2nd Milton XC Invitational

September 19, 2009 @ Milton HS in Alpharetta, Ga

Hosted by Milton High School Official Meet Web Site

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The 2nd Milton XC Invite lived up to it's billing as both varsity races were very exciting and had close team finishes.

Girls Varsity
After leading for more than 2 miles, Sydney Marshall of Chattahoochee was overtaken by Brett McDaniel of Riverwood who then went on to win the race in a new course record of 19:52 (1st women under 20 minutes on the Milton course). Sydney followed in 20:08 with Allie Buchalski of John's Creek 3rd in 21:16. The top-3 all broke the existing HS course record of 21:20 set in 2008 in less than ideal (very muddy/slippery & hilly) conditions. The team race was close all the way through each team's #7 finisher with Milton edging Chattahoochee by 2 points, 46-48 with Riverwood 3rd with 89. John's Creek & Alpharetta tied at 92 with John's Creek getting the nod with their #6 runner beating Alpharetta's #6 runner by one spot!

Varsity Boys
The race ended up being a two-man affair with Austin Ulich of Chattahoochee & Tyler Tomy of Milton waging a spirited battle. Austin was able to pull away late in the race to also set a new course record (17:49) and edge Tyler Tomy (2nd-18:06). Dylan Moore of Marist was 3rd (18:29) with the top-3 all breaking the previous course record of 18:44 set in 2007 on a MUCH DRYER course. The team race came down to the wire again with Chattahoochee beating out Milton by 1 point (59-60)! Marist was not running at full strength and was a strong 3rd (66 pts) followed by Riverwood (4th-84 pts).

JV Races
Were completely dominated by Milton. The Milton JV girls duplicated their 1st place finish and team score from Roy Benson Marist Double-Dip the previous weekend with a score of 20 points (2,3,4,5,6) in a race with over 127 finishers. The Eagles of Milton also won the boy's JV race with 8 finishers in the top-10 to score 19 pts in a race that had 209 finishers!

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