Circle Christian senior Sinkenesh Parker placed third and the Centurions were also third as a team in Sunday’s Class 1A girls cross country meet in Tallahassee.
Parker, who was the champion of her classification a year ago, ran a time of 18 minutes, 44.3 seconds for 5,000 meters at Apalachee Regional Park. Tampa Cambridge Christian junior Caroline Lehman won with a time of 18:07.8.
Gainesville Oak Hall won a tiebreaker to repeat as the team titlist after tying Cambridge with 55 points. Circle Christian was third at 67.
Montverde Academy’s girls turned in a best-ever 2A state runner-up finish.