Milton Races at Wingfoot XC Invitational

Cartersville, GA

September 21st
Sam Smith Park

Milton again traveled to the night-time running of the 10th Wingfoot Cross Country Invitational and under the lights the Eagles raced well to beat back many top programs from Georgia & the southeast US.

Varsity Boys
The Eagles rose to the occasion in the last race of the meet to finish ahead of many strong programs. Milton (6th-274 pts) held its own in a race with 32 scoring teams beating programs from Tennessee, Florida & Alabama! The duo of senior captain Justin Sevel (37th-16:17) & junior Everett Lawder (38th-16:19) led the Eagle effort and was closely followed by sophomore Will Chambers (59th-16:35) & junior Jayin Batra (73rd-16:49). Senior Aviv Oshri (87th-17:05) closed very well passing many fading runners and was followed by junior Ryan Greathouse (118th-17:24) & senior captain Robert Claypool (151st-17:46).

Varsity Girls
In a race that saw the best programs in the state and the region, the Lady Eagles raced hard in the dry & dusty conditions to beat back 16 teams. Milton (15th-395 pts) bested 5A state ranked teams McIntosh (ranked 5th) & Johns Creek (ranked 2nd)! Led by the personal best performance of junior Caroline Spain (24th-19:24) the Lady Eagles topped half the total teams in the race. Senior Macy Schadt (56th-19:57) had another consistent race and was followed by freshman Sadie Katekovich (102nd-20:49) in a massive personal best time. Scorers for Milton also included senior Ella Franke (118th-21:07) & freshman Kenley Sirras (132nd-21:24) & also running varsity were sophomore Lucie Gallagher (171st-22:15) & senior Rowan Katekovich (184th-22:33).

JV Boys
Milton (5th-180 pts) outscored 20 schools in one of the largest races of the meet that saw over 400 finishers. Leading the way was senior Tomas Wilhelm (23rd-18:17) along with sophomores Tyler Nix (29th-18:27) & Christopher Chen (34th-18:33) all finishing in the top-35 overall positions.

JV Girls
In the best race of the day for the Eagles, Milton (4th-141 pts) outpaced 16 teams to just miss a podium finish. Sophomore Aarushi Dhawan (25th-22:32) led the Lady Eagle charge with sophomore Ava Kane (28th-22:35) & senior Ashley Murray (33rd-22:41) all finishing really close together in the top-35. 315 finishers were recorded.

Freshman Boys
Unique to this meet, all team’s freshman that are not on their varsity squads race in their own event. Milton (16th-361 pts) beat back only 3 schools but was led by Leo Faught (61st-20:45) in a race with close to 200 finishers.

Freshman Girls
The Lady Eagles raced some tough competition that had 135 finishers. Milton (8th-172 pts) held their own and was led by Libby Carnegie (27th-23:49) in a personal best by 40-seconds.

Milton cross country next sees action on Saturday, October 5th at the Wendy’s Classic Invitational in Charlotte, NC at the famous McAlpine Park course where many teams from GA, SC & NC will be racing.