Cold Springs Senior Ethan Edgeworth Sprints to Record-Setting Time at Scottsboro
Reigning Class 7A girls’ champ shines in first outing of 2023
By Josh Bean | For the AHSAA
MONTGOMERY, AL – Cold Springs High School senior Ethan Edgeworth did something he’s never done before: He broke 15 minutes in the 5K high school cross country distance.
That puts Edgeworth, a University of Tennessee commitment, in this week’s AHSAA Cross Country Spotlight along with Auburn High School’s Sarah Tole.
Edgeworth clocked a personal-best 14:45.24 to win the Scottsboro Invitational at John R. Esslinger Trail of Champions. He won the race by nearly a minute over Signal Mountain (TN) runner Joshua Pote. It’s the fastest time of the season so far by nearly 45 seconds.
Edgeworth’s time is also better than the state-meet record 14:46.63 turned in by Auburn Maxwell Hardin to cap the 2022 season. Edgeworth is the reigning Class 1A-2A cross country individual champion. He also won individual state titles in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs last spring after winning 1,600- and 3,200-meter titles during the 2023 indoor track championships.
Tole, the reigning Class 7A individual girls’ champ, ran 18:22.10 to finish third at the AT&T Starr’s Mill Panther Meet in Fayetteville, Ga., last weekend. Her time is just 20 seconds off her personal-best set at last year’s state meet.
Tole’s time of 18:22.10 is more than 30 seconds faster than any other time reported so far this season by a female Alabama runner.
Other top performances from the opening weekend reported by www.alabamarunners.com:
GIRLS
KATIE MAE COAN, LAWRENCE COUNTY: Won the Large Schools Girls’ race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge at Alexander Mini Park in Moulton with a time of 8:59.57.
RYLEE PLEXICO, AUBURN: Finished fifth at the AT&T Starr’s Mill Panther Meet in Fayetteville (GA) with a time of 19:02.50.
KYLIE GERO, JAMES CLEMENS: Ran sixth at the AT&T Starr’s Mill Panther Meet clocking 19:05.60.
ROSE BETTS, BREWER: Clocked 19:07.74 to finish runner-up in the Large Schools race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge.
AUTUMN BETTS, BREWER: Ran 19:07.85 to finish third in the Large Schools race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge
LINENEA COX, AUBURN: Finished ninth at the AT&T Starr’s Mill Panther Meet with a time of 19:10.50.
MADDYN CONN, WHITE PLAINS: Won the Waffle House Yellow Jacket Invitational at Choccolocco Park in Oxford with a time of 19:13.31.
AVERY CAHOON, HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE: Finished third in the Scottsboro Invitational at John R. Esslinger Trail of Champions clocking 19:15.12.
KINLEY HARRIS, HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE: Ran fourth with a time of 19:21.11 at the Scottsboro Invitational.
MARY ANN TRIMBLE, MUSCLE SHOALS: Ran fourth in the Large Schools race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge with a time of 19:38.62.
REAGAN PARRIS, COLD SPRINGS: Finished fifth at the Scottsboro Invitational with a time of 19:41.31.
ALLY CAMPBELL, SCOTTSBORO: Clocked 19:43.08 to finish sixth at the Scottsboro Invitational.
AVERY ROGERS, PRATTVILLE CHRISTIAN: Won the Small Schools race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge with a 20:20.43 time.
LINDSEY BAXTER, BAKER: Won the Open Girls’ race at the Mobile Challenge of Champions with a time of 20:58.14.
AUTUMN SANSING, J.B. PENNINGTON: Clocked 21:30.24 to win the Small School race at the Scottsboro Invitational.
LUCY BENTON, MOUNTAIN BROOK: Won the Warrior 2-mile Invitational in Alabaster with a time of 11:49.28.
BOYS
LUKE ALVERSON, JAMES CLEMENS: Clocked 15:29.00 to finish third at the AT&T Starr’s Mill Panther Meet in Fayetteville, Ga.
CHARLES PERRY, UMS-WRIGHT: Won the Invitational Boys’ race at the Mobile Challenge of Champions with a time of 15:35.53 at Langan Park in Mobile.
JAYDEN ALLRED, COLD SPRINGS: Finished third at the Scottsboro Invitational with a time of 15:49.41.
WINSTON, McGHEE, SPANISH FORT: Ran second in the Invitational Boys’ race at the Mobile Challenge of Champions clocking 16:03.67.
HAMILTON RICHARDSON, SCOTTSBORO: Finished fifth with a16:10.83 time at the Scottsboro Invitational.
DAKOTA FRANK, MUNFORD: Won the Waffle House Yellow Jacket Invitational at Choccolocco Park in Oxford with a time of 16:12.55.
OSCAR SPEARS, HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE: Finished sixth at the Scottsboro Invitational with a. time of 16:18.84.
ANDRUE BARNETT, CULLMAN: Won the Large Schools Boys’ race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge at Alexander Mini Park in Moulton with a time of 16:19.45.
DYLAN DRYER, JAMES CLEMENS: Posted a time of 16:19.70, placing him 16th at the AT&T Starr’s Mill Panther Meet in Fayetteville, Ga.
RENE MORENO-TOVAR, WEST POINT: Clocked 16:35.13 to finish second in the Large Schools Boys’ race at 13th annual Pepsi Challenge.
COSTON KOROTKY, WESTMINSTER CHRSITIAN: Clocked 16:37.62 to win the Small Schools Boys’ race at the 13th annual Pepsi Challenge.
DANIEL GILL, ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL: Finished sixth in the Invitational Boys’ race at the Mobile Challenge of Champions with a time of 16:38.60.
BLAKE GRAHAM, LAWRENCE COUNTY: The senior ran third in the Large Schools Boys’ race at 13th annual Pepsi Challenge, clocking 16:48.73.
PHILLIP PARKER, DAVIDSON: Finished ninth in the Invitational Boys’ race at the Mobile Challenge of Champions, clocking 16:59.75.
CALEB YODER, SAND ROCK: Ran the 5K distance in 17:14.28 to win the Small School Boys’ race at the Scottsboro Invitational.
ARTHUR LANGLEY, JOHN CARROLL CATHOLIC: Ran 9:59.89 to win the Warrior 2-mile Invitational in Alabaster.
