The Mountain Brook High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams captured their fifth-straight state titles Saturday at the 70th AHSAA State Cross Country Championships at Oakville Indian Mounds State Park Jesse Owens Course in Moulton, Alabama. By the time the championships had concluded, the Spartan girls had collected their 28th team title (a state record), while the boys pulled even with Scottsboro High for a state-record 18 championships.
One individual story of the day was Hoover eighth grader Reese Gonzalez, who ran an incredible sub-18-minute time – clocking a 17:57.58 – over the 5K course to oust three-time defending state champion senior Sarah Tole of Auburn High School.
Here are the individual and team results across all classifications:
BOYS CLASS 1A/2A
(169 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Athens Bible 86
Cold Springs 87
Pleasant Valley 103
Holy Spirit Catholic 104
Sand Rock 149
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: David Layfield, Horseshoe Bend, Sr.16:15.24
No. 2: Carter Stephens, Marion County, Sr. 16:36.15
No. 3: Jackson McGill, Mars Hill Bible, Fr. 16:39.24
No. 4: Brody Johnson, Sand Rock, So. 16:39.42
No. 5: Nigel Senkbeil, Holy Spirit Catholic, Jr. 16:59.69
BOYS CLASS 3A
(154 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Montgomery Academy 56
St. Luke’s Episcopal 58
Alabama School CTE 131
J.B. Pennington 146
Madison Academy 166
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Brady Johnson, Vinemont, Sr. 15:51.42
No. 2: Landon Davenport, Wicksburg, Sr. 16:19.77
No. 3: Dawson McCollum, Fyffe, Sr. 16:33.04
No. 4: Zachary Robinson, St. Luke’s, Jr. 16:43.74
No. 5: Ben Wilson, Trinity Presbyterian, Fr. 16:53.86
BOYS CLASS 4A
(170 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Hamilton 51
White Plains 90
Bayshore Christian 144
Whitesburg Christian 154
Altamont 159
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Bailey Kendrick, DAR, Sr. 15:45.31
No. 2: Joshua Webb, Hamilton, Sr. 16:04.86
No. 3: Quinn Conroy, Indian Springs, Jr. 16:15.96
No. 4: Jayden Phelps, Alexandria, So. 16:18.17
No. 5: Henry Barber, Bayshore Chr., So. 16:18.60
BOYS CLASS 5A
(171 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Scottsboro 57
Westminster, Oak Mtn 67
Providence Christian 123
Guntersville 158
Lawrence County 165
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Ryder Linville, Scottsboro, So. 16:00.36
No. 2: Weaver Caldwell, Westminster, Sr. 16:00.46
No. 3: Rua Mathis, Jacksonville, Jr. 16:00.88
No. 4: Quinn McCurry, Westminster, Fr. 16:03.90
No. 5: Tyler Morring, Ardmore, Jr. 16:04.28
BOYS CLASS 6A
(258 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Mountain Brook 44
Homewood 111
Cullman 155
Oxford 161
Saraland 177
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Nehemiah Johnson, Hazel Green, Jr. 15:49.85
No. 2: Braden Little, Mtn Brook, Sr. 15:54.30
No. 3: Whit Thornton, Briarwood, Sr. 15:59.48
No. 4: Shawn Stephenson, Northridge, Sr. 16:04.48
No. 5: Brody Ahlemeyer, Spain Park, Sr. 16:05.02
BOYS CLASS 7A
(179 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Vestavia Hills 43
Hoover 64
Huntsville 80
Hewitt-Trussville 136
Oak Mountain 177
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Charley Pearson, Huntsville, Sr. 15:25.85
No. 2: Charlie Hollingsworth, Florence, So. 15:27.91
No. 3: Jack Shattuck, Grissom, Sr. 15:28.36
No. 4: Jackson Mize, Vestavia Hills, Sr. 15:51.16
No. 5: Jamie McCarthy, Hoover, Jr. 15:52.04
GIRLS CLASS 1A/2A
(146 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Cold Springs 45
Sand Rock 89
West End 123
Athens Bible 143
Pisgah 147
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Reese Swidecki, Cold Springs, 8th 19:20.00
No. 2: Kaylie Key, Athens Bible, So. 19:37.85
No. 3: Scarlette Brown, Cedar Bluff, 8th 19:47.78
No. 4: Paizley Whitlow, Cold Springs, Sr. 19:58.59
No. 5: Anna Pezent, University Charter, Sr. 20:05.02
GIRLS CLASS 3A
(133 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Montgomery Academy 30
St. Luke’s Episcopal 84
Saint James 99
Colbert Heightsd 129
Lee-Scott Academy 140
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Elley Goff, Saint James, Sr. 19:28.07
No. 2: Molly Phillips, Saint James, Fr. 19:51.06
No. 3: Elle Ingram, Montgomery Academy, Jr. 19:58.07
No. 4: Isabella Arnett, Montgomery Academy, So. 20:13.79
No. 5: Livia Dwyer, Montgomery Academy, So. 20:20.19
GIRLS CLASS 4A
(157 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Whitesburg Christian 41
Bayshore Christian 114
Altamont 126
Plainview 147
Alexandria 161
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Nora Allan, Whitesburg Christian, 8th 18:29.80
No. 2: Isabella Allan, Whitesburg Christian, So. 19:16.53
No. 3: Isabella Wright, East Lawrence, So. 19:29.36
No. 4: Allie McTaggart, Bayshore Christian 19:36.23
No. 5: Emily Friedel, St. Michael Catholic, Fr. 19:38.11
GIRLS CLASS 5A
(144 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Lawrence County 45
Scottsboro 53
Westminster-Oak Mtn 105
Guntersville 150
Springville 152
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Rose Betts, Brewer, Sr. 18:33.21
No. 2: Katie Mae Coan, Lawrence Co., Sr. 18:59.97
No. 3: Banks Bradford, Scottsboro, Jr. 19:20.58
No. 4: Katie Dumas, Lawrence County, Sr. 19:31.65
No. 5: Reese Avenel, Scottsboro, So. 19:36.39
GIRLS CLASS 6A
(243 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Mountain Brook 36
Homewood 84
Saraland 107
Briarwood Christian 145
UMS-Wright 207
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Grace Goldman, Hartselle, So. 18:15.34
No. 2: Francesca Demarco, Mtn Brook, Jr. 18:44.77
No. 3: Kate Sanders, Athens, Jr. 18:52.03
No. 4: Kyndal Hughes, Fort Payne, Jr. 18:52.84
No. 5: Lena Anne Parker, Briarwood, Sr. 18:56.59
GIRLS CLASS 7A
(169 runners)
TEAM SCORING (TOP 5)
Auburn 80
Vestavia Hills 84
Hewitt-Trussville 85
Huntsville 92
Hoover 131
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 5)
No. 1: Reese Gonzalez, Hoover, 8th 17:57.58
No. 2: Sarah Tole, Auburn, Sr. 18:12.24
No. 3: Caroline Couey, Opelika, Jr. 18:16.29
No. 4: Anna Jane Little, Vestavia Hills, Sr. 18:35.98
No. 5: Haley Turner, Hewitt-Trussville, Fr. 18:54.05
Picture: Class 7A runners gather at the awards platform with Huntsville’s Charley Pearson (center) standing tall as the overall boys’ 7A state cross country race champion (AHSAA PHOTO | Jason Bowen).
