AUBURN
— Dacula swept the http://www.paprosigns.com/donnie-shell-jersey-c-1_66.html team titles at Saturday’s Region 8-AAAAAA Cross Country Championships, in addition to getting an individual win from senior Skylar English.English won the girls race in 19 minutes, 31.74 seconds, first by a large margin over runner-up Zoie Gardner of Lanier. Gardner posted a time of 21:25.22. Dacula also won the girls division handily with 34 points, while Lanier was third at 75.
The Falcons
’ girls team also got top-10 finishes from Najiyah King (fifth, 22:03.75), Madelyn McVannan (seventh, 22:36.94) and Brianna Thomas (10th, 23:04.64), as well as top-20 showings from Mollie Potts (11th, 23:13.01), Miranda Colon (13th, 23:48.60) and Fatima Jarquin (17th, 24:19.96).Lanier
’s girls top finishers behind Gardner were Katie Kress (14th, 23:59.01), Hannah Morgan (18th, 24:26.13), Sydney Hutchinson (19th, 24:29.10), Savannah Nicholls (22nd, 24:41.59), Mikayla Murphy (26th, 25:24.98) and Kristen Grant (29th, 26:17.31).Dacula
’s boys edged Gainesville by a point to win the team championship thanks to five runners in the top nine spots, headed up by Michael Rowe in third (17:01.60) and Alex Medley in fourth (17:08.46). They were followed by teammates Yahya Abdulkadir (sixth, 17:27.89), Ben Butcher (seventh, 17:36.23), Jacob Gilbert (ninth, 17:52.99), Hayden Baker (12th, 18:11.55) and Matt Schenberg (23rd, 18:58.25).Lanier
’s boys team was led by Nathaniel Larrazabal in 10th at 18:04.21. Other Longhorns in the top 30 were Luke Cranor (16th, 18:23.29), http://www.pattedsfrc.com/derek-rivers-jersey-c-1_48.html Garrett Lynch (17th, 18:25.27), Matthew Arrowood (22nd, 18:57.58), Gabe Cranor (27th, 19:24.33) and Quincy Olocha (30th, 19:46.06).
