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Manatee, Gulfview win cross country titles.

See smaller Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Island's Rosie Poling shows her concentration as her coach Roger Raymond urges her on, saying, 'They're all here to watch you, put on a show.' And she did, winning the girls title in the Collier Country Cross County Middle School Championships on Saturday. Poling beat her closest competitor by 1 minute and 10 seconds.

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Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Island's Rosie Poling shows her concentration as her coach Roger Raymond urges her on, saying, "They're all here to watch you, put on a show." And she did, winning the girls title in the Collier Country Cross County Middle School Championships on Saturday. Poling beat her closest competitor by 1 minute and 10 seconds.

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  • Submitted by Patty Poling Boys charge from the starting line in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday at Manatee Middle School.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Island's Rosie Poling shows her concentration as her coach Roger Raymond urges her on, saying, 'They're all here to watch you, put on a show.' And she did, winning the girls title in the Collier Country Cross County Middle School Championships on Saturday. Poling beat her closest competitor by 1 minute and 10 seconds.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Manatee Middle School's Jose Rodriguez breezes across the finis line, beating Marco Island's Josh Wagner in winning the boys title in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Island's Josh Wagner gets assistance from his father Al after collapsing at the finish line in the boys Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday at Manatee Middle School. Wagner gave his all in finishing second.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Oakridge's Emily May is checked by her teammates, Katrina Balon, left and Christina Vallozzi after finishing the girls race in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday at Manatee Middle School.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff At the midway point of the girls Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships Julia Cartwright of Marco Island leads Sarina Francis of North Naples, right, but Francis rallied to finish second while Cartwright was seventh. Monet Burkett, center, of Corkscrew Middle School, raced to a fourth-place finish.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Sarina Francis of North Naples comes in second to help her team finish second in Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday at Manatee Middle School.
  • Roger Lalonde Staff Individual winners in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday are Rosie Poling, Marco Charter School and Jose Rodriguez of Manatee.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff The Gulfview team celebrates after winning the girls title in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday. Front row, from left, Karson Biggs, Isabella Dorobanti, Erika Miller, Alexandra Hopkins and Kimberly Perez. Back row, Chloe Beyrent, Tyler Leon, Rebecca Shakour, Angela Caldwell, Madison Weeks, Morgan Worthy, Zoe Bartucci and Katie Kalmas.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff More than 400 competitors, family and friends filled the Manatee School cafeteria to applaud the winners in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday.
  • Submitted by Patty Poling The girls race away from the starting line in the Collier County Cross Country Middle School Championships on Saturday at Manatee Middle School.

There were no surprises as Manatee boys and Gulfview girls won team titles in the Collier County Middle School Cross Country Championships at Manatee on Saturday.

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