Blue Tide Running Boosters

11/08/2025

Today, both the boys and girls’ High School Cross Country team competed at the 2025 GHSA State Cross Country Championships in Carrollton, GA. The boys raced at 2:00pm followed by the girls.

***Carrollton is known for having a difficult course with rough terrain as it is located in North Georgia and yet, our athletes did amazing! They fought the hills going up and passed SEVERAL athletes running downhill & across the finish line. 🏁

Our boys came in 15th overall out of 24 other 3A schools. There were 168 runners in this category.

🎓Senior, Trevor Kuchar, was our first Long County boy to cross the finish line. He came in 39th overall with an outstanding time of 19:01.
Sophomore, Isaiah Clark, came in 78th with a time of 19:58.
Freshman, Jamarcus Cole, came in 83rd with a time of 20:06.
Freshman, Asher Mannel, came in 84th with a time of 20:08.
🎓Senior, Matthew Tewalt, came in 148th with a time of 22:29.95.
Freshman, Nicholas Rodriguez, came in 149th with a time of 22:29.97.
Junior, Alejandro Bonilla, came in 152nd with a time of 22:40.

Our girls came in 17th overall out of 22 other 3A schools. There were 154 runners in this category.

🎓Senior, Macey Higgason, was our first Long County girl to cross the finish line. She came in 62nd overall with an impressive time of 23:39.
Sophomore, Mackenzie Spurgeon, came in 83rd with a time of 24:51.
Freshman, Madison Spurgeon, came in 102nd with a time of 26:00 flat!
Sophomore, Cayla Soule, came in 105th with a time of 26:08.
Freshman, Austen Alegria, came in 111th with a time of 26:35.
Junior, Kimberly Castillo, came in 118th with a time of 26:54.
Freshman, Lauren Whitman, came in 146th with a time of 29:17.

Both the girls and boys’ team competed in the rain today making for some slippery slopes scattered all throughout the course. 🌧️
Once again, awesome job runners! You pushed through and rocked this challenging course!

Go Long County Blue Tide 🌊

08/28/2025

Second meet of the Season! 👟

The Long County High School Cross Country team competed in Waycross at the Ware County Meet in the Swamp 🐊
The boys raced at 4:00pm followed by the girls.

The boys had SIX athletes in the TOP 50 out of 130+ runners! 📣 (Listed below)

Senior, Trevor Kuchar, was our first Long County boy to cross the finish line. He came in 5th place overall with an outstanding time of 18:50!
Sophomore, Isaiah Clark, came in 25th with a time of 20:49, a new personal best!!
Freshman, Asher Mannel, placed 32nd with a time of 21:13, another PR for Long County!
Junior, Demonte Clark, finished in 36th at 21:26, another a PR!! 🔥
Junior, Alejandro Bonilla, placed 38th with a time of 21:30.
Senior, Matthew Tewalt, came in at 43rd with a time 22:14, another PR for Long County!

The girls also had SIX athletes in the TOP 50! 📣
(Listed below)

Senior, Macey Higgason, was our first Long County girl to cross the finish line. She came in 3rd place overall with an outstanding time of 22:41, a new personal best!
Sophomore, Mackenzie Spurgeon, came in 11th with a time of 25:47, another PR 🔥
Junior, Kimberly Castillo, came in 20th with a time of 28:06, another PR for Long County!
Sophomore, Cayla Soule, came in 22nd place with a time of 28:10!
Freshman, Madison Spurgeon, finished at 25th with a time of 28:31, a huge PR jump!
Sophomore, Kadyn Higgason, came in 29th, with another PR and amazing time of 29:00.
Freshman, Lauren Whitman, finished in 41st with a time of 31:16!

Check out ALL of our runners’ times & PR’s🚨
(in comparison to their previous run)

Trevor Kuchar 18:50
Isaiah Clark 20:49 🚨
Asher Mannel 21:13 🚨
Demonte Clark 21:26 🚨
Alejandro Bonilla 21:30
Matthew Tewalt 22:14 🚨
Gracen Thornton 23:43🚨
Nicholas Rodriguez 24:07 🚨
Sean Stamos 24:21
Dalton Wright 25:05 🚨
Ross Anderson 25:35 🚨
Ajani Wright 27:32
Alex Mateo 28:23 🚨
Austin Guinn 31:23
Caleb Halliday 31:27
Nathan James 33:03
Brayden Stinnett 34:30 🚨
Jonathan McGeer 35:42

Macey Higgason 22:41 🚨
Mackenzie Spurgeon 25:47 🚨
Cayla Soule 28:06
Madison Spurgeon 28:31🚨
Kadyn Higgason 29:00🚨
Lauren Whitman 31:16
Anna Creps 33:53
Madeleine Stave 34:01
Austen Alegria 37:04
Nevaeh Castleberry 37:13🚨
Safeara McGhee 37:15🚨
Albertina Balonga 38:17

Special shoutout to our Long County XC runners who ran their very first (official) 5K today and absolutely rocked it!
Alex Mateo & Kimberly Castillo

Once again, awesome job runners!
Go Long County Blue Tide 🌊

08/16/2025

First meet of the Season! 👟

The Long County High School Cross Country team competed at the Peach State Preview. 🍑
The boys raced at 8:00am followed by the girls.

The boys had TWO athletes in the TOP 40 out of 216 runners! 📣 (Listed below)

Senior, Trevor Kuchar, was our first Long County boy to cross the finish line. He came in 15th place with an impressive time of 18:43, a new personal best!
Freshman, Jamarcus Cole, came in 40th overall with a time of 20:00, another PR for Long County!!

The girls also had TWO athletes in the TOP 40 out of 132 runners! 📣
(Listed below)

Senior, Macey Higgason, was our first Long County girl to cross the finish line. She came in 15th place overall with an outstanding time of 23:00, a new personal best!
Sophomore, Cayla Soule, came in 48th place with a time of 26:04, another PR for Long County!!

Check out ALL of our runners’ times & PR’s🚨
(in comparison to their try-out times)

Trevor Kuchar 18:43🚨
Jamarcus Cole 20:00🚨
Navey Johnson 20:24🚨
Isaiah Clark 21:08🚨
Asher Mannel 21:24 🚨
Alejandro Bonilla 21:26🚨
Demonte Clark 22:03🚨
Matthew Tewalt 22:33🚨
Sean Stamos 23:23🚨
Gracen Thornton 23:44🚨
Nicholas Rodriguez 25:31
Dalton Wright 25:50🚨
Ross Anderson 26:07🚨
Caleb Halliday 27:18🚨
Ajani Wright 27:31🚨
Nathan James 30:30🚨
Austin Guinn 31:03🚨
Jonathan McGeer 31:08🚨
Brayden Stinnett 36:35

Macey Higgason 23:00🚨
Cayla Soule 26:04🚨
Mackenzie Spurgeon 26:31🚨
Kadyn Higgason 30:07🚨
Madison Spurgeon 30:27🚨
Braelyn Knowles 30:43🚨
Lauren Whitman 30:56🚨
Madeleine Stave 31:38
Anna Creps 34:52
Austen Alegria 36:47
Albertina Balonga 37:35
Nevaeh Castleberry 38:22🚨
Isabelle Henry 38:33🚨
Safeara McGhee 38:45🚨

Special shoutout to our 🆕 Long County XC runners who ran their very first (official) 5K today and absolutely rocked it!
Jamarcus Cole, Austin Guinn, Caleb Halliday, Nathan James, Navey Johnson, Asher Mannel, Jonathan McGeer, Nicholas Rodriguez, Ajani Wright, Dalton Wright, Austen Alegria, Albertina Balonga, Neveah Castleberry, Isabelle Henry, Madison Spurgeon, Madeleine Stave, and Lauren Whitman.

Once again, awesome job runners!
Go Long County Blue Tide 🌊

07/29/2025

Macey Plays Five Sports. She Was Mvp Girls Criss Country And Most Outstanding Player For High School Soccer Region 3AAA And Is Dual Enroll

04/01/2025

Macey Higgason was nominated for positive role model. Help her out by clicking her picture and liking or leaving a comment on picture link to let her know how proud we are. She plays 4 sports at the high school, member of 3 clubs and doing dual enrollment all while keeping 4.0 GPA. Go Macey.

Macey Higgason - Flag Football/Soccer/Cross Country - Junior - Long County - Southeast GA

11/02/2024

Today, Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4 competed at GHSA 3A Sectionals which took place on the Jones County Cross Country Course in Gray, GA.
The boys ran first starting at 11:00am, followed by the girls.

Our boys came 2ND IN REGION 🏆
They also placed 3rd overall (out of 25 teams) with a score of 137. 🎉 There were 181 runners.

The boys had ONE boy in the TOP 10 & FOUR more in the TOP 50 📣
Check out our boys below👇🏼

Senior, Shawn Young was our first Long County boy to cross the finish line. He came in 4th place with an impressive time of 17:51.
Junior, Trevor Kuchar came in 20th with a time of 19:01.
Freshman, Jose Tellez-Baltazar came in 22nd with a time of 19:11.
Freshman, Isaiah Clark came in 48th with a time of 20:12.
Sophomore, Alejandro Bonilla finished in 49th with a time of 20:13, a new personal best!
Sophomore, Demonte Clark also PR’d with a time of 20:30 in 59th.
Junior, Matthew Tewalt was our final runner finishing out at 66th with another personal record for the season, a time of 20:40.

Our girls are REGION CHAMPIONS🏆
They also placed in the top 4 at sectionals (out of 19 teams) with a score of 160. 🎉 There were 139 runners.

The girls had ONE girl in the TOP 10 & FOUR more in the TOP 50 📣
Check out our girls below👇🏼

Junior, Macey Higgason was our first Long County girl to cross the finish line. She came in 9th place overall with an outstanding time of 22:54.
Freshman, Mackenzie Spurgeon came in 30th place with a time of 24:53.
Senior, Isabella Lucas came in 35th with a time of 25:09.
Senior, Tamiya Gamble came in 40th with a time of 25:47.
Senior, Xia Dyson finished in 46th with a time of 26:16.
Freshman, Cayla Soule came in 56th with a time of 27:13.
Freshman, Kadyn Higgason was our final runner for the girls’ team finishing out at 72nd with a time of 28:42.

🚨NEW PERSONAL BEST ALERT🚨
Congratulations to Alejandro Bonilla, Demonte Clark, and Matthew Tewalt for improving their times!

Once again, awesome job runners!
They’re going to STATE! 🏆🇺🇸

09/06/2024

Today, both the boys and girls’ High School Cross Country team competed at Ware County. The girls raced at 4:30pm followed by the boys.
***Ware is known for having a difficult course with several hills including one MAJOR HILL and yet, our athletes did amazing. Many of our kids passed others at the finish line. 🏁

Our boys came in 2nd place overall with a score of 45! Just 5 points behind Ware. 🎉

The boys had SIX athletes in the TOP 20. 📣 (listed below)

Senior, Shawn Young was our first Long County boy to cross the finish line. He came in 1st place with an impressive time of 18:18, a new personal best!
Junior, Trevor Kuchar came in 4th overall with a time of 19:57.
Freshman, Jose Tellez-Baltazar came in 6th with a time of 20:18, a new personal best!
Sophomore, Alejandro Bonilla came in 15th with a time of 21:32.
Freshman, Isaiah Clark finished in 19th with a time of 22:13.
Junior, Matthew Tewalt secured the 20th slot with a time of 22:17.

Our girls came in 1st place with a score of 42!! 🏆
The girls had SEVEN athletes in the TOP 20. 📣
(Listed below)

Junior, Macey Higgason was our first Long County girl to cross the finish line. She came in 1st place overall with an outstanding time of 22:55.
Sophomore, Kaley Hunter, came in 5th place with a time of 25:05.
Senior, Tamiya Gamble came in 11th with a time of 26:59, a new personal best!
Freshman, Mackenzie Spurgeon came in 12th with a time of 27:35.
Senior, Isabella Lucas came in 13th with a time of 27:52, a new personal best!
Sophomore, Kimberly Castillo came in 17th with a time of 28:36, a new personal best!
Senior, Xia Dyson secured the 20th slot with a time of 29:20.

🚨NEW PERSONAL BEST ALERT🚨
Congratulations to Tamiya Gamble, Isabella Lucas, Kadyn Higgason, Kayleigh Whitesell, Kimberly Castillo, Abbey Tewalt, Cayla Soule, Anna Creps, Safeara McGhee, Shawn Young, Jose Tellez-Baltazar, Adam Fuentes, Conner Brown, Sean Stamos, Robert Cassese, Gracen Thornton, and Ross Anderson for improving their times!

Special shoutout to our runners who ran their very first (official) 5K today and absolutely rocked it! -Cayla Soule, Safeara McGhee, and Chris Presley (aka Crispy Bacon) 🥓

Once again, awesome job runners!
Go Long County Blue Tide 🌊

09/05/2024

Long County Cross Country girls cheer as the boys team takes off at the start of their race!

09/05/2024

Check our girls out as they start their 3.1 mile run!

07/24/2024

Day 2 of the First Annual Kids Running Camp was a resounding SUCCESS! We had more kids, more high school runners helping, more parents and even MORE FUN!

The camp ended with a 1 mile fun run where the kids tried to dodge water balloons, buckets of water and color powder. Most were NOT successful and there were more than a few who looked like they fell in a bucket of paint!

Kids and parents are already asking when our next camp will be! We already plan to add a peewee team because so many of our 3-5 year old little friends were trying to join in on the fun! Like and follow the page to get updates. It might turn into a Biannual event 🤔 👀

07/23/2024

Don’t miss the last night of Cross Country camp lots of fun, fun games field day style! With a mini 1 mile color run at the end it’s from 5:30 to 7:30 and it’s $20 for tonight if you were not here yesterday