The Red Sea Running Club, featuring athletes from Tavares Middle School, delivered another strong national showing at the MileSplit Middle School National Championship, earning a girls’ national runner-up finish, a boys’ third-place team finish and eight All-American honors across the middle school and elementary divisions.

Racing at EP “Tom” Sawyer State Park, the girls’ team finished second nationally, led by Alice Ilea’s fourth-place All-American run in 14:42. The boys’ team placed third, paced by All-Americans Navid and Emiliano Lozano.

Head coach Kevin Von Maxey said the team’s performance capped an exceptional two-week stretch.

“Last week our Tavares kids won the boys and girls FLYRA public school cross-country championship with Tavares Middle School, so to follow it up as nationa

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