Lady Gators are REGION CHAMPIONS!

 

The Boys and Girls cross country teams competed in the Region 1-AAAAA cross country championship on Thursday 10/29/20 hosted by Wayne County HS.  The teams competing in the region event were Coffee Co., Veterans HS, Ware Co., Warner Robbins HS, and Wayne Co.  The Boys race began at 5:00 PM and the Girls race followed.  The Gators placed 5^th in the field of 5, and their top 5 runners were Isaac Gaspar (jr.) placing 20^th with a time of 19:24, Josh Troupe (sr.) placing 23^rd with a time of 19:54, Daly Tuten (jr.) placing 28^th with a time of 21:11, Jon Robertson (so.) placing 29^th with a time of 21:16, and Anthony Phillips (jr.) placing 31^st with a time of 21:30.  The Lady Gators MADE HISTORY winning the first cross country region championship in Ware Co. History!  The Lady Gators placed all 5 of their scorers in the top 14 and had 2 all region placers.  To be all region you must place in the top 7 in the region championship.  Whitney Moore (fr.) placed 4^th and Keeli Holloway (fr.) placed 6^th in the event.  The Scoring runners for the Lady Gators Whitney Moore (fr.) placing 4^th with a time of 21:58, Keeli Holloway (fr.) placing 6^th with a time of 22:12, Selina Ocadiz (so.) placing 8^th with a time of 22:43, Hannah Moore (fr.) placing 9^th with a time of 23:00, and Evie Brown (so.) placing 14^th with a time of 23:48.  6 of the 7 Varsity Lady Gator runners are freshmen and sophomores!  They have a great future ahead of them.  The GHSA AAAAA state cross country meet will be held at Carrollton High School on Saturday 11/7/20. For a full schedule of the event visit www.ghsa.net   The Girls race will begin at 8:45 AM.  Complete times are attached and team scores are listed below:

 Team Scores:

Boys Varsity
place	team	score
1	Veterans HS	27
2	Wayne Co.	56
3	Coffee Co.	60
4	Warner Robbins	95
5	Ware Co.	131
Girls Varsity
place	team	score
1	Ware	41
2	Veterans HS	52
3	Coffee Co.	63
4	Warner Robbins	90
5	Wayne Co.	114