Moody adds to title haul, masters two-mile
Ava Moody
Moody, a senior and two-time TSSAA state cross country champion, captured the two-mile run at the Tennessee High School State Indoor Championships at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
She clocked 10 minutes, 45.18 seconds to win the event. Moody also placed sixth in the one-mile run, finishing in 5:09.63.
“Ava did really well,” Mavericks coach Harrison Calhoun said. “I joked with her parents that she’s eventually going to get tired of winning.
“But she sets a high bar for herself. She has rivals, like the two twins at Webb and the girl from Station Camp, and those girls are always right there with her.”
Station Camp’s Brynn Bautershot finished second in the two-mile run in 10:46.59. Webb School of Knoxville’s Calysta Garmer and Jazzlyn Garmer did not compete at Vanderbilt.
Anderson County’s J.J. Cutler placed 18th in the boys one-mile run with a time of 4:35.67.
“J.J. did really well,” Calhoun said. “He finished in the middle of the pack.”
The Mavericks will now shift their focus to the outdoor season, which begins March 3 with a meet at Hardin Valley Academy in Knoxville.
“The indoor season makes me look forward to the outdoor season,” Calhoun said. “I’m excited to see what happens in the spring. We start outdoor in a couple of weeks.”
