GHSA AA State Meet Preview

Carl Ellis Corley

Team Race:

AA has to be one of the most confounding classes to rank. Many of these rural schools, also run in weekday/weekend duals-quads, that never turn in results, point in case 4-AA region..Also, a few of the courses don't seem legit. However, the team race is defending champ Bleckley County's to lose. They are just too experienced, well coached with a nice course to train on as well. Its wide open for the next 3 Podium spots. Banks County seemed hot early, Lamar County is inconsistent, while Toombs County has really come on in October. 7-AA Armuchee may have the best shot to crash the party. Coosa, Model, Dodge, Benedictine and Jeff Davis are all too close to call. 

Post Region Rankings

  1.  Bleckley County- 1st in 3-AA, 18:22

  2.  Toombs County- 1st in 2-AA, 18:48

  3.  Banks County- 1st in 8-AA, 18:36

  4.  Lamar County- 1st in 5-AA, 18:22

  5.  Armuchee- 1st in 7-AA, 18:52

  6.  Coosa- 2nd in 7-AA, 19:47

  7.  Model- 3rd in 7-AA, 19:25

  8.  Dodge County- 2nd in 3-AA, 19:44

  9. Benedictine- 2nd in 2-AA, 19:38

10. Jeff Davis- 3rd in 2-AA, 19:37

Dayton Cannon

Individual Race:

Defending Champ, Carl Ellis Corley may have been pacing runners at 3-AA, but he burned down a 16:15 at the FSU meet early October. Dayton Cannon had a great race winning region going 17:07. Dodge County's Clayton Scarborough was about 20m behind Cannon at 17:11. Tristan Lynn from Toombs County has been running well in October. The remaining spots on the AA All State squad seem to be up for grabs. Watch out for 2 more Royals in this bunch including Bronson Sanders and Garrett Rogers.

AA Girls:

Alex Quarles

Team Race:

Talk about close, look at all the team average times for the top 5 ranked squads below. The big question that looms is who is going to handle the grueling hills of the State Course better? Model and Bleckley County were both at Last Chance with Bleckley racing and Model touring in different races. Rabun County is in the foothills of the mountains and must train on hills up there. Lamar County and Jeff Davis won their regions, with Lamar having the fastest team avg of the top 5 ranked squads. Everyone else will be competing to crack the top 10.

Post Region Rankings

  1.  Model- 1st 7AA, 23:19

  2.  Rabun County- 1st 8AA, 23:41

  3.  Bleckley County- 1st 3AA, 23:38

  4.  Jeff Davis- 1st 1AA, 23:38

  5.  Lamar County- 1st 5AA, 22:57

  6.  SVA- 2nd 1AA, 24:23

  7.  Coosa- 2nd 7AA, 24:38

  8.  Armuchee- 3rd 7AA, 24:30

  9.  Gordon Central- 4th 7AA, 24:38

10.  Banks County- 2nd 8AA, 25:22

Macy Moe

Individual Race:

The same scenario exist in the individual race. Macy Moe ran on the slowest course at 3-AA. Alex Quarles of Model has the fastest time in AA this Fall at 21:20. Georgia Stockton won on a at worst, moderate Oglethorpe Co course. Rebecca Chandler from Berrien County has been AA ROW a couple of times. Margaret Henry and Emily Griner of Lamar County took advantage of the quickest region course and Marie Jablonski from Jasper County turned in a 22:00 at 8-AA.