Denae Chapman

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A list of the top 500 girls' performances of all time at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Florida.

A list of the top 500 girls performances all-time at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Florida.

Check out the top 1,000 Florida girls performances all-time at the Champs (formerly Foot Locker) South Regional in Charlotte.

Check out the top 500 high school girls 5K times ever run at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida.

Fort Walton Beach junior Emma Rudman returns with the fastest time over 1600m for the 2015 season with a personal best of 4:53.46. Check out the top fifty as well as the complete list of returners.

Circle Christian's Denae Chapman said her goodbyes to classmates, teammates, and friends this week. On June 3, the distance standout will move with her family to the Dallas suburb of Southlake and attend Texas distance running power South Carroll High School. Her father, Dr. Tim Chapman, who also served as a coach for Circle Christian recently received a job opportunity by his Texas family that he rarely gets to see. It also gives the family an opportunity to be closer to Denae's older sister who is attending Abiliene Christian University. The sophomore says she will miss the Sunshine State and the memories she has made over the years.

The holiday season is a time to relax, unwind, take a break right? For many yes, but for several local distance runners it was a chance to hone their skills. Two-time cross country state champion Julia Montgomery of Pine Crest joined 20 other high school runners in Tallahassee for the Florida State Winter Distance Camp. Montgomery had the chance to room with one of her toughest competitors at the 2A Cross Country Finals, Mackezie Wilson of Bolles. She says the whole weekend was a lot of fun.

Santa Fe College was the host of the 1A Region 2 Championships. After all was said and done, Britney Olinger and the Oak Hall took home individual and team honors. Troy Clark, the lone entry from Mount Dora Bible bested the field to finish first in 16:07.00. The Geneva School overcame some disqualifications and still managed to win the team competition.

The 5th Annual Jim Ryun Invitational had a different flare to it this year. After running last year, on the inaugural Holloway Park course, the meet once again returned, but instead of the standard varsity and junior varsity races, Meet Director Paul White decided on a wave format. Never been done in Florida for a high school race (we believe), each team had their number ones run against each other, two's, three's, all the way down to the number sevens. We have video coverage of every race, every winner, and over 1000 photos of all the action!

Athletes across the state and from the southeast headed to the Mouse House, Disney's Wide World of Sports, for the Disney Track & Field Showcase. It was a beautiful afternoon for running and a bunch of local athletes left the event with some shiny medals around their necks.

Maclay senior Stefanie Kurgatt and Colonial senior Andres Arroyo take the top spot in another event coming into 2013. This time the two have the top times in the 3200 meter run.

Are you the best freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? Where do you stack up against your peers? We've tallied up the times and have found out who is at the Head of the Class for the 2012 cross country season. (Rankings are as of 12/3/2012)

The course ran slow, the heat was relentless, and thunderstorms threatened all evening. However, nothing could stop the Holy Trinity boys from winning the Katie Caples elite race team title, and continuing their early season success.