The state cross

country championships were held last Saturday at Carrollton High School.

The Landmark Christian boys and girls ran in the Class A meet, while the

Fayette County boys and the McIntosh girls ran in the Class AAAAA meet.

Landmark's

boys won the Class A meet for the second year in a row, while the girls

placed fourth overall. The McIntosh Lady Chiefs finished in third place

while the Fayette County boys placed seventh.

Landmark's

boys team dominated the Class A competition. They had four finishers in

the top ten and scored 38 points overall. Blake Fertitta finished second

overall with a time of 17:07. He was followed by Clark Rivers in third

place at 17:10, Eric Sumner in fifth place (17:33) and Joe register in

eighth (17:50).

The Landmark

Lady War Eagles placed fourth overall with 132 points. Melissa register

placed ninth overall with a time of 22:24.

For the Fayette

County varsity boys, it was the best season ever. It was the first time

in school history that the boys finished the season in the top ten in

the state.

Trey Alverson,

the Tigers' top runner, led his team with a fourth place finish in a field

of 202 runners, and a time of 16:38. He received a medal for finishing

in the top ten. Rounding out the field for the team was Jon Riley, Blake

Riley, Blake Alverson, Adam Pekarske, John Miklas and Max Lothe.

Though the

team did not have the best performance of the season on Saturday, they

are pleased with what they did accomplish this season. The Tigers placed

first in the region meet, second in the county championships, third in

the Sandy Creek Invitational as well as the Jekyll Island Invitational,

fourth in the Carrollton Invitational and sixth in the Westover Invitational.

The McIntosh

Lady Chiefs placed third overall in the Class AAAAA meet with 117 points.

Dana Van Winkle was the only runner for McIntosh to finish in the top

ten. She placed sixth overall with a time of 20:13. The lady Chiefs will

return a majority of the squad next year and should be in contention for

the title yet again.

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