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PHS Cross Country End of the Year Banquet

The Pickens High School cross country team held its annual end of the year banquet. The team celebrated two top ten finishes in the state AAAA meet; with the girls placing fifth overall (1:49:45.17), and the boys placing sixth overall (1:30:20.29).Alyssa Weaver was the Dragonette who reached the highest altitude, finishing second overall with a time of 19:50.20. Weaver finished second at the Region 7-AAAA meet as well, and was named All-Region 1st Team.

Savannah Rice finished 18th with a time of 20:59.83. Her 19:56 run at the region meet was the third fastest Dragonette time ever, and secured a place on the All Region 1st Team as well.

Drew Bellows and Turner Moranos finished 13th and 14th respectively for the Dragons at the state meet, with times of 17:22.18 and 17:22.52.

Bellows finished second at the region meet and was named to the All-Region 1st Team. His 16:33 at the Ridge Ferry meet is the third fastest Dragon time of all time.

Moranos owns the fifth fastest time, with a 17:01 that he ran at the Cass-Cartersville meet. He placed third at the region meet and was also named to the All-Region 1st Team.

Awards

Certificates of Participation

Ryan Wofford
Tyler Ledford

Varsity Letters

Blake Haynes
Jaxon Bowen
Lauren Skibba
Adrian Vreeland
Chris Cloud
Morgan Bailey
Dustin Nelson
Nick Jacobs
CiCi Ramirez
Kyle Watters
Riley Shaw
Nathan Thompson
Maria Bryan
Gabe Spedale
Abbie Sawyer
Joe Cunningham
Julian Harney
Caitlin Dillon
Clayton Johnston
Levi Bruce