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White Plains, Oxford sweep top honors on 2023 East Alabama Sports Today All-Calhoun County cross country team. Top 15 runners at the county meet are All-County. Runner- and coach-of-the-year considerations can factor in postseason.

White Plains’ Maddyn Conn runs to victory in the Class 4A state meet Nov. 11 at Oakville. She swept the Calhoun County and state meets in 2023, repeating as Class 4A state champion. (Submitted photo)

Girls

Runner of the year: Maddyn Conn, White Plains.
Coach of the year: Chase Cotton, White Plains.

County top 15 finishers
1. Maddyn Conn (White Plains) 18:57.29
2. Emerson Maniscalco (Oxford) 20:40.44
3. Aubrey Williford (Oxford) 20:48.87
4. Emma Easterling (Jacksonville) 21:06.75
5. Abbie Dickeson (White Plains) 21:09.36
6. JoJo Watson (Alexandria) 21:11.96
7. Kammy Buchanan (Alexandria) 21:13.59
8. Addison Williford (Oxford) 21:35.68
9. Mattie Todd (Piedmont) 21:41.88
10. Maddie Holt (Jacksonville) 21:50.40
11. Koralys Garcia (White Plains) 22:04.19
12. Gracie Easterling (Jacksonville) 22:13.16
13. Claudia Dempsey (Piedmont) 22:33.89
14. Kate Reeves (White Plains) 22:44.96
15. Shelby Wilkins (White Plains) 23:01.36

Oxford’s Isaac Williams wins the Calhoun County meet on Oct. 19 at McClellan. He also posted the best time (17:03.32) among boys from Calhoun County at the state meet Nov. 11 in Oakville, edging Pleasant Valley’s Braxton Williams (17:05.38), who improved on his county time by a minute and 16 seconds. (Photo by Joe Medley)

Boys

Runner of the year: Isaac Williams, Oxford.
Coach of the year: Landon Delozier, Oxford.

County top 15 finishers
1. Isaac Williams (Oxford) 17:04.98
2. Case Payne (Oxford) 17:11.40
3. Jayden Veazey (Pleasant Valley) 17:39.71
4. Matt Tippets (Oxford) 17:42.71
5. Christian Sotelo (White Plains) 17:43.03
6. Phil Copeland (Oxford) 17:57.52
7. Braxton Williams (Pleasant Valley) 18:21.61
8. Caden Birchfield (Alexandria) 18:26.42
9. Alexandria Boling (Alexandria) 18:30.94
10. Jaiden Gacia (White Plains) 18:33.93
11. Cameron Rogers (Faith Christian) 18:35.38
12. Hunter Hartwell (Donoho) 18:35.89
13. Riley Hunter (White Plains) 18:38.80
14. Riley Goodson (Donoho) 18:39.44
15. Jack Houston (Oxford) 18:42.81

White Plains’ Chase Cotton (left) and Oxford’s Landon Delozier are the 2023 East Alabama Sports Today All-Calhoun County coaches of the year for girls’ and boys’ cross country, respectively. Cotton coached White Plains’ girls to Calhoun County and sectional titles and runner-up finish at state, and Maddyn Conn repeated as the Class 4A individual champions. White Plains’ boys also finished third at state. Delozier’s Oxford boys repeated as Calhoun County champions despite losing its top three 2022 finishers to graduation. (Submitted photos)

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