ATLANTA - NOVEMBER 17,
2021 - Having never placed lower than 2nd in any race this
season and winning the GHSA Class 4A State Championship, Marist School
sophomore Ruby Little was awarded
the Runner of the Year award at Wednesday's Powerade All-Metro High School
Cross Country Banquet. Little ran a season's best of 17:49 at the adidas XC
Challenge in North Carolina this fall. It was the second fastest time of the
season by a Georgia High School runner. At the State Championship, Little led
the Marist War Eagles to the team title where they placed five runners in the
top seven.
At the banquet held
in midtown Atlanta, State Championship-winning coaches were honored. Coach Stephen Jayaraj of Holy Innocents'
Episcopal School and Scott Neal of
the Tallulah Falls School were awarded the Coach's Dedication Award, an honor
bestowed for coaches with outstanding career achievements and contributions to
the sport of cross country.
The Powerade
All-Metro Cross Country Banquet is Atlanta Track Club's oldest tradition, held
annually since 1965.
Boys First Team
Athlete Name |
School |
ETHAN
ASHLEY |
Denmark
High School |
NATHAN
SOLOMON |
Shiloh High School |
CHRISTIAN
GONZALEZ |
Decatur
High School |
BRYSON
GATES |
Creekview High School
|
EDWARD
BLAHA |
Pace
Academy |
JAMES
MAY |
Marietta High School |
MATTHEW
FERNANDO |
Westminster
School |
Girls First Team
Athlete Name |
School |
RUBY
LITTLE |
Marist
School |
CAROLINE
HOOD |
Pace Academy |
SAMANTHA
MCGARITY |
Harrison
High School |
GRACE
VON BIBERSTEIN |
St. Pius X |
CARMEL
YONAS |
South
Forsyth High School |
CLARA
HEPPNER |
North Atlanta High School |
CARA
JOYCE |
Atlanta
International School |
Boys Second Team
ALEX
ARRAMBIDE |
East Forsyth High School |
WILLIAM
CARLTON |
Decatur
High School |
CADEN
HALL |
Parkview High School |
ETHAN
NORDMAN |
Mill
Creek High School |
BENJAMIN
ROTHERING |
Blessed Trinity
Catholic School |
JOEY
SANDEL |
Johnson
Ferry Christian Academy |
JOE
SAPONE |
Holy Innocents'
Episcopal School |
Girls Second Team
ADDISON
ADAIR |
Pope High School |
ELLIE
BREWER |
Hebron
Christian Academy |
KATELYNN
DOLLAR |
Lyndon Academy |
EMMA
GEANEY |
Parkview
High School |
KATIE
HAMFELDT |
Blessed Trinity High
School |
JAMIE
MARLOWE |
Midtown
High School |
CATHERINE
TOWNSEND |
North Atlanta High
School |
Boys
Third Team
TRENT
BELL |
West Forsyth High School |
ZACK
BURKE |
Blessed
Trinity Catholic School |
PEYTON
GOLDEN |
Whitefield Academy |
TOMMY
LATHAM |
Marist
School |
RYAN
MCKEE |
Kennesaw Mountain
High School |
NATE
VERSKA |
South
Forsyth High School |
SAGE
WALKER |
Druid Hills High
School |
Girls
Third Team
LAURA
ARENTH |
Pace Academy |
LOREL
GOLDEN |
Pope
High School |
JOHNA
GRISIK |
Marist School |
NICOLE
PIZZO |
Marist
School |
KELLY
ANNE SUTTERFIELD |
Blessed Trinity
Catholic School |
PALMER
WALSTAD |
Westminster
School |
ISABEL
YONAS |
South Forsyth High
School |
Photos by Paul Ward