Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational Preview

                               Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational Preview

BOYS
 
Clarkston will go head to head with some top 6A/4A squads and will be tested at a course they seem to thrive on after placing 2nd in 5A last Fall. Marietta could possibly school the Angoras as the Blue Devils are the 'cream' of 6A and All-Class. St.Pius X will test their young legs against their stiffest competition yet if running full strength. No one should sleep on Peachtree Ridge as they have reloaded again after losing key runners to graduation. Other teams from Georgia testing their stamina are Flowery Branch, Greenbrier, Harrison, Hebron Christian, Landmark Christian, Mill Creek, North Cobb, North Oconee, Oconee County, Pace, Starrs Mill, Westminster, West Forsyth and Woodstock
 
Out of state teams will add to the Championship race including Florida's Flagler Palm Coast- Justin Pacifico (16:36), Leon HS boys- Sukhi Khosla (16:43),  Mandarin- Trenton Liberty (16:05), Winter Park- Nicholas Strange (17:16) and Auburn (Al) 2nd at Berry Fernando Lincoln (16:37) 
 
Ga Top Individuals
 
Sam Bowie of Lagrange
Abbas Abbkar of Clarkston
Jonathan Schwind of Lambert
Issac Penman of Peachtree Ridge
Davis Stockwell of Lakeside DeKalb
Tyler Jones of North Oconee
Ben Patterson of Marietta
Khayvonn Benson of Marietta
Hakeem Mustafaa of Shaw
Owen Bailey of Woodstock
Sam Costa of Mill Creek
Colton Page of Allatoona
Stephen Martinez of St.Pius X
 
GIRLS
 
Blessed Trinity vs Westminster is probably not going to happen as one of these programs avoids any head to head competition till almost Region. Some loaded squads will seek to keep the prime hardware instate including Northview,  West Forsyth, Harrison, Marietta, Peachtree Ridge, Pope, Starrs Mill, St.Pius X and small schools Landmark Christian, Hebron Christian, Lovett, Darlington and Pace. 
 
Those Gator 'staters' have some very talented squads making the long overnite trip to Carrollton including high ranked All-Class schools: Winter Park- Rafaella Gibson (18:27) Elizabeth Jenkins (19:03) at Astronaut Invite, Holy Trinity- Shelby Smith (18:33) at Astronaut Invite, Mandarin- Meaghan Slack (19:53), and Flagler Palm Coast- Sophia Clark (20:38). 
 
Ga Top Individuals:
 
Lindsay Billings of Northview
Kathryn Foreman of Landmark
Nicole Fegans of Landmark
Ashley Kehoe of Pope
Mary Jeanne Assinzo of Marietta
Mary Claire Solomon of Blessed Trinity
Sarah Foreman of Landmark
Rebecca Dow of Marietta
Kira Stanley of Harrison
Serena Tripodi of Lovett
Liz Galarza of West Forsyth
Mattie Rountree of Harrison
 
Race Schedule
 
  8:00am - AAAA-AAAAA Varsity Boys
  8:30am - AAAA-AAAAA Varsity Girls
  9:00am - Championship Varsity Boys
  9:30am - Championship Varsity Girls - 10- $50
10:00am-  A-AAA-AA Varsity Boys
10:30am-  A-AAA-AA Varsity Girls
11:00am-  AAAAAA Varsity Boys
11:30am-  AAAAAA Varsity Girls
12:00pm-  Championship Junior Varsity
12:30pm-  Championship Junior Varsity Girls - 10 - $50
  1:00pm-  JV Boys/JV Girls Race (non-scoring)