North Florida's Fastest 5 Girls
(Photo by Chris Tucker)
Alyson Churchill (Freshman, Lincoln)
Freshman Alyson Churchill continues a phenomenal season and beginning to her high school career. The past weekend Alyson won the 17th Annual Bainbridge Bearcat Invitational in Bainbridge, Georgia running a PR of 18:05 for 5k. Ranked first in the north Florida area as a freshman, Alyson has already gone from running 19:20 at the start of the season only about a month ago to running her new PR of 18:05 in Georgia. Exciting times and races are ahead for Alyson Churchill of Lincoln.
Kayley Delay (Senior, Fletcher)
Kayley is enjoying her senior season with early racing success. Winning both the Bale-n-Trail and University of North Florida invitational Delay ran away from the rest of the competition early on in both races. Delay could be seen at both meets far ahead from the rest of the competition looking steady and in control. With higher levels of competition as we head farther into the season expect exciting times to be run from Kayley Delay.
Caitlin Collier (Junior, Bolles)
Bolles Junior Caitlin Collier ranks 3rd in the north Florida area. Caitlin ran 18:49 for 1st place opening at the Spikes and Spurs Classic. She then went on to run 18:41 at the Florida Horse Park Invitational finishing in 1st again. With two wins under her belt we look forward to Caitlin's next race of the season. In 2015 Caitlin finished 1st at 2A Districts and 2A Regionals as well as 2nd at the state meet.
Ally Hajda (Senior, Bolles)
Another Bolles athlete, Senior Ally Hajda ranks in 4th. Ally has run well so far her senior season finishing behind her teammate Caitlin Collier for 2nd at both Spikes and Spurs and Florida Horse Park. Running 18:56 so far this season and with the ability to run in the middle 18's based on past performances senior year is just heating up for Ally.
Ana Wallace (Junior, Chiles)
Junior Ana Wallace is running faster each race. Opening with a 3rd place finish at the Cougar XC Challenge running a 20:06, Ana has lowered that time from 19:21 at the Bale-n-Trail with a 2nd place finish, to running a new PR of 18:58 at the Florida Horse Park finishing 3rd. Ana showed her speed in the spring track season winning the 1600m in a time of 5:05 at the 3A Regional. With a nice finish to her track season and a great start to his cross country season keep a lookout for Anna Wallace of Chiles.