The weather wasn't quite as nice as it was last week, but it was still sunny and warm on Tuesday afternoon for the Region 3-A/AA cross country championships, which were held on a flat course at Camp Jordan in East Ridge.
Sequoyah senior Danielle March was the female winner as she toured the 5K course in 21 minutes, 46 seconds to win by almost a minute over KiAnna Queener, an up and coming freshman represented CSAS.
Queener's time of 22:41 was four seconds faster than Sequoyah's Courtney Cartwright, who finished third.
CSAS captured first place among the girls with 45 points while Polk County was second with 57 and Sequoyah third with 59.
These three teams all advance to the TSSAA State Meet, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Percy Warner Park in Nashville.
Any individual in the top 11 not on those three teams also qualify as well. Normally, it's the top 10, but because Collegedale Academy doesn't race on Saturday and has never been a part of this season-ending race, the TSSAA extended the individual qualifiers to 11 instead of 10.
The only two girls who qualified are Boyd-Buchanan's Jada Hale, who was fifth in 22:58, and Tyner senior Alexis Reviere, who was 11th in 24:45.
While March ran away with the individual title among the girls, the competition was much closer among the guys.
Collegedale's Daniel Mihaescu was the winner in 17:39 as he outlasted Red Bank's Christian Rudd, who finished second in 17:41. Sweetwater's Will Vineyard was third in 18:06.
Sweetwater claimed top team honors among the guys with 56 points while Red Bank was second with 62 and Boyd-Buchanan third with 69.
Individuals not on those teams who qualified for state include Polk County's Justin Schoelzel, who was sixth in 18:58, Parth Doshi of CSAS in seventh with an 18:59 and Chattanooga Central's Andrew Wagner, who was ninth in 19:27.
March came in with a personal best of 20:38, but she didn't come anywhere near that as she basically ran the entire race by herself. She distanced herself from the field in the first mile and appeared to be out on a nice training run as nobody was close enough to challenge her.
She'll be making her third trip to the state meet where she hopes to improve on last year's 15th-place finish.
"My goal today was to get first place and get a PR, but there was no competition," she said shortly after finishing the 3.1-mile course.
"I also wanted to help my team qualify for the state meet, but I'm not exhausted at all. I know that I could have run faster, but it was a nice flat course and I just enjoyed my run," she added.
Queener was in a group of five girls in the pack following March. The 14-year-old freshman was finally able to separate herself from the others in the final mile.
"It felt a lot longer than it was. I tried to break away in the second mile and was finally able to on the last downhill slope," she explained.
Reviere ran with younger sister Malika for the entire race, but Alexis prevailed by two seconds to claim the final individual spot.
"They were in 15th place for the longest time, but I'm happy that it turned out the way it did," said Tyner coach Sarah Woerner. "I'm just not sure she's happy that she has to keep training for another week," the coach smiled.
Collegedale's Mihaescu -- please don't ask how to pronounce that name -- ran a tactical race as he let some of the others lead for the first half. He learned a lesson the hard way in an earlier race, but put that experience to good use on Tuesday.
"It was tight as the last 400 meters was an all-out sprint, but I felt good when I finished ," the 16-year-old junior explained.
"I started out too fast the last time and really struggled at the end, so I learned from my experience. But I just wanted to win and wasn't as concerned with time," he added.
Red Bank's Rudd appeared to have the race under control until the final stretch. Only he can explain what happened as his competitive spirit seemed to vanish at the end.
"I had the lead until the end as the last mile was really close, but I just let pain get in the way of victory. I know I could have done better and I hope to at the state meet," he explained.
THE REGION 4-A/AA AND 3-AAA races will be held at Cookeville High School on Thursday.
Here are the complete results from both races:
Varsity Boys 5,000 Meter Run
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Name Yr Team Time Pts
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1 Daniel Mihaescu 11 Collegedale Academy 17:39.07 1
2 Christian Rudd 11 Red Bank High School 17:41.92 2
3 Will Vineyard 12 Sweetwater High Scho 18:06.56 3
4 Hank Warren 11 Boyd Buchanan High S 18:27.94 4
5 Austin Wingo 12 Red Bank High School 18:33.58 5
6 Justin Schoelzel 12 Polk Co. High School 18:58.15 --
7 Parth Doshi 10 Chatt. School for th 18:59.53 6
8 Tyler Latham 11 Sweetwater High Scho 19:08.92 7
9 Andrew Wagner 10 Chattanooga Central 19:27.13 8
10 Josh Pina 12 Sweetwater High Scho 19:29.34 9
11 Alex Butcher 12 Boyd Buchanan High S 19:31.08 10
12 Nolan Floyd 9 Boyd Buchanan High S 19:31.38 11
13 Alec Bloomer 9 Sweetwater High Scho 19:47.08 12
14 Alex Condra 11 Hixson High School 19:47.73 13
15 Matt Wells 9 McMinn Central High 19:57.35 --
16 Jack Fitzsimmons 9 Chatt. School for th 20:03.74 14
17 Chad Nash 10 Collegedale Academy 20:09.27 15
18 Clarence Neal 11 Red Bank High School 20:16.25 16
19 Grant Lackey 10 Silverdale Baptist A 20:17.58 --
20 Sandi Beganovic 11 Red Bank High School 20:23.58 17
21 Drew Dunston 10 Chatt. School for th 20:24.05 18
22 Kobe Clark 9 Chatt. School for th 20:27.52 19
23 Alberto Dominguiez 9 Chattanooga Central 20:28.47 20
24 Hunter Busby 9 Boyd Buchanan High S 20:29.88 21
25 Noah Cochran 10 Silverdale Baptist A 20:36.80 --
26 Kyle Peckham 11 Red Bank High School 20:42.63 22
27 Justin Lowery 10 Boyd Buchanan High S 20:46.16 23
28 Devin Vaudreuil 10 Collegedale Academy 21:01.70 24
29 Jake Pina 12 Sweetwater High Scho 21:02.19 25
30 Lucas Alameda 9 Hixson High School 21:04.98 26
31 Sam Yarberry 12 Sequoyah High School 21:07.71 27
32 Jared Eddy 10 Chattanooga Central 21:11.64 28
33 Andrew Butcher 9 Boyd Buchanan High S 21:20.17 29
34 Nicholas Cook 11 Sequoyah High School 21:20.69 30
35 Brian Wright 12 Collegedale Academy 21:22.07 31
36 jordan Malone 9 Chattanooga Central 21:23.94 32
37 Adam Fox 9 Polk Co. High School 21:35.79 --
38 Mitchell Brady 9 Ivy Academy 21:36.92 33
39 Skyler Huffstetler 9 Sweetwater High Scho 21:37.58 34
40 Ian Wesson 9 Chatt. School for th 21:49.70 35
41 Tanner Crowe 10 Red Bank High School 21:56.23 36
42 Dillan Elkins 11 Loudon High School 22:00.10 --
43 Braxton Tracy 10 Collegedale Academy 22:26.01 37
44 Josh Carter 11 Ivy Academy 22:53.80 38
45 Nathan Schofield 9 Hixson High School 22:55.36 39
46 Ethan Bird 10 Sequoyah High School 22:58.26 40
47 John Paul Thompson 10 Hixson High School 23:05.48 41
48 Ronaldo Juan-Andres 12 East Ridge High Scho 23:12.35 42
49 Trey Johnson 11 Sequoyah High School 23:18.23 43
50 Richard Voung 11 Hixson High School 23:19.36 44
51 Josh Reed 11 Red Bank High School 23:21.88 45
52 Chase Cummins 12 McMinn Central High 23:22.61 --
53 Minwook Son 10 Ivy Academy 23:27.04 46
54 John Fuqua 9 Sweetwater High Scho 23:30.80 47
55 Ian Brown 9 Boyd Buchanan High S 23:37.48 48
56 Antonio Hatch 9 Chatt. School for th 23:37.80 49
57 Jacob Folmar 12 Sequoyah High School 23:39.08 50
58 Ezra Nichols 9 Chatt. School for th 23:49.70 51
59 Malik Lattimore 10 Ivy Academy 23:56.84 52
60 Cameron Beaty 10 Sequoyah High School 23:57.69 53
61 Mustafa Faleh 12 East Ridge High Scho 24:03.67 54
62 Chase France 10 Chattanooga Central 24:04.63 55
63 Eric Mowery 10 Grace Baptist Academ 24:05.60 --
64 Tony Acuff 12 East Ridge High Scho 24:09.60 56
65 Sesar Reynoso 12 East Ridge High Scho 24:27.41 57
66 Austin Tate 12 McMinn Central High 24:35.95 --
67 Charles Smith 10 Tyner Academy 24:48.35 --
68 Isiah Houston 12 Chattanooga Central 24:48.77 58
69 Josh Bowers 10 Silverdale Baptist A 24:49.39 --
70 Liam Reagan 11 McMinn Central High 24:55.61 --
71 Colton Hendrickson 9 Ivy Academy 25:14.86 59
72 Josh Vollberg 12 Collegedale Academy 25:28.98 60
73 Parker Ward 12 Hixson High School 25:53.58 61
74 Jacob Webb 11 Loudon High School 26:10.52 --
75 Josh Anderle 10 Ivy Academy 26:16.83 62
76 Bryson Larue 11 Sequoyah High School 26:46.70 63
77 Jesse Ruefenacht 9 Grace Baptist Academ 28:02.27 --
78 Harrison Howell 11 Hixson High School 29:33.89 64
79 Adrian Hurlbut 9 Grace Baptist Academ 29:36.60 --
80 Jose Cabellero 9 East Ridge High Scho 29:52.86 65
81 Austin Jameson 10 Loudon High School 32:10.00 --
Varsity Boys 5,000 Meter Run Team Scores
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Team Pts 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7)
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1 Sweetwater High Scho 56 3 7 9 12 25 34 47
Total Time: 1:37:35 Average: 19:30.82 1-5 Split: 2:56
2 Red Bank High School 62 2 5 16 17 22 36 45
Total Time: 1:37:38 Average: 19:31.60 1-5 Split: 3:01
3 Boyd Buchanan High S 69 4 10 11 21 23 29 48
Total Time: 1:38:47 Average: 19:45.29 1-5 Split: 2:19
4 Chatt. School for th 92 6 14 18 19 35 49 51
Total Time: 1:41:45 Average: 20:20.91 1-5 Split: 2:51
5 Collegedale Academy 108 1 15 24 31 37 60 -
Total Time: 1:42:39 Average: 20:31.63 1-5 Split: 4:47
6 Chattanooga Central 143 8 20 28 32 55 58 -
Total Time: 1:46:36 Average: 21:19.17 1-5 Split: 4:38
7 Hixson High School 163 13 26 39 41 44 61 64
Total Time: 1:50:13 Average: 22:02.59 1-5 Split: 3:32
8 Sequoyah High School 190 27 30 40 43 50 53 63
Total Time: 1:52:24 Average: 22:28.80 1-5 Split: 2:32
9 Ivy Academy 228 33 38 46 52 59 62 -
Total Time: 1:57:10 Average: 23:25.90 1-5 Split: 3:38
10 East Ridge High Scho 274 42 54 56 57 65 - -
Total Time: 2:05:46 Average: 25:09.18 1-5 Split: 6:41
Varsity Girls 5,000 Meter Run
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Name Yr Team Time Pts
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1 Danielle March 12 Sequoyah High School 21:46.79 1
2 KiAnna Queener 9 Chatt. School for th 22:41.93 2
3 Courtney Cartwright 12 Sequoyah High School 22:45.91 3
4 Kaitlin Cartwright 12 Sequoyah High School 22:54.21 4
5 Jada Hale 10 Boyd Buchanan High S 22:58.66 --
6 Shelby Moyers 11 Polk Co. High School 23:06.40 5
7 Delaney Shelton 11 Chatt. School for th 23:10.66 6
8 Ellie Shelton 9 Chatt. School for th 23:33.29 7
9 Casey Trew 9 Polk Co. High School 23:57.00 8
10 Britton McElroy 11 Collegedale Academy 24:26.23 9
11 Alexis Reviere 12 Tyner Academy 24:45.16 10
12 Malika Reviere 10 Tyner Academy 24:47.88 11
13 Zoe Zimmerman 9 Chatt. School for th 24:57.46 12
14 Taylor Carroll 11 Polk Co. High School 25:10.75 13
15 Susanna Cook 11 Sequoyah High School 25:20.22 14
16 Ashley Worsham 10 Polk Co. High School 25:31.51 15
17 Eryca Cross 12 Polk Co. High School 25:50.38 16
18 Maria Moses 12 Sweetwater High Scho 26:07.26 17
19 Elisabeth Sterchi 11 Chatt. School for th 26:09.47 18
20 Emily Rucker 9 Sweetwater High Scho 26:11.44 19
21 Kaysn Kile 11 Sweetwater High Scho 26:46.40 20
22 Clarissa Oliva 9 Red Bank High School 27:03.38 21
23 Cynthia Smithers 11 Sweetwater High Scho 27:06.72 22
24 Erin van Zyl 10 Collegedale Academy 27:07.04 23
25 Olivia Fairweather 9 Sweetwater High Scho 27:17.97 24
26 Brooke Richesin 11 Loudon High School 27:40.19 25
27 Myranda Westbrook 11 Boyd Buchanan High S 27:42.40 --
28 Mica Mihaescu 10 Collegedale Academy 28:17.55 26
29 Sophie McCosh 9 Sweetwater High Scho 28:32.50 27
30 Rachel Casey 11 Hixson High School 28:36.97 28
31 Kalin Ledford 11 Chatt. School for th 28:37.44 29
32 Kathryn Fellhoelter 9 Loudon High School 29:16.16 30
33 Courtney Gillis 9 Loudon High School 30:33.94 31
34 Lindsey Crumley 11 Collegedale Academy 30:51.91 32
35 Sharmayne Garner 11 Tyner Academy 31:02.63 33
36 Ebba Knutson 11 Red Bank High School 31:07.49 34
37 Keilyn Bright 11 Chatt. School for th 31:20.53 35
38 Julia Sanderson 12 Boyd Buchanan High S 31:30.94 --
39 brittney hargiss 10 Red Bank High School 31:32.68 36
40 Katherine McDaniel 11 Sequoyah High School 31:48.82 37
41 London Robertson 11 Collegedale Academy 31:53.37 38
42 Amanda Escandon 12 Collegedale Academy 32:07.60 39
43 Hailey Sneed 10 Grace Baptist Academ 32:33.79 --
44 Madison Wilkey 12 Hixson High School 33:10.54 40
45 Elsa Moody 10 Collegedale Academy 33:49.71 41
46 Jordyn Lindsey 10 Loudon High School 33:53.41 42
47 Selah Weiss 10 Sequoyah High School 34:29.91 43
48 Corinna Cicci 12 Red Bank High School 35:16.56 44
49 ahnna skelly 10 Red Bank High School 35:20.12 45
50 Jena Humbred 9 Hixson High School 35:37.41 46
51 Raeanna Bradford 11 Sequoyah High School 37:14.19 47
52 Alexis Wilson 10 Tyner Academy 37:59.40 48
53 Ashley Bryant 11 Hixson High School 38:03.84 49
54 Vivian Smith 11 Tyner Academy 38:04.93 50
55 Allie McCollum 9 Hixson High School 40:28.00 51
56 Jamie humbred 9 Hixson High School 41:34.00 52
57 Emily Grimes 11 Loudon High School 42:42.00 53
58 Emily Beasley 10 Grace Baptist Academ 44:38.00 --
Varsity Girls 5,000 Meter Run Team Scores
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Team Pts 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7)
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1 Chatt. School for th 45 2 6 7 12 18 29 35
Total Time: 2:00:33 Average: 24:06.57 1-5 Split: 3:28
2 Polk Co. High School 57 5 8 13 15 16 - -
Total Time: 2:03:37 Average: 24:43.21 1-5 Split: 2:44
3 Sequoyah High School 59 1 3 4 14 37 43 47
Total Time: 2:04:36 Average: 24:55.19 1-5 Split: 10:03
4 Sweetwater High Scho 102 17 19 20 22 24 27 -
Total Time: 2:13:30 Average: 26:41.96 1-5 Split: 1:11
5 Collegedale Academy 128 9 23 26 32 38 39 41
Total Time: 2:22:37 Average: 28:31.22 1-5 Split: 7:28
6 Tyner Academy 152 10 11 33 48 50 - -
Total Time: 2:36:40 Average: 31:20.00 1-5 Split: 13:20
7 Red Bank High School 180 21 34 36 44 45 - -
Total Time: 2:40:21 Average: 32:04.05 1-5 Split: 8:17
8 Loudon High School 181 25 30 31 42 53 - -
Total Time: 2:44:06 Average: 32:49.14 1-5 Split: 15:02
9 Hixson High School 214 28 40 46 49 51 52 -
Total Time: 2:55:57 Average: 35:11.36 1-5 Split: 11:52
(Email John Hunt at nomarathonmoose@comcast.net)