Northeast Florida's high school cross country athletes of the year: See winners from the 2010s decade
There was no slowing down throughout the 2010s in Northeast Florida cross country, packed with championship seasons and record-breaking times on the 5-kilometer course. With each new season, the Times-Union recognized the decade's top athletes all across the First Coast. Here's a look back through the Times-Union's Player of the Year award winners for high school boys and girls cross country from the 2010 to 2019 fall seasons, complete with the original photos from Times-Union All-First Coast coverage. Click on player names to read the original Times-Union feature stories that announced their All-First Coast selections.
2010-2011
Jimmy Clark
School: Creekside
Sport: Boys cross country
Rebecca Chandler
School: Bolles
Sport: Girls cross country
2011-2012
Mac Reynolds
School: Nease
Sport: Boys cross country
Mary Kate Ponder
School: Mandarin
Sport: Girls cross country
2012-2013
David Yarborough
School: Bishop Kenny
Sport: Boys cross country
Mackenzie Wilson
School: Bolles
Sport: Girls cross country
2013-2014
Noah Kemp
School: St. Augustine
Sport: Boys cross country
Karen Xiang
School: Nease
Sport: Girls cross country
2014-2015
Cash Tampa
School: Creekside
Sport: Boys cross country
Kayley DeLay
School: Fletcher
Sport: Girls cross country
2015-2016
Matthew Clark
School: Creekside
Sport: Boys cross country
Kayley DeLay
School: Fletcher
Sport: Girls cross country (second award)
2016-2017
Charles Hicks
School: Bolles
Sport: Boys cross country
Caitlin Collier
School: Bolles
Sport: Girls cross country
![Charles Hicks, 15, of The Bolles School won the 2016 Times-Union All-First Coast Cross Country boys athlete of the year award. Photographed Thursday, December 15, 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida. [Will Dickey/Florida Times-Union]](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8qTB3z1noJw3PGrpUO3.gA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEzNTE-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the-florida-times-union/4911e7e6cc4b8c4b8b6957163e55ed22)
2017-2018
Charles Hicks
School: Bolles
Sport: Boys cross country
Claire Openshaw
School: Creekside
Sport: Girls cross country
2018-2019
Charles Hicks
School: Bolles
Sport: Boys cross country (third award)
Claire Openshaw
School: Creekside
Sport: Girls cross country (second award)
2019-2020
Rheinhardt Harrison
School: Nease
Sport: Boys cross country
Elizabeth Ashlyn Iliff
School: Creekside
Sport: Girls cross country
Clayton Freeman covers high school sports and more for the Florida Times-Union. Follow him on Twitter at @CFreemanJAX.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: High school cross country: All-First Coast athletes of the year, 2010-2019
