Sep 2009

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2009 Milton Invitational

September 19, 2009 Filed in: Milton Invitational

Milton Team Wins Eagle Cup
The "Overall" Award

Varsity Girls Win 1st Place

Milton Varsity Girls Line Up Before the Race

(Left) Varsity Girls Accept 1st Place Trophy
(Right) Olivia Koerner (4th), Stephanie Butzer (6th) and Maddie Butzer (10th)
are recognized for Top 10 Finishers.

Varsity Boys Win 2nd Place

Milton Varsity Boys Before Race

(Left) Varsity Boys Accept 2nd Place Trophy
(Right) Tyler Tomy (2nd) and Alex Marshall (9th) are recognized for Top 10 Finishers.

JV Girls Win 1st Place

Milton JV Girls Before the Race

(Left) JV Girls Accept 1st Place Trophy
(Right) (Standing left to right) Brynn Weiermiller (5th), Kelly Albano (4th),
Samantha Rate (3rd) and Lauren Schmidt (2nd)
are recognized for Top 5 Finishers.

JV Boys Win 1st Place

JV Boys Before Race

(Left) JV Boys Accept 1st Place Trophy
(Right) (Standing left to right) David Hasslinger (1st), Jared McCall from Chattahoochee HS (2nd),
Joe Hogg (3rd), Jacob Raymond (4th), and Jody Hirschi (5th)
are recognized for Top 5 Finishers.

2009 Marist Double Dip

September 12, 2009 Filed in: Marist Double Dip

The Milton Cross Country teams traveled to the friendly confines of The Marist School in Dunwoody to compete in the Roy Benson Double Dip Invitational and came away with successful team results and individual performances.

Varsity Boys—Solid Team Effort Earns Fifth Place

The Eagles ran with new vigor and determination and their results showed it. After a not-so-happy result at Berry the week before, Milton rebounded and finished a strong 5th of 17 teams (173 pts), beating region foe Pope (10th-215 pts) and Fulton County contender Riverwood (8th-195 pts). Host Marist (1st-80 pts) won the meet followed by Lakeside-Evans (2nd-104 pts) and Lakside-Dekalb (3rd-109 pts) in a close battle for 2nd place honors. Tyler Tomy continued to lead the Eagles and his 4th place finish (16:47) broke the previous Marist course record. Tyler was among the top four the entire race and made a few bids for the overall win. Tyler’s performance is also 20 seconds faster than he ran on this course when he won the 2007 Nike Class Clash. Milton made a strong team showing by having their next six runners finish within a spread of only 47 seconds. The freshman duo of Miles Dayoub (36th-18:21) and Alex Marshall (39th-18:28) led the Eagle pack of close finishers. Strong performances were turned in by senior Boyd Guttery (43rd-18:34) and Chris Blauvelt (51st-18:41). The ever-improving Alex Salvatierra (64th-19:02), Keegan Baird (70th-19:08) and Chris Chernick (86th-19:40) rounded out the Varsity team.

Varsity Girls—Pack Attack Earns Third-Place Trophy

The 10th-ranked Lady Eagles showed their strength and depth with an impressive 3rd place result even without their #1 runner Chelsea Weiermiller and after losing their # 5 runner Jackie Mahoney to injury during the race. Milton (92 pts) finished just shy of two top-ranked AAAA schools Lakeside-Evans(2nd-82 pts) and host Marist (1st-71 pts). The Lady Eagles turned back ranked programs from Lovett (4th-115 pts),

Linsday Gruca (left) and Stephanie Butzer (right)

Lakeside-Dekalb (7th-209 pts) and Riverwood (9th-212 pts). Leading the Lady Eagles was literally a pack of ladies giving a superb effort, any of whom could have been the top finisher. Sophomore Lindsay Gruca (14th-21:14) crossed first, followed closely by senior Stephanie Butzer (15th-21:17) and freshman sensations Olivia Koerner (16th-21:22-coming back after a rough race the week before at Berry) and Maddie Butzer (17th-21:23). Senior co-captain Cori Deutsch (30th-22:20) ran strong and finished fifth for Milton. Sophomore Amanda Lockwood (34th-22:31) and junior Brynn Weiermiller (57th-23:31) concluded the finishers for the trophy-winning Lady Eagles.

JV Boys—Another Pack Attack, Another Trophy

Coming off their runner-up finish at Berry, the Eagles had their hands full but were able to secure a strong 3rd place finish (71 pts) following a close battle with Lakeside-Dekalb (2nd-58 pts). Host Marist finished in first place (19 pts)—not surprising because they raced many of their Varsity athletes in the JV race. Even though he had been sick most of

last week, sophomore Anthony Machan rose to the occasion and paced Milton’s team. Anthony’s last mile was impressive as he passed many faltering runners and finished 5th overall (19:02). A strong group of Eagles followed as Milton brought in its next five runners in 13 seconds! John Britt Easterling showed again he loves this course with another outstanding effort (14th-19:25) and was followed closely by John Ladaga (17th-19:33), Matt Foley (18th-19:33), David Hasslinger (21st-19:34) and Jody Hirschi (22nd-19:37). Another good effort from Danny Shawcross (36th-19:56) closed out the scoring for the JV Eagles.

JV Girls—First Place Tops Milton Performances

In the most exciting race of the day, the Lady Eagles totally dominated the JV Girls race with the overall win (1st-20 pts), outpacing nine other schools. With seven finishers in the top 15, Milton was never challenged. Host Marist (2nd-47 pts) and Charlotte-Catholic (3rd-86 pts) joined Milton on the trophy stand. In a very exciting race which saw the lead change among three runners, sophomore Heather Harman finished first for the Eagles and an agonizing 2nd place overall (22:42). Junior Maddy Hassett ran an impressive and smart race; at the 2-mile mark, just exiting the hilly section of the course, Maddy had as much as a 100 meter lead on the field and was able to hold on against surging competitors for 3rd place (22:44). Backing up her run at Berry with another strong run was Kelly Albano (4th-23:10), followed immediately by senior Samantha Rate (5th-23:11) and the fast-closing Gloria Mahoney (6th-23:14). Anchoring this incredible trophy-winning effort were Lisa Bluth (13th-24:26) and Rachel Gravlee (15th-24:47).

Open Race—Milton Domination

The final race of the day was the Open race where all remaining runners, boys and girls together, competed. Even though official scores were not recorded, Milton runners were by far the winning team in boys and girls contests. Winning the race outright was Milton runner Brent Neal who passed many runners in the last 800 meters and edged the #2 opponent right at the finish line! Brent’s frantic finish got him under 20:00 for the first time this season (19:59). Milton girls were led by senior Anika Scholz who ran her best time of the season to date and was the 2nd overall female finisher.

Milton XC Next Meet
Milton competes next at its home meet, 2nd Milton Invitational, on Saturday, September 19. Most of the nine participating teams have not previously run on Milton’s home course, so Milton has a definite home-course advantage. However, with top runners from across the metro Atlanta area are scheduled to compete and the meet should be thrilling for all the races being contested and serve as a mini-preview for the upcoming Fulton County Public Schools cross country championships scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd at Webb Bridge Park in Alpharetta.

2009 Berry Invitational in the Clara Bowl

September 05, 2009 Filed in: Berry Clara Bowl

The Milton Cross country teams traveled to Rome, GA to compete in the annual Berry College Invitational. With more than 80 teams entered in the annual early-season invite, it is the largest meet the Eagles will run in this season. Milton’s results were mixed, with many great individual performances along with team performances that show there is room for improvement as the season continues.

Varsity Girls: Look for Them in Georgia Top-Ten Rankings

Coach Carr gives last minute advice to Varsity Girls

The Lady Eagles rocked in this big meet, finishing 9th (259 pts) out of 45 teams. Milton’s team finish is an early-season surprise as they were able to knock off top-ranked teams including 8th-ranked arch-rival Roswell (11th-330 pts) and 9th-ranked Chattahoochee (13th-368 pts). They finished only two points behind 4th-ranked Centennial (7th-257 pts) and 10th-ranked Mill Creek (8th-257 pts), and were only 12 points away from 5th-ranked Parkview (6th-247 pts). This performance will more than likely lead to a top-10 ranking in the state AAAAA classification. Leading the charge for the Lady Eagles was the senior duo of Chelsea Weiermiller (28th-20:25, her 2nd best time ever) and Stephanie Butzer (34th-20:40, her all-time best). Backing them up were strong finishes by sophomore Lindsay Gruca (56th-21:04) and freshman sensation Maddie Butzer (57th-21:06, her all-time best). Closing out the scoring for Milton was a strong pack of Lady Eagles: sophomore Amanda Lockwood (98th-21:44), senior co-captain Cori Deutsch (100th-21:44) and freshman Olivia Koerner (101st-21:45). Also running varsity were freshman Jacqueline Mahoney (107th-21:50), Brynn Weiermiller (168th-22:30, her all-time best) and sophomore Heather Harman (187th-22:49). There were 413 finishers in the race.

Varsity Boys: Freshmen Follow Leader Tyler Tomy

Milton showed they are in a major rebuilding year as the Eagles finished a respectable 25th (656 pts) out of 51 schools. Leading the Eagles was the strong run by Tyler Tomy; his 16:38 was good for 18th out of 462 finishers and was 15 seconds faster than he ran in 2008. With impressive runs in their first big meet, the freshman duo of Miles Dayoub (144th-18:19) and Alex Marshall (151st-18:22) contributed to the team scoring. Senior Boyd Guttery followed with 18:29 (166th) and senior co-captain Andrew Barris rounded out the scoring with 18:52 (219th). Also running varsity were Chris Blauvelt, John Britt Easterling, Matt Foley, Jacob Raymond and David Hasslinger.

JV Girls: Blue-Ribbon Effort

In the surprise race of the day, the Lady Eagles had six finishers in the top 20 and dominated the contest. Even though no official team scores were kept, Milton would have won with 52 points (raw score), easily outpacing the Mountain Brook (AL) team with 109 pts for second place. Also falling to the Lady Eagles were Brookwood (146 pts), arch-rival Roswell (148 pts) and Etowah (202 pts), all traditionally strong running teams. An outstanding and smart race by sophomore Alyssa Strom (6th-22:18) led to her all-time best performance. Alyssa passed ten runners to snag a top-10 finish in the race and lead the Lady Eagles in scoring. The strong pack of Julia Campolong (9th-22:50), Lauren Schmidt (10th-22:55) and Samantha Rate (11th-22:55), followed closely by Maddy Hassett (16th-23:15), newcomer Ginsie Britton (17th-23:16) and Kelly Albano (21st-23:38, secured the Milton win. 305 runners finished the JV girls race.

JV Boys: A Cool Second Place Finish

Milton followed the example of the JV girls with their outstanding second place effort. Had team scores been kept they would have shown the Eagles (81 pts-raw score) lost a close team battle with Mountain Brook (AL) (65 pts) and dispatched strong programs from Lovett (99 pts), Wesleyan (106 pts), Westminster (131 pts), arch-rival Roswell (214 pts) and South Forsyth (216 pts). Two top-ten finishes secured Milton’s place. Alex Salvatierra led Milton with an outstanding tactical race, pacing himself and slowly moving up throughout the race to finish sixth (18:52). But the race of the day had to have been the run by Kegan Baird. In 36th position after the first mile, Kegan moved up 22 spots in the second mile, then passed a few more runners in the last mile to record an all-time best and snag tenth place (18:55)! Chris Chernick (15th-19:10) placed a solid third for Milton after being among the top-ten runners for the majority of the race. Senior Ryan Guilbault (19th-19:16), senior Jodi Hirschi (31st-19:36), the surprise performance by Danny Shawcross (32nd-19:37), and Sam Martinez (41st-19:48)—who moved up twelve spots during the final two miles of the race—rounded out the top seven for Milton. 452 runners completed the race.

Next Meet Saturday, September 12 at Marist
Next up for the Eagles is a return to The Marist School in Dunwoody for the Double-Dip Invitational. Eighteen school are expected to compete, with strong teams and state-champion front-runners among them. Double-Dip competitors will be from Chamblee, Charlotte Catholic, Eagles Landing Christian Academy, Galloway, Holy Innocents, Lakeside Dekalb, Lakeside Evans, Lambert, Lovett, Marist, Milton, North Cobb, North Cobb Christian, Ola, Pope, Riverwood, Southwest Dekalb, and Wesleyan.