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Buford XC is looking fast and fit moving toward region meet

By Jennifer Pinkerton, 10/15/19, 4:15PM EDT

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Cooler temps and flat course leads to many PR's at Atlanta Classic

Atlanta Classic    Clinton Farms, Douglass County 

Saturday, October 12rd, 2019   The cooler temps and relatively flat course were welcomed with open arms and fast feet this past Saturday by our Buford XC teams. Many of our athletes enjoyed PR’s and our JV Girls and Boys both found themselves with 2nd place finishes.  We are very excited about the progress seen in these teams as we head toward the region meet on October 23rd. 

Girls Varsity: Varsity girls finished 9th place out of 19 teams. Senior Jordan Sullivan crossed the line for the wolves first with a time of 20:59 followed by Freshman Hayden Bailey (22:27) and Junior Caroline Montini (22:50). Mikayla Frierson (23:22)  and Senior Rebeka Miranda (23:27) completed the team score. Sophomore Leah Madsen (23:51) supported the team with a strong finish as well. 

Boys Varsity: The boys continued their pack running mentality and finished 9th out of 19 teams. Senior Ben Archer led the pack with a 17:33 finish while Freshman Carter Hales (17:56), Junior Zach Davidson (18:03),  Junior James Morgan (18:10), and Freshman Joseph Davis (18:14) came across the line shortly after. Freshman Braden Schmid (18:35) and Freshman Noah Johnson (18:46) rounded out the varsity boys’ performance. 

Girls JV: Our JV girls looked great and finished 2nd place out of 4 teams in the JV Black race with three of our girls finishing in the top ten. Freshman Ryann Brooks led the team with a strong 3rd place finish, Freshman Abby Wood came across the line 7th with 26:11, and Senior Heidi Orr came finished 10th with a time of 24:58.  Junior MaKenzie Curry (25:05) and Junior Leslie Jaimes (25:21) both scored points for the team as well. 

Boys JV: Our JV boys finished strong with a 2nd place finish out of 7 teams in the JV Black race.  In true pack form, Senior Ked Crossett led the team with a 10th place finish(19:17.22) closely followed by Sophomore Brent Warren (19:17.42), Freshman Brice Reynolds (19:18), Senior Sam Warren (19:25), and Junior Stewart Blankenship (19:37). Congratulations to the boys JV for working together as a team and running a great race!

The Buford XC team will compete next on Wednesday, October 23rd at Unicoi State Park for the Region Meet.