By KALA BOLTON / Staff Writer

Spain Park’s Brandon Hazouri and Adam Dunkerley of the Westminster School at Oak Mountain took home top individual honors at the 2011 Alabama High School Athletic Association Cross Country Championship Nov. 12 at the Oakville Indian Mounds Park.

Dunkerley snagged the 1-2A state title with a time of 16:55.44, seven seconds ahead of the first-runner up. Hazouri took the 6A boys’ state title with 19 seconds to spare, crossing the finish line with a time of 15:45.04.

Spain Park finished third in the boys’ 6A team standings with an average time of 16:47.59 with the help of Hazouri and teammates Steven Crain, finishing eighth at 16:23.58, Rome Fiore, finishing 25^th with a time of 16:58.08, Sam Lorino, who snagged the 54^th spot with his time of 17:1.8, Austin Marcum, who finished 64^th at 17:39.21, and Josh Hughes, finishing 81^st with a time of 17:56.24. Ben Lapinski, Alex Barlow and Lee Chumbley also placed for the Jaguars with their respective times of 18:50.90, 19:01.82 and 19:08.21. Thompson’s Jordan Smith placed 58^th with a time of 17:33.25, and Will Hamaker of Oak Mountain finished 103^rd with a time of 18:11.64.

Eighth-grader Mary Grace Strozier snagged second place in the 6A girls’ finals for Pelham with a time of 18:32.28, 1:13 behind the first-place runner. Pelham’s Claire Vaughn placed 69^th with a time of 21:35.83. Spain Park’s Jessica Bilek competed individually, placing 34^th with a time of 20:40.80, and teammate Mary Katherine Tedder finished 40^th for the Jaguars with a time of 20:52.06. Thompson’s Erika Kulp and Anna Puckett placed 45^th and 62^nd, respectively, with their times of 20:59.95 and 21:27.70.

Oak Mountain placed sixth in the girls’ 6A race with an average time of 20:53.02 with help from runners Haley Davidson, finishing 13^th at 19:48.40, Allie Ingram, finishing 27^th at 20:34.71, Emily Beckett, finishing 44^th at 20:55.78, Amanda Howard, finishing 65^th at 21:28.71, Katelyn Brock, finishing 70^th at 21:37.48, Christina Tam, finishing 84^th at 21:39.41, Susan Dean, finishing 86^th at 21:45.03, Heather Comensky, finishing 93^rd at 21:55.46, Elly Gay, finishing 97^th at 22:02.24 and Lydia Brock, finishing 119^th at 22:39.31.

Westminster School at Oak Mountain placed third in the boys’ 1-2A race with an average time of 8:30.34. Noah Thompson placed 18^th, posting a time of 18:27.05 for Westminster, Cole Moffett finished 31^st at 18:32.98 and Drew Parker snagged the 49^th spot with his time of 19:10.04. Other Westminster runners that placed were: Garrett Smith, 59^th with a time of 19:26,18, Ethan Shaw, 70^th with a time of 19:36.96, Carter Lemons, 74^th with a time of 19:50.32, Malcom Messer, 81^st with a  time of 20:02.23, Jacob Welch, 84^th with a time of 20:06.71 and Gabe Touliatos, 99^th with a time of 20:40.17.

Westminster’s Morgan Reynolds snagged the 12^th spot in the 1-2A girls’ race with her time of 20:57.02, and teammate Maddie Hoaglund followed behind in the 18^th spot with a time of 21:37.39.

The Indian Springs girls team finished 10^th in the 3A girls’ finals with an average tme o 24:27.99. Victoria Saenz led the team, finishing 14^th with a time of 20:39.84. Elizabeth Miller followed behind, finishing 76^th with a time of 23:45.25. Sarah Noone, finishing 88^th at 24:31.25, Candace vanHoffman, 97^th at 25:22.65 and Emma Raney, 114^th at 28:00.95 closed out the scoring for Springs. Connor McCartey represented Indian Springs in the 3A boys’ race, finishing 101^st with his time of 21:18.64.

Briarwood Christian girls snagged the third team spot in the 5A team finals, thanks to Mallory Mathias, who finished fifth with her time of 19:30.26, and Becky Thielman, who finished 10^th with her time of 20:26.62. Anne Kelly Patrick, 24^th at 21:26.66, Taylor Smith, 25^th at 21:26.77, Eva Riddlesperger, 39^th at 22:00.63, Emily Sanders, 76^th at 23:14.24, Mary Stallings, 86^th at 23:25.81 and Katie Mier, 93^rd at 23:41.75 rounded out the scoring for the Lions. Chelsea finished 12^th in the team standings with an average time of 23:18.26. Danielle Whitehurst finished 42^nd at 23:03.30, Cheyenne Thompson finished 45^th at 22:06.85, Kelsey Knecht finished 76^th at 22:05.86, Ashley Morgan finished 101^st at 24:32.66, Dasha Grace finished 103^rd at 24:42.60, Nicole Roddy finished 110^th at 25:14.23, Ashley Mealins finished 134^th at 27:35.10, Sasha George finished 143^rd at 28:25.29 and Ann-Kathryn Smith finished 157^th at 31:33.03 for the Hornets. Shelby County’s Brookelynn Smith placed 99^th with a time of 24:15.91 and Marjorie Head placed 137^th with a time of 28:08.63 for the Wildcats.

Briarwood Christian placed 10^th in the 5A boys’ team standings with an average time of 18:56.96, and Chelsea placed 12^th with an average time of 19:11.07. Runners for Briarwood were: Trey Long, finishing 29^th with a time of 18:01.21, Jared Long, 51^st at 18:39.54, Griffin Oaks, 58^th at 18:49.51, Sam Whorton, 95^th at 19:34.78, Thomas Countess, 100^th at 19:39.74, Dylan Harrington at 106^th at 19:49.18, Patrick Lewis, 108^th at19:49.97 and Connor Pelham, 145^th at 20:56.26. Chelsea runners were: Alex Burdette, 52^nd at 18:43.14, David Simpson, 73^rd at 19:09.00, Nick Adams, 77^th at 19:13.33, Josh Hutchens, 84^th at 19:17.74, Sterling Thompson, 92^nd at 19:32.11, Hunter Hutchins, 123^rd at 20:22.63, Luke Cespedes, 130^th at 20:34.47, John Shelton, 132^nd at 20:36.00, Trevor Lawler, 146^th at 21:04.66 and Christopher Robinson, 154^th at 21:56.94. Bobby Shoemaker and Nick Beasley entered individually for Shelby County, finishing 155^th and 157^th with respective times of 21:59.72 and 22:27.23.