Wewa boys advance to 1A state cross country meet

LAKE CITY — The Wewahitchka boys advanced to next week’s 1A state meet as a team and Graceville’s Hunter Potts as an individual in the boys division. In the girls 5,000-meter run, Hannah Plazarin of Blountstown missed out on advancing by less than 4 seconds as she placed 16th.

Maclay won the boys title led by race winner Travis Covert in 16:47. Bishop Snyder was second followed by Pensacola Christian and Wewahitchka. The top six teams advanced to state. Blountstown was 10th and Altha 11th.

Providence won the girls championship with Maclay second. Wewahitchka was seventh, Blountstown ninth and Altha 11th.

Area results:

Boys

• Graceville: 9. Hunter Potts 17:15
• Wewahitchka 128: 17. Jakob Bidwell 17:42, 27. Nicholas Combs 18:08, 34. Micah Lister 18:21, 35. Joshua Epps 18:23, 39. Tyler Sarmiento 18:29, 48. Michael Bryan 18:58, 61. Shaquille Scott 19:32.
• Blountstown 284: 20. Thomas Howell 17:50, 60. Alex Wroblewski 19:25, 75. Andrew Bryant 20:16, 81. Chesten Goodman 20:32, 85. Thomas Tierney 20:51, De’Barus Colvin 21:05, 88. Calen Masal 21:23
• Sneads: 68. Gary Hanson
• Port St. Joe: 66. Nicolas Dickinson 19:42.
• Altha 316: 72. Angel Morales 20:07, 80. Nicholas Young 20:31, 91, Brendon Dew 21:32, 92. Jamie Coleman 21:37, 94. Porter Smith 21:48, 96. Reece Dew 21:54.

Girls

• Blountstown 240: 16. Hannah Plazarin 20:57, 45. Amber Raisbeck 23:36, 68. Olivia Atkins 25:02, 72. Geraldi Gutierrez 25:43, 73. Santana Lee 25:48, 87. Samantha Morris 34:58, 88. Emily Pegaz 35:00.
• Wewahitchka 215: 30. Donia Lanier 22:09, 34. McKenna Waters 22:31, 43. Brittany Griffin 23:20, 51. Taylor Flowers 23:55, 82. Tara Walding 26:59, 84. Marilyn Shirah 27:18, 85. Danielle Harris 28:05.
• Graceville: 44. Rebecca Delgado 23:29.
• Altha 262: 46. Mary Sewell 23:37, 54. Kimberly Wiltse 24:01, 64. Katie Cox 24:50, 65. Carly Schwartz 24:50, 71. Josie Hall 25:34, 83. Madison Rowe 27:08, 86. Emily Sewell 29:05.
• Sneads: 58. Brooke Williams 24:21, 59. Taylor Green 24:24.