2018-19 HT PREPS ALL-AREA GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
2018-19 HTPREPS ALL-AREA GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
ISABELLA COOGAN
Port Charlotte High, senior
• Finished 13th at the Class 3A state meet in 18 minutes, 56 seconds. Placed second in the FACA Senior All-Star Classic in 18:59. Set a personal best of 18:56 in winning the Tri-County Championships. Also won the Fort Myers Invite, Venice Invitational and Lemon Bay Invitational. Finished second in the 20th Annual Lely Trojan Invitational and the Spanish River Invitational.
ISABELLE JESTER
Sarasota High, senior
• Finished 16th at the Class 4A state meet in 19 minutes, 1 second. Set a personal best of 18:50 at the 4A-Region 2 meet.
CAROLINE LEHMAN
Manatee High, freshman
• Finished 6th at the Class 4A state meet in 18 minutes, 26 seconds. Set a personal record of 18:20 in taking third at the 4A-Region 2 meet. Took 72nd at the Foot Locker South Regional in 18:57 and won the 4A-District 8 meet, the Bradenton Runners Club Invitational, Tri-County Championship and the Canes Cross Country Classic. Also finished second at the B3R Sports Invitational.
COACH OF THE YEAR
KRISTI MCDONALD
Cardinal Mooney
• Led the Cougars to the Class 1A state meet for the first time in 30 years. Cardinal Mooney finished 14th.
FIRST TEAM
MARISSA KEMPF
Sarasota High, sophomore
• Finished 28th at the Class 4A state meet in 19 minutes, 27 seconds. Took 17th at the Foot Locker South Regional in 19:41 and set a personal best of 19:24 at the 4A-Region 2 meet.
GRACE MARSTON
Braden River High, freshman
• Finished 47th at the Class 3A state meet in 20 minutes, 19 seconds. Set a personal best of 19:43 with a second-place finish at the Bradenton Runners Club Invitational. Also placed second in the Palmetto Invitational, Tri-County Championships and Cardinal Mooney Cross Country Meet.
MARIA SHAW
Out-of-Door Academy, eighth-grader
• Finished 15th at the Class 1A state meet in 19 minutes, 47 seconds. Won the 1A-District 7 meet in 20:32. Also won the North Port Invitational and finished second in the Tri-County Championships.
KASUMI WADE
Sarasota High, sophomore
• Finished 27th at the Class 4A state meet in a personal-best 19 minutes, 27 seconds. Took 13th at the Foot Locker South Regional in 19:33.
MELISSA WEBER
Manatee High, freshman
• Finished 36th at the Class 4A state meet in 19:44. Set a personal record of 19:20 at the 4A-Region 2 meet. Finished second in the 4A-District 8 meet.
HONORABLE MENTION
Riley Bradshaw, Lakewood Ranch
Terra Ehrhart, Riverview
Georgia Flint, Riverview
Mackenzie Flowers, Charlotte
Mason Ingallinera, Lakewood Ranch
Ava Klein, Lakewood Ranch
Hallie Monserez, Cardinal Mooney
Alexa Roughton, Charlotte
Jenna Santiago, Cardinal Mooney
Victoria Simeone, Charlotte
Maeve Studdiford, Out-of-Door Academy
Madison Smithers, Cardinal Mooney
Carolina Titus, Sarasota
Lucy Walter, Sarasota
HT PREPS ALL-AREA: FALL EDITION