It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Pensacola Christian’s Jaimee Tutton has been one of the top runners in Northwest Florida to start her junior season.
She’s won the PNJ Cross Country Girls Runner of the Year award for the last every year since 2020. Except she’s technically been the co-winner of the award, along with her older sister, RaeAnne Tutton.
With RaeAnne graduated, Jaimee Tutton has been leading the charge for PCA. She placed 12th out of 231 runners at the Southern Showcase in Alabama on Sept. 14, clocking in at 18 minutes, 39.10 seconds to lead the Warriors to a third-place team finish out of 27 teams.
As a result, Tutton won PNJ Athlete of the Week honors for Sept. 9-14, securing 60.8% of the poll’s votes on PNJ.com. Each weekly winner is awarded a one-of-a-kind PNJ Athlete of the Week shirt provided by BSN SPORTS.
Here’s a quick question-and-answer interview with Jaimee Tutton by PNJ sports reporter Ben Grieco.
Q&A with Pensacola Christian runner Jaimee Tutton
PNJ: You’ve had a strong start to the start of your junior year. How would you describe the first couple months of your season?