Listed below are the Final Selections and Alternates for this upcoming weekend's FACA Senior All-Star Classic. Please read all of the following information thoroughly. Thank you.
Girls FACA Senior All-Star Selections:
Evie McIver - Winter Springs HS |
Brooke Mullins - Harmony HS |
Katie Ranck - Windermere High School |
Kennedy Arterburn - Winter Springs HS |
Caroline Reilly - Sarasota Riverview HS |
Melissa Winckler - Ida S. Baker HS |
Juliet St. Angelo - Lake Howell HS |
Naila Etique - Nease HS |
North Girls -- Final Selections
Lillian Unger - Leon HS |
Lillian Holtery - Niceville HS |
Emma Mussante - Middleburg HS |
Marisa Kortright - Fleming Island HS |
Nichole Harris - Ocala Forest HS |
Allison Drummond - Buchholz HS |
Paige Kelly - Niceville HS |
Elizabeth Segars - Niceville HS |
South Girls -- Final Selections
Eleanor Tymorek - Saint Andrew's HS |
Haley McCloskey - St. Thomas Aquinas HS |
Ashley Williams - Lourdes Academy |
Victoria Morera - Immaculata-LaSalle HS |
Summer Steere - Cypress Bay |
Isabella Juara - Immaculata-LaSalle HS |
Corrine Sypek - American Heritage (Boca Delray) |
Pia Beaulieu - Boca Raton |
West Girls -- Final Selections
Keleigh Scallon - Newsome HS |
Marissa Kempf - Sarasota HS |
Kasumi Wade - Sarasota HS |
Jacquelyn Abanses - George M. Steinbrenner |
Aleecia Collins - Charlotte HS |
Jessica Edwards - Canterbury School (Ft Myers) |
Delaney Hillman - Osceola HS (Seminole) |
Madison Hood - Estero HS |
Boys FACA Senior All-Star Selections:
East Boys -- Final Selections
Aiden Arnold - Winter Springs HS |
Marcus Lisman - Bishop Moore HS |
Ryan Ziskinder - Martin County HS |
Blake Lewis - Lake Mary HS |
Seth Augustynowski - Father Lopez Catholic |
Stephen Romer - Harmony HS |
Lorenzo Martinez - Gaither HS |
North Boys -- Final Selections
Francisco Ramirez - Pace HS |
Ryan Sloan - Fort Walton Beach HS |
Ashton Deriso - Ocala Forest HS |
Kiran Jaishankar - Buchholz HS |
Joshua Cills - Ponte Vedra HS |
Chris Flores - Fort Walton Beach HS |
Jacob Talmadge - Fort Walton Beach HS |
South Boys -- Final Selections
Zachariah John - FAU Henderson School |
Clyve Gassant - FAU Henderson School |
Sebastian Sanchez - St. Thomas Aquinas |
Zachary Rathburn - North Port HS |
Ethan Tank - SW Florida Christian Academy |
Cooper Krug - South Lake HS |
Rayaan Kader - Springstead HS |
West Boys -- Final Selections
Dalin Mitchell - Seffner Christian |
Jonathan Eide - Calvary Christian (Clearwater) |
Robert Stiff - Sarasota HS |
Mitchell Curtis - Mount Dora Christian Acad. |
Ogler Bartolon - Dunbar HS |
Nikolas Gibson - Mount Dora Christian Acad. |
Paul Kolsun - Fort Myers HS |
Luke Doyle - Berkeley Prep HS |
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Selection Process Notes:
The
F.A.C.A. All-Star Selection Committee has
selected these individuals & Alternates based on their
performances throughout
the season.
Please realize that these lists are put together objectively, by
comparing the three Watch Lists that were
published along with the State Championship results. Please realize that this is a very long and
tricky process which takes multiple hours in researching for all four
geographical locations and both genders.
We acknowledge that there are a variety of reasons as to why athletes perform they way they
do. From weather patterns, to course difficulties, to different racing
strategies, etc. Therefore it is virtually impossible to be able to compare every race situation and weekly head-to-head results for
the 300 hundred
plus athletes that have been ranked throughout this season; this is also
why legitimate 3.1 mile races are critical for helping maintain the
integrity of the flrunners database.
In the end, the selection committee does the best it can in putting together these lists in an unbiased manner and in a timely fashion, considering the amount of paperwork involved and considering how we are less than one week away from the Senior All-Star competition. We thank everyone in advance for their understanding that certain selections are not always indisputable, but selections must still be made.
Taking all of that into account, we also acknowledge that sometimes in the selection process there is human error, or even a computer glitch. So if there is a major issue, such as an athlete missing from the listing altogether, please contact Coach Bonnie Fleming (bonnie.fleming@outlook.com) and Coach Ryan Raposo (ryanraposo@gmail.com) immediately to let us know so we can fix the problem.
Selection
Information:
There will be up to
eight athletes per geographical location, per gender, that will be selected for
this competition. Traditionally the top seven selections are based on the
process listed above, and there is a certain amount of allowance
utilized for the final 8th (non-scoring, non-displacing) position; typically reserved for a
borderline athlete coming from the home school of the Senior All-Star
Coach. This is not always the case, but it helps give an extra incentive for
our All-Star Coaches who are going out of their way to volunteer with
this event.
Additionally, we will always be in contact with all athletes who are interested to compete although their team may have already been filled, but just in case another team may be short of athletes. There have been plenty of times where the 9th or 10th athlete in one geographical location has been used to fill the 7th and 8th positions on another team. So if you are interested, please make sure to let Coach Fleming and Coach Raposo know, even if you find yourself further down on the listing.
Content below refers to Accepting or Refusing selections:
If you have been selected, then you need to email Coach Fleming and Coach Raposo to receive your Final Instructions and competition paperwork. For all athletes who are listed as Attending, you should have received an email from Coach Fleming or Coach Raposo with that information. If you have not, please get in contact as soon as possible. Second, for athletes listed as Interested, if you have moved from the Alternates list into the current selections due to another athlete dropping out, then you should be receiving an email fairly soon with your Final Instructions and competition paperwork, and asking for verification that you're still planning on attending the competition.
Next, for those athletes listed in each Alternates section and that have not yet contacted us with your interest, please do so at your earliest convenience. Although you have not been selected, we will have many athletes that do not respond or drop out, and we wish to know your status. For those that have contacted us as being interested, please keep faith that many of you WILL BE selected within the next few days. Every year this process sees many athletes Decline, and selected athletes back out at the last minute, so make sure to be in contact with us and keep training just in case! Also, if you are listed as Interested and there is a Decline from the current top eight selection, and you are next on the Alternates section, you will be contacted to see if you still wish to compete.
Finally, and most important, in order to properly allow all interested athletes a fair opportunity to be able to compete, we please ask that all officially selected athletes send in their race confirmations or rejections by Tuesday, November 17th @ 9:00pm. Starting Tuesday evening @ 9:01pm, if we do not have a final confirmation from those currently selected, regardless of who they are, we will then open the race selections to the alternates and/or other interested athletes. We thank everyone for their interest in the competition, their understanding of their process, and their desire to compete!
INITIAL SELECTIONS LIST:
This is a living article and will be updated numerous times. Please look at it regularly to be up to date with the selections. This article was last updated, 11/19/20 @ 9:30am
Athletes who are listed as Attending will be highlighted in Green, Maybes are in Yellow, Declines are in Red, and those Interested are in Aqua.
Girls FACA Senior All-Star Selections:
Final selections are posted above.
Boys FACA Senior All-Star Selections:
Final selections are posted above.
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All-Star Paperwork Requirements:
Important Information for Senior All-Stars:
Listed below are the two main competition requirements as stipulated
by the Florida
Athletic Coaches Association for all high school sports and their
F.A.C.A. Senior All-Star games, tournaments, and competitions. Please
read everything below and contact us (see below) if you have any
questions.
Senior All-Star Selection Requirements:
1) Your high school coach must be a member of the Florida Athletic
Coaches Association.
- This is a requirement set forth by the F.A.C.A. Boards of Directors. If your
high school coach is a member, then you're good to go! If your high school
coach is not a member, then have your high school coach sign up! If you are
unsure of your coach's status, contact your high school coach and ask
them, or contact the F.A.C.A. Executive Director: Shelton Crews
to verify (flacoach@comcast.net).
- Florida Athletic Coaches
Association Website
- F.A.C.A. Online Membership Registration Page
- F.A.C.A. Membership Benefits Page
2) You and/or your HS coach will need to secure a $30 sponsorship fee to help cover the cost of the event.
- The $30 sponsorship fee will help cover the cost of everything that goes on
with the meet (excluding your personal traveling costs); this includes: F.A.C.A. commemorative t-shirts, F.A.C.A.
drawstring bags, All-Star gold medallions, and a plaque for each individual
race champion.
- The sponsorship fee should try to be obtained by a team's booster
club, the
athlete's school, through a parent's work place, or even by a local
business / running store. All athletes that make the final selection
process will
receive a sponsorship donation request form to help all athletes obtain
the
donation fee.
Once again, after reading and understanding all of the information posted above, if you wish to Accept or Decline your participation status for this year's F.A.C.A. Senior All-Star Meet, please let us know as soon as possible. Once confirmed, participation information will be emailed out to you with all of the requirements for being able to compete. Also, In order to allow all interested athletes a fair opportunity to be able to compete, we please ask that all officially selected athletes send in their race confirmations or rejections by Tuesday, November 16th @ 9:00pm. Starting Tuesday evening @ 9:01pm, if we do not have a final confirmation, then we will open the race selections to the alternate and/or other interested athletes.
If you have any questions, please ask us! Thank you!
Bonnie Fleming, F.A.C.A. Cross Country Chair - bonnie.fleming@outlook.com
and Ryan Raposo, F.A.C.A. Rankings Representative - ryanraposo@gmail.com