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Blankenship and Wilson take top honors in Tuesday's WC Invitational PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, September 27, 2012

LEBANON -- Wilson Central sophomore Taylor Blankenship and Mt. Juliet senior Elijah Wilson brought home top honors Tuesday in the third annual Wilson County Invitational Cross Country Meet, held at the James E. Ward Ag center.

Hosted by Wilson Central, the event found Blankenship winning the girl's 5,000 meter race in a time of 21:37, well ahead of runner-up Kaitlin Hynek of Mt. Juliet who finished at 22:25.

Kayla Packer of Wilson Central placed third at 21:11 while Ashlee Tannehill of MJHS was fourth with a time of 23:29. Friendship Christian's Brooke Groff claimed fifth place at 23:30.

Mt. Juliet claimed the team title with 18 points. FCS was second at 45. Niether Wilson Central or Watertown had enough runners to compete for team points. All told, 27 runners participated in the girl's race.

Wilson, coming off a fourth place finish at the Sharp Springs Invitational in Smyrna Saturday, ran a 17:49 as Mt. Juliet claimed four of the top five places, including the top three.

Second place went to John Abernathy at 18:10; Colbe Earles was third at 18:23; Wilson Central's John Beckham was fourth at 18:28 and Mt. Juliet's Cal Groome took fifth place at 19:03.

Mt. Juliet took the team trophy with 19 points, followed by Wilson Central (44) and Friendship Christian (71).

High School Girls 5000 Meter Run              
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    Name                  Yr Team                      Time
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  1 Taylor Blankenship    10 Wilson Central HS      21:37.7  
  2 Kaitlin Hynek         11 Mt. Juliet HS          22:25.5  
  3 Kayla Packer          12 Wilson Central HS      23:11.7  
  4 Ashlee Tannehill      10 Mt. Juliet HS          23:29.9  
  5 Brooke Groff             Friendship Christian   23:30.7  
  6 Hannah Burnette       11 Mt. Juliet HS          23:60.0  
  7 Hannah Alexander      12 Mt. Juliet HS          24:04.0  
  8 Brittany Swanson      10 Mt. Juliet HS          25:32.7  
  9 Celina Sydlo          10 Mt. Juliet HS          25:36.3  
 10 Marisa Augustine      10 Mt. Juliet HS          26:11.2  
 11 Avie Joyce            10 Mt. Juliet HS          26:21.1  
 12 Katie Gipson          12 Mt. Juliet HS          27:05.7  
 13 Dianna Chapman        12 Wilson Central HS      27:23.7  
 14 Jarnisha Johnson       9 Wilson Central HS      27:26.2  
 15 Jolin Baker              Friendship Christian   27:51.7  
 16 Ali Groome            12 Mt. Juliet HS          28:34.4  
 17 Alex Pulliam             Friendship Christian   29:40.6  
 18 Tara Holcombe            Friendship Christian   29:50.2  
 19 Catherine Smith       12 Mt. Juliet HS          30:02.8  
 20 Caitlyn Richardson    12 Mt. Juliet HS          31:07.0  
 21 Madison Kane             Friendship Christian   31:08.7  
 22 Jessie Joyce          11 Mt. Juliet HS          31:23.1  
 23 Meredith Nale         12 Mt. Juliet HS          31:54.6  
 24 Mattie Ford           10 Watertown HS           32:60.0  
 25 Savannah Chastain        Friendship Christian   33:23.8  
 26 Emilie Shannon        11 Mt. Juliet HS          37:37.5  
 27 Stacey Henderson         Friendship Christian   40:40.8  

High School Girls 5000 Meter Run Team Scores        
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    Team                   Pts     1    2    3    4    5   (6)  (7)
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  1 Mt. Juliet HS          18      1    2    4    5    6    7    8 
      Total Time: 1:59:32      Average: 23:54.37      1-5 Split: 3:08
  2 Friendship Christian   45      3    9   10   11   12   13   14 
      Total Time: 2:22:02      Average: 28:24.33      1-5 Split: 7:38

High School Boys 5000 Meter Run               
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    Name                  Yr Team                      Time
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  1 Elijah Wilson         12 Mt. Juliet HS          17:49.9  
  2 John Abernathy        12 Mt. Juliet HS          18:10.9  
  3 Colbe Earles          11 Mt. Juliet HS          18:23.2  
  4 John Beckham          11 Wilson Central HS      18:28.2  
  5 Cal Groome            10 Mt. Juliet HS          19:03.5  
  6 Tyler Rogers          11 Wilson Central HS      19:19.6  
  7 Max Lane              10 Wilson Central HS      19:29.6  
  8 Mickey Fils           11 Mt. Juliet HS          19:30.0  
  9 Michael Edens         12 Mt. Juliet HS          19:34.8  
 10 Mackey Bentley           Friendship Christian   19:42.5  
 11 Jimmy Richman         11 Mt. Juliet HS          19:57.5  
 12 Howard Sobieszczyk       Friendship Christian   20:13.6  
 13 Justin Schlichting    12 Wilson Central HS      20:18.9  
 14 Evan Davis            11 Wilson Central HS      20:19.2  
 15 Stephen Burns         10 Watertown HS           20:19.8  
 16 Garret Mudd           11 Mt. Juliet HS          20:24.3  
 17 Matthew Stanley       12 Mt. Juliet HS          20:44.2  
 18 Austen Twomey         11 Mt. Juliet HS          20:48.9  
 19 Will Blankenship      11 Mt. Juliet HS          20:53.0  
 20 Kurt Vinson           12 Mt. Juliet HS          21:16.4  
 21 Jared Mannen          10 Mt. Juliet HS          21:24.1  
 22 Jord'n Bay               Friendship Christian   21:35.7  
 23 Jacob Baier           12 Mt. Juliet HS          21:36.2  
 24 Austin B Cook         12 Mt. Juliet HS          21:43.2  
 25 Austin T Cook         12 Mt. Juliet HS          21:59.3  
 26 Will Tatum               Friendship Christian   22:16.4  
 27 Emery Zarider         11 Wilson Central HS      22:19.6  
 28 Grady Dunlap          11 Mt. Juliet HS          22:24.3  
 29 Zach Tatum               Friendship Christian   22:38.2  
 30 Solomon Belhu         12 Mt. Juliet HS          22:56.2  
 31 Mitchell Groff           Friendship Christian   23:07.4  
 32 Joshua Brewster       11 Watertown HS           23:10.6  
 33 Matthew Gillette      12 Mt. Juliet HS          23:12.5  
 34 Colton Hailey         11 Mt. Juliet HS          23:13.2  
 35 Jacob Hamilton        12 Mt. Juliet HS          23:31.4  
 36 Cory Miller           10 Mt. Juliet HS          23:39.5  
 37 Jorge Cambronero      11 Wilson Central HS      23:39.7  
 38 Walker Sawyers        10 Wilson Central HS      23:52.6  
 39 Wes Gibson            11 Mt. Juliet HS          24:03.3  
 40 Landon French         10 Wilson Central HS      24:17.2  
 41 Chris Nicholson       12 Mt. Juliet HS          24:36.1  
 42 Adam Kinsman          11 Mt. Juliet HS          24:46.3  
 43 Lukas Hollis           9 Watertown HS           24:48.1  
 44 Evan Guin             11 Mt. Juliet HS          25:13.4  
 45 Dallas Brinkley       12 Mt. Juliet HS          25:37.2  
 46 Tyler Hamilton        10 Mt. Juliet HS          26:23.2  
 47 Wes Rose                 Friendship Christian   26:36.6  
 48 Sanjin Mehic          11 Wilson Central HS      26:51.3  
 49 Hunter Wright         12 Mt. Juliet HS          27:53.6  
 50 Asher Benson          10 Mt. Juliet HS          27:53.8  
 51 Logan Dixon           12 Mt. Juliet HS          28:25.8  
 52 Kendle Fisher            Friendship Christian   29:51.8  
 53 Cade Sharp            11 Wilson Central HS      37:00.0  

High School Boys 5000 Meter Run Team Scores         
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    Team                   Pts     1    2    3    4    5   (6)  (7)
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  1 Mt. Juliet HS          19      1    2    3    5    8    9   11 
      Total Time: 1:32:58      Average: 18:35.45      1-5 Split: 1:41
  2 Wilson Central HS      44      4    6    7   13   14   17   20 
      Total Time: 1:37:56      Average: 19:35.04      1-5 Split: 1:52
  3 Friendship Christian   71     10   12   15   16   18   19   21 
      Total Time: 1:46:27      Average: 21:17.24      1-5 Split: 2:56

 

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