The Ware County cross country teams honored their senior runners on Thursday in a meet with Lanier Co. in the Swamp. The Gators honored 7 seniors including Olivia Sanders, Daniel Estrada, Trey Kurtz, Hayden Clement, Axel Wright, Stephen Valdez, and Laith Lairsey. The senior night meet was rescheduled from 10/3/24 due to the hurricane and only one other team out of 10 was able to attend. There was only one combined race (girls and boys) and a total of 33 runners participated. There were no team scores kept. The top Gator, Brayten Hood (9th grade) placed 1st overall and ran a 21:00. The top Lady Gator, Destiney Mendoza (11th grade) placed 16th overall in the combined field and 1st overall for girls in the race, and ran a 25:36. The Gators next race will be the Class 4A Section 1 meet (Regions 1, 2, 4, 8) to be held at Jones County HS on Nov. 2nd. The Boys will race at 9:00 AM and the Girls will race at 9:45 AM. For meet information visit https://ga.milesplit.com/meets/629156-ghsa-4a-sectional-1-regions-1248-2024/info and https://www.ghsa.net/2024-ghsa-cross-country-sectional-hosts For senior night pic and Gator XC news visit www.wchscc.blogspot.com
