1A Private GHSA Boys State Preview

Nov 06, 2015

A Private Boys is a down somewhat this Fall individually and in team strength, which will make for an interesting first race of the day at 7:45am. Landmark Christian is the strong team favorite, but the Individual title is up for grabs with Friedman in now at Colorado running with the Buffs'

Expect these 4 guys to be in contact 11-7 (F-R) Seth Cruver of Landmark, Max Heaberlin of Paideia, Austin Taylor of Landmark and Nasir Campbell of Paideia. (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Boys Team-

Landmark Christian has been #1 from pre-season through the Pre-State Rankings and an overwhelming favorite to be team champ. The Eagles had a 1-5 Split of :47 at 5-A with frontrunners, so as long as they stay the course they will defend their title. Its a toss up on paper between Hebron Christian and Paideia for runnerup. They went heads up at Battle of Atlanta, but Paideia was unable to mount a team score. The Lions have a better top 5, but the Pythons have a stronger top 3 up front. The final Podium spot will be hotly contested as 4 squads are within a few seconds of each other. How close...Athens Academy beat Providence Christian for 2nd on a 6th runner tiebreak in 8-A. Galloway out of 5-A should be in that mix with AIS on the outside looking in. The top 10 should be filled in by any of these squads: Mount Paran, Whitefield, Athens Christian, Brookstone or North Cobb Christian.

Boys Individual-

Sam Shaylor from North Cobb Christian (file photo by Daniel McCauley)

With Reilly Friedman of Galloway at Colorado (red-shirting his frosh year) finally after 3.5 years the race for the Individual title is up for grabs. There are 3 primary contenders, including 2 Seniors. Sam Shaylor of North Cobb Christian has the top pr from the very fast Jessie Owens Invite (AL) going 15:54) Mark Stein of Hebron Christian pr'd at Jessie Owens, winning the small school race in 16:31 and won the 8-A Overall. Soph Griffin McCauley of Paideia pr'd at Asics clocking a 15:59 and won Region 5-A going 16:29.

Mark 'Franken' Stein from Hebron Christian (file pic ga.milesplit)

After these 3 its wide open for the next few spots, beginning with the Landmark duo of Austin Taylor (16:48) and Seth Cruver (16:49) Paideia has a nice 2-3 punch with Max Heaberlin (16:50) and Nasir Campbell (17:07) Hugo Levisse of AIS ran strong at 5-A placing 5th in 17:13. Battling for the final All-State spots could be Daniel Wilson of Landmark, Noah Irwin of ACS, and Ryan Iyer & Alex Branch from Athens Academy to name a few. Below is a list of the top 25 1-A Private Boys who qualified for State.

Griffin McCauley of Paideia (photo by Daniel McCauley)

Rank	Time	Athlete/Team	Grade	Meet DatePlace
1	16:29.45	GRIFFIN MCCAULEY Paideia	2018	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship1st Oct 31, 2015
2	16:48.24	AUSTIN TAYLOR Landmark Christian School	2016	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship2nd Oct 31, 2015
3	16:49.09	SETH CRUVER Landmark Christian School	2017	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship3rd Oct 31, 2015
4	16:58.68	MAX HEABERLIN Paideia	2017	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship4th Oct 31, 2015
5	17:01.70	SAM SHAYLOR North Cobb Christian	2016	GA Area 6A Private School Cross Country Championship1st Oct 29, 2015
6	17:13.35	HUGO LEVISSE Atlanta International School	2019	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship5th Oct 31, 2015
7	17:22.56	NASIR CAMPBELL Paideia	2017	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship6th Oct 31, 2015
8	17:22.92	DANIEL WILSON Landmark Christian School	2016	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship7th Oct 31, 2015

9	17:30.15	MARK STEIN Hebron Christian	2016	Area 2 Private Cross Country Championships1st Oct 29, 2015
10	17:34.26	JACK DRURY Landmark Christian School	2019	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship9th Oct 31, 2015
11	17:35.62	MICAH BURDETTE Landmark Christian School	2018	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship10th Oct 31, 2015
12	17:36.32	RYAN IYER Athens Academy	2018	Area 2 Private Cross Country Championships2nd Oct 29, 2015
13	17:40.03	JENKINS WILLIAM Brookstone	2016	GHSA Class A Private - Area 1 Cross Country Meet1st Oct 29, 2015
14	17:40.78	COLTON WOOSTER Landmark Christian School	2019	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship11th Oct 31, 2015
15	17:42.81	NOAH IRWIN Athens Christian	2019	Area 2 Private Cross Country Championships3rd Oct 29, 2015
16	17:44.10	AARON EARL Galloway	2016	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship12th Oct 31, 2015
17	17:47.85	TUNJI AFOLABI-BROWN Mount De Sales	2016	GHSA Class A Private - Area 1 Cross Country Meet2nd Oct 29, 2015
18	17:51.10	LUKE MURRAY Galloway	2018	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship13th Oct 31, 2015
19	17:57.15	SAMMY CLOUGH Providence Christian Academy	2016	Area 2 Private Cross Country Championships4th Oct 29, 2015
20	18:02.55	AUSTIN HATCH North Cobb Christian	2017	GA Area 6A Private School Cross Country Championship2nd Oct 29, 2015
21	18:03.90	MARK HUMPHRIES Landmark Christian School	2017	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship14th Oct 31, 2015
22	18:04.15	ALEX VAN SCHOOR Galloway	2018	Region 5-A / Area 3 Private Championship15th Oct 31, 2015
23	18:07.16	ESPEN OSWALD Mount Paran Christian School	2018	GA Area 6A Private School Cross Country Championship3rd Oct 29, 2015
24	18:09.50	WESLEY WARBINGTON Hebron Christian	2017	Area 2 Private Cross Country Championships5th Oct 29, 2015
25	18:10.38	JOHNNIE BAEHMAN Fellowship Christian School	2018	GA Area 6A Private School Cross Country Championship4th Oct 29, 2015