Carlin leads New Kent to cross-country win

By Alan Chamberlain | October 22, 2015 10:44 pm

New Kent's Christian Lysek uses a burst of speed to hold off Jamestown's Jyrec McCray (left) and Will Middlebrooks at the finish.

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Andrew Carlin pulled away over the final 200 meters to capture first place individual honors and lead New Kent’s host Trojans to a cross-country victory over a pair of Bay Rivers foes.

Carlin toured his home 5K course in 16:53.97 Wednesday afternoon, sprinting away from Poquoson’s Mak Casey who placed second in 17:01.62.
In team scoring, New Kent totaled 27 points, well ahead of second place Jamestown’s 46. Poquoson finished with 85.

New Kent’s Jon Swartout placed fourth overall in 17:43.38 followed by Tyler Brightwell in fifth (17:50.18). Christian Lysek (7th, 18:17.06) and Michael Snead (10th, 18:20) completed the scoring for the Trojans.

New Kent’s Lady Trojans, led by Kristen Taylor’s sixth place overall finish in 23:23.84, totaled 78 points, barely edged out for second in team scoring by Poquoson’s 76. Jamestown captured the top five individual spots to score 15 points.

Other Results (New Kent only)

Boys: 21. Brian Stevenson 19:11.59, 25. Alan Walker 19:24.18, 26. Patrick Johnson 19:25.18, 28. Felix Ramirez 19:37.91, 30. Zach Ford 19:47.84, 36. Will Tolley 20:10.66, 40. Evan Lipscomb 20:35.81, 42. Tate Hamilton 20:39.09, 43. Augie Gilbride 20:39.72, 44. B.J. Leader 20:41.15, 45. Adam Caldwell 20:45.91, 47. Connor Arnold 20:52.28, 48. Jordan Hathaway 20:57.47, 52. Allen Jones 21:20.18, 58. Mark Springman 21:51.59, 60. Sterling Woods 22:07.09, 61. Jonathan Reynosa-Gonzales 22:21.31, 62. Spencer Gilland 22:21.56, 63. Justin Stewart 22:21.75, 64. Jack Walker 22:23.75, 66. Nash Canter 22:45.15, 67. Logan Burg 22:46.50, 76. Codey Moison 24:46.53.

Girls: 12. Chloe Picone 24:52.06, 18. Rylie Cross 25:57.38, 22. Talia Hohman 26:45.22, 23. Sara Ward 27:04.56, 24. Samantha Miller 27:08.78, 27. Maddie Shiflett 27:14.34, 31. Morgan Bowman 28:15.15, 42. Teresa Hohman 31:50.53.

Kristen Taylor led the Lady Trojans with a sixth place overall finish.