2009 Fulton County Championships
Milton Wins 2nd Place Overall
Milton ties for 1st Place but Loses Tie Breaker
Open Race
JV Girls Win 1st Place
(Left Photo) JV 1st County Team - Amanda Lockwood 1st (far right), Jacqueline Mahoney 2nd (2nd from right),
Alyssa Strom 4th (4th from right) and Kelly Albano 6th (6th from right)
(Right Photo) JV 2nd County Team - Gloria Mahoney 9th (far right), Brynn Weiermiller 10th (2nd from right)
and Samantha Rate 11th (3rd from right)
JV Boys Win 1st Place
(Left Photo) JV Boys 1st County Team - Alex Salvatierra -1st (far right), Kegan Baird 6th (6th from right)
(Right Photo) JV Boys 2nd County Team - Jacob Raymond 8th (far right),
David Hasslinger 11th (4th from right) and Justin Jackson 13th (6th from right)
Varsity Girls Win 4th Place
(Left Photo) Varsity Girls 2nd County Team - Stephanie Butzer 13th (6th from right)
(Right Photo) Varsity Girls 3rd County Team - Olivia Koerner 16th (far right)
and Chelsea Weiermiller 19th (4th from right)
Varsity Boys Win 4th Place
(Left Photo) Varsity Boys 1st County Team - Tyler Tomy 3rd (3rd from right)
(Right Photo) Miles Dayoub 14th (3rd from left) and Boyd Guttery 16th (5th from right)
2008 Fulton County Championship
The Milton Eagles Cross Country teams ventured over to Alpharetta’s Webb Bridge Park this past Saturday for this annual contest among the schools in Fulton County to crown a county champion and Milton came away with 2 team titles and the Best Overall Fulton County Program Award!
Open/JV Race
In this non-team scoring race, schools with more than 29 junior varsity runners ran this race, boy’s & girls together and Milton runners were the majority and came away with some impressive results. Senior Sarah Seanor won the girl’s race with Milton placing 9 runners in the top-10. The boy’s also commanded their race with many runners finishing in the top-15!
JV Girls
In the first race that counted towards the Best Overall Program Award, the Lady Eagles beat back Roswell (3rd) who had beaten them 3 weeks ago at WarPath and lost a tight battle with Northview to finish an impressive 2nd of 7 scoring teams!!
Up front, Rachel Gravlee was in the lead group the entire race and had a very good chance to win and ended up 3rd in a lifetime best (22:23). Following up Rachel’s effort were 4 more Milton runners in the top-21. The continually improving race by co-captain Kelsey Campolong (9th-23:06) led outstanding efforts by: Samantha Rate (15th), Brynn Weiermiller (16th) and senior Katie Winkle (21st). Also contributing to the Lady Eagles runner-up finish were Julia Campolong (25th) and Maddy Hassett (28th). Milton’s 2nd place finish scored 2 points towards the Best Overall Program Award.
JV Boys
Entering this meet the JV boys had lost only one race (Battle of ATL) all season and were very confident and the results showed it. The Eagles placed their top-7 runners in the top-18 positions to score an impressive win (38 points) over 7 other scoring schools.
Literally leading Milton to the team win was the Overall Win by Alex Salvatierra. In a two-way battle with a Centennial runner, Alex pulled away over the last half-mile to secure first place (18:31). The Eagles then showed their dominance as our next 6 runners finished in a span of 15 seconds! The hard-charging Andrew Funari (6th-19:11) passed many runners on the straightaway finish and was supported by freshman Anthony Machan (9th-19:17), senior co-captain Ryan Winkel (10th-19:17), Andrew Barris (12th-19:19), Chris Chernick (15th-19:26) and senior Brandon Halls (17th-19:26). This resounding win contributed 3 points towards the Best Overall Program Award.
Varsity Girls
With 3 teams ranked in the top-10 in the state in AAAAA the Lady Eagles knew the race would be a tough one but Milton rose to the occasion and finished an impressive 3rd besting #8 ranked Centennial and losing to the dominate Alpharetta (ranked 3rd in AAAAA) squad (1st) and to Roswell (ranked 7th in AAAAA) who was 2nd. The Lady Eagles were again led by Chelsea Weiermiller. Her 8th place finish was a season’s best time and 19 seconds faster than a year ago at this meet (20:51) and put her on the 2nd-team All-County. Milton’s pack materialized and supported Chelsea’s effort to propel the Lady Eagles to an unexpected 3rd place finish. Leading this group was Stephanie Butzer (19th and a 17 second improvement over 2007), freshman Lindsay Gruca (22nd-in a lifetime best of 21:52), freshman Amanda Lockwood (23rd-in a lifetime best of 21:55), and the ever-present Cori Deutsch (30th-running close to a seasons best of 22:10). Contributing to this incredible team effort was senior co-captain Jamie Chandler (31st) and freshman Heather Harman (42nd). This result netted 2 more points towards the Best Overall Program Award.
Varsity Boys
The defending champions showed why they are a team to be reckoned with these next few weeks with a solid win (55 points) over 11 other scoring schools. Up front, junior Tyler Tomy battled the last 2 miles with Alpharetta’s Blake Kennedy for the overall win and came up just short in finishing 2nd (16:56). Tyler’s race up front made Milton’s team victory very important as the Eagles placed a total of 4 finishers in the top-15 (their goal) and secured the title for the 4th time in the last 5 years! Senior co-captain Fraser Reade showed he is finally recovered from a late-summer & early season injury with his frantic finish and nailing down 8th place (17:56)! Seniors Ryan Price and Seth Tomy continue their tandem racing by finishing 10th and 13th respectively and that put 4 Milton runners in front of Chattahoochee’s #2 runner to garner the team win. Solid efforts by seniors Alex Keeter (22nd) and Adam Zucker (23rd) supported the team effort. Senior Travis Turner (40th) concluded the Milton finishers. The boy’s victory added 5 points towards the Best Overall Program Award.
Best Overall Program Award
Milton’s complete team effort in all 4 races and scoring in all 4 races (a 3rd, a 2nd and two 1st places) brought back this award after a 3 year absence. Milton has now won this title 3 of the last 5 years (2004, 2005, 2008) and considers this one of the most prestigious awards any team or program can win in a season.
The Eagle Cross Country teams next travel to the Furman Invitational in Greenville, SC next weekend to compete against some of Georgia’s top programs and many of South Carolina’s top teams in their annual overnight trip.
2007 Fulton County Championship
The Milton High School Cross Country teams traveled across town to Webb Bridge Park to compete in the Fulton County Public Schools Cross Country Championships this past Saturday and came away with one team title and many outstanding individual performances.
New this year to the meet schedule, and in order to alleviate the crowded JV races, this race was added for any team that had more than 17 JV runners entered in the meet. Milton runners were the majority of the field and thus the Eagles dominated the race. Milton placed 8 boys in the top-9 positions to sweep the boy’ race. Leading the Eagles was an overall win by Bryan Pike who was followed closely by David Hasslinger running a season best. Contributing to the sweep were Travis Schmidt, John Greenwood and Adam Zucker. Strong runs by Ryan Guilbault, Ben Schwartz and Chris Chernick closed out the sweep for Milton.
Girls JV
The JV Lady Eagles knew they would have a tough race on their hands but did their best against some strong competition. Milton finished a distant 5th besting Alpharetta and Riverwood. Leading the Lady Eagles was the pair of Anika Scholz and Samantha Rate. The two ran together most of the race and finished 17th & 18th. Strong performances were turned in by senior co-captain MC Durham (22nd) and an all-time best by Christina Bins (33rd-23:48)! Also scoring for Milton were Audrey Grichting (36th), Maddie Cook (39th) and Melissa Tillitski (52nd)
The defending Fulton County Champions were simply out-run and out-matched as the Eagles finished 3rd (52 pts) out of 7 teams. Even with 4 runners in the top 11, Centennial (40) and Chattahoochee (42) were able to best Milton. Leading the Eagles was Frasier Reade. Frasier kept it close the entire race and almost had a shot to win but ended up an impressive 3rd. Freshman Alex Salvatierra followed in 8th with the steadily improving Travis Turner (9th) right behind him. Contributing to the 3rd place finish was another outstanding effort by Ryan Thurman (11th), Joe Hogg (21st), Jody Hirschi (22nd) and Brandon Halls (23rd).
With 2 top-10 ranked teams in AAAAA in the field, along with a much improved Alpharetta squad, the Lady Eagles ran one of their best team races this season (21:31 average-best of season) but were easily beaten and finished 5th of 8 teams. The once 10th ranked Milton Eagles (96 pts) were outpaced by 8th ranked Centennial (54), Alpharetta (61), Chattahoochee (79), and 10th ranked Roswell (90). Leading Milton was another all-time best (20:35) and 6th place finish by freshman Lauren Jones. Her performance put her on the All County 1st team. Following for the Lady Eagles was another all-time best (21:12) by Chelsea Weiermiller (12th). Milton’s pack materialized but unfortunately it was just a little too late. But strong performances were turned in by Cori Deutsch (23rd), Jamie Chandler (26th) and Stephanie Butzer (29th). Also running for Milton were seniors Susannah Hardy (41st) and Monique Rollocks (23:06).
Again, the defending Fulton County Champs were more than ready for the challenge of the much-improved Centennial Knights & arch-rivals Roswell Hornets and the team race went right down to the wire! The Milton Eagles (57) pulled out a 1 point victory over Centennial (58) & Roswell (58) with their up-front presence and strong finishes! Leading the Eagles was Tyler Tomy. Running the entire race in the top-4, Tyler made a bid for the win with about 600m to go but could not hold off Spencer Keel of Roswell. His 16:54 was good for 2nd place! His teammates followed and sealed the win for Milton. Brother Seth Tomy (6th) and the hard-charging Christian Scholz (7th) really made the 1 point victory happen as Christian passed Centennial’s #2 runner in the final few steps of the race! After a runner-up finish at a national boxing championship, Mitchell Foley was right back without missing a beat. Running a 17:50, his fastest time of the season, Mitchell finished an outstanding 16th. Ryan Price continued his solid season with a 25th place finish to round out the scoring for the champion Eagles! An inspiring run by senior Brian Parsons (lost shoe at the half mile mark and later put it back on at the 2 mile mark) led to a lot of “what if’s?” and how well could he have done if he had his shoe for the entire race? The final varsity runner for Milton was Alex Keeter (42nd).
The Milton Cross Country teams next travel to the fast and fun course at Gainesville (GA) College on Saturday, October 20th for the annual Coach Wood Invitational hosted by Dacula High School. This meet is one many of the Eagle runners look forward to every season for the fast course, cool t-shirt and Milton’s history of success and high finishes.
2006 Fulton County Championship
Great individual performances on the girl’s side led to 3rd place finishes by both the varsity and the JV.
Megan Hirschi led the way for the varsity Lady Eagles with her runner-up finish and season best time (19:48). Jamie Chandler followed in 20:58 an outstanding effort garnering 9th place Hanging on in a tough race was Sarah Foreman in 11th.
Northview (48) won by just 1 point over AAA Riverwood (49) with Milton a solid 3rd (71).
The JV girls were led by Cori Deutsch’s 3rd place and all-time personal best. Lauren Newman ran the most incredible race of the day finishing 7th place to help the girls finish 3rd. Northview was the top school with 44 points followed by Roswell (66) and then in a close 3rd (71) were the JV Lady Eagles.
Solid team running and top finishes led both the varsity and JV boys to become Fulton County champions.
Avenging their loss by 2 points a year ago to Northview (64-66), the varsity boys won by over 20 points (46-67) to Northview, with Chattahoochee finishing a close 3rd (68).
The varsity boys were led by a 3,4,5 finish by Christian Scholz, Seth Tomy and brother Tyler Tomy, all running all-time bests. Mitchell Foley’s patience and smart running led him to 15th place and solidified the victory for Milton.
The JV boys were again led by Brian Parsons’s overall win. Brian took his second consecutive win by waiting until the last 600 meters and then pulling away to a convincing win in 18:03. Drew Norris’ 7th place finish made him all-county 1st team JV and Ryan Thurman (14th) rounded out our top-3 placers and with that a solid victory over Chattahoochee (53-83).
The Milton Cross country teams now head to Gainesville College for the Coach Wood Invitational (hosted by Dacula HS) on 10/21. The teams will use this as a prep for the region meet, to be held on the same Gainesville course on 11/4.