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Hawk XC post season bests at St. Joe
The Seahawk cross country team ran at the Port St. Joe Home
Meet and did pretty well for themselves.
While the girls were no match for a dominant Port St. Joe
squad, all set a personal record, which is what a team wants to do at this
point, continue to post their best times.
Everyone ran so well today, and we are just getting
started! said coach Kati-Morgan Hathcock. Im so excited to see these kids
develop and grow!
In the girls race, St. Joe didnt just win, they completely
dominated the affair as they crossed the finish line with the first, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers to garner the winning low score of 19
points. Bay came in a distant second. Of the 18 Port St. Joe runners, 16
finished among the top 31.
The top Franklin County finisher seventh grader Addyson Paul
clocked in at 24:04.91 to take an impressive eighth place in the high-octane
field. Sixth grader Isabella Polous came in 19th with a time of 27:45.26. Sixth
grader Baileigh Dasher was about three minutes behind, with a 31:04.20 to
finish in 29th place. Junior Alondra Jimenez ran a 40:27.34 SB to finish 41st.
In the boys race had a closer outcome, Port St. Joe runners
finished third, seventh, eighth, 10th and 11th to defeat Wiregrass which is
composed of homeschooled students from the Dothan, Alabama area. Wewa finished
just ahead of Franklin County, for third.
Freshman Josiah Friddle continued his push for the front of
the pack with a time of 18:48.98 in the 5000-meter run, a season best that
placed him in fourth place. Senior Jamal Robinson ran in 18th place. with a
time of 23:47.79.
Seventh grader Trenton Teat and freshman Dexton Teat both had
seasons best times, with a 24:08.76 for 20th, and a 24:38.46 time for 23rd
place, respectively.
Sophomore Owen Golden had his season best as well, a 26:12.45
time to finish 30th.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.