Tupelo sweeps

by Lynn Holland

Tupelo High’s cross country teams captured all the titles at the Pontotoc Invitational Saturday in the first local meet featuring its primary local rivals Pontotoc and Saltillo. Emily Crow, Robert Scribner, Jordyn Riggs and Rob Ellis were individual winners in their respective races.

In the girls’ junior high race, Tupelo girls took three of the top ten spots. Jordyn completed the two-mile course in 15:00. Sarah Ballard was second in 15:05 and Lisa Lambreth ninth in 15:26. In the team competition, Tupelo won with 35 points with Itawamba second with 44 points.

Complete team scores are as follows: Tupelo 35, Itawamba 44, Pontotoc 59, Saltillo 141, M. S. Palmer 261, and Amory 266.

Complete Tupelo results are as follows:

Junior High Girls 2 miles

Name Place Time
Jordyn Riggs 1 15:00
Sarah Ballard 2 15:05
Lisa Lambreth 9 15:26
Maria Holland 11 15:41
Sloan Dulaney 12 16:13
Lynna Paradiso 24 17:21
Morgan Hall 27 17:26
Lacy Gray Stone 39 18:28
Jordan Anderson 56 22:36
Rachel Peters 57 22:56

The boys’ junior high race was as close as they get with Tupelo edging Pontotoc for the team title by one point. Each of the five scoring runners for Tupelo and Pontotoc competed one on one with Tupelo taking three of the five to take the win.

Rob Ellis completed the two miles in 12:29 to win the race. Ethan Schultz finished fifth in 13:07.

Complete team results are as follows: Tupelo 49, Pontotoc 50, Saltillo 65, Itawamba 113, North Pontotoc 209, Columbus 247

Complete Tupelo results are as follows:

Junior High Boys 2 miles

Name Place Time
Rob Ellis 1 12:29
Ethan Schultz 2 13:07
Chandler Lucius 12 13:52
Trey Ware 14 14:03
Heath Lindley 17 14:28
Bob Henson 21 14:50

Tupelo dominated the varsity girls 4A-5A race taking seven of the first eleven places. Emily Crow overcame a brief illness from Thursday and Friday to take the individual title. Others finishing in the top eleven were Caitlin Marlin fourth, Lydia Rice sixth, Hunter Boerner seventh, Natalie Holland eighth, Jana Mason ninth and Mary Page Billingsley eleventh.

Complete team results are as follows: Tupelo 26, Saltillo 66, Pontotoc 73, Itawamba 125, New Albany 155, Starkville 176, Columbus 194, New Hope 217, Lafayette 232, Tishomingo County 252

Complete Tupelo results are as follows:

Varsity Girls 2.5 miles

Name Place Time
Emily Crow 1 15:05
Caitlin Marlin 4 15:18
Lydia Rice 6 15:24
Hunter Boerner 7 15:30
Natalie Holland 8 15:32
Jana Mason 9 15:35
Mary Page Billingsley 11 15:54
Liza Llewellyn 19 16:56
Claire Finn 31 18:13
Kathryn Begnaud 34 18:22
Mary Jones 77 22:40

Robert Scribner destroyed the field in the varsity 4A-5A boys race winning by a margin of almost 2 minutes. Jack Boettcher also continued a breakthrough season finishing third. Will Stewart finished seventh, Mike Weeks ninth and, in maybe the best effort of the day, Drew Kellum was the fifth finisher for Tupelo finishing 13th overall.

Complete team results are as follows: Tupelo 33, Saltillo 40, Pontotoc 72, Starkville 90, Itawamba 134, New Albany 199, Columbus 207, Lafayette 233, Amory 297

Complete Tupelo results are as follows:

Varsity Boys 3 miles
Name Place Time
Robert Scribner 1 15:13
Jack Boettcher 3 17:16
Will Stewart 7 17:35
Mike Weeks 9 17:49
Drew Kellum 13 18:17
Alex Brown 14 18:26
Chase Elliott 15 18:28
Andrew Rulewicz 16 18:36
Jeremy Morris 21 18:56
Lloyd Gray 25 19:06
Jonathan Vinson 43 20:39
Jody Vinson 46 20:56
Joey Beachum 78 23:39
Kris Robinson 109 29:01

Corinth took both the 1A-2A-3A team titles.

Tupelo runs at Saltillo next week.

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