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Cross-Country 2005
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| News / Notes |
| August 25: Despite intense heat and heavy
humidity, the MBA Microbe CC Team captured its first victory of the year
by defeating BA(2), USN(3), CPA(4), and FRA(5) at the Vaughn's Creek course.
After a month of training in record high temperatures, all of the young
MBA runners performed admirably in their first meet and had six place in
the top ten finishers. Top Microbe runners included Shep Patterson (2nd
overall), Sam Embry(3), Ryan Hill(4), Steven Gaitens(5), Quinton Burks(8),
and Matt "The Bullet" Bellett(9). If strong numbers are any indication
of a strong season, then the Microbes are sure to have a great year with
record participation of 43 team members. The next HVAC meet is Thursday,
September 1 at the USN river campus. |
| September 1: The Microbe CC Team captured
its second victory of the year by fending off David Lipscomb (2), USN(3),
BGA(4), and DCA(5). The top five finishers for the Microbes included Shep
Patterson(2), Sam Embry(3), Ryan Hill(5), Rob Higham(8), and John Baker(10).
The team continues to improve as it faces challenging workouts. All runners
are to be commended for their efforts. Congratulations! |
| September 6: The MBA Harriers began their
2005 campaign on Tuesday at the Drake Memorial, held each year at the Steeplechase
and named in honor of longtime MBA teacher and administrator Mike Drake.
The MBA team finished first in a field including Ryan, FRA, DCA, Goodpasture,
and Ensworth. Sophomore Tyler Ramsden finished first overall in the race;
and since the Steeplechase course has recently been redesigned, he now
holds the course record! Tyler was joined at the top by seniors David Reynolds,
Kevin Seitz, and Bracey Wilson whose long hours of summer running are paying
dividends. Top junior runners were Stockton Beveridge and Jonathan Usry,
and they were joined in the top seven by impressive freshman Baker Mulherin. |
| September 8: Facing four new opponents,
the Microbe CC team left the cross country terrain victorious for the third
week in a row. Led by 8th grader Shep Patterson (2), the Microbes captured
four of the top five positions. Seventh graders Ryan Hill(5) and John Baker(10)
turned in excellent runs for newcomers. The entire team, now 49 members
strong, continues to cut their times. The team is pleased to add to its
ranks eighth grader Carson Potter from New Orleans who brings with him
tremendous skill on the flat runs and inspiring determination on the hills.
The Microbes travel to Ensworth High School for its next competition and
hopes to see Deon Gaines, the team's greatest fan, at the meet. |
| September 13: The MBA cross country team
extended their winning streak, with their 2nd victory in two weeks, producing
a strong team performance at the Vaughn's Creek course. MBA outran a valiant
charge by the CPA team, and finished in 10 of the top 20 spots. Junior
Hayes Arnold lead the way finishing 2nd overall, followed by senior Jason
Wallace (3rd) and junior Jonathan Usry (5th). Senior Wynne Barton (9th)
and Sophomore Daniel Givens (11th) turned in strong efforts rounding out
MBA's top five. Richard Brunsting was the top freshman finishing an impressive
14th. Many of the MBA runners cut their times considerably from the previous
meet. Of notable mention, Junior Gentry Smith set a personal career record
this week. MBA will compete in the Tennessee Classic Saturday, October
17th at the Steeplechase. |
| September 17: Thirty MBA varsity harriers
joined over 2000 cross country runners on Saturday at the Tennesse Classic.
This is the largest sporting event in Tennessee. The Varsity team placed
third, led by sophomore Tyler Ramsden, who had a personal best of 16.46.
He placed 8th individually. Seniors David Reynolds and Jason Wallace were
the next two MBA runners to cross the line. They were followed by two juniors,
Hayes Arnold and Stockton Beveridge. Other varsity finishers were Baker
Mulherin and Jonathan Usry. In the JV race, freshman Richard Brunsting
led the way. Competition continues this week with a dual meet on Tuesday
at the Vaughn's Gap course. On Saturday, we return to the Steeplechase
for the A.F. Bridges. |
 September 20: The injury-plagued MBA cross
country team placed third during Tuesday’s meet at Vaughn’s
Creek behind Lipscomb and CPA. Freshman Baker Mulherin led the Big Red
runners with a personal best performance despite sauna-like weather. Also
finishing in the top 20 were Jonathan Usry, Wynne Barton and freshman Richard
Brunsting. The harriers continue their season this weekend, Saturday, 24
September at the A.F. Bridges meet on the Steeplechase. Tentative starting
time is 1:30PM. |
| September 22: The Microbe Cross Country
team continued to dominate in the 9/22 meet at Vaughns Creek, despite the
absence of "retreating" 7th grade runners, finishing well ahead
of Ensworth, BA, CPA, and BGA. In this tuneup for next week's HVAC championship,
Rob Higham (8:44) and Shep Patterson (8:47) registered blazing times, placing
2nd and 4th overall. Rounding out the top 5 for the Big Red were Rob Smith
(7th, 9:17), Steven Gaittens (8th 9:22), and Robinson Hunt (9th, 9:23).
Overall, the 8th grade runners displayed leadership and toughness in the
heat, with many others achieving season best times, including Alex Apple,
Matt Bellett, Mike Gedelman, Joseph Lowe, Eric Mace, Matt Moynihan, Carson
Potter, Andy Stack, Zach Sternberg, Ben Sutter, and Ryan Venable. Come
support the Big Red next Thursday at Vaughn's Creek. Need directions? Ask
Deion Gaines. |
| 24 September: The MBA cross country team
placed sixth in a field of 48 teams during Saturday’s AF Bridges
meet at the Steeplechase. Sophomore Tyler Ramsden led the way for the Big
Red varsity with an 8 th place individual finish. Gentry Smith led our
junior varsity runners with a strong personal performance, turning in a
7 th place individual finish in the JV meet. The cross country team continues
the season at 4:45 PM Tuesday, 27 September at Vaughns Gap. The team will
travel this weekend to Moultrie, Alabama to participate in the Jesse Owens
Classic. Tentative starting time is 10:00 AM Saturday, 1 October. |
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Top row: Daniel Givens, Gentry Smith, Nicholas Marzialo
Bottom: Richard Brunsting, Wynne Barton |
September
27: The Varsity cross country
team led by seniors Nicholas Marzialo (4th) and Wynne Barton (5th) dominated
a field of seven teams, including regional foes Father Ryan and USN, at
the Vaughn's Creek course. Marzialo cut a minute off his best time this
year and Barton ran a career PR. Overall, it was a very strong performance
by the team. Richard Brunsting, Daniel Givens, and Gentry Smith rounded
out the top 5 MBA runners, all running 18:35 or better. Along with Wynne
Barton, Gentry Smith (for the 3rd race in a row), Matt Ractliffe, Taylor
Land, Taylor Smyth, Clayton Cothran, and Nick Williams, just to name a
few, set personal records. The team travels to Molton, Alabama on Friday
to run in the Jesse Owens Classic on Saturday, October 1. |
| September 29: After finishing the regular
season undefeated, the Microbe Cross Country team faced its HVAC opponents
for the last time this year at the Vaughn's Creek course in the A-division
championship meet. More than two-hundred runners set off on the 1.5 mile
course. The MBA Microbes had five runners place among the top fifteen finishers
and won the meet with an outstanding team effort. MBA's top seven placers
were Rob Higham(2), Shep Patterson(3), Ryan Hill(9), Steven Gaitens(14),
John Baker(15), Alex Apple(17), and Rob Smith(21). The entire team, inspired
by tremendous eighth grade leadership, celebrated personal best times.
The victory was a wonderful way to end a very strong season. After the
meet, one question was still on the minds of the Microbe runners --- WHERE
WAS DEION? |
| October 1: The cross country team had a
successful trip to the Jesse Owens meet in Moulton, Alabama this past Saturday.
Over 3,000 runners from six different states competed. The MBA Junior Varsity
harriers participated in the Bronze division (a varsity small school division).
They ended up placing 7th out of 35 varsity teams. Six of the eight competitors
posted personal bests for the season. The top five scorers were Richard
Brunsting, Matt Ratcliffe, Gentry Smith, Daniel Givens, and Matt Sternberg.
The varsity team participated in the Silver division (large schools division).
The Big Red placed first out of 43 teams in this division. Tyler Ramsden
was 3rd overall. Seniors David Reynolds and Jason Wallace were 13th and
17th. Baker Mulherin and Hayes Arnold rounded out the top five, both posting
personal bests. The Big Red will next compete in the District Championship
at the Vaughn's Gap (Hwy 100) course this Thursday. The JV race is at 4,
and the varsity at 5 P.M. |
| October 6: The MBA Cross Country team competed
in the District Championship yesterday on the Vaughn's Creek course. Twenty
of MBA's twenty-five competitors ran season-best times! The varsity finished
third of twelve teams, and the jv roared to a first place finish, taking
five of the top seven spots. Tyler Ramsden once again paced the varsity
team and finished fourth overall, while Daniel Givens lead the jv with
his first place finish in the early race. The team is eagerly anticipating
next week's practice, during which the annual Tour de Pants will be contested! |
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