The Gator cross country teams competed in the Region 2
AAAAA Championship, hosted by Wayne Co. HS on Thursday 10/26 with both the boys
team and the girls team qualifying for the state cross country meet for the 2nd
year in a row. The boys team placed 3rd
in the region with a team score of 68 points and the girls team placed 3rd
in the region with their finish decided by a tiebreaker with Statesboro
HS. Both Ware Co. and Statesboro scored
73th place finisher
for each team (only the top 5 are designated scorers) and Ware Co. sophomore
Mia Sandiford finished 28th with a time of 26:15 ahead of Statesboro’s
6th place runner sealing the tiebreaker for Ware Co. Ware County senior Logan Millard was named as
2 AAAAA first team All Region with his third place finish in the boys
race. The top 7 runners in each race are
named first team All Region. The top 5
runners for the boys were Logan Millard (sr.), finishing 3rd with a
time of 17:14, Matt Hamilton (sr.), finishing 9th with a time of
18:18, Ethan Frye (so.), finishing 16th with a time of 18:38, Bruce
Altman (so.), finishing 18th with a time of 18:48, and Dakota Walker
(so.), finishing 22nd with a time of 19:17. The Girls top 5 were Kaylah Youngblood (so.),
finishing 9th with a time of 22:31, Maree Harris (jr.), finishing 10th
with a time of 22:33, Aaliyah Sandiford (so.), finishing 16th with a
time of 23:31, Hannah Boggan (so.), finishing 17th with a time of 23:32,
and Bailey Moore (fr.), finishing 21st with a time of 24:13. The Gators will run at the AAAAA state cross
country meet to be held at Carrollton HS on Friday 11/3/17. The boys will race at 9:00 am and the girls
will race at 9:45.Complete team scores are listed below:
Girls Results:
1. Wayne Co. – 49
2. South Effingham – 53
3. Ware Co. – 73 (tiebreaker winner)
4. Statesboro – 73
5. New Hampstead – 102
Boys Results:
1. Wayne Co. – 38
2. South Effingham = 41
3. Ware Co. – 68
4. Statesboro – 82
5. New Hampstead – 145
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