Milton is the Georgia State Cross Country Champions

Nov 8th

Carrollton, GA

The Eagles boys’ cross-country team captured their 2nd ever state title in the 5A classification while the Lady Eagles concluded their season with a 7th place finish out of 24 schools.

BOYS
For only the 2nd time in school history, the Milton (1st-61 pts) boys are the GHSA State Champions. The Eagles used a very close team finish to easily outdistance team favorite Clark Central (2nd-119 pts) by placing all-five of their scoring runners ahead of Clark Central’s 3rd finisher. Milton was the clear winner with all five of their scoring runners placing in the top-26 overall & out of 172 finishers. Pope (3rd-164 pts) was even farther in arrears. The Eagles triumphed over 24 scoring schools.
The combination of senior captain Justin Sevel (7th-16:43) & junior Everett Lawder (8th-16:46) once again paced the Eagles and brought the duo to the state podium. Sophomore Will Chambers (13th-17:05) raced with Sevel & Lawder for the majority of the race until slipping just out of the top-10. Not far behind Chambers was junior Jayin Batra (17th-17:15) to add valuable points to an already dominant team performance & finally senior Aviv Oshri (26th-17:29) closed the door on a championship team result as the final scorer for Milton. Junior Ryan Greathouse (49th-18:02) & senior captain Robert Claypoole (51st-18:03) ran together for most of the race and finished ahead of most school’s 4th & 5th runners to lift the Eagles to the ultimate team victory! This is Milton’s 2nd ever state championship in cross country (the first was in 2017) following their first-ever sectional title along with a region victory just a week ago.
CONGRATULATIONS EAGLES!

GIRLS
The back-to-back region champions gave it a valiant effort and fell just short of a podium (top-4) team finish. Milton (7th-209 pts) defeated 17 schools while placing in the top-10 at the state meet for the 11th consecutive year & for the 17th time in the last 24 years! The girls’ team has raced at the state meet 22 of the past 24 years! Pope (1st-29 pts) was the easy winner with the Lady Eagles just missing the podium by only 37 points as region 7-5A teams went 4th through 7th place. Continuing her breakout season, junior Caroline Spain (22nd-21:10) once again led the Milton effort moving up over 30 spots from last years state meet! Spain was closely followed by the freshman sensation Sadie Katekovich (27th-21:26), who ran with Spain most of the race. Katekovich was the 5th freshman finisher! Seniors Macy Schadt (53rd-22:07) & Ella Franke (60th-22:20) provided valuable scoring as sophomore Lucie Gallagher (68th-22:36) closed out the Lady Eagle effort. Sophomore Aarushi Dhawan (83rd-23:00) & senior Rowan Katekovich (122nd-24:00) were Milton’s final runners in the race which saw 173 finishers. The Lady Eagles concluded a very successful season that included 3rd place at sectionals & that 2nd consecutive Region 7-5A title.