Serena Tripodi carefully watches her footing as she ascends 'Separation Slope' (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Heavily favored Lovett Girls crushed the AA field Saturday sweeping the top 2 places as well as placing their top 5 on the All-State squad recording the lowest tean score of the State meet with 24 points. More bad news for AA is their top 6 all return for 2016...Serena Tripodi traversed the final race on the 'Separation Slope' layout in an incredible 19:50 defending her 2014 title. Frosh Haley Hooper is a star of the future taking runnerup honors posting a 20:01 about 60 meters back. Also climbing the All-State Individual Podium for the Lions were: Emma Sidman 6th (21:54), Elizabeth Beveridge 8th (22:02) and Stuart Ingram 10th (22:25)
Haley Hooper of Lovett was lucky she didn't lose a shoe here! (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Wesleyan upended #2 ranked Darlington by 11 points led by Seniors Ellie Bradach's 4th Overall in 21:35 and Kylie Reed's 7th place effort of 21:55. Darlington's 3rd place team finish was paced by Sr Stephanie Ward's 3rd place Overall finish at 21:15. Pace Academy kept their runners in close quarters (best 1-5 Split of 1:15) seizing the final Podium spot led by frosh Veronica Sandoval's 14th place finish. Rounding out the All-State squad not mentioned above were: Abby Kettle of Greater Atlanta Christian 5th (21:41) and Bryn Foster of Holy Innocents 9th (22:07)
AA Girls Chase pack shows how badly the course had been torn up after 10 races. (photo by Daniel McCauley)