Kehoe and Poteet Rule at Cobb County Championships
Pope HS' Ashley Kehoe cruises in for another major win Image by Jonathan Speights
What an outstanding Varsity Girls race it was Saturday as 3 top ranked 6A squads were separated by only 7 points. Ashley Kehoe of Pope began the fireworks winning the overall action posting a 18:46 helping the Greyhounds to a 4th place team standing. Marietta squeaked out a 1 point win over Harrison with Walton in striking range 7 points back. Leading the charge for the Blue Devils were Mary Jeanne Assinzo in 2nd overall clocking a 18:58 and Rebecca Dow in 5th place at 19:33. Harrison had a pair of young runners in the top 10 including Kira Stanley in 6th (19:38) and Mattie Rountree 7th (19:42) Walton's efforts were led by defending 6A Champ Avery Bussjager's 19:01 (3rd) Olivia Terwilliger of Kell HS came across 4th at 19:28
Kell's Logan Poteet is in a familiar position, all alone cruising to the finish line Image by Jonathan Speights
Logan Poteet just doesn't enjoy the company of his fellow harriers....at least not on the XC course as he once again motored steadily away winning unchallenged in a solid time of 15:43. Marietta's Boys again dominated another race destroying ther field as they scored 47 points as their top 5 finished in the first 14 positions Saturday. Leading the Devils attack were Khayvonn Benson in 4th (16:22) and Ben Patterson in 5th (16:31) North Cobb may have had their highest team finish in recent history seizing 2nd place as a team besting Walton by 7 points. Stephan Gardener's 8th place effort led the way for the Warriors. Mitchell Sanders continued to run well taking 2nd overall for Walton in 16:12 while teamate Andrew Singh chipped in placing 6th (16:34) Last week's 5A ROW Colton Page from Allatoona had a nice race placing 3rd overall in 16:21.
Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.
| HS Girls | |||
| 5,000 Meter Run | 18:46.75 | Ashley Kehoe | Pope High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 18:58.25 | Mary Jeanne Assinzo | Marietta High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 19:01.87 | Avery Bussjager | Walton High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 19:28.88 | Olivia Terwilliger | Kell High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 19:33.99 | Rebecca Dow | Marietta High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 19:38.05 | Kira Stanley | Harrison High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 19:42.35 | Mattie Rountree | Harrison High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 19:44.85 | Brittany Powell | Pope High School |
| HS Boys | |||
| 5,000 Meter Run | 15:43.15 | Logan Poteet | Kell High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 16:12.45 | Mitchell Sanders | Walton High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 16:21.56 | Colton Page | Allatoona HS |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 16:22.85 | Khayvonn Benson | Marietta High School |