Top Gadsden-area performances at AHSAA cross country championships

Two Gadsden-area teams took home state cross country titles at the AHSAA state championship, while two runners won individual titles.

The Sand Rock boys and Plainview girls team brough home team state titles while Brody Johnson won the individual title with a time of 16:32 in the 1-2A race. Jaxson Bruce took home the individual title in the 3A girls race.

Many other runners took home top-five and top-10 performances to cap off a big day at the state championships. The state meet was held on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Moulton at Oakville Indian Mounds and Museum Park.

See the top performers from the meet below.

5A Boys

Southside's Conner Christopher ran a 17:18.1 to place 53rd and Colton Mikle placed 54th with a time of 17:18.8

5A girls

Fort Payne's Kyndal Hughes placed fourth with a time of 18:20. Vanessa Tacam placed 22nd with a time of 19:44. Rayleigh Carpenter placed 28th with a time of 19:55. The Wildcats placed third as a team.

Southside's Marlee Tucker placed 49th with a time of 20:50.

4A Boys

Guntersville's Kyle Zeisset placed sixth with a time of 16:01.

Jacksonville's Rua Mathis placed fourth with a time of 15:47.

4A girls

Guntersville's Brynnley Shelton ran a 20:07 to placed 10th. Eleanor Gannon placed 14th with a time of 20:20. Jenna Beth Redmond placed 18th with a time of 20:45.

Jacksonville's Rachel Sloughfy placed second with a time of 19:06.

3A Boys

Ashville's Drew Gargone ran a 17:23 to place ninth. Logan Wood placed 18th with a time of 17:43.

Glencoe's Dakota Ensminger ran a 18:37 to place 33rd.

Sylvania's Adrian Balderas paced eighth with a time of 17:22.

3A Girls

Ashville's Allie Cone placed second with a time of 19:40 as the Bulldogs placed second as a team. Ashleigh Wicks placed ninth with a time of 20:32. Rachel Jones placed 17th with a time of 21:27.

Hokes Bluff's Emma Godfrey placed seventh with a time of 20:25. Sarah Ponder ran a 21:42 to place 20th and Kylee Noles placed 22nd with a time of 21:50. Juliana Smith placed 26th with a time of 22:02 as the Eagles placed third as a team.

Plainview's Jaxson Bruce won the race with a time of 19:07 as the Lady Bears brought home the state title. Sawyer Armstrong placed fourth with a time of 19:52 and Abigail Mays placed sixth with a time of 20:09. Landree Gray placed 12th with a time of 20:55 and Maddie McBride placed 13th with a time of 20:56.

1-2A Boys

Pisgah's Zach Wooden ran a 17:25 to place 12th.

Sand Rock's Brody Johnson won the race with a time of 16:32 as the Wildcats won the state title. Dalton Oliver ran a 17:07 to place third and Bryson Cleere ran a 17:11 to place fifth.

1-2A Girls

Fyffe's Miley K Westbrook placed 18th with a time of 21:50.

Piedmont's Abby Cole placed 26th with a time of 22:22.

Pisgah's Allie Edwards placed 13th with a time of 21:24.

Sand Rock's Katelin Stiefel placed third with a time of 20-minutes. Evelyn Ealy placed 10th with a time of 21:19. Amelia Ford placed 12th with a time of 21:23. Abby King placed 16th with a time of 21:43. MyLeigh Frampton placed 19th with a time of 21:53 as the Wildcats placed second as a team.

West End's Kate Konkol placed ninth with a time of 21:18. Karsten Campbell placed 22nd with a time of 22:02 as the Patriots placed fourth.

Private A Boys

Westbrook Christian's Joseph Minkin placed 23rd with a time of 17:34.

Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports, Jax State athletics, the outdoors in Alabama and more for the Gadsden Times and USA TODAY Network. Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him atMDonaldson@usatodayco.com.

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