Monday, October 21, 2013

Cross Country: Mountain Brook boys, girls win Husky Challenge meet

By Grant Shingleton | AL.com
 
 
Mountain Brook placed three runners in the top five in the boys race and had an individual winner in Jessica Molloy in the girls race as the Spartans won both events at the 22nd Annual Husky Challenge cross country meet, hosted by Hewitt-Trussville High School.
Mountain Brook won the boys race with a team score of 32, followed by Hoover (43), Hewitt-Trussville (74), John Carroll Catholic (92) and Oak Mountain (189).
Hewitt-Trussville's Austin Norwood was the boys individual winner in the 3,540-meter race, coming in with a time of 10:35.62. Justin Holt of John Carroll Catholic finished second at 10:35.97, followed by a trio of Mountain Brook runners, Davis Kelly (10:51.54), Marshall Smith (11:03.07) and Stewart Hawk (11:04.54).
Mountain Brook, which entered two squads in the girls race, won the event with a team score of 37 for the "Pink" team, which was led by Molloy, who finished with a time of 12:11.84. Mountain Brook Pink was followed by Hewitt-Trussville (65), Hoover (82), Mountain Brook (86) and John Carroll Catholic (98).
Hewitt-Trussville's Veronica Lyle finished second (12:26.12), followed by teammate Alexandra Pidcock (12:46.95) and Parker Cobbs of Mountain Brook Pink (12:52.45). Bella Restrepo (12:55.63) of John Carroll was fifth.