2013 Aubre Gunderson Preview

                                                                                   

The Aubre Gunderson Invitational is one of the largest meets of the season as 62 teams will make the trek to the International Horse Park Saturday. Its a format feauturing 3 distinct races: Red, Blue and White divisions. Red Boys & Girls varsity races are for 5A & 6A schools and the Blue Boys & Girls Varsity is for 1A, 2A & 3A schools. The White Boys & White Girls varsity races are listed as "the most competitive" races for the cream of the crop or elite school teams who may have 5 sub 20 minute timesThe course is all-natural terrain, grass, dirt, and trails with rolling hills. The F course will be utilized again same as last year.

Boys

Some of the ranked Boys teams running will be 6A Mill Creek, 5A teams Flowery Branch, Greenbrier, Lakeside DeKalb, Starrs Mill, Lakeside-Evans. Top ranked 2A Westminster will be there and ranked A squads Pace and Galloway. Talented individuals slated to run are Reilly Friedman, Mill Creek's Tyler Woodrome and Eric Westog, Christian Bowles, Logan Hughes, James Slavik, Joshua Warren, Jordan Flowers and Dax Willette. Should prove interesting to see how Willette does against this group (not that all will be in the same race)
 

Girls

Some good girls teams competing possibly against each other could be top ranked 5A Starrs Mill, Lakeside-Evans and Lakeside-DK. This group will have a definite effect on next week's rankings and for the remainder of the season. 6A Mill Creek wil square against the 5A squads as well looking at the start list. Westminster could run up a division and be in this as well. Pace Academy will likely run in the small school race and bump up against Athens Academy. In the lead packs watch out for Lauren Hovis of Mill Creek, Hailey Gollnick of Starrs Mill, Winder-Barrow 'Fleet Frosh' Micah Weathers, Helen Williams of AIS, Morgan Mihalis of Lakeside DK and Anna Figeuroa of Paideia to name a few.

Brookwood and Milton will not be be running their Varsity squads, just JVs.