Great Muddy Classic
Saturday October, 13, 2007 - Medal of Honor Park, Mobile AL
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UMS-WRIGHT’S GIRLS, ST. PAUL’S BOYS WIN GREAT MUDDY CLASSIC
St. Paul’s Mary Carleton Johnston and Lee Gilmer score resounding wins in individual races
By Arthur Mack
MOBILE, ALA.----Call it a case of intense rivalry, if you will, but the 14th annual edition of the Great Muddy Classic, held at Mobile’s Medal of Honor Park, basically turned into a two-team affair in the varsity divisions.
UMS-Wright and St. Paul’s dominated the boys and girls’ race with UMS-Wright defeating St. Paul’s, the pre-meet favorite, 32-46 in the varsity girls’ division. That came despite another strong race by St. Paul’s star Mary Carleton Johnston, who ran a winning 19 minutes, 33.68 seconds. Fort Walton Beach was third with 87 points, and Pensacola Pine Forest and Murphy scored 109 and 126 points, respectively.
St. Paul’s gave UMS-Wright a taste of its own medicine in the varsity boys’ division, using another strong race by Lee Gilmer to defeat the Bulldogs 52-67. Gilmer won the varsity boys’ race in 16:25.
Three Florida schools—Navarre (74) Pensacola Pine Forest (94), and Fort Walton Beach (105)—rounded out the top five.
Murphy won the junior varsity girls division with 30 points and Navarre scored a perfect 15 to take the junior varsity boys crown.
Here is a recap of the action:
VARSITY GIRLS
As far as individual efforts go, everything went pretty much according to plan, with Johnston dominating the race after the first mile. With the course involving trails and some slow spots, one would have though it would have seriously affected a speed runner like Johnston.
Not so.
Johnston cruised through the first mile in 6:04, and was in a pack that included her teammate, Margaret Harkness, the Gilmore twins, Sarah and Leigh of UMS-Wright, and Murphy’s Shalela Dowdy. But she gradually picked up the pace, and soon after was running by herself.
“It was a great course,” said Johnston. “I ran sort of easy for the first mile or so and then picked it up. I liked the new course better because of the trails, even though the old course was faster.”
Team competition was much different than many would have thought, because even though St. Paul’s has dominated the local running scene, there were times that UMS-Wright made a strong statement with an occasional upset. It would be the same on this day, as the Lady Bulldogs placed five runners in the top 15 to outpace their crosstown rivals.
“I’m not surprised,” said UMS-Wright coach Pat Galle. “We just had a real good week of practice and our kids were real determined today. Our No. 3 through 7 runners gave a real good effort and stacked up real well.”
VARSITY BOYS
Gilmer knew that he was going to be in for a battle, not only against Mobile Davidson’s Damien Lee, but also UMS-Wright’s John Robert Taylor. But that battle would prove to be heavily in Gilmer’s favor.
Early on, it was a tossup, as Gilmer and Lee ran pretty much side-by-side, with Taylor and Navarre’s Zak Boston not far behind. It was no secret, then, that Gilmer had to reach in his bag of tricks in order to secure the win.
After the lead pack went through the first mile in 5:07, it soon became a two-man race between Gilmer and Lee. Gilmer turned it on in the late stages of the race and pulled away for the win.
“I held back at the second mile in order to get a good finishing kick,” said Gilmer. “I knew I was going to get a lot of competition from Damien and John Robert. It was a solid event for Mobile.”
“Lee has a good attitude,” said St. Paul’s coach Jim Tate. “He thinks a race through and lets the results speak for themselves. He’s turning into an excellent runner and seems to profit from his experiences.
For Davidson’s Lee, it was a case of what might have been.
“I tried to stick with Lee for as long as I could,” he said. “My coach told me to try and get ahead of him, but he’s a strong runner.”
St. Paul’s, as a team, was strong too, as Patrick Platzer finished sixth, Gilmer’s twin brother John eighth and freshman Stuart Graham 10th to give the Saints a strong front pack.
“Our team was very focused—we continue to run consistently hard,” said Tate. “Our kids are doing what you want them to do. It was a very good meet, and UMS-Wright and Navarre ran really well.”
JUNIOR VARSITY
McGill-Toolen Catholic’s Carmen Carlos, a seventh-grader, was the overall winner in the junior varsity girls 5K race with a time of 21:34.29. But archrival Murphy, behind sophomore Katherine Subriats (24:10.41), took five of the top 10 scoring positions to defeat Fort Walton Beach 30-42 to win the team crown. Fort Walton Beach’s top finisher was Lizzy Gallagher, who finished sixth (24:02.78).
McGill-Toolen was third with 88 points.
The junior varsity boys was a completely different story, as Navarre, Fla. took eight of the top 10 overall places and all seven of the top scoring places to score a perfect 15 points. McGill-Toolen Catholic was 2nd (86) and UMS-Wright 3rd (103).
Navarre’s Jordan Lanter won with a time of 18:55.73, followed by Seth Nydam (second, 19:02.58), Callien Nation (third, 19:10.32), Dylan DesJardins (fifth overall, fourth scorer, 19:28.26), Kyle Massingill (sixth, 19:36.88), Daniel Anderson (seventh, 19:56.33), Geno Hill (eighth, 20:05.42), and Vini Febus (10th, 20:07.51).
The only other runners from schools other than Navarre who finished in the top 10 were Pensacola Pine Forest’s Ryan Foxworth (fourth in 19:26.78) and St. Paul’s Michael Enger (ninth, 20:07.18).
JUNIOR HIGH
St. Paul’s Colleen Danley and Patrick Steadman were the winners in the middle school 2-mile race. Danley won the girls’ race in 14:15.13, while Steadman won the boys’ race in 14:11.92.
Boys
McGill-Toolen High School Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
2007 Great Muddy Classic - 10/13/2007
Medal of Honor Park
Mobile, Alabama
Last Completed Event
Event 6 Boys 5k Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Gilmer, Lee SR St. Paul's Episc 16:25.00 1
2 Lee, Damien Davidson High Sc 16:47.00 2
3 Boston, Zak Navarre High School 17:04.00 3
4 Taylor, John Robert Ums-Wright 17:08.00 4
5 Davis, Donald Pine Forest High 17:15.00 5
6 Platzer, Patrick SR St. Paul's Episc 17:17.00 6
7 Willett, Robert JR Ums-Wright 17:18.30 7
8 Glimmer, John SR St. Paul's Episc 17:18.90 8
9 Bowman, Tyler SR West Florida Hig 17:19.00 9
10 Graham, Stuart FR St. Paul's Episc 17:39.00 10
11 Boykin, Hunter Navarre High School 17:43.00 11
12 Fuller, George Pine Forest High 17:47.00 12
13 Skarupa, Cody SO Fort Walton Beac 17:48.00 13
14 Pulliam, Ryne Davidson High Sc 17:48.50 14
15 McFarlane, Tucker JR Ums-Wright 17:49.00 15
16 Boykin, Hamilton Navarre High School 17:51.00 16
17 Bevil, Matt SO Fort Walton Beac 17:53.00 17
18 Huetteman, Richie SO Ums-Wright 17:58.00 18
19 Chastain, Ben JR Fort Walton Beac 18:05.00 19
20 Anderson, Zach Pine Forest High 18:10.00 20
21 Longhenry, Dustin Navarre High School 18:12.00 21
22 Ammons, Sam FR Fort Walton Beac 18:14.00 22
23 Cutrell, Kelley SO Ums-Wright 18:19.00 23
24 Haden, Cody Navarre High School 18:21.00 24
25 Lassen, Matt Pine Forest High 18:23.00 25
26 Crotty, Daniel Navarre High School 18:27.00 26
27 Braswell, John SO St. Paul's Episc 18:32.00 27
28 Callaway, Harrison JR St. Paul's Episc 18:32.80 28
29 Harrington, Colby JR Mobile Christian 18:42.00
30 Mullins, Haddan SR Ums-Wright 18:42.80 29
31 Robinson, James SR Alabama Sch. of 18:44.00 30
32 Day, Chase Navarre High School 18:46.00 31
33 Haugen, Frank Pine Forest High 18:54.00 32
34 Giello, Brandon Pine Forest High 19:00.00 33
35 Schenthal, Kyle SR Fort Walton Beac 19:06.00 34
36 Clardy, Tyler Davidson High Sc 19:11.00 35
37 Kilcrease, Hayden Davidson High Sc 19:19.00 36
38 New, Rodney SR Citronelle 19:22.00
39 Summers, Alex SO Baker 19:24.00 37
40 Tinsley, Derek Pine Forest High 19:25.00 38
41 Youngblood, Geoff JR Miller, T. R. 19:26.00 39
42 Nelson, Brandon SO Miller, T. R. 19:27.00 40
43 Moore, Christian FR Fort Walton Beac 19:30.00 41
44 Haupt, Brandon SO East Hill Christ 19:35.00
45 Farrell, Justin SR Murphy 19:40.00 42
46 Joukov, Artem JR Alabama Sch. of 19:41.00 43
47 Johnson, Leburia SR Murphy 19:44.00 44
48 Barriball, Spencer SR East Hill Christ 19:45.00
49 Caviness, Jeffrey SR Baker 19:47.00 45
50 Crain, Damarea SR Baker 19:48.00 46
51 Troop, Blair FR Fort Walton Beac 20:00.00 47
52 Jeffers, Richard SO St. Paul's Episc 20:07.00 48
53 Svyantek, Andy SO Alabama Sch. of 20:08.00 49
54 New, Daniel Davidson High Sc 20:17.00 50
55 Moorer, Michael SR Murphy 20:27.00 51
56 Hoequist, Charles SR Alabama Sch. of 20:27.90 52
57 Howard, Robert SO Murphy 20:30.00 53
58 Harrington, Stephen Mary Montgomery 20:35.00
59 Pruitt, Cole JR Miller, T. R. 20:35.90 54
60 Calderon, Raul JR Baker 20:39.00 55
61 Harrington, Trent 8 Mobile Christian 20:40.00
62 Pancoast, Patrick Davidson High Sc 20:41.00 56
63 Bernasconi, David SO Alabama Sch. of 20:41.40 57
64 Ezelle, Joey SR Mary Montgomery 20:41.90
65 Bannon, Brandon SO Baker 20:42.30 58
66 Stephens, Ben JR Murphy 20:42.70 59
67 Dodich, Austin SR Mobile Christian 20:43.00
68 Cousino, Jordan SR Baker 20:46.00 60
69 Raleigh, Michael FR Murphy 20:47.00 61
70 Noojin, John SR Baker 20:50.00 62
71 Hill, David Austin Theodore High Sc 20:54.00
72 Parker, Tyler SR Miller, T. R. 20:55.00 63
73 Drew, Will SO Ums-Wright 20:56.00 64
74 Adams, Andrew SR Mobile Christian 20:58.00
75 Singleton, Erik SO West Florida Hig 21:07.00 65
76 Fox, Eli JR Alabama Sch. of 21:43.00 66
77 Nadarajan, Annamalai SO Alabama Sch. of 21:50.00 67
78 Williams, Koedy Theodore High Sc 21:53.00
79 Morris-Webb, Zak JR West Florida Hig 21:55.00 68
80 Fulmer, Dillon Satsuma High School 22:07.00
81 Terry, Taylor FR Miller, T. R. 22:10.00 69
82 Buckley, Robert SR West Florida Hig 22:28.00 70
83 Roberts, Joshua SR Citronelle 22:28.70
84 Eiland, Kyle Mary Montgomery 22:54.00
85 Harrington, Ryan SO West Florida Hig 23:00.00 71
86 Silva, Omar Theodore High Sc 23:06.00
87 Gill, Kendrick SR Vigor High School 23:07.00
88 Hanson, Justin Theodore High Sc 23:10.00
89 Williams, Chris Satsuma High School 23:30.00
90 Weidlich, Jeremy 8 East Hill Christ 23:46.00
91 Bryant, Kevin Satsuma High School 23:49.00
92 Mills, Tyler SO Alma Bryant 23:49.90 72
93 Parfait, Max SO Alma Bryant 23:54.00 73
94 Stevens, Gabriel FR Citronelle 24:06.00
95 Leho, Harley Satsuma High School 24:08.00
96 Gill, Jeff SR Miller, T. R. 24:23.00 74
97 Fleming, Terrance SO Murphy 24:32.00 75
98 Lee, Jeremy 7 East Hill Christ 24:33.00
99 Wetterer, Dana SR Alma Bryant 24:34.00 76
100 Creel, Brandon SO Alma Bryant 24:35.00 77
101 Patronas, Henry FR Alma Bryant 24:36.00 78
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 St. Paul's Episcopal 52 1 6 8 10 27 28 48
Total Time: 1:27:11.90
Average: 17:26.38
2 Ums-Wright 67 4 7 15 18 23 29 64
Total Time: 1:28:32.30
Average: 17:42.46
3 Navarre High School 75 3 11 16 21 24 26 31
Total Time: 1:29:11.00
Average: 17:50.20
4 Pine Forest High School 94 5 12 20 25 32 33 38
Total Time: 1:30:29.00
Average: 18:05.80
5 Fort Walton Beach High Sc 105 13 17 19 22 34 41 47
Total Time: 1:31:06.00
Average: 18:13.20
6 Davidson High School 137 2 14 35 36 50 56
Total Time: 1:33:22.50
Average: 18:40.50
7 Alabama Sch. of Math/Scie 231 30 43 49 52 57 66 67
Total Time: 1:39:42.30
Average: 19:56.46
8 Baker 241 37 45 46 55 58 60 62
Total Time: 1:40:20.30
Average: 20:04.06
9 Murphy 249 42 44 51 53 59 61 75
Total Time: 1:41:03.70
Average: 20:12.74
10 Miller, T. R. 265 39 40 54 63 69 74
Total Time: 1:42:33.90
Average: 20:30.78
11 West Florida High School 283 9 65 68 70 71
Total Time: 1:45:49.00
Average: 21:09.80
12 Alma Bryant 376 72 73 76 77 78
Total Time: 2:01:28.90
Average: 24:17.78
Girls
McGill-Toolen High School ANAGER 8:12 PM 10/13/2007 Page 1
2007 Great Muddy Classic - 10/13/2007
Medal of Honor Park
Mobile, Alabama
Rankings
Event 5 Girls 5k Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Johnson, Mary Carleson St. Paul's Episc 19:33.68 1
2 Gilmore, Sarah SR Ums-Wright 19:58.12 2
3 Gilmore, Leigh SR Ums-Wright 20:09.80 3
4 Harkness, Margaret FR St. Paul's Episc 20:31.48 4
5 Dowdy, Shalela SR Murphy 20:48.59 5
6 Galloway, Charlotte 8 Ums-Wright 21:08.18 6
7 Wachob, Crystal Pine Forest High 21:10.18 7
8 Collins, Malise SO St. Paul's Episc 21:22.63 8
9 Cross, Kristen Navarre High School 21:25.16 9
10 Galloway, Ann Stewart SO Ums-Wright 21:29.59 10
11 Speegle, Claire FR Ums-Wright 21:30.89 11
12 Davison, Jobenita Pine Forest High 21:40.62 12
13 Scanlon, Iolani SO Fort Walton Beac 21:45.50 13
14 Gallagher, Erin JR Fort Walton Beac 22:04.84 14
15 Hudson, Kayleigh FR St. Paul's Episc 22:05.63 15
16 Lazarchick, Kathryn 7 Ums-Wright 22:18.74 16
17 Hinton, Mary-Kate Ums-Wright 22:30.53 17
18 Stimpson, Ellie SO St. Paul's Episc 22:32.60 18
19 DaVaux, Sarah FR Fort Walton Beac 22:39.00 19
20 Degennaro, Briana FR Fort Walton Beac 22:40.04 20
21 Homer, Kristin SR Fort Walton Beac 22:47.55 21
22 Paulson, Morgan JR Baker 22:51.70 22
23 Tourelle-fallon, Karyssa Navarre High School 22:53.40 23
24 Mays, Dacia Pine Forest High 22:55.42 24
25 Nelson, Alexandra SO Mobile Christian 22:55.97
26 Guiterrez, Marissa JR Murphy 22:57.21 25
27 Jennings, Kasey Mary Montgomery 23:01.16
28 York, Sarah Nell SR Murphy 23:07.04 26
29 Higdon, Crystal SR Miller, T. R. 23:09.98 27
30 Taylor, Altelisha Pine Forest High 23:13.44 28
31 Tomlinson, Charmaine JR Baker 23:16.32 29
32 Seignemartin, Sabrina Navarre High School 23:17.01 30
33 Massey, Meagan JR Mobile Christian 23:23.70
34 Radford, Melissa FR Fort Walton Beac 23:26.17 31
35 Beck, Mallory Navarre High School 23:31.93 32
36 Sunde, Julia Theodore High Sc 23:34.82
37 Knott, Jennifer SR Murphy 23:37.38 33
38 Davis, Lauren SO Baker 23:38.97 34
39 Bridgford, Ashley SR Fort Walton Beac 23:42.05 35
40 Tyson, Ginger SR Robertsdale High 23:46.18
41 Tanner, Anna SR Baker 23:52.38 36
42 Dries, Tayler SO West Florida Hig 23:55.48
43 Bryars, Anna SO Murphy 24:10.37 37
44 Register, Marissa Pine Forest High 24:15.36 38
45 Lee, Chynna JR Murphy 24:55.53 39
46 Paulson, Allison JR Baker 24:56.57 40
47 Pusch, Skyler Navarre High School 25:13.41 41
48 Tyler, Karlee Navarre High School 25:18.91 42
49 Chandler, Chelsea Navarre High School 25:19.17 43
50 Jefferson, Jasmine Pine Forest High 25:24.74 44
51 Nelson, Amber 8 Miller, T. R. 25:49.20 45
....Event 5 Girls 5k Run CC Varsity
52 Youngblood, Shelby 7 Miller, T. R. 25:49.60 46
53 Gallas, Julia JR Mary Montgomery 26:01.62
54 Wadriski, Kimiko SR Robertsdale High 26:03.87
55 Young, Jessica SR Baker 26:34.45 47
56 Myrick, Lauren JR Baker 27:01.90 48
57 Reshard, Jasmine Pine Forest High 27:11.57 49
58 Waters, Ashleigh SR West Florida Hig 27:43.90
59 Swafford, Ashley JR Robertsdale High 28:06.69
60 Upshur, Bria FR West Florida Hig 28:43.40
61 Tindall, Tiffany Satsuma High School 28:52.02 50
62 Fulmer, Haleigh Satsuma High School 29:16.08 51
63 Dew, Noel Satsuma High School 29:37.70 52
64 Gutherie, Taylor 8 Miller, T. R. 30:17.82 53
65 Carlson, Abby Miller, T. R. 30:26.16 54
66 Dolbear, Sarah Theodore High Sc 30:27.20
67 Silva, Martha Theodore High Sc 30:38.24
68 Mitchell, Megan FR West Florida Hig 31:14.59
69 Travis, Kayleigh Satsuma High School 32:24.71 55
70 Smith, Katylin Satsuma High School 32:58.95 56
71 Evans, Traci Theodore High Sc 33:21.47
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *
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1 Ums-Wright 32 2 3 6 10 11 16 17
Total Time: 1:44:16.58
Average: 20:51.32
2 St. Paul's Episcopal 46 1 4 8 15 18
Total Time: 1:46:06.02
Average: 21:13.21
3 Fort Walton Beach High Sc 87 13 14 19 20 21 31 35
Total Time: 1:51:56.93
Average: 22:23.39
4 Pine Forest High School 109 7 12 24 28 38 44 49
Total Time: 1:53:15.02
Average: 22:39.01
5 Murphy 126 5 25 26 33 37 39
Total Time: 1:54:40.59
Average: 22:56.12
6 Navarre High School 135 9 23 30 32 41 42 43
Total Time: 1:56:20.91
Average: 23:16.19
7 Baker 161 22 29 34 36 40 47 48
Total Time: 1:58:35.94
Average: 23:43.19
....Event 5 Girls 5k Run CC Varsity
8 Miller, T. R. 225 27 45 46 53 54
Total Time: 2:15:32.76
Average: 27:06.56
9 Satsuma High School 264 50 51 52 55 56
Total Time: 2:33:09.46
Average: 30:37.90
Meet Preview: St. Paul's favored in 14th Annual Great Muddy Classic
by Arthur L. Mack
St. Paul’s Episcopal School is the favorite in the boys and girls’ division in the 14th Annual Great Muddy Classic, scheduled for Saturday at Mobile’s Medal of Honor Park.
There are 20 schools entered in the race, with six divisions: Middle School Girls, Middle School Boys, High School Junior Varsity Girls, High School Junior Varsity Boys, High School Varsity Girls, and High School Varsity Boys.
Other Mobile area schools to watch are Mobile’s UMS-Wright and McGill-Toolen Catholic. Out of town schools to watch include Ft. Walton Beach and Pensacola Pine Forest.
Middle School boys and girls will run two miles, while junior varsity and varsity runners will run 5K (3.1 miles). The course itself consists of grass, wooded trails, and depending on rain, mud.
The race got its name when it was held at Chickasabogue Park for two years. For the last 11 years, it was held at the University of Mobile, where there was a part of the race where runners had to negotiate a 2 ½ foot high ditch. This is the first year that it has been held at Medal of Honor Park.
“The course won’t be as challenging as in years past (when it was at the University of Mobile),” said race director Kevin Stoots. “On paper, it would look like an easy course, but when they (athletes) run on it, it won’t be as easy as it looks.”
Entries are unlimited in the middle school and high school junior varsity divisions, while varsity boys and girls teams will be limited to seven entries.
St. Paul’s Mary Carleton Johnston, who is coming off a sixth-place finish in last week’s Jesse Owens meet, is the favorite in the varsity girls’ race, while in the varsity boys’ division, St. Paul’s Lee Gilmer, who ran a strong second in the elite boys’ race at Jesse Owens, is favored to win.
Other individuals to watch are UMS-Wright’s Sarah and Leigh Gilmore, Murphy’s Shalela Dowdy, and Davidson’s Damien Lee.
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