Creekside junior Claire Openshaw is the St. Johns County Runner of the Year after finishing inside the top 3 in five of her eight races in 2018.

Source: All-County Girls Cross County: Creekside’s Openshaw is Runner of the Year for the third straight year

A day after Creekside won a second consecutive girls state swim title and finished third in the boys championships, the Knights took home a pair of third-place finishes at the Class 3A state cross country championships in Tallahassee.Ashlyn Iliff (18:23.9) and Claire Openshaw (18:28.1) finished 10th and 11th at Apalachee Regional Park to lead the Knights girls, while three Creekside boys finished among the top 50.Four St. Johns County teams finished among the top 10 in the 3A boys race with

Source: Creekside boys, girls finish 3rd at state cross country

Claire Openshaw and Elizabeth Iliff finished 1-2 at the Region 1-3A girls cross country championships to lead Creekside to a second-place finish in the girls 5K race Saturday at New World  Disc Golf in Jacksonville.Creekside finished with 67 points to trail winner Tallahassee Chiles by 24 points. Ponte Vedra (fourth place, 146 points) and St. Augustine (sixth place, 164 points) will join Creekside at next week’s state championships.Openshaw ran a time of 17:52.96 to finish first, while

Source: SJC Roundup: Openshaw 1st at regional; de Tassigny leads Flagler to PBC title

Four county girls teams also advanced to regionals with Creekside dominating with just 22 points, followed by Ponte Vedra (59), St. Augustine (71) and Nease (113). Bartram Trail (114) finished just one point behind the Panthers to miss the regional cut.

Creekside’s Claire Openshaw (18:27.2), Elizabeth Iliff (19:11.0) and Blake Petrick (19:24) finished first, second and third, respectively in the girls 5K race, while Megan Graser (20:03.8) was sixth and Emily Tomasi (20:27.4) was 10th.

Source: Nease boys, Creekside girls win district cross country titles

Creekside: The Claire Openshaw effect — the junior placed third in last year’s 3A final, won a state track title in spring and holds a top 5K time of 18:09 — automatically makes the Knights a team to watch. But add the depth of the four fleet-footed freshmen from the 2017 squad (Lauren Bolnick, Ashlyn Iliff, Hannah Jacobbe and Blake Petrick), now with another year of preparation, and the result is a team that could challenge Tallahassee Chiles for the top in Class 3A.

Source: High school girls cross country: 5 to watch around the First Coast

Creekside: Already carrying a pair of state titles from 2015 and 2016, the Knights return a possible Class 3A challenger in senior Matt Ortiz. A veteran of the Knights’ state championship squad from two years ago, Ortiz brings the right combination of experience and speed, and he lowered his personal best to 16:18.30 at the District 4-3A meet. He’s backed up by Ian Smith, Preston Rose and a host of younger runners on the way up.

Source: High school boys cross country: 5 to watch around the First Coast – Sports – The Florida Times-Union – Jacksonville, FL

A year after the Creekside boys won their second consecutive Class 3A title, the Creekside girls finished second Saturday behind Tallahassee Chiles. Two other St. Johns County girls teams also finished among the top 10 in 3A: Ponte Vedra was fourth, while Nease was sixth.

Five Creekside runners finished among the top 35, led by sophomore Claire Openshaw, who was third with a time of 18:09.08, just five-hundredths of a second behind second-place Emily Culley of Chiles. Four of those five Creekside runners are underclassmen.

Source: St. Joseph’s Sean Snyder, Creekside’s Claire Openshaw finish 3rd at state cross country championships | St. Augustine Record

Class 3A

Schedule: Girls 9:10 a.m., boys 10 a.m.

Boys team qualifiers: Bartram Trail, Creekside, Ponte Vedra. Boys individual qualifiers: Sebastian Kenne, Sam Skiles (both Stanton); Parker Woodruff, St. Augustine.

Girls team qualifiers: Creekside, Nease, Ponte Vedra. Girls individual qualifiers: Alivia Davis, Stanton.

Outlook: It’s difficult. All three St. Johns County boys squads have a chance at the top five, but the top times belong to Tallahassee Chiles, Belen Jesuit and Ocala Vanguard. Still, Creekside’s Matt Ortiz could fight for a top-10 finish, as could Stanton’s Kenne and Skiles. In the girls race, Tallahassee Chiles and senior Ana Wallace are the favorites for the overall title, but Creekside should be the Timberwolves’ main threat. Sophomore Claire Openshaw leads an extremely young Knights squad that’s likely to earn a podium spot. Watch also for Nease and Ponte Vedra, who could place in the top five, while the Sharks’ Claire Moritz and Stanton’s Davis should challenge for high individual placings.

Source: High school cross country championship preview | Jacksonville News, Sports and Entertainment | jacksonville.com

Creekside swept the District 4-3A cross country meet at Ponte Vedra High on Saturday morning.

 Creekside junior Matthew Ortiz took the boys title with a 5K time of 16:18.30, while Knights sophomore Claire Openshaw won the girls 5K race in 18:31.20. The individual titles helped Creekside win both team titles. The Knights edged Bartram Trail 49-51 to win the boys championship, and the Creekside girls took five of the top 11 spots to top Ponte Vedra 30-47.

Source: Creekside sweeps District 4-3A cross country meets | St. Augustine Record