Southern Showcase 2020 - Small Schools - Friday, 9/18:
After being open for only a year, this Huntsville course has already proven to be one of the best in the Southeast. The NCAA Division 1 South Regional Cross Country Championship will be held here in 2021 as well as the Alabama 7A section 4, 6A section 6, 4A section 4, and 1A section 4 meets this fall season. This well-groomed course is designed to be fast with its long straightaways, 30 feet wide lanes at the narrowest, and gradual turns. It also has a near perfect ratio of elevation increase and decrease.
During the first few races of this season, heat and humidity were a big factor in athlete's performances across the state. Thankfully, on Friday, the temperature was roughly 25-30 degrees cooler with no humidity. The only real difference between Friday and Saturday was a strong headwind that directly impacted the beginning and end of the races as well as a few other long lanes.
Boys 5k Run CC Small Schools A:
The small school boys took advantage of the course's design and hit the first mile fast in a small lead pack. Into the second mile, the pack had dwindled down into half that and the course's hills which are highlighted during the second mile slowed things down a bit. Eventually Ethan Edgeworth from Cold Springs and Jake Moore from White Plains pulled away. Edgeworth and Moore battled it out until the finish line where Edgeworth beat Moore 16:36 to 16:39. The Top 10 finishers were all under 18:30.
As far as how the teams finished, White Plains beat Westminster Christian Academy by exactly 1 point for the win. White Plains finished with a 18:17 average and a 2:57 1-5 split. Westminster was just barely slower at a team average of 18:24 with a 2:28 1-5 split. Finishing third was Madison Academy with a team average of 18:57 and three points off was Cold Springs with a team average of 18:39.
Name Year School Finals Points ================================================================ Results - Men 1 Ethan Edgeworth 9 Cold Springs 16:36.30 1 2 Jake Moore 12 White Plains 16:39.83 2 3 Seth Peebles 11 Westminster 16:58.60 3 4 Kyle VanKirk 12 Westminster 17:16.00 4 5 Kayd Hightower 12 White Plains 17:47.62 5 6 Carson Limbaugh 10 White Plains 17:48.23 6 7 Sam Hall 9 Madison Academy 18:15.01 7 8 Asher Curp 10 Westbrook Ch 18:20.02 8 9 Henry Woodall 11 Lindsay Lane 18:23.32 9 10 Josiah Walker 9 Cold Springs 18:25.55 10 11 Charlie Owens 12 West Morgan 18:33.14 12 Carter Busby 11 Madison Academy 18:38.06 11 13 Jayden Allred 9 Cold Springs 18:43.92 12 14 C.J. Weaver 8 Madison Academy 18:58.82 13 15 Eli Peebles 9 Westminster 18:59.17 14 Results - Men 1 White Plains 61 2 5 6 23 25 32 Total Time: 1:31:27.69 Average: 18:17.54 2 Westminster Christian Aca 62 3 4 14 19 22 26 29 Total Time: 1:32:01.26 Average: 18:24.26 3 Madison Academy 75 7 11 13 20 24 44 49 Total Time: 1:34:49.76 Average: 18:57.96 4 Cold Springs 78 1 10 12 21 34 37 40 Total Time: 1:33:17.62 Average: 18:39.53 5 Westbrook Christian Schoo 146 8 15 27 45 51 52 Total Time: 1:40:27.38 Average: 20:05.48 6 Pisgah High School 154 18 28 31 36 41 46 53 Total Time: 1:40:35.41 Average: 20:07.09 7 Saint James 176 16 17 38 50 55 56 57 Total Time: 1:44:44.69 Average: 20:56.94 8 Lindsay Lane Christian Ac 179 9 33 42 47 48 Total Time: 1:41:49.10 Average: 20:21.82 9 West Limestone 201 30 35 39 43 54 Total Time: 1:45:30.41 Average: 21:06.09
Girls 5k Run CC Small Schools A:
From the firing of the gun, Presley Miles literally took this race and ran with it. Miles, a senior from Saint James, committed to Duke University just yesterday (congrats!). Miles was the only athlete in this race to go sub 19 minutes and finished a full 2 minutes before the second finisher, Reagan Parris of Cold Springs. Yarahy Marcelino of West Morgan rounded out the top three finishers.
Cold Springs won the small schools girls race with a total of 24 points. Cold Springs finished with all top 5 runners in the top 14 with an average time of 22:22. Coming in at second with 38 points was White Plains. Their team average was 23:07. And finishing in third, Pisgah High School with an average of 24:27 and 71 points.
Name Year School Finals Points ================================================================== Results - Women 1 Presley Miles 12 Saint James 18:56.66 2 Reagan Parris 9 Cold Springs 20:56.19 1 3 Yarahy Marcelino 12 West Morgan 21:14.60 4 Kendal Wright 10 Saint James 21:33.92 5 Brooke Crider 12 Cold Springs 21:45.68 2 6 Anna Strickland 11 White Plains 22:13.62 3 7 Emma Hancock 9 Cold Springs 22:36.10 4 8 Rhylee Bell 11 Pisgah High School 22:38.29 5 9 Adriana Sotelo 11 White Plains 22:51.60 6 10 Sydney Perkins 9 Lindsay Lane 23:03.15 11 Clarie Huffstutler 7 Cold Springs 23:08.57 7 12 Baylie Webb 11 White Plains 23:20.56 8 13 Camden Wilson 11 White Plains 23:23.89 9 14 Macie Huffstutler 7 Cold Springs 23:27.17 10 15 Ruby Callan 8 Lindsay Lane 23:27.84 Results - Women 1 Cold Springs 24 1 2 4 7 10 11 13 Total Time: 1:51:53.71 Average: 22:22.75 2 White Plains 38 3 6 8 9 12 14 Total Time: 1:55:37.19 Average: 23:07.44 3 Pisgah High School 71 5 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total Time: 2:02:19.16 Average: 24:27.84