Race’s founders, early runners carry fond memories of the early days

Mike Wachholz’s starting line for the 1979 Ortega River Run was a little different than the rest of the field. “I was in the restroom when the cannon went off to start the race,” said Wachholz, an elite local runner competing for the first time in the event. “They said I had some time, but it didn’t work out that way.” [Read Full Article]

2013 cross-Country Awards presented by Coach Ison

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
Nominees: Ky're Griffis and Kris Small

This runner competed all season long for the Generals' varsity team gradually improving his time from a 23:06 at the Bob Hans Invitational to his personal best of 19:38 at District Championships. His improvement shows a lot of promise heading into track season for the freshman runner and much more for cross-country seasons to come. The winner is Kris Small

SOPHOMORE OF THE YEAR:
Nominees: Chris Curry, Dezmin Danehy, Buay Deng, Seana Edwards, Creshanda Foy, Kristian King and Dominic Williams

She showed steady improvement all year long moving all the way up the Girls' Top 20 performance list to 4th with a 23:58 at District Championships. Her performances show promise for the future and she could likely make a run at the top girls time. The winner is Seana Edwards.

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR:
Nominees: Brenee Cummings, Marcel Enguerra and Michael Leathers

She ranked 19th in Lee history for the girls coming into the season. By the end of the season she improved her ranking to 16th all time in the girls 5k race with a 26:18 at District Championships. The winner is Brenee Cummings.

SENIOR OF THE YEAR:
Nominees: Keosha Blakely, Kiara Blakely, Kiana Brantley, Julie Deng and Rayford James

He was a team leader this season finishing first for the Generals in 10 of 13 races. His overall performance resulted in winning the Ponte Vedra Invitational, 2 national elite times, 1st Team All-Conference honors, and Individual Regional Qualifier honors. The winner is Rayford James.

MOST IMPROVED RUNNER:
Nominees: Buay Deng, Kris Small and Chris Curry

He finished the Bob Hans Invitational in 23:33, the first invitational of the season. He showed improvement week to week finishing the 5k in 19:42 at District Championships. His improvement of 3 minutes and 51 seconds was the largest invitational time improvement on the season. The winner is Chris Curry.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
Nominees: Seana Edwards, Ky're Griffis and John Hutton

He was a surprise addition to the Generals team this season. His 17:56 at District Championships, which ranks him 8th all-time for the boys 5k race in Lee history, helped propel the Generals into the Regional Championships. The winner is Ky're Griffis.

SCHOLAR ATHLETE:
Nominees: Keosha Blakely, Kiara Blakely, Kiana Brantley, Brenee Cummings, Chris Curry, Dezmin Danehy, Buay Deng, Seana Edwards, Marcel Enguerra, Creshanda Foy, Ky're Griffis, John Hutton, Rayford James, Kristian King, Michael Leathers, Kris Small and Dominic Williams.

Cross-country is a sport of dedication in practice, determination on the course, but with any sport hard work in the class room is something more of which to be proud. This year the team as a whole had a GPA of 3.11. To take away from the performance of any athlete that shows dedication to the class room at the level they did this year would not be just. Yet this award was designated for the student with the highest GPA. For those not selected, you are a true scholar athlete, but the winner of the Scholar Athlete Award for Highest GPA is Kris Small.

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:
Nominees:
(1) Rayford James runs 16:16 at Alligator Lake
(2) Rayford James runs National Elite time winning the Ponte Vedra Invitational
(3) Ky're Griffis makes Lee Top 20 running 18:08 at the Ponte Vedra Invitational
(4) James and Williams make 1st Team All-Conference at Gateway Championships
(5) Dominic Williams runs 16:00 at State Championships.

The performances this year for the Generals make it hard to distinguish which is best. Any team would be proud to have one of these performances. Whether it be a runner stepping up in a meet in the absence of a top runner, the emergence of a new young runner, posting the solo National Elite time while winning an invitational, or having two runners earn 1st Team All-Conference honors. However, it's hard to argue against qualifying for State Championships as a sophomore and finishing 21st overall while surpassing the 3rd fastest time in school history. The winner is Dominic Williams runs 16:00 at State Championships.

MOST VALUABLE RUNNER:
Nominees: Ky're Griffis, Rayford James and Dominic Williams.

How do you measure the impact a runner has on a team? With that several runners helped make the team competitive this season. Value isn't just being the best runner on the team though or even a top runner. However, value also includes leadership and the impact a runner has on the intangibles of his teammates. For that, this runner's leadership was an example for all of the younger runners on the team and easily the most deserving. The winner is Rayford James.

6th Annual Lee Cross-Country Virtual Meet Results (Boys)

Each year the top times from the boys are calculated against the best cross-country teams in Lee High School for the 5K. Only the top 5 are scored for the team scores and individuals only count toward team scores if 5 runners completed the race for that team. The boys results for the 6th Annual Lee Cross-Country Virtual Meet:

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
PLACE	PTS	NAME	YEAR	TIME
1	1	Jonathan Esteban	2006	15:43.0
2	2	Jonathan Esteban	2007	15:50.3
3	3	Chris Haynes	2009	15:57.7
4	4	Dominic Williams	2013	16:00.7
5	5	Michael Jones	2011	16:05.9
6	6	Dominic Williams	2012	16:11.9
7	7	Chris Haynes	2008	16:14.7
8	8	Rayford James	2013	16:16.9
9	9	Jonathan Esteban	2004	16:24.0
10	10	Jonathan Esteban	2005	16:31.9
11	11	Rayford James	2012	16:38.4
12	12	Dwayne Edwards	2012	16:41.3
13	13	Chris Haynes	2007	16:42.0
14	14	Dwayne Edwards	2011	16:55.6
15	15	Dwayne Edwards	2010	17:20.6
16	16	Marcus Salley	2012	17:34.5
17	17	Dwayne Edwards	2009	17:46.9
18	18	Ky're Griffis	2013	17:56.1
19	19	Keith Madison	2012	17:57.3
20	20	Keith Madison	2011	17:59.9
21	21	Brian Graham	2011	18:13.6
22	22	Caleb Mitchell	2010	18:15.2
23	23	Errol Mizell	2012	18:15.3
24	24	William McDuffie	2010	18:31.8
25	25	Omar Banaga	2010	18:32.4
26	26	Keith Madison	2010	18:33.0
27	27	Roger French	2006	18:34.0
28	28	Victor Lawrence	2008	18:35.1
29	29	Elvis Gozic	2011	18:39.5
30	30	Evan Brooks	2011	18:43.6
31	31	Aaron Esteban	2009	18:49.0
32	32	Rashad Lucien	2008	18:49.1
33	33	Buay Deng	2013	18:53.8
34	34	Elvis Gozic	2009	19:01.0
35	-	Daniel Strickland	2002	19:03.0
36	35	Marvin Williams	2011	19:05.6
37	36	Elvis Gozic	2010	19:06.3
38	37	Evan Brooks	2010	19:07.4
39	38	Fitzgerald Light	2012	19:08.5
40	39	Justin Zwieler	2006	19:08.8
41	40	John Hutton	2013	19:11.0
42	41	Derrall Allen	2006	19:14.9
43	42	Joseph Sosa	2007	19:18.0
44	43	Reginald Miller	2004	19:20.7
45	44	Michael Harris	2006	19:29.3
46	45	Kris Small	2013	19:38.0
47	46	Josh Edmonds	2007	19:41.4
48	47	Derrall Allen	2007	19:42.6
49	48	Chris Curry	2013	19:42.8
50	49	Evan Brooks	2009	19:46.6
51	50	Caleb Mitchell	2009	19:50.3
52	51	Keith Madison	2009	19:59.6
53	52	David Harmon	2008	20:13.6
54	53	Joe El-Hasan	2008	20:13.6
55	54	Vashaun Tarver	2008	20:22.8
56	55	Andrew Vogel	2008	20:27.5
57	56	Kurt Corbie	2007	20:29.0
58	57	Joaquin Coston	2006	20:31.4
59	58	Eric Wickham	2007	20:37.0
60	59	Charles Davis	2005	20:37.0
61	60	Andrew Fitzpatrick	2005	20:45.2
62	61	Pierre Bland	2006	20:57.5
63	62	Joaquin Coston	2005	21:32.7
64	63	Daniel Ferrell	2005	22:07.0
65	64	Daniel Ferrell	2004	22:46.5
66	-	Chancey Kinney	2002	22:56.0
67	-	Reinier Hernandez	2002	23:09.0
68	65	Charles Davis	2004	23:24.9
69	-	Daniel Ferrell	2002	24:52.0
70	-	Chancey Kinney	2003	25:30.6
71	66	Cory Vining	2005	25:42.3
72	67	Cory Vining	2004	26:23.9
73	-	Timothy Bishop	2003	28:11.9
74	-	Daniel Ferrell	2003	29:23.7
75	68	Jonathan Watts	2005	29:24.4
76	-	Shawn Smith	2003	30:53.7

BOYS TEAM RESULTS
TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	PTS
2012	6	11	12	16	19	23	38	64
2011	5	14	20	21	29	30	35	89
2013	4	8	18	33	40	45	48	103
2010	15	22	24	25	26	36	37	112
2009	3	17	31	34	49	50	51	134
2007	2	13	42	46	47	56	58	150
2006	1	27	39	41	44	57	61	152
2008	7	28	32	52	53	54	55	172
2004	9	43	64	65	67	-	-	248
2005	10	59	60	62	63	66	68	254
2002	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	NTS
2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	NTS