Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational Preview

Sep 11, 2014

Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational Preview

BOYS

Clarkston will go head to head with some top 6A/4A squads and will be tested at a course they seem to thrive on after placing 2nd in 5A last Fall. Marietta could possibly school the Angoras as the Blue Devils are the 'cream' of 6A and All-Class. St.Pius X will test their young legs against their stiffest competition yet if running full strength. No one should sleep on Peachtree Ridge as they have reloaded again after losing key runners to graduation. Other teams from Georgia testing their stamina are Flowery Branch, Greenbrier, Harrison, Hebron Christian, Landmark Christian, Mill Creek, North Cobb, North Oconee, Oconee County, Pace, Starrs Mill, Westminster, West Forsyth and Woodstock

Out of state teams will add to the Championship race including Florida's Flagler Palm Coast- Justin Pacifico (16:36), Leon HS boys- Sukhi Khosla (16:43), Mandarin- Trenton Liberty (16:05), Winter Park- Nicholas Strange (17:16) and Auburn (Al) 2nd at Berry Fernando Lincoln (16:37)

Ga Top Individuals

Sam Bowie of Lagrange

Abbas Abbkar of Clarkston

Jonathan Schwind of Lambert

Issac Penman of Peachtree Ridge

Davis Stockwell of Lakeside DeKalb

Tyler Jones of North Oconee

Ben Patterson of Marietta

Khayvonn Benson of Marietta

Hakeem Mustafaa of Shaw

Owen Bailey of Woodstock

Sam Costa of Mill Creek

Colton Page of Allatoona

Stephen Martinez of St.Pius X

GIRLS

Blessed Trinity vs Westminster is probably not going to happen as one of these programs avoids any head to head competition till almost Region. Some loaded squads will seek to keep the prime hardware instate including Northview, West Forsyth, Harrison, Marietta, Peachtree Ridge, Pope, Starrs Mill, St.Pius X and small schools Landmark Christian, Hebron Christian, Lovett, Darlington and Pace.

Those Gator 'staters' have some very talented squads making the long overnite trip to Carrollton including high ranked All-Class schools: Winter Park- Rafaella Gibson (18:27) Elizabeth Jenkins (19:03) at Astronaut Invite, Holy Trinity- Shelby Smith (18:33) at Astronaut Invite, Mandarin- Meaghan Slack (19:53), and Flagler Palm Coast- Sophia Clark (20:38).

Ga Top Individuals:

Lindsay Billings of Northview

Kathryn Foreman of Landmark

Nicole Fegans of Landmark

Ashley Kehoe of Pope

Mary Jeanne Assinzo of Marietta

Mary Claire Solomon of Blessed Trinity

Sarah Foreman of Landmark

Rebecca Dow of Marietta

Kira Stanley of Harrison

Serena Tripodi of Lovett

Liz Galarza of West Forsyth