Florida Panhandle Boys Championships

Gary Droze [gdroze@mail.maclay.pvt.k12.fl.us]FLORIDA PANHANDLE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS submitted by Gary DrozeDate: October 24, 1998
Site: Marianna. 3 mi, accurate, grass. Very few turns, one medium hill
Conditions: Perfect! 60 degrees, dry, no wind.

BOYS’ Summary: Size does matter!

6A powerhouse Niceville held off 2A upstart Maclay, with 17 other schools left far in arrears. Niceville’s Philip Laird led wire-to-wire, hammering solo most of the way to break the course record by 10 seconds with a 15:00. Niceville’s team showing will almost certainly put them a top the 6A State rankings.

#1 2A Maclay set three PRs among its top five, but fell short, 48 to 53.

Top Boys’ Teams:

Niceville 48 (15:00, 15:37, 16:07, 16:08, 16:16)

Tallahassee Maclay 53 (15:37, 16:00, 16:05, 16:11, 16:13)

Pensacola Washington 162

Pine Forest 167

Pensacola Catholic 172

Tallahassee Leon 191

Fort Walton Beach 224

Tallahassee Lincoln 229

Tallahassee FSU High 246

Marianna 250

Individual Boys:

Philip Laird Niceville 15:00

Thure Caire Maclay 15:37

Eric Ritchson Niceville 15:37

Brent Schneider Washington 15:38

Michael Joanos Leon 15:43

Cedric Gillette Marianna 15:51

AJ Wilson Pine Forest 15:53

Ryan Albertson Pine Forest 15:59

Josh Connor Maclay 16:00

Bryan Hendricks Lincoln 16:03