Preps Take Off - The Lincoln Invitational

By David Yon
Cross Country season got off to a flying start with the first official high school meet of the year. Chiles High School served notice that losing last year’s top stars to graduation would not lead to the end of its local dominance. The boys and girls teams each won titles at this race, despite originally being scheduled to compete in Rome, Georgia. The boys team topped second place Maclay 29 points to 80, while the girls team scored 36 points to Maclay’s 61. The Tallahassee Democrat reported that over 200 runners participated.

The girls race saw a lot of excitement as Maclay sophomore Adrianna Piekarewicz took the title beating second place Kelly Savery of Chiles by four seconds, 20:17 to 20:21. On the boy’s side, Chiles runner John Blocker took the title with a time of 16:37. Maclay’s leading runner, Brennan Clayton took second place in 16:53.

The Lincoln Invitational, hosted by Lincoln and coach Perry Shaw is the traditional kickoff to the local cross country season. The course is tough and with a late morning start it is usually hot. Watch for times to drop as the season moves on.

Girls teams: 1. Chiles 36; 2. Maclay 61; 3. Aucilla Christian 82; 4. Rickards 122; 5. NFC 145; 6. Lincoln 165; 7. Leon 251; 8. Wakulla 285.

Top 15 individual girls: 1. Adrianna Piekarewicz (Maclay) – 20:17; 2. Kelly Savery (Chiles) 20:21; 3. Julia Bryant (Chiles) – 21:05; 4. Heather Bailey (Chiles) – 21:12; 5. Laura Hempel (Rickards) – 21:36; 6. Katie Swain (Maclay) – 21:39; 7. Alicia Fenley (Maclay) – 21:50; 8. Olivia Sorensen (Aucilla) – 22:02; 9. Meaghan Scott (Leon) – 22:02; 10. Tristan Sorensen (Aucilla) – 22:08; 11. Christy Forsyth (Godby) – 22:21; 12. Whitney Austin (Rickards) – 22:50; 13. Christine Morse (Chiles) – 22:56; 14. Erin Obernier (Chiles) 23:02; 15. Michaela Boccant (Aucilla) – 23:22.

Boys teams: 1. Chiles 29; 2. Maclay 80; 3. Leon 98; 4. Godby 103; 5. Lincoln 160; 6. Marianna 229; 7. NFC 246; 8. Wakulla 254; 9. East Gadsden 269; 10 Wewahitchka 296.

Top 15 individual boys: 1. John Blocker (Chiles) 16:37; 2. Brennan Clayton (Maclay) 16:53; 3. Joe Franklin (Godby) 17:26; 4. Casey Clayton (Maclay) 17:46; 5. Daniel Miletich (Chiles) 17:48; 6. Matt Dixon (Chiles) 17:58; 7. Kevin Lane (Chiles) 18:02; 8. Elliot Hawkes (Leon) 18:11; 9. Stephen Brady (Lincoln) 18:12; 10. Chris Lake (Chiles) 18:21; 11. Levon Hoomes (Lincoln) 18:26; 12. J.C. Williams (Leon) 18:33; 13. Stan Reecy (Chiles) 18:36; 14. Elvin Hern (Godby) 18:44; 15. Jaron Black (Leon) 18:47.