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September 4, 2019
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@myrncr.net
The Mary Persons varsity
and JV girls cross country
teams will each compete at
the home Bulldog Distance
Classic beginning at 8 a.m.
on Saturday
The Lady Dogs will look
to defend their 2018 cham-
pionship in the second
annual event, which will be
held at the Monroe County
Recreation Department.
Saturday's meet, which will
also include the Monroe
County Middle School
girls cross country squad,
is MP'S lone home meet of
the season.
In its most recent com-
petition, the Mary Persons
varsity girls cross country
team placed 15th out of
31 teams at the Saucony
Battle of Atlanta meet at
Nash Farms Battlefield in
Hampton on Aug. 24.
The Lady Dogs posted
a team score of 450 with
Marist taking first place
with a total of 63 points.
Marietta came in second
with 132 points, edging
third-place South Forsyth,
which finished with 133
points. Marist's Emily Little
was the girls individual
champion with a time of
18 minutes, 52 seconds,
about 17 seconds faster
than the time recorded by
second-place Kayla Gholar
of Richmond Hill.
Sophomore Maradeth
Leverett posted MP'S fast-
est time of 21 minutes, 12
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seconds to place 36th out
of 270 girls runners. MP's
other counting times were
recorded by: Ava McKal-
lip, who placed 44th with
a time of 21 minutes, 34
seconds, Sarah Boyer, who
placed 83rd with a time of
22 minutes, 52 seconds,
Caroline Hampton, who
placed 147th with a time
of 24 minutes, 32 seconds,
and Stormie Martin, who
placed 205th with a time of
26 minutes, 35 seconds.
Other MP girls varsity
runners who competed
on Saturday but did not
record counting times
included: Genna Hallman,
who placed 225th with
a time of 27 minutes, 21
seconds, Madelyn Causey,
who placed 235th with
a time of 27 minutes, 50
seconds, Jackie Gore, who
placed 250th with a time
of 28 minutes, 52 seconds,
and Skyler Sandefur, who
placed 256th with a time of
29 minutes, 54 seconds.
Other schools who com-
peted in the girls varsity
race on Aug. 24 in order
from highest to lowest fin-
ish included: Pope, Alla-
toona, Brookwood, Union
Grove, Mandar'm, Wesley-
an, Paideia, Richmond Hill,
Lassiter, Druid Hills, Jones
County, Decatur, White-
water, Carrollton, Forsyth
Central, Woodward Acad-
emy, Atlanta International,
Locust Grove, East Coweta,
Mount Vernon Presby-
terian, Evans, Lakeside
(Evans), Walker, Johnson,
Grayson, Veterans and
Strong Rock.
MP also had three in-
dividuals compete in the
IV girls race on Aug. 24
with Laura Martin placing
190th out of 294 total lv
girls runners with a time
of 30 minutes, 23 seconds.
MP's Emma Barksdale
placed 223rd with a time
of 32 minutes, 46 seconds
while Gwyneth Cabe
placed 233rd with a time of
33 minutes, 33 seconds.
Meanwhile, the Monroe
County Middle School
girls cross country team
placed seventh out of 24
teams in Hampton on Aug.
24.
The C-Team girls squad
finished with 270 points as
Great Strides was named
champion with 53 points.
Holy Innocents' Episco-
pal came in second with
142 points while Renfroe
Middle School finished
third with 169 points.
Claire Petersen of Mount
Bethel Ch, ioti,
the girls middle school
champ'ton with a time of
11 minutes, 49 seconds,
about 13 seconds faster
than the second-place time
recorded by Morgan Grace
Sheffield of Great Strides.
Jessica Goodwin re-
corded Monroe County's
top middle school girls
time of 14 minutes, 12
seconds to place 30th out
of 338 total runners. Other
middle school girls runners
achieving counting times
included: Alanna Wood,
who placed 46th with a
time of 14 minutes, 46 sec-
onds, Kadence Brown, who
placed 51st with a time
of 15 minutes, Gabriella
Hoover, who placed 61st
with a time of 15 minutes,
12 seconds, and Ava Hill,
who placed 107th with
a time of 16 minutes, 23
seconds.
Other C-Team girls
runners who competed
on Aug. 24 but did not
record counting times
included: Amelia Stone,
who placed 134th with a
time of 17 minutes, 13 sec-
onds, Carson Brown, who
placed 182nd with a time
of 18 minutes, 17 seconds,
Mary Alice Marks, who
placed 210th with a time
of 19 minutes, 13 seconds,
Amelia Jones, who placed
282nd with a time of 21
minutes, 24 seconds, and
Tyteuna Morgan, who
placed 320th with a time of
24 minutes, 23 seconds.
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MP senior Jackie Gore will compete in her final home meet
of her career on Saturday when the Lady Bulldogs host the
Bulldog Distance Classic at the Monroe County Recreation
Department, starting at 8 a.m. (Photo~Richard Dumas)
peted in the c-team girls champion Evans, which
race on Aug. 24 in order of finished with 66 points.
highest to lowest finish in- Houston County placed
duded: Lovett, Loganville, a distant third with 126
Cornerstone Christian, points. Veterans' Mack-
Holy Redeemer Catholic, enzie Walls was the girls
Union Grove, Allatoona, individual champion with
Mount Bethel Christian, a time of 17 minutes, 51
Junior, Brookwood Youth seconds, about 58 seconds
Running, Strong Rock faster than the second
Christian, Paideia, Riv- place finisher, Evans' Madi-
erwatch, Inman, Trinity son Kennedy.
Sharpsburg, Rivers Acade- Leverett again posted
my, High Meadows, Locust MP's fastest time of 21
Grove, Walker, Atlanta minutes, 16 seconds to
Track Club and Evans. place 1 lth out of 163 total
One week earlier, on runners. MP's other count-
Aug. 17, the MP girls ing times were recorded by:
varsity cross country squad McKallip, who placed 13th
opened its season by finish- with a time of 21 minutes,
ing second out of 16 teams 44 seconds, Boyer, who
at the Midstate XC Classic placed 15th with a time of
at Cherokee Pines in Perry. 22 minutes, 26 seconds,
The Lady Dogs totaled Hampton, who placed 19th
98 points to finish as the with a time of 22 minutes,
runner-up behind girls 52 seconds, and Stormie
Martin, who placed 51st
with a time of 25 minutes,
30 seconds.
Other MP girls varsity
runners who competed in
Perry but did not record
counting times included:
Causey, who placed 64th
with a time of 26 minutes,
36 seconds, Hallman, who
placed 65th with a time of
26 minutes, 40 seconds,
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Sandefur, who placed 68th
with a time of 27 min-
utes, I second, Gore, who
placed 72nd with a time
of 27 minutes, 24 seconds,
Courtney Allen, who
placed 108th with a time
of 30 minutes, 35 seconds,
Britney Allen, who placed
ll0th with a time of 30
minutes, 54 seconds, Laura
Martin, who placed 117th
with a time of 31 minutes,
46 seconds, Barksdale, who
placed 121st with a time
of 32 minutes, 33 seconds,
Rebecca Jones, who placed
127th with a time of 33
minutes, 10 seconds, and
Cabe, who placed 128th
with a time of 33 minutes,
13 seconds.
Other girls varsity teams
who competed in Perry in
order of highest to lowest
finish included: Veter-
ans, Perry, Westover, Lee
County, ACE, Vidalia,
Coffee, Northside (Warner
Robins), HawkinsviUe,
Mount de Sales, Warner
Robins, Wilcox County
and Howard.
Also, the Monroe County
Middle School girls cross
country team placed
second out of five teams in
Perry on Aug. 17.
The C-Team girls squad
finished with 55 points to
trail only West Laurens,
which took first place with
26 points. ACE placed
third with 83 points, fol-
lowed by Mount de Sales
with 87 points. Wilcox
Middle finished in fifth
place with 121 points.
Monroe County's Good-
win was the girls meet
champion out of 66 total
girls runners with a win-
ning time of 11 minutes, 9
seconds, nearly six seconds
faster than second-place
finisher Mckenzie Davis of
Feag'm Mill.
Other Monroe County
girls counting times were
recorded by: Wood, who
placed third with a time
of 11 minutes, 21 seconds,
Hoover, who placed sixth
with a time of 11 minutes,
27 seconds, Brown, who
placed 16th with a time of
12 minutes, 18 seconds,
and Hill, who placed 27th
with a time of 13 minutes,
32 seconds.
Other C-Team girls
runners who competed in
Perry but failed to record
counting times included:
Stone, who placed 30th
with a time of 14 minutes,
8 seconds, Marks, who
placed 31st with a time of
14 minutes, 12 seconds,
Jones, who placed 36th
with a time of 14 minutes,
53 seconds, Brown, who
placed 45th with a time of
15 minutes, 58 seconds,
Kaitlynn Whitten, who
placed 48th with a time of
16 minutes, 19 seconds,
and Morgan, who placed
66th with a time of 25
minutes, 31 seconds.
