Arnold's Hodges claims Bay Invitational XC title

BAYOU GEORGE — Mikayla Hodges of Arnold won the girls race and the Marlins’ boys team finished as runner-up representing the top county efforts in the Bay Inviational cross country meet on Saturday at Harders Park.

Hodges won in 21 minutes, 17 seconds on the 5K course, more than three seconds ahead of second-place Taylor Harrington of Bleckley County (Ga.). Harrington, however, paced her team to the girls crown ahead of runner-up Navarre. Mosley led local girls teams in fourth.

Robert Mann of Navarre won the boys race in 16:51.75 while leading the Raiders to the team title with 38 points. Arnold was second with 61 as Chance Mason and Challen Hyman came in fifth and sixth overall.

Eight full girls squads and 11 boys teams participated. Bleckley’s boys and Rutherford’s girls won an abbreviated junior varsity competition.

Results, with area finishers highlighted:

• Girls team: 1. Bleckley County 29, 2. Navarre 62, 3. South Walton 74, 4. Mosley 124, 5. Arnold 135, 6. Rutherford 143, 7. Bay 176, 8. Rocky Bayou 183. Incomplete squads Blountstown, Wewahitchka, Port St. Joe, Crestview.
• Top 10 finishers: 1. Mikayla Hodges, Arnold, 21:17.00, 2. Taylor Harrington, Bleckley, 21;20.64, 3. Elle Crouse, Navarre, 21:46.27, 4. Aubri Rush, Bleckley, 22:14.75, 5. Katrina Silva, Crestview, 22:31.02, 6. Allysa Bump, South Walton, 22:35.06, 7. Samantha Miller, Bleckley, 22:50.93, 8. Shannon Purvis, Bleckley, 23:01.67, 9. Gianna Gambera, Navarre, 23:04.58, 10. Charlee Beckett, Navarre, 23:06.47.
• Mosley: 12. Lessie Skiba 23:13.98, 14. Courtney Muller 23:22.35, 30. Chelsey Williams 24:38.31, 35. Ashtin Noyes 25:30.09, 50. Stormie Banks 28:10.26, 61. Meghan Huyck 30:17.00, 63. Morgan MacWilliam 30:20.57.
• Arnold: 1. Mikayla Hodges 21:17.00, 17. Kaitlyn Beckham 23:50.40, 28. Christina Gailyard 24:28.95, 53. Tyler Southerland 29:05.92, 59. Daniell DeGracia 30:05.51, 62. Kristen Williams 30:18.13, 65. Emily Gibbons 30:44.05
• Rutherford: 16. Yujin Henson 23:47.39, 32. Melissa Garred 25:12.89, 33. Jessie Melvin 25:16.80, 36. Jodi Phillips 25:31.41, 46. Linda Tonn 27:11.50, 51. Byeolah Henson 28:42.32, 52. Michelle Hover 28:53.17,
• Bay: 31. Sarah Barwick 25:04.39, 39. Devon Cozart 25:52.63, 42. Ginny Hamrick 26:03.39, 44. Kristen Wanamaker 26:49.15, 46. Katie Jernigan 27:50.35, 57. Savanna Nelson 29:50.38, 64. Dezy Bacon 30:41.33
• Blountstown: 40. Lizzy Koonce 25:55.76, 58. Jordan Griffin 29:57.93, 69. Caroline Tomlinson 34:25.10
• Wewahitchka: 15. Doni Lanier 23:41.07, 47. Megan Udell 27:13.99, 56. Kaitlyn Gaskin 29:38.77, 60. Aliya Chaudhry 30:06.83
• Port St. Joe: 54. Maya Ribons 29:07.19, 55. Alyssa Parker 29:37.56, 67. Fanequa Larry 31:55.44

• Boys team: 1. Navarre 38, 2. Arnold 61, 3. South Walton 90, 4. Bleckley 93, 5. Mosley 117, 6. Wewahitchka 174, 7. Crestview 193, 8. Bay 207, 9. Rutherford 210, 10. Rocky Bayou 299, 11. Blountstown 318
• Top 10 finishers: 1. Robert Mann, Navarre, 16:51.75, 2. Cody Haden, Navarre, 17:04.27, 3. Jacob Leuze, South Walton, 17:15.80, 4. Trent Beck, Navarre, 17:31.85, 5. Chance Mason, Arnold, 17:33.84, 6. Challen Hyman, Arnold, 17:35.44, 7. Tristan LaNasa, South Walton, 17:44.42, 8. Chase McCully, Bleckley, 17:45.72, 9. Connor Marshall, Crestview, 18:00.97, 10. Anthony Jones, Bleckley, 18:06.67
• Arnold: 5. Chance Mason 17:33.84, 6. Challen Hyman 17:35.44, 11. Jayme Atkins 18:17.64, 19. Morgan Meadows 18:51.27, 20. Blake Campbell 18:55.86, 28. Mason Armstrong 19:14.61, 34. Griffen Rowe 19:43.40
• Mosley: 12. Michael Kiefer 18:20.40, 16. Cameron Clanton 18:42.87, 17. Brady Bell 18:44.20, 25. Tyler Houghton 19:03.79, 47. Michael Newhouse 20:57.25, 51. Blake Furbee 21:18.22, 61. Blake Roedel 22:03.44.
• Wewahitchka: 15. Andrew Bidwell 18:33.11, 36. Gauge Combs 19:53.65, 37. Jakob Bidwell 19:56.52, 41. Shaquille Scott 20:15.79, 45. Nick Malcolm 20:46.18, 55. Michael Bryan 21:32.08, 56. Travis McGill 21:34.33
• Bay: 33. Spence Farner 19:41.67, 40. Troy Parker 20:14.33, 42. Nick Arias 20:30.94, 43. Spencer Cowan 20:43.00, 49. Wes Anglin 21:01.32, 54. Connor Hasty 21:30.55, 66. Aaron Reasonover 23:32.02
• Rutherford: 14. Andrew Wyllie 18:31.87, 39. Chance Pritchard 20:08.99, 48. Leon Brunson 20:58.70, 52. Saajan Patel 21:19.85, 57. Alan Gorchov-Negron 21:36.59,
• Blountstown: 53. Alfonso Hernandez 21:25.74, 63. Alex Wroblewski 22:15.80, 65. Roger Abbott 23:03.47, 67. Brandon Purvis 24:01.53, 70. Andrew Bennett 26:01.06, 72. Casey Johnson 27:25.22