Mandeville and St. Joseph's Academy battle at Walker Shootout

Mandeville's cross country team ran a strong, competitive race Saturday at the 11th annual Walker Shootout, being edged out by St. Joseph's Academy.  St. Joe's scored 73 points to win by one point over the Lady Skippers in the team competition. Photo by Angelle Albright.

It was a classic race Saturday at the 11th annual Walker Shootout for the girls with the Mandeville Lady Skippers and St. Joseph's Academy battling for team and individual honors.
St. Joseph's Academy edged Mandeville by a mere point to take the team title with 73 points
followed by Mandeville in the 21-team field. St. Scholastica Academy's Doves were also in the mix
finishing a close third with 86 points, while the Fontainelbeau Lady Bulldogs took fifth with 152 points. Ponchatoula broke the top 10 in seventh place, 227 points with Slidell in 11th spot with 317 points. Northshore's Lady Panthers finished 16 with 478 points. 
St. Joe's Annie Hill won the individual title with a time of 18:23.91, beating out Mandeville's Olivia Murphy, by less than 10-seconds. Murphy logged a time of 18:33.76.
SSA's Carley Boyce took sixth at 19:07.75 followed MHS' Claire Crosby 19:34.04 and Chelsey
Jones came in eighth at 19:35.23. Fontainebelau's Courtney Smith earned a 10th place finish at 19:51.12. FHS' Olivia Hunt was 12th, 20:01.23 followed by SSA's Allyson Seals, 20:01.23 with SSA's Madison McDaniel taking 16th at 20:18.64. Slidell's Ariel Jones was 17th at 20:24.50 and SSA's Monica Guillot rounded out the top 20 finishers with a time of 20:28.55.
For the complete Walker Shootout girls results you can visit la.milesplit.com and click on meet
results and select girls varsity. You can also check out race photos by Angele Albright.   

St. Paul's Zachary Albright and Eric Coston finish one-two at Walker Shootout

St. Paul's Wolves cross country team remained undefeated winning it sixth event this season. The Wolves rode a one-two finish by Zachary Albright and Eric Coston to win the 11th annual Walker Shootout with  43 points. Photo by Angele Albright.

The 11th annual Walker Shootout took place Saturday at the Walker Recreation Park in less
than ideal conditions with runners battling the mud and a touch course.
St. Paul's senior Zachary Albright continued his domination as he and his freshman teammate Eric
Coston finished one-two in the 261-runner field to keep the Wolves unbeaten.
Albright, tied the St. Paul's school record set by Jimmy Wiggins back in 1999, with a time of
15-minutes and three tenths of a second.
Albright continues his excellent campaign, helping to lead the Wolves, who are unbeaten in six meets this season. Coston took second, just 12-seconds back at 15:12.09 with Hahnville's Bryce Robinson third
at 15:23.15.
The Wolves had three other runners finish in the top 25 including DC Lipani, taking sixth at 15:54.17. Spencer Albright, a sophomore, the younger brother of Zachary, earned an 11th place finish at 16:13.35. Their St. Paul's teammate Kraemer Jackson finished 23rd at 16:28.96.
St. Paul's coach Terryl Chatham was excited about his team's performance. "They ran on a very difficult, and muddy course. It was definitely a great team effort on their part," Chatham said.
Other local area finishers included Mandeville's Dylan Heck, who came in ninth place at 16:11.45.
Northshore's Noah Martin was 15th, 16:19.05, while Mandeville's Spencer Hollander took 20th
at 16:26.14.
St. Paul's kept its winning streak in tact and continued its dominance, winning the event in the 30-team field with 43 points over Catholic High, 96 points followed by Jesuit at 132.
Other local schools included, Mandeville sixth with 238 points, Fontainebleau 12th 332 points, while Northshore came in 14th place followed by St. Thomas Aquinas with both teams totaling 382 points with Northshore having the higher finisher. Ponchatoula was 20th with 468 points and Slidell was 23rd at 695 points.
For a complete look at race results, you can visit
la.milesplit.com and click on meet results. There is also a photo gallery by Angelle Albright, featuring some excellent race shots of both the boys and girls competition at the Walker Shootout.