The Berry-Darlington Invitational

Cross Country meet is one of the largest cross country meets in the state.

More than 300 girls ran in the AAAAA girls division and 339 boys from

36 teams in the AAAAA boys division. There were four other classifications

running in the meet as well.

Our local teams performed well, though McIntosh's girls were hampered

The McIntosh girls cross country team finished seventh overall, but two

of the top runners, Mary Katherine Crofton and Judy Thomasson, couldn't

finish and Keri Pendergrass, who is recovering from an injury, was held

out an extra week. Brookwood won the AAAAA race with Collins Hill placing

second overall.

The top eight finishers for McIntosh were:

Dana Van Winkle - 12th at 20:29;

Elizabeth Gardner - 23rd at 20:54;

Megan Spencer - 47th at 21:34;

Morgan Cunningham - 55th at 21:41;

Tina Paone - 75th at 22:07;

Tabitha Lowey - 94th at 22:40;

Nikki Spencer - 114th at 23:01;

Tori Fratto - 132nd at 23:18.

The McIntosh boys team placed 18th out of 36 teams and ran without Ben

Brantley Michael Lee and Michael Bowman. Bowman will be out for several

more weeks.

The top eight runners for the boys were:

Randy Hutchison - 65th at 17:49;

Shaun Emery - 67th at 17:50;

Ian Hardy - 122nd at 18:34;

Tony Luciano - 138th at 18:51;

Muhammad Momin - 147th at 18:59;

Clint

Adams - 152nd at 19:01;

Charlie Gonzalez - 157th at 19:05;

John Powers - 212th at 19:43.

The girls have already qualified for the state meet, finishing a qualifier

with an average time of 21:21. The minimum average must be 21:25. The

minimum average qualifying time for the boys is 17:34 and the McIntosh

team is not quite there yet. McIntosh travels