ACHS cross country teams are heading to state
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The Anderson County Lady Mavericks Cross Country team finished in second place in the 2022 TSSAA Region 2 Cross Country meet last Wednesday. The Lady Maver- icks had a score of 66 points. Pictured are from left: Kate Brooks, Emily Boring, Sydney Day, Coach Derek Wallace, Haley Braden, Megan Haire, Ava Moody, Kaitlyn Fisher, Emma Johnson, Marley Caldwell and Morgan Lindsay. - Tony Cox
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The Anderson County Mavericks Cross Country team matched the Lady Mavericks’ feat with a second-place finish in the 2022 TSSAA Region 2 Cross Country meet held at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville last Wednes- day. Pictured are, from left: Head Coach Derek Wallace, Michael Mattson, Ben Clotfelter, Ryan Basford, Conner Chandler, Vance Laster, Jaxon Taylor, Toby Day, Zander Vo, Ethan Bolton, Caleb Dill, Ryker Taylor and Dylan Villeneuve - Tony Cox
Anderson County High School’s cross country teams will finish the 2022 season on the grand stage.
Both the Mavericks and Lady Mavs qualified for this week’s Class A/AA state championships.
Both Anderson County teams posted runner-up finishes at the Region 2-A/AA championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville.
Alcoa claimed the region team title for the second consecutive season.
“Our goal (for the girls) was to win the region, but Alcoa won it for the second year in a row,” ACHS Coach Derek Wallace said. “It was a two-team race between us and Alcoa.”
The Lady Tornadoes won the event with 23 points. The Lady Mavericks, who were without Megan Haire, who was injured, had 66 points. South-Doyle finished with 117 points, followed by Stone Memorial, which finished the day with 118 points.
Ava Moody was one of three Top 10 finishers. She was the second-overall finisher in the 5K event. She received all-region honors as she finished the 5,000-meter course in 20 minutes, 21.91 seconds. Kaitlyn Fisher came in third with an all-region performance and a time of 21:10.53.
Marley Caldwell also earned all-region honors, finishing ninth (22:48.06). Emily Boring came in 26th (24:30.82). Caroline Spurling finished 34th (25:19.21). Haley Braden (25:28.34) was 36th and Morgan Lindsay (26:47.66) was 45th.
The Mavericks also came in second in Knoxville and qualified for this week’s state meet, which will be held Thursday at Sanders Ferry Park in Hendersonville.
“It was a four-team race [among] us, Alcoa, L&N STEM Academy and South-Doyle, and I thought we might come in second, third or fourth,” Wallace said. “We came in second, so we’re making strides.”
Vance Laster finished ninth and claimed all-region honors as he crossed the finish line in 18 minutes, 5.15 seconds. Conner Chandler posted an all-region performance as he completed the course in 18:09. 10, finishing in 11th place.
Ben Clotfelter came in 20th (19:14.99). Ryan Basford (19:20.42) finished 22nd. Ethan Bolton came in 29th (19:44.91). Toby Day came in 34th (20:26.98) and Jaxson Taylor was 42nd (21:07.17).
The Tornadoes finished with 58 points, followed by the Mavericks (67) and the Gryphons (68).