Southern Showcase 2022 Girls Preview

After a record-breaking Southern Showcase in 2021, where the Rocket City (Huntsville, Al.) saw 125 teams and countless achievements, the 2022 offering is poised to be on yet another level.

With 160 teams from 10 states, the meet has grown to epic proportions and will truly feel like a regional meet.

The top five teams in the championship race will get recognized as a podium team with a stage appearance and a trophy. The grand champion team who wins the championship race will see each member of the racing squad get a New Balance bag as well.  

According to current results and projects, the top six teams on the girls side are as follows:

• Coach Johnson has his girls poised to be the best team he has ever coached, and that is saying something considering his success over a historic career. The Williams' sisters who are now seniors are typically joined by freshman Katie Mae Coan in the front pack of races this season and have all three been in the 18s for 5K already this season. They look to use what might be the best 1-2-3 punch in the meet for girls' teams to make it on the podium surrounded by teams much larger than them.

• Chelsea's girls are moving up from 6A to 7A this season. They kicked their time off in the state's largest classification with a bang at the Chickasaw Trails meet. Led by senior and Auburn University commit Cady McPhail, their top 5 performed well enough to land them the top spot in the class, as well as the #4 overall seed going into the weekend.

• Led by senior Madison Conatser who is already under 19 for the 5K and has two meet wins to her belt, the girls from Ohio are coming south to compete with a great field on a fast course. They enter the weekend with the 5th seed and look to showcase their depth as one of the few teams from outside the southeast region.