TRM girls place 3rd, Nelson earns 2nd

Published 9:10 am Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Stephanie Nelson | The Brewton Standard TRM’s Tucker McDaniel, Micah Flores and Tailand Mitchell run on Saturday. The boy’s team finished seventh overall.

Stephanie Nelson | The Brewton Standard
TRM’s Tucker McDaniel, Micah Flores and Tailand Mitchell run on Saturday. The boy’s team finished seventh overall.

Nearly 30 teams competed Saturday in the T.R. Miller Challenge cross country race and ended with the Lady Tigers claiming a third place overall finish.

With 113 runners recorded, TRM senior Allie Nelson was second overall across the finish line in the girls’ competition with a time of 19:07, while Olivia Blackmon, an eighth grader, finished 13th overall with a time of 21:42. Senior Carmen Knowles ended the day at 19th overall with her time of 22:26.

Other top finishes for Miller included:

• Madison Lum, 22:51;

• Hanna Douglas, 22:59;

• Rebecca Ann Moore, 23:34; and,

• Elisabeth Coleman, 23:52.

The Flomaton Lady Hurricanes finished at 14th overall in the competition with Kristin Coleman coming across the line first for the team in 24:20. Mackenzie Morrison, a seventh grader, finished at 26:55, while fellow seventh graders Patricia Rogers finished at 27:06 and Sara Whitworth finished in 30:53.

In the boys competition, the winner was West Florida Technical with a combined score of 81 points, while the Tigers finished seventh with a combined score of 179 points, while Flomaton finished at 17th with a combined score of 447.

TRM’s Travis Carlson was first across the finish line for the team with a time of 18:08. He was followed by Micah Flores, who finished 29th overall with a time of 18:52. Tailand Mitchell was third across for the team with a time of 19:21.

Duane Hamby, a senior, was first across the line for the Hurricanes with a time of 19:10. Dylan Patterson, a senior, ended with a time of 20:39, while Dustin Reaves finished with 20:41. Will Rollin finished at 27:25, and Logan Blancheri, a eighth grader, finished at 35:55.