Mihaescu, March Win Region 3-A/AA Cross Country Titles

CSAS Girls, Sweetwater Boys Claim Team Titles

  • Tuesday, October 21, 2014
  • John Hunt

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)

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