Science Hill Wins Seventh Consecutive Region 1 Championship

Led by Todd Smalling's 15:53 on a hot and humid day at Daniel Boone where several runners suffered from heat exhaustion, Science Hill captured their seventh consecutive Region One Team Championship with a total of 39 points.    Todd's winning margin was a commanding 44 seconds over the second place finisher J Penny (16:37) of Davy Crockett.   Blake Ketron (16:39) of Daniel Boone finished 3rd.   Due to the hot and humid conditions, times were about 15 seconds slower (on average) than the Trailblazer meet held at Boone two weeks earlier.   Todd ran the fastest time any runner under Coach Thomas has run at the Region 1 meet.

In the AAA team race, Daniel Boone was 2nd with a total of 59 and Davy Crockett was 3rd with a total of 95.   All three Washington County Teams qualify for the State Meet.   In the A/AA race, Elizabethton had an excellent performance and University School of  Johnson City also qualified for the State Meet.   Elizabethton, with an average time only 8 seconds slower than Science Hill, is one of the favorites to win the A/AA Division at the State Meet.  Good luck to Boone, Crockett, Elizabethton and UH at the state meet.  

For Science Hill, Arun Malikiyal finished 6th in 16:55.1, Eric Schneider finished 7th in 16:55.8, Kenny Love finished 13th in 17:20, and Ryan Alexander finished 14th in 17:24.   All five scorers from Science Hill made the All-Region team.    Science Hill harriers Damien Buchanon finished 17th in 17:36 and Michael Hemphill finished 23rd in 17:56.   Both Damien and Michael were All Conference performers, but are battling nagging injuries.

Congratulations to Coach Buddy Thomas for winning his seventh straight Region One Championship!!   Science Hill's last meet will be the Tennessee State Meet on Nov. 6th at Steeplechase in Nashville, TN. 

For Complete Region 1 results go to:

http://ldogruns.com/TN_HS_XC/04RegionResults/04Region1.html

Science Hill wins Big Seven Conference for 5th Year in a Row

Led by Todd Smalling's 32 second win on a hot day at the tough Steele Creek course, Science Hill finished with 43 points to take their fifth consecutive Big Seven Cross Country crown.  Other scorers for Science Hill were Damien Buchanon, Eric Schneider, Michael Hemphill, and Arun Malikiyal.    Daniel Boone finished second with 52 points and Davy Crockett finished 3rd with 72.    Todd, Damien, Eric, Michael, and Arun all made the All Conference Team.  

Here are the full results, courtesy of Coach Tom Murrell of King College.   We would like to thank Coach Murrell for all he does for Tennessee High School Cross Country including providing annual rankings, results of past conference, region and state meets,  and links to local meet results.   

http://ldogruns.com/TN_HS_XC/HS_XC_Results/102104Big7.html

Also, congratulations to Science Hill's Girls Cross Country Team and new coach Jennifer Brockett for their convincing win in the Big Seven Conference.

Science Hill runs to an 8th place finish at The Furman Invitational

Science Hill finished in 8th place out of 42 teams at the Furman Invitational running without two seniors who were taking the SAT test.   Science Hill's five scorers were Todd Smalling, Eric Schneider, Damien Buchanon, Kenny Love and Arun Malikiyal.   Damien returned to the Toppers after missing Bristol Cross and Hagan Stone with a strained IT band.   Click on the link below for full results.

http://furmanpaladins.collegesports.com/sports/c-xctrack/stats/2004-2005/varboys.html

Toppers Finish 3rd at Hagan Stone Classic in Greensboro

Science Hill finished 3rd in the Hagan Stone Classic, a 5K meet in Greensboro, NC.    The winner was Chapel Hill (#1 AAAA School in NC and #1 overall in NC), and the second place finisher was Robinson High School in Fairfax, VA,  a top program in Northern Virginia.     This meet attracted 32 schools from NC, SC, VA, and TN, with the top 22 schools competing in the Championship division   Science Hill was led by Todd Smalling with a time of 16:17.    Also scoring for Science Hill was Eric Schneider, Matt Bogel, Michael Hemphill, and Arun Malikayil.   The race winner was Jack Bolas of Chapel Hill, the top runner from NC and a likely Foot Locker qualifier.

Team Results

http://www.greensboropacesetters.com/Results/GXC_Classic/2004/ChampionshipBoysTeam.txt

Individual Results

http://www.greensboropacesetters.com/Results/GXC_Classic/2004/ChampionshipBoysOverall.txt

Science Hill Finishes 3rd at Bristol Cross Running Shorthanded

Science Hill finished 3rd at Bristol Cross running without 3 of the top seven runners who missed due to injuries and soccer.   Science Hill was led by Todd Smalling's 3rd place finish and Eric Schneider's 17th place finish.   Other scorers were Arun Malikayil, Matt Bogel, and Ryan Alexander.   Ryan, a former All Conference and All Region runner, completed his first race of the year.   Ryan has been hampered by a sprained ankle, but should be back in top form in a couple of weeks.

Results

http://ldogruns.com/BristolCross/Bristol_Cross2004.html#champb

Science Hill is Second AAA team in Tennessee Classic

Science Hill finished second among AAA teams and 5th overall in the prestigious Tennessee Classic field of 47 teams.   Science Hill scorers were Todd Smalling, Eric Schneider, Damien Buchanon, Arun Malikayel, and Kenny Love.

Team Scores
http://www2.cmcss.net/~FinleyL/091804team.pdf


Individual results
http://www2.cmcss.net/~FinleyL/091804AAAboys.pdf

Science Hill Finishes Second in Western Carolina Invitational

Science Hill finished second to TC Roberson, North Carolina's number 1 ranked AAA team in the latest NC rankings.  The team score was 35 - 47.  The individual winner was Todd Smalling of Science Hill, who ran 16:38.   The course was lengthened from last year and is now an accurate 5k course.  Times this year were about a minute slower than last years shorter course.  Other Science Hill scorers were Damien Buchanon, Eric Schneider, Arun Malikayil, and Michael Hemphill.

Results
http://ncpreptrack.net/cc04/04ccWCU.html
 

Science Hill 2nd at Cherokee All Comers