Harrison Girls Run 2nd, Allatoona 3rd

The boys and girls and the girls came tantalizingly close to state cross-country championships at the Georgia High School Association meet Saturday in Carrollton.

Emily Dunn came in 10th to lead the Allatoona girls to a third-place finish at AAA. Four other Lady Bucs finished in the top 50: Jessalyn Ford in 28th, Meagan Hobbs in 30th, Natalie Buckshaw in 36th and Kaleigh Leavell in 44th.

With 131 points as a team, Allatoona trailed second-place St. Pius X by three points and champion Heritage by 30.

On the boys side, the Buccaneers finished fifth. Scoring for Allatoona were Thomas Deccareau in 15th, Corbin Williams in 21st, Christian Reeves in 36th, Jackson Peak in 45th and Matt Stanley in 54th.

For Harrison, the cross-country meet marked the second consecutive Saturday in which the Lady Hoyas lost a Georgia High School Association AAAAA title to .

On Oct. 29, , which the Lady Raiders won in five sets; this past weekend, it wasn’t as close.

Harrison’s Kaylee Isaacs won the individual state title by running the 5K course in 19:01.22, 3½ seconds better than Walton’s Alexa Womack, but four of Womack’s teammates also finished in the top 20 to give Walton the championship by 86 points over the Hoyas.

In addition to Isaacs, scoring for Harrison were Maria Boff in 19th, Elyse Bray in 25th, Jackie Thompson in 37th and Alex Maeder in 57th.

For Harrison’s boys, Jeremy McClung was the top finisher in 40th. Behind him were Conner Ennis in 65th, Tyler Bohn in 75th, Adam Watt in 84th and James Wenk in 102nd. Their combined efforts carried Harrison to 14th place in the race.

also competed in the state AAAAA race Saturday, finishing 18th among the boys and 19th among the girls.

For the Warrior boys, Will Kjar was 52nd, Richard Len 88th, Albert Kariuki 127th, Onesmus Murungaru 132nd and Joshua Wehner 133rd. Jordan Wehner was a few steps behind in 137th.

For the Lady Warriors, Tyra Holloway finished 13th, but no one else made the top 100. Jamie Colon came in 108th, followed by Celeste Swatling in 119th, Regan Jackson in 134th and Mikayla Morgan in 148th.

boys finished 16th in the A race. Scoring for the Eagles were Conor Gavin in 15th, Tucker Turner in 85th, Casey Lanier in 113th, Brent Blackwell in 116th and Michael Turner in 119th.