Mid State Cross Country Championships Boys results

The Mid State Cross Country Championship lived up to its reputation as a fast, quality early season test.  Congratulations to Kaleb Wolfenden from Lowndes HS with a blistering time of 16:45.84.  Michael Rowlands of Veterans HS was the only other runner below 17:00 on the day.  He ran the 5k course in 16:59.25.  There were 247 runners in the Boys Varsity race.

Veterans won the overall team title by 5 points over Lowndes.

Top 10 Boys Results

1. Kaleb Wolfenden    Lowndes   16:45.84
2. Michael Rowlands  Veterans   16:59.25
3. Chance Roe            Lowndes   17:24.34
4. Tanner Reid           Perry         17:37.03
5. Nikalas Rowlands   Veterans   17:51.34
6. Tunji Afolabi-Brown MDS        18:19.62
7. Lawson Weldon   Mary Persons  18:25.75
8. TJ  Williams        Mary Persons  18:31.62
9. Nathan Devan     Mary Persons  18:33.12
10. Demetrius Gilliard Westover     18:43.56

Boys Team

1. Veterans  63
2. Lowndes   66
3. Mary Persons  96
4. Houston Co  114
5. Perry 127
6. Jones Co  147
7. Upson Lee 193
8. Warner Robins  243
9. Mount De Sales  253
10. Westover  274
11. Vidalia    314
12. Americus-Sumter  344
13. Hawkinsville  346
14. Tatnall Square  388
15. ACE Charter

Full results can be found here on Milesplit.

Mid State Cross Country Classic 22 August 2015

The first big meet of the season for middle Georgia is almost upon us.  Perry HS and Warner Robins HS are co-hosting the race at the Guradian Center in Perry, just off of I-75.  The course is flat and generally produces some nice low times.

The schedule is as follows:

HS Boys – 8:00 am

HS Girls – 8:30 am

MS Boys/Girls  9:00 am

Middle Georgia High Schools that are running include:

Hawkinsville HS

Houston County

Jones County High School

Mary Persons

Mount De Sales

Perry High School

Tattnall Square Academy

Upson Lee High School

Veterans HS

Vidalia

Warner Robins

There are more schools coming, 17 total schools.  It should be a great race to kick off the season.  Go on out and watch!

Prep School Preview (Part 2 2A/1A Private)

Here is the 2nd installment.  It looks like they will not be doing one for 1A Public.

2A Boys

9.  Austin Cook  Bleckley County  17:28   Region 4-AA

14  Dayton Cannon  Bleckley County  17:40  Region 4-AA

15 Anuj Patel    Bleckley County  17:45     Bleckley County Invitational

20  Carl Ellis Corley  Bleckley County  17:56

22  Logan Bridges  Bleckley County  17:57   Region 4-AA

26  Luke Teston  Bleckley County  18:06.41  FPD Wild Run

30  Taylor Harrell  Bleckley County  18:11

47  Clay Blanton  Bleckley County  18:43  Region 4-AA

49  Michael Williams  Northeast Macon  18:50  Warner Robins Race

52  Quintavius Albritton  Northeast Macon  19:00

62  Raymond Williams  Dublin HS  19:05  Greyhound Invitational

69  Hayden Bellflower  Bleckley County  19:10.69  Warner Robins race

2A Girls

14.  Ellen Powell  Bleckley County  20:38   Region 4-AA

44.  Ashley Canon  Lamar County  22:19   Region 4-AA

52.  Jahnaria Brown  Bleckley County  22:37  Region 4-AA

76.  Tori Deeson  Bleckley County  23:33   Region 4-AA

85.  Margaret Henry  Lamar County  24:01  Region 4-AA

93.  Kamare Wayes   Northeast Macon  24:17  Region 4-AA

1A Private Boys

1. Will Martin      FPD  16:08  Footlocker

44.  Josh Russell MDS 18:50.5   Westover Invitational

50.  Dylan Ogle    Stratford  19:00.7  FPD Wild Run

68.  Cooper Martin  FPD  19:19.39    GHSA State Meet

70.  Tunji Afolabi-Brown  MDS  19:20.24  GHSA State Meet

73.  Dylan Bridges   FPD  19:26.91     FPD Wild Run

87.  Nicholas Farmer  FPD  19:44.33    MDS Invitational

91.  Allen Kim        MDS   19:52.31      FPD Wild Run

1A Private Girls

10.  Jessy Tallant    MDS  19:51   Footlocker South

31.  Faith Siror     MDS  21.23.54  Westover Invitational

39.  Cali Ruth Hays  Stratford  21:44.28  FPD Wild Run

44  Ellie Peterson  Stratford  21:50.85  GHSA State Race

63.  Olivia Barroso  MDS  22:30.31   Westover Invitational

68.  Charlotte Moody  FPD  22:38.82  Disney

80.  Rebecca Thompson   MDS  22:58.22  GHSA State Race

81.  Juliana Hightower  Stratford  23.01.80   GHSA State Race

94.  Conner Hefner    Stratford   23:36.80  GHSA State Race

97.  Catherine Brown  Stratford    23:46  FPD Wild Run

Brewton Parker College Schedule

9/11/2015      5:30 PM   UWG WOLVES INVITATIONAL   CARROLLTON, GA

9/26/2015      9:00 AM   ALBANY STATE INVITATIONAL  ALBANY, GA

10/2/2015      5:30 PM   SCAD ATLANTA XC INVITATIONAL  NEWNAN, GA

10/9/2015      5:45 PM   VALDOSTA STATE OPEN INVITATIONAL  VALDOSTA, GA

10/24/2015    9:00 AM  ASICS SAND SHARK INVITATIONAL HARDEEVILLE, SC

11/6/2015      TBA         SSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS     CLINTON, MI

11/21/2015    TBA        NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CHARLOTTE, NC

Prep School Preview (Part 1 6A/5A/4A/3A)

With the multiple amount of schools in the area, it would be impossible to do a thorough preview.  What I will do is list the top runners in each classification based on their times from last season.  I would like to give a big thank you to Bruce Taylor and all of the great work that he does at Georgia Milesplit  If you are not familiar with this website, it is the place for running information for High School in Georgia.

I am going to cull from his work to identify the runners from each classification who  made the top 100 returning runners from each class.  This will take a few days, so be patient.  Also understand that this does not correctly relate to transfers and incoming freshmen.  Those were unknown when he put these lists together.  Also, it is strictly on low times, now attempt to handicap the times and the courses.  So after all of that here are the runners who made the list for the three largest classifications:

Place  Name            High School       Time        Race       Graduation Year

6A – Girls/Boys

There are no 6A schools in the area that this blog covers so this one will not have any runners

5A – Girls

27 – Kate Boland               Jones County HS  20:07.00  Foot Locker 2016

70 – Frannie Pittman        Jones County HS 21:12.84  Alexander HS  2017

5A – Boys

28 – Hunter Kimball          Jones County HS  16:47.20   Alexander HS  2017

(Hunter Kimball has transferred to Georgia Military College Prep School 1A (Public) and is awaiting his GHSA hardship appeal)

50 – Ethan  Oulsnam        Jones County HS   17:12.58   WACO Invitational  2017

4A – Girls

10 – Tiffany Mountin          Perry HS               19:43.6  Region 2-4A  2017

74 – Alyssa Mountin           Perry HS               21:34.90  Carrloton Last Chance 2019

84 – Katie Luque                Veterens HS          21:47.10  Region 2-4A  2016

96 – Abby Carroll               Pike County           21:58.72  The Rock Ranch  2016

4A – Boys

21 – Tanner Reid                Perry HS               16:43.50   Region 2-4A Meet  2018

25 – Michael Rowlands       Veterans HS          16:52.50  Region 2-4A  Meet  2016

69 – Lawson Weldon           Mary Persons HS   17:38  Foot Locker  2017

78 – Callum Henry              Perry HS                17:47.6  Region 2-4A  2016

3A – Girls

87 – Ashlee Dixon               Washington Co       23:28.26  Region 3-3A  2017

3A – Boys

59 – Clayton Scarborough   Dodge County        18:13.97   Region 1-2A  2017

68 – Brice Blocker               Dodge County        18:19.47  Region 1-2A  2016

93 – Jamarion Tucker         Washington Co       18:39.07  WACO  2016

With that type of talent this should be a great year to go and watch some races!

Central Georgia Technical College Schedule

2015 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Schedule

Fri Sept 11     UWG Cross Country Meet  5:00 pm         Carrollton, GA

Sat Sept 12    CGTC Fun Run (5K)           8:00 am         Warner Robins, GA

Fri Sept 25     Mercer University Invitational  6:00pm    Macon, GA

Fri Oct 9        LaGrange Invitational          5:00pm         LaGrange, GA

Sat Oct 10     CGTC Invitational                10:00am       Macon, GA

Sat Oct 24     GCAA Championships         10:00am        Macon, GA

Mercer University 2015 schedule

2015 Mercer Men’s Cross Country Schedule

Date	Opponent
Fri. Sep 4	vs. Strut’s Season Opener
	Hosted by Jacksonville State University
Sat. Sep 12	vs. Furman Cross Country Classic
	Hosted by Furman University
Fri. Sep 25	vs. Julius Johnson Invitational @ Macon, Ga.
	Hosted by Mercer University
Sat. Oct 3	vs. Upstate Invitational
	Hosted by USC Upstate
Sat. Oct 17	vs. Cross Country Only National Invitational
	Hosted by University of Richmond
Sat. Oct 31	vs. SoCon Championships
	Hosted by Furman University
Fri. Nov 13	vs. NCAA South Regionals @ Tuscaloosa, Ala.
	Hosted by University of Alabama

Now it is CGTC, FVSU and BPC who have not released theirs.

Schedules

We are now less than a month from the beginning of the college cross country season and Fort Valley State University, Brewton Parker College, Mercer University and Central Georgia Technical College do not have their schedules published on their websites.  I will post them as soon as they become available.

Today is the 1st day that GHSA schools could run a cross country race.  As already mentioned, the 1st big race of the area is the Mid State Cross Country Classic co-hosted by Warner Robins and Perry HS’ on 22 August.

A few Mid Georgia schools will also be participating in the Twilight in the Grove race on the same day hosted by Locust Grove HS.

Lets get out there and cheer on the local runners.

McFarland, USA

For those who have not yet seen it, McFarland, USA is a great movie about Cross Country.  It details that creation of one of the best high school programs in the nation at McFarland High School in California.  As it is a Disney movie, the theme is pretty standard.  Introduction, creation of the team, team building, overcoming differences, unexpected conflict, resolution (usually the good guys winning).

The movie also makes me glad that I live and run in Middle Georgia, instead of mountain covered California.

One thing that I really appreciate about this movie is the emphasis on the team aspect of the sport.  One of the main characters wins a race, but is immediately concerned how his team is doing.  What a great lesson that I wish all of the runners in the area, either college or high school would learn.

If you have seen the movie, write a few comments about what you thought.

Mid State Cross Country Classic 22 August 2015

I will do my best to identify some of the races in the Middle Georgia area.  The first big one is the

Mid State Cross Country Classic

jointly held by Perry and Warner Robins High Schools.

  

Information and Registration can be found here.

The course is located here.

Come on out and watch a great, and fast race.  The schedule is as follows:

MS 2 Mile, HS 5000 m
Schedule of races High School Boys-8:00 a.m.
High School girls 8:30 a.m.
Middle School boys/girls 9:00 a.m.