Tara Lenn of St. Paul's and Scott Fuqua of Oak Mountain repeat
as 4A-5A State Champions - Scottsboro
and Oak Mountain are Team Champions -
Stats
| Scott Fuqua, left, and Tyler
Stanfield continued their season-long rivalry of Alabama's
best two runners, with Fuqua taking control in the last mile
to win by 26 seconds in 15:54. |
Tara Lenn repeats
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photos by Joey Warner
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By Joey Warner
Troy State 11/12/01 -- Most of the State of Alabama had been experiencing
cool nights and brisk mornings, but on this day by 10 am the sun
was beaming and the air was very dry. The 5K course winds through
a beautiful golf course on the Trojan’s campus and offers many
challenges. Many of the runners in each race experienced difficulty
with hydration and handling the unseasonable warmth.
"A lot of the lead runners had problems because of the effort
that they were giving," St. Paul’s Coach Jim Tate suggested.
Coach Tate was proud of the performance his young team displayed
as his Lady Saints finished runner-up in the 4A-5A division to a
deserving team from Scottsboro in what was another "Battle
of Rivals." Coach Tate’s girl’s teams at St. Paul’s
won 16 consecutive State Championships before being upset by Scottsboro
by a single point in 1999 that broke the streak. Last year St. Paul’s
set a State record when it averaged 20:20 per runner led by Margaret
Martin and State Champion Tara Lenn. The Saints brought the blue
trophy back to Mobile with an exciting victory over the very respected
Wildcats.
This year everyone knew it would be more of the same with Scottsboro
having the edge from more experience on the young and rebuilding
SPS runners from the Spring Hill area of West Mobile. The large
crowd of screaming supporters cheered loudly for all of the runners
as the race between St. Paul’s and Scottsboro began to unfold.
Through the first two-miles it was very close but Scottsboro had
the better team on this day and it proved to be enough for the 4A-5A
State Title.
St. Paul’s gave it all it had behind the leadership of Freshman
Tara Lenn. Tara won the race to claim her second consecutive State
Championship. Tara held off a determined Linda Scarvada of Cullman
for the victory when she crossed the finish line in 20 minutes,
14 seconds. Scardava was second in 20:26. Tara’s time was slower
than expected mostly because of the conditions as well as not having
a pack of runners to join in with the push. Miss Lenn was well aware
of the potential that Scottsboro was bringing so she was happy to
gain the victory over her friendly rivals. Jessi Gross (20:45) and
Emily Green (20:56) of Scottsboro finished third and fourth while
seventh-grader Lacey Wright was seventh in 21:14. St. Paul’s
leader Junior Neesa Peterson was running very tough as usual before
experiencing difficulty about 50 meters from the finish. "Even
if Neesa would have finished Scottsboro still would have been ahead
of us in points," Coach Tate admitted. Eighth-grader Katelyn
Simpson of St. Paul’s finished fifth in 21:04.15 and was 16%
of a second ahead of local rival freshman Rebecca Willett of UMS
(21:04.31). Rachel Bramlett (21:26) and Tammy Freeman (21:32) were
9th and 12th to round out the Scottsboro top five. St. Paul’s
seventh-grader Callie Freeman (21:44) finished 15th overall to gain
All-State honors while eighth-grader Maggie Delaney (21:47) just
missed the award as she finished 17th. Senior Julie Gamble (21:46)
of Scottsboro was so close also finishing 16th while Jill Bryant
was the seventh finisher for the Wildcats. Junior Clara Holmes (22:05)
and seventh-grader Emily Collins (22:21) rounded out the St. Paul’s
squad.
Scottsboro won with 35 points followed by St. Paul’s (58),
UMS-Wright (94), Oak Mountain (105) and Cullman with 126.
In the Boys 4A-5A competition Scott Fuqua of Oak Mountain used
tactical strategy to overcome and defeat Tyler Stanfield of Homewood
in a race of Alabama’s best male high school runners. Fuqua
trailed for two-miles before taking control and winning with a time
of 15:54. Stanfield finished with a fast time of 16:20.
Sophomore John Brigham led St. Paul’s finishing fifth overall
in 17:10. He was followed by Junior Tyler Lenn, 24th in 18:35 and
Freshman Alex Pappas, 34th in 19:05. Robert Shreve (20:00), J.P.
Surrouen of Finland (20:15), 8th grader Will Cadden (21:01) and
7th-grader William Latta (22:00) were the remaining Saints that
finished fifth in the boys division.
Oak Mountain nipped Briarwood 40 to 42 for the Boys 4A-5A Championship.
Scottsboro was third with 91 points while Fort Payne finished fourth
with 140 points.
Jennifer Thompson of Arab won the girls 6A State Championship with
a time of 19:20. Freshman Lane Schlitz of Hewitt-Trussville was
second in 19:30 and Tara Enebak of Auburn was third in 19:45.
Laura Friedline of Murphy was 12th in 20:48 and was the only Mobilian
to make the 6A All-State team.
Ryan Lenaghan and Todd McCarty of McGill and Steve Mouton of Murphy
made the 6A All-State team.
Oak Mountain
Scottsboro
State Meet Stats by Joey Warner
Boys - Girls
Boys
Boys Top 47 (15:56 to 17:58)
Alabama cross-country State Meet
Troy State University on November 12, 2001
5K Race
##-Runner------CL/DIV-School-----------TIME
01-Scott Fuqua-12/5A-Oak Mountain----15:56
02-Phillip Moore-11/6A-Hoover-----------16:19
03-Tyler Stanfield-12/5A-Homewood-----16:20
04-Michael Brown-11/6A-Hoover---------16:30
05-Tyler Carroll-11/6A-Vestavia Hills----16:51
06-Kenan Lucas-11/6A-Mountain Brook-16:52
07-Ryan Lenaghan-11/6A-McGill---------16:55
08-Ben Whitaker-12/5A-Briarwood-------16:55
09-Scott Novack-9/6A-Hoover--------------16:56
10-Steve Mouton-12/6A-Murphy-----------17:04
11-Brandon Smith-11/3A-Clay County----17:05
12-Greg Issacs-12/6A-Huntsville-----------17:07
13-Will McGee-10/5A-Scottsboro----------17:07
14-John Brigham-10/5A-St. Paul’s---------17:10
15-Gaiting Kara-11/6A-Austin--------------17:12
16-Sam Nuckols-11/6A-Huntsville----------17:17
17-Chris Butler-12/6A-McGill---------------17:19
18-Tyler Limbaugh-12/6A-Mountain Brk--17:21
19-Davis Thomas-12/6A-Brewer------------17:22
20-Clay Askew-12/6A-Auburn--------------17:24
21-Todd McCarty-12/6A-McGill------------17:24
22-Brian Roe-12/6A-Murphy----------------17:26
23-Justin Pruitt-12/5A-Southside-Gadsdn--17:27
24-Hunter Feagin-12/5A-Briarwood---------17:28
25-Ben Dennis-11/5A-Oak Mountain-------17:33
26-Aalok Sharma-?/6A-Bob Jones-----------17:33
27-Quint Mansell-12/5A-Oak Mountain----17:34
28-Wilson Whitaker-10/5A-Briarwood------17:35
29-Jay Gilchrist-12/5A-Briarwood-----------17:36
30-Nick Berry-12/6A-Hoover-----------------17:37
31-Mark Ullom-?/6A-Bob Jones--------------17:39
32-Jeffrey Rhodes-9/5A-Coffee HS-----------17:40
33-Brandon McLeod-12/5A-Oak Mountain-17:41
34-Daniel Jones-12/6A-Grissom--------------17:42
35-Jeff Turner-12/6A-Grissom----------------17:44
36-Jashua Pawlik-9/5A-Homewood----------17:45
37-Wade Martin-11/3A-Good Hope----------17:45
38-Matt Guy-11/6A-McGill--------------------17:45
39-John Baker-10/3A-Altamont---------------17:46
40-Dan Morris-11/5A-Oak Mountain---------17:48
41-Tommy Murfee-10/6A-Mountain Brook--17:48
42-David Maharrey-12/3A-Mars Hill Bible--17:48
43-Jason Butler-11/6A-Baker-------------------17:48
44-Tommy Gotham-11/6A-Smith Station----17:49
45-Chris Patrick-10/6A-Smith Station--------17:49
46-Jesse Touchstone-11/5A-Briarwood--------17:56
47-Blake Maddox -12/6A-Smith Station------17:58
Grade/Runners
9th-----3
10th---6
11th---15
12th---21
????---2
Runners under 18:00
1A/3A----(4)
4A/5A----(16)
6A---------(27)
Finishers that completed the race
1A/3A---(85)
4A/5A---(105)
6A-------(104)
Runners that did not finish race
1A/3A----(5)
4A/5A----(3)
6A---------(1)
294 Total finishers in boys race
9 Runners did not finish boys race
537 Runners in girls/boys races
26 Runners did not finish the girls/boys races
34 Teams Participated in the boys races
Top Ten Teams
All Divisions combined
Average Times Per Runner
01-Hoover------------17:08----(6A)
02-Oak Mountain---17:18----(5A)
03-Briarwood--------17:30----(5A)
04-McGill------------17:30----(6A)
05-Mountain Brook-17:43----(6A)
06-Huntsville--------18:02----(6A)
07-Smith Station----18:12----(6A)
08-Grissom----------18:13-----(6A)
09-Scottsboro--------18:17----(5A)
10-Vestavia Hills----18:23----(6A)
Stories and Photo Albums at:
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http://www.expage.com/stpaulsrunners
Girls
Girls Top 64 - (19:20 to 21:59)
Alabama State cross-country Meet
Troy State on November 12th
5K race
##-Runner-----------Grade/Div/Team----------------------Time
01-Jennifer Thompson-11/6A-Arab---------------------19:20
02-Lane Schlitz-9/6A-Hewitt-Trussville--------------19:30
03-Tara Enabek-11/6A-Auburn---------------------------19:45
04-Megan Faireclough-12/6A-Grissom---------------20:00
05-Tyler Mulkin-10/3A-Altamont------------------------20:05
06-Meredith Fuqua-12/6A-Mountain Brook---------20:05
07-Emily Brackin-11/3A-Speake-------------------------20:10
08-Tara Lenn-9/5A-St. Paul’s------------------------------20:14
09-Emry McKay-?/6A-Bob Jones-------------------------20:22
10-Maggie Beck-8/6A-Mountain Brook------------- 20:23
11-Nicole Davis-8/6A-Sparkman-----------------------20:24
12-Becky Ament-11/3A-Speake-------------------------20:26
13-Linda Scardava-?/5ACullman-----------------------20:26
14-Caroline Owens-11/6A-Mountain Brook-------20:30
15-Sara Phelps-12/6A-Huntsville----------------------20:34
16-Laurel Pritchard-8/6A-Vestavia Hills------------20:36
17-Jessi Gross-10/5A-Scottsboro----------------------20:45
18-Brittany Green-?/3A-Pleasant Valley-------------20:47
19-Bridgett Green-?/3A-Pleasant Valley------------20:48
20-Laura Friedline-12/6A-Murphy---------------------20:48
21-Melanie Ament-8/3A-Speake-----------------------20:55
22-Tasha Rowell-11/6A-Hewitt-Trussville--------20:56
23-Emily Green-12/5A-Scottsboro--------------------20:56
24-Ashley Archer-11/6A-Mountain Brook----------21:00
25-Katelyn Simpson-8/5A-St. Paul’s------------------21:04
26-Rebecca Willett-9/5A-UMS--------------------------21:04
27-Ashley Shifflett-9/5A-Thompson-------------------21:06
28-Sierra Willoughby-11/6A-Grissom----------------21:06
29-Emily Hulse-?/3A-Pleasant Valley----------------21:07
30-Laura Holt-10/6A-Grissom---------------------------21:08
31-Leslie Hunt-11/6A-Austin-----------------------------21:10
32-Stephanie Barber-8/6A-Hoover---------------------21:11
33-Lacey Wright-7/5A-Scottsboro--------------------21:14
34-Becca Bell-10/5A-Trinity------------------------------21:18
36-Beth Reed-12/6A-Mountain Brook----------------21:22
37-Emile Fisher-8/6A-Smiths Station----------------21:22
38-Rachel Bramlett-12/5A-Scottsboro--------------21:26
39-Michelle Keltz-11/6A-Smiths Station------------21:26
40-Maegan Granger-11/6A-Arab-----------------------21:27
41-Kristy Crane-12/5A-Hamilton-----------------------21:29
42-Cori Cunningham-8/5A-Fort Payne----------------21:29
43-Sara Yarbrough-10/6A-Mountain Brook---------21:30
44-Lolly York-11/6A-Murphy-----------------------------21:30
45-Tammy Freeman-11/5A-Scottsboro---------------21:32
46-Mary Williamson-7/6A-Decatur---------------------21:36
47-Lauren Cready-8/5A-Oak Mountain---------------21:37
48-Juhwa Sundae-10/6A-Theodore--------------------21:37
49-Brooke Deason-9/6A-Hewitt-Trussville---------21:37
50-Nikki Pilot-11/3A-Bayside Academy------------21:40
51-Melissa Holloway-12/6A-Pelham------------------21:41
52-Vannah Knight-8/3A-Haleyville--------------------21:42
53-Megan Hawkins-7/6A-Decatur----------------------21:42
54-Callie Freeman-7/5A-St. Paul’s----------------------21:44
55-Sara St. Claire-12/6A-McGill-------------------------21:46
56-Julie Gamble-12/5A-Scottsboro--------------------21:46
57-Maggie Delaney-8/5A-St. Paul’s-------------------21:47
58-Hallie Blunck-12/5A-UMS----------------------------21:48
59-Chelsa Mckie-8/3A-Shades Mountain----------21:49
60-Kime Davey-12/6A-BobJones-----------------------21:52
61-Reah Dunnihoo-9/6A-Murphy-----------------------21:54
62-Colleen Macon-10/5A-UMS--------------------------21:54
63-Dominque Warner-9/6A-Sparkman---------------21:59
64-Emily Rutherford-9/3A-Bayside Academy-----21:59
Grade/Runners
7th---------4
8th--------11
9th---------9
10th-------7
11th------15
12th------12
????---------6
Runners under 22:00
6A-------(35)
4A/5A-(19)
1A/3A-(10)
Runners that completed race
1A/3A---(55)
4A/5A---(90)
6A---------(98)
Runners that Did Not Finish
1A/3A-(10)
4A/5A-(6)
6A-------(1) (2-Disqualified)
243 runners finished
17 runners did not finish
2 Disqualified
28 teams participated
Top Ten Teams
All Divisions
Average times per runner
01-Mountain Brook-----20:40------(6A)
02-Scottsboro------------21:10------(5A)
03-St. Paul's---------------21:23------(5A)
04-Grissom----------------21:37------(6A)
05-Hewitt-Trussville---21:44------(6A)
06-UMS/Wright----------21:54.29--(4A)
07-Murphy-----------------21:54.74--(6A)
08-Speake-----------------21:57-------(1A/3A)
09-Smith's Station------21:58-------(6A)
10-Oak Mountain-------22:06-------(5A)
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