Henry Collins

Check out the top historic performances from the various big out of state courses

Here are this past week's 'Runners of the Week' from each Class.

The 2A Boys team title has never in recent history been as up for grabs as this Fall. Think of all (you old timers, lol) of the schools that have dominated this class in the 21st century...Primarily Westminster, Wesleyan (bobbing back and forth betwixt 1 and AA) Lovett and Blessed Trinity. Some serious wars were waged between these traditional powers. But it was all in good sportsmanship on the Boys side.  It took until after region for Wesleyan to take the #1 spot in the rankings and they backed it up Saturday at Carrollton. Spencer Fields of Darlington must have felt like a man alone soon after the start as he just never looked back winning the Overall title.

Kaleb McLeod had some company early in the AAA Boys race in the GISA State Championships but pulled away in Mile 2 posting a 15:30 for the win. It will be interesing to find out if he's been holding back something for Foot Locker South in 4 weeks as he was the top Georgia individual placing 15th in 2013.

No disrespect to 2A Boys, but it remains the weakest Class teamwise/individually (excluding A PUB) Which actually opens up great opportunities for a few good men to step up and get some notoriety.  8 of the top 9 at State have graduated/moved up which really makes it WIDE OPEN.  The top 5 fastest returners all clocked their pr's on 'Speedways' so its anyone guess who really are the top 5 harriers.  Wesleyan has 3 of the top returners from the State meet making them instantly favorites for a team title with Westminster gone. 

Westminster's boys packed it in as usual and were too deep for Wesleyan to forge a challenge adding yet another state title to their resume. The Cats' pounced on 4 of the top 8 spots led by Individual champ Jordan Flowers. My darkhorse pick Marcus Gouthro from Riverside Military raised his game placing 2nd.