The St. Pius boys and Harrison girls won at the Clara Bowl Invitational Saturday at Berry College. The Golden Lions were paced by four runners who finished in the top 10, while Harrison had two girls place in the top five.
Quintin Miles of North Hall won the boys race at 16:18 while Sam Costa of Mill Creek took second with a time of 16:19. Stephen Martinez of St. Pius, Jonathan Schwind of Lambert and Nik Calia of St. Pius rounded out the top five.
In the girls race, Pope’s Ashley Kehoe took first with a time of 17:58 while Serena Tripodi of Lovett came in second with a time of 18:01. Hannah Petit of Mill Creek, Kira Stanley of Harrison and Mattie Rountree of Harrison rounded out the top five.
East Jackson won the boys race at the 12th Annual Runaway meet at Jefferson after placing three runners in the top four. Chase Kennedy of East Jackson won the race with a time of 16:17 while Tyler Barber of Mill Creek came in second with a time of 16:18. Noah Hulett of East Jackson, Chandler Kennedy of East Jackson and Bobby Tucker of Mountain View 17:05.96.
Mountain View took second place while Archer, Apalachee and Jefferson rounded out the top five.
Athens Christian won the girls meet ahead of Mountain View, Jefferson, GAC and Morgan County. Sue Anne Moralis of East Jackson won the race with a time of 20:43.40 ahead of second-place finisher Tanner Guest of Athens Christian. Elizabeth Gunther of Athens Christian, Abby Kettle of GAC and Alyssa O’Neill of Mountain View rounded out the top five.
The Winder-Barrow boys and White County girls each won the 11th War Eagle Invitational at Chestatee High School in Gainesville. The Winder-Barrow boys had three runners place in the top 10 while Gerardo Suarez of Johnson-Gainesville won the race with a time of 17:00. Austin Thompson of White County came in second with a time of 17:03 while Lewis Brooks of Lakeview Academy, Jack Carnes of Chestatee and Timmy Villameter of Winder-Barrow rounded out the top five.
Winder-Barrow (53 points) easily beat second-place White County (102 points). West Hall, Johnson-Gainesville and Dawson County rounded out the top five.
White County (46 points) edged Winder-Barrow (53 points) while Johnson-Gainesville, Chestatee and Dawson County rounded out the top five of the girls race. Jenna Gearing of White County took first place with a blazing time of 18:49, well ahead of Chestatee’s Lindsey Grates’ time of 20:50. Micah Weathers of Winder-Barrow, Evelin Avitin of Johnson-Gainesville and Merrie Barnett of Chestatee rounded out the top five.
