The 5th Annual Coach Daley Invite course was lengthened a bit for this Fall and the flat layout didn't yield so many quick times as in the past. West Forsyth won the Girls team race and Sophia West of Paideia took the Overall win in 19:47. John Green of West Forsyth (not full team strength) was Boys Overall winner and McIntosh grabbed team honors. (Photos and Caps by Daniel McCauley)
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XC brings people together. Coach Spinks and his Eagles Landing Varsity Boys Team prior to the start (photo by Daniel McCauley)
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Sophia West of Paideia earned her first Varsity XC win at Coach Daley, running solo off the front almost the entire race. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Girls Race- The Varsity Girls race did not have the drama the Boys race had, although the 'rabbit' did get a little far too far out in front of the leader at one juncture, causing a mixed turn that was quickly self-corrected by race winner Sophia West from Paideia. Sophomore West won her first GHSA invitational ever posting a 19:47 never letting runnerup Betty Jackson of Eagle's Landing get in contact early on. Jackson had a fine race going 20:07 on a course that suited her 800m speed.
Track specialist Betty Jackson of Eagles Landing had a great race and earned Silver. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Frosh Mallory Luskus of West Forsyth ran a PR and earned Bronze. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
West Forsyth won a tight team race by 6 (without Liz Galarza) scoring 44 points led by Mallory Luskus in 3rd overall (20:14) with Reagan Poteet 4th (20:18) Union Grove seized 2nd beating region rival McIntosh handily by 33 points placing 3 Wolverines in the top 7 including: Mackenzie Cromer 5th (20:31), Ellunde Montgomery 6th (20:34) and Kaylee Haack 7th (20:34)
Junior Regan Poteet's fourth place finish helped West Forsyth take the Team victory. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Home team top girl Elise Glorvigen was cheered on to the finish. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
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2000 meters into the race, Sam Bowie of LaGrange leads Devin Dixon of Eagles Landing, John Green of West Forsyth, and Griffin McCauley of Paideia (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Boys Race- At the Mile marker Sam Bowie from Lagrange was leading Devin Dixon of Eagle's Landing, John Green from West Forsyth and Paideia's Griffin McCauley. In the middle of Mile 2 Green surged taking the lead with other lead pack guys maintaining their position thru the remainder of the race. Green had a winning time of 16:14, followed by Bowie (16:29) Dixon (16:39) and McCauley (16:54)
John Green dropped the hammer, passing Devin Dixon and then Sam Bowie to take over the lead. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
West Forsyth Senior, John Green, took the win, posting a 16:14.10 on the extended Northgate course. (photo by Daniel McCauley)
LaGrange Senior, Sam Bowie, overcame a stomach virus earlier in the week to earn Silver (photo by Daniel McCauley)
800m GA State Track Champ, Devin Dixon, earned Bronze with a time of 16:39.06 (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Paideia Sophomore Griffin McCauley chased the three upperclassmen (photo by Daniel McCauley)
SPRINT! Connor Reynolds led McIntosh to the Team victory by taking 5th place and nipping Morrow's Cameron Pack at the line - 17:20.75 to 17:20.95 (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Conner Reynolds led McIntosh to the team win placing 5th in 17:20 with team mate Connor Koscevic 8th at 17:32. West Forsyth was not full strength, but took 2nd led by Green's overall win and Sr Matt Bissett placing 7th in 17:23. Cameron Pack from Morrow had a solid outing racing to 6th (17:20)
JV PICS !
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JV Boys blast off the line under hot conditions (photo by Daniel McCauley)
McIntosh! The JV Boys race quickly turned into what looked like a Chiefs' Team Time Trial as they swept the top 6 spots, and a perfect score (photo by Daniel McCauley)
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Senior Tyler Nigro led McIntosh to the JV Team victory (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Megan Uszynski posted a time in the JV Girls race of 20:59.88. This would have been good enough for a top ten placing in the Varsity Girls race. So, why was Megan in the JV race? She's an 8th grader! A really fast 8th grader! (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Ashley Powers of Union Grove earned the Silver medal and broke up a McIntosh sweep in the JV Girls race (photo by Daniel McCauley)
ELITES:
Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.
| HS Boys | |||
| 5,000 Meter Run | 16:14.10 | John Green | West Forsyth High School |
| 5,000 Meter Run | 16:29.87 | Sam Bowie | LaGrange |
2 National Elites. 14 Elites.