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Sept. 1 Scottsboro , AL Trimeet

Hoover, the top team in AL and #3 ranked NTN SE Region preseason team, opened with a close win over host Scottsboro. The low key event was run on Scottsboro’s home course which was laid out when the school was built. The gravel track loops around the school. The course was shorten to 2.05 miles according to Scottsboro Coach Esslinger. Mtn Brook, another traditional Alabama power, was third.

“ We ran close with them, but they were strong,” Esslinger said afterward.

Nearly 250 parents, athletes and coaches were treated to an after the meet dinner in Scottsboro’s cafeteria. Athletes mingled and enjoyed a dinner of baked chicken and other sides.

“That’s what it’s all about,” said Esslinger. “ You like to see them compete hard, but afterwards, it’s always good that they can leave it out on the course.”

Hoover( AL) 24 1 3 4 7 8 16 19
Bedsole, Robert 2005 10:07.09
Novack,Scott 2005 10:29.29
Moujoodi, Jeremy2006 10:35.25
Payne, Stephen 2006 10:57.71
Landrey, Timothy2007 10:59.55
Macarthur, Steven 11:44.77
Despain, Jamie 11:49.67

Scottsboro( AL) 33 2 5 6 10 11 12 14
Graves, Griff 2008 10:26.43 son of former Auburn great, Tom Graves
Hood, Cody 2008 10:4x.44(unable to read times on FAX)
Dutton, Zane 2005 10:5x.80
Munday, Jay 2005 11:12.93(unable to read times on FAX)
Springsteen,Michael 11:15.10
Reed, Benton 11:25.56
Saint, Daniel 11:4x.61(unable to read times on FAX)

Robert Bedsole leads Hoover AL over Scottsboro

Sept. 2 Smryna, TN Mid State Preconference Meet

Brentwood Academy opened with a dominating win. Andrew Bumbalough won individually by 25 seconds. The course was three miles. Converted 5k times are in parenthesis.
Bumbalough, Andrew 2005 15:06(15:44)
Mockmore, Craig 2005 16:50(17:32)
Adams, Clay 2007 16:48(17:30)
Schmidt, Eric 2007 17:05(17:47)
Meek, David 2005 18:22(19:02)
Newton , Kendrick 2005 17:46(18:28)
Robinson, Ross 2006 16:53(17:35)

1:26:08(17:14)

Sept. 4 Pensacola, FL Wildcat Invite

Washington (FL), regarded as the third best team in Florida, opened with a solid win over Walton. Sunny skies allowed temperatures to reach 85 degrees on the course which had only 10 feet of shade.
The Wildcats claimed 3, 4, 5 to secure the slim win over a strong Walton team.

“ I wasn’t really happy with how they ran,” said Washington Coach Everett Whiteside. “ Stef Ackerman did not run well, but he also started the season over 18:00 for me last year before posting a 16:31 by season’s end. Neel Stewart, our transfer from Woodham, isn’t used to racing this early. Eric and Brian were not 100% because of sickness. Our freshman ran a smart race.”

“ For our first 5k, I was fairly happy,” said Walton coach, Tom Williams. His team finished in the back of the pack last week at the Stage races. Jay Heller, 2 nd man this week, did not run there. “ You always feel you can do better, but overall we did well. It was a little warm, but we handled the situation.”

Walton’s Sam Bryfcynski took the pace out with Mason and Rob Sorrell of Bolton, TN. But at 2.5 miles, Bryfcynski eased away for the win in 15:59.69. It was a second win of this season for the senior. His time was off the 15:40 best set by Alex Miletich of Tallahassee Chiles last year on a similar course. Conditions were considerably worse this year.

“ Sam is a coach’s delight,” said Williams. “ He felt the heat a little bit early on and was a little conservative.”
Washington will most likely race in Mt Vernon, IL next week, if sanctioning comes through. Whiteside is from the area which produced Craig Virgin, who is family friend of Whiteside.
”He’s spoken to my team on occasion and has been a good family friend. He keeps telling me I should move back to Illinois.”

1 Washington HS 42 3 4 5 12 18 21 29
3 Mason, Mitchell 12 16:20.33
4 Mayes, Eric 12 16:36.46
5 Hoover, Brian 12 16:53.45
12 Larson, Eric 9 17:04.06
18 Stewart, Neel 11 17:15.33
21 Ackerman, Stef 11 17:30.71
30 Sanville, Jon 10 17:54.08
Total Time: 1:24:09.63 Average: 16:49.93 Top 5 spread :55 2

Walton High School 56 1 8 11 14 22 24 26
1 Bryfczynski, Sam 12 15:59.69
8 Heller, Jay 10 16:58.87
11 Hunter, Corey 11 17:01.03
14 Perkowski, Jason 12 17:07.97
23 Kerzie, Josh 12 17:34.04
25 Pearl, Stephen 12 17:40.87
27 Bradley, Adam 11 17:46.14
Total Time: 1:24:41.60 Average: 16:56.32 Top 5 spread 1:35

Berry , GA The Clara Bowl

Parkview, ranked #2 in GA, outdistanced Marist in a quick meet on the Berry College campus. The top five teams broke the 17 minute team avg barrier. Ben Huber, a soph at Maceachern won individual honors with a 15:56 clocking.

1. 108 Parkview Hs ( 16:34 1:22:50)
1 13 Alex Erickson 16:21
2 15 Samuel Mendoza 16:22
3 25 Michael Winston 16:39
4 26 Patrick Ollinger 16:41
5 29 Josh Pinson 16:47
6 ( 44) Brian Converse 17:06
7 ( 64) Chris Justice 17:33

2. 136 Marist School ( 16:44 1:23:37)
1 17 Pete Zimmermann 16:25
2 19 John Whitcomb 16:33
3 22 Jack Bourbannais 16:37
4 27 Iain Turnbull 16:46
5 51 Rob Heroman 17:16
6 ( 94) David Belew 18:01
7 ( 99) Alex Garrett 18:03

3. 146 Mceachern High School ( 16:42 1:23:30)
1 1 Ben Hubers 15:56
2 5 Justin Leach 16:13
3 7 Brian Potts 16:13
4 49 Kyle Chapman 17:13
5 84 Michael Diblasi 17:55
6 (100) Jeremy Clarke 18:03
7 (217) Daniel Peterson 19:00

4. 182 Starr's Mill High School ( 16:54 1:24:26)
1 3 Brad Morris 16:04
2 24 Austin Enriquez 16:38
3 30 Daniel Shankle 16:48
4 37 Craig Hyatt 16:58
5 88 Jacob Mcbride 17:58
6 (174) Yuta Nomura 18:44
7 (181) Ryan Darr 18:47

5. 186 Brookwood High School ( 16:59 1:24:55)
1 10 Brett Wrigley 16:20
2 36 Tim Lorek 16:58
3 39 Stuart Helton 17:01
4 41 Billy Mateker 17:04
5 60 Nathan Tew 17:32
6 ( 70) Robby Waldron 17:42
7 ( 90) Chris Heaton 17:58  

Louisville , KY St. Xavier Tiger Run

#8 NTN MW region St. Xavier ( Cincinnati, OH) thumped the competition with a 45 point win. St. Xavier was able to pack their top five between 10-16 to secure the win. Daviess County and Trinity were 2 nd and 3 rd.

1 Cincinnati St Xavier 63 10 11 12 14 16 23 24
Total Time: 1:23:46.48 Average: 16:45.30

2 Daviess County 108
Hawkins, Drew 2005 16:49.39
Stanley , Tyler 2005 16:54.44
Malony, Nathan 2005 17:03.96
Powell, Shane 2008 17:07.50
Dunaway, Jon 2006 17:23.85
Gaddis, Trae 2005 17:53.00
Lockhart, Josh 2005 18:23.88
1:25:19.34(17:03.87)

Spartanburg, SC Eye Opener

Northwestern’s strong front running trio proved to be too much for out of staters, Smith Station(AL). Northwestern should give #10 NTN SE Spring Valley a tough challenge down the road for top SC team honors. That could possibly come next week at the Coach’s Classic. Dorman and Fort Mill rounded out the field. Will Noble of Laurens won individual honors in 16:21.2.

1 Northwestern 62 3 4 5 13 37 45 67
3 Koziel, JC 16:34.02
4 McGinnis, Jonathon 16:35.33
5 Hudgins, Brandon 16:48.59
13 Colby, Matt 17:03.92
37 McDaniel, Stewart 17:43.27
45 Judge, Patrick 18:00.59
67 Coombs, Spencer 18:24.52
Total Time: 1:24:45.13 Average: 16:57.03 Top 5 spread 1:09

J.C. Koziel's 3rd place finish paced Northwestern.

2 Smiths Station High Schoo 87 8 12 14 23 30 55 63
8 Neill, John 16:56.64
12 English, Tim 17:03.36
14 Riddle, John 17:04.62
23 Moulton, Jay 17:24.01
30 Fischer, Jonathon 17:33.85
55 Prickett, Nathan 18:09.63
63 Ferguson, Spencer 18:18.89
Total Time: 1:26:02.48 Average: 17:12.50 Top 5 spread :37

3 Dorman 141 17 19 25 36 44 46 56
17 Sloan, Ben 17:12.23
19 Moore, Thomas 17:20.31
25 Dejonckheere, Kevin 17:25.13
36 Owensby, Eric 17:42.97
44 Owensby, Greg 17:57.78
46 Stephens, Daniel 18:01.12

4 Fort Mill 168 15 24 35 41 53 62 66
15 Owens, Travis 17:09.27
24 White, Andrew 17:24.88
35 Grothe, Michael 17:39.16
41 Powell, Stephen 17:53.48
53 Huckaby, David 18:06.17
62 Raines, Michael 18:18.44
66 Powell, Christopher 18:21.61
71 Mabry, Josh 18:27.11
Total Time: 1:28:12.96 Average: 17:38.60 Top 5 spread :57

Girls

Sept. 1 Scottsboro , AL TriMeet

#4 NTN SE Region Scottsboro turned the tables in the girls race outdistancing Hoover by the same score that Hoover defeated the Scottsboro boys.

“It was back and forth the whole time,” said Scottsboro coach Esslinger. “ Our girls came in and then their girls came in. They were good.”

Scottsboro’s tight pack put all seven in the top 11. Mtn Brook finished third.

“ Hoover gaves us a run for our money,” said Esslinger.

8 th grader, Caitlin Chitwood impressed with her 36 second victory.

Scottsboro( AL) 24 1 3 4 7 9 10 11
Chitwood, Caitlin 2009 12:19.55
Thompson, Hannah 2009 12:59.23
Wright, Lacey 2008 13:00.94
Thompson, Emily 2008 13:16.35
Stevens, Amy 2007 13:26.36
Williams, Lauren 13:36.73
Sims, Olivia 2008 13:38.03
Alley, Julie 2006 13:53.79

Hoover( AL) 33 2 5 6 8 12 13 16
Kahlshoff, Brittany 2007 12:55.86
Muldowney, Nicole 2008 13:03.41
Muldowney, Kimberly 2008 13:04.43
Compton, Kelly 2007 13:23.09
Chen, Amy 2007 13:38.59
Marett, Claire 2005 13:41.01

Maryland

SE#3 C. Milton Wright dominated their scrimmage meet. They took the top four spots. Next week, they gear up for their first bona fide meet, the Spiked Shoe Invite at Johns Hopkins University.

3miles

Barnes, Allison 20:07(20:57)
Buck, Kelli 20:12(21:02)
Bailey, Sara 20:16(21:06)
Ravenscraft, Megan 20:34(21:25)
Estremera, Leah 20:50(21:41)
Lippencott, Lindsay 21:34
Burcham, Danielle 21:49
Roberts, Jillian 22:26
Hinds, Melissa 22:30
Frailer, Amanda 22:48

Sept. 2 Smryna, TN Mid State Preconference Meet

Brentwood Academy won by 110 points.
Mankin, Alyssa 2006 19:13(20:01)
Tunny, Kelsey 2005 19:28(20:16)
Griffin, Paige 2005 20:17(21:07)
Shoemake,Shannon 2006 20:27(21:17)
Bachmann, Rachel 2005 21:11(22:04)
Renfro, Allison 2005 21:10(22:03)
Richards, Elizabeth 2006 21:48(22:38)
1:44:44(20:48.8)

Sept. 4 Pensacola, FL Wildcat Invite

#5 NTN SE Region St. Paul’s dominated the girl’s competition. Led by Tara Lenn’s course record of 18:38.39, St. Paul’s put five in the top ten. An expected match-up with Our Lady of Lourdes from Miami, FL was nixed because of Hurricane Frances.

Lenn’s time broke Kelly Parrish’s(Vanguard, Ocala, FL) time of 19:09 set last year at regions on a similar course. Lenn put up nearly all of her 49 second margin over the last 1.1 miles.

“ And she looked easy doing it,” said Coach Whiteside of Washington.

Sunday morning, she even joined the Washington boy’s team for a ten mile run.

1 St. Paul's Episcopal 27 1 2 7 8 9 18 24
1 Lenn, Tara 12 18:38.39
2 Carlton Johnston, Mary 11 19:27.17
7 Kneip, Allison 10 20:30.03
8 Collins, Emily 10 20:46.77
9 Simpson, Katelyn 11 20:56.96
19 McGee, Molly 10 21:41.25
26 Win McCarthy, Mary 9 22:11.08
Total Time: 1:40:19.32 Average: 20:03.87 Top 5 spread 2:18

Berry , GA The Clara Bowl

Brookwood outdistanced Grayson 186-199.
Individually, Laurel Pritchard (Vestavia Hills, AL) cruised to 14 second win over surprising frosh, Emily Reese of Chamblee(GA). Pritchard ran splits of 5:43, 5:49(11:32) before finishing in 18:14.

1. 186 Brookwood Hs ( 20:45 1:43:43)
1 9 Katie Davis 19:42
2 24 Christina Scott 20:35
3 32 Jenny Powers 20:46
4 49 Allison Reubert 21:09
5 72 Roxanne Demarco 21:31
6 ( 79) Elizabeth Perkins 21:32
7 ( 81) Dani Destiche 21:35

Louisville , KY St. Xavier Tiger Run

#8 NTN SE Region Sacred Heart lost handily to a young unranked, duPont Manual team, 102-55. Kipling Hill and Leah Ryan placed ahead of duPont’s #1 runner, Mary Grace Pellegrini, but Manual’s next three outdistanced Sacred Heart’s #3. Sacred Heart was without the services of two of last year’s top runners: #3 Olivia Higdon and#5, Susanna Doran.

Individually, Carmen Mims (Mercy Academy) blazed to a 18:14.44 win.

DuPont Manual 55
Pellegrini, Mary Grace 2008 19:41.40
Pellegrini, Emily 2005 20:24.01
Henry, Casey 2007 20:38.37
Hinklin, Kelly 2008 20:50.27
Harley, Brooke 2008 21:15.05
Campbell, Colleen 2008 21:48.05
Shekhovtsova, Viktoria 2007 23:35.16
1:42:49.11(20:33.82)

Sacred Heart 102
Hill, Kipling 2006 19:04.20
Ryan, Leah 2006 19:39.00
Wells, Katie 2005 21:10.49
Bartlett, Adrienne 2007 21:07.75
McGee, Suzanne 23:17.56
Graham, Amy 23:44.27
1:44:19.00(20:51.80)

Spartanburg , SC Eye Opener

#10 NTN SE region Providence ran with their full varsity for the first time this season and easily outdistanced 2 nd place Northwestern. On a slow course which saw 50m added on the beginning and end over last year’s course, Providence placed 10 runners in the top 43.

Stephanie Buffo of Dorman cruised to an 18 second win in 19:24.

1 Providence 66 2 11 16 17 20 27 30
2 Wilke, Alissa 19:42.13
11 McNamara, Danielle 20:16.12
16 Johnson, Caroline 20:28.69
17 Rowlan, April 20:30.42
21 May, Meghan 20:53.39
29 Hethrington, Becky 21:22.18
32 Hendel, Andee 21:26.54
Total Time: 1:41:50.75 Average: 20:22.15 Top 5 spread 1:11