Local XC Teams race at DW Invitational
Published 10:11 am Thursday, September 23, 2021
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This past Saturday, the Bainbridge Middle School and High School cross country teams, along with the Grace Christian Academy team, competed at the Deerfield-Windsor Invitational in Albany. The invitational consisted of a middle school boy’s and girl’s 3,200 meter run, varsity boy’s and girl’s 5K runs, and a mixed JV 5K.
For Middle School Boys, GCA’s Walker Elrod, who came in 2nd for the first time this season at the previous race, reclaimed 1st place, coming in with a time of 10:27.36. Bainbridge Middle School’s Corbin Thompson came in 17th, with a time of 12:16.39; he was followed by GCA’s Henry Lee, who came in 20th with a time of 12:18.58; and Bainbridge Middle School’s Gambler Dollar, who placed 21st with a time of 12:19.85. Elrod time was a new personal record.
GCA placed 14th overall, followed by Spring Creek Charter Academy in 18th.
For Middle School Girls, Bainbridge Middle School’s Teagan Barefoot came in 15th with a time of 14:22.03; she was followed by Caroline Maxwell of BMS, who placed 19th, with a time of 14:44.43.
BMS placed 5th overall in the Middle School Girls division.
For High School Boys, BHS’ Landon Watts came in 8th place, with a time of 17:33.70. This was also a new personal record for Watts.
BHS placed 10th overall, followed by GCA in 16th.
In the High School Girl’s division, BHS’ Haydyn Klock came in 38th with a time of 25:01.72; Kayla Braswell from BHS came in 70th with a time of 28:42.58; and BHS’ Allison Oliver came in 111th at 37:24.18.
In the mixed JV run, GCA’s Keith Eidson came in 7th place, with a time of 20:37.20.
The next cross-country run is scheduled at the Tifton ABAC campus this weekend.