Nike Southeast Entries and Rankings

From the Nike National Website. The official entry list for the Girls Championship race. 13 Teams. (Not sure if more will be added.) Elite company girls! Honk, honk!!

Girls Championship
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Alabama Runners XC from Scottsboro, AL
Scottsboro High School
Team A
Not Yet Known
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Bama XC Club from Birmingham, AL
Mountain Brook HS
Team A
madeline morgan, Leslie Boozer, marie demedicis, catherine deithelm, mary catherine farrar, catherine adams, kendall reid
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Blacksburg XC Club from Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg HS
Team A
Allison Homer, Joanna Stevens, Trinity Foreman, Kathleen Stevens, Leah Fitchett, Hannah Brown, Sarah Dorrell
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Charlotte Latin XC Club from Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Latin School
Team A
Haylee Dawe, Hillary Dawe, Ally Finical, Ashley Miess, Kameron Spence, Mary Stuart Wannamaker, Meggie Trusty
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Chiles Wolfpack TC from Tallahassee, FL
Lawton Chiles High School
Team A
Kendall Andrews, Kaia Hampton, Jodie McGuff, Alex Pearson, Stephanie Reynolds, Carly Thomas, Lily Williams
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Johnson City RC from Johnson City, TN
Science Hill HIgh School
Team A
Morgan Buchanan, Molly Foster, Samantha Gosey, Allie Scalf, Mary Seward, Morgan Taylor
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Knoxville Track from Oak Ridge, TN
Oak Ridge High School
Team B
Melanie Kulesz, Corinne Lariviere, Adrian Etheridge, Leslie Jenkins, Jessica Palmer, Hayley Hunt, Katie Ostrouchov
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Midlothian TC from Midlothian, VA
Midlothian H.S.
Team A
Claire Benjamin, Paige Johnston, Kathleen Lautzenheiser, Leia Lautzenheiser, Meghan Mulroy, Krista Willard, Amy Witt
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Naples Seahawks RC from Naples, FL
Community School
Team A
Hannah Allen, Chandler Burfield, Taylor Burfield, Erika Fluehr, Kathryn Fluehr, Vivian Grimes, Lauren Raskauskas
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Roanoke Titans from Roanoke, VA
Hidden Valley HS
Team A
Annie LeHardy, Haley Cutright, Claire Sibley, Lindsay Skolrood, Mary Catherine Sowder, Jennifer Huffman, Greta Weidner
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Suwanee XC from Suwanee, GA
Collins Hill HS
Team A
Nicky Akande, Briana Crawford, Allyson McGinty, Chloe Whitworth, Sydney Williams, Amanda Winslow, Vicky Winslow
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Western Cary XC Club from Cary, NC
Green Hope High School
Team A
Sarah Alexander, Lauren Colberg, Olivia Enright, Lauren Riedle, Jessica Rossabi, Julie Ross, Carly Roos
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Wilmington XC from Newark, DE
Tatnall School
Team A
Juliet Bottorff, Haley Pierce, Kaitlin Buenaga, Kallie Fehr, Molly Parsons, Katie Oldham, Lauren Blackwell

Girls Southeast(AL, DE, FL, GA, KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

1.Tatnall (DE) [1] Previously won State Div II, NXN Southeast Regional on Sat
2.Collins Hill (GA) [2] Previously won State 5A
3.Mountain Brook (AL) [3] Previously won State 6A
4.Midlothian (VA) [4] Previously won State 4A
5.Blacksburg (VA) [5] Previously won State 2A
6.Hidden Valley (VA) [6] Previously 2nd on tie-breaker in State 2A
7.Chiles (FL) [9] Sweeps top 5 with 14-second spread in regional, state meet Sat
8.Maggie Walker (VA) [7] Previously 2nd in State 3A
9.Jefferson Sci/Tech (VA) [8] Previously 3rd in State 3A
10.No. Gwinnett (GA) [BT} Previously 2nd to Collins Hill in State 5A

Bubble teams alphabetically: Alpharetta (GA), Assumption (KY), Bartram Trail (FL), Bishop O’Connell (VA), Bishop Kenny (FL), Bolles (FL), Brentsville (VA), Chiles (FL), Community of Naples (FL), C.M. Wright (MD), Dunbar (KY), East Chapel Hill (NC), Green Hope (NC), Hilton Head (SC), Hurricane (WV), Lake Braddock (VA), Lourdes (FL), Marist (GA), Millbrook (VA), Myers Park (NC), Oak Ridge (TN), Oakton (VA), Ocean Lakes (VA), Padua (DE), Roberson (NC), Robinson (VA), Roosevelt (MD), Sacred Heart (KY), Science Hill (TN), Scottsboro (AL), University (WV), Watauga (NC), Winter Park (FL)
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Tallahassee Democrat Article

I'm sure everyone saw the great article in the Tallahassee Democrat on Sunday. In my years of cross country experience I have never seen this kind of coverage from the newspaper. This includes the stories and photos from district and regional. I think it is important that we contact the paper and let them know that it was appreciated. Here's a link to the story on their website.

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20081123/SPORTS01/811230327/1014

You can post a comment on the article or send a letter or email. Thanks for your help.

Boys photos from State Meet

At the starting line.



Brandon leads the team.



Daniel Ross moves up. This is at the two mile mark where the runners go into the interior of the oval.



Running as a pack. Taylor, Sam, and Andrew with about 1 mile left.



Senior Andrew McWilliams finishes strong with Freshmen Taylor Buzzard just behind him.



Spencer finishing his first state meet.



After the race.


More photos on Andrewsphotogallery.com. Check them out.

Great Article from Flrunner.com

3A Girls: Shiver repeats, but Chiles ends streak

By: Bob Thomas - bob@flrunners.com
Published: 2008-11-22 23:48:00

At this stage of Satellite senior Ashley Shiver’s decorated running career, there are few surprises the multi-time state champion can muster.Yet it was Shiver who provided the biggest surprise in a full day of racing at Little Everglades Ranch, improbably - but successfully - defending her 3A state championship with an out-of-nowhere, personal best of 17:34.“I was really not sure about this race,” said Shiver, who had not run faster than 18:38 all season. “I just wanted to go out with a good stride and feel it. I didn’t really have a strategy.”
Perhaps not, but after rolling through the mile mark in 5:34, Shiver had to hold off senior teammate Juliana Stern’s finishing surge to secure the wire-to-wire victory.“It was so awesome,” said Shiver, who beat Stern for the first time this season. “I can’t tell you how proud I am her. She‘s a great teammate.”
Despite the Scorpions 1-2 finish, they saw their streak of three consecutive state team titles come to an abrupt half at the hands of first-time champion Chiles. The Timberwolves not only delivered the 10-year-old school its first girls state title in any sport, they did it by posting the most-lopsided victory in 35 years of FHSAA girls cross country history.
“I thought a great day would be five (finishers) in the top 15,” said Chiles coach Scott Gowan, whose team had finished second to Satellite each of the past two seasons. “We had five in the top 10.”Freshmen Lily Williams and Carly Thomas finished third (17:51) and fifth (18:20), respectively, to help show their veteran teammates the way to the top of the podium.
Sophomore Jodie McGuff (18:44), senior Kaia Hampton (18:45) and junior Kendall Andrews (18:47) - part of last season’s second place lineup - came came charging across the finish line in eighth, ninth and 10th place, respectively.The Timberwolves finished with 35 points, 103 fewer than the Scorpions (138). Only two boys teams had ever won FHSAA titles by more than 100 points in the history of the meet.
“We’ve been really hungry and it’s been over a year,” said Hampton, the lone senior in Chiles’ lineup. “I think he (Gowan) stepped up the training schedule. … We couldn’t have had better timing, with the two freshmen coming up and everybody having such great heart. We’ve got a great team, we really do. It’s awesome.”
Gowan acknowledged that Williams and Thomas helped push the team to new heights.“I figured they could come in and be in our top five this year and really help our nucleus we had coming back,” Gowan said. “They exceeded that expectation. They were not in the top seven, they were 1-2 every meet this season. … It made everybody better. The competition makes everybody better. You work hard or you go home. Our girls worked hard, they got better each week. Those two (Williams and Thomas) made our other girls even better.”
Six of the Timberwolves’ seven runners posted personal-best times over the 5-kilometer course, including sophomores Stephanie Reynolds (19:47) and Alex Pearson (19:50), who were 36th and 37th. Chiles put all seven runs across the finish line in front of Satellite’s third runner, sealing the lop-sided margin.
Williams hopes the Timberwolves’ first title is a harbinger of things to come; perhaps a run worthy of matching or eclipsing the Satellite streak they snapped.“We’re going to come back next year and want to hold it and keep it,” said Williams. “We’re going to work real hard for that.”Chiles’ 18:29 team average was tops among all four classifications and bodes well for next week, when they will head to Cary, N.C. to participate in the NXN Southeast Regional.

WE WIN!!!!!

Girls win their first state championship. Great job girls. Five girls in the top ten. Five girls under 19 minutes. Seven girls under 19:47. You showed up. Way to go girls.




The Road Taken.


Carly, Lily and Kaia.



Lily getting out quick.

Lily at the two mile mark. Coach Gowan shouting encouragement.

Kendall Kaia and Jodie with about one mile left. At this point both Coach Gowan and I said you all are 8, 9 and 10. If no one passes you we have 5 in the top 10.

Kaia and Jodie passing the grandstands a second time.

Carly outkicks for fifth place.

Coach Gowan with a post race interview.

Chiles girls celebrate their first state championship.

Five in the top ten. I love it!!!!

The famous horse picture.

Fractured Quote of the Week

Steele: Rudy,are you ready for this, champ?

Rudy: I've been ready for this my whole life!

Steele: Then you take us out on the field.



from the movie "Rudy"

Photos from 2006 and 2007 State Meets

Boys 2006 Champions. Holding up three fingers for the third state championship. Joey's brother Calvin, Emily's brother Kevin, and Kendall's brother Zack are on the back row. Andrew's brother Arron is on the front row.


2006 Runner Ups getting their medals. Going into the race there was a fight for second place with us, St. Thomas Aquinas, Plant and Vanguard. We were not picked to finish second but we did. The scores were Chiles High School 126, St. Thomas Aquinas 131, Plant 139, and Vanguard High School 140. Satelite won with 52.


2007 getting their medals. Satelite girls pull off an upset with a couple of girls running huge PRs. They beat us 83 to 97.



2007 Boys on the podium with winners Leon. Brandon Lingerfelt is on the far left. He replaced Daniel Ross in the lineup after Daniel turned his ankle the day before the meet. BE CAREFUL DANIEL!!

2007 Runner Ups. Alex, Kaia, Jodie and Kendall on the back row. Emily, Stephanie and Kelley on the front.

Boys 2007 Runner Ups. Brandon on the back row on the front row are current team members, Daniel, Spencer, Sam and Andrew.

Your Chance to Send a Message

Former runners, parents, students, teachers and just plain fans, this is your chance to send best wishes, encouraging words, whatever you would like to write. Click on the "comment" option below and write your message. If you click on the name option you can type in your name. If you are a parent of a former runner, please ask them to log on and send a message and spread the word to other former runners, current students, teachers and fans. Thanks for your help.

Boys Continue the Tradition

Boys lined up next to rivals Leon.


Brandon finishes 22nd in 17:01.


Sam has been consistent all year.

Daniel Ross 32nd in 17:21.

Senior Andrew McWilliams 31st in 17:17.

Freshman Taylor Buzzard provides a solid 5th man at 17:37.

Senior Eric Buenrostro comes through with a PR 17:59 just ahead of Spencer Schrowang at 18:01.

The boys finish 5th and move on to the State Meet at Little Everglades next week. This is the ninth year in row for the Boys Cross Country team. Region 1 is the toughest 3A region in the state, so this is no easy accomplishment. Way to go guys.
The tradition continues.

Perfect Score!!!!

Kendall and Kaia trying to keep things loose.



Getting psyched.



Lily in the front at 3/4 mile mark.

Kaia and Carly finish 1 and 2.

Kendall and Jodie moving through the pack.

Coming out of the woods. Chiles looks impressive.

Alex and Stephanie taking it easy.

Stephanie has a goal for next week.

2008 Class 3A Region 1 Champions.

Quote of the Week

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.


Coach Joe Paterno

Fractured quote of the week

Dilios: We did what we were trained to do, what we were bred to do, what we were born to do!


from the movie "300"

More photos from Districts

Your lottery numbers for the week.


Spencer runs a great race finishing in 17:33.



Joey off to the races.

Chris working hard.

Emily, keep your eyes on the road.

Bonnie finishes strong.

Talley has enjoyed a number of meets.

Girls Dominate at Districts

Prerace.


Lily runs a sub 18. I think that's the first one at Chiles.
Very impressive Lilly.


Carly cruises to 18:36.

Kendall is going so fast she has to throw out an elbow to stay on the track in a curve.

Kaia and Jodie moving up. Kaia breaks 19.

Alex and Stephanie look good. Alex breaks 20.

Carly and Kendall hamming for the photographer.

Some happy girls.

Good job girls! Dominating performance in a tough district. 1,2,3,4,8,13 and 17. We win with all seven runners counted.