Catholic Invitational
10/9/99 at Highland Road Park, LA
Boys 3 miles, girls 2 miles
Boys
Varsity
Team totals -- 1, Episcopal 43. 2, Brother Martin 67. 3, Dallas-Jesuit 124. 4, Assumption 171. 5, Baton Rouge High 218. 6, Alexandria 237. 7, Jesuit-N.O. 287. 8, Episcopal School of Acadiana 288. 9, Fountainebleau 316. 10, Rummel 317. 11, St. Paul 327. 12, Catholic High 351. 13, Barbe 410. 14, St. Martin’s 425. 15, Slidell 434. 16, Menard 497. 17, Lafayette 505. 18, Comeaux 554. 19, Holy Cross 575. 20, St. Thomas Aquinas 593. 21, Andrew Jackson 603. 22, Ponchatoula 633. 23, Hanson Memorial 664. 24, Bishop Lynch 677. 25, Breaux Bridge 729. 26, West Feliciana 748. 27, Iowa 779. 28, E.D. White 796. 29, Hannan 803. 30, Belle Chasse 805. 31, Covington 856. 32, Bolton 889. 33, Parkview Baptist 904. 34, Teurlings Catholic 943. 35, St. Amant 962. 36, St. Augustine 1,017. 37, Woodlawn 1,019 38, Grace Christian 1,089. 39, Newman 1,091. 40, University 1,104. 41, Sullivan 1,118. 42, Broadmoor 1,200. 43, Denham Springs 1,266. 44, Baker 1,268. 45, False River 1,362. 46. Glen Oaks 1,413.
325 finishers
Top individuals -- 1, Jimmy Wiggins, St. Paul, 15:36. 2, Gregg Fell, Episcopal, 15:54. 3, Matt Hoelle, Fountainebleau, 16:02. 4, Andrew Huston, Episcopal, 16:17. 5, Gavin Filasek, Alexandria, 16:24. 6, Jarrett Roche, Brother Martin, 16:25. 7, Matt Carroll, Winnfield, 16:26. 8, Jude Blanchard, Brother Martin, 16:27. 9, Tommy Corona, Dallas-Jesuit, 16:39. 10, Steve Geiser, Episcopal, 16:41. 11, Garrett Smith, Episcopal, 12:42. 12, Will Revels, Episcopal-Acadiana, 16:46. 13, Ryan Gallagher, Brother Martin, 16:47. 14, Daniel Miller, BRHS, 16:49. 15, Jonathon Springer, BRHS, 16:51. 16, Dave Stewart, Dallas-Jesuit, 16:59. 17, Chris Nye, Holy Cross, 17:00. 18, Adam Jones, Brother Martin, 17:02. 19, Louis Bonnecaze, Episcopal, 17:05. 20, Stephen Guillot, Assumption, 17:05
Junior high
Top teams -- 1, St. Paul 72. 2, Catholic High 76. 3, Episcopal 76. 4, Rummel 188. 5, Holy Cross 137.
243 finishers
Top individuals -- 1, Donnie Miller, West Feliciana, 10:50. 2, Cody Savage, Watson, 10:57. 3, Michael Hendry, Catholic, 11:19. 4, Doug Harris, Episcopal 11:34. 5, Townsend Bessett, St. Paul, 11:41.
Girls
Varsity
Team totals -- 1, Newman 110. 2, St. Joseph’s Academy 135. 3, Mount Carmel 149. 4, Parkview Baptist 165. 5, St. Scholastica 167. 6, Episcopal 175. 7, St. Thomas More 206. 8, Fountainebleau 311. 9, Menard 315. 10, Sullivan 320. 11, E.D. White 355. 12, Lafayette 359. 13, Barbe 379. 14, University 382. 15, Slidell 413. 16, Alexandria 481. 17, Covington 484. 18, Episcopal School of Acadiana 400. 19, Belle Chasse 509. 20, Hanson 511. 21, St. Thomas Aquinas 516. 22, Metairie Park Country Day 527. 23, Iowa 565. 24, St. Amant 573. 25, Ponchatoula 584. 26, Bishop Lynch 621. 27, Assumption 719. 28, Comeaux 838. 29, Andrew Jackson 852. 30, Catholic-Pointe Coupee 942. 31, Grace Christian 991. 32, False River 997. 33, Glen Oaks 1,062. 34, Grace King 1,132.
264 finishers
Top individuals -- 1, Jackie John, Iowa, 12:20. 2, Megan Kliebert, E.D. White 12:42. 3, Kate Ripple, Parkview, 12:43. 4, Jennifer Davis, Parkview, 12:43. 5, Alicia Harris, Parkview, 12:53. 6, Grace Nathanson, Sullivan, 12:56. 7, Corey Laborde, Mount Carmel, 13:02. 8, Rachel Perez, Mount Carmel, 13:07. 9, Jessica Huber, Sullivan, 13:13. 10, Kathryn Cleland, St. Joseph’s Academy, 13:13. 11, Stephanie Swain, Lafayette, 13:13. 12, Megan Whelton, Newman, 13:13. 13, Sandy Osborne, Lafayette, 13:24. 14, Janee Routh, St. Joseph’s, 13:26. 15, Katie Dawson, Episcopal, 13:27. 16, Stacey Enright, St. Thomas More, 13:29. 17, Lindsay Olinde, BRHS, 13:22. 18, Janine Moreau, Newman, 13:34. 19, Lauren Jacobs, Newman, 13:36. 20, Rayla Hunt, BRHS, 13:36.
Junior high
Top teams -- 1, Trafton 17. 2, St. Martin’s 60. 3, West Feliciana 61. 4, Newman 138. 5, Hanson 147.
118 finishers
Top individuals -- 1, Lindsay Day, Trafton, 13:12. 2, Natalie Waguespack, Redemptorist, 13:21. 3, Jenifor Radecker, Mount Carmel, 13:43. 4, Lynley Roche, Mount Carmel, 13:48. 5, Whitney Curry, Trafton, 13:51.
Report from the Baton Rouge Advocate:
By ROBIN FAMBROUGH
Advocate sportswriter
Meets like the Catholic High Invitational are usually a showcase for big
schools that feature a large base of cross country runners.
Two Division IV-Class 2A schools, Episcopal and Newman, proved less can be
more by winning the team titles at the annual meet that attracted 950
runners to Highland Road Park on Saturday.
Top-ranked Episcopal scored 43 points to win the 46-team varsity boys
division. Second-ranked Newman tallied 110 points to win the 30-team girls
division.
Jimmy Wiggins of St. Paul and Jackie John of Iowa didn't have personal-best
times due to the rain-soaked course. The two individual winners set fast
paces the competition couldn't match.
Wiggins had a winning three-mile time of 15 minutes, 36 seconds. John, who
was second at last week's St. Joseph's Academy Invitational at Highland, won
the two-mile girls race in 12:20.
Although Wiggins led virtually from the opening gun, Episcopal got in
position to win by placing three runners in the top 10. Gregg Fell was
second (15:54), Andrew Huston placed fourth (16:17) and Steve Geiser was
10th (16:41).
Brother Martin was second in the boys division with 67 points, followed by
Jesuit of Dallas (124), Assumption (171) and Baton Rouge High (218).
"Again, I'm very pleased with the way we ran as a team,'' Episcopal coach
Claney Duplechin said. "I'm happy for Fell and Huston ... they both ran
well. Our fifth man today was Louis Bonnecaze and he stepped up."
The girls standings were quite different than those SJA meet won by
top-ranked Mount Carmel of New Orleans, followed by Parkview Baptist and
Newman.
Another local school, Division I St. Joseph's, placed second with 135. Mount
Carmel (149), Parkview (165) and St. Scholastica (167) rounded out the top
five.
Megan Whelton was 12th to lead Newman.
"I think our depth was what won it for us," Newman coach Pete Flora said. "I
hope they are proud of this (accomplishment as a Class 2A school)."
Course conditions forced Wiggins to abandon his pre-race plans.
"I had one plan if the course was dry," Wiggins said. "That went out the
window. I didn't plan it, I just started running. I didn't feel that good on
the first and second mile, but on the third mile I got stronger."
John said lessons learned at the SJA meet prompted her to push the pace and
claim the lead right before one-mile mark.
"Last week she (SJA winner Kate Ripple of Parkview) took off at the one mile
mark," John said. "I did it this week and I thought she'd come with me. It
was wet, but I was more comfortable this week. I got used to the hills."
Megan Kliebert of E.D. White was second to John, followed by three Parkview
runners, Ripple, Jennifer Davis and Alicia Harris.
Two Sullivan runners, Grace Nathanson (6th) and Jessica Huber (9th), and
Kathryn Cleland of SJA (10th) also had top finishes.
