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.