Thu Feb 09 2012
Franklin County’s Jordan Parris and Jenny Hellmann made the most of thin competition on a muddy day at the State Library and Archives to win the County Cross Country Championships Wednesday.
Parris won the boys 5,000-meter race with a time of 19 minutes, 29 seconds while FCHS’ Jason Shaw was second at 19:46.33 and Western Hills’ Grant Hughes finished third with a time of 20:04.31.
“The top three guys weren’t going to run, so I knew I could probably win,” Parris said. “I knew my time wouldn’t be as good as it has been. I just wanted to keep going strong.”
Some of the top runners in the boys division were out with injuries including WHHS’ Daniel Thurston and Brandon Pulliam, and FCHS’ Robert Sandlin also sat out.
“They’ll be running at the region,” WHHS coach Adam Schaffner said about his injured runners, “but I don’t know how much running they’ll do between now and then.”
As for Sandlin, his status is still unclear.
“He may have an injury,” FCHS coach Kelly Lewis said. “We’re not really sure. He’s going to go to the doctor and see what’s wrong. Hopefully it’s nothing big.”
On the girls side, Hellmann won with a time of 22:27.46 over teammate Brooke Stigers, who finished second in 24:06.54. Western Hills’ Kory Bradley was third at 24:54.50.
“I felt pretty good,” Hellmann said. “I knew I wouldn’t get my best time because it was so muddy. I’m happy with it.
“I feel like I am in pretty good shape – at least as good as I am going to get,” she added. “I am pretty confident for regionals.”
Both boys and girls teams for the Wolverines found themselves shorthanded Wednesday. But Schaffner was happy with his team’s performance.
“Since we only had four runners out of the eight on the guys side, we ran well,” Shaffner said. “Considering the conditions, they ran really well. On the girls side we had one of three and (Bradley) probably ran one of her better races for the year considering how hilly and muddy it was out here.”
Lewis also approved of her teams’ races, with most of her runners in the competition.
“I think working hard in practice has paid off,” Lewis said. “I think everyone is doing really well and doing the best as can be expected.”
The regional meet at the Archives is only nine days away – Saturday, Nov. 7 – and with the weather being as wet as it has been all season, Wednesday’s race was yet another chance for local runners to “practice” for the real thing.
“It will definitely get us used to running in it,” Schaffner said about the muddy conditions. “It will help to run on this course and in the mud just in case it is like this for region. It may give us a little advantage.”
Parris agrees that running on the course all season will be advantageous for the Flyers and himself.
“Right now I am 17th or 15th, but we ran here a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of the region teams and I got ninth,” Parris said. “So I feel pretty good about this course. We practice here everyday almost. We have a pretty good advantage, so hopefully I can make it to state along with our team.
“We’ve been fifth all year, but since we have the advantage, maybe we can get fourth or so.”
The meet also included a boys and girls middle school and elementary race.
Cory Johnson from Bondurant Middle won the boys middle school 3,000-meter race with a time of 11:41.07 while Bradley Bennett from Frankfort Christian was second at 12:04.79.
Bondurant Middle won the middle school boys team title with Elkhorn Middle coming in second and Good Shepherd in third.
On the girls side, BMS’ Harper Jones was first running a 12:59.78 on the 3,000 meter course. Jodi Llanora from Good Shepherd finished second with a time of 13:51.14.
Bondurant won the girls middle school team title over Elkhorn Middle.
Elkhorn’s Jackson Lewis won the boys elementary school 1,500-meter race with a time of 6:03.50 over TFCA’s Clayton Bennett with a time of 6:06.66. Elkhorn Middle won the team title with TFCA in second and Frankfort Middle in third.
Bondurant won the girls elementary team title led by first-place finisher Ashley Lawhorn (6:20.03). TFCA’s Rebecca Cook was second with a time of 6:36.33.
All of the team scores as well as individual times are listed below by division.
High School Boys 5K
1. Jordan Parris FCHS 19:29.01, 2. Jason Shaw FCHS 19:46.33, 3. Grant Hughes WHHS 20:04.31, 4. Anthony Adkins FCHS 20:54.53, 5. Parker Smith FCHS 21:32.70, 6. Brian Wyatt FCHS 21:46.33, 7. Zack Wasson WHHS 21:47.36, 8. Will Van Arsdall FCHS 22:16.89, 9. Matthew Wyatt FCHS 23:02.34, 10. C.J. Decker FCHS 23:08.48, 11. Blaine Lewis FCHS 23:37.67, 12. Tighe Harrod FCHS 23:53.96, 13. Nick Johnson FCHS 23:59.80, 14. Julian Viso FCHS 24:02.51, 15. Zach Gaines WHHS 24:21.44, 16. Chris Nguyen WHHS 25:09.55, 17. Joe McKenna FCHS 25:29.00, 18. Steve Saligumba FCHS 26:34.42.
High School Girls 5K
1. Jennifer Hellmann FCHS 22:27.46, 2. Brooke Stigers FCHS 24:06.54, 3. Kory Bradley Western Hills 24:54.50, 4. Shelby Wacker FCHS 25:13.97, 5. Marci Beason FCHS 27:30.64, 6. Katelyn Chalk FCHS 29:17.45, 7. Dana Jarboe FCHS 31:40.72.
Middle School Boys 3K
Team
1. Bondurant, 2. Elkhorn Middle, 3. Good Shepherd
Individual
1. Cory Johnson BMS 11:41.07, 2. Bradley Bennett TFCA 12:04.79, 3. Joseph Cheek EMS 12:23.10, 4. Petey Gall BMS 12:31.21, 5. Charles Stone EMS 12:31.53, 6. Keenan Jones BMS 12:33.54, 7. Michael Hatfield BMS 12:43.47, 8. Matthew Johnson EMS 12:56.20, 9. Tito Gonzalez BMS 13:04.22, 10. John Paul Isaacs BMS 13:05.79, 11. Church Gray GSS 13:17.35, 12. Patrick Melton EMS 13:18.95, 13. Matthew Lee TFCA 13:19.18, 14. Hunter Burge BMS 13:25.81, 15. Samuel Mackey TFCA 13:26.69, 16. Colburn Montgomery GSS 13:37.84, 17. Taylor Strickland EMS 13:38.34, 18. Jacob Caudle BMS 13:38.57, 19. Robert Wunderlich EMS 13:43.17, 20. Matthew Smith EMS 13:54.74, 21. Austin Fields EMS 14:11.30, 22. Nick Raymond FMS 14:53.42, 23. Cameron Paige EMS 15:06.64, 24. Ben Blackburn EMS 15:09.10, 25. Chase Mahoney BMS 15:28.84, 26. Ryan Cheek GSS 15:42.50, 27. Michael Hurt TFCA 15:42.97, 28. Thomas Parsons EMS 16:02.55, 29. Aaron Houghton EMS 18:55.74, 30. Cameron Meade GSS 19:25.36, 31. Noah Barnes GSS 27:17.39
Middle School Girls 3K
Team
1. Bondurant, 2. Elkhorn Middle
Individual
1. Harper Jones BMS 12:59.78, 2. Jodi Llanora GSS 13:51.14, 3. Dove Denigris BMS 14:17.25, 4. Rebecca Coleman EMS 14:59.51, 5. Leah Boyd TFCA 15:07.72, 6. Kater Riddle EMS 15:20.61, 7. Maggie Pellatar GSS 15:31.24, 8. Lexie Richardson BMS 15:32.74, 9. Aijalon Lott EMS 15:55.86, 10. Ann-Thomas Emberton BMS 16:32.99, 11. Sarah Ferriell FMS 16:45.36, 12. Taylor Blanford TFCA 17:02.70, 13. Emily Everman TFCA 17:09.39, 14. Kolby Richardson BMS 17:09.80, 15. Anna Curlin BMS 17:47.15, 16. Catherine Clements EMS 18:07.44, 17. Molly Rush EMS 19:56.22, 18. Margaret Whitworth EMS 21:56.21, 19. Shelby Riddle EMS 25:50.50
Elementary Boys 1,500M
Team
1. Elkhorn Middle, 2. Frankfort Christian, 3. Frankfort Middle, 4. Good Shepherd, 5. Bondurant
Individual
1. Jackson Lewis EMS 6:03.50, 2. Clayton Bennett TFCA 6:06.66, 3. Curtis Green EMS 6:08.57, 4. Nathan Mays FMS 6:15.08, 5. Ben Bryan GSS 6:22.79, 6. Kayden Hansel EMS 6:25.36, 7. Zachary Green EMS 6:28.83, 8. Austin Nolen TFCA 6:45.28, 9. Christian Gonzalez BMS 6:46.43, 10. Nathan Simpson BMS 6:46.69, 11. Reed Miklavcic FMS 6:51.10, 12. Alex Carr FMS 6:52.37, 13. Joseph Skelton GSS 6:52.97, 14. Sam Midkiff FMS 6:57.57, 15. Mark Bryan GSS 6:58.50, 16. Dennis Woodrum BMS 7:01.04, 17. Cole Blanford TFCA 7:04.21, 18. Jared Gibson TFCA 7:04.49, 19. Jake Anderson EMS 7:05.18, 20. Grady Lee TFCA 7:11.23, 21. Trey Hayden GSS 7:12.19, 22. Hayden Northcutt GSS 7:12.55, 23. Will Bolton EMS 7:28.83, 24. Devin Craig FMS 7:32.64, 25. Jett Wasson BMS 7:36.27, 26. Evan Bennett MK TFCA 7:37.42, 27. Daniel Rush EMS 7:38.54, 28. Neal Wilkins TFCA 7:42.76, 29. Logan Harp TFCA 7:43.00, 30. Drew Bradley BMS 7:45.07, 31. Jaxon Blaine BMS 7:49.25, 32. Jordan Perry FMS 7:55.94, 33. Mason Marsh FMS 7:56.93, 34. Delano Craig FMS 7:58.94, 35. Parker Burge BMS 8:05.84, 36. Nathan Neal FMS 8:09.42, 37. Nicholas Gnadinger GSS 8:44.24, 38. Gunnar Wasson BMS 9:00.42, 39. Sawyer Hulette FMS 9:20.81, 40. Jordan Houghton EMS 9:29.33, 41. Elijah Best FMS 9:35.27, 42. Adam Gritton MK FMS 9:55.21, 43. Ryan Lamb TFCA 10:03.80, 44. Logan Disponette BMS 10:15.61, 45. Dawson McCoun FMS 10:20.88, 46. Connor Capito FMS 10:24.29, 47. Kaleb VanAtter FMS 14:13.50
Elementary Girls 1,500M
Team
1. Bondurant, 2. Good Shepherd, 3. Elkhorn Middle, 4. Frankfort Middle
Individual
1. Ashley Lawhorn BMS 6:20.03, 2. Rebecca Cook TFCA 6:36.33, 3. Michaela McCane TFCA 6:42.92, 4. Jamie Beason EMS 6:53.36, 5. Kerry Taylor EMS 6:53.60, 6. Allye Geoghegan BMS 6:58.87, 7. Jett Bradley BMS 7:15.76, 8. Tiffaney Estill GSS 7:23.93, 9. Alexis Hager BMS 7:26.19, 10. Rachael Hudson GSS 7:27.28, 11. Audrey Hall FMS 7:34.32, 12. Cady Stribling GSS 7:34.74, 13. Kelley Barker GSS 7:50.19, 14. Kelsie Fay BMS 7:57.58, 15. Marisa Mitchell BMS 7:59.40, 16. Heidi Asher TFCA 7:59.83, 17. Taylor Cheek GSS 8:00.93, 18. Reme Unuakhalu GSS 8:04.06, 19. Courtney McDavid BMS 8:15.59, 20. Rachel Lott EMS 8:18.57, 21. Mikenna Wainwright FMS 8:19.74, 22. Mason Northcutt GSS 8:20.61, 23. Yulie Spade FMS 8:28.97, 24. Pauline Saligumba EMS 8:31.08, 25. Catherine Emberton BMS 8:38.36, 26. Taylor Vifquain EMS 8:42.73, 27. Micheala Just EMS 8:43.77, 28. Elizabeth Woodrum BMS 8:45.20, 29. Taylor Disponette BMS 8:45.50, 30. Molly Stigers GSS 8:53.34, 31. Samantha Durham BMS 9:02.06, 32. Madison Evans FMS 9:14.64, 33. Annabelle Renshaw GSS 9:15.68, 34. Sydney Hayden GSS 9:17.82, 35. Caroline Renshaw GSS 9:20.16, 36. Anna Woolums FMS 9:24.16, 37. Taylor Withrow EMS 9:25.37, 38. Alyssa Gurnell EMS 9:25.81, 39. Taylor Amburgey FMS 9:26.13, 40. Alexandra Leinke FMS 9:30.58 28, 41. Summer McIntosh FMS 9:33.44, 42. Zoe Antenucci GSS 9:40.76, 43. Cristina Chavez WK FMS 9:47.89, 44. Allegra Renfroe TFCA 9:56.96, 45. McKenzie Edgett FMS 10:00.15, 46. Macy Dungan FMS 10:10.24, 47. Emma Mason FMS 10:41.41, 48. Caroline Miklavcic WK FMS 11:18.05, 49. Katelyn Judd FMS 12:02.66, 50. Peyton Sutton FMS 12:22.10
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