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Chris Bridges

Thursday, September 13. 2012

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The Winder-Barrow High School Lady Bulldogg cross country runners continued their quality start to the 2012 season Saturday by taking first place at the Mountain Invitational in Clarkesville.

WBHS set a course record with 34 team points. Caitlin Connell paced the Lady Bulldoggs by being the second runner to complete the course. The WBHS senior turned in a time of 21:53. Teammate Whitley Kennedy was third overall in 22:57 among 122 female runners.

“The day went really well,” said cross country coach Michael Lofton. “It was an incredibly challenging course. It was constantly up and down and there wasn’t much flat area. The times don’t seem like we ran well, but we did have a strong race.”
The course was designed by former WBHS cross country coach Sam Stovall, who is now coach at North Georgia Technical College.
Anna Dean (7th overall), Kiana Perez (8th overall) and Amber Duffy (15th overall) completed the top five for the Lady Bulldoggs.

The WBHS varsity boys finished second overall, just three points behind first-place winner Hart County.

“Hart County is used to running in the mountains, but we were right there with them,” Lofton said.

William Wright was the first Bulldogg to complete the course, taking seventh place overall in 18:50.

He was followed by Nelson Lofton, who was 10th overall, in 18:59.

Alex Martinez earned 15th place while Skyler Lowe was 26th and DJ Smith was 34th.

“Overall, it was a very good day for both teams,” Lofton said. “We chose to go somewhere that would challenge our kids and help strengthen them. You go by performance on a challenging course and we did very well.”

The WBHS cross country teams are off this Saturday and are preparing for the Battle of Atlanta event in McDonough Sept. 22.

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