Cross Country team extends season to race state’s top teams
By Coach Andy Carr – 11/14/2020 – Fayetteville, GA
The Milton boy’s cross-country team traveled to Fayetteville, GA, and the Annual Georgia Meet of Champions for a postseason race against some of the state’s top programs.
Varsity Boys
The Eagles raced some of the top-state finishing teams from many different classes in one of the most competitive races of the season. Milton (6th-174 pts) held their own against Norcross (1st-110 pts), 5A State Champions Chestatee (2nd-129 pts), 2A State Runner-Up Pace Academy (3rd-136 pts) and 2A state champions Lovett (4th-137 pts) and 5A state runner-up Decatur (5th-153 pts). The Eagles defeated 13 scoring programs.
Individually, the Eagles were again led by senior Hayden Marshall (6th-15:38) in an all-time personal best performance. Marshall was never out of the lead group and contended for a top-3 overall finishing position. Fellow senior Jack Petkash (23rd-16:07) and Connor Brunson (41st-16:23) backed up Marshall’s performance and along with junior Dylan Bowden (80th-16:55) and sophomore Cory Chambers (96th-17:12) completed the scoring for Milton. Senior co-captain Lorin Tady (104th-17:24) and freshman Hixon Rumph (110th-17:30) contributed to the team’s top-6 placing. There were 153 finishers.
Open Girls
Three Lady Eagles competed in the meet that also offered an open race for any teams that wanted to run on the course. Freshman Ella Grace Malcom (10th-20:56) led Milton as she ran in the top-10 the entire race. Junior Sydnie Behrmann (27th-22:32) and senior Clare Petkash (33rd-23:02) also competed.
Open Boys
Milton had 4 competitors in the open boy’s race led by junior Charlie Reynolds (58th-18:24). Also running were sophomore Jack Rea (73rd-18:43), junior Jorge Fabregas (112th-19:38) and freshman Joseph Petkash (135th-20:24).
