OAKVILLE- “The best day ever,” that’s how Drew Bell, head coach of the James Clemens cross country teams, described the results of his squad’s performances in the 68^th AHSAA Cross Country Championships held in Oakville.

The Jets finished third in boys and fifth in girls to give the program it’s best overall finish in the annual meet. The individual performances included three from James Clemens to finish among the top 15 and earning All-State honors in boys and two girls from James Clemens to post the same All-State performances.

“Our boys had their highest finish ever in the school’s 12-year history while the girls had their second highest finish in history as Kylie Gero had the highest finish ever by a Lady Jet at the State Meet,” said Bell.

In Class 7A boys team scores: 1. Vestavia Hills 45, 2. Huntsville 55, 3. James Clemens 64, 15. Bob Jones 402. In girls: 1. Auburn 26, 5. James Clemens 139, 11. Bob Jones 299.

Individual results of the 181 boys with the top 15 being named All-State included 4. Luke Alverson, 11, James Clemens 15:27.99, 8. Cole Robinson, 12, James Clemens 15:47.47, 12. Dylan Dryer, 12, James Clemens 16:05.74, 22. Ronan Barnes, 12, James Clemens 16:24.34, 26. Andrew Gohlich, 11, James Clemens 16:32.42, 68. J.D. Wine, 11, Sparkman 17:12.93, 90. Luke Bogardus, 9, James Clemens 17:31.29, 91. Matthew Hiles, 12, Sparkman 17:31.72, 92. Jake Bryan, 10, Bob Jones 17:34.03, 95. Owen Lang, 11, Bob Jones 17:38.77, 105. Michaell Class, 11, James Clemens 17:51.08, 109. Eric Joy, 11, Bob Jones 17:57.15, 111. Luke Allen, 11, Bob Jones 17:57.38, 114. Nathan Maehlmann, 11, James Clemens 18:01.32, 121. Roman Hanson, 9, Bob Jones, 18:05.63, 125. Nicholas Lozano, 12, Bob Jones 18:11.18, 130. Kevin Harring, 9, Bob Jones 18:19.81, 137. Gabriel Joly, 12, Bob Jones, 18:26.89, 138. Hudson Parker, 10, James Clemens 18:27.93, 141. David Sanchez, 12, James Clemens, 18:33.19, 147. Owen Johnston, 9, Bob Jones 18:38.42, and 150. Jackson Clemens, 11, Bob Jones 18:44.60.

Individual results of the 173 girls with the top 15 being named All-State included 8. Kylie Gero, 11, James Clemens 18:50.66, 14. Emma Bothern, 12, James Clemens 18:58.32, 19. Samantha Menikheim, 12, Sparkman 19:19.48, 29. Ella Carter, 10, James Clemens 19:37.48, 30. Ami Marks, 9, Bob Jones 19:40.39, 43. Makenzie Parker, 12, James Clemens 20:06.30, 62. Molly Halter, 11, Bob Jones 20:30.96, 72. Brooke Bogardus, 11, James Clemens 20:43.63, 82. Sarah Allison, 8, Bob Jones 20:53.22, 84. Charlotte Droege, 11, Bob Jones 20:58.12, 86. Ashlyn Diehl, 12, James Clemens 21:00.68, 95. Jenna Duncan, 12, Sparkman 21:16.65, 111. Kayla Willett, 12, James Clemens 21:39.62, 115. Kaley Gilman, 12, James Clemens 21:46.67, 116. Molly Herndon, 11, James Clemens 21:47.77, 118. Madisyn Lambertson, 10, Bob Jones 21:50.46, 120. Elise Marks, 7, Bob Jones 21:54.03, 125. Jolissa Coe, 12, Bob Jones 22:04.22, 131. Adaline McGuire, 8, Bob Jones 22:13.92, 134. Piper Larkin, 12, Bob Jones 22:21.61, 145. Isabel Jones, 9, Sparkman 22:40.61, 146. Kaitlyn Hockey, 12, James Clemens 22:41.79 and 165. Kricket Johnston, 12, Bob Jones 24:45.34.

In Class 3A, the Madison Academy boys team qualified for the State Meet and posted 256 points for a 10^th place finish behind winner Bayshore Christian with 63 points. Senior Sam Hall earned a spot on the All-State Team after he finished fourth with a time of 16:34.28 over the 5K course.

Individual tally for the 170 runners in this classification included 4. Sam Hall, 12, Madison Academy 16:34.28, 56. Jackson Bybee, 10, Madison Academy 19:13.42, 61. Nicolas Daniels, 8, Madison Academy 19:19.00, 83. Preston Lynn, 8, Madison Academy 19:57.71, 136. Braden Rimes, 8, Madison Academy 22:12.60, 142. Drew Watson, 8, Madison Academy 22:35.36, 143. Lucas Thompson, 8, Madison Academy 22:39.45, 157. Robert Oakley, 9, Madison Academy 23:36.84, 160. Stewart Sleasman, 8, Madison Academy 24:16.67 and 169. Reid Renyer, 10, Madison Academy 26:04.13