CULLMAN, Ala. – Cold Springs swept the Class 1A-2A Section 3 championships Thursday while Cullman advanced both squads and the Holly Pond girls earned a state berth to lead local teams in AHSAA sectional competition.
The Cold Springs girls won with 17 points and the Eagles captured the boys title with 47. Cullman’s boys placed second in Class 5A Section 5 with 39 points and the Lady Bearcats finished third with 77. Holly Pond’s girls claimed the fourth and final team berth from Class 3A Section 3 with 104 points.
Those five team qualifiers will be joined by 15 individual qualifiers from Vinemont, Holly Pond, Good Hope, West Point, Fairview, Cullman Christian and St. Bernard at the AHSAA State Cross Country Championships on Nov. 7 at Oakville Indian Mounds Park in Moulton.
Class 1A-2A Section 3
Reese Swidecki won the girls race in 18 minutes, 55.7 seconds and Gemma Swidecki followed in second at 19 minutes, 6.7 seconds to lead Cold Springs to the sectional title at Kudzu Hills in Bremen.
Kynzlie Myrex placed third in 19 minutes, 39.1 seconds. Claire Hancock finished fifth in 21 minutes, 42.8 seconds and Ally Mavers was eighth in 22 minutes, 6.2 seconds.
Allison Rice took ninth in 22 minutes, 34.4 seconds, Leslie Jones finished 13th in 23 minutes, 39.7 seconds, Lila Cates was 19th in 24 minutes, 9.5 seconds and Blair Belcher placed 32nd in 25 minutes, 17.2 seconds.
Logan Perdue led the Cold Springs boys in fourth with a time of 17 minutes, 38.8 seconds. Carson Rice placed fifth in 17 minutes, 49.9 seconds and Samuel Hunt finished sixth in 17 minutes, 55.3 seconds.
Caleb Dill was 15th in 18 minutes, 50.8 seconds, James Baggett finished 17th in 19 minutes, 6.3 seconds, Lucas Freeman took 38th in 20 minutes, 16.1 seconds and Easton Freeman was 56th in 21 minutes, 48.8 seconds.
Jacob Winfrey placed 67th in 23 minutes, 7.8 seconds, Riley Adams finished 84th in 26 minutes, 34.4 seconds and James Laurentius took 93rd in 28 minutes, 54 seconds.
Class 3A Section 3
Holly Pond’s girls placed fourth with 104 points at Munford to earn a team berth. Kynleigh Wood led the Lady Broncos in 12th with a time of 23 minutes, 39.4 seconds.
Bella Gambrill finished 16th in 24 minutes, 53.7 seconds, Addison Gambrill was 17th in 25 minutes, 20 seconds, Kyleigh Floyd took 29th in 26 minutes, 50.5 seconds, Joplin Grimes placed 52nd in 30 minutes, 50.7 seconds and Peyton Reed finished 56th in 33 minutes, 42.1 seconds.
Vinemont’s girls placed fifth with 115 points. Aurellia Powell finished third in 20 minutes, 27.3 seconds and Brooklyn Yarbrough placed 11th in 23 minutes, 30.6 seconds to qualify individually.
Kadance Davis was 41st in 29 minutes, 22.6 seconds, Elizabeth Ruiz finished 42nd in 29 minutes, 23.1 seconds and Paisley Tankersley placed 55th in 33 minutes, 21.1 seconds.
Hanceville did not record a girls team score. Ameya Harper placed 33rd in 27 minutes, 48.3 seconds and Georgia Garcia-Morales finished 61st in 36 minutes, 52.4 seconds.
Vinemont’s boys placed sixth with 143 points. Anakin Powell took fourth in 17 minutes, 57.3 seconds and Abram Powell finished 19th in 20 minutes, 6.1 seconds to advance individually.
Yojan Patino-Rendon was 40th in 22 minutes, 32.2 seconds, Logan Holt placed 48th in 23 minutes, 10.8 seconds and Logan Warren finished 55th in 24 minutes, 6 seconds.
Hanceville placed ninth with 268 points. Ely Stinson led the Bulldogs in 51st with a time of 23 minutes, 28.2 seconds.
Elijah Minor finished 53rd in 23 minutes, 50.9 seconds, Lincoln Jones was 75th in 29 minutes, 27 seconds, Zeke Barnett placed 81st in 30 minutes, 39.7 seconds and Cash Cone finished 87th in 38 minutes, 12.3 seconds.
Holly Pond did not post a boys team score. Eli Morrow qualified individually after placing 18th in 20 minutes, 2.9 seconds. Ethan Morrow finished 64th in 25 minutes, 10.4 seconds and Xander Lambert was 69th in 27 minutes, 13.1 seconds.
Class 4A Section 4
Good Hope’s boys placed eighth with 217 points at the John R. Esslinger Trail of Champions in Scottsboro. Drake Nichols finished 14th in 17 minutes, 21.88 seconds to earn an individual state berth.
Johnathan Murphy placed 41st in 19 minutes, 14.99 seconds, Oliver Horvath was 53rd in 19 minutes, 57.21 seconds, Eric Covarrubias took 71st in 21 minutes, 42.51 seconds and Kinkade White placed 75th in 22 minutes, 10.07 seconds.
Benjamin Regas finished 79th in 22 minutes, 30.05 seconds, Ryland Quinn was 84th in 23 minutes, 8.18 seconds and John Self placed 102nd in 27 minutes, 10.06 seconds.
West Point placed seventh in the boys standings with 211 points. Lincoln Parker qualified individually by finishing 25th in 17 minutes, 59.34 seconds.
Griffin Jones placed 35th in 18 minutes, 54.10 seconds, Collin Clark was 42nd in 19 minutes, 25.81 seconds, Ayden McGhee finished 70th in 21 minutes, 39.57 seconds and Carson Duke took 76th in 22 minutes, 15.05 seconds.
Jake Terkildsen placed 81st in 22 minutes, 45.62 seconds, Brandon Salter was 82nd in 23 minutes, 1.41 seconds, John Lombardi finished 111th in 38 minutes, 3.73 seconds and James Lombardi placed 115th in 42 minutes, 50.60 seconds.
Fairview’s boys finished 11th with 290 points. Danny Martin placed 57th in 20 minutes, 20.13 seconds, Crockett Dunn was 58th in 20 minutes, 23.60 seconds, David Payes took 72nd in 21 minutes, 52.56 seconds and Contreras Santiago finished 74th in 21 minutes, 58.83 seconds.
Tucker Kimbrough placed 88th in 23 minutes, 55.90 seconds, Iker Gallardo was 90th in 24 minutes, 33.21 seconds, Omar Gomez finished 99th in 26 minutes, 15.41 seconds and Larry Soto placed 100th in 26 minutes, 17.94 seconds.
Jonathan Ayala took 108th in 31 minutes, 38.48 seconds and Wyatt Smith was 109th in 34 minutes, 50.99 seconds.
Good Hope’s girls placed sixth with 140 points. Jada Alsup earned an individual state berth with a 15th-place time of 21 minutes, 50.31 seconds.
Kaysen Wood finished 21st in 22 minutes, 46.37 seconds, Sara Self was 38th in 24 minutes, 17.15 seconds, Veronica Horvath placed 44th in 24 minutes, 35.78 seconds, NoraBelle Miller finished 55th in 25 minutes, 59.65 seconds and Ashton Gray took 57th in 26 minutes, 15.09 seconds.
Fairview’s girls finished seventh with 187 points. Elliana Hunt qualified individually by placing 20th in 22 minutes, 45.12 seconds.
Kayla Santos took 48th in 24 minutes, 53.44 seconds, Nicole Herrera was 52nd in 25 minutes, 16.30 seconds, Joselin Parra placed 59th in 26 minutes, 34.46 seconds and Jazmin Mateo finished 60th in 26 minutes, 37.02 seconds.
Alianna Wunderlich took 66th in 27 minutes, 50.94 seconds, AnnaBelle Smith was 76th in 29 minutes, 26.21 seconds, Desi Pruett finished 85th in 33 minutes, 25.41 seconds, Paisley Hopper placed 87th in 34 minutes, 58.96 seconds and Emilia Aleman was 89th in 35 minutes, 55.24 seconds.
West Point did not record a girls team score. Raelynn Lindley placed 25th in 23 minutes, 7.34 seconds, Judy Salter finished 27th in 23 minutes, 19.49 seconds and Raelynn Mergen took 29th in 23 minutes, 19.95 seconds.
Class 5A Section 5
Cullman’s boys placed second with 39 points at Point Mallard in Decatur. Henry Crocker led the Bearcats in second with a personal-best time of 15 minutes, 33.6 seconds.
Avin Dempsey finished fifth in a personal-best 15 minutes, 48.3 seconds and Benjamin Stidham placed ninth in a personal-best 16 minutes, 16.4 seconds.
Thatcher Lucas took 11th in a personal-best 16 minutes, 37.2 seconds, Mason Gobble was 12th in a personal-best 16 minutes, 39.1 seconds and Dawson Helton finished 22nd in 17 minutes, 22.6 seconds.
Ripkin Oliver placed 31st in a personal-best 17 minutes, 54 seconds, Trajan Norrell was 32nd in a personal-best 17 minutes, 54.4 seconds, Sean Gilfoyle finished 39th in a personal-best 18 minutes, 14.3 seconds and Jacob Dunn took 40th in a personal-best 18 minutes, 21.2 seconds.
The Lady Bearcats placed third with 77 points. Madeline Stidham led Cullman in fourth with a personal-best time of 19 minutes, 6.7 seconds.
Addison Vogelaar finished 11th in 20 minutes, 22.7 seconds, Tinley Alldredge was 16th in 21 minutes, 11.3 seconds, Khloe Nalley placed 22nd in 21 minutes, 53.4 seconds and Aubree Lawrence finished 24th in 22 minutes, 4.7 seconds.
Sophie Robinson took 27th in a personal-best 22 minutes, 17.4 seconds, Mabry Free was 31st in 22 minutes, 47.5 seconds, Victoria Waldrop placed 32nd in a personal-best 22 minutes, 47.6 seconds, Katie Richter finished 39th in 23 minutes, 37.1 seconds and Avery Laney was 40th in a personal-best 23 minutes, 39.7 seconds.
Private School Single A Section 3
Cullman Christian’s boys placed fifth with 140 points at John Hunt Cross Country Park in Huntsville. Calub Pruitt finished 20th in 19 minutes, 39.89 seconds and Chasen Hampton placed 22nd in 19 minutes, 43.24 seconds to qualify individually.
Cutter Gibbs finished 37th in 22 minutes, 26.88 seconds, Gavin Stidham was 39th in 22 minutes, 52.33 seconds, Caleb Randolph placed 45th in 24 minutes, 10.21 seconds and Elijah Rutherford took 46th in 24 minutes, 13.43 seconds.
Landon Jones finished 49th in 25 minutes, 23.30 seconds and Colton Olinger placed 59th in 29 minutes, 43.81 seconds.
St. Bernard did not post a boys team score. Jesus Sanchez placed 26th in 20 minutes, 7.13 seconds and Sean Daly finished 31st in 20 minutes, 34 seconds to earn individual state berths.
Stephen Bissot took 48th in 24 minutes, 58.34 seconds and Jacob Thurston was 55th in 26 minutes, 25.04 seconds.
Neither local girls squad recorded a team score. Cullman Christian’s Meribelle Brock qualified individually by placing 25th in 25 minutes, 10.08 seconds and Elisabeth DeCicco earned a state berth after finishing 33rd in 26 minutes, 17.19 seconds.
Aubrie Claire Rigsby took 44th in 29 minutes, 50.53 seconds and Arden Brock placed 46th in 31 minutes, 5.15 seconds.
St. Bernard’s Anamari Alonzo finished 43rd in 29 minutes, 20.79 seconds, Lily Kerber placed 48th in 32 minutes, 18.61 seconds and Yulissa Wang took 50th in 34 minutes, 28.16 seconds.
Hampton’s 19 minutes, 26.31 seconds at the Oakville XC Invitational remains the Cullman Christian boys 5K record.
