Eagles Win All Team Races and get Two Individual Champions at First Meet
8/21/2021, Apalachee HS, Winder, GA – by Andy Carr
The Milton Eagle cross country teams opened their regular season campaign with dominating team victories at the Apalachee Season Opener Cross Country Meet.
BOYS VARSITY
The Eagles first team victory of the day was a close one on the way to a sweep of all the team races. Milton (1st-30 pts) outdistanced nine other scoring schools to get their first team win of the season. Dacula (2nd-45 pts) and Forsyth Central (3rd-91 pts) trailed. The Eagles were again led by junior Cory Chambers (1st-16:55), the time trial champion from last weekend. Cory used a strong move in the last 400 meters to take overall honors. In his first race of the season, senior Dylan Bowden (3rd-17:09) gave Milton a great 1-2 punch and were followed by sophomore Zach Patell (6th-17:47). The Eagles sealed the team victory with the 16-second spread of their next three finishers that included juniors Pearson Gillam (9th-18:19), Oliver Stone (11th-18:27) and sophomore Jack Rea (13th-18:35). Senior captain Charlie Reynolds (22nd-19:34) was Milton’s final varsity finisher.
VARSITY GIRLS
Milton (1st-24 pts) used a dominating 1-2 overall finish along with a very tight pack of finishers to easily outdistance seven scoring schools. Region foe Alpharetta (2nd-95 pts) and Dacula (3rd-97 pts) were way in arrears from the Lady Eagles. In a replay of last weekend’s time trial, Milton junior Farrah Frith (1st-19:49) battled fellow Lady Eagle sophomore Ella Grace Malcom (2nd-19:49) all the way to the line with Frith getting the nod this time around. Frith and Malcom easily outpaced Karsyn Rodney (3rd-20:36) of Dacula with a big surge midway thru the race. Sophomore Calista Cacciatore (6th-21:30) led a string of Milton finishers that would lead the Lady Eagles to a dominating team victory! Fellow sophomore Leelah Dennis (7th-21:53), senior captain Jessica Albregts (8th-21:55), senior Megan Stechschulte (9th-21:58) and freshman Ivy Rindt (10th-21:58) all followed Cacciatore to seal the win! Frith, Malcom, Dennis and Rindt all recorded personal best times for the 5000-meter course distance.
JV BOYS
In the closest team race of the day, Milton (1st-32 pts) just edged out Loganville (2nd-35 pts) for the meet win! Dacula (3rd-67 pts) rounded out the team trophy winners. The Eagles had five finishers in the top-10 spots to counter Loganville’s 1-2-3 finish and eek-out the victory! Freshman Justin Sevel (4th-19:25) led Milton with sophomore Martin Sand (5th-19:33), sophomore Joe Petkash (6th-19:37) and junior Keller Wilson (7th-19:39) following and then along with senior captain Jorge Fabregas (10th-19:55), who bested Loganville’s fourth scorer, secured the winning team spot. Fellow sophomores Luke Erbey (12th-20:09) and Daniel Murray (13th-20:37) closed out the Eagle scorers.
JV GIRLS
Following the varsity girls’ example, the JV Lady Eagles continued the team dominance as Milton (1st-20 pts) bested 7 scoring schools as both Loganville (2nd-59 pts) and Alpharetta (3rd-70 pts) trailed. The Lady Eagles put 9 finishers in the top-10 finishing spots to make it a clean-sweep of team titles for Milton! Senior Genevieve Trainor (2nd-22:30) led the Lady Eagles and was supported by freshman Macy Schadt (3rd-22:59), seniors Ella Katekovich (4th-23:28), Ella Rindt (5th-23:51), Ellie Dickenson (6th-23:58), Shelby Howerton (7th-24:07) and freshman Rowan Katekovich (8th-24:12). Also finishing in the top-10 were juniors Emmaline Kelley (9th-24:23) and Ella Butler (10th-24:51).
