Alabama Top Performing Seniors and Their First 5Ks

Tim Loreman
AlabamaRunners.com has an enormous statistical database with hundreds of thousands of races, times, throws, & jumps from the two decades of XC and Track & Field.  A typical visit to the site will show you some type of statistical list based on best times in many various forms. It could be a regional list, a top runner on a course list, or even a top 25 seniors list.  Times, particularly fast times, get the runners, coaches, and fans excited.  The runners who bust on to the scene, immediately improve the teams, and make some noise across the state get noticed by everyone.
 
The list below shows the Top 30 ranked seniors based on times this fall.  The 1st column shows their 2013 times, whereas 4th & 5th columns show their 1st 5K time ever, along with the grade it happened.
 

Top 10 Senior Girls

18:22.8 Veronica Lyle Hewitt-Trussville HS 22:09.52 10th
18:48.3 Logan Ayers St Bernard 23:51.16 10th
18:53.0 Katie Nelson TR Miller 21:35.00 7th
18:56.6 Anna Braswell St. Paul's Episcopal 21:45.96 7th
19:03.0 Karisa Nelson TR Miller 21:12.00 7th
19:06.3 Emma Garner Opelika High School 20:46.64 7th
19:10.7 Autumn East Coosa Christian High School 23:10.48 11th
19:16.5 Alexandra Pidcock Hewitt-Trussville HS 23:27.66 9th
19:23.1 Laura Bennett Lawrence County HS 27:53.10 9th
19:27.8 Amanda Howard Oak Mountain HS 24:56.07 9th

Top 10 Senior Boys

15:03.3 Mac Macoy Vestavia Hills HS 19:39.25 9th
15:58.0 Anthony Wells Grissom HS 24:53.41 10th
16:05.3 Alex Enns Holy Spirit Catholic High School 20:38.09 7th
16:06.9 Dylan Ogburn Auburn 18:41.10 9th
16:10.1 Michael Johnson Thompson 20:22.50 8th
16:11.4 Mike Rohdy Homewood HS 21:33.95 9th
16:11.5 Eshan King Randolph School 19:33.20 9th
16:12.9 Davis Kelly Mountain Brook HS 19:59.89 7th
16:15.0 Anthony Parameswaran Sparkman High School 21:09.6 9th
16:15.2 Peyton Price Vestavia Hills HS 18:23.0 9th

Several of these runners have over five minutes gains since 7th, 8th, or 9th grade.  While these runners are all very key to their teams young runners who are just figuring it all out should not be discounted at all.

Watch out for those runners on the list below (2013 #80-100 Frosh Runners by Time) as they are the ones that will be filling out key spots in the upcoming years.

#80-100 Freshmen Girls

80. 22:55.80 Katie Mier Briarwood Christian School 2017 09/17/2013 Randolph School Cross Country Classic
81. 22:57.02 Gabriella Guardalabene McGill-Toolen Catholic 2017 09/15/2013 Azalea City Classic
82. 22:57.14 Mary Catherine Smith Homewood HS 2017 09/07/2013 Chickasaw Trails Inv
83. 22:57.60 Elizabeth Romanos St. Paul's Episcopal 2017 09/28/2013 Daphne Invitational
84. 22:58.16 Claire Payne Hewitt-Trussville HS 2017 09/14/2013 Scottsboro Invitational
85. 23:03.80 Hunter Coker Wetumpka 2017 09/28/2013 Montgomery Academy Invitational
86. 23:05.51 Ashley Lloyd Oxford High School 2017 09/14/2013 Scottsboro Invitational
87. 23:09.71 Caroline Douglas UMS-Wright 2017 09/15/2013 Azalea City Classic
88. 23:09.76 Blaze Farrell Northview 2017 09/21/2013 3rd Annual Rutherford Ram Run
89. 23:11.31 Isabel Barganier Montgomery Academy 2017 09/28/2013 Montgomery Academy Invitational
90. 23:14.10 Peyton Randolph Ardmore High School 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
91. 23:14.42 Alexis Chambers Fort Payne 2017 09/14/2013 Scottsboro Invitational
92. 23:17.06 Olivia Bland Hewitt-Trussville HS 2017 09/21/2013 TCBY Invitational
93. 23:17.43 Victoria McCurry Auburn 2017 09/28/2013 Montgomery Academy Invitational
94. 23:17.92 Marlena Ramirez Boaz 2017 09/21/2013 Fairview Invitational
95. 23:18.47 ambriah bryant Opelika High School 2017 10/12/2013 Smiths Station Panther Invite
96. 23:19.22 Camille Smith Homewood HS 2017 09/07/2013 Chickasaw Trails Inv
97. 23:21.77 Hannah Ruth Wilson Athens Bible School 2017 09/07/2013 Chickasaw Trails Inv
98. 23:24.78 Carina Reinoso Douglas 2017 10/08/2013 Fairview Hay of a Run
99. 23:26.10 Rebekah Clemens James Clemens 2017 09/17/2013 Randolph School Cross Country Classic
100. 23:26.21 Emily Renfrow Vina High School 2017 09/28/2013 Cold Springs Kudzu Hills Invitational 9th Annual

#80-100 Freshmen Boys

80. 18:53.90 Paul Selden Homewood HS 2017 09/28/2013 Oak Mountain XC Invitational
81. 18:54.00 Camp Wilhelm Homewood HS 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
82. 18:54.50 Jason Hambey Hewitt-Trussville HS 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
83. 18:54.97 Tyler Newton Lauderdale County 2017 09/07/2013 Chickasaw Trails Inv
84. 18:56.52 Jordan Frank Fairhope 2017 09/15/2013 Azalea City Classic
85. 18:57.10 Adam Trull Rogers 2017 09/17/2013 Randolph School Cross Country Classic
86. 18:59.63 Nolan Powers Spanish Fort 2017 09/28/2013 Daphne Invitational
87. 19:00.31 Morgan Phillips Thompson 2017 09/24/2013 Shelby County XC Championship
88. 19:01.00 Travis Carlson TR Miller 2017 09/21/2013 8th Annual J.D. Mac XC Invitational
89. 19:01.40 Jacob Lackey Pelham 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
90. 19:02.79 John Williams McGill-Toolen Catholic 2017 09/15/2013 Azalea City Classic
91. 19:02.80 Tucker Hill Hoover 2017 09/07/2013 Chickasaw Trails Inv
92. 19:03.92 George Moore Briarwood Christian School 2017 10/05/2013 15th Annual Jesse Owens Classic
93. 19:06.39 Tristan Wilson Daphne 2017 09/28/2013 Daphne Invitational
94. 19:06.93 Lane Galloway Auburn 2017 10/12/2013 Smiths Station Panther Invite
95. 19:11.20 Ben Harris Homewood HS 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
96. 19:12.40 Phillip Parker Pelham 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
97. 19:12.80 Rhys Ferguson Homewood HS 2017 10/12/2013 Dew it On the Trails
98. 19:13.37 Jacob Talbert Thompson 2017 09/21/2013 Chattanooga Cross Country Festival
99. 19:14.00 Steven Soles Center Point High School 2017 09/26/2013 Gardendale Invitational
100. 19:14.43 Joshua Trimble Booker T Washington Magnet 2017 09/28/2013 Montgomery Academy Invitational