Senior Night at Home 10/21

 

The Ware County cross country teams honored their only senior Thursday night in the swamp, Caleb Freelove.  Caleb has been a member of the team for 1 year.  

The Gators hosted 3 teams Thursday including Brantley Co. Long County, and Echols county.  The Girls race ran at 4:30 and included 28 runners and the Boys race followed containing 41 runners.  The Lady Gators swept the field with a perfect score of 15, finishing all 9 of their runners in the top 9 in the field.  The Boys placed 3^rd of the 4 teams in the field.  The top 5 Lady Gators were Keeli Holloway (so.) finishing 1^st with a time of 21:59, Whitney Moore (so.) finishing 2^nd with a time of 22:59, Evie Brown (jr.) finishing 3^rd with a time of 23:17, Selina Ocadiz (jr.) finishing 4^th with a time of 23:44, and Samantha Savinon Rios (so.) finishing 5^th with a time of 23:58.  Also running for the Lady Gators were Hannah Moore (so.) finishing 6^th with a time of 24:00, Lindsy Moore (fr.) finishing 7^th with a time of 25:07, Madison Boland (fr.) finishing 8^th with a time of 26:40, and Olivia Sanders (fr.) finishing 9^th with a time of 27:27.  The Gators Top 5 were Jon Robertson (jr.) placing 7^th with a time of 20:32, Hyden Clement (fr.) placing 15^th with a time of 21:38, Gavin Bennett (so.) placing 24^th with a time of 23:28, Caleb Freelove (sr.) placing 29^th with a time of 24:29, and Jesus Oropeza (so.) placing 31 with a time of 26:08.  

The Gators and Lady Gators will be competing in the Region 1-AAAAA Championship next Thursday to be held at Coffee Co. Middle School.  

The boys will run at 4:30 PM and the Girls will defend their region title from last season at 5:00 PM.  

Team results are listed below:

 

Team scores:

Girls - 28 runners

1.  Ware (15)

2.  Echols (72)

3.  Long (92)

4.  Brantley (94)

 

Boys - 41 runners

1.  Long (19)

2.  Brantley (69)

3.  Ware (92)

4.  Echols (102)