Anderson County, Clinton run final race before region meet
Anderson County’s Kaitlyn Fisher, Macy and Marley Caldwell, and Haley Braden are first to reach the hill at the start of Tuesday’s Region Championship Cross Country meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville. Fisher crossed the finish line first with an unofficial time of 20:06. Official race results were not available at press time. (photo:Tony Cox )
“I ended up sitting out some of my runners and used it as a training session,” said Derek Wallace, Anderson County head coach.
“It was the last race for the non-region runners and it had a senior night atmosphere and it was a lot of fun. We are looking forward to next Tuesday [Oct. 26] in the regional with a chance of qualifying for state in November,” he said.
“The Cherokee Farms race was a wonderful way for us to end the season,” Wallace said.
Tim Kumes, Clinton head coach, said: “There’s typically a lot of energy at that race as most teams are preparing for the regional race. Alexis England had a wonderful race and came in as our top female finisher. Junior Ethan Ortiz for the Dragon boys continues to work hard and see great results. Seth Shrout, one of our senior boys, had his best race of the season,”
Savannah Rivera of the Knoxville Ambassadors won the girls’ race with a time of 18:47.00. A total of 178 runners from 14 teams participated.
The top local finishers included:
• Marley Cladwell (freshman) ACHS 23:45.00
• Alexis England (senior) CHS 24:19.00
• Haley Braden (sophomore) ACHS 25:19.00
• Alison Holifield (sophomore) CHS 25:23.00
• Jade Guadarrama (senior) CHS 25:28.00
• Emily Boring (sophomore) ACHS 26:09.00
• Juliet Avila (junior) CHS 27:07.00
• Marissa Winter (junior) CHS 27:10.00
• Adeline Shelton (senior) CHS 27:10.00
• Morgan Lindsay (freshman) ACHS 28:41.00
• Abigal Bible (senior) CHS 28:42.00
• Abagail Sanders (senior) CHS 30:07.00
• Savannah Worthington (sophomore) ACHS 30:27.00
• Riley Buchanon (freshman) ACHS 30:30.00
• Summer Wilson (sophomore) CHS 30:43.00
• Sifi Gatho (junior) CHS 30:44.00
• Emma Johnson (freshman) ACHS 32:55.00
• Madison Rayfield (senior) ACHS 35:07.00
In the team competition, Webb School took first place. Clinton took 10th and Anderson County 11th.
For the boys, freshman Keegan Smith of Knoxville Catholic won first place with a time of 16:09.00. A total of 220 runners competed.
The top local finishers included:
• Vance Laster (freshman) ACHS 20:05.00
• Ryan Basford (sophomore) ACHS 20:14.00
• Ethan Ortiz (junior) CHS 20:46.00
• Josh Moody (sophomore) ACHS 20:47.00
• Seth Shrout (senior) CHS 20:54.00
• Ben Clotfelter (freshman) ACHS 21:56.00
• William Swaggerty (senior) CHS 22:21.00
• Noah Ortiz (sophomore) CHS 22:52.00
• Andrew Pecynski (senior) CHS 23:21.00
• Ethan Bolton (sophomore) ACHS 23:31.00
• Wyatt Lodahi (junior) ACHS 23:36.00
• Michael Curtin (sophomore) ACHS 25:22.00
• Michael Dueble (senior) CHS 26:27.00
• Jackson Zaruba (freshman) ACHS 27:56.00
In the team competition, Hardin Valley Academy took first place. Anderson County took 12th place and CHS took 14th out of 20 teams.