Southside High senior Hunter Nails and Westbrook Christian freshman Mary Reid Goodwin both took first place in the sectional cross country qualifying runs on Nov. 5 in Scottsboro. Both runners will compete in the AHSAA state cross country meet this Saturday (Nov. 14) in Moulton.
Nails posted a winning time of 16:22.01 in Class 6A, Section 5, while Reid Goodwin finished at 19:34 in Class 3A Section 4 girls.
Several other area runners will participate in this weekend’s state 5K meet. Joining nails from the Panthers is freshman Taylor Nails, who placed 12th with a time of 17:41. Also from the Westbrook was freshman Mitchell Cook, who finished 7th with a time of 17:59.39.
Also qualifying in 3A was Glencoe 8th grader Anna Beth Giles, who came in 20th with a time of 24:12.35. In Class 2A, Gaston sophomore Haley Bellow earned a trip to Moulton with a 7th place time of 24:16.04.
Three Sardis runners made the cut at the Class 4A Section 4 meet. For the boys, John Holland and Shadrick Garmon came in 12th and 17th place, respectively, with times of 20:01.67 and 20:41.06. For the Lady Lions, Alexis Powell finished 9th with a time of 23:53.07.
A number of other area runners participated in the sections meets, including David Minton (18.49.51), Jonah Morris (18.58.82), Will Roach (19:16.52), Steele Beavers (19.16.95), Ethan Janss (20:15.62), John Lopez (21:16.21), Carter Rains (22:30.38), Jesse Norris (22:55.79), Juan Francisco (23:03.25), Justin Kelley (23:47.67), Catherine Clements (22:25.40), Sydney Hill (24:04.84), Megan Haller (27:06.42) and Ana Francisco (27:26.52) from Gadsden City; Austin Nelson (18:32.97), Matthew Pinkston (19:34:35), Trent Atkins (19:52.61), Rocky Jonio (20:43.50), Jace Driskell (20:48.96) Grayson Russell (20:49.34) Sam Kilgo (22:59.02), Seth Henderson (24:05.04), Alyssa Herrera (22:41.72), Marianna Coley (23:33.54), Presley Johnson (23:53.65), Anna Parker (23:54.87), Katelyn Fortenberry (25:14.87) , Taylor Hood (25:31.19) and Elizabeth Turk (25:47.55) from Southside; Nicholas Laird (20:45.24), Hank Hayden (21:00.01), Josh Hawkins (25:11.70), Zane Holcomb (28:10.54), Shrader Campbell (28:42.45), Hayden Bradley (30:16.72), Anne King (25:12.28) and Daesha Kelley (31:44.53) from Etowah; Cade Blackwell (23:50.30), Logan Jackson (24:11.60), Carson Garmany (24:39.38), Harley Cook (24:39.66), Corey Kelley (25:01.82), Keith Patton (25:09.88), Damon Hooper (25:56.09), Kyle Brooks (26.08.54), Marley Bright (25:33.81), Hannah Hornsby (25:39.91), Cassie Rodgers (25.58.40), Abby Rodgers (28:26.91), Kaley Minyard (28:28.60), Aubrie Pierce (28:36.66), Emily Cook (30:49.82), Rylee Veal (30:51.00) and Costy Toncelli (30:55. 83) from Sardis; Mark Cook (20:04.29), Bryan Benefield (20:32.36), Ethan Womack (25:08.28), Jermiah Ward (25:33.28), Cole Cothran (30:25.47), Erikson Roebuck (33:25.85), Kenleigh Harper (24:51.67), Sydney Burns (28:33.93), Abby Powell (28:18.30) and Evan Burns (32:39.18) from Glencoe; Stuart Douglass (21:14.35), Andrew Lockridge (23:58.77), Ridge McHugh (27:47.35), Harrison Beal (28:10.78), Grant Martin (30:46.85), Martin Beal (32:45.85)Brittany Franklin (24:31.64), Micayla Wilkerson (26:08.19), Lauren Taylor (32:20.03) and Jasmine Short (35:26.58) from Westbrook Christian; and Brodie Whitaker (26:19.12), Kendall Blackwell (26:44.74), Austin Rich (27:37.44), Lexy Page (28:20.41), and Tabitha Rinault (33:28.71) from Gaston.