Cedartown boys cross country team heading to state following region meet

The boys varsity team placed 4th in region with a average time of 18:26 allowing them to advance to the state meet after running over the weekend at Clinton Farms in Douglas County over the weekend on Saturday, Oct. 27 in the Region 5-AAAA race.

This is the second year in a row that head coach Richard Shortt has lead his team to the state meet, according to information sent in from the team.

Jason Blankenship was one of the top runners in our region, placing 5th with a time of 17:22. Shortly behind him was Elijah Pace, placing 8th with an impressive time of 17:47.

The next Cedartown finisher was Brian Ramos with a time of 18:45, followed by Emmanuel Cornejo with a time of 19:03.

Then, Giovani Garcia finished with a time of 19:10. Senior Alex Berry finished with a time 20:58 and Sam Pollard finished through with a time of 21:03.

The Cedartown cross country girls had some of their personal best times at the region meet.

Holly Duncan place 17th out of 46 girls with a time of 23:45. Alli Hicks and Lacy Smith ran their personal best time with Hicks running 25:33 and Smith with a time of 26:11.

“I am very proud of how all my girls ran at region. It has been a growing season for the girls and I look forward to see what next year has in store,” said head coach Kristen Litle. “Shortt and I are ready for the the boys cross country team to represent Cedartown at the state meet on Nov. 5 in Carrollton.”