Chiles Boys, Girls Teams Place First in HOKA XC Meet

On Sep. 12-13, The HOKA Nights of Thunder Cross Country Fest took place at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, FL with 10 Leon County high schools competing in the boys and girls varsity 5K. The HOKA Nights of Thunder event is a world-famous festival & cross country meet that includes heats involving college, high school, middle school and open runners that takes place at dark under the lights.

High School Boys

For the second year in a row the Chiles boys cross country team placed first in the HOKA Nights of Thunder meet with a total team time of 1:22:36.2 and an average pace of 5:19. Other Leon County teams that performed well include Lincoln placing 5th with a total team time of 1:26:42.8 and an average pace of 5:35, Leon placing 11th with a total team time of 1:29:37.1 and an average pace of 5:46, and Community Christian (CCS) placing 14th with a total team time of 1:34:38.6 and an average pace of 6:06.

Notable individual performances include Chiles’ Joshua Hicks (Sr.) placing first with a time of 15:27.89, Chiles’ Jonathan Kiros (Jr.) placing fourth with a time of 16:16.38, Chiles’ Jackson Beener (Sr.) placing 12th with a time of 16:38.53, Lincoln’s Stokes Bryan (So.) placing 19th with a time of 16:49.15 and Lincolns Trent Parsons (Jr.) placing 20th with a time of 16:49.95.

High School Girls

Like the Chiles boys team, the Chiles girls cross country team took home gold at the HOKA Nights of Thunder meet for the second year in a row with a total team run time of 1:40:24.0 and an average pace of 6:28. Following the Timberwolves were Leon in 11th place with a total team run time of 1:55:59.1 and an average pace of 7:28, Lincoln in 14th place with a total team run time of 2:01:24.6 and an average pace of 7:49, and St. JPII with a total team run time of 2:09:31.3 and an average pace of 8:20.

Notable individual performances included Chiles’ Kaia Ables (Jr.) placing 5th with a time of 19:40.57, Chiles’ Charlotte Sikes (Fr.) placing 6th with a time of 19:49.29, Chiles’ Emma-Claire Tannenbaum (Fr.) placing 7th with a time of 19:53.30, Chiles’ Maddy Morris (Sr.) placing 12th with a time of 20:22.76, and Chiles’ Chloe Molen (So.)with a time of 20:38.16.