XC sectionals
- Updated: October 29, 2026
White Plains’ boys, Central-Clay’s girls lead several team state qualifiers with sectional victories. Munford’s boys, girls make history.
By East Alabama Sports Today
White Plains’ top-ranked boys won the Class 3A, Section 4 cross country meet at Huntsville on Thursday, qualifying as a team to advance to next week’s state championship.
The top four teams and top six individuals not rostered on the top-four teams advance to the state championships. Sections run Thursday, Friday and Saturday at different sites.
White Plains’ Jovany Gutierrez (first, 16:59.52), Jaiden Garcia (second, 17:21.48) and Zayden Pearson (third, 17:43.02) swept the top three spots, and Dakota Ensminger took seventh in 19:11.25.
Emma Godfrey led four Hokes Bluff girls in the top 10 with a second-place finish (20:51.39), and the Eagles finished second. White Plains took third, led by Bailey Ford in eighth place (22:41.92).
In Class 3A, Section 3 at Munford, Munford’s boys and girls qualified together as teams for the first time in school history. Led by Anthony Cruz in eighth place (19:11.50), the boys finished third, and the girls took third, led by Aubree Frank in 10th place (23:25.80).
Team state qualifiers also include Pleasant Valley’s boys, which finished second in Class 1A-2A, Section 4 at Pisgah. The Raiders’ girls finished fourth.
Ohatchee’s boys took second in Class 1A-2A, Section 3 at Cold Springs. Owen Vinson led the Indians in seventh place (17:03.60)
In Private A, Section 2 at Munford, Westbrook Christian’s boys took third, and Joseph Minkin finished a team-best eighth (17:53.70). Faith Christian’s girls, led by Anne Claire Mitchell’s eighth-place finish (22:24.7), finished fourth.
In Class 4A, Section 2 at Auburn, Central-Clay’s girls won, led by Nicole Hernandez in sixth (22:07.60). Weston Huff finished third (17:56.50) to lead the boys to a second-place finish.
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