Milton Races Well at Apalachee

August 17th

Apalachee HS

Winder, GA

The Milton cross country teams travelled to their first invitational this past weekend and were the dominant program over the 6 races contested at the meet.

Varsity Boys

The 2nd-ranked Eagles wasted no time making their presence known as Milton (1st-26 pts) dispatched 18 schools with four finishers in the top-5 overall places in the race. Old region rival South Forsyth (2nd-83 pts) & fellow-5A school Lakeside-Evans (3rd-135 pts) were way in arears. Senior captain Justin Sevel (1st-16:11) continued his undefeated season with junior Everett Lawder (2nd-16:24) keeping it close for much of the race. The Eagles locked down the race win with sophomore Will Chambers (4th-16:36) & junior Jayin Batra (5th-16:44) all finishing in the top-5. Senior Aviv Oshri (14th-17:28) ran a stellar race and along with junior Ryan Greathouse (18th-17:36) & senior captain Robert Claypool (23rd-17:40), Milton put all their finishers in the top-20 percent of the race. There were 126 finishers.

Varsity Girls

Milton (3rd-111 pts) turned back 14 scoring schools to earn the final team trophy. Region foe Johns Creek (1st-86 pts) & former rival South Forsyth (2nd-95 pts) were just ahead of the Lady Eagles even though Milton had all their runners in the race finish before any other teams! A huge race and 30-second personal best by senior Macy Schadt (2nd-19:27) put the Lady Eagles in a commanding team position. Fellow senior Ella Franke (17th-20:52) steadily moved up into the top-20 and was closely followed by junior Caroline Spain (22nd-21:16). Milton then put their next 4 finishers in only a span of 8-seconds to help push the Lady Eagles to a trophy-winning position. Sophomore Lucie Gallagher (34th-22:13) led this group that included freshman Kenley Sirras (35th-22:14) & fellow sophomores Aarushi Dhawan (36th-22:17) & Rachela Weitzel (39th-22:21). 117 finishers were recorded.

JV Boys

The Eagles faced a tough challenge from South Forsyth (1st-29 pts) but were able to turn back 13 other scoring schools. Milton (2nd-39 pts) kept it close the entire race with the War Eagles. Milton had 3 finishers in the top-10 and all scorers in the top-15 but fell just short of the team win. Leading the Eagle effort was sophomore Tyler Nix (2nd-18:11), senior Tomas Wilhelm (3rd-18:13) & sophomore Logan Bradway (9th-18:44).

JV Girls

Milton (1st-36 pts) took down 11 schools in their come-from-behind team win. Through 1.5 miles, the Lady Eagles were trailing both Johns Creek & Buford but as the race progressed, Milton passed more and more runners to secure the team victory! The Lady Eagles had all their scorers in the top-11 overall places. Freshman sensation Ava Walker (2nd-21:55) was leading most of the race and was passed just at the finish line. Seniors Ashley Murray (6th-22:54), Rowan Katekovich (8th-23:35) & captain Grace Lochman (9th-23:51) along with junior Kaeli Lawder (11th-24:06) passed many runners the entire 2nd half of the race. There were 113 recorded finishers.

Open Races

Girls-Milton (1st-15 pts) scored a perfect 15 points to easily win the race. Sophomore Medhya Sivagenesh (1st-24:34) led the entire race, her first since last-November.

Boys-Milton (1st-36 pts) put 5 finishers in the top-12 to turn back 6 scoring schools. The Eagles were led by junior Braxton Herndon (3rd-19:55).

The Eagles next see action this Saturday at the annual Early Bird/Bob Blastow Invitational in Whitesburg, GA.