Lady Eagles Win Region Title

The Milton girl’s cross-country team won its first region title since 2017 and senior boys team captain Zach Patell qualified for the state meet as an individual at the GHSA Region 6-7A Championship Meet held at Chattahoochee Pointe Park in Suwanee, GA on Friday afternoon.

VARSITY GIRLS
The varsity girls team held back a strong challenge to region-rival West Forsyth (2nd-53 pts) to win the region championship. Milton (1st-51 pts) turned back 5 schools as they qualified for the state meet for the 10th consecutive year. The Lady Eagles were led by:
Senior Captain Ella Grace Malcom (5th-19:23)-individual state qualifier
Senior Captain Calista Cacciatore (6th-20:02)-individual state qualifier
Junior Macy Schadt (9th-20:14)
Sophomore Caroline Spain (14th-20:41)
Senior Leelah Dennis (17th-20:58)
Junior Ella Franke (24th-21:32)
Senior Captain Emerson Armistead (25th-21:35)

JV GIRLS
Following their teammates lead, Milton (1st-28 pts) turned back West Forsyth (2nd-29 pts) & 4 other region schools to win the JV Region title! The Lady Eagles placed 8 finishers in the top-11 overall spots.
Top-finishers included freshman Lucie Gallagher (3rd-22:01), sophomore Hollis Thompson (4th-22:04), junior Rowan Katekovich (5th-22:13), junior Grace Lochman (7th-22:30) & freshman Aarushi Dhawan (9th-22:35).

VARSITY BOYS
Led by senior captain & state qualifier Zach Patell (6th-15:58), Milton (5th-91 pts) concluded their season and just missed out on qualifying for the state meet. The Eagles bested Forsyth Central (6th-129 pts).
After Patell, Milton was represented by:
Junior Justin Sevel (10th-16:23)
Sophomore Everett Lawder (18th-17:00)
Senior captain Luke Erbey (28th-17:17)
Sophomore Jayin Batra (29th-17:19)
Senior Chris Murray (30th-17:21)
Freshman Will Chambers (32nd-17:33)

JV BOYS
The Eagles kept it close to rivals West Forsyth (1st-31 pts) and bested 3 teams to be region runners-up. Milton (2nd-39 pts) was led by the overall race win by senior Daniel Murray (1st-17:00) & runner-up finish by sophomore Ryan Greathouse (2nd-17:14). Also scoring for the Eagles were junior Robert Claypoole (9th-17:36), freshman Tyler Nix (12th-17:45) & senior Parker Boys (15th-17:56).

The Lady Eagles & senior captain Zach Patell will conclude their season on Saturday, November 4th at Carrollton Elementary School at the GHSA State 7A Cross Country Championships. The top-4 teams and the top-10 individuals will be recognized at the conclusion of the state meet race.