The Richmond Hill High School Runnin' Wildcats boys' team remains undefeated after knocking off the #1 top seeded team in the state Carrollton High School by a score of 55 to 97. This took place Saturday October 3rd at the Alexander/Asics Cross-Country Invitational in Fairburn, GA. This allowed the #2 ranked team in the GHSA 6A classification, the Wildcats to remain undefeated.
Six out of seven Running Wildcat runners posted Personal Records at the meet. Richmond Hill runners were led by Dylan Overby fifth place finish. Overby credits his fast time to the way the race played out.
Overby stated "I kept pushing when the pack broke up in the second half of the race." "The team ran 'Crazy Well!' We had our top 5 scoring runners in the top 20 overall.", noted Dylan
Wildcat Boys results:
5th Dylan Overby 16:39
7th Ravi Reed 16:43
12th Corey Adamski 16:53
15th Noah Sybert 17:00
16th Memphis Rich 17:02
22nd Josh Mitchell 17:05
26th Sterling Bastian 17:11
The girls team finished 14 out of 20 with the welcomed return of top runner Reese Wilson. Wilson cross the finish line seventh out of 145 runners. This was Reese's first race back after an injury but she hasn't missed a beat. Wilson was able to set a new PR of 20:30 placing 5th overall and shaving a full 40 seconds off her time in her prior race at Vidalia.
Reese noted, "Mentally, getting back into racing again outweighs the pain." The Lady Wildcats team has had a number of injuries. Reese said, " This is a totally different team than we started with but these girls have really stepped up their game and continue to grow each week."
Photos by Eric Adamski