The start of November has accomplished three issues over the previous three years: the leaves on the timber are altering, the Southern States Athletic Convention has its annual cross-country championship race, and the Girl Roadrunners are on the prime of the standings.
This 12 months was the hardest struggle of all when William Carey (Miss.) Introduced her A sport to the Oakville Indian Mounds on championship day. It was tight all through the race because the Roadrunners and Crusaders positioned a complete of 11 runners within the prime 13 of the race.
Individually, Junior Kathryn Vradenburgh gained the general title when she ran away from the sphere and completed in 18:34 minutes.
She took management of the 1 mile mark and by no means regarded again.
Final 12 months’s SSAC champion, Riley Jo Ford in his sophomore 12 months, completed fourth total in a time of 19:08. She was virtually reaching her successful time from final 12 months, however it could solely be 4th place this 12 months. William Carey positioned the runners in 2nd, third and fifth with a purpose to keep forward within the assembly.
However the Roadrunners have a powerful backend on their workforce. The seniors Alex Gass (19:31) and Kay Vradenburgh (19:32) completed the general standings in sixth and seventh place and separated the Roadrunners from their rivals. Alex ran nicely all through the race, whereas Kay ran arduous on the ultimate half mile, overtaking a number of runners within the course of, together with her teammate, rookie Giselle Dominguez, who completed vital fifth for the Roadrunners at 7:40 p.m., adequate for tenth total.
Giselle was 7 seconds forward of William Carey’s newcomer Isabele Wheeler to earn the Beginner of the 12 months award. She joins Kathryn and Riley from the final two seasons to win this award.
Junior Kate Roberts additionally completed lower than 20 minutes when she crossed the end line in twelfth, simply forward of William Carey’s fifth runner. It was her second consecutive under-20 race.
Freshman Ella Coley was seventh once more for Roadrunners (and seventeenth total) and set a brand new private better of 20:36. She completed the race simply 8 seconds forward of teammate Kayla Mattox, who completed nineteenth total. Ella was the third freshman within the race and earned her an all-freshman workforce honor together with Giselle. Kayla was solely 2 seconds away from a brand new private finest.
Junior Haley Tillery drove her quickest race of the 12 months when she completed twenty first total in a time of 20:57. Junior Rebecca Poe was not far behind and completed 21:19, which was sufficient for twenty second total. It was Becca’s second quickest time ever.
This nationwide championship takes place in two weeks on November nineteenth in Vancouver, Washington. Good luck to our Girl Roadrunners in Washington!
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