Both the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled to the Foxhall Sporting Club in Douglasville Saturday morning, October 8 for the 2016 Alexander/Asics Invitational.
For the Raider Harriers, Senior Jeffery Edge continued his storybook season taking home a medal for his 20th place performance (17:33). Junior Luis Zambrano was the second Raider to cross the finish line in 18:07, followed by Sophomore Erick Ramirez (18:12) and Junior Ace Muhammad (18:21). The Raiders finished 12th out of 48 teams in their heat. Regional rival Decatur ran in a different heat and sent notice with some fast times that the Region 6-AAAAA championship will be a donnybrook.
Head Boys Cross Country Coach Zach McKeone welcomes the challenge. "When you've got ten guys capable of breaking 19 minutes every week, you have a strong team that can compete with anyone. Our guys compete; if you want to beat us, you better bring it. I thought Ace and Erick were our standouts today, and I never want to take Jeffrey and Luis for granted because they show up every race. We are exactly where I want us to be heading into the home stretch of the season. And those number six and number seven varsity spots are still up for grabs."
Region Comparisons
Decatur 17:35, top 5 Average
Riverwood 18:09, top 5 Average
Lithia Springs 18:39, top 5 Average
Top 10 Raiders at Alexander/Asics
1. Jeffrey Edge
2. Luis Zambrano
3. Erick Ramirez
4. Nasir Muhammad
5. Andrew Ungashick
6. Harry Mehre
7. Mick McQuary
8. Josh Peljovich
9. Alex Gruenig
10. Samuel Miller
