A great day in the swamp!

The Gator cross country teams hosted 6 schools this Thursday and had a great showing at their first home meet.  The Gator boys placed first out of the 7 teams participating and the Gator girls placed 2nd out of 7.  There were 131 boys running in the event and 59 girls.  The top 5 boys were Matthew Hamilton (jr.) placing 4th with a time of 18:41, Logan Millard (jr.) placing 5th with a time of 18:42, Brandon Foster (jr.) placing 10th with a time of 19:26, Andrew Mitchah (so.) placing 11th with a time of 19:32, and Austin Bachhofer (sr.) placing 14th with a time of 19:44.  The top 5 Gator girls were Shanya Washington (sr.) placing 4th with a time of 23:08, Hannah Boggan (fr.) placing 6th with a time of 25:15, Kayla Youngblood (fr.)  placing 8th with a time of 26:00, Meleah Morton (so.) placing 11th with a time of 26:40, and Ashley Spence (so.) placing 14th with a time of 26:56.  The Gators will travel back to Wayne Co. next Thursday 9/22/16.  Varsity Boys will begin at 4:30.  Team results are listed below :

The Boys Team Results:

1. Ware Co. - 44 points
2. Atkinson Co. - 66 points
3. Appling Co. - 80 points
4. Pierce Co. - 105 points
5. Brantley Co. - 126 points
6. Lanier Co. - 208 points
7. Echols - 230 points

The Girls Team Results:

1. Pierce Co. - 20 points
2. Ware Co.. - 43 points
3. Atkinson Co. - 80 points
4. Appling Co. - 144 points
5. Echols - 226 points
6. Brantley Co. - 231 points
7. Lanier (only 2 runners)