SPLISH, SPLASH! ELKMONT SPEEDY IN WATER TOO!!!

With the sun beating down and the dryness in the air, anticipation and excitement were still at a high as teams began arriving at the UAH Campus for the annual Randolph School Cross Country Classic!  Definitely a favorite meet – both for the runners and the spectators!  It's one of the few races that runners don't have a choice but to get MUDDY!!!

Positioning myself where the kids come out of the creek near the finish line ensured me some great photos and reactions from the crowd.  Even if you couldn’t get close enough to see the action, you knew when someone went down in the creek just from the collective groans from the spectators.   Precious ground could be gained or lost at the creeks.  Other things lost at the creek include….shoes and glasses!  But it wouldn’t be the Randolph Classic without those things.

Randolph School, the meet host, took the title of the small school boys race with a score of 62.  They were followed by Rogers (118) and Elkmont (126) – who had 3 athletes in the top 10 finishers.  There were 28 scored teams and 273 finishers in the boys race.  Chance Bailey, the first finisher for Elkmont,  was 6th overall with a time of 18:00, Adam McMahan was 7th with a time of 18:10 and Tyler Helms was 9th with a time of 18:19.  

 























The rest of the boys team placed as follows:
Chase Prater 49th  20:11
Ethan Shores 59th  20:25
Jacob Ezell 69th  20:54
Tiyler Walts 79th  21:19
Nick Shelton 84th  21:29
Josh Ferrazas 106th  22:10
Davis Hobbs  168th  23:44
Alex Armstrong 170th  23:44
Chandler Johnson 192nd  24:22
Jake Armstrong 208th  25:00
Ben Hobbs  219th 25:24
Sean Jordan  262nd  30:57
 

All the races were great but my favorite was the last race of the day.   Although scored as small school (1A-4A) and  large school (5A-6A), all the girls ran in the same race.  285 finishers (166 in the 1A-4A and 119 in the 5A-6A) in this race and from the very beginning, there were several “packs” which made for some exciting racing! 
 
The Lady Red Devils placed 7th out of 15 teams and individual results are:
Sammi Jo Pressnell 19th  22:53
Hannah Hanback  38th  24:31
Adriel McMahan  62nd  25:55
Jensen Pugh  70th  26:10
Nikki Ristau  99th 28:30
Mia Farris  107th  29:05
Taeleur Walts  124th  30:21
Elizabeth Sims  129th  30:41
Gracie McMahan  152nd  33:41
Hannah Clem  165th  44:34
 
In all, there were over 1000 finishers and 48 school represented at the 2013 Randolph School Cross Country Classic!  For a list of complete results please click on AL.MILESPLIT