Aubrae Gunderson 'Splashdown' Photo Collage

WOW! Jake Shewbert of Flowery Branch outsprinted Andrew Kent by 0.10 seconds for the Large School victory - 16:01.10 to 16:01.20 (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Allen Clark of Lakeside Evans and Heritage star Jallah Galimah brave the rain for 3rd and 4th respectively. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Corrie Smith of Lakeside survived the challenging conditions and earned the Large School win with a time of 19:18.85 (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Alyssa Hooker of Lakeside Evans earned the silver medal with her time of 19:37.46 (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Good Times - The leaders of the Small School race prior to running off course. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Eli Parker of North Hall stayed on course and came away with the win in 17:55.98 (photo by Daniel McCauley)

The Grady Double Threat - Anders and Graham Russell power down the home stretch for 3rd & 4th. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Heartbreaker - Corson Teasley of North Hall was first of the seven wayward fast guys. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Sophia West of Paideia put in a solid Gold performance in the Small School Girls race, for her second win in as many weeks. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Grace Griffith of Grady ran a PR under far less than ideal conditions and took Silver with her fine run. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Junior/Senior Boys stampede through the first turn. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

8th grader Lindsay Schroeder stormed to victory in the Girls Freshman/Sophomore race, winning by 45 seconds (photo by Daniel McCauley)

GO! - The Middle School Boys charge toward the fun ahead. The Starter actually yelled "GO" because the gun was too wet to work. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Jaime Jacoby of George Walton Academy took off from the start and never looked back (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Cross Country is FUN! Cross Country is FUN! Cross Country is......(photo by Daniel McCauley)

5th grader Simone Rojas of Evans Middle School had a comfortable lead until the final meters. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Lauren Michael of Stallings Island used her long stride to close the gap to the leader and came to within 0.23 seconds of Simone! (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Splish Splash - Luna McCauley led the Junior Pythons to the Team victory with her 4th place finish.(photo by Daniel McCauley)

Middle School Boy's Champion Jaime Jacoby didn't let a little muddy water take away his smile. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

The Paideia Junior Pythons posted a Team score of 25 points for the win. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

COMPLETE COVERAGE

PHOTO GALLERIES:

David Heaberlin

Daniel McCauley Covers

Elite Performances-

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

HS Girls
5,000 Meter Run19:18.85Corrie SmithLakeside HS, DeKalb
5,000 Meter Run19:37.46Alyssa HookerLakeside, Evans
5,000 Meter Run19:42.28Morgan MihalisLakeside HS, DeKalb
HS Boys
5,000 Meter Run16:01.10Jake ShewbertFlowery Branch
5,000 Meter Run16:01.20Andrew KentLakeside HS, DeKalb
5,000 Meter Run16:28.50Allen ClarkLakeside, Evans

6 National Elites. 19 Elites.