Elite Heat of the Girls 1600m
The 7th Annual Fleet Feet Decatur Distance Kick-Off at Parkview featured 14 of Georgia's top teams. Meet Director Mike Demarest, Parkview's Track & Field Head Coach and GATFXCCA President Matt Henson, and staff once again put on an extremely smoothly run meet under damp and cold conditions.
Katherine Law of Jefferson handily wins the 1600m and the 800m
Catherine Breault of St. Pius X earns 2nd place in the 1600m
Kiley Powell (10), Haley Primm (5), and Emily Cragin battle in the 1600m
Fleet Feet Decatur's Sales Specialist and Parkview Junior Abby Hall wins Heat 2 of the 1600m
Tristen Crosby of Bleckley County gives her all to win Heat 3 of the 1600m
Elite Boys 1600m Heat 6 Start
Andrew Todd of Parkview (L) challenges Christian Gonzales (2) of Decatur
Eoin McNally takes the victory and leads the Decatur sweep in the 1600m
Andrew McGinnis of Calvary Christian leads the field of 19 runners on the 1st lap of the 5000m
Caden Hall (5) of Parkview takes a big pull on the front followed by McGinnis and Eli McCauley
Michael Maron (red singlet) of North Gwinnett sits in the sweet spot biding his time
Negative splits cause the pack to stretch out
Caden Hall (5) runs fearlessly ahead of McGinnis and Maron
Andrew McGinnis proves to be the strongest, earning the victory in the 12.5 lap battle in 15:34.90
Caden Hall is forced to settle for 3rd place behind the hard-charging Michael Maron
Elijah McCauley takes 4th place and sets a Paideia School Record in the 5000m
Hannah Schemmel of St. Pius X runs away with the 5000m win in a blistering 17:20.19
Annette Rodriguez of Lanier takes 2nd place
Jordan Walter of the Paideia Pythons earns 3rd place in her 5000m debut
Thanks to John Raveling of Fleet Feet Decatur for sponsoring this popular meet.