With the cross country season now at a close and the track & field season about a month and a half away, it was suggested that we look back at the 2009 season to honor our state's finest.
We are happy to announce the first and second team All-Florida XC Teams and also the runners of the year. We plan to do the same thing for track & field this summer.
It should be said that, for the most part, the first team picks are pretty self-evident. The second team picks were a little harder because there are so many great and deserving runners in the state and various factors you can consider. Late season performances were favored over early season performances as the deciding factor to fill out the second team.
Boys
RUNNER OF THE YEAR: MATT MIZERECK, LEON
First Team
Atkinson, Brian (Melbourne)
Barker, Colin (Bishop Kenny)
Clark, Jimmy (Creekside)
Davidson, Tyler (Cocoa Beach)
Del Valle, Armando (Columbus)
Mizereck, Matt (Leon)
Montoya, Erick (Estero)
Second Team
Clemente, Elliot (Belen Jesuit)
Hines, JL (Boone)
Kilgore, David (Holy Trinity)
Parrish, Mark (Chamberlain)
Pickering, Ryan (John I Leonard)
Swain, Patrick (Maclay)
Wallace, Michael (Bishop Kenny)
Girls
RUNNER OF THE YEAR: KATHRYN FLUEHR, COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES
First Team
Carpio, Nicole (Ransom Everglades)
Fluehr, Erika (Community School of Naples)
Fluehr, Kathryn (Community School of Naples)
Hayes, Shelby (Winter Park)
Schappert, Stephanie (Pope John Paul II)
Stolting, Jana (Maclay)
Strasser, Stephanie (Fernandina Beach)
Second Team
Blaney, Marie-Anne (Belleview)
Brown, Mary Ann (Orange Park)
Edwards, Emily (Canterbury)
Kurgatt, Stefanie (Maclay)
McCoy, Joanna (Coral Shores)
Thomas, Carly (Chiles)
Williams, Lily (Chiles)