MAIS AA Cross Country Championship
@ Choctaw Trails, Clinton, MS
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

The Columbia Academy Boys Cross Country team won their third consecutive MPSA/MAIS AA State Championship Monday, October 26. The Cougars took five of the top-6 spots and placed a total of six runners in the top-10. CA scored a near perfect 18 points in defeating second place Lamar School by 50 points.
Channing Stringer won the individual Championship in a school record time of 17:59. Jon Luke Watts finished 2nd with a personal record (PR) of 19:12. Adam Ham took 4th with a PR of 19:30, Isaac Hitt was 5th with 20:17, Jeremy Moree, 6th, with a PR 20:32, and Jamie Thweatt, 10th, with 21:22. All 6 runners were named to the MAIS All-State Team.

(Above) 2009 MAIS State AA Champions
(Above) L to R, Channing Stringer 1st Place, Jon Luke Watts, 2nd Place
Results:
Girls (2 Miles)
Individual Winner: Maggie Hughes, Manchester -- 13:25.90
1. Simpson - 23 Pts.
2. Silliman - 45 Pts.
3. ACCS - 98 Pts.
4. Lamar School - 133Pts.
5. Glenbrook - 147 Pts.
6. Cenla Christian - 154 Pts.
7. Columbia Academy - 188 Pts.
8. Indianola - 192 Pts.
9. Manchester - --

Boys: ( 5K / 3.1 miles )
Individual Winner: Channing Stringer, Columbia Academy -- 17:59.72
Team:
1. Columbia Academy - 18 Pts.
2. Lamar School - 68 Pts.
3. Silliman - 80 Pts.
4. Glenbrook - 105 Pts.
5. ACCS - 107 Pts.
6. Cenla Christian - 169 Pts.
7. Marshall - --
8. Indianola - --
9. Carroll - --
10. Canton - --
11. Winston - --

*Link to complete results: http://www.msais.org/mailouts/ccresults09.pdf