FHSAA Class 4A Region 1 cross country, Saturday, November 14, 2026, West End Park, Gainesville.
Creekside won the Class 4A Region 1 girls title at West End Park in Gainesville on Saturday morning with 71 points. Niceville scored 72. Nease won the boys with 65, 35 clear of Niceville.
Avery Hartley of Bartram Trail won the girls race in 18:05.2, a season best and 9.8 seconds ahead of Creekside's Eva Delaney. Bryant Olson of Niceville won the boys race in 15:43.3, 17.6 seconds ahead of Bartram Trail's Bryce Motycka.
Both state cuts were close. Buchholz girls took eighth with 199, three points ahead of Flagler Palm Coast. Crestview boys took eighth with 214, two points ahead of Tocoi Creek.
- Top eight teams and the top four runners not on those teams advance to the FHSAA state meet, Friday, November 20, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee.
- Full results for every finisher: 4A Region 1 results.
- What we expected: our 4A Region 1 preview.
Girls: Creekside 71, Niceville 72
Niceville and Creekside tied at 85 at 4A District 1 a week ago, and Niceville won that one on the tiebreak. This time Creekside got it by a point. Delaney was second, freshman Emma Godfrey eighth and Ivey Edgell 15th, and Hadleigh Roberts (25th) and Grace Dashiell (36th) finished the scoring.
Niceville put four runners in the top 20: Harmony Holland fifth, Riley Marise 11th, Lola Jackson 18th and Carolina Ramos 20th. Its fifth runner, Anais Almonte, was 34th. Freshman Sophie Clapp, Niceville's top finisher at districts, is not in the results. Nease was third with 83, with all four of its first runners between 10th and 19th.
Beachside was fourth with 138 behind Lilly Potts in ninth, three spots higher than we had them. Bartram Trail (184), Lake Mary (189) and Hagerty (195) were next. Buchholz, 10th on our list, took the last spot with 199. Flagler Palm Coast scored 202 and finished ninth.
4A Region 1 girls team results
| Place | Team | Points | Scoring places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creekside 4A | 71 | 2, 8, 15, 25, 36 |
| 2 | Niceville 4A | 72 | 5, 11, 18, 20, 34 |
| 3 | Nease 4A | 83 | 10, 12, 17, 19, 42 |
| 4 | Beachside 4A | 138 | 9, 22, 32, 47, 49 |
| 5 | Bartram Trail 4A | 184 | 1, 31, 37, 62, 73 |
| 6 | Lake Mary 4A | 189 | 21, 28, 33, 65, 66 |
| 7 | Hagerty 4A | 195 | 29, 40, 45, 48, 58 |
| 8 | Buchholz 4A | 199 | 30, 41, 43, 46, 64 |
| 9 | Flagler Palm Coast 4A | 202 | 13, 23, 38, 57, 95 |
| 10 | Timber Creek 4A | 226 | 26, 39, 55, 60, 71 |
| 11 | Lake Brantley 4A | 272 | 4, 27, 81, 92, 93 |
| 12 | Winter Park 4A | 289 | 7, 54, 63, 89, 102 |
| 13 | Oviedo 4A | 313 | 44, 52, 61, 87, 98 |
| 14 | Navarre 4A | 369 | 51, 80, 84, 85, 99 |
| 15 | Spruce Creek 4A | 423 | 59, 96, 97, 101, 107 |
| 16 | DeLand 4A | 483 | 88, 103, 105, 112, 113 |
The orange line is the state cut: the top eight teams go to Tallahassee. Incomplete teams (fewer than five finishers): Tocoi Creek, Oakleaf, Apopka, Lake Howell, University (Orlando), West Port, Atlantic Coast, Matanzas.
Hartley, the runner-up at 4A state last year, ran 18:05.2 and beat Delaney by almost 10 seconds. Allison Austin of Atlantic Coast was third in 18:40.7, Avalyn Thompson of Lake Brantley fourth in 18:43.9 and Holland fifth in 18:52.0.
Four individuals go to state: Austin, Thompson, Matanzas junior Peyton Cerasi (sixth, 18:59.4) and Winter Park's Kathryn Ryan (seventh, 19:00.6, a season best).
The first runner out was Flagler Palm Coast senior Anna Grigoruk, 13th in 19:36.7. Her team missed the cut by three points, and she was the next individual in line.
4A Region 1 girls, top 15
| Place | Runner | Grade | School | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery Hartley | So. | Bartram Trail | 18:05.2 |
| 2 | Eva Delaney | So. | Creekside | 18:15.0 |
| 3 | Allison Austin * | So. | Atlantic Coast | 18:40.7 |
| 4 | Avalyn Thompson * | Sr. | Lake Brantley | 18:43.9 |
| 5 | Harmony Holland | Jr. | Niceville | 18:52.0 |
| 6 | Peyton Cerasi * | Jr. | Matanzas | 18:59.4 |
| 7 | Kathryn Ryan * | So. | Winter Park | 19:00.6 |
| 8 | Emma Godfrey | Fr. | Creekside | 19:03.6 |
| 9 | Lilly Potts | Sr. | Beachside | 19:04.9 |
| 10 | Lucia Misasi | Jr. | Nease | 19:18.9 |
| 11 | Riley Marise | Jr. | Niceville | 19:27.5 |
| 12 | Katherine Healey | So. | Nease | 19:35.7 |
| 13 | Anna Grigoruk | Sr. | Flagler Palm Coast | 19:36.7 |
| 14 | Chloe Kisling | Fr. | Tocoi Creek | 19:40.4 |
| 15 | Ivey Edgell | So. | Creekside | 19:43.7 |
* Goes to state as an individual (not on one of the top eight teams).
Going to state: Creekside 4A, Niceville 4A, Nease 4A, Beachside 4A, Bartram Trail 4A, Lake Mary 4A, Hagerty 4A, Buchholz 4A. Individuals: Allison Austin (Atlantic Coast, 3rd), Avalyn Thompson (Lake Brantley, 4th), Peyton Cerasi (Matanzas, 6th), Kathryn Ryan (Winter Park, 7th).
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Boys: Nease by 35, Olson by 17 seconds
Nease ran as a pack. Charles Carlson, Joseph Morley, Rishi Chopra and Matthew Ishee finished eighth through 11th, all inside 0.3 seconds of each other, and Ayden Dixon closed it out in 30th for 65 points.
Niceville was second with 100 behind Olson and Brody Mathis in sixth, three spots better than we had them. Flagler Palm Coast was third with 106 and Buchholz fourth with 121. Bartram Trail, Creekside and Hagerty came next, with Creekside and Hagerty one point apart at 154 and 155.
Then the cut. Crestview scored 214 and took eighth behind Tucker Sheldon in 12th. Tocoi Creek scored 216 and finished ninth. Carter Colitzas (23rd) and freshman Clayton Downer (25th) led Tocoi Creek.
4A Region 1 boys team results
| Place | Team | Points | Scoring places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nease 4A | 65 | 8, 9, 10, 11, 30 |
| 2 | Niceville 4A | 100 | 1, 6, 24, 39, 42 |
| 3 | Flagler Palm Coast 4A | 106 | 3, 14, 19, 32, 52 |
| 4 | Buchholz 4A | 121 | 4, 20, 27, 36, 49 |
| 5 | Bartram Trail 4A | 146 | 2, 18, 29, 38, 76 |
| 6 | Creekside 4A | 154 | 5, 33, 37, 43, 55 |
| 7 | Hagerty 4A | 155 | 16, 22, 28, 45, 64 |
| 8 | Crestview 4A | 214 | 12, 26, 44, 75, 80 |
| 9 | Tocoi Creek 4A | 216 | 23, 25, 60, 66, 68 |
| 10 | Seminole 4A | 278 | 46, 57, 67, 69, 71 |
| 11 | Oviedo 4A | 319 | 21, 72, 77, 84, 98 |
| 12 | Spruce Creek 4A | 332 | 40, 48, 81, 96, 100 |
| 13 | Lake Brantley 4A | 336 | 7, 63, 87, 97, 113 |
| 14 | Lake Mary 4A | 379 | 35, 78, 92, 103, 106 |
| 15 | West Port 4A | 401 | 50, 86, 99, 101, 102 |
| 16 | Apopka 4A | 405 | 54, 91, 94, 95, 109 |
The orange line is the state cut: the top eight teams go to Tallahassee. Incomplete teams (fewer than five finishers): Timber Creek, Atlantic Coast, University (Orange City), Winter Park, Fletcher.
Olson ran 15:43.3 and won by 17.6 seconds. Motycka was second in 16:00.9, then Douglas Seth of Flagler Palm Coast (16:05.1), Quinn Meyer of Buchholz (16:06.1) and Eli Scharf of Creekside (16:07.9).
Andrew Sides of Buchholz, who won 4A District 1 in 15:11.5 and was our pick, finished 27th in 16:39.5.
The four individual qualifiers are Daniel Georgiev of Lake Brantley (seventh, 16:12.1), Evan Kirby of Fletcher (13th, 16:21.0), Peter Curet of Atlantic Coast (15th, 16:23.8) and Fletcher's Telly Fuglestad (17th, 16:25.1, a season best). Oviedo's Levi Mollica, the 4A District 2 champion, was the first runner out in 21st, 8.4 seconds behind Fuglestad.
4A Region 1 boys, top 15
| Place | Runner | Grade | School | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryant Olson | So. | Niceville | 15:43.3 |
| 2 | Bryce Motycka | Sr. | Bartram Trail | 16:00.9 |
| 3 | Douglas Seth | So. | Flagler Palm Coast | 16:05.1 |
| 4 | Quinn Meyer | Sr. | Buchholz | 16:06.1 |
| 5 | Eli Scharf | Sr. | Creekside | 16:07.9 |
| 6 | Brody Mathis | Sr. | Niceville | 16:10.8 |
| 7 | Daniel Georgiev * | Jr. | Lake Brantley | 16:12.1 |
| 8 | Charles Carlson | Sr. | Nease | 16:17.8 |
| 9 | Joseph Morley | Jr. | Nease | 16:17.9 |
| 10 | Rishi Chopra | Sr. | Nease | 16:18.0 |
| 11 | Matthew Ishee | Jr. | Nease | 16:18.1 |
| 12 | Tucker Sheldon | Jr. | Crestview | 16:20.6 |
| 13 | Evan Kirby * | So. | Fletcher | 16:21.0 |
| 14 | Enzo McGovern | Sr. | Flagler Palm Coast | 16:21.9 |
| 15 | Peter Curet * | Fr. | Atlantic Coast | 16:23.8 |
| 17 | Telly Fuglestad * | So. | Fletcher | 16:25.1 |
* Goes to state as an individual (not on one of the top eight teams). Individual qualifiers below 15th are listed after the top 15.
Going to state: Nease 4A, Niceville 4A, Flagler Palm Coast 4A, Buchholz 4A, Bartram Trail 4A, Creekside 4A, Hagerty 4A, Crestview 4A. Individuals: Daniel Georgiev (Lake Brantley, 7th), Evan Kirby (Fletcher, 13th), Peter Curet (Atlantic Coast, 15th), Telly Fuglestad (Fletcher, 17th).
How our preview did
Girls: seven of our eight teams made it (Buchholz in, Flagler Palm Coast out by three points). Two of our four individuals made it, Austin and Cerasi. Tocoi Creek's Chloe Kisling was 14th and Oakleaf's Julie Wilmoth 24th. Our top pick, Delaney, was second; we had Hartley third.
Boys: seven of eight teams (Crestview in, Tocoi Creek out by two points). Kirby and Curet made it as individuals, and our other two, Sheldon and Caleb Turner, go to state with Crestview. Our top pick, Sides, was 27th, and Olson, our No. 2, won.
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About these results
- Times and places are as Half Mile Timing posted them on its live results site. FHSAA posts the official state qualifier list after the region meets.
- Team scores count each team's top five finishers; the sixth runner breaks a tie.
- A season best here means faster than any 5K that runner has in our database this fall.
Every finisher is in the full results, and every runner's season is a click away in the Florida XC results database. See you in Tallahassee.
