8 AAAAAAA Region Meet, Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers,  GA

Saturday, October 21st      A beautiful fall morning with temperatures in the low 50’s welcomed the Region 8-AAAAAAA runners to Georgia International Horse Park for the Region Meet. Many of our athletes enjoyed PR’s today.

Girls Varsity: Our girls had performed well this year and came into this meet knowing they should qualify for the state meet.  They performed very well, giving a short-handed Mill Creek team a scare on their way to a runner-up finish.  Jasmine Jones led the way with a second place finish and our girl's fastest time of the year in 20:22.  Jaelyn Ozkan (21:34), Emma Webb (21:37), Taylor Morrison (21:52), Addison Steinbrecher (22:27), Deyabdi Rendon (22:37) and Cam Perry (22:57) all finished in the top 15 of the race.

Boys Varsity: The boys team came into this race determined to make sure they qualified for the state meet.  They took charge early in the race and finished as the runner-up team, putting a bit of distance between them and the 3rd and 4th place teams.  James Hales led the way placing 6th in 17:34.  Jesus Miranda (17:52) and Luciano Lira (17:53) followed with top 10 finishes.  Noah Matthes (18:21), Zach LaForce (18:31), Alexander Zachman (18:36) and Jose Mayorga (18:38) all finished in the top 21.

JV Girls: Our JV girls Placed second in the team score.  Seniors Cassandra Mayo (24:02) and Emmie Adams (24:29) led the way in their last race.  Emory Curry (24:51), Daniela Plata (25:04) and Kayla Davis (25:08) finished off our team score.

JV Boys: The JV boys were led by Eli Matthes (18:48) and Chris Alcott (18:50), followed by Caleb Watson (19:36), Az Baza (19:51) and Josh Lee (20:05).  The JV Boys also finished as runner-ups.

The Buford Varsity XC teams will run at the State Championships in Carrollton, GA on Saturday, November 4th at 8:00 and 8:45 am.