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Suwannee runners Morgan Mobley (left) and Ryleigh Hermanson (right) set new school records at the North Florida Classic on Saturday. (COURTESY)
Morgan Mobley and Ryleigh Hermanson both broke Suwannee school records at the North Florida Classic at North Florida College on Saturday.
Mobley set a new mark at 16:19.20 for a third-place finish out of 63 runners to help the boys place second out of seven teams, breaking Micah Hilliard’s 2017 record of 16:39.40. Hermanson posted a new time of 19:48.20 for a runner-up finish out of 37 runners to help the girls place second out of three teams, shattering her own school record of 20:50.30 that she set in 2022.
The boys finished with 52 points behind champion Lincoln, which tallied 33. Behind Mobley were teammates Brig Scott in sixth (16:19.20), Paul Gunter in 10th (17:19.30), Issac Starling in 17th (17:49.60), Drew Hurst in 22nd (19:08.60), Colton Rogers in 24th (19:24.90) and Andres Gomez in 31st (19:41.80).
The girls finished with 37 points, just four behind champion Wakulla. Behind Hermanson were six runners who finished in the top 13, including Montana Lewis in fifth (21:31.70), Brianna Woods in 10th (21:52.00), Sadie Siemon in 11th (22:11.80), Maddie McMillan in 12th (22:33.30) and Arwen Haley in 13th (22:28.60).
CANDLER, THOMPSON LEAD COLUMBIA
Columbia’s girls placed second and the boys finished third at the Bradford Invitational on Saturday.
Abigail Candler led the girls with a sixth-place finish (23:22.60), while Morgan Golden was seventh ((23:53.20) and Kendall Todd was eighth (23:55.80). Todd was followed by teammates Laelle Thompson (25:23.30) in 13th, Kensi Shaw in 20th (26:33.40), Yulin Chen in 22nd (26:48.80) and Melanie Gordon in 31st (28:31.90) as the girls tallied 38 points behind champion Oakleaf, which finished with 21 points in a three-team race.
The CHS boys finished with 68 points behind Buchholz (36) and Oakleaf (51) in their nine-team race. Joshua Thompson was the only CHS boy to crack the top 10, placing sixth (18:07.20) ahead of teammates Nathan Matsubara (18:31.40), Nolan Martin (18:44.10), Brandyn Pope (18:46.70), Timmy Todd (19:55.60), Dylan Aspenwall (20:09.40), LaWarren Newton (20:42.30) and Jacob McLeod (21:21.70).
ROJAS, WARDLE WIN BRANFORD INVITATIONAL
Branford boys runner Nathaniel Rojas and girls runner Kayleigh Wardle won their respective races at the Branford Invitational on Saturday.
Rojas finished in a time of 20:12.00 in a race featuring 14 runners. Behind Rojas were teammates Matthew Lynn in third (21:26.00), Zander Hegenauer in fourth (21:27.00), Ayden Humphries in sixth (23:23.00), Brendan Hegenauer in seventh (23:35.00), Kalix Smith in 11th (30:25.00) and Andrew Morales-Ramirez in 12th (30:43.00).
Wardle crossed the finish line in 22:01.00 ahead of 15 other runners. Behind her were teammates were Kelbie Snider in second (22:12.00), Anna Moore in fourth (23:13.00), Ella Harris in fifth (24:31.000), Callie Harris in sixth (24:45.00), Delilah Pope in seventh (24:52.00) and Kalyn Osgood in eighth (26:05.00).