All-Time Record Performances Highlight Milton Cross Country Teams
Fairburn, GA | October 4th | By Coach Andy Carr
The Eagle cross country teams of Milton travelled to south Fulton County to participate in the largest and most competitive meet of the season, the Alexander/ASICS Invitational, and came away with 4 all-time top 11 school record performances.
Varsity Boys
Milton (12th-470 pts) took down 34 teams while racing schools from Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and top-programs from Georgia. The highlight of the race for the Eagles was the racing of the top 3 finishers with junior Will Chambers (25th-15:22) and senior captains Everett Lawder (43rd-15:42) and Jayin Batra (45th-15:43) becoming the 3rd, 10th and 11th all-time best performers in school history! The entire varsity squad ran their all-time best individual performance as senior captain Veer Upadhyaya (198th-16:46), freshman Noah Jenkins (254th-17:19), juniors Boston VanBelle (303rd-17:38) and Tyler Nix (306th-17:39) and concluding with senior Malin Schadt (331st-17:51) all got personal records. There were 375 finishers.
Varsity Girls
The Lady Eagles got to race all the top-ranked teams in the 5A class along with many out of state programs and held their own with a top 20 team finish. Milton (17th-476 pts) outdistanced 25 teams and ran to one of their fastest team averages in school history. Senior captain Caroline Spain (39th-18:39) ran to a 20-second best performance that makes her now the 5th best performer in school history! With 4 finishers breaking 20 minutes, the Lady Eagles showed they are running their best as they approach the sectional/regional and state meets. Following Spain, sophomore Sadie Katekovich (82nd-19:15), freshman Sloane Robers (124th-19:40) and junior Lucie Gallagher (127th-19:42) followed in personal best times and pushed Milton past many programs. Also running varsity were junior Ava Kane (182nd-20:22), sophomore Kenley Sirras (264th-21:14) and junior Cara Tenhundfeld (274th-21:19) with Kane and Tenhundfeld notching impressive personal bests. The race had 345 finishers.
JV Boys
In the best team finish of the day, Milton (8th-327 pts) beat 27 schools, having only one finisher in the top-40 overall positions. Junior Logan Bradway (32nd-17:31) led the Eagles with a personal best and along with sophomores Eli Longstreth (50th-17:42) and Leo Faught (94th-18:07), junior Christopher Chen (98th-18:10) and senior Jonathan Lynch (114th-18:19), all scored for Milton’s best team finish of the meet while running personal best performances. 637 finishers were recorded.
JV Girls
In a race that had over 500 finishers, Milton (14th-440 pts) placed all their scorers in the top 100 scoring positions to dispatch 17 schools. Junior Rachela Weitzel (58th-21:44) led the Lady Eagles as she was followed by freshman Jasmine Williams (104th-22:20), junior Claire Falor (114th-22:32), sophomore Libby Carnegie (119th-22:41) and junior Emily Chambliss (120th-22:41). All the Milton scorers ran to personal best performances!
The Milton cross country teams next see action this Friday night, at Roper Park in Jasper, GA, at the Pickens and Grinnin’ Invitational before going on fall break. The GHSA Region/Sectional championship meet (11/1) and the GHSA 5A State Championship meet (11/7) follow and will conclude the season for the Eagles.
