Darton runs to a GCAA sweep
ACWORTH – The Darton State College men’s and women’s cross country teams clinched conference titles Friday at the 2012 Region 17 Championships at the Cobb Corps Property in Acworth.
It was the fourth consecutive championship title for the Darton men’s team and the fifth for the women’s team. But this year was different, according to Darton head XC coach Bruce Skiles.
“This is the best team we’ve ever had,” he said.
With four runners among the top five finishers, the Cavaliers had a near-perfect score of 18 points Friday. The team’s average 8K time was 26:47.21.
Darton freshman Jared Richmond won the men’s championship and set a new school record, completing the 8K in 26:04.38. Close behind were sophomores Cody Mallchok (26:15) and Hank Campbell (26:28), who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Freshman Ean Crawford finished 5th, running 27:22, and at 27:44 sophomore Nick Mascardo finished 7th to sum Darton’s score.
“This is the lowest average race time of any team we’ve ever had,” Skiles said. “The difference between this team and others we’ve had at Darton is that they trained hard all year long. We’ve always had two or three do that, but I’d say we had four or five this year, and that made all of the difference.”
The women’s program raced at an exceptional pace as well, as its top five runners averaged 20:49 for the women’s 5K. Seven of the Lady Cavs finished among the top 10 – four of them were among the top five.
“They ran in packs,” Skiles said. “I’ve never had four girls under 21 minutes and then another three under 22. I think this is the best overall women’s team we’ve ever had.”
Sophomore Jeronda Stringfield led the Darton effort, finishing 2nd overall with a time of 20:40. Alexis Skiles (20:43), Hayden Clapper (20:46) and Elena Oslund (20:48) finished 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. Kaitlyn Winter ran the 5K in 21:10 to finish 7th and sum Darton’s score of 21 points.
Stringfield, Skiles, Clapper and Oslund earned All-Region 1st team honors while teammates Winter and Vanessa Pina earned All-Region 2nd Team honors.
On the men’s side, Richmond, Mallchok, Campbell and Crawford earned 1st Team All-Region honors and Mascardo, who Skiles held back due to an injury, received 2nd Team honors.
Skiles, who took over the program in 2011, earned his third and fourth “Region 17 Coach of the Year” titles.
The Region 17 Championship title also serves as Darton’s ticket to the NJCAA Championships. The race is scheduled for Nov. 10, in Rend Lake, Ill.
The complete results are listed below.
GCAA Conference Championship -
10/26/2012
hosted by Chattahoochee Technical
College
Cobb Corps Property, Acworth,
GA
Last Completed
Event
Event 1 Men 8k Run CC
=======================================================================
Name
Year
School
Finals
Points
=======================================================================
1 Richmond,
Jared
Darton College
26:04.38
1
2 Mallchok,
Cody
Darton College
26:15.74
2
3 Campbell,
William
Darton College
26:28.80
3
4 Worthy,
Wesley
South Georgi
27:06.22
4
5 Crawford,
Ean
Darton College
27:22.60
5
6 Evans,
Timmy
South Georgi
27:43.17
6
7 Mascardo,
Nick
Darton College
27:44.52
7
8 Smith,
Richard
South Georgi
27:46.91
8
9 Jones,
Lyndon
South Georgi
27:48.37
9
10 Martinez,
Pedro
South Georgi
27:49.81
10
11 Dalton,
Dominic
Chattahooche
27:59.10
11
12 Navarro,
Luis
Darton College
28:03.95
12
13 Smith,
Jamael
Chattahooche
28:20.25
13
14 Brakhage,
Codey
North Georgi
28:40.63
14
15 Brown,
Printes
Chattahooche
28:41.04
15
16 Cope,
Chris
North Georgi
28:49.00
16
17 Castanon,
Juan
South Georgi
28:54.86
17
18 Ford,
Dorian
Darton College
29:13.11
18
19 Ortega,
Steven
North Georgi
29:21.20
19
20 Harkins,
Korey
North Georgi
29:28.00
20
21 Lassiter,
Wesley
Gordon College
30:55.84
21
22 Zittrour,
Ernie
Gordon College
31:06.85
22
23 Brakhage,
Corey
North Georgi
31:10.38
23
24 Castanon,
Jose
South Georgi
31:26.96
24
25 Easom,
Brantley
Darton College
31:29.68
26 Thompson,
Jamal
Gordon College
31:30.75
25
27 Wilder,
Aaron
Gordon College
31:48.05
26
28 Freeman,
Forrest
Gordon College
31:56.93
27
29 Richey,
Jordan
Darton College
32:45.44
30 Moseley,
Yakini
Chattahooche
33:04.28
28
31 Williams,
Craig
Gordon College
33:14.99
29
32 Morris,
Devan
Gordon College
33:41.09
30
33 Vaiculevich,
Tim
Darton College
33:46.09
34 Daniel,
Johnny
Darton College
34:11.04
35 Wilburn,
Octavious
Chattahooche
34:11.43
31
36 Albright,
Blake
North Georgi
35:03.39
32
37 Hester,
Jake
North Georgi
36:14.26
33
38 Johnson,
Chris
Chattahooche
39:39.78
34
39 McBride,
Deandre
Chattahooche
39:39.88
35
40 Thermidor,
Edens
Chattahooche
42:14.92
41 McBride,
Andreius
Chattahooche
43:09.79
Team
Scores
=================================================================================
Rank
Team
Total 1 2
3 4 5
*6 *7 *8 *9
=================================================================================
1 Darton
College
18 1 2
3 5 7
12
18
Total Time:
2:13:56.04
Average:
26:47.21
2 South Georgia
College
37 4 6
8 9 10 17
24
Total Time:
2:18:14.48
Average:
27:38.90
3 North Georgia Technical C
92 14 16 19
20 23 32
33
Total Time:
2:27:29.21
Average:
29:29.85
4 Chattahoochee Technical C
98 11 13 15
28 31 34
35
Total Time:
2:32:16.10
Average:
30:27.22
5 Gordon
College
121 21 22 25
26 27 29
30
Total Time:
2:37:18.42
Average:
31:27.69
Event 2 Women 5k Run CC
=======================================================================
Name
Year
School
Finals
Points
=======================================================================
1 Harrison,
Charley
South Georgi
20:15.50
1
2 Stringfield,
Jeronda Darton
College
20:40.84
2
3 Skiles,
Briane,Alexis Darton
College
20:43.53
3
4 Clapper,
Hayden
Darton College
20:46.16
4
5 Oslund,
Elena
Darton College
20:48.20
5
6 Ruiz,
Eli
North Georgi
20:59.21
6
7 Winter,
Kaitlyn
Darton College
21:10.76
7
8 Thomas,
Jaichelle
Darton College
21:17.35
8
9 Fain,
Lexie
North Georgi
21:20.87
9
10 Pina,
Vanessa
Darton College
21:44.76
10
11 Mangham,
Allison
Gordon College
21:56.06
11
12 Ballard,
Daisha
Darton College
22:16.20
13 Rivera,
Julia
Chattahooche
22:51.56
12
14 Robinson,
Emily
Gordon College
22:59.36
13
15 McConnell,
Shannon
North Georgi
22:59.98
14
16 Cousar,
Dorneisha
Chattahooche
23:03.27
15
17 Kauffman, Emily
Jo
Gordon College
23:18.59
16
18 White,
Alex
Gordon College
23:28.51
17
19 Irvin,
Tori
South Georgi
23:38.08
18
20 Cutler,
Nyna
Chattahooche
23:41.08
19
21 Ponsell,
Tia
South Georgi
23:52.96
20
22 Gerra,
Alecia
North Georgi
23:55.84
21
23 Arroyo,
Samantha
South Georgi
24:04.95
22
24 Taylor,
Jazmyne
Chattahooche
24:10.67
23
25 Johnston,
Christine
South Georgi
24:15.38
24
26 Edwards,
Ashley
Gordon College
24:42.62
25
27 Logue,
Brooke
South Georgi
24:43.95
26
28 Kanniard,
Emily
Gordon College
24:52.59
27
29 Hall,
Taylor
Darton College
24:55.95
30 Hallmark,
Erin
Gordon College
25:00.08
28
31 Dixon,
Kandice
Chattahooche
25:14.87
29
32 Gayle,
Deanna
Chattahooche
25:16.39
30
33 Wilder,
Elizabeth
South Georgi
26:20.33
31
34 Keane,
Judy
North Georgi
28:45.14
32
35 Cason,
Destinee
South Georgi
30:42.94
36 Dodgen,
Mary
North Georgi
35:43.76
33
Team
Scores
=================================================================================
Rank
Team
Total 1 2
3 4 5
*6 *7 *8 *9
=================================================================================
1 Darton
College
21 2 3
4 5 7
8
10
Total Time:
1:44:09.49
Average:
20:49.90
2 Gordon
College
82 11 13 16
17 25 27
28
Total Time:
1:56:25.14
Average:
23:17.03
2 North Georgia Technical C
82 6 9
14 21 32
33
Total Time:
1:58:01.04
Average:
23:36.21
4 South Georgia
College
85 1 18 20
22 24 26
31
Total Time:
1:56:06.87
Average:
23:13.38
5 Chattahoochee Technical C
98 12 15 19
23 29
30
Total Time:
1:59:01.45
Average:
23:48.29