Kai Martin and Elli Black win at the Parker Valby Mile 2024

Dec 21, 2024

Running unattached, Elli Black and Kai Martin of the Cambridge (Christian) School win at the Parker Valby Holiday Mile. Both, coming off of strong cross-country seasons and with no speedwork, showed their conditioning from the cross-country season and a preview of what the track season may have in store.

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Black placed second in the 1A FHSAA Cross Country State Finals this year, with an 18:17.20, and was the top girl finisher at 5:02.36. She split 74.37, 2:31.99 (77.63), 3:50.16 (78.18), and 5:02.36 (72.20). Black has a PR in the mile of 4:54.60 that she ran in a 3rd place finish at the Music City Track Carnival in 2023.

Martin, who was 6th in the 1A FHSAA Cross Country State finals this year with a 16:03.40 and last spring finished second in the FHSAA 1A state 800m with a 1:54.73, ran a PR of 4:18.31. He split 58.94, 2:05.92 (66.99), 3:14.19 (68.27), and 4:18.31 (64.13).

GIRLS TOP 10 FINISHERS

Overall Place	Athlete	Age		TIME	Section
36	Elli Black	16	Unattached	5:02.36	8
47	Elise Hagen	16	Unattached	5:11.05	8
53	Cassandra Jarzabek	16	Unattached	5:15.71	8
54	Lainee Mercer	15	Unattached	5:16.86	7
57	Avery Chatman	17	Unattached	5:18.02	7
59	Katelin Wilcox	16	Unattached	5:18.72	7
61	Ashley Eagan	20	Unattached	5:19.79	7
70	Kaiya Budwick	17	Unattached	5:32.15	7
71	Ephie Hagen	13	Unattached	5:34.04	6
72	Ava Hendrix	18	Unattached	5:34.42	8

BOYS TOP 10 FINISHERS

Overall Place	Athlete	Age		TIME	Section
1	Kai Martin	17	Unattached	4:18.31	9
2	Mark Meister	17	Unattached	4:26.59	9
3	William Poe	18	Unattached	4:27.54	9
4	Mason LaBlance	16	Unattached	4:29.50	9
5	Oliver Dempsey	16	Unattached	4:30.90	9
6	Landon Johnson	16	Unattached	4:32.29	9
7	Brady Peifer	17	Unattached	4:33.15	9
8	Angelo Cavalleri	17	Unattached	4:35.30	9
9	Caden Baker	18	Unattached	4:35.40	9
10	Dylan Powell	18	Unattached	4:35.97	9