State XC
- Updated: November 7, 2026
White Plains’ Garcia and Gutierrez finish first and second, and the Wildcats dominate 3A for first state championship in cross country.
By East Alabama Sports Today
MOULTON — So many times a bride’s maid, and now White Plains’ boys’ cross country program is a state champion.
Jaiden Garcia and Jovany Gutierrez finished first and second, just six hundredths of a second apart, and the Wildcats finished first in the boys’ Class 3A championship meet Saturday at the Oakville Indian Mound and Museum Park.
White Plains finished first with 64 points, 20 points better than second-place Hatton.
Garcia crossed the finish line in 16:07.1, Gutierrez in 16:07.7. Zayden Pearson got a top-10 finish, in sixth (17:12.0).
Other finishes of note from area teams included Pleasant Valley’s boys, who finished third in Class 1A-2A.
Alexandria’s boys finished third in Class 4A, and Jacksonville’s Rua Mathis finished fourth individually in 15:47.0.
Central-Clay’s girls finished fourth in Class 4A, and Jacksonville’s Rachel Sloughfy finished second individually in 19:06.3, 17 seconds behind Scottsboro’s Banks Bradford.
Hokes Bluff’s girls finished fourth in 3A, and White Plans’ girls finished seventh.
Oxford’s boys finished fifth in Class 5A, and Southside finished eighth.
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