The state's

largest cross-country region meet was held Saturday at Sandy Creek High

School. Region 4-AAAAA is comprised of 16 teams, including teams from

Fayette, Clayton, Coweta and Henry counties, and one team from Augusta.

This was the

first region meet ever held for this division, due to the realignment

of all the athletic teams in the public schools statewide last spring.

The meet was

also important because it was the last opportunity for teams to qualify

for the state meet with a first- or second-place finish.

The competition

was extremely tough, but the Fayette County varsity boys team was able

to capture the title of region champs. Trey Alverson, who is having an

outstanding season, was the overall winner of the race with an impressive

time of 16:07.

The win for

the Tigers was sealed with Blake Riley, Jon Riley and Adam Pekarske finishing

eighth, ninth and 10th respectively, as well as Blake Alverson stepping

up to fill the 18th slot.

Coach David

Phillips knew that position was the key to the race and his runners produced

the results which brought about the first-place finish.

Fayette County

edged out Lovejoy and Stockbridge, who came in second and third, while

McIntosh and Starr's Mill rounded out the top five.

The boys will

compete again in the state meet in two weeks.

They are the

only Region 4-AAAAA boys team from Fayette County eligible for the meet

and are looking forward to competing against some of the best teams in

the state.

The Lady Tigers

also had a great race. Jessica Tyre, Fayette's top runner, finished 16th

overall. Coach Phillips was pleased with the great effort Tyre exerted,

since she has been recovering from an injury.

Completing

the varsity girls team for Fayette was Amy Eller, Rachel Swafford, Margaret

Sams, Taryn Kendall, Lydia Sherwin and Kim Eddy. The girls finished fifth

overall.

The JV team

continues to show promise for the Tigers as well. They ran in the open

race and four of the boys reeived ribbons for their finishes. Earl Barlow

finished third overall, followed by Ian Stewart, Ryan Wolfe, Kyle Calhoun

and Kris Honojosa finishing eight, ninth, 16th and 21st respectively.

Landmark's

boys ran in the championship division of the Last Chance Invitational

in Carrollton over the weekend. The War Eagles finished fifth overall

with a team time of 1:28.57 and 170 points overall.

Blake Fertitta

finished third overall with a time of 16:41, and Clark Rivers finished

11th overall with a time of 17:13. Finishing in 39th and 40th place were

Joseph Register and Eric Sumner with times of 18:00 and 18:02. Scott Emery

finished 80th overall with a time of 18:59.

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