Alverson and Balturshot Win at Southern Showcase!

GIRLS RACE

Jr. Brynn Balturshot of Station Camp in Gallatin, TN took the win in the Girl's championship race at the 2024 Southern Showcase in 18:01.20.  And second went to Jr. Leila Hailey of Rockvale High School in Rockvale, TN.  The two girls pulled away with just over 1000m to go with Hailey taking the lead with around 650m to go and pressing the pace.  With 400m to go, Baltershot made a strong move in passing Hailey and held her off down the finishing strait.  

       Photo by Spencer Cox                                   

Top 10 Girl's Finishers

1		Brynn Balturshot	11	Station Camp High School	18:01.20	1
2		Leila Hailey	11	Rockvale High School	18:03.20
3		Ava Moody	11	Anderson County High School	18:23.07
4		Sienna Anderson	11	Summit High School	18:23.85
5		Lorelai Whitten	9	Summit High School	18:26.47
6		Josie Jackson	12	Abingdon High School	18:27.62
7		Caroline Rogers	10	Marist	18:34.67	2
8		Emma Brooke Levering	12	Homewood HS	18:35.58	3
9		Sarah Tole	10	Auburn	18:35.90	4
10		Allison Kopser	12	Ryle	18:38.01	5

       Photo by Spencer Cox       

       Photo by Spencer Cox         

WATCH:  The Girl's Championship Race

Interview with Brynn Balturshot

The Brentwood High School girls out of Brentwood, TN won their 4th straight Team Title.  The girls, led by Sr. Lydia Cromwell who was 13th overall in 18:39.17, and Jr. Lauren Banovac who was 14th overall in 18:41.84, dominated the girls' race scoring just 75 points.  

1	Brentwood High School	75	7+8+15+17+28 (31+40)	1:09 1-5 Split | 19:04 Avg
2	Harpeth Hall School	178	9+19+34+53+63 (130+132)	1:50 1-5 Split | 19:48 Avg
3	Pensacola Christian Academy	179	6+22+41+48+62 (75+114)	1:52 1-5 Split | 19:48 Avg

BOYS RACE

        Photo by Spencer Cox                             

The boy's race featured a very talented field.  The muddy, sloppy course definitely affected the speed somewhat.  The boys went out in 4:35 the first mile with all of the seeded, race favorites out front, including race winner Sr. Luke Alverson of James Clemons in Madison, AL and Sr. Aiden Monistere from Parkview Baptist in Baton Rouge, LA.  At the hill just before 1000m to go, the top four or five started to separate with Alverson and Monistere pressing the pace.  As they came to the finish straight, Alverson set his sights on Monistere who had gone out to around a 10m lead.  With 200 to go he made a definitive pass and finished strongly in 14:49.25.  Monistere held on for 2nd in 14:57.44.  Belen Jesuit Sophmore Marcelo Mantecon was in 5th with 300 to go and finished strong moving into 3rd in 15:00.20, just ahead of Hunstville High School  Sr., Eric Moore who was 4th in 15:02.00.

1		Luke Alverson	12	James Clemens	14:49.25	1
2		Aiden Monistere	12	Parkview Baptist	14:57.44
3		Marcelo Mantecon	10	Belen Jesuit Preparatory School	15:00.20	2
4		Eric Moore	12	Huntsville HS	15:02.00	3
5		Jackson Hogsed	12	Lambert HS	15:16.53	4
6		Riku Sugie	12	Thomas Nelson	15:19.95	5
7		Asher Oates	11	Independence High School	15:20.12	6
8		Noah Mooney	12	Brother Martin	15:20.73	7
9		Callahan Fielder	12	Brentwood High School	15:21.68	8
10		Tommy Latham	12	Marist	15:25.53	9

      Photo by Spencer Cox     

In the Boys Team championship, Belen Jesuit out of Miami, FL, the #5 ranked team in the Nation demonstrated their strength.  Led by So. Marcelo Mantecon's 3rd place finish, Belen scored just 67 points and repeated as team champions.

12th    Joseph Socarras 12  15:39.06   15

22nd    Diego Magarino 12  16:01.89    18

14th    Justin Ruiz 12  15:42.64    13

27th    Armando Cruz 10 16:10.00    23

32nd    Marco Prieguez 12 16:14.45    25

96th    Michael Brunet 12 17:04.56     77

1	Belen Jesuit Preparatory School	67	2+11+13+18+23 (25+77)	1:09 1-5 Split | 15:42 Avg
2	Huntsville HS	119	3+14+17+35+50 (68+73)	1:43 1-5 Split | 16:00 Avg
3	Brother Martin	159	7+27+34+39+52 (59+81)	1:25 1-5 Split | 16:16 Avg