Aug. 27

5K Road Time Trial. Winter Park, FL

The Park averages 16:10

#2 Winter Park opened with a time trial after an 11 day period where they could not train as a team. On a measured, moderately challenging road course, defending 4A state champ, Coleman Hoover sped to a 15:31 clocking. Hoover’s splits were a very even; 4:58, 10:01, and 14:58. Teammates, Donnie Anguish and Caleb Vogt followed in 15:58 and 16:02 respectively. Transfer Andrew Chuplis, sick at the time of the time trial, was next in a time of 16:11. 800m runner, Chris Sickinger, recovering from a virus, was the fifth runner across the line in 17:05.

“ We were a little rusty,” said Coach Mike Hill of his team’s effort. “ We had a couple of kids sick and with the 11 days off because of Hurricane Charley, we didn’t run as well as I would have liked.”
Next week, Sept.4, Winter Park will hold out their top three for the Astronaut Invite(Most likely cancelled) in Titusville, Fl. Andrew Cuplis and the others will run in their first official meet of the season. Due to Hurricane Frances, this meet will most likely be cancelled.

1. Hoover, Coleman 15:31

2. Anguish, Donny 15:59

3. Vogt, Caleb 16:02

4. Chuplis, Andrew (sick) 16:11

5. Sickinger, Chris 17:05

6. Chwalisz, Brian 17:22

7. Smalley, Reme 17:32

80:48(16:10 avg) Top 5 spread 1:34

August 28 Gainesville GA Walton Stage Races

Collins Hill(GA), # 4 NTN SE ranked, opened impressively with wins in 2 of the five stage races. The meet is composed of 5 individual 2 mile races or stages for each of the top 5 runners and featured 47 schools and 2,000 to 2,500 runners. Nearly all the top GA teams were there. Temperatures reached low 80’s by the varsity start time.
GA’s top xc runner, Sam Bryfczynski(Walton) held off up and coming Jesse Marino(Collins Hill) in the #1 runner race, 10:09 to 10:10 in hot and muggy conditions. Both looked under control as they negotiated the 6-8 inch tall grass, soft surfaces and relatively flat course. Conditions were reportedly awful.

Collins Hill ended the meet with 10 points to Parkview’s, #2 in GA, 18 points.

“ The boys didn’t run that well,” said Coach Hudson afterwards.

Runners in both the girls and boys second stage ran long due to a mistaken turn. Coach Hudson estimates it cost the boys 1:40 and the girls 2:00.
Collins Hill

Marino, Jesse 2005 10:10 2nd
Frasier, Nathan 2006 10:29 1st

Amador, Miguel 2005 10:46 2nd

Wilson, Bryan 2007 11:14 3rd

Western North Carolina Cross Country Classic Hendersonville, NC

#10 Spring Valley Over #6 Chapel Hill

Spring Valley spent this summer looking to open the season up strong and did so in their first meet of the season. Ranked #10 in the NTN SE region, Spring Valley, won by a slim margin over surprising and unranked Myers Park(NC) and #6 ranked NTN SE region Chapel Hill.

Jake Bolas(Chapel Hill) and Reid Wilson(Spring Valley) ran neck in neck for two miles over the muddy and hilly course before Bolas gapped Wilson and sped away for the win in a time of 15:48. The time was just off Cardinal Gibbon’s Fredy Torres’s 15:41 meet record from last year. Fog kept temperatures in the low 70’s.

“I’m happy with how we ran,” said Spring Valley Coach John Jones. “ Our 1, 3, and 4 runners ran well, but our 2 nd runner had one of those bad days that just happen. He was 1 minute behind what he normally runs. He sprinted in well which helped the team. We’ll take the win. We’re excited, but we know it’s early.”

Spring Valley was without all-state swimmer and potential top five runner, Steven Luckie. Luckie, a highly recruited swimmer, has told coach Jones that he is in the best shape of his life. Luckie will possibly debut in the Coach’s Classic Sept. 11. All the best teams in South Carolina are expected at that meet. Identical twin, William Hunter who has been sick this past weekend may also be ready Sept. 11 and 800m runner Darrian Hodges will run varsity for the first time after finishing in 18:20 in the JV race at the WNCCC race. It was his first xc race ever.

Length: 16212 feet (3.07 miles)

Event 1 Boys 5k Run CC Boys Invite

Wilson, Reid 12 16:04.27

Knight, Daniel 11 16:35.80

Hunter, Justin 11 16:53.66

Doucette, Mike 11 17:48.62

Watkins, Aaron 12 17:50.20

Marino, Dan 11 17:55.86

Hodges, Darrian 12 18:20 in JV

Watkins, Thomas 11 18:45.37

Total Time: 1:25:12.55 Average: 17:02.51 Top 5 spread 1:46

Elkins, David 11 16:44.18

Wilde, Todd 11 17:07.24

Hughes, Ross 10 17:08.68

Gresham, Josh 12 17:20.57

Edwards, Will 09 17:45.45

Fillette, John 12 17:50.74

McCrory, Chris 12 19:20.55

Total Time: 1:26:06.12 Average: 17:13.23 Top 5 spread 1:01

Bolas, Jack 11 15:48.

Hoge, Duncan 11 16:20.53

Workman, Ryan 11 16:55.78

Gottschalk, Jordan 11 17:49.42

Muir, Taylor 10 18:13.21

Dillon, Taylor 10 18:50.32

Tommerdahl, Jake 09 19:11.68

Total Time: 1:25:07.36 Average: 17:01.48 Top 5 spread 2:25

Pung, Brandon 11 16:27.16

Groves, Matt 11 17:28.75

Piercy, Tyler 11 17:29.35

Barker, Will 11 17:57.87

Pung, Jordan 11 17:59.41

Hessler, Jonathan 12 18:52.28

Total Time: 1:26:50.72 Average: 17:22.15 Top 5 spread 1:22

5 Fort Mill (SC) 166 11 20 39 44 52 61 72 Missing

top runners, plus Kentucky transfer Alex Willis, 17:06 at state meet last year as a freshman.

White, Andrew 11 16:43.43

Owens, Travis 10 17:02.74

Grothe, Mike 12 17:36.80

Powell, Stephen 11 17:49.77

Mabry, Josh 10 17:56.61

Raines, Michael 12 18:10.53

Powell, Chris 11 18:27.42

Total Time: 1:27:09.35 Average: 17:25.87 Top 5 spread 1:13

Melbourne, FL Wickham Jamboree

Florida’s best 1 team lost #1 runner and up and coming junior, Austin Joiner to a stress fracture last week before their unofficial opener. They expect him back the day after Great American. The top five ran solidly and averaged 17:20, one of the best averages so far this season in the NTN SE region.

Cooke, Kyle 2008 17:02

Amgott, Jonathan 2007 17:04

Kelley, Shawn 2005 17:16

Potter, Keith 2007 17:20

Hale, Steven 2006 17:56

Butler, Kyle 2007 18:18

1:26:38(17:20) Top 5 spread :54

Winston, GA Alexander Invite

Alexander High beat out last year’s number one ranked team in GA, Brookwood, 40-47. Alexader has a strong top five and could challenge GA’s top teams. They have the best average so far in GA. Brookwood has the #2 best average.

Clay, Ryan 16:10

Haynes, Justin 16:32

Jones, Ben 16:49

Ritchie, Chris 16:59

Kopp, Brandon 17:07

Rodriguez, Chris 17:22

Burg, Zach 17:28

83:37( 16:43) Top 5 spread :57

Wrigley, Bret 16:00

Lorek, Tim 16:40

Mateker, Billy 17:04

Tew, Nathan 17:19

Healton, Chris 17:31

Waldron, Robby 17:32

84:34(17:19) Top 5 spread 1:31

Aug. 31

Tampa, FL West Hillsborough Invite

#1 ranked Tampa Jesuit opened it’s season strong on an 85% asphalt course in their hometown. Conditions were identical to last year’s race according to Coach Mike Boza,
All of Jesuit’s runner improved over last year’s effort on the same course.

Andy Biladeau led the way. The 2A defending state champion stayed with his team though a first mile of 5:02, before cruising the last two miles in approximately 9:32. His 15:11 final time was a 19 second improvement over last year. It also was a personal best by 4 seconds.

Second man, James Osborne, improved 45 second to record his first ever sub 16 clocking of 15:54. Phillip Scrivner was next in 16:31. Coach Boza could not find Scrivner in last year’s results. Scrivner did not make the 17:51 cut on his time list. John Evans had a breakthrough race running a 16:14 (a 35 second improvement). Evans was the top Jesuit freshman two years ago. In the JV race, Peter Bandyk posted the fifth fastest time for Jesuit with his 16:45 win. Cade Rivard was not far off the pace with a 16:49 in the varsity race.

“Last year, we were lucky if our #2 guy was within a minute of Andy. This year, our top 4 were within 1:03 of Andy. I’m really happy about that,” said Boza.
Top 5 runner, Andrew Boza was held out as a precaution, but will participate in the next meet, the FSU Invite on Sept. 11. Boza is nursing shin splints which have kept him in the pool with minimal running.

1 Biladeau, Andy 12 15:11

2 Osborne, James 11 15:54

3 Scrivner, Phillip 11 16:13

4 Evans, John 11 16:14

5. Bandyk, Peter 16:45

7 Rivard, Cade 11 16:49

8 Edwards, Ian 12 17:26

9 Akins, Mike 11 17:31
80:17(16:03 avg) Top 5 spread 1:34

August 28

Melbourne, FL Wickham Jamboree

NTN SE #1 and #15 preseason nationally ranked, Holy Trinity Academy opened with a solid unofficial opener in their hometown. 3200m 1A state champion and eighth grader, Kayla Hale, led the way with a large 43 second margin over last year’s #1 and #2 runners, Rebecca Zuhlke and Chelsey Joiner.

Hale, Kayla 2009 19:22

Zuhlke, Rebecca 2006 20:13

Joiner, Chelsey 2007 20:05

Miller, Jade 2008 20:37

Putnam, Katherine 2008 20:38

Putnam, Lindsey 2006 21:17

O'Brien, Shea 2008 21:57

O'Brien, Kayla 2006 21:23

Givens, Anya 2007 22:26

1:40:55:00(20:11) Top 5 spread 1:16

Gainesville GA Walton Stage Races

Collins Hill(GA), # 6 NTN SE ranked, dominated the stage races winning each race. Their team total of 5, a perfect score, was the first sweep in meet history beating out the previous best of 6 by Harrison. In all, Collins Hill won 10 of the 20 stages both boys and girls varsity and JV races.

A now healthy Jackie Drouin, ranked #6 in the GATFXC.com preseason individual rankings, led the way with an impressive 14 second win in the #1 runner race. Behind her were some of GA’s best runners. Katina Zuganelis (Kennesaw Mountain), ranked #9, was second in 12:28, Ena Leufroy(Marist) ranked #5 was third in 12:32, and Laura Mayo(North Forsyth), ranked #3, was fifth in 12:42.

“ I was very impressed with the girls,” said Coach Hudson who has been at the helm for 15 years. “ We had a really good day.”

Collins Hill

Drouin, Jackie 2007 12:14 1st

Guglielmo, Erin 2007 12:37 1st

Combs, Catherine 2005 12:54 1st

Nichols, Alexis 2006 13:13 1st

Kinard, Veronica 2005 15:21 1 st Long. Took wrong turn

Hendersonville, NC Western North Carolina Cross Country Classic

Cardinal Gibbons got past Chapel Hill, regarded as second best in state, in a close one at WNCCC this past weekend. Frosh Heather Beichner debuted with an impressive 3 rd place finish in a respectable time of 19:25. Gibbons top three was the difference in the close 16 point win.

Spring Valley’s Kate Niehaus, 17 th at the 2003 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals, opened with a close win over an impressive performance by Elizabeth Bruce (Forsyth Country Day, NC), 18:09 to 18:11. Both obliterated the course record of 18:46 set in 2001 by TC Roberson’s Jennifer Kelley.

Beichner, Heather 09 19:25.

O'Neill, Bernadette 11 19:46.61

Holesh, Lauren 11 20:00.02

Adams, Emily 11 20:52.05

Edrington, Kristen 12 22:06.44

Total Time: 1:40:49.01 Average: 20:09.81 Top 5 spread 2:41

Johnson, Becky 10 Chapel Hill HS 19:57.41

Nadolski, Lindsey 12 Chapel Hill HS 20:08.81

Wollman, Adrienne 10 Chapel Hill HS 20:30.45

Stark, Madison 09 Chapel Hill HS 20:39.99

Clendaniel, Lindsay 10 Chapel Hill HS 20:54.79

Superak, Hillary 12 Chapel Hill HS 21:10.83

Archer, Natalie 09 Chapel Hill HS 21:51.68

Total Time: 1:42:11.45 Average: 20:26.29 Top 5 spread :57

Charlotte, NC McAlpine Park

Providence(NC) head coach, Kurt Niedenzu reports that Caroline Johnson, a thought to be transfer, ran in a local meet at McAlpine Park. Johnson has been suffering from a sinus infection the last two weeks, but was asked to run with two of the 9th graders, Autumn Todd who ran 21:51 at the Orthopedic Classic on Aug 21 and Andee Hendel who ran 21:26 last Sat. Todd and Hendel ran 20:53 and Johnson finished in 20:58.
Many of the top runners were held out. The next scheduled meet for Providence is the Eye Opener in Spartanburg, SC Sept.4.

Providence top 7 now look like this(All from McAlpine)

1 Alissa Wilke (12) 19:16

2 April Rowlan (12) 19:52

3 Meghan May (12) 19:57

4 Danielle McNamara (12) 20:09

5 Andee Hendel (9) 20:53

6 Autumn Todd (9) 20:53

7 Caroline Johnson 20:58