MOBILE, Alabama — Local Baldwin cross-country teams and individuals turned in Top-10 performances in the USA Azalea City Classic at Brookley Saturday.

Spanish Fort's Lady Toros took third in the girls varsity race with 76 points behind UMS-Wright's 60 and first-place McGill-Toolen Catholic's 42. Foley's Lady Lions peaked at eighth just ahead of Daphne's Lady Trojans by eight points 192-200.

In the boys race, SFHS was the top finisher from the Baldwin side of the Bay in sixth at 157, Daphne did a 180 good for seventh while Foley took 10th at 267.

Individually, John Alan Walker of DHS was eighth with a fast 17:47.70 but still about 1:10 behind UMS' Robert Hope who won in 16:36.20. Hope was the only runner to break under 17 minutes. Conrad Collins of McGill-Toolen was second in 17:08.40 and UMS-Wright's Chase Tan took third with a 17:23.80.

Walker's teammate Alex Guillory just missed the Top 10 at 11th in 18:06. The Toros were led by Tyler Orem who finished 18th in 18:25 in a total field of 110 varsity competitors.

Kaleigh Akers of Daphne held off Spanish Fort's Linsey Hrabovsky for eighth place in a near photo finish difference of three-tenths of a second,  21:20.40 to 21:20.70. Jordan Huber was 12th for SFHS, Katy Hines of Foley 18th with SFHS runners Hannah Frain and Sarah Carrico rounding out the Top 20 finishers from the 83 total varsity starters.

The top three female runners were usual suspects Carmen Carlos of McGill-Toolen who turned in an 18:09.10 despite a wrong turn, Kathryn Lazarchick in second for UMS-Wright with a 19:35.00 and St. Paul's Alana Babington  third in 20:03.50.

Some Baldwin teams will compete Saturday morning in the Daphne Invitational at Trione Park, 8600 Whispering Pines Road including the host team and Bayside Academy. The Open Boy/Girls Combo race begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by varsity girls at 9:15 a.m. and varsity boys at 10 a.m. The course is behind the softball fields and dog park. The race is posted on al.milesplit.us  

Fairhope will compete in the Gulf Coast Stampede in Pensacola. The event is hosted by the University of West Florida and West Florida High School at the Escambia County Equestrian Center, located on 7750 Mobile Highway in Pensacola, Fla.

Directions from I-10 coming from either direction, will be to exit on Florida Exit No. 5, and head west on Alt-90. Follow 2-3 miles, and turn left at the light (Beulah Rd). Follow until stop sign at Mobile Hwy (90), turn left and the Equestrian center will be on your left. Also see directions from I-10 on Google Maps.

High School start times are set for: 8:40 a.m. Girls Varsity Race, 9:10 a.m., Boys Varsity Race,
9:40 a.m., Girls JV Race 5k
 at 10:10 a.m., Boys JV Race
 10:30 a.m.,  Dance Competition
 10:50 a.m. and awards ceremony.

Full results for the USA Azalea Classic can be found at: al.milesplit.com/meets/124966/results/212760