Pensacola-area cross country regional qualifiers and district results

New coach, same result for Pensacola Christian boys cross country. In head coach Calyn Ohman's first season after taking over for Scott Cochran , the Warriors won their ninth straight district title at the District 1-1A championship on Nov. 3 at L.E.A.D. Academy. PCA finished with 23 points, beating runner-up Rocky Bayou Christian by 44 points. Senior Isaiah Manderson, the reigning PNJ Boys Runner of the Year , led the way by finishing second in 16 minutes, 6.4 seconds. Junior Carson Ohman (3rd, 16:28.9), senior Jed Fears (4th, 17:01), senior Walter Goncalves (5th, 17:04), senior Tyler Gustin (9th, 17:22.1) joined Manderson as the Warriors top five runners. All five were part of the group that led PCA to a runner-up finish at the 1A state championship, the program's highest since 1998 . The Warriors were one of two local teams to win district titles. The Pensacola Catholic boys were the other, winning the District 1-2A championship on Nov. 6 at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee. The Crusaders finished with 39 points, edging out Florida High by five points. Sophomore Frederick Gunther continued his sensational season , winning the district title in 16:31. Junior Mason Pohovey (7th, 18:58.4), sophomore Thomas Randall (10th, 19:21.4), senior Finnian Baker (13th, 19:32.7) and senior Anderson Edler (14th, 19:40.1) joined Gunther as Catholic's top five runners. Both teams qualify for the regional championships, which will be held next week. The Region 1-2A and Region 1-3A championships will be Nov. 13 at the Cecil Field Golf Course in Jacksonville, while the Region 1-1A and Region 1-4A meets will be held Nov. 14 at West End Park in Gainesville. Below is a full list of teams and individuals who qualified for regionals. The top eight teams in each district qualified as did the top four runners not on a qulaifying team. District 1-4A (Nov. 7, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville) Boys Navarre was the highest placing local team, placing 11th with 240 points. Senior Derek Puello led the way, finishing 26th in 16:43.1. Nease won the district title with 54 points, while Buchholz finished second with 126 points. Buchholz junior Andrew Sides won the district title in 15:11.5. Girls Navarre qualified for regionals, finishing eighth with 218 points. Senior Jaelee Placke (24th, 20:16.6), senior Adalynn Curtis (30th, 20:29.2), junior Isabella Bettelyoun (50th, 21:22.2), junior Lauren Armstrong (58th, 21:41.1) and junior Julia Bailey (61st, 21:41.8) made up the Raiders top five runners. Placke ran the fastest time of any girl in Escambia and Santa Rosa County at a district championship. Niceville won the district championship with 85 points, beating Creekside in a tiebreaker. Creekside sophomore Eva Delaney won the district title in 17:59.8. District 1-3A (Nov. 6, Apalachee Regional Park, Tallahassee) Boys Gulf Breeze, West Florida and Milton qualified for regionals. The Dolphins finished fifth with 98 points. Junior Owen Tucker (2nd, 16:20.4), junior Dennis Fair (16th, 17:38.1), senior Braeden Hunt (17th, 17:38.9), senior Cayden Christensen (30th, 18:13.2) and senior Roman Ramsey (37th, 18:36.4) were their top five runners. West Florida finished sixth with 169 points. Junior Donovan Carmichael (3rd, 16:20.9), senior Timothy Kinsella (31st, 18:15.5), junior Deonte Dennis (44th, 19:09.2), sophomore Charlie Kinsella (46th, 19:22) and senior Jude Theriault (51st, 19:32) were the Jaguars top five runners. Milton finished eighth with 208 points. Sophomore Ethan Dwyer (14th, 17:35.9), junior Ezra Kaldahl (27th, 18:09.2), sophomore Cade Belden (53rd, 19:52.5), sophomore Joseph Bass (59th, 20:12) and freshman Emmett Brown (69th, 20:55) were the Panthers top five runners. Pine Forest senior Keelan Humphrey also qualified for regionals, finishing 32nd in 18:17.5. Leon won the district championship with 36 points, while Lincoln finished second with 83 points. Chiles senior Jonathan Kiros won the district title in 16:10.7. Girls Gulf Breeze and West Florida both qualified for regionals. The Dolphins finished third with 75 points. Senior Ashton Dahlem (6th, 20:29.7), freshman Ava Bersabe (12th, 21:40.2), senior Emery Taylor (18th, 22:12.8), freshman Amelia Tucker (22nd, 22:40.6) and freshman Allison Tucker (23rd, 22:41.8) were Gulf Breeze's top five runners. The Jaguars finished sixth with 154 points. Sophomore Annabelle Johnson (9th, 21:22.7), senior Story Novotny (27th, 23:06), senior Saige Pharr (29th, 23:17.2), senior Caroline Litchfield (45th, 25:08.3) and sophomore Haleigh Mishoe (57th, 26:33.6) were West Florida's top five runners. Escambia senior Hannah Leonard and Milton junior Zoey Dove also qualified for regionals. Leonard finished 15th in 21:50.7, while Zove finished 33rd in 23:55.3. Chiles won the district title with 23 points, while Fort Walton Beach finished second with 49 points. Timberwolves sophomore Emma-Claire Tennenbaum won the individual title in 18:44.7. District 1-2A (Nov. 6, Apalachee Regional Park, Tallahassee) Boys Pensacola will join Pensacola Catholic at the Region 1-2A championship next week. The Tigers finished third with 94 points. Sophomore Max Lynch (4th, 18:09.7) junior Josh Ibrahim (19th, 19:57.9) sophomore Thomas Sudduth (23rd, 20:13.2), junior William Sidden (26th, 20:22.3) and sophomore Matthew Ryan (33rd, 21:10.5) were PHS's top five runners. Soundside sophomore Landon Leloux also qualified for regionals, placing 34th in 21:22.6. Girls Pensacola Catholic as District 1-2A runner-up with 46 points. Sophomore Abby Cage (6th, 22:25), freshman Piper Pharr (7th, 22:33.7), freshman Isabelle Beroset (8th, 22:36.3), freshman Rachel Frey (10th, 24:03.9) and freshman Isabel Gross (15th, 25:21) were the Crusaders top five finishing runners. Florida High won the district title with 31 points, while Rutherford freshman Lorelai Williams won the individual title in 21:34.1. Pensacola junior Katherine Sidden and Soundside freshman Madison Gillett (29th, 27:44.1) also qualified for regionals. SIdden finished 24th in 26:28.5, while Gillett finished 29th in 27:44.1. Gillett and Leloux are the first regional qualifiers in any sport in Soundside High School history. District 1-1A (Nov. 3, L.E.A.D. Academy) Boys L.E.A.D. Academy, Jay and East Hill Christian will join Pensacola Christian at regionals. L.E.A.D. Academy finished fifth with 166 points. Eighth grader Ethan Tegenhamp (18th, 17:48.7), senior Jayden Greenier (25th, 18:43.1), freshman Uriah Howell (32nd, 19:06), junior Blake Rios (46th, 20:43.2) and freshman Bradley Floyd (52nd, 21:15) were the Lions top five runners. Jay finished sixth with 179 points. Sophomore Hunter DeGraaf (14th, 17:33.2) sophomore Jackson Adams (24th, 18:37.7), junior Caleb Compton (28th, 18:58.2), junior Paul Hannigan (56th, 21:26.8) and freshman Ryker Duarte (64th, 21:40.5) were the Royals top five runners. East Hill Christian finished eighth with 228 points. Freshman Nicholas Keyser (31st, 19:00.3), senior Jude Scardino (33rd, 19:22.8), freshman Eli Eljuri (37th, 19:58.9), seventh grader Peter McNeese (51st, 21:11.4) and eighth grader Bryce Keyser (84th, 22:35.3) were their top five runners. Northview senior Xyria Martin also qualified for regionals and finished 21st in 18:25.6. Girls Pensacola Chrisitian saw its streak of six straight district titles snapped by Seacoast Collegiate. The Warriors finished with 41 points, while Seacoast Collegiate finished with 30 points and freshman Norah Trejo won the individual title in 20:59. For PCA eighth grader Brooklyn Haddox (3rd, 21:10), senior Jalyn Johnson (6th, 21:47.2), junior Mia Smith (10th, 22:22.9), junior Anna Penley (12th, 22:31.3) and sophomore Clara Goncalves (13th, 22:34.2) were the Warriors top five runners. Jay also qualified for regionals, finishing fifth with 171 points. Sophomore Addie Cone (11th, 22:24.9), sophomore Claire Pennell (34th, 25:26.1), senior Melanie Compton (46th, 26:56.2), senior Leah Smith (49th, 27:17.8) and junior Isabelle Pennell (50th, 27:28.5) were the Royals top five runners. East Hill Christian seventh grader Katherine Weems and Northview sophomore Anastacia Cooley also qualified for regionals. Weems finished seventh in 21:53.7, while Cooley finished 31st in 25:18.1.