HAZLEHURST — Pierce County competed here Thursday in the Southern Georgia Cross-Country Championship hosted by Jeff Davis.
The Lady Bears ran to an 11th-place finish in the 17team meet while the Bears placed 16th in the 23-team boys’ event.
Savannah Arts Academy easily won the meet with 31 points, placing four runners in the top seven. The Lady Panthers were followed by host Jeff Davis (74), Coffee (85), Brunswick (103), Islands of Savannah (141), Appling County (208), Long County (225), Vidalia (233), Bacon County (262) and Ware County (278) to round out the Top 10.
PCHS (285) led the rest of the field. Trailing the Lady Bears were Portal (312), Tattnall County (333), Fitzgerald (373), Atkinson County (374), Lanier County (417) and Treutlen (442).
In the boys’ meet, Benedictine topped the 23 qualifying teams, scoring 23 points with four runners inside the Top 10 finishers featuring a field of 185 participants.
Finishing behind the Cadets in the Top 10 were Savannah Arts Academy (80), Jeff Davis (89), Vidalia (120), Effingham County (191), Coffee (217), Brunswick (222), Toombs County (222), Long County (265) and Atkinson County (287).
Tattnall County (305) led the 11-20 finishers. The Warriors were followed by Brantley County (307), Ware County (323), Berrien (331), Islands of Savannah (369), PCHS (397), Portal (459), Appling County (477), Lanier County (515) and Echols County (553).
Rounding out the field were Fitztgerald (576), Bacon County (681) and Montgomery County (733).
Girls’ meet
Nevaeah Grant (25:36.20) and Selah Griffis (25:44.10) led the Lady Bears placing 37th and 38th respectively. The winning time was 20:20.90.
They were followed by Ana Llamas-Diaz (74th; 28:21.70), Baylee Rose Tippins (88thg; 29:30.90), Addison Folette (107th; 31:58:10), Myla Martinez (112th; 33:19.80) and Kymber Minchew (114th).
Boys’ meet
Brandon Yepes paced the Bears placing 54th with a time of 20:08.50. The winning time was 16:35.90.
Yepes was followed by Breck Benton (74th; 20:56.40), Samuel Carrillo (80th, 21:07.70), Jared Watson (92nd; 21:22.50), James Alonso (109th; 22:15.50), Jeb Bradley (126th; 23:00.60), Coleman Lee (137th; 23:41.90) and Jaxson Williams (161st; 24:56.50).
