victory, 62-114. WP had a 31 second 1-5 split and averaged 20:49. Highland meanwhile shined up front through three, but struggled to close the deal with 4 and 5.
Ericka Langhauser of Oviedo continued to shine with a 19:37 winning effort over Boone's Brittany Koziara (19:52).
1A-3A Girls
Trinity Prep had no trouble taking the team title. Nor did Astronaut's Devin Spoerle, her second win in as many weeks--20:23 was her time, almost a minute better than second place Meg Casscells-Hamby of TP.
BALE-N-TRAIL
Boys
Besides Coach Scott Gowan's assertion that the team was "taking it easy" this week to prepare for Great American, there was nothing easy-looking about their performance. The Chiles boys had a 25 second 1-5 split, ranging from Chris Renneker's 16:36 to 17:01 and their 6-7 finished in 17:05 and 17:18. Impessive.
Bartram Trail and Flagler Palm Coast had a tight battle for second. The Trail edged FPC by 3 points, besides FPC's team average of 16:57 besting Bartram Trail's 17:06. FPC was helped by another stellar performance by Anthony Morales whose 15:42 easily took the individual title. Wolfon's Francisco Garcia had a PR day with a time of 15:58 and finished in second.
Girls
Bartram Trail really stepped up the game here and proved they should be considered one of the very best girls teams in the state. They placed 7 under 21 and had a top five team average of 20:09 (23 second 1-5 split) on the fast but accurate Bartram Trail course. Bishop Kenny was also impressive, just 7 points back, with a team average of 20:17 and a 47 second 1-5 split.
Coming from out of no where, without a single previouslly recorded elite performance, Chloe Kowalski of Pensacola Catholic took the individual title with a time of 19:38.
SPANISH RIVER INVITATIONAL
Ferguson boys beat out St. Thomas Aquinas. Miami Columbus was third. Emily Amaro runs 17:20 in the girls race!
Why try to reinvent the wheel? Here are links to two great meet summary articles by local Sun-Sentinel journalist Sharon Robb:
Castillo Outleans Burke
Amaro Runs 17:20
HOMESTEAD INVITATIONAL
Boys Varsity
Southwest Miami finished on top over Key West 49-78. Jose Arrapalo of American HS won in 18:08.
Girls Varsity
Kaneesha Knowles (21:32) lead Miami Southridge over Homestead 34-49.
LECANTO INVITATIONAL
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CALVARY CLASSIC
Boys Varsity
Indian Rocks squeaked out a two point win over Shorecrest Prep, 58-60. Calvary Christian's Joe Cathey had a breakout performance, winning by well over a minute with a time of 16:29.
Girls Varsity
In reverse of the boys race, Shorecrest Prep squeaked out the one point victory over Indian Rocks, 42-43. Lakeland Christian's girls scored 70 points for third place. Lakeland Christian seventh grader Rebecca "Spookie" Eaves won the individual title by over a minute with a time of 19:51. Sarah and Lindsey Evans of Shorecrest Prep were next with times of 20:53 and 21:03.
GODBY CHALLENGE
Boys Varsity
Lincoln defeated Maclay by five points, 42-47. Joe Franklin of Godby had a sizeable victory with a time of 16:55. Sophomore Whitney Strickland of North Florida Christian was in second place in 17:33.
Girls Varsity
Maclay girls took an easy win--21 points (1-2-3-6-11). Lincoln was next closest with 41 points. Laura Hempel won the meet with a time of 20:43.
MUDDY MOBILE
Donald Davis of Pine Forest HS won the boys varsity race in a time of 17:30 on a hilly course on the campus of the University of Mobile. The Pine Forest boys placed 3rd of 17 teams behind Navarre HS of Navarre FL and Spanish Fort HS of Spanish Fort, Alabama.
TRITON INVITATIONAL
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