A sweep of the team races highlighted the Eagles first meet of the 2019 season
The Milton High School cross country teams opened their 2019 campaign with a sweep of the team victories at the Wildcat Season Opener hosted by Apalachee High School in Winder, GA
Varsity Boys
The Eagles opened up their 2019 cross country season with a close team win to best 14 schools. Milton (1st-39 pts) put 3 finishers in the top-6 to turn back Gainesville (2nd-45 pts) & Denmark (3rd-54 pts) for the overall meet team victory! Senior co-captain Spencer Watry (1st-16:38) used a strong kick to run the 3rd fastest time ever on the Apalachee HS course to get the race win. Junior Hayden Marshall (3rd-16:49) was in the lead trio most of the race and dictated the pace most of the way to help the Eagles get the team victory. Senior co-captain Joe Pick (6th-17:30) held off Gainesville’s 2nd-4th finishers to put the stamp on the Milton win! Sophomores Dylan Bowden (12th-17:53) & Ethan Marcum (18th-18:17) closed out the scoring and juniors Jack Petkash (19th-18:17) & Connor Brunson (23rd-18:22) helped contribute to the team win! Also running varsity were senior co-captain Alex Braswell (24th-18:31) & sophomore Davis Hobbs (31st-18:56).
Varsity Girls
The Lady Eagles of Milton (1st-39 pts) put all 7 scoring finishers in the top-17 to hold off a very stubborn Gainesville (2nd-51 pts) & Denmark (3rd-68 pts) squads to secure the overall meet win! Missing three of their top-5 finishers from their time trial race the previous weekend did not deter the Lady Eagles as they turned back another 11 teams to become meet champions! Junior Audrey Nichols (3rd-20:29) ran within 10 seconds of her all-time best to lead the Milton effort. Senior co-captain Abby Rindt (7th-21:06) followed and sophomore Jessica Albregts (9th-21:44) help put three Lady Eagle finishers with Gainesville’s top-three but it was Milton’s next four finishers that propelled the Lady Eagles to the team win with seven finishers ahead of the Red Elephants fourth finisher! Leading Milton to the team win included junior Clare Petkash (13th-22:22), freshman Gabby Beckman (15th-22:34), senior Ella Langley (16th-22:36) & sophomore Ella Katekovich (17th-22:39). Also running varsity for the Lady Eagles included sophomore Sydnie Behrmann (23rd-23:44), junior Maddie Robertson (25th-23:50) & sophomore Ella Rindt (29th-24:14).
JV Boys
Milton (1st-39 pts) turned back 8 schools to get the team win! With 3 finishers in the top-5, the Eagles bested Gainesville (2nd-53 pts) & Denmark (3rd-84 pts). Juniors Lorin Tady (3rd-18:58), Ryan Braswell (4th-19:06) & Brendan Trainor (5th-19:20) were the Eagles top-3 finishers.
JV Girls
The Lady Eagles put all their 5 scorers in the top-6 overall finishing positions to best 6 scoring schools. Milton (1st-20 pts) turned back Gainesville (2nd-80 pts) & Denmark (3rd-87 pts) for the dominating team win! Juniors Audrey Minton (2nd-23:58), Megan Erbey (3rd-23:58), Rachel Clark (4th-24:03), Anne Marie Lessig (5th-24:07) & Kate Keneck (6th-24:07) led the Lady Eagle effort!
Milton’s cross country teams next race on Saturday, September 7th with the top-20 girls & boys traveling to Salem, VA for the Knights Crossing Invitational while the remainder of the team will run the Covered Bridge Invitational, hosted by Roswell High School at Garrard Landing Park in Roswell.
