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Graham finishes first in 100-meter dash in Hardin Valley track meet

Posted at 9:31 am April 2, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge senior Jordan Graham finished first in the boys 100-meter dash in the Hardin Valley Invitational this past weekend.

Graham finished first with a time of 10.93 seconds.

He was followed by Austin-East senior Jazine Pelcher at 10.97 seconds, Cleveland senior Zylon Cooper at 11.15, Catholic sophomore Nicklaus Iverson at 11.17, and Maryville junior Jackson Jett at 11.26.

In other top results, Oak Ridge senior Erin Van Berkel finished third in the girls discus with a throw of 114 feet and five inches.

Wilson Central junior Zoe Vlk finished first in that event with a throw of 136-11, and Jefferson County junior Jaycee Schroder finished second with a throw of 124-05. Oak Ridge freshman Amelia Van Berkel was 13th at 94-00. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: 100-meter dash, 1600-meter run, 300-meter hurdles, 3200-meter run, 4x100-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay, 800-meter run, Amelia Van Berkel, Beatrice Shea, Brittany Bishop, Cameron Malone, discus, Erin Van Berkel, Ethan Stone, Hardin Valley Invitational, Jazmin Moore, Jessie Strader, Jordan Graham, long jump, Maddy Moody, Makiya Garrett, Mollie Longmire, Oak Ridge, pole vault, shot put, track meet, triple jump

Moody of Anderson County finishes third in state in cross country

Posted at 2:23 am November 20, 2017
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Maddy Moody, a junior at Anderson County High School, finished third in the state in the Division I Large Schools girls cross country 5k championship race at Percy Warner Park in Nashville on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. (Photo by Kindell Moore)

Maddy Moody, a junior at Anderson County High School, finished third in the state in the Division I Large Schools girls’ cross country 5k championship race at Percy Warner Park in Nashville on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. (Photo by Kindell Moore)

 

Maddy Moody, a junior at Anderson County High School, finished third in the state in cross country in the championship race in Nashville this month.

Moody improved 13 spots from last year, when she finished 16th as a sophomore in the girls’ Class AAA state cross country championship meet at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.

Moody finished the 5,000-meter, or 5k, race in 18:51.53 this year in the Division I Large Schools category. That compared to 19:30.59 last year in what was previously the Division I Class AAA category.

“It’s a huge improvement,” said Derek Wallace, who coaches cross country and boys’ basketball at Anderson County. “You don’t often see those types of improvements down there.”

Moody normally races with a pacing watch, but she handed it to her mother this year, Wallace said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: 5k championship race, Anderson County High School, Anna Delahunt, Annika Sleenhof, Breanna Roy, championship race, Class AAA state cross country championship meet, Cookeville, cross country, David Crockett, Derek Wallace, Division I Large Schools, Division I Large Schools girls cross country 5k championship race, Dobyns-Bennett, Farragut Food & Wine Festival, Genevieve Schwartz, girls cross country, Hardin Valley Academy, Jessie Strader, Knoxville Catholic, Landri Wilcox, Maddy Moody, Ravenwood, Region 2 Championships, Sasha Neglia, Shila Kapaya

Cross country photos: Oak Ridge at Region 2 meet

Posted at 5:11 pm October 29, 2017
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Pictured above is Oak Ridge senior Jose Villegas, who finished second in the boys 5,000-meter cross country race in the Region 2 Large Division Championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo by Maddie Zawisza)

Pictured above is Oak Ridge senior Jose Villegas, who finished second in the boys 5,000-meter cross country race in the Region 2 Large Division Championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo by Maddie Zawisza)

 

The Oak Ridge boys and girls cross country teams have both qualified for the state meet in Nashville on Saturday, and the Wildcats had one runner finish second in the region and another finish fourth on Thursday. It’s the first time since 2014 that both teams are going to state together.

Here are photos from the regional meet on Thursday by Wallace Bowden and Maddie Zawisza along with Oak Ridge Today file photos. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: Allen Etheridge, Bailey Baldwin, boys cross country, cross country, Daeton Byars, Dalton Morgan, Ed Wright, Eden Gee, Eli Cox, Genevieve Schwartz, girls cross country, Jessie Strader, Jose Villegas, Kyle Wright, Maddie Zawisza, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School Cross Country, Rebekah Joyal, Region 2 Large Division Championships, Region 2 meet, Reid Dukes, Robyn Wood, Ruthie Froning, Tom Sauer, Victor Ashe Park, Wallace Bowden, Will Jeter

Oak Ridge boys, girls cross country teams both going to state meet

Posted at 1:35 pm October 29, 2017
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The Oak Ridge boys and girls cross country teams have both qualified for the state meet in Nashville next Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, finishing third in the Region 2 Large Division Championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 26.

The Oak Ridge boys and girls cross country teams have both qualified for the state meet in Nashville next Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, finishing third in the Region 2 Large Division Championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 26.

 

The Oak Ridge boys and girls cross country teams have both qualified for the state meet in Nashville on Saturday, and the Wildcats had one runner finish second in the region and another finish fourth on Thursday.

It’s the first time since 2014 that both teams are going to state together.

Both teams finished third in the Region 2 Championships for the Division I Large Division at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday. The top three teams in the regional meets advanced to the state cross country meet at Percy Warner Park in Nashville on Saturday, November 4.

Oak Ridge senior Jose Villegas finished second in the region in the boys 5,000-meter run at Victor Ashe Park on Thursday, and senior Genevieve Schwartz finished fourth in the girls race.

“You always want to get at least one team to state, but ultimately, you want to get both,” Wildcats Coach Ed Wright said after the Region 2 Championships. “Today was a good day.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Abby Hausladen, Allen Etheridge, Anderson County, Anna Delahunt, Catholic, Claire Gibson, cross country, Daeton Byars, Dalton Davis, Dalton Morgan, Devin Sullivan, Ed Wright, Eden Gee, Eli Cox, Ellie Bachmann, Farragut, Genevieve Schwartz, Hardin Valley, Isha Bhandari, Jacob Norris, Jake Renfree, Jenna Wall, Jessie Strader, Jose Villegas, Kyle Wright, Maddie Moody, Madison Grimm, Maryville, Mollie Smith, Oak Ridge, Percy Warner Park, Rebekah Joyal, Region 2 championship meet, Region 2 Championships, Region 2 Large Division Championships, Reid Dukes, Robyn Wood, Seth Bowden, Shila Kapaya, Tom Sauer, Victor Ashe Park, Wildcats, Will Jeter

Oak Ridge girls’ team runs best race of year, but finishes fourth in region; Schwartz going to state

Posted at 2:57 pm October 29, 2016
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Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge, right, finished 10th in the Region 2-AAA girls’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Behind Schwartz is Jenna Wall of Hardin Valley Academy, who finished eighth. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

KNOXVILLE—The Oak Ridge girls’ cross country team ran its best race of the year but finished fourth in the region on Thursday, just missing the cutoff to advance to the state meet next Saturday.

Only the top three teams in the Region 2-AAA meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday advanced to the state meet in Nashville next Saturday.

However, Oak Ridge junior Genevieve Schwartz finished 10th in the 5,000-meter, or 5k, race. Anyone who finishes in the top 10 and is not on a qualifying team advances to state.

The top three girls’ teams in the Region 2 meet were West, Farragut, and Hardin Valley. West, a Knoxville school, had the top two runners, Lindsey Stallworth and Madeline Shook.

Anderson County and Hardin Valley each had two runners in the top 10, and like Oak Ridge, Farragut had one.

It will be the first trip to state for Schwartz, who finished with a time of 20:36.90. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: Abbey Greenhalgh, Allen Etheridge, Anderson County, Anna Delahunt, Eden Gee, Elisabeth Bernard, Elizabeth Babb, Ellie Bachmann, Farragut, Genevieve Schwartz, Halls, Hardin Valley Academy, Jenna Wall, Jessie Strader, Lindsey Stallworth, Maddie Zawisza, Maddy Moody, Madeline Shook, Madison Grimm, Maggie Atchley, Maryville, Mollie Longmire, Mollie Smith, Rachel Jordan, Region 2-AAA, Region 2-AAA girls cross country meet, Region 2-AAA meet, Robyn Wood, Rylee Jorgensen, Victor Ashe Park, West

Cross country photos: Oak Ridge girls finish fourth in Region 2-AAA meet

Posted at 11:09 pm October 28, 2016
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Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge, at right in the group of three above, finished 10th in the Region 2-AAA girls’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. At center is Mollie Longmire of Anderson County, who finished seventh, and at left is Jenna Wall of Hardin Valley Academy, who finished eighth. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

KNOXVILLE—The Oak Ridge Wildcats girls’ cross country team finished fourth in the Region 2-AAA meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday.

The top three teams in the regional meet advance to the state cross county meet in Nashville on Saturday, November 5. Since Oak Ridge finished fourth, it does not advance.

But Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge finished in the top 10, so she will compete in the state meet next week.

Here are photos from the Thursday meet by John Huotari of Oak Ridge Today. (See a story on the race here.) [Read more…]

Filed Under: High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Abbey Greenhalgh, Allen Etheridge, Anderson County, Anna Delahunt, Ed Wright, Ellie Bachmann, Farragut, Genevieve Schwartz, Hardin Valley Academy, Jenna Wall, Jessie Strader, Lindsey Stallworth, Maddie Zawisza, Maddy Moody, Madelin Ebbert, Madeline Shook, Madison Grimm, Maggie Atchley, Mollie Longmire, Mollie Smith, Oak Ridge, Region 2-AAA girls cross country, Robyn Wood, Tom Sauer, Victor Ashe Park, West

Cross country: Oak Ridge boys, girls finish first in Cherokee Invitational

Posted at 5:27 pm October 9, 2016
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The Oak Ridge Wildcats boys’ cross country team finished first in the Cherokee Invitational in Knoxville on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (Photo by Nichole Zawisza)

 

The Oak Ridge boys’ and girls’ cross country teams finished first in the Cherokee Invitational in Knoxville on Saturday. Senior Jake Etheridge was the top overall runner in the boys’ 5k, or 5,000-meter race. Junior Genevieve Schwartz finished second overall in the girls’ race, and senior Abbey Greenhalgh was third.

The Oak Ridge boys had seven of the top 14 runners, and the girls had six of the top 13.

The first-place finish for the boys on Saturday came one week after they finished first in the Wendy’s Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Etheridge was also the top overall runner.

Oak Ridge Coach Allen Etheridge said Saturday’s race on Cherokee Boulevard in Knoxville is a hard race that was run during Fall Break, when the team is out of the normal school rhythm. The team has to run to “get its work in,” but is never “super satisfied,” Etheridge said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Abbey Greenhalgh, Allen Etheridge, Anderson County High School, Campbell County, Cherokee Invitational, Christian Borden, cross country, Daeton Byars, Dalton Morgan, Gavin Cooper, Genevieve Schwartz, Hardin Valley Academy, Jacob Etheridge, Jake Etheridge, Jenna Wall, Jessie Strader, Jose Villegas, Maddie Zawisza, Maddy Moody, Madison Grimm, Maryville High School, Mollie Smith, Nichole Zawisza, Oak Ridge, Region 2 meet, Reid Dukes, Rhea County High School, Robyn Wood, Ruthie Froning, Seth Bowden, Stone Memorial, Wendy's Invitational, Will Jeter

Cross country: Oak Ridge girls run well, finish third in first meet of year

Posted at 9:36 pm September 10, 2016
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The Oak Ridge girls cross country team finished third in the A.F. Bridges Cross Country Invitational in Nashville on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. From left are Ruthie Froning, Eden Gee, Maddie Zawisza, Genevieve Schwartz, Jessie Strader, Robyn Wood, and Bailey Baldwin. (Photo courtesy Allen Etheridge)

 

The Oak Ridge girls cross country team finished third in its first meet of the year, and Coach Allen Etheridge said the girls ran well.

Oak Ridge junior Genevieve Schwartz finished seventh in the girls 5k (5,000-meter) run with a time of 21:31.13.

The A.F. Bridges Cross Country Invitational was in Nashville on Saturday. The Oak Ridge boys finished first. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports Tagged With: A.F. Bridges Cross Country Invitational, Abbey Greenhalgh, Allen Etheridge, Bailey Baldwin, Baylor School, Callie Tucker, Cherokee Classic, cross country, Eden Gee, girls cross country, Jessie Strader, Knoxville Catholic, Linsday Bruce, Maddie Zawisza, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, Robyn Wood, Ruthie Froning, Wildcats

Jefferson girls finish second in state in track, field

Posted at 11:23 pm May 23, 2016
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Jefferson Middle School 4x400 Relay Team State Runner-up 2016

The Jefferson Middle School girls’ track and field team finished as state runner-up in the first-ever state meet for Class A middle schools at Austin Peay University in Clarksville on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Members of the girls 4×400-meter relay team, which finished second at the state meet, are pictured above. From left to right they are Grace Wilson, Katie Swigert, Aaliyah Hall, and Khamari Mitchell. (Submitted photo via Barbara Gritzner)

 

The Jefferson Middle School girls track and field team finished as state runner-up in a first-ever state track and field meet for middle schools in Clarksville on Saturday. The girls team finished second in two events and third in another.

The Jefferson Middle School team of Katie Swigert, Aaliyah Hall, Grace Wilson, and Khamari Mitchell finished second in the 4×400-meter relay, Coach Bill Byas said. And Muskan Vohra finished second in the girls 800-meter run and third in the 1,600-meter run.

The girls team earned enough points to finish as state runner-up. The JMS boys team finished eighth.

It was the first state track and field meet for Class A and Class AA middle schools. It was held Saturday, May 21, at Austin Peay University in Clarksville.

“I expected a great outcome because they worked so hard all season long,” Byas said. “We’ve been going at it since February, and these kids have just consistently improved.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Middle School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: 1600-meter run, 4x400-meter relay, 800-meter run, Aaliyah Hall, Austin Peay University, Bill Byas, Brian Wilson, Cade Young, Cadon McCullah, Carson Hope, DeMarcus Wright, Grace Wilson, Jefferson Middle School, Jessie Strader, JMS, Katie Swigert, Khamari Mitchell, Matthew Swigert, Minnwoo Kim, Misty Greenhalgh, Muskan Vohra, Rebecca Joyal, Rylie Dickens, state runner-up, state track and field meet, Steve Reddick, track and field, Vaughn Coleman

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