Fort Walton Beach cross county sweeps Bay Invitational
The Fort Walton Beach girls cross country team was perfect on Saturday. The Viking boys weren’t too far behind.
The Fort Walton Beach girls posted a perfect score of 15 at the Bay Invitational in Panama City, boasting the No. 1 (Iolani Scanlan, 20:02), No. 2 (Holly Stanton, 20:08) and No. 3 (Sarah DeVaux, 20:21) finishers to pull ahead of second-place Niceville, which finished with 87 points behind top-10 finishers Laura Nelson (No. 6) and Marcel Mosley (No. 7). South Walton pulled in fifth with 162 and was led by No. 29 Julie Williamson, while No. 9 Crestview was led by eighth-place Lauren Day and No. 10 Navarre’s top finisher was No. 19 Kristen Cross.
The Vikings also won the boys division with 50 points, topping second-place Niceville again, this time by a smaller margin as the Eagles finished with 79. The Vikings’ Luc Lawrence finished first overall with a 16:48 while Chris Douglas (No. 7) and Matt Bevil (No. 8) also took home awards for top-10 places. Niceville had one in the top 10 in No. 9 Michael Cooper.
Navarre finished fourth with 112 and was led by No. 2 Robert Mann. Sixth-place Crestview’s top runner was No. 10 Jacob Gorlie. Choctaw was next in eighth, and No. 35 Alec Herrera turned in the best day for an Indian runner. South Walton was 12th and was bolstered by No. 14 Jacob Leuze.
Bay Invitational
Bay High
Saturday
Overall area finishers
Boys
1. Fort Walton Beach 50, 2. Niceville 4. Navarre 112, 6. Crestview 196, 8. Choctawhatchee, 12. South Walton 288
Girls
1. Fort Walton Beach 15, 2. Niceville 87, 5. South Walton 162, 9. Crestview 246, 10. Navarre 252.
Individual area finishers
Boys
Choctaw: No. 35 Alec Herrera 18:45, No. 42 Tim Maney 19:11, No. 50 Christian Saludez 19:31; Crestview: No. 10 Jacob Gorlie 17:19; No. 29 Conner Marshall 18:25, No. 44 Dylon Brown 19:17; FWB: No. 1 Luc Lawrence 16:48, No. 7 Chris Douglas 17:10, No. 8 Matt Bevil 17:11; Navarre: No. 2 Robert Mann 16:55, No. 11 Callen Nation 17:26, No. 22 Cody Haden 17:56; Niceville: No. 9 Michael Cooper 17:13, No. 13 Joseph Bernier 17:32, No. 15 Patrick Lacombe 17:33; South Walton: No. 14 Jacob Leuze 17:33, No. 66 Cody Ficarra 20:41.67, No. 67 Tristan LaNasa 20:41.81.
Girls
Choctaw: No 24 Brooke McSheehey 23:01; Crestview: No. 8 Lauren Day 21:24, No. 31 Taylor Polk 23:35, No. 44 Katrina Silva 24:24; FWB: No. 1 Iolani Scanlan 20:02, No. 2 Holly Stanton 20:08, No. 3 Sarah DeVaux 20:21; Navarre: No. 19 Kristen Cross 22:45, No. 45 Karlee Tyler 24:29, No. 61 Elle Crouse 26:20; Niceville: No. 6 Laura Nelson 21:01, No. 7 Marcel Mosley 21:15, No. 15 Abby McCool 22:06; Rocky Bayou: No. 25 Kristy Allen 23:07; South Walton: No. 29 Julie Williamson 23:29, No. 30 Jessica Harrison 23:35, No. 32 Alex Weiner 23:37.
